Comprises accounts for the repair and building work carried out by the Earl of Warwick who was Naval commander for Parliament throughout the Civil War. The house was famous for having the first Orange House in England.
Search FNL grants since 1931
The late 13th century charter is a grant of land in Little Oxendon (a deserted medieval village). The Easter Books are of Brington 1585 -86 and are early examples of detailed accounts of one aspect of a rectors income
Grant of lands by John Duke of Norfolk, Walter Lyhert Bishop of Norwich and others to the Great Hospital Norwich
Deeds relating to the manor of Pollyng, Odiham, the property of the Esturmy family.
Letter about the church at Hastings estate at Daylesford, which he was in the process of rebuilding
Presented by Mrs Marian Webb from the library of the late Christopher Webb. Also included in the gift were a Greek New Testament of 1550 (the editio Regia) and MF Quintilianus Institutiones Oratoriae, 1480
A collection of some 500 volumes from the library of the liturgical scholar BJ Wigan
Approximately 2000 items, no less than 1188 being earlier than 1500
Collection of over 200 items, 75 being holograph. There are 40 scientific manuscripts including lectures and papers relating to Daltons discoveries, laboratory notes and meteorological observations
Translation by the Huguenot refugee de Rosemond. Presented by John Fuggles together with John Marsh: The great sin and danger of striving with God. A sermon preached against murder and suicide at the funeral of Lydia Beadle at Weathersfield, Hartford, Connecticut 1783