Add MS 69373

DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vol. CCCXXXVI.

1. Prose, verse and verse translations, mostly by or concerning Lord Grenville and collected by members of the Grenville and Fortescue families; 1780-1862, n.d. Some related correspondence is included. Including verses to Lord Grenville by his friend Scrope Bernard, later Bernard-Morland, on Grenville's twenty-first birthday (1781). Partly printed. Partly French and Italian.

2. Recipes collected by the 1st Lord and Lady Camelford, Lady Grenville and their families and friends; [before 22 Aug. 1785]-[before 1804], n.d. Some duplicates.

3. Riddles, in Lady Grenville's hand; (watermarks 1811 and 1813).

4. Two letters from Major-General W. J. Codrington to his wife Mary, written after the Battle of the Alma, with another written to the latter on Codrington's behalf by Captain J. C. Davies; 21, 22, 27 Sept. 1854. Copies in the hand of Lady Grenville.

5. 'Some Account of the Pictures at Boconnoc . . .', compiled by Louisa and Harriet Fortescue; 1854. Some material added circa Sept. 1868 'from a MS found at Dropmore', with further notes added in pencil. Includes family pedigrees and genealogical notes.

6. Note by George Fortescue concerning a ring found at Dropmore in 1864 with other 'trinkets' of the 2nd Lord Camelford and believed to have belonged to Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland; [1865-1877].

7. Inscriptions at Boconnoc, recorded by the 1st Lord Camelford, Lord Grenville and George Fortescue; 1790-1852.

8. Miscellaneous Fortescue papers; circa 1854-1880, n.d.

9. Notes by Charles Lyttelton, D.D., F.R.S., Bishop of Carlisle, taken from a manuscript in the Royal Society's Library, of Aubrey's 'Natural History of Wiltshire'; [before 1768]. Together with anonymous contemporary notes concerning [Wiltshire?] dialect words. For Lyttelton, see also Add. 69375 A.

10. New Year message from the Rev. Harry Dewdney, Vicar of Dropmore, to his parishioners; 30 Dec. [1939].

includes:

• in art. 1 Sir Scrope Bernard-Morland, 4th Baronet: Poetry ENGLISH: Verses addressed to W. W. Grenville by Sir Scrope Bernard-Morland: 1781.
• art. 1 passim Poetry TWO OR MORE LANGUAGES: Verses mostly by, or addressed to Lord Grenville, his family, and descendents: 1780-1862, n.d: Partly Fr. and Ital: Partly printed.
• art. 2 Recipes: Recipes collected by 1st Lord and Lady Camelford, Lady Grenville and others: [bef. 1785]-[bef. 1804], n.d.
• art. 4 General Sir William John Codrington, KCB: Mary Codrington, wife of General Sir W J Codrington: Letters to his wife Mary from Gen. Sir William John Codrington: 1854: Copies.
• in art. 4 Captain J. C. Davies: Mary Codrington, wife of General Sir W J Codrington: Letter to Mary Codrington from Capt. J. C. Davies on behalf of her husband: 1854: Copy.
• art. 5 Art. Miscellaneous: Account of pictures at Boconnoc by Louisa and Harriet Fortescue: 1854, 1868.
• art. 6 Jewels and Plate: Notes rel. to ring believed to have belonged to 1st Duchess of Cleveland: [1865-1877].
• art. 7 Antiquities: Inscriptions at Boconnoc recorded by 1st Lord Camelford, Lord Grenville and G. M. Fortescue: 1790-1852.
• art. 9 John Aubrey, FRS; antiquary and naturalist: Charles Lyttelton, DD; FRS; Bishop of Carlisle: Notes on Aubrey's 'Natural History of Wiltshire', etc., by Charles Lyttelton: [bef. 1768].
• art. 10 Reverend Harry Dewdney, Vicar of Dropmore: New Year message to his parishioners: 30 Dec. 1939.