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2057 - WILTON HOUSE AND ESTATE ARCHIVES

1 - SURVEYS AND VALUATIONS

2 - ACCOUNTS

3 - RENTALS AND RENT ACCOUNTS

4 - MANORIAL

5 - ENCLOSURE

6 - PLANS AND MAPS

7 - OTHER ESTATE RECORDS

8 - WILTON HOUSE AND PARK

1 - Papers relating to house alterations and restoration

2 - Papers relating to park improvements

3 - Plans and drawings

4 - Engravings and prints, etc.

5 - Inventories

1 - Inventory and valuation of the contents of Wilton House, made after the death of Philip, seventh earl of Pembroke.

2 - Inventory of the contents of Wilton House and Pembroke House.

3 - Annotated transcript of Inventory of the contents of Wilton House and Pembroke House.

4 - Rough inventory of pictures in the dressing room and great room, “one pair stairs” (at Wilton House). 2pp.

5 - Inventory of paintings in the morning room and the “present dining room”, presumably at Wilton House.

6 - “A catalogue of books bound in red and blue morocco and turkey leathers.” Arranged in press and shelf order; those described as heirlooms under the will of Thomas, 8th earl are idnetified. Complied after his death in 1733

7 - Catalogue of books belonging to the late countess of Pembroke, to be delivered to Lord Herbert on his coming of age.

8 - Catalogue of the library of the earl of Pembroke at Wilton. 1 volume complied by Charles Parker, London. In letter order by author and subject. There are some slightly later emendations.

9 - Copy of Catalogue of the library of the earl of Pembroke at Wilton. 1 volume complied by Charles Parker, London. In letter order by author and subject. There are some slightly later emendations.

10 - 'Description of the antiquities and curiosities in Wilton House'. By Richard Cowdray later James Kennedy; various editions. 1764 edition, which has several ms amendments, stating the source of some paintings, also a list of art collections, royal and private and list of collections sold 'within these few years'. 1798 edition has a letter from George Scharf about a painting of three children loaned for exhibition, though to be children of Henry VII, but believed by Scharf to be of 'foreign birth', 1861.

11 - “Wilton House library: what books taken out, when taken out, by whom, and when returned.”

12 - Inventory of the marbles in Wilton House. Quite detailed descriptions of some. (3 volumes.)

13 - Four draft inventories of paintings, etc., one or two pp. each.

14 - Catalogue of Lord Fitzwilliam’s books

15 - “Morris’s account of the sculpture as now placed at Wilton, May 9th 1810”.

16 - Similar list including some of the same sculptures in the same places. Perhaps made just before 2057/H5/13

17 - List of statues, in Catherine Woronzow’s hand. At the foot of the page is a memorandum about the age of the cedar trees in the park.

18 - List in Catherine Woronzow’s hand of James Wyatt’s drawings for Wilton House and of a few other architectural plans.

19 - Plan, etc., of a seat built in the grounds at Dropmore House, Buckinghamshire. By J. Buckler, June 1822.

20 - Inventories of plate and of Fitzwilliam furniture, china and glass at Wilton House; servants’ wages 1824; pictures at Pembroke House, Privy Gardens, London; furniture left to Lord Pembroke by Lord Fitzwilliam; and London linen, 1820. 1 volume.

21 - Inventory of furniture to be removed from Pembroke House to Wilton House; At the back has been added (c.1850?) a short list of some furniture at 49 Belgrave Square, London, and some sent to the college (sic), Wilton.

22 - Two copies (both with a few pages missing) of inventories of furniture, sculpture, stained glass, etc., and stone and timber, either in situ or stored.

23 - Draft inventory of furniture and fixtures belonging to Lord Pembroke at Wilton House. Four small volumes.

24 - Inventory of heirlooms at Wilton House and Pembroke House, December 1827. Very detailed.

25 - Inventory of heirlooms at Wilton House and Pembroke House, December 1827. Very detailed.

26 - “Inventory of articles comprised in the foregoing schedule of heirlooms ( 2057/H5/21) which have been removed and disposed of as under-mentioned pursuant to the request and direction of the right Honourable Robert Henry earl of Pembroke”

27 - List of the books of the ladies Herbert at Pembroke House, October 1827. Books in French and English, evidently belonging to them as children.

28 - “List of books from various rooms and not in any list before 1828.”

29 - “Inventory of jewels and other things contained in a box belonging to the late dowager Lady Pembroke” (probably Elizabeth, wife of the 10th earl, d.1861)

30 - List of books in the colonnade room

31 - Inventory of household goods belonging to the rt. Honourable Sidney Herbert at Wilton House.

32 - Memorandums about diamonds bequeathed by Catherine Woronzow as heirlooms

33 - List of plate

34 - List of books in the library “low book cases”, mostly in Catherine Woronzow’s hand.

35 - Memorandum by Catherine Woronzow of pictures, etc., to go to her grandsons and of plate to go to Lady Emma Vesey.

36 - Copy of inventory, and valuation of articles passing under the will of the late Catherine countess of Pembroke.

37 - List of furniture in Wilton House belonging to Lady Herbert of Lea.

38 - Inventory of furniture, etc., at Wilton House, belonging to Lady Herbert of Lea and sold by appraisement to her son, the 13th Earl of Pembroke.

39 - Inventory of plate belonging to Lady Herbert of Lea, with some additions in 1892 and two pages loosely inserted.

40 - Memoranda by Lady Herbert of Lea about china, jewellery, plate and correspondence, either given to her son Sidney, 14th Earl of Pembroke, or to come to him on her death.

41 - Two inventories of heirlooms under the will of Sidney, 14th Earl of Pembroke. 1 volume.

42 - Inventory of furniture and effects of part of Wilton House occupied by Southern Command.

43 - Inventory of property of the late Earl of Pembroke at Wilton House. Two copies.

44 - Inventory of heirloom silver and other plate at Wilton.

45 - Inventory of items listed as heirlooms, which cannot be traced.

46 - Inventory of sculpture at Wilton House

47 - Receipt by the National Gallery for the painting known as the Wilton diptych.

48 - ‘The Wilton’’Montmorency’’ Armour: An Italian Armour for Henry VII. Claude Blair and Stuart W. Pyhrr. Metropolitan Museum Journal 2003

49 - Marble Mania: Sculpture Galleries in England 1640-1840. The catalogue by Ruth Guilding, to an exhibition at Sir John Soane’s Museum including several items from the Wilton House archives.

50 - Copy of an article in Country Life, by Ruth Guilding, on the restoration of the sculpture gallery in Wilton House.

6 - Sale catalogues

7 - Household management

9 - CHARITIES

10 - FAMILY AND PERSONAL

11 - Other activities of the family

12 - Public and State papers of Sidney Herbert (1810-1861), Baron Herbert of Lea. Herbert was Secretary to the Admiralty, 1841-1845, Secretary at War 1845-1851, and Secretary of State for War 1852-1860. The papers are an important source for the reorganisation of the army, particulaly medical reforms and the campaign in the Crimea. Florence Nightingale was a frequent correspondent and she figures heavily in the series. Other subjects covered include campaigns in China, India in 1860, Ireland, Wellington College and the Royal medical School at Chatham. See also 2057/F4/50-71 for related correspondence. This list to 2057/F8/I-VI was made by Dr. James G. Provan, Associate Professor of History at Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois, U.S.A. and completed in 1975. Parts VII to XI were listed in 1992, by Nicola Bailey, a student in the Wiltshire Record Office, when the following items in the original list were not found: 2057/F8/III/A/9c, 2057/F8/IV/A/8, 2057/F8/V/A/67-73, 2057/F8/V/A/140, 2057/F8/V/A/216, 2057/F8/V/B/393h, 2057/F8/V/C/71j. Index F8/I 1833-1846 F8/II 1847-1852 F8/III 1853-1855 F8/IV 1855-1858 F8/V 1859-1861 F8/VI Documents dated prior to 1833 or after 1861 F8/VII Additional miscellaneous papers F8/VIII Emigration to Australia; Family Colonisation Loan Society and Female Emigration Fund F8/IX Emigration to Australia; Female Emigration Fund F8/X Appointment of nurses to the army in the Crimea F8/XI Miscellaneous

13 - Deeds

14 - Legal

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