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The whole of the proceedings in the Arches-Court of Canterbury, : in a cause between the Hon. Mrs. Catherine Weld, daughter to the Lord Aston, and Edward Weld Esquire, her husband. Containing, I. Her libel exhibited against him for impotency
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Counterpart of Indenture of Covenants made to Mrs. Anna Davall on the marriage of her daughter, [Lydia Catherine Van Hattem Davall Brydges, Duchess of Chandos, d. 1750], D.S. (1 mb.)
Manuscripts
The collection, which spans from 1538-2002 (bulk 1548-1780), contains 927 items pertaining chiefly to Duchess Lydia's business and financial activities in the intervening six years between her husband's death and her own, as well as the activities of her extended family. In addition, there is correspondence with her family, lawyers, and estate officials, information about the Cannons auctions and the sale of other Brydges properties, and some sixteenth- and seventeenth-century records pertaining to her own family and the Mayne and Goodall families who once lived at the Van Hattem seat at Dinton Hall in Buckinghamshire. There are also a large number of papers and deeds concerning various properties held by the family, including Cannons, Shaw and Speen.
LB 906