Stowe MS 818

PAPERS relating to Derby and Coventry, viz.:-

1. Transcript of royal charters granted to the borough of Derby; tempp. Hen. II.-Chas. II. f. 1.

2. Papers concerning the project of making the Derwent navigable up to Derby, viz. (a) Letter from the Mayor and Burgesses of Derby to [Thomas] Parker, Baron Parker, Chief Justice of the King's Bench [afterwards Lord Chancellor and lst Earl of Macclesfield] 2 Mar. 171⁶/₇, enclosing an engraved map of the Derwent and a copy of King John's charter to Derby. f.78;-(b)Arguments in favour of the scheme. f. 83;-(c) Notes in Parker's hand on the legal aspect of the matter. f. 86.

3. Letters to Sir Thomas Parker, as M.P. for Derby and Recorder, (a) from G. Fletcher, concerning the Countess of Shrewsbury's almshouses at Derby; Derby, 5 Feb. 1708[9]. f. 88;-(b) from the churchwardens of Derby respecting charities in the borough; [1705-10]. f. 90. With a memorial [to the same] from the Mayor and Burgesses of Derby, protesting against an increase in the window-tax, [1709-10]. f. 91.

4. "Papers relating to the city of Coventry." f. 93. They consist mainly of documents connected with the Chancery suit with regard to Sir Thomas White's charity (see Account of the Loans, Benefactions and Charities belonging to the city of Coventry, Coventry, 1802, pp. 125, 150), viz;-(a) Abstract of the case, in Lord Macclesfield's hand. f. 95;-(b) Copies of agreements between the mayor, etc., of Coventry and the Merchant Taylors' Company; 6 July, 5 Edw. VI. [1551] and 2 Jan.1705[6]. ff.112,127;-(c) Copies of orders in Chancery, 10 June, 7 Anne [1708]-5 Mar. 11 Anne [171²/₃], and of the judgment of the House of Lords, 11 Mar. 1720 [1]. ff. 132-156, 160. Paper; ff. 163. Early XVIIIth cent. Folio.

includes:

• ff. 1, 81 Derby, Derbyshire: Royal charters to: tempp. Hen. II.-Chas. II.: Copies, 18th cent.
• f. 78 River Derwent, Derbyshire: Plan for improvement of: 1717.
• f. 78 Derby, Derbyshire: Letter from the Mayor and Burgesses to Lord Parker: 1717.
• ff. 78-163 passim Thomas Parker, 1st Baron Parker; 1st Earl of Macclesfield: Correspondence and notes conc. Derby and Coventry: 18th cent.
• f. 80 Maps and Plans: R. Derwent, co. Derby: early 18th cent.: Engr.
• f. 88 George Fletcher: Letter to Sir T. Parker: 1709.
• ff. 88-90 Derby, Derbyshire: Correspondence rel. to charities in: 1705-10.
• f. 91 Revenue: Memorial against an increased window-tax: 1709-10.
• f. 91 Derby, Derbyshire: Memorial from, against increased window-tax: 1709-10.
• ff. 93-163 Sir Thomas White, Lord Mayor of London (1553): Papers relating to his charity at Coventry: 1702-1721.
• ff. 93-163 London City Companies: Papers relating to a suit, Merchant Taylors' Co. v. the city of Coventry: 1702-1721.
• ff. 93-163 Coventry, Warwickshire: Papers relating to Sir T. White's charity: 1702-1721.