Manuscripts
Berkshire, [Shaw?]. Articles of Agreement between Edward Walter and Nicholas and Thomas Simmons allowing cutting and sale of wood in Brick Kiln Coppice, A.D.S. (2 p.)
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Berkshire, Shaw. An Account of growth of Coppice woods…, D. (1 p.)
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Berkshire, Shaw and Speen. Account of Woodlands & Coppices, D. (1 p.)
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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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Berkshire, Shaw. Rental of the [James Brydges, Duke of Chandos, 1674-1744], Estate, D.S. (8 p.)
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Note: signed by Thomas Matthews.
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Berkshire, Shaw. Certificate to the Lord Chancellor re timber on the estate, A.D.S. (3 p.)
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Berkshire, Shaw. Valuation, D. (2 p.)
Manuscripts
With autograph annotations by Lydia Catherine…, Duchess of Chandos.
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