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Vol. DLXXII (ff. 229).

(1) Letters to the Duke and his wife from Jacob Bryant, the classical scholar; 1775-1804, n.d. Partly Latin. Partly printed. ff. 1-103.

(2) General correspondence and papers of the Duke and his wife, 1761-1814, n.d.; including (ff. 182b-183) a coloured print, 'The Seige of Blenheim or the new System of Gunning, discoverd', by James Gillray, on which see Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires, No. 7980. Partly Italian and German. Partly copies and printed. ff. 104-215b.

(3) Papers of the Duke as Lord Chamberlain and docquets sent to him as Lord Privy Seal; 1762-1764. ff. 216b-229b.

includes:

ff. 1-103 Jacob Bryant, classical scholar: Letters, etc., to 4th Duke of Marlborough: 1775-1804, n.d.: Partly Lat.: Partly printed.
ff. 1-7b, 99-100, 104-116, 152, 160-165b, 215 Jewels and Plate: Papers rel. to Marlborough gems: 1768-1805, n.d.: Partly Gr., Lat. and Ital.
f. 19b Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Pencil sketch of grotesque female head: 1788.
ff. 50, 67, 71 Sir William formerly Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel, composer and astronomer: Letters rel. to: 1801-1802.
ff. 67, 71 Astronomy: Letters rel. to asteroids: 1802.
ff. 104-106b Conte Antonio Maria Zanetti, Italian antiquary and engraver: Letters to: 1733.: Ital.
ff. 104-106b, 117 Baron Philipp von Stosch,; German archaeologist: Letters to Conte A. M. Zanetti: 1733, 1738.: Ital.: Partly copies.
ff.107-110b Conte Antonio Maria Zanetti, Italian antiquary and engraver: Letters to 4th Duke of Marlborough: 1761.: Ital.
ff. 111-114b John Udny, Consul at Venice, and afterwards at Leghorn: Letters to 4th Duke of Marlborough: 1763-1765.
f. 115 Conte Antonio Maria Zanetti, Italian antiquary and engraver: Letter to J. Udney: 1765.: Ital.
f. 115 John Udny, Consul at Venice, and afterwards at Leghorn: Letter to: 1765.: Ital.
f. 119 Woodstock, Oxfordshire: Letter of L. Brown rel. to grounds of Blenheim Palace: 1765.
f. 119 Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, architect and landscape gardener: Letter to 4th Duke of Marlborough: 1765.
ff. 121, 126, 134, 135,139,150,154 Woodstock, Oxfordshire: Papers rel. to game in park: 1765-1775.
f. 123 Gamaliel Bobart, Mayor of Woodstock: Letter to Duke of Marlborough: 1766.
f. 123 Woodstock, Oxfordshire: Letter rel. to election of High Steward: 1766.
f. 125 General William Gordon, MP: Letter rel. to his election: 1767.
f. 125 Woodstock, Oxfordshire: Recommendation of W. Gordon as M.P.: 1767.
f. 125 Elections Parliamentary: Letters, etc., of Dukes of Marlborough rel. to elections in Windsor, Stockbridge and co. Oxon.': 1741-1815.
f. 126 Henry Turner, Keeper of Blenheim Park: Account of his privileges: circ. 1767.
ff. 128-131b Wine: Wines in cellars of 4th Duke of Marlborough: 1767.
ff. 128-131b Woodstock, Oxfordshire: Wines in cellars at Blenheim Palace: 1767.
ff. 130b-131 London, Parishes. St. Mary Aldermary: Correspondence, etc., rel. to Marlborough House: 1710-1767, n.d.: Partly printed.
ff. 130b-131 Langley, Buckinghamshire: Wines at 4th Duke of Marlborough's house: 1767.
ff. 132-133b Brewing: Beer brewed at Blenheim Palace: 1768.
ff. 132-133b Woodstock, Oxfordshire: Beer brewed at Blenheim Palace: 1768.
f. 134 Henry Turner, Keeper of Blenheim Park: Report to 4th Duke of Marlborough: 1768.
f. 135 Is[aac?] Dewdney: Witnessed: in 1770.
ff. 135, 150 Thomas Walker, Town Clerk of Woodstock and of Oxford: Witnessed, in: 1770, 1774.
ff.135,150 Thomas Millin, of Wootton, county Oxfordshire: Commissions as gamekeeper of 4th Duke of Marlborough: 1770-1774.
f. 137 Woodstock, Oxfordshire: Letter rel. to admission of public to Blenheim Palace: 1770.
f. 137 John Moore, Bishop of Bangor 1775, Archbishop of Canterbury 1783: Letter to, rel. to admission of public to Blenheim Palace: 1770.
f. 139 Charles Turner, House Steward to George, 4th Duke of Marlborough: Witnessed, in: 1770.
f. 139 George Thorpe, butler to George, 4th Duke of Marlborough: Witnessed: in 1770.
f. 139 Thomas Hartley, of Wolvercote: Commission as gamekeeper to 4th Duke of Narlborough: 1770.
f. 141 John Stranger, schoolmaster, of Oxford: Letter to 4th Duke of Marlborough: 1770.
f. 141 North America: Letter from New York loyalist: 1770.
f. 143 Langley, Buckinghamshire: Letter rel. to gravel-digging at: 1770.
f. 143 John Norton, attorney, of Windsor: Letter to 4th Duke of Marlborough: 1770.
f. 144b Thomas Walker, Town Clerk of Woodstock and of Oxford: Memorandum to 4th Duke of Marlborough: 1770.
f. 145 Woodstock, Oxfordshire: Menu for celebratory supper at Blenheim Palace: 1770.
f. 146 Charles Spencer, MP; 2nd son of Charles Spencer: Letter to: 1771.
f. 148 Joseph Streitt, Count Migazzi's Foot: Letter to 4th Duke of Marlborough: 1771.: Germ.
f. 149 Henry Stephens, DD; brother of James Stephens: Letter to 4th Duke of Marlborough: 1771.
f. 150 Samuel Dutoit, house steward of George, 4th Duke of Marlborough: Witnessed: in 1774.
f. 152 Louis Dutens, FRS: Letter to 4th Duke of Marlborough: 1774.
f. 152 Francesco Bartolozzi, RA; engraver: Request for one of his engravings: 1774.
f. 156 Bath, Somerset: Memoranda rel. to journey of 4th Duke of Marlborough's household to: 1777.
f. 158 Mary Spencer, wife of Lord Charles Spencer: Letter to Duchess of Marlborough: bef. 1779.
ff. 160-165b Nathaniel Marchant, gem-engraver and medallist: Letters to 4th Duke of Marlborough: 1781.
f. 166 Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow; Lord Chancellor: Letter to 4th Duke of Marlborough: 1787.
f. 168 I. Watts, descendant of Robert Winston, of county Gloucestershire: Letter to 4th Duke of Marlborough: 1787.
f. 168 Art. Miscellaneous: Letter rel. to miniature of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough: 1787.
ff. 170-173 Woodstock, Oxfordshire: Programme, etc., for plays at Blenheim Palace: 1789.: Mostly printed.
ff. 170-173 Drama: Programme, etc., for performances of 'The Deaf Lover', by F. Pilon, and 'Cross Purposes', by W. O'Brien, at Blenheim Palace: 1789.: Mostly printed.
ff. 170-173 Frederick Pilon, d 1788 actor: Programme, etc., for performance of his 'The Deaf Lover' at Blenheim Palace: 1789.: Mostly printed.
ff. 170-173 William O'Brien, actor and dramatist: Programme, etc., for performance of his 'Cross Purposes' at Blenheim Palace: 1789.: Mostly printed.
f. 174 Woodstock, Oxfordshire: Plate at Blenheim Palace: 1792.
f. 174 Jewels and Plate: Plate at Blenheim Palace: 1792.
f. 175 Richard Lloyd, of Headington House, county Oxfordshire: Letter to Duke of Marlborough: 1793.
f. 177 Ceramics: Letter, etc., rel. to deposit of Spalding collection at Blenheim Palace: 1793-1800.
f. 177 Samuel Spalding, collector of porcelain and china: Letter to Duchess of Marlborough: 1793.
f. 177 Caroline Spencer, wife of George, 4th Duke of Marlborough: Letters, etc., to: 1772-1793, n.d.: Partly Fr.
f. 177 Woodstock, Oxfordshire: Letter rel. to deposit of Spalding china collection at Blenheim Palace: 1793.
ff. 182b-183 James Gillray, caricaturist: 'The Seige of Blenheim or the new system of Gunning, discoverd': 1791.: Engr.
ff. 182b-183 Susannah Gunning, novelist: Satire against: 1791.: Coloured print.
ff. 182b-183 Art. Cartoons and Caricatures: J. Gillray, 'The Seige of Blenheim': 1791.: Coloured print.
ff. 184, 188-193, 200 Joseph Brooks, Mayor of Woodstock: Letters to: [1796?]-bef. 1811.
f. 186 J. Shipley, of Woodstock: Letter to: 1796.
ff. 187, 193 J. Hedgley, organist: Letters to S. Fellows: 1817.
f. 191 Joseph Brooks, Mayor of Woodstock: Letter to Dr Ewart: 1796.: Draft.
f. 194 Ralph Payne, 1st Baron Lavington: Letter to: 1796.
f. 194 Joseph Brooks, Mayor of Woodstock: Letter to Lord Lavington: 1796.: Copy.
f. 196 Francis II; Emperor of Germany: Verses addressed to Francis II: circ. 1806.: Germ.
f. 196 Political and Satirical Poems: Addressed to Emperor Francis II: circ. 1806.: Germ.
ff. 198-199 William James, railway projector: Survey of 4th Duke of Marlborough's estate at Oakley by: 1812.
ff. 198-199 Oakley, Buckinghamshire: Valuation of 4th Duke of Marlborough's estate: 1809.
f. 202 Sir John Chandos Reade, 7th Baronet; of Shipton Court: Letter to 4th Duke of Marlborough: 1812.
ff. 203-208b William Fordyce Mavor, Rector of Bladon-with-Woodstock: Abstract of 4th Duke of Marlborough's will by: 1812.
ff. 209-210 b William Coxe, Archdeacon of Wiltshire; historian: Life of 1st Duke of Marlborough: 1813.: Draft extracts. Partly autogr.
f. 215 C. Morison, jeweller: Letter to 4th Duke of Marlborough: aft. 1758.
ff. 216-221b Household, Royal: Papers of 4th Duke of Marlborough as Lord Chamberlain: 1762-1763.
f. 222 Sir William Gordon, MP: Docquet for allowance to, as Minister at Ratisbon: 1764.
ff. 222, 226 Sir John Turner, 3rd Baronet of Warham; Lord of the Treasury: Docquets signed by: 1764.
ff. 222, 226 James Harris, MP: Docquets signed by: 1764.
ff. 222, 226 Thomas Orby Hunter, MP: Docquets signed by: 1764.
f. 224 Thomas Sewell, MP; Master of the Rolls: Docquet for licence for enclosures by: 1764.
f. 226 Philip Stanhope, MP; son of Philip Dormer Stanhope: Docquet for payment of allowance to: 1764.

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Additional Manuscripts

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032-001949954
033-001950715
036-001950721
040-001950724

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Add MS 61101-61710, Add Ch 76069-76142, Seal CCV.8 : BLENHEIM PAPERS
Add MS 61666-61680 : E. CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS OF LATER DUKES OF MARLBOROUGH 61666-61680. BLENHEIM PAPERS. Vols. DLXVI-DLXXX. Correspondence…
Add MS 61670-61676 : E. Section II. CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS OF THE 4TH DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH AND HIS WIFE 61670-61676. BLENHEIM PAPERS.…

Add MS 61672 : Vol. DLXXII (ff. 229). (1) Letters to the Duke and his wife from Jacob Bryant, the classical scholar; 1775-1804, n.d. Partly…

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Languages:

English
French
German
Greek, Modern
Italian
Latin

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Greek
Latin

Start Date:

1761

End Date:

1814

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1761-1814

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Custodial History:

f. 120b David Bronte Green; archivist to Dukes of Marlborough: Annotated: in 1948.

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Names:

Bartolozzi, Francesco, engraver, 1728-1815,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121196776,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/7656202
Bobart, Gamaliel, Mayor of Woodstock
Brooks, Joseph, Mayor of Woodstock
Brown, Lancelot 'Capability', architect and landscape gardener
Bryant, Jacob, classical scholar
Coxe, William, Archdeacon of Wiltshire, historian
Dewdney, I, associate of the 4th Duke of Marlborough, fl 1770
Dutens, Louis, diplomat, chaplain and writer, 1730-1812
Dutoit, Samuel, house steward of George, 4th Duke of Marlborough, fl 1774
Francis II, Emperor of Germany
Gillray, James, caricaturist, 1756-1815,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/66735065
Gordon, William, General; MP
Gordon, William, MP
Green, David Bronte, archivist and writer, b 1910
Gunning, Susannah, née Minifie, novelist, ?1739-1800
Harris, James, MP
Hartley, Thomas, of Wolvercote
Hedgley, J., organist
Herschel, William formerly Friedrich Wilhelm, composer and astronomer
Hunter, Thomas Orby, MP
James, William, railway projector
Lloyd, Richard, of Headington House, county Oxfordshire
Marchant, Nathaniel, gem-engraver and medallist
Mavor, William Fordyce, Rector of Bladon-with-Woodstock
Millin, Thomas, of Wootton, county Oxfordshire
Moore, John, Bishop of Bangor 1775, Archbishop of Canterbury 1783
Morison, C., jeweller
Norton, John, attorney, of Windsor
O'Brien, William, actor and dramatist
Payne, Ralph, 1st Baron Lavington
Pilon, Frederick, actor, d 1788
Reade, John Chandos, 7th Baronet, of Shipton Court
Royal Household
Sewell, Thomas, MP; Master of the Rolls
Shipley, J., of Woodstock
Spalding, Samuel, collector of porcelain and china
Spencer, Caroline, wife of George, 4th Duke of Marlborough
Spencer, Charles, MP; 2nd son of Charles Spencer
Spencer, Mary, wife of Lord Charles Spencer
Stanhope, Philip, MP; son of Philip Dormer Stanhope
Stephens, Henry, DD; brother of James Stephens
Stosch, Philipp, Baron, German archaeologist
Stranger, John, schoolmaster, of Oxford
Streitt, Joseph, Count Migazzi's Foot
Thorpe, George, butler to George, 4th Duke of Marlborough
Thurlow, Edward, 1st Baron Thurlow, Lord Chancellor
Turner, Charles, House Steward to George, 4th Duke of Marlborough
Turner, Henry, Keeper of Blenheim Park
Turner, John, 3rd Baronet of Warham, Lord of the Treasury
Udny, John, Consul at Venice, and afterwards at Leghorn
Walker, Thomas, Town Clerk of Woodstock and of Oxford
Watts, I., descendant of Robert Winston, of county Gloucestershire
Zanetti, Antonio Maria, Conte, Italian antiquary and engraver, 1680-1767

Places:

Bath, England
Langley, Buckinghamshire
London, United Kingdom
North America, America
Oakley, Buckinghamshire
Westminster, England
Woodstock, England