Catalogue made by the executors of Sir Robert Bernard of the books left on his death in 1789. The Thorp Park library consists mainly of 17th century Law books, those at Brampton Hall more modern with a first edition of Smiths The Wealth of Nations, 1796 amongst them
Search FNL grants since 1931
Item date: 1789
Date acquired: 1987
Grant Value: 100
Item cost: 720
Institution: Cambridgeshire Archives
Town/City: Cambridge
County: Cambridgeshire
Item date: 1698 - 1753
Date acquired: 1987
Grant Value: 180
Item cost: 360
Institution: Bristol Record Office
Town/City: Bristol
County: Avon
Two account books, one for 1698 - 1704, from the beginning of the working life of the Bristol Merchant John Day, and the other from 1729 - 1753 records James Days work as executor of the estate of Peter Day.
Item date: 1534
Date acquired: 1987
Grant Value: 2,500
Item cost: 149,750
Institution: Science Museum
Town/City: London
The first book on farming published in England; part of a collection of 600 printed books and pamphlets on the history of animal husbandry and vetinary science.
Item date: 1937 - 38
Date acquired: 1987
Grant Value: 100
Item cost: 580
Institution: Royal Geographical Society
Town/City: London
A series of letters giving an account of an expedition to Hadharamaut (modern Yemen) with Gertrude Caton-Thompson and Freya Stark, together with photographs of excavations at Bethlehem and some press cuttings
Item date: 1720s - early 20th century
Date acquired: 1987
Grant Value: 800
Item cost: 11,000
Institution: Guildhall Library
Town/City: London
This archive forms an excellent record of the business of the oldest surviving firm of city solicitors. They appear to have been consistently at the very heart of commercial life of the city of London, with offices at 22 College Hill.
Item date: 1794 - 1803
Date acquired: 1987
Grant Value: 2,500
Item cost: 242,000
Institution: Cambridge University Library
Town/City: Cambridge
County: Cambridgeshire
Reputedly coloured by Daniell himself. This is the first listed book in a collection of 319 books of topography and travel collected by Mason over 40 years.
Item date: 1783 - 1830
Date acquired: 1987
Grant Value: 5,000
Item cost: 73,677
Institution: Bodleian Library
Town/City: Oxford
County: Oxfordshire
The diary together with a volume of autobiography gives a very detailed picture of the life thoughts and opinions of the great leader of the Evangelical wing of the Church of England and prime mover in the campaign for the abolition of slavery.
Item date: 14th & 15th centuries
Date acquired: 1981
Grant Value: 50
Item cost: 195
Institution: Hampshire Record Office
Town/City: Winchester
County: Hampshire
Includes grants of land in Barton Stacey to Mottisfont Priory, and others on the Isle of Wight including Freshwater
Item date: 18th & 19th centuries
Date acquired: 1981
Grant Value: 1,000
Item cost: 9828
Institution: East Sussex, Brighton and Hove Record Office
Town/City: Lewes
County: East Sussex
Incoming letters to the Earl covering the whole period of his adult life. Also papers relating to the two regiments Sheffiled raised and his development of Newhaven as a port
Item date: 1725-1807
Date acquired: 1981
Grant Value: 57
Item cost: 230
Institution: Derbyshire Record Office
Several hundred letters addressed to Gifford by family and friends; also a manuscript journal of a journey from London to New York in 1793