Add MS 86349

Coleridge Family Papers. Vol. dccclv. Other materials relating to the Tichborne case; [1871-1872].

1. Notes by John Duke Coleridge relating to the Claimant's attempts in 1867 to regain the Tichborne estates via two suits, Tichborne v. Tichborne and Tichborne v. Mostyn.

2. Evidence of Mrs Radcliffe regarding her only meeting with the Claimant.

3. Further notes relating to Mrs Radcliffe's evidence and an outline of her recollections of her relationship with Roger Charles Doughty Tichborne.

4. Undated statement signed R. C. D. Tichborne, with annotations in red ink.

5. Notes relating to the Claimant's assertion that he had lived in Mellipilla, Chile.

6. Copy of the crew list of the ship 'Bella', of Liverpool when she left Rio de Janeiro for New York on 15 April 1854.

7. Explanation by Mrs T. Townley as to a letter written by her to Mr. Hopkins in 1867 relating to her recollections of Roger Tichborne's physical characteristics.

8. Affidavits by Frederick Bowker and Henry Moody relating to the veracity of two exhibits in the case. Possibly a copy.

9. Extracts from Coleridge's speech to the jury. A pencil note in the margin of the first page observes that something has been omitted in the copying and part of the sense has been obscured.

10. List of dates and locations, apparently showing where Arthur Orton was living 1853-1862.

11. Copy of an Abstract of Title to the Tichborne estates made by Mr Chapman Barnes. Marked 'A', so perhaps an exhibit in the case.

12. Copy of the Will of Roger Charles Tichborne. Marked 'B', so perhaps an exhibit in the case.

13. Short dramatic scene between a mother and an impostor posing as her son. The scene is set in Russia and is in Mildred Mary Coleridge's handwriting.

14. Photograph of the entrance and main building of Stonyhurst College.

15. Piece of blank paper marked 'Tichborne' in Coleridge's handwriting, perhaps used to hold papers relating to the trial.