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Add MS 61409
- Record Id:
- 040-001950355
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001949954
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000392.0x000179
- LARK:
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- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 61409
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Vol. CCCIX (ff. 27).
(1) Wills, codicils, etc., of Marlborough; 1705-1721. Partly signed, with seals, and drafts. ff. 1-10.
(2) Papers relating to his funeral arrangements and expenses, including the removal of his body to Blenheim Palace in 1744; 1722, 1745. ff. 11-22b.
(3) Verse and prose epitaphs, chiefly proposals for the inscription on the monument in Blenheim chapel; 1728, 1733, n.d. Partly Latin. ff. 23-27.
includes:
- ff. 1-10 Wills: Papers rel. to wills and executors of Duke of Marlborough: 1705-1744.
- f. 2 Lieutenant Robert Sambee, Lord Orrery's Foot; clerk to A Cardonnel: Witnessed, in: 1705.
- f. 2 Henry Watkins, Deputy Judge Advocate; Latin Secretary to John, 1st Duke of Marlborough: Witnessed, in: 1705.
- ff. 3-4, 6 Charles Hodges, steward of Marlborough household: Witnessed: in 1705-1719.
- f. 6 John Griffiths, butler in Marlborough household: Witnessed: in 1719.
- f. 6 [Isaac?] G[ouiquet?]: Witnessed: in 1719.
- f. 6 Captain Humphrey Fish, alias Fyshe; Coldstream Guards; Secretary to Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough: Witnessed: in 1718-1719.
- f. 11 John Anstis, heraldic writer and Garter King of Arms: Letter to Lord Godolphin: 1722.
- f. 11 Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin: Letters to: 1709, 1722.
- ff. 13-22b Accounts: Duke of Marlborough's funeral: 1722, 1744.
- ff. 14-15b London; Westminster. Abbey of St Peter: Fees for Duke of Marlborough's funeral at: 1722.
- ff. 14-15b John Church: Receipted account of fees for Duke of Marlborough's funeral at Westminster Abbey: 1722.
- ff. 14-22b Funerals: Accounts and papers rel. to Duke of Marlborough's funeral: 1722, 1744.
- f. 20 James Simmons, undertaker: Receipted bill of: 1744.: Signed.
- ff. 20-22b Woodstock, Oxfordshire: Accounts for removal of Duke of Marlborough's body to Blenheim Palace chapel: 1744.
- ff. 21-22b Benjamin Goodison, cabinet-maker and undertaker: Bills and receipts of: 1719-1745.
- f. 23 John Newcomb, of New College, Oxford: Epitaph on Duke of Marlborough: 1728.
- ff. 23-27 Epitaphs: On Duke of Marlborough: 1723-1733, n.d.: Partly Lat.
- f. 24 Walter Plumer, MP: Epitaphs on Duke of Marlborough: 1733.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001949954
033-001949955
036-001950354
040-001950355 - Is part of:
- Add MS 61101-61710, Add Ch 76069-76142, Seal CCV.8 : BLENHEIM PAPERS
Add MS 61101-61413 : A. CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS OF THE 1ST DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH 61101-61413. BLENHEIM PAPERS. Vols. I-CCCXIII. Correspondence…
Add MS 61409-61410 : A. Section XV. FUNERAL PAPERS 61409, 61410. BLENHEIM PAPERS. Vols. CCCIX, CCCX. Wills, funeral accounts and epitaphs;…
Add MS 61409 : Vol. CCCIX (ff. 27). (1) Wills, codicils, etc., of Marlborough; 1705-1721. Partly signed, with seals, and drafts. ff. 1-10. (2)… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001949954[0001]/033-001949955[0015]/036-001950354[0001]/040-001950355
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 61101-61710, Add Ch 76069-76142, Seal CCV.8
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1705
- End Date:
- 1745
- Date Range:
- 1705-1745
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Legal Status:
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- Names:
- Anstis, John, the elder, herald and antiquary, 1669-1774
Benedictine abbey of St Peter, Westminster, Middlesex, 616-1540
Church, John, of Add MS 61409
Fish, Humphrey, army officer; secretary to Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, fl 1718-1728
Godolphin, Francis, 2nd Earl of Godolphin, courtier and politician, 1678-1766
Goodison, Benjamin, cabinet-maker and undertaker, fl 1719-1745
Gouiquet, -, charter witness, fl 1705
Griffiths, John, butler in the household of the Duke of Marlborough, fl 1719-1724
Hodges, Charles, steward of Marlborough household
Newcomb, John, of New College, Oxford
Plumer, Walter, MP
Sambee, Robert, Lieutenant; Lord Orrery's Foot; clerk to A Cardonnel
Simmons, James, undertaker
Watkins, Henry, Deputy Judge Advocate; Latin Secretary to John, 1st Duke of Marlborough - Places:
- Woodstock, England