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Stowe MS 781

Record Id:

040-001953620

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001952775

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000534.0x00013d

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Stowe MS 781

Title:

Scope & Content:

Vol. II. (ff. 133). 1701-1768. Included are the wills of;-

(a) William [Cavendish, lst] Duke of Devonshire, dated 1707. f. 20;-(b) Sir John Holt, Chief Justice of the King's Bench, 1708. f. 26;-(c) Hugh Fortescue, of Filleigh, co. Devon, 1714. Draft, with corrections in the hand of Sir Thomas Parker (afterwards Earl of Macclesfield and Lord Chancellor), who is named as one of the executors. f. 40;-(d) John Hedges, of London, in doggrel, 1737. f. 98;-(e) Translation of the will of [Henrietta] Caroline, Landgravine of [Hesse-] Darmstadt (ob. 1774). f. 111;-

(f) Printed pamphlet containing the will of Louis XVI., 1792, with translation and prefatory notes (London, 1793). f 119;-

(g) Cuttings from newspapers, containing the wills of Frederic II. of Prussia, Edmund Burke, the American General Charles Lee (ob. 1782), and Richard Rigby, Paymaster-general 1768-1782 (ob. 1788). ff. 119-133.

Wills: Collection of English wills: 1002-1768.: Orig. and Copies.

Thomas Astle, ob. 1803: Wills collected by: 18th cent.

includes:

f. 1 Isaac Polley, of Chapel, county Essex: Will: 1701.: Copy.
f. 3 Philip Fuller, of Bramford, county Suffolk: Will: 1702.: Copy.
f. 5 John Baker, of Halstead, county Essex: Will: 1703.: Copy.
f. 7 Gabriel Wright, of Hoveton St. John, county Norfolk: Will: 1703.: Copy.
f. 8 William Ranshaw, of Stafford: Will: 1704.: Copy.
f. 9 John Sill, of Inworth, county Essex: Will: 1704.: Copy.
f. 14 Humfrey Elliot, of Beobridge, county Shropshire: Will: 1704.: Copy.
f. 15 John Chandler, of East Thorpe, county Essex: Will: 1707.: Copy.
f. 17 Charles Gerard, 6th Baron Gerard: Will: 1707.: Copy.
f. 18 Susan Burchard, Widow, of Witham, county Essex: Will: 1707.
f. 20 William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire: Will: 1707.: Copy.
f. 25 John Potter, of Wormingford, county Essex: Will: 1708.: Copy.
f. 26 Sir John Holt, Lord Chief Justice: Will: 1708.: Copy.
f. 30 Elizabeth Knight, of Anglesey Abbey, county Cambridgeshire: Will: 1709.: Copy.
f. 31 Sir Henry Every, Baronet; of Egginton: Will: 1709.: Copy.
f. 33 Gilbert Smith, of Earl's Colne, county Essex: Will: 1710.: Copy.
f. 34 James Nelson, of Narland, county Suffolk: Will: 1710.: Copy.
f. 36 Robert Burdett, of Foremark, county Derbyshire: Will: 1711.: Copy.
f. 39 Jonathan Reeve: Will: 1712.: Copy.
f. 40 Thomas Parker, 1st Baron Parker; 1st Earl of Macclesfield: Corrections by, to draft of a will: 1714.
f. 40 Hugh Fortescue, of Filleigh, county Devon: Will: 1714.: Draft.
ff. 71-77 Elizabeth Ravenscrofte, widow: Will, with codicils: 1706-1715.
f. 75 Elizabeth Ravenscrofte, widow: Letter to Sir T. Parker: 1712.
f. 78 Richard Hawley, of New Brentford, county Middlesex: Will: 1718.: Copy.
f. 87 Mary Bovell, widow: Will: 1718.
f. 89 Edmund Harrington, of Much Tey, county Essex: Will: 1723.: Copy.
f. 90 John Burton, of Wakes Colne, county Essex: Will: 1723.: Copy.
f. 92 Edmund Raynham, of Colchester: Will: 1724.: Copy.
f. 94 Thomas Keable, of Wakes Colne, county Essex: Will: 1732.
f. 95 John Lockyer, of Ilchester: Will: 1734.: Copy.
f. 98 John Hedges: Will, in doggrel: 1737.: Copy.
ff. 99, 100 John Ingate, of Wakes Colne, county Essex: Will: 1737, 1738.
f. 101 Joseph Willington: Case arising from the will of: 1758.
f. 101 Sir George Nares, Judge of Common Pleas: Legal opinion: 1758.
f. 103 William Browne, of Burton-on-Trent: Will: 1745.: Copy.
f. 106 John Smith, of Withyham, county Sussex: Will: 1747.: Copy.
f. 108 Mary Bradley, of West Malling, county Kent: Will: 1758.: Copy.
f. 110 Walter Spooner, of Clifford's Inn: Will: 1768.: Copy.
f. 111 Hesse-Darmstadt, Landgrave of. Louis IX: Will of his wife, Henrietta: 1774.: Transl.
f. 119 Louis XVI of France: Will, with transl., etc.: 1793.: Printed.
f. 131 Right Hon. Edmund Burke: Will: 1797.: Printed.
f. 132 Richard Rigby, MP: Will: 1781.: Printed.
f. 133 Major-Gen. Charles Lee, of the American army: Will: 1782.: Printed.
f. 133 Frederick II of Prussia: Will: 1786.: Printed transl.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Stowe Collection

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-001952775
036-001953596
037-001953618
040-001953620

Is part of:

Stowe Ms 1-1085 : Stowe Manuscripts
Stowe MS 761-786 : CLASS XVIII.BIOGRAPHY, AND PERSONAL.
Stowe MS 780-781 : A COLLECTION of English Wills, chiefly copies, with a few originals; 1002-1768. In two volumes, arranged in chronological order.…

Stowe MS 781 : Vol. II. (ff. 133). 1701-1768. Included are the wills of;- (a) William [Cavendish, lst] Duke of Devonshire, dated 1707. f. 20;-(b)…

Hierarchy:

032-001952775[0018]/036-001953596[0020]/037-001953618[0002]/040-001953620

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Stowe Ms 1-1085

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1700

End Date:

1799

Date Range:

18th century

Era:

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