Temple family addenda

Three boxes of correspondence and documents (>1600-1670); the subject matter in this collection: the Temple family, mainly during the period preceding and including the Civil War: family affairs (domestic quarrels, lawsuits, marriage arrangements); the management of the household and estates, chiefly at Stowe, Burton Dassett, Padbury and Finmere; relations with servants, tenants, and tradesmen regarding rents, the procuring of provisions, clothing and materials, and the landscaping of Stowe; and occasional reports on the current political situation.