Manuscripts
Francis North Papers
- Description
This collection contains 99 pieces housed in 2 boxes. The collection is arranged chronologically. It covers letters and documents reflecting family and household matters o Francis North, 1st Baron Guilford (mainly personal concerns dealing with the upbringing of his children) and his father Dudley North, 4th Baron North. Correspondents include Lady Anne Montagu North and Beata Pope, Countess of Down. Materials also pertain to the estate affairs of Sir Thomas Pope, 3rd Earl Downe, at Wroxton, Oxfordshire, from 1631 to 1633 as seen in letters from his bailiff Anthony Litchfield.
- Date
- 1595-approximately 1793
- Call number
- mssHM 52322-52420
- Additional description
- Correspondents include Lady Anne Montagu North and Beata Pope, Countess of Downe.
- Provenance
- Purchased from Sotheby's, through the agency of Homann & Freeman, Mar. 14, 1967. Formerly property of the Hon. Dudley North.
- Associated people
- Litchfield, Anthony, (active 1631-1633.)
- Downe, Beata Poole Pope Downe, (-1678.)
- Montagu, Anne, (1613-1681.)
