The inscription in this book reveals that far from being deadly rivals, Douglas was on cordial terms with the Adams family
Search FNL grants since 1931
Item date: 1739
Date acquired: 1989
Grant Value: 900
Item cost: 1,800
Institution: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
Town/City: Edinburgh
Item date: 1649 -1717
Date acquired: 1989
Grant Value: 100
Item cost: 1000
Institution: National Trust, Dyrham Park
Town/City: Bath
County: Somerset
Contains six views of rooms and staircases at Het Loo, where Blathwayt had a permanent apartment since he was Secretary at War and Acting Secretary of State to William III. The Dutch architecture influenced his rebuilding at Dyrham 1691 - 1701
Item date: 13th - 19th centuries
Date acquired: 1989
Grant Value: 1,500
Item cost: 70,000
Institution: Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland Record Office
Town/City: Wigston Magna
County: Leicestershire
As well as a fine series of title deeds there are manorial records, bailiffs accounts from 1277 to 1425, court rolls 1481 - 1849 a custumal and surveys of the 16th and 17th centuries. Plans of the second and third Halls survive together with plans for gardens
Item date: mid 18th century
Date acquired: 1989
Grant Value: 60
Item cost: 242
Institution: Hampshire Record Office
Town/City: Winchester
County: Hampshire
Almost certainly the work of William Godson and drawn up for the Sheldon family; drawn and hand coloured, 27 double page spreads including two maps
Item date: 1929
Date acquired: 1989
Grant Value: 400
Item cost: 1250
Institution: Edinburgh University Library
Town/City: Edinburgh
Murrys attempt to reconicle Science and Religion, important, now, for his autobiographical passages
Item date: 12th - 19th centuries
Date acquired: 1989
Grant Value: 1,500
Item cost: 28,500
Institution: Cumbria Archive Service
Town/City: Kendal
County: Cumbria
Collection contains 20 charters granting lands in and around Kirkby Thore to the Cistercian Abbey of Holm Cultram and 22 medieval deeds c oncerning land transactions in the Newbiggin, Temple Sowerby and Ousby districts.
Item date: 1792
Date acquired: 1989
Grant Value: 500
Item cost: 1,633
Institution: RIBA Architectural Library
Town/City: London
Plates of Roman remains at Pozzuoli. Also bought at this time were Antonio Plo y Camin: El arquitecto practico, civil, militar, y agrimensor, second edition, 1793; Antoine Marie Peyre: Projets darchitecture, 1812; ACQ de Quincey: Lettres crites de Londres Rome ...
Item date: 1908 - 11
Date acquired: 1989
Grant Value: 700
Item cost: 3,245
Institution: RIBA Architectural Library
Town/City: London
350 working drawings for the RAC by Mews and David, mainly pen and ink and pencil with some hand-coloured on paper, linen and tracing paper. The plans show elevations, sections and details with a complete set of floor plans, designs for sky-lights and other details.
Item date: 1720 - 1733
Date acquired: 1989
Grant Value: 200
Item cost: 200
Institution: Religious Society of Friends
Town/City: London
Most of these tracts were generated by the polemical exchange resulting from the publication of Smallbrokes Vindications of the Miracles of our blessed Saviour, 1731
Item date: 1547 - 48
Date acquired: 1989
Grant Value: 1,000
Item cost: 2,000
Institution: The National Archives
Town/City: London
Includes the files for the counties of Oxfordshire to Yorkshire, in between are writs for Berks, Bucks, Beds, Northants, Rutland, Salop, Warwicks, Leics, Notts, Derbys, Lincoln and the City of York, each addressed to the appropriate Sheriff who was responsible for returning it at the required dat