Manuscripts
Berkshire, Shaw. Late [James Brydges, Duke of Chandos, 1674-1744], valuation of the Shaw Estate, D. (1 p.)
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Berkshire, Shaw and Speen. Abstract of [James Brydges, Duke of Chandos, 1674-1744], title to the manor, D. (5 p.)
Manuscripts
Very fragile, stained and damaged -- handle very carefully.
LB 638
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Berkshire, Shaw and Speen. Survey of timber on the Estates of the Executors of [James Brydges, Duke of Chandos, 1674-1744], per William Watts, D. (1 p.)
Manuscripts
Damaged and fragile, with loss of text -- handle very carefully.
LB 645
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Berkshire, Shaw. Rental of the [James Brydges, Duke of Chandos, 1674-1744], Estate, D.S. (8 p.)
Manuscripts
Note: signed by Thomas Matthews.
LB 632
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Berkshire, Shaw. Mr. Filmer's Queries concerning the title to the [James Brydges, Duke of Chandos, 1674-1744], Estate with answers to the same, D. (3 p.)
Manuscripts
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.
LB 628
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Berkshire, Speen. A Valuation of the Estate in Berkshire, D. (2 p.)
Manuscripts
Fragile -- handle carefully.
LB 647
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-----. 1 letter to James Brydges, Duke of Chandos, 1674-1744, A.L. (4 p.)
Manuscripts
Note: right hand bottom corner missing on all pages, including signature.
LB 551