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88 - "Mr. Ferguson’s remarks on the rough draft of the Grahme pedigree for Ashtead Book"

1 - Deeds: main estates 1

2 - Court rolls and books, surveys and rentals

3 - Deeds: main estate

4 - Deeds and estate papers: Garsdon

5 - Deeds: Milbourne and Lea and Cleverton

6 - Deeds and estate papers: Charlton estate

7 - Family Settlements and whole estate

8 - Junior Branches of the Family

9 - Land in the United States

10 - Deeds Whose Connection with the Family is Unknown

11 - Additional family and main estate documents

1 - 6 cognate paper documents being a judgement, assignment, bond, release etc. involving Mary, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox, wife of Col. the Hon. Thomas Howard.

2 - Assignment of a judgement of £625 by James, Duke of Chandos and John Pye to Charles Cotes in trust for Henry Bowes, Earl of Berkshire. With 10 cognate paper documents.

3 - Covenant and agreement to make an annuity for Dorothy Howard (his sister) by Henry Bowes, Earl of Berkshire.

4 - Counterpart of grant of annuity by Henry, Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire to Samuel Aston.

5 - Paper copy of an assignment of annuity by Charles Howard (2nd son of Henry Bowes) to Benjamin Collins.

6 - Release of trusts. Willoughby, Earl of Abingdon to his trustees, Henry, Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire and Sir James Dashwood. With schedule of accounts attached (15ff).

7 - Deed of exchange, conveyance and settlement of lands in Milbourne, Brokenborough and Brinkworth. Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire with Charles, Duke of Norfolk, his surviving trustee.

8 - Release of rights under a testamentary disposition and assignment of contingent interest. Lady Elizabeth Howard and the Hon. J.H.L. Dutton to the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire. With paper abstract of marriage settlement.

9 - Assignment of mortgage. Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire to Lord Sherborne and Philip Henry Howard.

10 - Bond: Security for £1500. The Hon. Henry Thomas Howard to the Hon. James Kenneth Howard.

11 - “Transfer of a mortgage debt of £1500 ……. to the trustees of an intended settlement” on the marriage of James Kenneth Howard with Lady Louisa FitzMaurice.

12 - 17 paper documents, being letters, petitions, lists of landed property etc. relating to Star Chamber proceedings against Thomas, 1st Earl of Suffolk.

13 - 32 paper and parchment documents being letters, copies of wills, certified copies of parish registers, letters of administration, legal opinions and copies of deeds, connected with the succession of Philip Howard to the Earldom of Suffolk. Including:-

14 - Copy of will and probate of Sir Robert Howard (son of 2nd Earl of Berkshire of Hore Cross).

15 - Commission of Francis Skene as Lieutenant (brother-in-law of Philip Howard).

16 - Copy of will and probate of Col. Philip Howard. Papers relating to Fielding family and Thomas Howard of Ashtead.

17 - Certified copies of patents creating earldoms of Suffolk and Berkshire.

18 - 3 printed documents and 17 letters concerning the claim of Charles Augustus Ellis to the barony of Walden, heard in the House of Lords. Including a pedigree.

19 - Pedgree of Harvey of Combe between c.1578 – c.1748. (Connected with Grahme family.)

20 - Commission to the Hon. William Howard, 4th son of Thomas 2nd Earl of Berkshire, to be colonel.

21 - Letters patent granting office of Writer of Tallies in the Exchequer to Sir Robert Howard. With royal portrait and Great Seal intact.

22 - Letters patent granting office of Teller in the Exchequer to Thomas Howard (son of Sir Robert).

23 - Agreement between the four Tellers of the Exchequer (Thomas Howard being one) to divide the profits of office.

24 - 36 paper and parchment documents connected with the office of Earl Marshal, held by Henry Bowes, Earl of Suffolk, being mainly letters concerning disputed offices in the gift of the Earl Marshal. Including a Judgement of the Exchequer and eight letters from Sir John Vanbrugh which are published with commentary in Notes and Queries 234 No. 4 Dec 1989. Copy of the article with the documents.

25 - Quietus discharging Lady Diana, widow of Thomas Howard, on account of his office of Teller.

26 - Grant of the Freedom of the City of Bristol to Henry, Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire.

27 - Grant of the Freedom of the Merchant Adventurers of Bristol to Henry, Earl of Suffolk.

28 - Appointment of Henry, Earl of Suffolk to be Governor of the Charter House, the hospital in Middlesex.

29 - Commissions to John Howard to be Captain, Captain-Lieutenant, and Major-General.

30 - Grant of the freedom of the City of Gloucester to Thomas Howard.

31 - Printed map of parts of Gloucester City offered for sale.

32 - Bill of expenses incurred by William Mingay, Mayor of Norwich, for feasting the Duke of Norfolk.

33 - Accounts of George Hall, steward of the Wiltshire estates, with Henry Bowes, Earl of Suffolk, relating to land in Charlton, Hankerton, Brinkworth and Brokenborough. Paper book.

34 - Paper book made on the death of Henry Bowes, Earl of Suffolk containing list of books to be sent to Henry, Earl of Suffolk at Oxford, List of rents due on Charlton estate and an inventory of the contents of Charlton Park (House).

35 - Letter of Henry, Earl of Suffolk to George Hall.

36 - Letter of George Hall to Viscountess Suffolk.

37 - Inventory of the contents of the house in Duke Street, Westminster.

38 - Leather bound volume containing a copy of will of Captain Philip Howard (dated 1740), and a genealogical account of the descent of Col. Thomas Howard.

39 - 54 Doquets and 56 Warrants of the Privy Seal. (Office of Lord Privy Seal held at this time by Henry, Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire.)

40 - 19th cent copy deed of bargain and sale, Robert Freke to Sir James Stumpe, of a barn, gardens and woods etc. called Holwaie, Highame, Great Totleye and fields called Aldame, Spurrmead in Brokenborough. [Original in Section 1, Bndl. 41-62.]

41 - Counterpart of lease of a tenement and lands in Charlton. Elizabeth Witts to Henry, Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire.

42 - 8 documents and parchment bound account book concerning misdeeds of Humphrey Woodcock steward to Henry Bowes, Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire. 1706-1753

43 - Accounts and a letter of J. Martyr, steward of the Levens estate, Westmorland.

44 - 24 letters and 11 other documents concerning purchase of the Garsdon estate by Methuen from Lord Ferrers, including surrender of tenants and commission to enclose, and a copy of the will of Henry Bowes, Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire. 1777.

45 - 4 certificates of redemption of land tax in Lea and Cleverton and Brinkworth.

46 - 3 documents, being surveys of acreage of Charlton Farm and Hankerton Field Farm in Charlton and Hankerton.

47 - 9 accounts of rents due, with acreage etc. relating to land in Charlton, Brinkworth and Culmore (and elsewhere), Co. Londonderry.

48 - Printed list of lands in Charlton, Hankerton, Brokenborough and Brinkworth “now to be let to husbandmen from the more improved counties of Great Britain”.

49 - 6 documents, being particulars of lands purchased in this period by the Earls of Suffolk and Berkshire in Hankerton, Brokenborough, Brinkworth, Crudwell and Milbourne in Malmesbury.

50 - Copy of grant of common rights on the partition of the Common in Milbourne in Malmesbury. Thomas, Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire to Thomas Luce. With schedule of allotments.

51 - 22 documents, being copies of deeds and attested copies of Parish Registers supporting the title of Pitt to Foss Farm in Brokenborough with abstract of title and schedule of deeds, purchased by Earl of Suffolk.

52 - Tithe apportionment of Shinfield, Berkshire.

53 - Agreement concerning parish boundaries through Hyam Park estate in Malmesbury with map of the estate and description.

54 - 4 Abstracts of title of lands in Brokenborough (2), Brinkworth, Milbourne and Lea and Cleverton.

55 - Printed particulars of sale of lands in Brinkworth.

56 - 65 documents, being letters and deeds and copies connected with the purchase of advowsons in Garsdon with Lea and Cleverton. With copy of the Oxford University, City and County Herald for Jan. 14, 1843.

57 - 2 letters with enclosures from Tithe Commissioners to the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire re altered tithe Apportionment of Malmesbury.

58 - 20 documents concerning conveyance of land in Charlton from Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire to the Commissioners for Building New Churches, for use as a burial ground.

59 - 18 abstracts of 17th cent. deeds relating to properties of Charlton estate in Charlton, Brinkworth and Milbourne in Malmesbury.

60 - Map of Brinkworth roads in Brinkworth.

61 - 87 documents relating to the resettlement of the estate in Charlton and the sale of lands in Brinkworth.

62 - c.400 documents concerning sale of lands in Brinkworth, Purton and Brokenborough in 29 lots. Bundle of 10 miscellaneous papers referring to other lots, with sale particulars and plan and 2 printed copies. [11 bundles.]

63 - Copy of assignment of trust with bargain and sale of chattels. Richard Gantlett to trustees in payment of tithes owing in Little Somerford.

64 - 3 documents concerning settlements and bequests benefitting Jane Elizabeth Coke, wife of Charles Nevinson and Lord Andover.

65 - Bond. Messrs. MacDonald, Macqueen, Fraser and Small to John, Earl of Suffolk, concerning payments due to officers in his regiment.

66 - 68 letters and papers relating to the Earl of Suffolk’s executorship of the will of the Rev. J Gaskarth, brother of the Countess Julia. Including 2 deeds of release of trust.

67 - 5 documents, being mainly accounts concerning bequests under the will of Lady Diana Fleming, with copy of the will.

68 - 6 Vouchers for shares in 3% Joint Stock, to Charles Howard.

69 - 23 letters and accounts concerning investments made by the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire mainly in the Cheltenham Railway.

70 - 59 letters, receipts etc. concerning legacies made under the Earl of Suffolk’s will.

71 - 75 documents, being copy of will and codicil, letters, accounts and receipts concerning the executorship of the estate of Lord Henry Howard.

72 - Memorial of annuity, made under Act for Registering Annuities (17 Geo. III) – attested copy made 1853.

73 - 36 letters and copies of deeds referring to mortgage of lands in Steventon, Ludford, Cainham and Ashford Carbonell, Shropshire.

74 - 12 documents concerning the marriage of Sir John Ogilvy with Jane Elizabeth Howard.

75 - Draft release and transfer of consolidated stock. Edward Collingwood to trustees, Thomas Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire being one.

76 - 3 documents, being assignment of mortgage and draft of land in Charlton. Executors of John Biedermann to Lord Sherborne and Thomas Howard.

77 - 6 draft memoranda on financial matters. Bockett (solicitors) to the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire.

78 - Declaration of trust of securities for £2500, fortune of Charles John, Lord Andover, on his marriage with Isabella Catherine Mary. Trustees, Lord Sherborne and Henry Thomas Howard.

79 - Cash Accounts – 2 volumes and 13 papers.

80 - 6 documents concerning an annuity of £127: 10s. paid by the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire to Richard Jebb and Lord Stafford, with assignments concerning others.

81 - 5 documents referring to a trust for Georgiana Guise, wife of Henry Thomas Howard.

82 - 16 documents concerning the estate of Newton Crommelin in Co. Antrim, mortgaged to the Earl of Suffolk by N.D.Crommelin.

83 - 3 documents concerning Malmesbury Railway.

84 - 2 documents concerning a trust for the Hon. J.K. and Lady Louisa Howard.

85 - Copy of bond. The Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire to Eugene Hicks for £1700.

86 - Letter from the Office of Inland Revenue requesting information concerning the property of Lady Fanny Howard, wife of the Hon. Richard Edward Howard.

87 - 8 bills from Bockett (solicitors) to the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire.

88 - c.78 financial documents, letters, accounts and receipts and vouchers concerning Lord Andover.

89 - 5 documents, including a copy of the Morning Post for 3 Aug. 1864, concerning the transfer of £1117: 19s: 2d in 3% Consols, unclaimed stock at the Bank of England.

90 - Account for “Painter’s work done at Charlton House”.

91 - Depositions of witnesses in Chancery case of the Earl of Berkshire v. Danvers.

92 - Copy of a judgement presented to the House of Lords by a Legal Committee appointed to enquire into the rights of the Duke of Norfolk to the Arundell estate.

93 - Brief and two other documents in case of Baggs v. the Earl of Suffolk.

94 - Legal opinion concerning a customary payment of “Forehand Rents” by tenants on the Dudley estates in Worcestershire and Staffordshire.

95 - 9 miscellaneous papers mainly concerning Lady Diana Fielding and the Dudley estate belonging to Henry Bowes, Earl of Berkshire.

96 - 2 documents concerning proceedings in Doctors Commons for restitution of conjugal rights between the Hon. Charles and Lady Susanna Howard.

97 - 6 letters of ordination relating to the Rev. Philip Howard.

98 - Bill and legal opinion on case concerning tithes in Westport in Malmesbury. And see 88/5/46(4).

99 - 6 schedules of deeds.

100 - 9 documents, being letters, extract of will, briefs and opinions concerning the house in Duke Street, Westminster, with a packet of 12 letters.

101 - Chancery injunction procured by Lord Andover against John, Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire to prevent him ploughing meadows in Hankerton. Parchment and paper copy.

102 - 10 letters and legal opinions in a lawsuit concerning Charles Nevinson, Lord Andover, and the house in Duke Street, Westminster.

103 - 17 letters and copies of deeds concerning Anne Margaret Dutton, sister to Elizabeth Jane, Lady Andover.

104 - 8 documents in a case in the House of Lords concerning the peerage rights of the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire.

105 - Brief and copy of will in chancery case of Nicholas v. Nicholas.

106 - 3 documents in case of Methuen v. the Earl of Suffolk concerning waste on Methuen’s estates.

107 - 17 drafts of wills and codicils of the Earls of Suffolk and Berkshire, with an account of the estate in 1855, and two printed papers giving particulars of probate duty.

108 - 8 documents in a case concerning the Electoral Register of Malmesbury, with a letter enclosed dated 1827.

109 - c.150 documents, being mainly accounts and receipts of the Trustees of the estate of the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire with a draft case for legal opinion on the liabilities of the Trustees.

110 - 2 authorities to produce deeds for Bockett, solicitors.

111 - Printed copy of “An Act for the Better Management of the Duke of Norfolk’s Estates”.

112 - Schedule of deeds ordered to be sent from Elford, Staffordshire, to Charlton.

113 - Affidavit and 2 other documents to a proposed conveyance by Charles John, Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire to William B. Glasse and Alfred A. Collyer.

114 - 252 paper and parchment documents being briefs, legal opinions, depositions, copies of documents and letters in the Exchequer case of Heneage v. Lord Andover.

115 - 4 letters: Catherine, Countess of Suffolk to George Hall, with copies of his answers.

116 - 3 packets containing 7 letters concerning the promotion of Captain John Howard. (2 are from George Grenville.) Also notes taken from the Register of Malmesbury Abbey in the British Museum

117 - 33 letters, accounts of the Earl of Suffolk as Governor of Londonderry and Culmore Fort, Co. Londonderry.

118 - Letter from Henry Howard to Lord Andover, written in Rome, concerning the purchase of pictures.

119 - 22 letters to the Earl of Suffolk concerning a M. de Chambreuilée.

120 - Packet of 20 letters to Thomas, Earl of Suffolk on miscellaneous private matters.

121 - Packet of 78 letters concerning miscellaneous private affairs of Thomas, Earl of Suffolk.

122 - Packet of 183 letters and legal papers concerning miscellaneous private affairs of Thomas, Earl of Suffolk, mainly in the years 1829/30.

123 - Packet of 16 letters.

124 - Packet of c.100 letters from solicitors concerning the purchase of the Garsdon estate.

125 - Packet of c.100 letters from, and between solicitors (Ryder, Biedermann, Few and Bockett etc.) concerning estate settlements and purchases.

126 - Packet of 85 letters and other documents on miscellaneous financial matters.

127 - Parcel of 352 letters concerning the private estate of Henry Charles, Earl of Suffolk.

128 - Packet of c. 60 letters of Henry Charles, Earl of Suffolk.

129 - Packet of 42 letters and other documents on miscellaneous financial matters.

130 - Pedigree of Tattershall and Howard copied, c.1874, from the Book of Hours of Elizabeth Howard, a nun.

131 - Political letters and notes for addresses of Henry Bowes, Earl of Berkshire.

132 - Copy of 2 letters by “Mr. Pope to the Bishop of Rochester”.

133 - “Mr. Foxe’s proposals” concerning the parliamentary representation of Malmesbury.

134 - Pages 11-14 of a catalogue of pictures belonging to M. de Calonne.

135 - Catalogue of books in the library of Charlton House.

136 - 13 documents, being mainly notes for speeches relating to the business of Thomas, Earl of Suffolk as a Privy Councillor.

137 - Parcel of manuscripts of Thomas, Earl of Suffolk, being notes on political economy, and a dramatic work in verse.

138 - Packet containing architectural drawings by Lady Margaret Andover, a Latin epitaph on the 2nd Earl of Suffolk, and a Life of Susanna, Countess of Suffolk 1627-49.

139 - Bundle of detached labels, wrappers and single sheets of documents.

140 - Schedule of deeds in Boxes A.B.C.D.E.F. and G, and Garsdon estate, made after 1878, with later additions up to 1932.

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