Add MS 75309

Althorp Papers. Vol. ix. Legal papers, chiefly relating to marriages and wills; 1566-1717, n.d.

370 x 240 mm. Unbound.

Contents:

1. Papers relating to marriage settlements; 1566-1717, n.d.; - (a) Covenant relating to the marriage of Sir John Greville of Milcote, co. Warw., and Elizabeth, daughter of John Spencer of Hodnell (d.1497), n.d.; - (b) Extract from the marriage settlement between Sir John Spencer (d.1599), and Mary, daughter of Sir Robert Catlin, 1566; - (c) Indenture between Sir John Fermour of Easton Neston and Sir John Spencer (d.1586) concerning the proposed marriage of their son and daughter, 1563. Drafts; - (d) Article of agreement relating to the marriage of Giles Allington of Horseheath, co. Camb., and Margaret, daughter of Sir John Spencer (d.1586), 1570, with a valuation of the [Allington?] lands in Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Hertfordshire, n.d.

2. Papers relating to wills and the administration of estates; 1574-1602:- (a) Inventories of plate, household goods, title-deeds, etc., of Sir Robert Catlin, with other executors' papers, 1574-1576; - (b) Note of goods and livestock delivered to Sir John Spencer (d. 1599) in execution of the will of his father, [1586?]-1587; - (c) Memoranda in a lawsuit relating to the administration of the estate of Sir Francis Willoughby of Wollaton, co. Nott., father-in-law of Robert, 1^st Baron Spencer, aft. 1596; - (d) Letters of administration of the estate of Alice Robins of Brington, 1611, with probate, 1702. Copy.

3. Bonds and other miscellaneous legal papers relating to the Spencer family; 1529-1679, n.d. Partly Latin.

Northamptonshire: Estate papers and accounts of the Spencer family rel. to Northamptonshire: 1329-1706.