Includes eight poems by Byron composed in the period 1812-15, She Walks in Beauty among them described as Lines written by Lord Byron after seeing Mrs Wilmot at Lansdowne House). Presented by RG Powell in memory of Frank and Hilda Gordon. Add MS 58802
Search FNL grants since 1931
Item date: 1805 -48
Date acquired: 1975
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
Item date: 18th - 20th centuries
Date acquired: 1975
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: Bodleian Library, Taylor Institution
Town/City: Oxford
County: Oxfordshire
Presented by Dr Theodore Besterman for the newly founded Voltaire Room in the Institution together with 367 French plays of the mid and late 18th century, plus the first four collected editions of the Works totalling 156 volumes.
Item date: 1881 - 83
Date acquired: 1974
Grant Value: 40
Item cost: 55
Institution: The Ruskin, Lancaster University (grant awarded to The Ruskin Galleries, I of Wight, and that collection is now owned by The Ruskin).
Town/City: Lancaster
County: Lancashire
Two letters to W Marshall appear to have been addressed to the architect of the extensions Ruskin made to Brantwood. Other recipient unknown
Item date: 1320s
Date acquired: 1974
Grant Value: 200
Item cost: 600
Institution: Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre
Town/City: Chippenham
County: Wiltshire
Main contents are the statutes of the realm, from Magna Carta to the early 14th century, about equally divided between Latin and Anglo-French, with a list of weights sealed in the guildhall at Marlborough in 1431 and an inventory of the borough plate in 1493
Item date: 1590 - 1714
Date acquired: 1974
Grant Value: 105
Item cost: 420
Institution: Surrey History Centre
Town/City: Woking
County: Surrey
70 documents of interest for the information they contain about the work of constables of hundreds and parishes, justices of the peace and other holders of public office, especially for Wallington and Kingston upon Thames
Item date: 12th - 16th centuries
Date acquired: 1974
Grant Value: 250
Item cost: 650
Institution: Shropshire Archives
Town/City: Shrewsbury
County: Shropshire
Approximately 200 deeds, 50 being 13th century, 140 14th century. They shed mu ch light on landholding and land usage in Shropshire
Item date: late 12th century to 1870s
Date acquired: 1974
Grant Value: 500
Item cost: Not recorded
Institution: Norfolk Record Office
Town/City: Norwich
County: Norfolk
The collection is rich in election material, lieutenancy and militia papers and extensive genealogical papers. Contains the letter book of Sir Philip Wodehouse 1599 - 1608 during which time he was a JP and a leading commissioner of musters
Item date: 16th century
Date acquired: 1974
Grant Value: 200
Item cost: 1,900
Institution: Cheshire Archives and Local Studies
Town/City: Chester
County: Cheshire
The text is particularly valuable for the history of the County in being the only known source for many events. Relates more to political and administrative detail than ecclesiastical events
Item date: 1264 - 1280
Date acquired: 1974
Grant Value: 120
Item cost: 380
Institution: Royal Berkshire Archives (formerly Berks Record Office)
Town/City: Reading
County: Berkshire
Records fines levied for offences against tge Forest Law such as the unauthorised taking of venison or timber. Some of the earliest extant records for the Forest which at that time extended over much of Berkshire
Item date: 1793
Date acquired: 1974
Grant Value: 150
Item cost: 585
Institution: Birmingham Archives and Heritage Service: The Library of Birmingham
Town/City: Birmingham
County: West Midlands
Fine large paper copy bound in contemporary red morocco gilt with the four magnificent proof plates engraved by Cazenare and Colibert