Report on the Manuscripts of the Marquess of Downshire, Preserved at Easthampstead Park, Berks ...: Papers of Sir William Trumbull. 2 vH.M. Stationery Office, 1924 - Great Britain |
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Page 3 - MSS. on their behalf that nothing relating to the titles of existing owners is to be divulged, and that if in the course of his work any modern title-deeds or papers of a private character chance to come before him, they are to be instantly put aside, and are not to be examined or calendared under any pretence whatever.
Page 4 - ... to be temporarily removed from their muniment rooms and lent to the Commissioners to facilitate the preparation of a report may be named : — His Majesty the King, the Duke of Rutland, the Duke of Portland, the Marquess of Salisbury, the Marquess...
Page 9 - Hulton, RW Ketton, GA Aitken, PV Smith, Esqs. ; Bishop of Ely ; Cathedrals of Ely, Gloucester, Lincoln, and Peterborough ; Corporations of Gloucester, Higham Ferrers, and Newark ; Southwell Minster ; Lincoln District Registry.
Page 4 - ... their attention to that object exclusively. In practice it has been found more satisfactory, when the collection of manuscripts is a large one, for the inspector to make a selection therefrom at the place of deposit and to obtain the owner's consent to remove the selected papers to the Public Record Office in London or in Dublin, or to the General Register House in Edinburgh, where they can be more fully dealt with, and where they...
Page 3 - Commissioners, they will cause an inspection to be made by some competent person, and should the MSS. appear to come within the scope of their enquiry, the owner will be asked to consent to the publication of copies or abstracts of them in the reports of the Commission, which are presented to Parliament every Session.
Page 7 - Marquis of Salisbury ; Earl of Denbigh ; Lord Leconfield ; Sir Frederick Graham, Bart. ; Sir Reginald Graham, Bart. ; Sir A. Acland-Hood, Bart. ; Sir Henry Ingilby, Bart. ; Sir Edward Strachey, Bart. ; Sir George W. Dasent ; F. Brumell ; PB Davies Cooke ; Miss Ffarington ; F. Bacon Frank ; P.
Page 5 - Berington ; Colonel Myddelton-Biddulph ; Colonel Carew ; Mrs. Collis ; Richard Corbet ; W. Bromley-Davenport ; C. Cottrell Dormer; JR Ormsby-Gore ; John Harvey; HB Mackeson ; F. Peake ; Mrs. Prescott ; JJ Rogers ; WT McCullagh Torrens ; WH Turner ; Mrs. Willes ; WWE Wynne ; House of LordsSpecimen Calendar of Papers relating to first Parliament of Charles I ; House of Lords — Specimen Calendar of Papers relating to Archbishop Laud's Visitation ; St. Lawrence's College, Ampleforth ; Cambridge Colleges,...
Page 3 - Ball. With the object of securing the co-operation of the owners of manuscripts, without which their work could not be carried on, the Commissioners think it desirable to describe the system upon which they conduct their enquiries. If the owner of any collection of manuscript books or documents express his willingness to submit them to the Commissioners, an inspection is made under their direction by some competent and trustworthy person, and if any of the manuscripts appear to come within the scope...
Page 3 - Victoria in 1869 to enquire as to the existence of unpublished manuscripts in the possession of private persons and in institutions, calculated to throw light on the Civil, Ecclesiastical, Literary, or Scientific History of the Empire. The Commission has been renewed by the late King and by HM King George, and new Commissioners have been appointed from time to time to fill vacancies that have occurred. The present Commissioners are Lord Hanworth, Master of the Sir HC Maxwell-Lyte, KCB Rolls (Chairman).
Page 4 - Among the numerous owners of valuable documents who have given their sanction to the temporary removal of manuscripts by the Commission may be named : — His Majesty the King, the Duke of Rutland, the Duke of Portland, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Marquis 'of Ormonde, the Marquis Townshend, the Marquis of Bath, the Earl of Dartmouth, the Earl of Carlisle, the Earl of Egmont, Lord Kenyon, Lord Sackville, Mrs. Stopford Sackville, Sir George Wombwell, Mr. le Fleming, of Rydal,...