| Description | 1. 2 copies of speeches of counsel on behalf of Lord Edmund Bernard Fitzalan Howard in opposition to Earl Talbot's claim. Includes, at back, the pedigree of the Earls of Shrewsbury. On page 97 is a detailed explanation of the Talbots of Lacock.
2. The case of the Right Honourable Henry John Chetwynd, Earl Talbot, claiming to be the Earl of Shrewsbury.
Includes a pedigree showing his claim to the title.
3. 2 separate copies of the Shrewsbury peerage (rolled copy is separate).
4. Handwritten drafts and notes on the Shrewsbury peerage and pedigree (27).
5. Proceedings and evidence on the Shrewsbury claim of peerage before the Committee of Privileges: includes evidence by West Awdry, Lord Cranworth, Lord St Leonards, Lord Wensleydale and Lord Brougham, and speech by Mr Solicitor-General on behalf of the Crown (6).
6. Typed judgment of the court, 9 June.
7. Minutes of evidence for sessions 1857 for the Shrewsbury claim of peerage.
8. Booklet of drawings referred to in the evidence taken, as an appendix.
9. Deed of revocation 13 Nov 1683: Sir John Talbot of Lacock on the marriage of his son Sharington Talbot with Miss Anne Lawley. Parties: Sir John Talbot and Sharington Talbot; Sir Francis Lawley of Cannall; Sir Thomas Slingsby of Redhouse and Sir William Whitmore of Apley; Charles Earl of Shrewsbury and Charles Tucker of Kennett; John Bennett and Henry Slingsby; and Anne Lawley. Manors of Lacock, Nethermore, Lyddington, Ceate, Medborne, Walcot, Barbery Downe and Charlton and ground. Includes Deed of Revocation 3 Mar 1685 between Sir John Talbot, Roger North and William Thursby. |