Add MS 81304 A

Hallam Papers. Vol. xii a (ff. 112).

1. ff. 1-2v. A list entitled ‘Notices of the Hallam family from the Parish Records of Boston Lincolnshire’; n.d. It begins with the baptism of Cheyney Hallam 23 September 1685 and ends with the burial of Anne Hallam 26 July 1773.

2. ff. 3-5. Family tree of the Horton, Roberts and Hallam families from the 17^th to the late 18^th century; n.d. See also Add. Ch. 77166.

3. f. 6. Some observations on Mr John Lowe’s Will. Signed by Thomas Birch, divine and historical writer (b.1705; d.1766).

4. ff. 7-8. The Will of Elizabeth Lowe, leaving her Estate to her cousin, John Hallam, Dean of Bristol, and appointing him Executor; dated and signed by her 14 November 1788.

5. ff. 9-22. The Will of Henry Hallam, leaving his Estate to his daughter Julia and, among many personal bequests, £1000 to Emily Tennyson Jesse and £500 to Alfred Tennyson. Signed by him and dated 10 July 1850.

6. ff. 23-24. A note signed by Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (b.1815; d.1881), Dean of Westminster, concerning an inscription to be put over a picture of Henry Hallam in a room in Canon Stanley’s house in Canterbury and expressing his wish that the picture should remain there. Together with envelope bearing the date 1855.

7. ff. 25-26. An ‘Historical Notice of the life and works of M. Hallam, Foreign Associate of the Academy’; dated 1862.

8. ff. 27-30. Royalties due to the Estate of Henry Hallam from sales of his 10-volume History and the ‘Students’ Hallam’ in 1897 and 1898.

9. f. 31. Pencil list of details in a church, possibly that at Clevedon. Written on an envelope; n.d.

10. ff. 32-40. An article by R. W. K. Hinton entitled ‘History Yesterday: Five Points about Whig History’. Taken from History Today, November 1959, pp.720-728. Xerox copies.

11. f. 41. Photograph, head and shoulders, half profile to the left, of Eleanor Lennard, daughter of Julia Maria Frances, aged about twelve, by Lombardi of Brighton.

12. f. 42. Photograph, head and shoulders, half profile to the right, in evening dress and necklace, of Eleanor Lennard , aged about 30 by H. & R. Stiles of High Street Kensington.

13. f. 43. Photograph of Julia Maria Hallam Lennard (b.1853, d.1924), daughter of Julia Maria Frances and sister of the above Eleanor, seated and shown reading. Photographer not named; n.d. [circa 1920?]

14. ff. 44-45. Names of Farnaby family members.

15. ff. 46-49v. Biographical details about Mary Hale (b.1740, d.1803), mother of 21 children, 17 surviving, written by her grandson Frederick M. Lewin; 22 February 1867. One of her sons married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Charles Farnaby. Mary Hale was the model for Sir Joshua Reynolds’s ‘L’Allegro’, the painting in Harewood House.

16. ff. 50-59. Various papers relating to pictures owned by or relating to the Lennard family, one dated 1938.

17. ff. 60-61v. Letter, signed, from W. Barrett-Lennard to Sir John Farnaby Lennard, concerning the family tree; 27 November 1867.

18. ff. 62-70v. Six letters from the College of Arms to Sir John Farnaby Lennard; 28 January 1862 - 1 May 1863.

19. ff. 71-73. Letter, signed, from Thomas Culleton, a genealogist, to Colonel F. Cator, 19 June 1861, concerning various Coats of Arms. The arms of Lennard of Wickham Court have been copied from BL Add. MS 5520.

20. ff. 74-74v. Letter, signed, from Bayard C. Dixon to Sir Henry Farnaby Lennard, 21 July 1902, concerning Farnaby family pedigrees.

21. ff. 75-76v. Letter, signed, from Rev. Francis Haslewood, Rector of St Matthew’s, Ipswich, to Sir John Farnaby Lennard, 12 January 1884, concerning a branch of the family.

22. ff. 77-83v. Six letters, signed, from [?]G. Hemman Hemman of Knockholt House to Sir John Farnaby Lennard, 30 November 1861- 22 July 1868, relating to the Lennard pedigree.

23. ff. 84-85. Letter, signed, from Henry Merritt, picture restorer, to Sir John Farnaby Lennard, 10 October 1864, concerning a painting of Sir Walter Raleigh.

24. ff. 88-89. Letter, signed, from W. Miller to Sir John Farnaby Lennard, 21 April 1868, concerning the family arms in a stained glass window.

25. ff 90-91. Extract from a sale catalogue listing pictures put up for sale by Sir Henry Lennard; n.d. Xerox copy. The pictures include a portrait of ‘Mrs Hallam, in blue dress with embroidered sash, and rose-buds’ by Thomas Gainsborough.

26. ff. 92-93. Newspaper cutting, June 1794, concerning an engagement between the English and French fleets. Printed.

27. f. 94. Coloured plan of ‘New Arrangements’ in a Wash-house; n.d.

28. ff. 95-96. Two copies of a hand-bill entitled The Way to be Happy, a religious tract; n.d. Printed.

29. ff. 97-99. Letter and memorandum, signed, from M.J. Lomax of the Church of England Female Penitentiary in Kent to an unnamed addressee; 14 September 1869.

30. f. 100. Newspaper cutting of a review of An Eton Boy, being the Letters of James Milnes Gaskell from Eton and Oxford 1820-1830; n.d. [1939]. Printed.

31. f. 101. Title page of Selections from the Poems of William Wordsworth Esq. chiefly for the Use of Schools and Young Persons, 1831. Xerox copy.

32. ff. 102-103v. Extract from The New Statesman, 31 July 1964, concerning the transcription of a poem, possibly by Wordsworth, discovered in a letter written by Charles Abraham Elton to his sister Julia Maria Hallam on 22 September 1807. Printed.

33. f. 104. Extract from The New Statesman, 14 August 1964, containing letters sent in response to the article printed on 31 July. One letter is from Margaret Ann Elton. Printed.

34. ff. 105-112. Notebook containing MS extracts in an unknown hand from Spenser’s The Faerie Queene; n.d.

includes:

• ff. 1-8 Henry Hallam, historian: Family trees and records: circa 1775-1790.
• ff. 7-8 Elizabeth Lowe: Will: 1788.
• ff. 9-22 Henry Hallam, historian: Will: 1850.
• f. 23 Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, Dean of Westminster: Note concerning a picture of Henry Hallam: 1855.
• ff. 27-30 Henry Hallam, historian: Royalties from sales of his works: 1897-1898.
• ff. 41-42 Eleanor Lennard, daughter of J M F Lennard née Hallam: Photographic portraits: circa 1870 - circa 1900.
• f. 43 Julia Maria Hallam Lennard, daughter of J M F Lennard née Hallam: Photographic portrait: circa 1920.
• ff. 46-49v Mary Hale, model for Sir Joshua Reynolds' 'L'Allegro': Biographical details: 1867.
• ff. 50-91 Sir John Farnaby Lennard, 1st Baronet: Family pedigrees, coats of arms and details of family pictures: 1861-1938.
• ff. 102-103v William Wordsworth, poet: Extract from The New Statesman. Concerns poem possibly by Wordsworth: 1964: Printed.