Grants awarded in 1986

As well as 63 manorial court rolls and 232 manorial records there are 50 tin boxes of bills, correspondence and papers, many of them for household expenses in the late 18th century, including letters about the library at Althorp

Parker was Captain of the Pleasure yachts Jason I and Jason II owned by the Bibby family of Liverpool, then master of the yacht Iolanda owned by Moses Taylor of New York and of Sir Robert Houstons Liberty

Cousin was Erasmus amanuensis in Freiburg. He sent Erasmus the observations he had made on the book in 1536, but Erasmus died before they could be incorporated into following editions

The London Tavern in Bishopsgate was a City building of considerable social significance, being let regularly for balls, banquets and public meetings. It was destroyed by fire in 1765 and rebuilt by architects William Jupp and William Newton. The se drawings are fine examples of 18th century draftsmanship. Illustrated at p.11 of AR

Two maps drawn by Anthony Everenden, they depict buildings and give field names and acreages in a bold italic hand

Extra-illustrated with original watercolours, portraits, engravings and coats of arms all by Moses Griffiths who was employed by Pennant to illustrate his works

Rare second edition, the first to develop Calvins ideas on the Trinity and with new chapters on repentance and justification by faith

Mainly the papers of Violet, Lady Milner, editor of the National Review from 1932 to 1948, but also includes correspondence and papers of her first husband Lord Edward Cecil, her second husband Lord Milner and numerous Maxse and Cecil relations. Contains a wealth of material for late 19th and early 20th century British and Imperial history

This considerable archive provides evidence of the contribution made by one of Kents leading families to the economic life of the county over several centuries. Further, the paper s of the Marquesses Camden are an important source for the politcal history of the 18th and 19th centuries

As well as copies of Becks letters there are many from the Booksellers Longman and Nicoll. the painter JW Carmichael and the engraver and illuminator Henry Shaw. Most of the letters relate to Becks book Annales Furnesinses, 1844

As well as private correspondence of this properous silk merchant the collection includes Beuzevilles correspondence as Director and Joint Treasurer of the French Committee which was concerned from the reign of James II until Victorian times in distributing the Royal Bounty granted for the relief of the necessitous Protestant refugees and their

More than 200 letters, mostly addressed to Sir William Heathcote, patron of the living of Hursley, where Keble was Vicar from 1836. The letters are mostly concerned with local matters though Kebles interest in national religious and educational questions is also visible

The Orelbar family of Hinwick House were active in Bedforshire affairs for 400 years, serving as justices of the peace, sheriffs and MPs

Deberny et Peignot were the last major type foundry in France. They ceased trading in 1973. This is a collection of 57 books of type specimens, mainly French but also from Lund, Turin, Madrid and Copenhagen. Total purchase price given is in French francs

23 full page miniatures precede the text; made for a lady who is depicted in one of the miniatures. The main part of the book contains large historiated initials, decorative line-fillers of dogs, dragons and flowers, and very fine borders in gold and colours, containing grotesques, birds animals and figures.

The first papers were deposited in 1974; this group of material augments the collection considerably