Isham; Fitzwilliam; Child; Montague; North; Mildmay

Contains information on the following:

-Sir Gyles Isham (Lamport Hall, Northamptonshire)

-Fitzwilliam family (Milton Hall, Cambridgeshire)

-Sir Francis Child, Earl of Jersey

-Charles Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester

-North family (Wroxton Abbey, Oxfordshire; Rougham Hall, Suffolk)

-Benjamin Mildmay, Earl Fitzwilliam

Includes:

-letter from Gyles Isham, Lamport Hall, Northampton, dated 18 October (?), concerning a manuscript

-letter from Gyles Isham, Lamport Hall, Northampton, dated 7 August 1952, concerning Carlile

-letter from Gyles Isham, Lamport Hall, Northampton, dated 8 May 1952, concerning Van Dyck

-two letters from Gyles Isham, Lamport Hall, Northampton, dated July 1958, concerning Giovanni Remigio

-letter from Gyles Isham, Lamport Hall, Northampton, dated 1 May 1960, concerning Christ and St John

-two letters from Gyles Isham, Lamport Hall, Northampton, dated October 1960, concerning various topics

-note on the Fitzwilliam manuscript at Milton Hall [Varnberg inventory]

-draft document by Gyles Isham on Sir Thomas Isham's English pictures with typed comments by 'M.T.', 11 November 1953

-letter from J. Coburn, Head Archivist, Greater London Council, dated 24 September 1982, concerning the Earl of Jersey MSS with enclosed accession record for the Papers of Sir Francis Child [photocopy]

-notes on the following manuscript now at the London Metropolitan Archives: Acc. 1128/177

-notes on a manuscript inventory of the Duke of Manchester sold at Sotheby's, 27 October 1970

-letter from Hugh Murray Baillie, Historical Manuscripts Commission, dated 21 March 1975, concerning the papers of Francis, 1st Baron Guildford and Francis, 2nd Baron Guildford

-typescript of the following manuscript at Rougham Hall, Norfolk: North MSS 7861 [photocopy]

-typescript extracts from the following document at Hampshire Record Office: 15 M 20/31, Mildmay Account Book at Winchester [Benjamin Mildmay, Earl Fitzwalter]

-letter from Gyles Isham, Lamport Hall, Northampton, dated 13 May 1952, concerning the will of the Duchess of Somerset

-copy of a letter to Mr Murray from William Le Hardy, County Archivist, Herefordshire, dated 17 August 1953, concerning the 3rd Earl Bridgwater and Ashridge, Hertfordshire

-letter from Gyles Isham, Lamport Hall, Northampton, dated 30 January 1959, concerning the painting Venetia, Lady Digby in a collection

-letter from Gyles Isham, Lamport Hall, Northampton, dated 15 June 1960, concerning a painting of the Duke of Buckingham 'signed C.J.'; and Hunstanton Hall, Norfolk

-typescript inventory of Glendon Hall, Northamptonshire, sent to Oliver Millar by Gyles Isham

-typescript inventory of the pictures of Sir John Langham, Tempo Manor, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, sent to Oliver Millar by Gyles Isham

-typescript inventory of pictures at Barrowden Rectory, Rutland, East Midlands, sent to Oliver Millar by Gyles Isham

-three letters from Gyles Isham, Lamport Hall, Northampton, dated September-November 1970, concerning various topics

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