Isham; Kent; Grafton; Brooke; Oxford

Contains information on the following:

-Sir Justinian Isham, 2nd Baronet

-Anthony Grey, 11th Earl of Kent

-Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent; 2nd Baron Lucas

-Charles Fitzroy, 2nd Duke of Grafton

-Robert Greville, 2nd Baron Brooke (Warwick Castle)

-Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford

Includes:

-notes on a visit to Northamptonshire Record Office, 27 August 1997

-notes on manuscripts at Lamport Hall

-typescript extracts from Isham correspondence, relating to the portrait of Justinian Isham, eldest son of Sir Justinian Isham, 4th Baronet

-manuscript inventory of work for Thomas Isham Baronet signed by David Loggan, ref: I.C. 5105 [photocopy]

-letter from Gyles Isham, Lamport Hall, Northamptonshire, dated 2 February (?), concerning various topics

-typescript extract of a letter to Sir Justinian Isham, 2nd Baronet from Maurice Wase, 1655

-notes on a visit to Bedfordshire Record Office

-typescript inventory of pictures collected by the Duke of Kent, 1718

-letter from Hugh (?), Gainsborough's House, Suffolk, dated 8 December 1996, concerning Lucas/Kent inventories to check at Bedford Record Office

-extract of a page from an auction catalogue at Christie's, 10 December 2003

-typescript inventory of goods delivered to the Duke of Grafton, 22 October 1685

-letter from Kate, Lady Gibson, London, dated 4 June 1990, concerning various topics with an enclosed document

-typescript of the following document at Northampton Record Office: G2710, Deed of Assignment of paintings entrusted to Isabella, Duchess of Grafton

-manuscript inventory MS 2778 Warwick Castle [photocopy]

-notes on the following manuscript at the British Library: Add. 70434 [H.M.C. Portland, VI, 70-71]

-notes on Mr Bagnals(?) Soho Square

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