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.
Althorp Papers. Vol. cxxxviii-cxlii. Spencer's executors v. Sir Abraham Janssen, 2nd Bart.: Chancery proceedings concerning a debt contracted by Spencer on a post. obit. bond, as heir of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough; 1747-1751. Partly drafts and copies. For Lord Hardwicke's notes on the case, see Add. MS. 36063, ff. 97-113. Five volumes.
Althorp Papers. Vol. cxxxvi. Correspondence and financial papers; 1726-1749. Paper. Unbound. 308 x 195 mm. average size. Contents: 1. Letters from his grandmother, Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough; 1726-1744. For further correspondence between them, see Add. MSS. 61444-61447. 2. Miscellaneous f...
Althorp Papers. Vol. cxxxvii. Spencer's executors v. Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea: Chancery proceedings to authorize the transfer to the executors of funds vested in Winchilsea as trustee of Spencer's marriage settlement, including the bill, answer, briefs, decree and bill of costs; 1747...
Althorp Papers. Vols. cxliii-cxlvi. Spencer's executors v. Henry Furnese (amended to Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea and Furnese): Chancery proceedings concerning a debt contracted by Spencer on a post. obit. bond, as heir of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough; 1747-1751. Partly drafts and copies. Four volumes.
Althorp Papers. Vol. cxli. Further depositions of the defendants' witnesses, followed by the defendants' interrogatories; 1750. Paper. Unbound. 420 x 335 mm.
Althorp Papers. Vol. cxlii. Brief; petition for judgement; minutes of the decree; calculations for the settlement of the debt; 1750-1751. Paper. Unbound. 420 x 330 mm.
Althorp Papers. Vol. cxxxviii. Bill of the plaintiffs; answer of the defendant; orders and calculations for the repayment of the loan with interest; 1747-1748. Paper. Unbound. 420 x 330 mm.