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Papers of the Bagot family of Blithfield, Staffordshire

 Collection
Identifier: B34684
Abstract Primarily autograph letters signed, dating from 1557-1671, especially of Richard Bagot and of his son Walter. They are letters to them, letters from them (some of them drafts written on blank parts of letters addressed to them) and copies made by them of letters addressed to others, especially of official letters. The letters cover a wide range of topics and amply illustrate the life of a prosperous county family the multifarious duties it members were called upon to perform for the Crown....
Dates: 1428-1671 (bulk 1557-1671); Majority of material found within 1557 - 1671

Papers of Robert Bennet

 Collection
Identifier: B46763
Abstract Contains mostly Bennet's official papers and reflect the shifting fortunes of the Parliamentarians and Royalists. Many of the official papers concern or are from both houses of Parliament, and the Council of State. Among the personal papers are several concerning law-suits and other business matters, a few deeds, Hannibal Vyvyan's directions to Colonel Bennet when he was sick in 1649 (155), and letters to and from fellow Anabaptists at Looe, 1656. A few miscellaneous documents seem to have...
Dates: 1603-1678 (bulk 1642-1663); Majority of material found within 1642 - 1663