Add MS 69391

DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vol. CCCLIV.

1. Later correspondence of the Frankland, Russell and Astley families, including Mrs Rosalind Frankland-Russell-Astley and her son, Bertram; 1801-1902, n.d. Partly imperfect. Many letters relate to Chequers, its contents and past owners.

2. Resolution of [Ellesborough?] vestry, thanking Mrs Astley for financial and other assistance relating to church repairs and alterations; 11 Feb. 1869.

3. Letter, etc., from R. L. Atkinson, Secretary to the Historical Manuscripts Commission, to Lady Florence Willoughby concerning the Chequers papers; 15 Oct., 4 Nov. 1942.

4. Two letters from R. L. Atkinson to Mrs Fortescue concerning the Chequers Papers; 21 Nov. 1946.

5. Note by Fortescue, of letters loaned apparently to some person or institution; 7 Aug. 1965.

6. H.M.C. notes, annotated by R. L. Atkinson, relating to items not published in the H.M.C. report on the Chequers papers; n.d.

7. Anonymous list of part of the same collection, referring to some Charles I material no longer with the papers; n.d.

8. Copies of letters; mostly 19th cent. Including: - (a) Henry of Navarre to Manaud, Baron de Batz, Governor of Eauze. Copied presumably from the facsimile found with the papers and now MS Facs. Supplement XV (1): - (b) Letter of Charles I to Prince Rupert, n.d., referring to the arrival of cannon and men in the Aylesbury area. Copy, possibly by Mrs Frankland-Russell-Astley from an original at Melton [Melton Constable, co. Norf?]: - (c) Letter from General Monro to Maj.-Gen. Frederick Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan, concerning the courageous action of the 1st battalion the Coldstream Guards at Givenchy, [1915?]. Copy by Viscount Lee of Fareham; [after 25 Sept. 1915-1920].

Army; England: References to the army in Chequers Papers: 1687-[1915-1920], n.d.

includes:

• art. 1 passim Astley family; of Melton Constable, Norfolk: Correspondence and papers rel. to the Astley family: circa 1773-1902.
• art. 1 passim Bertram Frankland-Russell-Astley, of Chequers, county Buckinghamshire: Correspondence: 1801-1902.
• art. 1 passim Rosalind Frankland-Russell-Astley, of Chequers, county Buckinghamshire: Correspondence: mid 19th cent.
• art. 1 passim Frankland family; of Thirkleby, Yorkshire: Correspondence: 1579-1902, n.d.
• art. 1 passim Russell family; of Chippenham, Cambridgeshire, and of Chequers, Buckinghamshire: Correspondence and papers: 1647-1902, n.d.
• art. 2 Ellesborough, Buckinghamshire: Resolution of thanks by vestry to Mrs Frankland-Russell-Astley: 1869.
• art. 3 Lady Florence Willoughby, of Empingham, county Rutland: Letters to Lady F. Willoughby from R. L. Atkinson rel. to the Chequers Papers: 1942.
• arts. 3, 4, 6 Richard Leonard Atkinson, Secretary to the Historical Manuscripts Commission: Letters and notes rel. to Chequers Papers: 1942, 1946, n.d: Partly signed.
• art. 4 Mrs Fortescue: Letters to Mrs — Fortescue from R. L. Atkinson rel. to the Chequers Papers: 1946: Signed.
• in art. 8 General Sir Charles Carmichael Monro, Baronet KCB: Sir Arthur Hamilton Lee, Viscount Lee of Fareham: Field-Marshal Sir Frederick Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan: Letter to Lord Cavan from General Monro, copied by Sir Arthur Hamilton Lee: [1915-1920].
• in art. 8 Rupert, Prince; Count Palatine of the Rhine: Charles I of England: Letter to Prince Rupert from Charles I: n.d: Copy.
• in art. 8 Henry III of Navarre: Manaud III de Batz, Baron de Batz: Letter to Manaud, Baron de Batz to Baron de Batz from Henry of Navarre: [1577]: Copy.