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Miscellaneous legal pieces, D.S. (2 p.)


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    Middlesex, Cannons. Abstract of Estimates of builder's work to be done on and within Cannons, A.D. (1 p.)

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    [Chandos, Henry Brydges, Duke of, 1708-1771]. 1 letter to [Mr.] ----- Philpot, A.L. (1 p.)

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    Berkshire, Shaw and Speen. Particular of an Estate near Newbury…, D. (1 p.)

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    Davall, Thomas. Will, D.S. (2 mb.)

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    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.

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    Essex, Fobbing. [Indenture], D.S. (2 mb.)

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