Papers of the Dering family
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the call numbers X.d.531 (1-21).
Dates
- approximately 1450-1680
Creator
- Dearing family (Family)
- Dering, Edward, Sir, 1598-1644 (Person)
- Dering, Edward, Sir, 1625-1684 (Person)
Availability
Collection is open for research.
Extent
21.0 items
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Papers principally of Sir Edward Dering, 1st bart., and of his son, Sir Edward Dering, 2nd bart. Contains: Family and business papers, 1606-1638, including a copy of a letter from the archbishop of Canterbury to Sir Daniel Donne about certain seats in Pluckley church, September 11, 1606, and a copy of a letter from the Privy Council concerning the laxness of the Commissioners for the loans in collecting the loans, June 3, 1627 (1-7); Genealogical papers and notes from the public records, ca. 1450-ca. 1640, including a leaf from Sir Edward Dering's history of his family (8-16); Papers of Sir Edward Dering, 2nd bart., ca. 1676-ca. 1680, including notes from an early manuscript version of Sir William Petty's Political Arithmetick; proposals for reducing smuggling and notes of a speech, probably dating from the time when Sir Edward was a commissioner of the Customs, 1676-1679, and minutes of a meeting of the Grand Committee of the House of Commons (at which he presided), considering the king's supply and the need for 90 ships of war February 6, 1677/8? (17-21).
Arrangement
Arranged into three series: Series 1: Family and business papers, 1606-1638; Series 2: Genealogical papers and notes from the public records, ca. 1450-ca. 1640; and Series 3: Papers of Sir Edward Dering, 2nd bart., ca. 1676-ca. 1680. Arranged hierarchically within each series.
Acquisition Information
The Dering family papers were acquired by the Folger Shakespeare Library from Sotheby's, July 20-21, 1981 (lot 4).
Other Formats
Also available on microfilm, Film Fo. 3118 (reduction ratio 12:1, 8 feet).
Processing Information
Processed by Folger Shakespeare Library staff.
- Armorials (reference sources)
- Bancroft, Richard, 1544-1610
- Dering family
- Dictionaries
- Dun, Daniel, 1544 or 1545-1617
- England
- England and Wales. Commissioners of Customs.
- England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.
- England and Wales. Privy Council
- England and Wales. Royal Navy
- Family histories
- Fifteenth century
- France
- Genealogies (histories)
- Geography
- Great Britain
- Historiography
- Ireland
- Legal documents
- Letters patent
- Loans
- Manuscripts (documents)
- Minutes (administrative records)
- Netherlands
- Seventeenth century
- Sixteenth century
- Smuggling
- Speeches
- St. Nicholas' Church (Pluckley, England) -- Manuscripts
- United States
- Warrants
- Title
- Guide to the Papers of the Dering Family, ca. 1450-ca. 1680 Folger MS X.d.531 (1-21)
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Folger staff, ca. 1981; revised by Alison E. Bridger in 2010.
- Date
- ca. 1981
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
- Sponsor
- Project partially funded by the Gladys Kreble Delmas Foundation, in collaboration with the Research Libraries Group.
- Edition statement
- Initial tagging provided by Apex Data Services, February 2000.
Revision Statements
- 2010: Revisions made by Folger staff, February 2000. Converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15) by Folger staff, February 2010. Further revisions made by Alison E. Bridger, March 2010.
Repository Details
Part of the Folger Shakespeare Library Repository
201 E. Capitol St. SE
Washington DC 20003 USA