Add MS 83039

Lamb Papers (Series II). Vol. lxxvii. Copy documents concerning the sale of Melbourne House, Whitehall; 1771-[1830]. With the exception of item 1, the volume contains copies of charters and abstracts of title produced by Charles Cookney of Holborn, solicitor, compiled in connection with the sale of the property in 1830. The copies in this volume concern transactions relating to the house prior to the 1830 sale, for copy deeds produced as a result of the actual sale see 83040. (45/4/1-8. 45/1/32-41).

1. Copy release from Henry Lord Holland, Baron of Foxley, co. Wilts., and Georgina Caroline Lady Holland, to Peniston Lamb, Viscount Melbourne, of a capital messuage on the north side of Piccadilly, to the East of Burlington House near Portugal Street, for £16500; 1 April 1771. (45/4/34).

2. Copy case with opinion of A. MacDonald and J. Scott, the Attorney and Solicitor General, concerning the implications of the Act of the 1^st Queen Anne, Cap. 7, sections 5& 6, on the leasing of York House by the Duke of York. Includes the observations of the agents of the Duke of York and Peniston Lamb, Viscount Melbourne, and a revised opinion in the light of their queries; 1792. (45/4/33).

3. Copy demise by letters patent (reversionary lease) to Frederick Duke of York and Albany; 31 Oct 1792. A messuage near the Cock Pit, Whitehall Palace, co. Midd., and a parcel within Whitehall Palace on the east side of Parliament Street, from 1824 (when the term granted in letters patent to Sir Matthew Featherstonhaugh, Bart., of 20 March 1755, shall have expired) for a period to make up the term of 50 years from the present date, £45 6s 8d yearly; also a parcel within the precinct of Whitehall Palace on the east side of the street leading from Charing Cross to Westminster Hall, lately used as an Office for the Commissioners of the Lottery, for 50 years at £28 9s 8d yearly. (45/4/35).

4. Draft additional abstract of Peniston Lamb, Viscount Melbourne’s title to Melbourne House, Whitehall; 1792-1800. (45/4/32).

5. Additional abstract of Peniston Lamb, Viscount Melbourne’s title to Melbourne House, Whitehall, 1792-1800. (45/4/36).

6. Copy assignment of Melbourne House, Whitehall, from Peniston Lamb, Viscount Melbourne, to Elizabeth Rudsdell of Limpsfield, co. Surr., for £13,000; 19 March 1816. (45/4/40).

7. Copy assignment by endorsement of Melbourne House from Elizabeth Rudsdell to Robert Snow, of St Clement Danes, co. Midd., banker, for £13,000; 5 July 1818. (45/4/37).

8. Copy assignment by endorsement of Melbourne House, from Robert Snow of St Clement Danes, co. Midd., banker, to Walter Strickland of Cokethorpe House, Witney, co. Oxon.; 19 Sept. 1818. (45/4/38).

9. Copy lease from the Commissioners of Woods and Forests to Peniston Lamb, Viscount Melbourne, of parcels of land on either side of the road leading from Charing Cross to Westminster, from 1842 for 344 days and then 40 years; contains plans of the house, stables and coach house; 17 Nov. 1823. (45/4/41).

10. Copy assignment of lease of Melbourne House, Whitehall, from Peniston Lamb, Viscount Melbourne, to Walter Strickland of Cokethorpe House, Witney, co. Oxon., for securing £15000; 29 March 1824. (45/4/39).

Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne: Melbourne House, Whitehall: Walter Strickland, of Witney, county Oxfordshire: Assignment of Melbourne House from Viscount Melbourne to Walter Strickland: 1824: Copy.

Commissioners of Woods and Forests: Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne: Lease of land in Middlesex (1823) to Viscount Melbourne from the Commissioners: circa 1830: Copy.

Melbourne House, Whitehall: Robert Snow, of St Clement Danes, county Middlesex; banker: Walter Strickland, of Witney, county Oxfordshire: Assignment by endorsement (1818) of Melbourne House from Robert Snow to Walter Strickland: circa 1830: Copy.

Melbourne House, Whitehall: Elizabeth Rudsell, of Limpsfield, county Surrey: Robert Snow, of St Clement Danes, county Middlesex; banker: Assignment (1818) of Melbourne House from Elizabeth Rudsell to Robert Snow: circa 1830: Copy.

Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne: Melbourne House, Whitehall: Elizabeth Rudsell, of Limpsfield, county Surrey: Assignment (1816) of Melbourne House from Viscount Melbourne to Elizabeth Rudsell: circa 1830: Copy.

Melbourne House, Whitehall: Abstract of title (1792-1800) of Peniston Lamb, Viscount Melbourne, to Melbourne House: circa 1800: Draft.

Sir Matthew Featherstonhaugh, 1st Baronet: Reversionary lease of property in Whitehall: 1792.

Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany; 2nd son of George III: London. Secular Institutions Miscellaneous. York House: Reversionary lease of property at Whitehall, Middx.,: 1792: Copy.

London. Secular Institutions Miscellaneous. York House: Case and opinion regarding the leasing: 1792: Copy.

Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland: Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne: Georgina Caroline Fox, Baroness Holland; née Lennox: Piccadilly, Middlesex: Release (1771) to Viscount Melbourne from Baron and Baroness Fox of property in Piccadilly: circa 1830: Copy.