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Papers relating to the conception, planning and construction of Thorp Arch Hall near Wetherby. Both sides of the correspondence between William Gossip and John Carr exist as well as Carrs notebook of floor plans, sketches and elevations.

Over 500 letters addressed to Bewick and to his daughters who continued his engraving business after his retirement in 1812. The letters cover all aspects of the business, including the offer of bird specimens for drawing, orders for work and books.

Eight parchment rolls dating from the episcopate of Geoffrey Blythe. They form an important addition to the pre-Reformation records of the episcopal estates held at the Record Office

A series of nine account books, complementing the large collection of Corbett family estate papers already held at the Record Office.

In 1602 William Shakespeare bought 107 acres of land in the open fields of Stratford for 320. This is the unsigned draft intended for Shakespeares signature (that signed by the vendors William and John Combe was already owned by SBT).

15 drawings of three London Churches: St Bartholomew, Sydenham by Lewis Vulliamy, St Philip Clerkenwell, by Edward Buckton Lamb and St Mary the Less, Lambeth by Fracnis Bedford. All the churches have since been demolished.

Two fine sketchbooks, prepared for important early patrons. The Castle in the Air is a fantasy house designed for his family friend Barbara Webb, who had introduced Lutyens to his first client, but who was now terminally ill.

Jacques was a prolific illustrator and her archive contains copies of all the books she illustrated, by some of Britains best known childrens authors including Henry Treece, Philippa Pearce, Nina Bawden, Leon Garfield, Ursula Moray Williams, Roald Dahl and Alan Ahlberg.

The non-current papers of the Society, ranging in date from the 1820s to the 1990s. It includes registers, subscription lists, account books, and a very large accumulation of correspondence.

As well as the usual estate manuscript deeds and accounts the collection includes documents relating to the remodelling of Cusworth Hall by James Paine and the design of the gardens by Richard Woods.