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1. 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

2. Add MS 89290/1

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Title:
Legal and property papers
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1507-1816
Extent:
2 files

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Title:
Accounts, bills and receipts
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1765-1870
Extent:
12 files

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Title:
Old enclosures
Scope & Content:
Former file enclosures, now empty. 1. Blue paper folded sheet used as a file enclosure, inscribed ‘Tenants Accompts to Ladyday 1786’ 2. Manila folder with the following inscriptions: ‘Sundry labouring, carpet beating, chairman’s & other similar; chimney sweeps’ (scored out) ‘Legal etc.’ i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Mid 20th century
Extent:
4 folders

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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

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Title:
Documents relating to the Earl of Hardwicke’s house in St James’s Square, London
Scope & Content:
Security bond from Thomas Fülling, Kent Couse and Thomas King to the Earl of Hardwicke and other trustees of St James’s Square, 1 May 1782. Receipt for fire insurance for the Earl of Hardwicke’s house in St James’s Square, to 27 May 1784, dated 29 May 1783. 11 bills and receipts for building w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1782-1812
Extent:
13 items

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Title:
Letters to the Earl and Countess of Hardwicke and notes on an apprenticeship
Scope & Content:
1. Letters to the Earl and Countess of Hardwicke as patrons: Letter from Dr Clark, Emanuel Close Cambridge, 25 March 1812. Regarding the Earl and Countess of Hardwicke’s patronage of an edition of the vocal works of Handel. Letter from William Cooke, 11 December 1815, regarding his new plough, w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1812-1817
Extent:
9 items

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Title:
Bills and receipts 1826-1870
Scope & Content:
Bills and receipts for goods and labour, London and Cambridge, including thatching bills 1848-1870. London bills: G. F. Scherer, watch and clock maker, 6 September 1826. Robson & Hale, decorators, 1825-1827. John Squire, chairman, 1829-1830. With receipt 1831. W. Grant, upholsterer, 1830. J...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1826-1870
Extent:
1 file

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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

10. Add MS 89290/4/12

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Title:
Fee farm rents for Egleston, Co. Durham
Scope & Content:
Receipts for rents paid by Francis Shipphard, 1768-1783, and William Wailes, 1784-1789
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1768-1789
Extent:
1 file