Add MS 6391

A large volume in folios (253 folios), containing papers and letters relating to the painted portraits of distinguished persons, presented in many of the public buildings and capital mansions of England, arranged alphabetically, according to the respective counties, which last are also arranged alphabetically. Some of these are in the handwriting of and almost all corrected or interlined by Sir William Musgrave, Baronet. (See also Add MS 5726 E, 5726 F, and 6795)

1. List of portraits at Haynes House, Lord Carteret’s in Bedfordshire, 1797. (folios 1, 2)

2. List of portraits at Sutton Park, Sir Montague Burgoyne’s, baronet, Bedfordshire. (folios 3-4)

3. List of portraits at Billingbeare, William Neville’s, Berkshire. (folio 5)

4. Lord Radnor’s family portraits at Coleshill House, Berkshire. (folio 7)

5. List of portraits at Latimer’s. Buckinghamshire, the seat of Lord George Cavendish, 1797. (folio 8)

6. Portraits at Penn House, Lord Curzon’s, Buckinhamshire. (folio 10)

7. Portraits at the Reverend Mr. Masters, Landbeach, Cambridgshire. (folios 12-14)

8. Portraits at Maddingley House, Cambridgeshire, the seat of Sir Charles Cotton, Baronet, 1798. (folios 16-17)

9. Portraits at Wimple House, Cambridgeshire, Lord Hardwick’s, 1798. (folios 18-19b)

10. Portraits at Dunham, Cheshire, the seat of the Earl of Stamford, taken in 1763. (folios 20-22)

11. Portraits at Eden Hall, Cumberland, Sir John Musgrave’s, 1797. (folio 24)

12. Portraits at Sudbury, Derbyshire, the seat of Lord Vernon, 1796. (folio 25-27)

13. Portriats at Manhead [Mamhead] House, Devon, the seat of the Earl of Lisburne, 1796. (folio 28)

14. Family Portraits at Mount Edgcombe, Devon, 1796. (folio 29)

15. Portraits at Kingston Hall, Dorset, Henry Banks esquire, 1797. (folios 31-32b)

16. Portraits at Milton Abbey, Dorset, Lord Dorchester’s, 1796. (folio 33)

17. Notes from Hutchins’s ‘Dorsetshire’, Volume 1, relative to the portraits at the seat of Lord Ilchester at Melbury Sampford. (folio 34)

18. Letter from John Brand, Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries, to Sir William Musgrave, with a list of the Portraits in Lumley Castle, taken from Hutchinson’s ‘History of Durham’, Volume 2. Dated 20 September 1796. (folios 36-37)

19. Letter from John Brand to Sir William Musgrave, with the remainder of the extracts from Hutchinson. Dated Mich. Day, 1796. (folios 38, 39)

20. List of portraits in Euston Lodge, Essex. Lord Maynard’s, 1785. (folios 40-41b)

21. Portraits at Hide Hall, Essex, the seat of Earl of Roding, 1785. (folio 42)

22. Portraits at Knavestock House, Essex, the Earl of Waldegrave’s (1785?). (folio 44)

23. Letter from John Brand to Sir W. Musgrave, relative to a search in Morant’s Essex, for an account of portraits at Horndon and Moulsham. Dated 16 September 1796. (folio 45)

24. Extracts from Morant’s Essex, from John Brand. (folio 46)

25. Portraits at Moulsham Hall, Essex, the seat of Sir Henry Mildmay, 1797. (folios 47-48b)

26. Portraits in Skreen’s House, Essex, Mr. Bramston’s, 1796. (folios 49-50)

27. Portraits at Thornden, Essex, Lord Petre’s, 1796. (folio 51)

28. Portraits at Badminton, Gloucestershire, the Duke of Beaufort’s, 1796. (folios 52-55)

29. Portraits at Berkeley castle, Gloucestershire, the Earl of Berkeley’s, 1796. (folios 56-59b)

30. Portraits in the Episcopal Palace at Gloucestershire. (folios 58-60b)

31. Portraits at King’s Weston, Gloucestershire, Lord de Clofford’s, 1796. (folios 61-67)

32. Inscription on the Portrait Inscription on the portrait of Sir Robert Ducie, Baronet, at Tortworth House, Gloucestershire, the seat of Lord Ducie, 1797. (folio 68)

33. Portraits at Hampton Court, Herefordshire, the seat of Viscount Malden, 1794 (in Sir George Nayler’s handwriting). (folios 69-71)

34. Portraits at Gorhambury, Hertfordshire, Lord Grimstone’s, 1769. (folios 73-74)

35. Portraits at the Grove, Hertfordshire, Lord Hyde’s, taken in 1764. (folios 75-76b)

36. Portraits at Hatfield House, Hertfordhire, the Earl of Salisbury’s, 1769. (folios 79-80)

37. Portraits at Rive or Rye, Hertfordshire, Mr. Chamberlain’s 1785. (folios 81, 82b)

38. Portraits at Appuldercombe Park, Isle of White, Sir Richard Worley, Baronet, 1797. (folio 83)

39. Portraits in Kimbloton Castle, Huntingdonshire, Duke of Manchester’s, 1796. (folios 84-86b)

40. Portraits in the Deanery House, Canterbury, Kent, 1796. (folios 88-89)

41. Portraits at Knowle, Kent, before 1796. (folios 90-91)

42. Portraits in Leeds Castle, near Maidstone, Kent, the seat of Dr. Fairfax DD, taken 20 August 1798 by George Naylor, York Herald. (folios 92-94)

43. Portraits at Haigh, Lancashire, 1797. (folios 95-98)

44. Letter from John Brand to Sir William Musgrave, with notices from Nichols’s ‘Leicestershire’ of portraits in that county. Dated 24 September 1796. (folios 99-100)

45. Printed sheet from Nichols’s ‘Leicestershire’, containing an account of the portraits at Belvoir Castle, the seat of the Duke of Rutland. (folios 101-102)

46. Letter from Mr. Nichols to Sir William Musgrave, with notices of other Portraits in Leicestershire. Dated 17 August (1796). (folio 103)

47. Portraits at Nuneham [Newnham] House, Leicestershire, the Earl of Denbigh’s. (folio 104)

48. Portraits at Belton House, Lincolnshire, sent in a letter from Edmond Turner Junior to Sir William Musgrave. Dated Stoke Rochford, 17 January 1797. (folios 105, 106)

49. Portraits at Nocton, Earl of Buckinghamshire, Aswardby, Sir Thomas Whichcote’s; Grimsthorpe, Duke of Ancaster’s; and Panton House, Mr. Turnor’s; sent in a letter from Edmond Turner Junior, to Sir William Musgrave. Dated 21 October 1796. (folios 107, 108)

50. Portraits at Bently Priory, Middlesex, the seat of the Marquis of Abercorn, 1796. (folio 109)

51. Portraits at Cranford, Middlesex, the Earl of Berkeley’s, 1796. (folio 110)

52. Portraits in Christ’s Hospital, the Charter House, College of Physicians, and Merchant Taylor’s Hall, 1796. (folio 111)

53. Portraits in the Bishop of London’s House, at Fulham, Middlesex, 1796. (folio 113)

54. Letter from E. Lodge, Lancaster Herald, to Sir William Musgrave, with notices of the Portraits in the Herald’s College, and of those contained in the papers of Mr. Brooke. Dated 25 September 1796. (folios 114, *114)

55. Portraits in the Halls of various companies of London, 1796. (folios 115, 116)

56. ‘A Catalogue of Pictures in Painters Hall’ Quarto, 1794. (Printed). (folios 117-120)

57. Portraits in the Queen’s House in St. James’s Park, 1796. (folios 121, 122)

58. Catalogue of portraits drawn by Holbein in the King’s Library, as they are now ranged in 2 volumes. May 1774. (folios 123, 124)

59. Portraits belonging to the Royal Society, in alphabetical and chronological order, 1796. (folios 125, 126)

60. Portraits in Sion College, London, 1796. (folios 127, 128)

61. Portraits in Fife House, near Whitehall, Westminster, 1796. (folios 129, 130)

62. Letter from Thomas Wodehouse to his mother, containing a list of the portraits in Sennowe House, Norfolk. Dated 27 November 1796, with a note from Sir John Wodehouse, inclosing it to Sir William Musgrave. (folios 131, 132)

63. Portraits in Hampton Court Palace, Middlesex, 1785. (folio 134)

64. Portraits at Houghton Hall, Norfolk, the seat of the Earl of Oxford, 1785. (folio 135)

65. Letter from the Reverend T. Kerrich to Sir William Musgrave, with notices of Portraits at several Gentlemen’s seats in Norfolk. Dated Magdalen College Cambridge, 19 September 1796. (folios 136-137)

66. Portraits at Raynham, Norfolk. (folio 138)

67. Portraits in Wollerton House, Norfolk, Lord Walpole’s, 1796. (folio 139)

68. Portraits at Burleigh House, Northampton, the seat of the Earl of Exeter, 1796. (folios 140-141b)

69. Letter from Edmond Turner Junior to Sir William Musgrave, inclosing a list of portraits at Lamport, Northampton, the seat of Sir Justinian Isham, Baronet. Dated Stoke Rochford, 27 September 1798. (folio 142-143b)

70. Letter from John Brand to Sir William Musgrave, with notices from Bridge’s ‘Northamptonshire’ of the portraits in that county, particularly Easton Neston and Castle Ashby. Dated 10 October 1796. (folios 144-145)

71. Letter from John Brand to Sir William Musgrave, with notices of portraits in Northumberland, from Hutchinson’s History of the county. Dated 4 October 1796. (folio 146)

72. Portraits at Rufford, Nottinghamshire, Sir George Saville’s. (folios 147)

73. Portraits at Welbeck, Nottinghamshire, copied from a catalogue supposed to have been made in 1755 or 1756. (folios 149-155b)

74. Portraits at Blenham, Oxfordshire, the seat of the Duke of Marlborough, 1797. (folios 157-158)

75. Portraits at Burford Priory, Oxfordshire, Mr. Lenthall’s, 1796. (folios 159-*164)

76. Letter from William Musgrave to Sir William Musgrave, Baronet, with a list of the portraits in Jesus, St. John’s, and Lincoln Colleges, Oxford. Dated 11 July 1796. (folios 165-166)

77. Portraits in Queen’s College Oxford, 1797. (folios 167-168)

78. Portraits in St. Mary Hall, Oxford, 1797. (folios 169)

79. Portraits at Penshurst, the seat of the Sidneys; Knowle, Duke of Dorset’s; and Wroxton, Oxfordshire, Lord Guildford’s, 1796. (folios 170-171)

80. Letter from Richard Bull to Sir William Musgrave, with a list of the portraits in Lord Poulett’s house in London. Dated 16 May 1797. (folios 172-173b)

81. Portraits at Hinton House, Somerset, the seat of the Earl of Poulett, 1742. (folios 174-181)

82. Letter from John Brand to Sir William Musgrave, with notices from Collinson’s ‘Somersetshire’ of portraits in that county. Dated 6 October 1796. (folio 182)

83. Portraits at Envil [Enville] Hall, Staffordshire, Earl of Stamford’s, 1797. (folio 184)

84. Portraits at Euston Hall, Suffolk, the Duke of Grafton’s, 1796. (folios 186-187b)

85. Portraits at Hengrave Hall, Suffolk, Sir Ma. Gage’s, 1796 (in the handwriting of Craven Ord esquire). (folio 188)

86. Portraits at Nacton, Suffolk, the residence of Philip Bowes Broke esquire, 1797, sent in a letter from Edmond Turner junior to Sir William Musgrave. Dated 4 August 1797. (folios 189-190b)

87. Portraits in the Archbishop of Canterbury’s house, Lambeth, 1796. (folios 191-193)

88. Portraits at Esher, Surry, the seat of H. Pelham esquire, 1796. (folio 195)

89. Portraits at Weybridge, Surrey, Lord Portmore’s; at Roehampton, Surrye, Earl of Bessborough’s; and Henbury, Dorset, Mr. Churchill’s, 1785. (folios 196-197)

90. Portraits at Esher, Surrey, Miss Pelham’s; and Petworth, Sussex, the Earl of Egremont’s, 1785. (folios 198-199b)

91. Portraits at Lord Ashburnham’s house in Sussex, 1796. (folio 200)

92. Portraits in Arundel Castle, Sussex, Duke of Norfolk; Hill House, Gloucestershire, Lady Fust’s; and Stoke Pageis, Buckinghamshire, John Penn esquire. Copied by Sir George Naylor from the papers of Mr. Brooke, Somerset Herald, 1797. (folios 201, 202)

93. Letter from George Naylor, York, to Sir William Musgrave, with notices of the portraits at Denn Park, near Horsham, Sussex, and Lady Irwin’s, Horsham. Dated Ashford Barracks, Kent. 1 July 1798. (folios 203-204)

94. Portraits in Petworth House, Sussex, the seat of the Earl of Egremont, 1797. (folios 205-207b)

95. Portraits at Compton Verney, Warwickshire, Lord Willoughby de Broke’s, 1797. (folios 209, 210)

96. Portraits at Holt Hall, near Birmingham, Warwickshire, taken by George Naylor, York, 1798. (folios 211-212)

97. Portraits in Packington House, Warwickshire, the Earl of Aylesford’s, 1797. (folio 213)

98. Portraits at Ragley, Warwickshire, the Marquis of Hertford’s, 1797. (folio 214)99. Portraits at Stoneleigh Abbey, Warwickshire, Lord Leigh’s, 1797. (folios 215-261b)

100. Portraits at Annesbury. Wiltshire, the Duke of Queensbury’s, 1769. (folio 217)

101. Portraits in Lord Radnor’s House at Longford, Wiltshire, 1796. (folios 219-222)

102. Portraits at Longleat, Wiltshire, Viscount Weymouth’s 1770. (folios 223-226b)

103. Portraits in the Bishop’s Palace at Salisbury, 1796. (folios 227, 228)

104. Portraits at Stourhead, Wiltshire, Sir Richard Hoare’s, in the writing of the possessor, 1797. (folios 229,230)

105. Portraits at Wardour Castle, Wiltshire, Lord Arundel’s, 1797. (folios 231-234)

106. Portraits at Ombersley Court, Wiltshire, sent in a letter from Lord Sandys to Sir William Musgrave. Dated 16 September 1796. (folios 235-236b)

107. Letter from John Brand to Sir William Musgrave, with extracts from Nash’s ‘History of Worcestershire’, relative to portraits in that county. Dated 12 September 1796. (folios 237, 238)

108. Letter from John Brand to Sir William Musgrave, with further extracts from Nash. Dated September 1796. (folios 239-240)

109. Letter from John Brand to Sir William Musgrave, with further extracts from Nash. Dated 9 September 1796. (folio 241)

110. Letter from John Brand to Sir William Musgrave, relative to Sir John Packington, temp. Hen. VIII. Dated 8 September 1796. (folio 242)

111. Letter from John Brand to Sir William Musgrave, with extracts from Green’s ‘History of Worcester’, relative to portraits in that city. Dated 5 September 1796. (folio 243)

112. Portraits in the possession of Dr. Johnstone, Physician in Worcester, 1796 (in Dr. Johnstone’s handwriting). (folios 244-245b)

113. Portraits at Castle Howard, in Yorkshire, 1796. (folios 246, 247)

114. Letter from the Duke of Leeds to Sir William Musgrave, relative to portraits in his possession. Dated 21 September 1796. (folio 248)

115. Letter from the Duke of Leeds to Sir William Musgrave, concerning the portraits at Hornby Castle, Yorkshire. Dated 25 September 1796. (folios 250-251)116. Portraits at Newburgh, Yorkshire, the seat of the Earl of Fauconbery, 1798. (folios 252-253)