Original records acquired as gifts or on depositPRO 30/26974-1994Public Record Office: Documents Acquired by Gift, Deposit or Purchase: Miscellaneous
A very miscellaneous accumulation of records and objects acquired by the Public Record Office by gift, purchase, or deposit, including both documents which belong intellectually with existing record series, but which had strayed from public custody as well as private documents which usefully supplement the official record.
Included are:
correspondence and accounts of Sir Thomas Clarke, Master of the Rolls 1754 to 1764, and an official journal of Masters of the Rolls, 1742 to 1784
records of Doctors' Commons, 1567 to 1844
charters of Edgar (974) and Henry II
Duchy of Lancaster writs and various manorial records
minutes of the Board of General Officers, 1695 to 1705
minute and other books and papers of the Fulham Bridge Proprietors, 1726 to 1882, and of the Royal Universal Dispensary for Children, London, 1815 to 1833
material used by John Gurwood for his edition of the Duke of Wellington's despatches and papers relating to the battle of Waterloo
papers concerning the British occupation of Corsica, 1792 to 1796
entry books concerning Ireland in the early 18th century
admission books and other records of Clement's Inn, late 15th century to 1883
accounts of chamber and household expenses of George I and George II
papers relating to the Shanghai Volunteer Corps
judgments of the South Sea Company Court of Record, 1727 to 1728
reports of investigations, with photographs, into the circumstances of the murders of Tsar Nicholas II and the Russian royal family, 1918 to 1920
various Law Officers' papers, 1736 to 1742
grants of land in the Poyaisian Republic by Gregor Macgregor, Cacique of Poyais, 1834
a reproduction of a gold seal used by King Henry VIII in ratifying a treaty with King Francis I of France in 1527
papers relating to the Coal Control, 1917 to 1920, and to the Coal Strike of 1920
records of the Grand Junction Company Ltd
papers about the demolition of Heligoland fortifications
controlment book of the Hanaper 1745-1750
records of the Duchy of Cornwall including manorial records of Wymondham Abbey, Norfolk, 1422-1474, and receiver general's and minister's accounts for the Priory of St Helen, Bishopsgate, 1517-1518 and for Cornwall, Cheshire, Flintshire and Devon, 16th and 17th centuries
extracts from the agenda book of the Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer, 1578-1599
a bill book of the Official Assignee of the Court of Bankruptcy
documents relating to the administration of Henry de Lacy, earl of Lincoln, lieutenant in Aquitaine, 1296-1297
an account roll of the Great Wardrobe, Ric II
an account roll for works at Linlithgow, 1302
accounts of clipt money (1695-1696) and of gold and silver bullion (1648-1674)
a letter of Thomas Duffus Hardy, deputy keeper of the public records, 1866
Sir Henry Rooke's diary of his travels in Sicily, 1789
personal papers of Henry Hatton Sproule, Lt. Col. Indian Army and Commandant 2/4th Cavalry, 1893-1932
an account for the lands of the Prince of Wales as Duke of Cornwall, 1355-1356