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As well as 63 manorial court rolls and 232 manorial records there are 50 tin boxes of bills, correspondence and papers, many of them for household expenses in the late 18th century, including letters about the library at Althorp

Two maps drawn by Anthony Everenden, they depict buildings and give field names and acreages in a bold italic hand

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Includes grants of land in Barton Stacey to Mottisfont Priory, and others on the Isle of Wight including Freshwater