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Book of tenancies in the Manor of Drayton and lands adjacent belonging to the Cheyne family, 1725

Description
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
Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date
approximately 1150-1803.
Call number
EL 10806
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
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.
Associated people
Ellesmere, Thomas Egerton, (1540?-1617.)
Bridgewater, John Egerton, (-1649.)
Bridgewater, John Egerton, (1623-1686.)
Bridgewater, John Egerton, (1646-1701.)
Bridgewater, John Scrope Egerton, (1681-1745.)
Bridgewater, Francis Egerton, (1736-1803.)
Derby, Ferdinando Stanley, (approximately 1559-1594.)
Stanley (Family)
Associated organizations
England and Wales.
England and Wales.
England and Wales.
Great Britain.
Great Britain.
Maryland.
Virginia.
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