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.
Search FNL grants since 1931
Item date: 1791 to 1873
Date acquired: 2003
Grant Value: 1,288
Item cost: 1,288
Institution: National Trust, Florence Court
Item date: 19th to 20th centuries
Date acquired: 2003
Grant Value: 5,000
Item cost: 15,000
Institution: Lambeth Palace Library
Town/City: London
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.
Item date: 1755
Date acquired: 2003
Grant Value: 1,000
Item cost: 2,764
Institution: East Sussex, Brighton and Hove Record Office
Town/City: Lewes
County: East Sussex
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.
Item date: 12th - 19th centuries
Date acquired: 2001
Grant Value: 35,000
Item cost: 448,350
Institution: National Library of Wales
Town/City: Aberystwyth
County: Ceredigion
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.
Item date: 1801 - 55
Date acquired: 2001
Grant Value: 5,000
Item cost: 28,856
Institution: National Library of Scotland
Town/City: Edinburgh
19 personal letters from Park to his wife Alison Anderson 1801 - 05 including his last surviving letter to her from Segou, in modern Mali.
Item date: 1788 - 92
Date acquired: 2001
Grant Value: 10,000
Item cost: 41,000
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
These four surviving volumes are the most important documents in the whole field of British art in India.
Item date: 1969 - 98
Date acquired: 2001
Grant Value: 20,000
Item cost: 55,000
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
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.
Item date: 1538 - 1598
Date acquired: 1999
Grant Value: 157
Item cost: 630
Institution: Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre
Town/City: Chippenham
County: Wiltshire
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.
Item date: 1941
Date acquired: 1999
Grant Value: 3,500
Item cost: 7,000
Institution: Bodleian Library, Taylor Institution
Town/City: Oxford
County: Oxfordshire
An edition of grreat rarity, published in Moscow; only one other copy known in Western Europe.
Item date: 1806
Date acquired: 1999
Grant Value: 3,000
Item cost: 8,970
Institution: Sir John Soanes Museum
Town/City: London
31 sheets bound in marbled boards containing drawings and sketches relating to several aspects of Gandys work both as an architect and as an antiquarian. There are drawings taken at Storrs in Windermere, Roslin, Melrose, Newcastle, Lancaster Church and Castle and Shrewsbury Market House.