Add MS 89259/1

Six autograph letters signed by John Fisher to his fiancée, Dorothea Scrivener of Exmouth. Windsor and elsewhere, April to July [1787]:

• Letter from John Fisher to Dorothea Scrivener. St James’s Palace, undated.
• Letter from John Fisher to Dorothea Scrivener. Windsor, 10 April 1787.
• Letter from John Fisher to Dorothea Scrivener. Windsor, 22 April 1787.
• Letter from John Fisher to Dorothea Scrivener. Windsor, Tuesday 8 May [1787].
• Letter from John Fisher to Dorothea Scrivener. Windsor, Sunday 24 June [1787].
• Letter from John Fisher to Dorothea Scrivener. Newton Salisbury, Thursday 5 July [1787].

Papers relating to to the redecoration of St George’s Chapel, Windsor, in 1789-90, and building of the new organ:

• Letter from John Douglas, Bishop of Carlisle, to John Fisher. Rose Castle, 10 September 1788.
• Letter from John Douglas, Bishop of Carlisle, to John Fisher. Rose Castle, 28 August 1789.
• Account of money received from the King and itemised disbursements for work on St George’s Chapel, March – February 1790. Signed J. Fisher.
• The State of the Kings account with Dr Fisher for the works in St Georges Chapel, 25 March 1791. Signed J. Fisher.
• Letter from Samuel Green, to John Fisher, accepting the commission to build the new organ in St George’s Chapel, London 3 October 1788.
• Letter from Samuel Green, to John Fisher, sending his bill for building the new organ in St George’s Chapel, Windsor. States his is very much in want of money, but was held up by problems with the deep pedal pipes, which still “do not answer as well as I wished & expected”, but ‘the organ is now as compleat as any in the Kingdom, beside having a general swell to the great organ’. Isleworth, 27 October 1791.
• Bill for new organ: ‘Work done for His Majesty by Saml. Green’.

Miscellaneous papers relating to Windsor, St George’s Chapel, etc.:

• Warrant signed by George III giving to John, Bishop of Salisbury, “the Collars, Great Georges, Little Georges and Garters of all and every Knight Companion” of the Order of the Garter that have reverted to the Crown after the death of their holders, the warrant addressed to and counter-signed by Isaac Heard, Garter, papered armorial seal. 1 July 1807.
• Tabular statement, listing members of the nobility, with sums of money, under three headings - King’s side, Prince’s side, Extra Window [funds for chapel renovation?]. Undated.
• House bill for Master R. Levett, from 25 March to Midsummer 1823 [bill for unidentified school, printed form, completed in manuscript].
• Windsor Great Park keepers’ returns, 1 September 1849.

Letters to John Fisher, Bishop of Salisbury:

• Letter from Earl of Chatham to John Fisher, Bishop of Salisbury, about a meeting of the chapter of the Order of the Garter. Belvoir Castle, 27 March 1812.
• Letter from [illegible] to John Fisher, Bishop of Salisbury, responding to a letter from him to the Commander in Chief about providing for his nephew. Horse Guards, 10 February 1813.
• Letter from Augustus Frederick to John Fisher, Bishop of Salisbury, excusing himself from a meeting with the Prince Regent. Kensington Palace, Tuesday [no year].
• Letter from “Mary”. Undated. Inscribed on verso: ‘Princess Mary’ (Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester & Edinburgh 1776-1857?).
• Unsigned letter to The Lord Bishop of Salisbury, Upper Seymour Street, London, stamped Brighton FE 27 1816. In the hand of Princess Charlotte Augusta (1796–1817). Inscribed on verso: ‘P.C.’

Papers relating to the royal family:

• Prayers written by Princess Charlotte Augusta. 1 folded paper enclosure inscribed ‘Prayers written by Princess Charlotte of Wales when a little child’.. 2 sheets of draft prayers, folded and tipped together, 1 small sheet inscribed with a prayer for the preservation of Mr Nott.
• Printed mottos distributed at the fete given at Frogmore on the marriage of Princess Augusta with the Duke of Wurtemberg.