Manuscripts

Seals removed from EL 6401-7716

Description

Part II: John, first Earl of Bridgewater, 1617-1646. Domestic and Personal Papers:

EL 6401; EL 6402; EL 6403; EL 6404; EL 6405; EL 6406a; EL 6501; EL 6620 EL 6696; EL 6698; EL 6701; EL 6701a; EL 6792; EL 6814; EL 6815; EL 6821; EL 6823; EL 6830a

Part II: John, first Earl of Bridgewater, 1617-1646. Official Papers:

EL 7716

Type

Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)

Production date

approximately 1150-1803.

Call number

mssEL

Creator

Egerton (Family)(Opens in new tab)

Provenance

Purchased with the Bridgewater library from John Francis Granville Scrope Egerton, 3rd Earl of Ellesmere, through the agency of George D. Smith and Sotheby's of London, 1917.

Rights

Facsimile material: Researchers must apply for permission to publish or quote these materials from the owners of the originals. Please contatct: Estate Administrator. Mertoun Estate. St. Boswell's, Melrose, Roxburghshire. SCOTLAND TD6 0EA.

Seals removed from EL 7948a-8221

Manuscripts

Official, semi-official, and personal papers of six generations of the Egerton family, particularly those accumulated by Sir Thomas Egerton, 1540?-1617, Baron Ellesmere and Viscount of Brackley, Solicitor-General (1581-1592), Attorney-General (1592-1594), Lord Keeper (1596-1603), and Lord Chancellor (1603-1617); Sir John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater, 1579-1649, President of the Council of Wales (1631-1649); John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, 1622-1686, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (1660-1686); John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater, 1646-1701, President of the Board of Trade (1696-1699), First Lord of Admiralty (1699-1701), Speaker of the House of Lords (1697 and 1700); John Scrope Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater, 1681-1745, a Whig courtier under Anne and George I, and Francis, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, 1736-1803. Approximately 13,000 pieces.

mssEL

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