Several hundred letters addressed to Gifford by family and friends; also a manuscript journal of a journey from London to New York in 1793
Search FNL grants since 1931
Item date: 1725-1807
Date acquired: 1981
Grant Value: 57
Item cost: 230
Institution: Derbyshire Record Office
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: 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: 1132 - 1756
Date acquired: 1981
Grant Value: 6,500
Item cost: 82,190
Institution: Leeds Library, The
Town/City: Leeds
County: West Yorkshire
Over 400 pre-Dissolution charters and deeds, including the foundation charter granted by Thurstan Archbishop of York in 1132. Collection follows the changing fortunes and ownership of the lands down to the late 18th century, by which time it was owned by Lord Grantham ambassador in Madrid.
Item date: 1558
Date acquired: 1981
Grant Value: 36
Item cost: 144
Institution: Norfolk Record Office
Town/City: Norwich
County: Norfolk
Besides the Duke, the letters were addressed to the Bishop of Norwich, the Mayor and several gentlemen appointing them Commissioners to decide the quantity of arms and armour to be maintained by the City for its defence
Item date: 12th - 15th centuries
Date acquired: 1981
Grant Value: 500
Item cost: 5,650
Institution: Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service
Town/City: Lichfield
County: Staffordshire
1500 documents in this collection date from before 1550 with much topographical information and too much [sic] about the medieval glass industry in Staffordshire.
Item date: 13th century - 1795
Date acquired: 1981
Grant Value: 50
Item cost: $450
Institution: West Sussex Record Office
Town/City: Chichester
County: West Sussex
Important deeds relating to the now vanished village of Holts, have added interest because of their seals
Item date: 1564 - 1665
Date acquired: 1981
Grant Value: 200
Item cost: 5,775
Institution: Westminster City Library
Town/City: London
Approximately 650 wills from testators in all walks of life, bequests given in great detail
Item date: not given
Date acquired: 1981
Grant Value: 300
Item cost: 55,000
Institution: Burns Monument/ Robert Burns Birthplace Museum
Town/City: Doonside
County: Ayrshire
The letters deal with Burns's application to enter the Excise Office and his service there. The copy of Tam oShanter is one of 7 known in the poets hand, also includes copies of The whistle - a tale and Lament for James Earl of Glencairn
Item date: 1655
Date acquired: 1982
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
Presented by Dr de Beer with his collection of over 100 early travel books and guides from France Germany Italy and the Low Countries, as well as English works such as Jeffreys A Journal from London to Rome 1742.