Cecil Manuscripts
(1590-1594)
Letters and papers of William Cecil lord Burghley, Lord Treasurer of England.MARTINI. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Lord Willoughby in the Netherlands
(1580-1601)
Mrs S. C. Lomas of the Historical Manuscripts Commission prepared this calendar of the manuscripts of the Earl of Ancaster preserved at Grimsthorpe, published in 1907. The records covered are from 1550 to 1737, but the bulk of this volume is given over to an edition of the correspondence of Peregrine lord Willoughby, who was appointed governor of Bergen-op-Zoom in 1586, and spent the next ten years commanding English and Dutch forces against those of Spain. There are also a few pages (449 to 452) dealing with a scattering of ancient deeds (from c.1160 to 1547); some items from inventories (452-459, c.1522 to after 1742) and household accounts (459-482, 1560-1661) which attracted Mrs Lomas's attention; and notes from a muster roll of Baberg hundred, Suffolk, of about 1522, from which some names are given in the text.MARTINI. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Official Papers
(1691-1692)
The State Papers Domestic cover all manner of business relating to Britain, Ireland and the colonies, conducted in the office of the Secretary of State as well as other miscellaneous records. Includes lists of passes to travel abroad.
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Pensions granted by the King
(1715-1716)
Abstract of the Treasury declared accounts for the pensions and allowances granted by the King as part of the Civil List, mainly (though not all) by the Great Establishment of 18 April 1716. 15 December 1715 to 20 December 1716. AO 1/1924/13.MARTINI. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Treasury Books
(1716)
Records of the Treasury administration in Britain, America and the colonies, for 1716. These also include records of the appointment and replacement of customs officers such as tide waiters and surveyors.MARTINI. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Treasury and Customs Officials, Officers and Pensioners
(1717)
Government accounts, with details of income and expenditure in Britain, America and the colonies
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Treasury and Customs Records
(1718)
Government accounts, with details of income and expenditure in Britain, America and the colonies
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Deaths, Marriages, News and Promotions
(1810)
Death notices and obituaries, marriage and birth notices, civil and military promotions, clerical preferments and domestic occurrences, as reported in the Gentleman's Magazine. Mostly from England and Wales, but items from Ireland, Scotland and abroad.
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Traders and professionals in London
(1851)
The Post Office London Directory for 1851 includes this 'Commercial and Professional Directory', recording about 80,000 individuals. MARTINI. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Patentees of New Inventions
(1854)
Abstracts of British patents for new inventions applied for and granted from 1 January to 31 December 1854: giving date, name and address, and short description of the invention. It is then stated whether 'Letters patent sealed' or 'Provisional protection only'.MARTINI. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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