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Place Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire

1. Add MS 69795

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Title:
'CAPABILITY' BROWN: correspondence of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, landscape gardener (b.1715, d.1783), comprising mainly letters from patrons relating to commissions, but also including a few letters from Brown and his wife on family matters; 1753-1784, n.d. See Dorothy Stroud, Capability Brown (rev. ed. 1957), Appendix III, pp. 217-222, where extracts are printed from a number of the letters. Formerly owned by G. R. M. Pakenham, a descendant of Capability Brown through his daughter Margare...
Scope & Content:
Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, architect and landscape gardener: Horticulture: Correspondence of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown: 1753-1784, n.d. includes: f. 1 Admiral George Anson, Baron Anson: Letter to 'Capability' Brown: 1753.f. 2 Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland: Letter to 'Capability' Brown: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1753-1784
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 74648

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Scope & Content:
Hardwicke Papers. Miscellaneous bills and receipts, etc., almost entirely relating to the Hardwicke (Yorke) family; 1723-1865. Lot 639 at the Phillips sale (though the items in 7 came originally from Lot 647). Contents: 1. Bills for purchases of paintings, prints, etc., by the Earl of Hard...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1723-1865
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 89290

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Title:
Estate papers of the Earls of Hardwicke relating to Wimpole and other properties
Scope & Content:
Estate papers of the second and third Earls of Hardwicke relating to Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, and other properties owned by the family. The collection consists chiefly of accounts, bills and receipts (mostly for the Wimpole estate and other properties for the years 1785-1790). It also includes pa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1768-1870
Extent:

18 files

4. Add MS 89290/2

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Title:
Plans and designs
Scope & Content:
‘Design of Tittenhanger & Pondside’. Pen and ink plan of gardens and pond, with part of house and moat. Half the folio is missing. 18th century? Design for dog kennels. Recto: front elevation (pen and ink and watercolour) and plan, with measurements for dog house, yards and storage areas. V...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
5 items

5. Add MS 89290/4/2

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Title:
William Parker’s account book
Scope & Content:
William Parker’s ledger for timber, carpentry, joinery, and jobbing, 1783-1793, at Hamels (Hertfordshire) and Wimpole (Cambridgeshire). Ledger contents: Accounts for building supplies delivered to Gatesbury Mill (undated), Mently (2 March 1784), and unspecified (undated). Account for felling,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1783-1793
Extent:
1 volume

6. Add MS 89290/4/6

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Title:
Bills and receipts 1787-1788
Scope & Content:
Bills paid by the Earl of Hardwicke 1787-1788, originally folded and grouped in bundles, usually inscribed on the verso panel with the name and/or labour/goods supplied, and total sum, often with an abbreviation at the foot of the verso panel to denote expenditure category (house, park, garden, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1787-1788
Extent:

1 file

7. Add MS 89290/4/7

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Title:
Bills and receipts 1788-1789
Scope & Content:
Bills paid by the Earl of Hardwicke 1788-1789, originally folded and grouped in bundles, usually inscribed on the verso panel with name and/or labour/goods supplied, and total sum, often with an abbreviation at the foot of the verso panel to denote expenditure category (house, park, garden, cott...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1788-1789
Extent:

1 file

8. Add MS 89290/4/8

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Title:
Bills and receipts 1789-1790
Scope & Content:
Bills paid by the Earl of Hardwicke and his executors for 1789-1790, originally folded and grouped in bundles, usually inscribed on the verso panel with name and/or labour/goods supplied, and total sum, often with an abbreviation at the foot of the verso panel to denote expenditure category (hou...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1789-1790
Extent:

1 folder