Add MS 75351

Althorp Papers. Vol. li (ff. ). Correspondence and papers of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Earls of Cumberland, temp. Henry VIII [between 1509-1547]-1601, n.d.

Contents:

1. ff. . Letters to Henry Clifford, 1st Earl of Cumberland, from (a) his brother, Sir Thomas Clifford, temp. Henry VIII; - (b) his son Henry, afterw. 2nd Earl of Cumberland, temp. Henry VIII.

2. ff. . Other correspondence of the 1st and 2nd Earls of Cumberland; bef. 1525-1568, n.d.

3. ff. . Accounts of Thomas Clifford, receiver of Henry Stanley, Lord Strange, afterw. 4th Earl of Derby (whose wife Margaret was the daughter of Henry, 2nd Earl of Cumberland, and Eleanor, daughter of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk), for rents of lands as one of the coheirs of Charles Brandon, 3rd Duke of Suffolk; 1561-1562. Latin.

4. ff. . Letters to George, 3rd Earl of Cumberland; 1583-1601, n.d.

5. ff. . Papers [of George, 3rd Earl of Cumberland?] concerning trade, [early 17th cent.?]: - (a) 'A discourse uppon occasion of a Byll preferred to the High Court of Parliament requiring free libertye of Trade ... By the Companye of Marchants Adventurers ...'; - (b) Oath of the East India Company, beg. `You shall sweare to be good and true ...'. Printed.

includes:

• arts 1-2 Henry Clifford, 1st Earl of Cumberland: Correspondence of Henry Clifford: bef. 1525-1542.
• art. 2 Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland: Correspondence of Henry Clifford: circa 1542-1568, n.d.
• arts 4 and 5 George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland: Letters and papers to and belonging to: 1583-1601, n.d.