Add MS 78291-78294

George Evelyn (1617-1699)

78291-78294. EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CXXIV-CXXVII. Papers of George Evelyn, elder brother of the diarist; 1641-1699. These papers, in contrast to those of his father and younger brother, are fragmentary and miscellaneous. He inherited Wotton in succession to his father and lived from 1640 till 1699. He married twice: Mary, daughter of Daniel Caldwell (d. 1644) and Mary, daughter of Sir Robert Offley and widow of Sir John Cotton of Eltham (d. 1664). Both his sons, George, by his first wife, and John, by his second wife, predeceased him and left no male heirs. Thus Wotton passed by entail to his brother John on his death. His executors were his daughter, Mary, wife of Sir Cyril Wyche, and nephew William Glanville junior, who disputed the settlement of the estate and according to the diarist, `sold & disposed of what goods were left of my Brothers' before he could take possession (Diary, V, p. 377). It may have been by this means that his papers were lost. Nevertheless some papers of both executors remain in the archive (Add. MSS 78295-78297 below).

Four volumes.