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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

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

Papers of the Cavendish-Talbot family

 Collection
Identifier: C38835
Abstract

Mostly consists of correspondence, as well as various financial documents, warrants, petitions, orders, physician instructions and other miscellaneous documents relating to the Cavendish, Talbot, Wentworth, and Slingsby families as well as to Sir Humphrey Style, and Stanley and Sarah Gower.

Dates: 1333-1705 (bulk 1548-1676); Majority of material found within 1548 - 1676

Papers of the Ferrers Family of Tamworth Castle

 Collection
Identifier: F47836
Abstract

Family and official papers of the Ferrers family of Tamworth Castle dating from the fourteenth to the nineteenth century (mostly mid-sixteenth century to mid-seventeenth century) concerning the family's political, legal, financial, personal, and manorial affairs mostly in Derbyshire, Essex, Leicestershire, Staffordshire, and Warwickshire.

Dates: 1371-1806 (bulk 16th - 17th century); Majority of material found within 1500 - 1600

Papers of the Rattray family of Craighall

 Collection
Identifier: R38373
Abstract Contains primarily incoming correspondence to the Lairds of Craighall including David Rattray, James Rattray and Patrick Rattray. Correspondents include, but are not limited to: William Fullerton of Fullerton; David Leslie, Lord Newark; Patrick Lyon, Earl of Kinghorne; and John Ogilvy of Balfour. Also includes incoming correspondence to the Ladies of Craighall, outgoing correspondence from the Lairds, and some miscellaneous correspondence relating to the Rattray's of Craighall, as well as a...
Dates: 1593-1699

Papers of the Rich family

 Collection
Identifier: R53443
Abstract Contains family and estate papers of the Rich family of Mulbarton, Norfolk, and of Roos Hall and Ashman's Hall, Suffolk, principally of: Sir Edwin Rich (1594-1675); Sir Charles Rich (ca. 1619-1677); Sir Robert Rich (1648-1699); as well as of: Sir Edwin Rich (d. 1640); Richard Rich (1597-1676); Lady Elizabeth Rich (ca. 1623-1694); Lady Mary Rich (d. 1714); Civel Rich (d. 1716); Sir Robert Rich (1685-1768); and Charles Rich (ca. 1731-1808). The papers primarily consist of correspondence,...
Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1649-1715; 1485-ca. 1820

Stratford and Warwickshire References in the Art, Manuscript, and Scrapbook Collections

 Collection
Identifier: S77937
Abstract

This finding aid provides descriptive entries for all manuscripts in the Folger collection that mention Stratford-on-Avon or Warwickshire. The guide also identifies the hands of writers and copyists, provides full identification of mentioned names, and cross-references Folger manuscripts with copies at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.

Dates: ca. 1560 - ca. 1930

E. Williams watermark collection, including the papers of the Hale family of King's Walden and other papers

 Collection
Identifier: W55553
Abstract

A collection of paper from sixteenth and seventeenth-century manuscripts and printed books, broadsides, and pamphlets, gathered and arranged according to watermark type by E. Williams of Hove, Sussex, in the early twentieth century. Many of the manuscripts relate to the legal, financial, and manorial affairs of the Hale family of King's Walden, Hertfordshire.

Dates: Majority of material found within ca. 1570-1699