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This archive relates to a family, with all its marriage alliances, spanning 700 years. The core is the family and estate papers of Hattons of Kirby Hall and Holdenby, Northamptonshire.

The library of Florence Court was in the main collected by William Willoughby Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen (1807-86), an enthusiastic amateur scientist. The library was removed by his descendents, but the Trust has been able to buy nearly 500 back for the house.

Frederick Temple (1821-1902) and William Temple (1881-1944) were the only father and son who were Archbishops of Canterbury, respectively in 1896-1902 and 1942-44. This acquisition complements the Temple papers already held at Lambeth.

The map is the oldest known cartographic depiction of Hove and shows it when it was farmed as open fields or 'laines' before they disappeared under the 19th century development of Brighton and Hove.

A magnificent series of medieval charters and deeds, including a series of 35 issued by native Welsh princes, many still retaining their equestrian seals. There are the detailed accounts of Sir Richard Wynn, treasurer and receiver general of Henrietta Maria, queen of Charles I.

19 personal letters from Park to his wife Alison Anderson 1801 - 05 including his last surviving letter to her from Segou, in modern Mali.

These four surviving volumes are the most important documents in the whole field of British art in India.

This collection will provide scholars with a fascinating detailed and important commentary on the work of one of the most celebrated of late 20th century literary figures, giving direct insight into Hughes complex mind.

This account book is one of only three extant for rural parishes in Wiltshire dating from the reign of Henry VIII and it is by far the most detailed. The English reformation in microcosom is vividly documented in these pages.

An edition of grreat rarity, published in Moscow; only one other copy known in Western Europe.