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1. Add MS 75301-78155

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Add MS 75301-78155
Title:
Althorp Papers
Scope & Content:
Vols. i-mmdccclv. Family and political papers of the Spencer family of Althorp, co. Northant., with related papers acquired by inheritance; mostly 15th cent.-1910, with a few earlier and later items. The Spencer family rose to prominence in Warwickshire and Northamptonshire as wealthy graziers i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century-1910
Extent:
2855 items

2. Add MS 78096-78100

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Add MS 78096-78100
Title:
Miscellaneous Volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1522-1932]
Extent:
5 items

3. Add MS 78046-78095

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Title:
Game books, Cattle and Stud books.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1784-1954]
Extent:
50 items

4. Add MS 77842-77896

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Add MS 77842-77896
Title:
Seymour Papers Althorp Papers. Vols. mmdxlii-mmdxcvi. Correspondence and papers relating to members of the Seymour family; [circa 1810]-1914, n.d. The Seymours twice married into the Spencer family. In 1854 Adelaide Seymour became the second wife of Frederick, 4th Earl Spencer, while her cousin Charlotte married John Poyntz, 5th Earl Spencer, in 1858. Most of the material in this section relates to Sir Horace Beauchamp Seymour, father of Adelaide, and his family. Fifty five volumes. Britis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[c 1810]-1914
Extent:
55 items

5. Add MS 75388-75435

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Add MS 75388-75435
Title:
Marlborough Papers Althorp Papers. Vols. lxxxviii-cxxxv. Papers of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, his wife Sarah, and the latter's executors; 1682-1772. The principal Marlborough archive forms part of the Blenheim Papers (now Add. MSS. 61101-61710). This fragment of it derives chiefly from the Hon. John Spencer's position as heir of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, though a few items were clearly added by purchase at a much later date. For the legal opinion of 1781 which separated t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1682-1772
Extent:
48 items

6. Add MS 77972-78045

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Add MS 77972-78045
Title:
Papers relating to houses and Contents Althorp Papers. Vols. mmdclxxii-mmdccxlv. Papers relating to the maintenance, running and contents of the various Spencers houses; 1759-1960. Seventy-three volumes, arranged as follows: Alterations to Althorp and Spencer House 77972-77985 Visitors' Books, Dinner Books, etc.: 77986-78003 Library Catalogues: 78004-78025 Inventories of Furniture and Paintings: 78026-78039 Miscellaneous: 78040-78045
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1759-1960
Extent:
74 items

7. Add MS 75351-75387

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Add MS 75351-75387
Title:
These papers, deriving from individuals unrelated to the Spencer family, were amongst the collections of historical documents, originals and transcripts, bequeathed to Georgiana, Countess Spencer, by her friend Rachel Lloyd in 1803, `to keep as long as she pleases, and then I desire she will give them to Lavinia, Countess Spencer, to whom I bequeath them forever' (see Add. MS 75695 below). Several of the documents have annotations in the hands of Rachel Lloyd and Georgiana, Countess Spencer,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1500-1840]
Extent:
37 items

8. Add MS 78108-78155*

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Add MS 78108-78155*
Title:
Estate Maps and Plans Althorp Papers. Vols. mmdcccviii-mmdccclv. Spencer family maps and plans; 1624-1970, n.d. Estate maps, surveys, architectural drawings, correspondence, terriers, drawings and sketches, and other related papers concerning Spencer family land and properties throughout England. The items are arranged geographically either by county, area of London, or part of Northamptonshire. Maps which cover two or more locations, each of which has an individual volume devoted to it, ar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1624-1970
Extent:
48 items

9. Add MS 75447-75569

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Add MS 75447-75569
Title:
Poyntz Papers. Althorp Papers. Vols. cxlvii-cclxix. Correspondence and papers of members of the Poyntz family, chiefly Stephen Poyntz, father of Georgiana, Countess Spencer, her brother, Charles Poyntz, D.D. (including papers relating to his executorships), their nephew William Stephen Poyntz, and his wife's family, the Viscounts Montagu of Cowdray; 1592-1866. For the family relationships, see Sir John Maclean, An Historical and Genealogical Memoir of the Family of Poyntz (Exeter, 1886). Fu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1592-1866
Extent:
123 items

10. Add MS 75436-75446

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Add MS 75436-75446
Title:
Papers of the Hon. John Spencer Althorp Papers. Vols. cxxxvi-cxlvi. Papers of the Hon. John Spencer, M.P. (d. 1746), father of the 1st Earl Spencer, and his executors; 1726-1751. Eleven volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1726-1751
Extent:
11 items