Add MS 71593

DROPMORE PAPERS. SERIES III. Vol. VII (ff. 186). Further miscellaneous political papers of Grenville rel. to Ireland, coinage, ecclesiastical and other patronage, the Privy Council, and submarine navigation, etc.; ::

1. ff. 1-3v. Ireland. Abstract of Ecclesiastical Returns made in March 1805; n.d. [1805?].

2. ff. 4-9v. Address to Sir John Newport, Chancellor of the Exchequer in Ireland, from the committee of the Presbyterian Synod in Ireland (the Seceders); 1807. Enclosing a petition to Grenville for a share in the Royal Bounty, signed by the five members of the 'fixed committee' of the Synod. The petition contains the names of the ministers of the Synod and the locations of their congregations.

3. ff. 10-13v. 'Brief Analysis of Draft of New Act for Paving etc., the streets of Dublin'; [Sept. 1806-1807?] (watermark 1802).

4. ff. 14-31v. Correspondence of Grenville with Sir Francis Baring Bart., Baring Brothers & Co., Lord Auckland and William Wickham, concerning the acquisition of dollars by the Government to assist European and American trade; 1806, n.d.

5. ff. 32-63v. Letters and papers sent to Grenville from Pascoe Grenfell, Auckland and others rel. to copper and silver coinage; 1806.

6. ff. 64-96v. Untitled manuscript pamphlet on the coinage, addressed to Grenville by Charles Lukin; 10 Jan. 1807.

7. ff. 97-99. Anonymous notes on the relative value of silver at different periods; n.d. [1806-1807?]. Partly printed.

8. ff. 100-101. List of candidates for church preferment, with names of those making recommendations and the preferment sought; n.d. [aft. 18 Feb.-bef. Dec.1806].

9. ff. 102-104. The Travelling, Local - Preachers, and Exhorters Plan of the Ripon Circuit; 1802. Printed. Two copies, one with an annotation, possibly by John King; n.d.

10. ff. 105-121v. Miscellaneous papers relating to the Privy Council:::

i List of certain legal officers who were also privy councillors since 1660.

ii Paper, 'The oath of a privy councillor'; 1688. With a list of past standing committes of the privy council for special purposes.

iii Papers to privy council proceedings concerning the Gordon Riots 1780, and to threats and attempts on the King's life, 1786-1795; n.d. (watermarked 1804). Copies. Possibly prepared Feb. 1806, in part concerning whether Lord Ellenborough, as Lord Chief Justice, could sit in the Cabinet.

11. ff. 122-123v. List, possibly partly in the hand of C.J. Fox, of descriptions of persons recommended for baronetcies, together with the names of their nominators; n.d. [? March 1806] .

12. ff. 124-126v. Estimates rel. to, and evidence of Richard Clarke concerning, the Bethlem Hospital Bill; April, 2 July 1806.

13. ff. 127-130. Draft, in Lady Grenville's hand, of a declaration of dissent to the passing of the Malt Bill; [bef. April. 1802]. Printed, with minor punctuation differences and with the addition of the names of Lords Spencer, Grenville and three others, in the Annual Register (1802), pp. 605-606.

14. ff. 131-143v. Robert Fulton's petition to Grenville, 'On Submarine Navigation and attack. And the decision of the arbitrators'; 2 Sept. 1806. Autograph. Among the papers are three small ink and colour drawings relating to submarine bombs; one drawing depicts the blowing-up of the brig Dorothea off Walmer Sands. Apparently unpublished. For another twenty different drawings 1810-1811, see F. D. Herbert, Robert Fulton's Original Drawings in Transactions of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (1934). Other Fulton papers are now in the New York Public Library, and Columbia University. Herbert also refers to papers in Birmingham Reference Library and in the Patent Office Library. With the petition is a letter to Fulton from Edmund Cartwright, one of the arbitrators; 29 Aug. 1806.

15. ff. 144-153v. William Adam, Paper, 'Decision on certain Questions between His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex and Lady Augusta De Amlandt [Ameland]'; 4 April 1808. Copy.

16. ff. 154-183v. Other petitions, memorials and cases sent to Grenville; 1806, n.d.

17. ff. 184-186. Note and rough inventories relating to jewellery [of the Fortescue family?]; 1949, 1958, n.d.

includes:

• f. 1 Ireland: Abstract, ecclesiastical state of Ireland: 1805: Copy.
• f. 2 Ireland: Abstract of ecclesiastical returns: 1805: Copy.
• ff. 4-9 Ireland: Sir John Newport, 1st Baronet: Memorial to Sir J. Newport, as Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer, from the Presbyterian Synod of Ireland: [1806?]: Signed; partly copies.
• f. 8 Ireland: Presbyterians: List of ministers and congregations of the Presbyterian Synod of Ireland: [1806?]: Copy.
• f. 10 County of Dublin: Ireland: Analysis of new Act for paving, etc., the streets of Dublin: [1806-1807?]: Copy.
• f. 15 William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville; Prime Minister: Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne; formerly Petty: Letter to Lord Henry Petty from Lord Grenville: 1806: Copy.
• ff. 17-24, 39-40v William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland: William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville; Prime Minister: Letters to Lord Grenville from Lord Auckland: 1806.
• f. 19 South America: Hope & Co; bankers: Letter to Baring Brothers, concerning South American currency: 1806.
• f. 23 South America: Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet: Paper on Hope & Co's proposals rel. to South American currency: [1806]: Copy?.
• f. 25 South America: William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville; Prime Minister: Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet: Letter, concerning South American currency, to Lord Grenville from Sir F. Baring: 1806.
• f. 27 South America: William Wickham, politician: William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville; Prime Minister: Letter, rel. to South American currency, to Lord Grenville from W. Wickham: [1806].
• ff. 32-101 Coinage: Papers of Lord Grenville rel. to gold, silver and copper coinage: 1806-1807, n.d.
• f. 33 Charles Pascoe Grenfell, MP: William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville; Prime Minister: Letter to Lord Grenville from C.P. Grenfell: 1806.
• f. 35 Charles Pascoe Grenfell, MP: Coinage: Paper by C.P. Grenfell: Observations upon the Copper Coinage: 1806: Copy.
• f. 41 John Porter, of the Board of Trade: Letter to Lord Grenville: 1806.
• f. 43 Coinage: John Porter, of the Board of Trade: Paper by J. Porter, `On the Silver Coinage of this Kingdom': 1806: Copy.
• f. 57 William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville; Prime Minister: Coinage: Samuel Thornton, Director of the Bank of England: Letter to Lord Grenville from S. Thornton: 1806.
• f. 62 William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland: Samuel Thornton, Director of the Bank of England: Letter to S. Thornton from Lord Auckland: 1797: Copy.
• f. 64 Coinage: Charles Lukin: Paper on the coinage, sent to Lord Grenville by C. Lukin: 1807: Copy.
• ff. 97-99 Martin Folkes, President of the Royal Society: Coinage: Table of relative value of silver at different times, by M. Folkes; with anon. explanatory note: [aft. 1754]: Partly printed.
• f. 100 Church of England: List of persons applying for church patronage, with the names of their supporters: [1806]: Copy.
• f. 102 Nonconformists: Plan for the Methodist Circuit in the Ripon area, with names of preachers and exhorters: 1802: Printed, with MS addition.
• ff. 103v, 175v John King, Secretary to the Treasury: Notes by: 1806.
• f. 116 England; Privy Council: Note of meetings of the Committee of Council rel. to riots etc., 1780-1796: [1806?]: Copy.
• f. 122 Charles James Fox, PC; MP: Baronets: List of persons recommended for baronetcies, partly in the hand of C.J. Fox [?]: [1806].
• f. 124 London. Secular Institutions; Hospitals and Charitable Institutions. Bethlem Hospital: Estimate of the cost of building a new Bethlem Hospital: 1806: Copy.
• f. 125 Richard Clarke: London. Secular Institutions; Hospitals and Charitable Institutions. Bethlem Hospital: Evidence of Richard Clarke rel. to the Bethlem Hospital Bill: 1806: Copy.
• f. 127 Anne Grenville, wife of William, Baron Grenville: Motion of dissent by some peers to the passing of the Malt Bill, in the hand of Lady Grenville: [1802]: Copy.
• f. 131 Edmund Cartwright, DD, inventor: Robert Fulton, alias Francis; naval inventor: Navy; England: Letter concerning submarine bombs to R. Fulton from E. Cartwright: 1806.
• ff. 131-143v William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville; Prime Minister: Robert Fulton, alias Francis; naval inventor: Navy; England: Papers of Lord Grenville rel. to R. Fulton's experiments with submarine bombs: 1806.
• f. 133 Robert Fulton, alias Francis; naval inventor: Navy; England: Paper addressed to Lord Grenville on submarine navigation and attack.: [1806]: Autograph; signed.
• f. 144 Augustus Frederick Sussex, Duke of; 6th son of George III: William Adam, MP: Lady Augusta Murray, afterwards D'Ameland; wife of Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex: Paper, rel. to certain questions concerning the Duke of Sussex and Lady Augusta De Amlandt: 1808: Copy.
• f. 154 Robert Walpole, Envoy at Lisbon: Letter to Earl Fitzwilliam: 1806: Copy.
• ff. 155-158v Robert Walpole, Envoy at Lisbon: Letters to the Earl of Chatham: 1801, 1805: Copies.
• f. 159 Privy Council, The: Robert Walpole, Envoy at Lisbon: Statement of R. Walpole rel. to claim for compensation for post of Clerk to the Privy Council: [1806?]: Copy.
• f. 161 Sir Brook Watson, 1st Baronet: Letter to Lord Grenville: 1806.
• f. 163 Sir Brook Watson, 1st Baronet: Memorial to the Treasury: 1802: Copy.
• f. 174 General Sir James Willoughby Gordon, 1st Baronet: Colonel Sir J. Callendar, 29th Dragoons: Letter from Lieut. Col. Gordon to J. King, concerning Col. Sir J. Callendar's case: 1806.
• ff. 174-179v Army; England: Letters rel. to the sale of commissions: 1806: Partly copies.
• ff. 176-177 Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany; 2nd son of George III: Letter to Col. Sir J. Callendar: 1798: Copy.
• f. 178 General Sir Robert Brownrigg, 1st Baronet: Letter to Col. Sir J. Callendar: 1798: Copy.
• f. 180 Rear-Admiral Sir George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney 1782: A statement of Lord Rodney's pension: n.d. [circa 1806].
• ff. 184-186 Jewels and Plate: Inventories: Fortescue family; of Boconnoc, Cornwall: Papers, lists etc., rel. to jewellery, possibly owned by the Fortescue family: 1949, 1958.