Over 1,100 documents relating to the Hanbury and Tracy estates inherited and acquired by Charles Hanbury Tracy (1778-1858), 1st Baron Sudeley, who created the family's principal seat at Toddington Manor, Gloucestershire.
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Release by John Fray Alexander and Anne and John Combe to John Gedeney, citizen and alderman of London, of all their rights in the manor of 'Mokkynges' in Tottenham, Middlesex, 18 December 1441. On vellum with fragments of seals.
11 autograph letters from Rosina Bulwer Lytton to Alfred Edward Chalon, portrait and subject painter, 1854-60.
A large (5ft 3 x 7ft inches, 180 x 215 cm), finely drawn and lightly coloured map of the town and manor of Weston, part of the possessions of Sir Thomas Puckering, Bart., and the manor of Lannock, part of the possessions of William Hale, Esq., by Henry Lily, 1633.
(1) A letter from Holst to Raymond Bantock, son of the composer Granville Bantock, with a message in astrological symbols, written not long before the first full performance of The Planets, 15 September 1920 (2) Two letters from Holst to the pianist and composer Katherine Eggar, the first invitin
The Sierra Leone papers relate to the activities of George Rickards, who came to Freetown aged 13 in 1802, was engaged as a clerk in the Sierra Leone Company, appointed Secretary to the Governor and Council of Sierra Leone in 1808, held various other posts, and returned to England in 1811.
Mary Hamilton, courtier and bluestocking, held a post in the household of George III's daughters, and her diaries and correspondence offer wonderful insights into royal, aristocratic and literary circles.
Henry Grey, Earl of Kent, was one of two principal commissioners for the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots.
A comprehensive archive maintained by Tony Harrison, the poet, since 1950, comprising 200 large bound notebooks and many other manuscripts, typescripts and annnotated proofs of his work, together with extensive files relating to the development and realisation of his theatre, opera, film and tele
The unique copy of the first edition of the Sarum text of the Mass, printed for Caxton in 1487 by the Parisian printer Guillaume Maynyal, who was known for his mastery of red and black printing.