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Businesses (3)
Organisations (16)
- Admiralty
- Burton upon Trent Abbey Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
- Court of Common Pleas
- Exchequer court Wakefield, Yorkshire
- Hertfordshire militia Hertfordshire;Hertfordshire
- Kent Quarter Sessions Kent;Kent
- King's Bench
- Lincolnshire Quarter Sessions Lincolnshire;Lincolnshire
- London (Blackfriars) Priory (Dominican) Blackfriars, London
- Midland Circuit
- Office of the Revels
- Office of the Tents
- St Mary parish, Blechingley Blechingley, Surrey
- Star Chamber
- Viceadmiralty
- Yorkshire Quarter Sessions Yorkshire and the Humber
Persons (79)
- Bacon, Nathaniel, (1547-1622), MP
- Bacon, Nathaniel, (1593-1660), MP
- Bagot, Sir Hervey, (1590-1660), 1st Baronet MP
- Bagot, Richard, (d 1597), Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire
- Bagot, Walter, (1557-1623), Sheriff of Staffordshire
- Bennet, Henry, (1618-1685), 1st Earl of Arlington, statesman
- Bennet, Robert, (1605-1683), parliamentarian army officer and religious radical
- Brooke, Ralph, (1553-1625), herald
- Burbage, James, (d 1597), Actor
- Camden, William, (1551-1623), antiquary, herald and schoolmaster
- Carey, George, (1547-1603), 2nd Baron Hunsdon
- Cawarden, Sir Thomas, (d 1559), Knight Courtier Master of the Revels
- Cecil, William, (1520-1598), 1st Baron Burghley, statesman
- Chitting, Henry, (1580-1638), herald
- Clayton, Sir Robert, (1629-1707), Knight, MP, scrivener, Lord Mayor of London
- Collier, John Payne, (1789-1883), Shakespearean scholar and forger, antiquary and journalist
- Cooke, Robert, (c 1540-1593), herald
- Daly, Augustin, (1838-1899), playwright and theatre manager
- Dering, Sir Edward, (1598-1644), 1st Baronet, MP and antiquary
- Dethick, Sir William, (1543-1612), Knight, herald
- Devereux, Robert, (1566-1601), 2nd Earl of Essex, statesman
- Dodderidge, Sir John, (1555-1628), judge historian
- Doddridge, Sir John, (1555-1628), Knight, judge, MP and historian
- Donne, John, (1573-1631), Dean of St Paul's Poet
- Dryden, John, (1631-1700), Poet
- Dugdale, Sir William, (1605-1686), knight antiquary and herald
- Egerton, Thomas, (1540-1617), Viscount Brackley, Lord Chancellor
- Furney, Richard, (1694-1753), Archdeacon of Surrey Antiquary
- Garrick, Eva Marie, (1724-1822), dancer
- Greg, Sir Walter Wilson, (1875-1959), Knight, bibliographer, Shakespearean scholar and historian
- Hall, Joseph, (1574-1656), Bishop of Norwich
- Harington, Sir John, (1561-1612), Knight Wit and Author
- Harvey, William, (d 1567), herald
- Hastings, Henry, (1586-1643), 5th Earl of Huntingdon
- Heath, Sir Richard, (d 1702), Knight Judge
- Hodges, Cyril Walter, (1909-2004), writer, illustrator and theatre designer
- Inchbald, Elizabeth, (1753-1821), novelist, dramatist and actress
- Ingleby, Clement Mansfield, (1823-1886), Shakespearean critic and author
- Ireland, William Henry, (1777-1835), Writer and Forger
- Irving, Sir Henry, (1838-1905), Knight, actor
- Kemble, John Philip, (1757-1823), actor
- King, Alexander, (fl 1587-1592), Judge Admiral of Scotland
- King, John, (? 1559-1621), Bishop of London
- Lambarde, William, (1536-1601), Historian
- Le Neve, Peter, (1661-1729), Herald and Antiquary
- Le Squyer, Scipio, (1579-1659), Deputy Chamberlain of the Exchequer Antiquary
- Mackay, Mary, (1855-1924), novelist
- Macklin, Charles, (? 1699-1797), Actor
- Mainwaring, Sir Thomas, (1623-1689), 1st Baronet
- Monson, Sir William, (1569-1643), Knight Admiral
- Montagu, Ralph, (? 1638-1709), 1st Duke of Montagu
- More, Sir George, (1553-1632), Knight, Lord Lieutenant of the Tower of London
- More, Sir William, (1520-1600), Knight MP Chamberlain of the Exchequer
- Naunton, Sir Robert, (1563-1635), Knight Politician
- Newdigate, Sir Richard, (1602-1678), knight, judge
- Nichols, John, (1745-1826), printer, author and antiquary
- Nichols, John Bowyer, (1779-1863), printer and antiquary
- Nichols, John Gough, (1806-1873), printer and antiquary
- Oxenden, Henry, (1609-1670), Poet
- Paget, William, (1572-1628), 4th Baron Paget
- Petre, William, (1575-1637), 2nd Baron Petre
- Powle, Sir Henry, (1630-1692), Knight Master of the Rolls
- Raleigh, Sir Walter, (? 1552-1618), Knight Military and Naval Commander Author
- Rich, Sir Robert, (1648-1699), 2nd baronet, Lord of the Admiralty
- Segar, Sir William, (d 1633), Knight Herald
- Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, (1751-1816), dramatist and politician Dublin, County Dublin
- Smith, William, (? 1550-1618), herald
- Smyth, John, (1567-1641), antiquary
- Stonley, Richard, (fl 1596), Teller of the Exchequer
- Talbot, Elizabeth, (1518-1608), businesswoman
- Talbot, George, (? 1528-1590), 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, statesman
- Talbot, Gilbert, (1552-1616), 7th Earl of Shrewsbury
- Townshend, Sir Roger, (d 1637), 1st Baronet MP
- Trumbell, Sir William, (1639-1716), Secretary of State
- Vanbrugh, Sir John, (1664-1726), Knight, dramatist, architect and herald
- Vincent, Augustine, (? 1584-1626), Herald Genealogist Collector of MSS
- Wallington, Nehemiah, (1598-1658), Puritan
- Walsingham, Sir Francis, (? 1530-1590), Knight, statesman
- Williamson, Sir Joseph, (1633-1701), Knight, Knight Statesman and Diplomat
Diaries (2)
- Battine, Edward, Clerk Of The Survey Portsmouth, Hampshire
- Unnamed, (fl 1696-1697), gardener Hastings, Sussex
Families (15)
- Abney-Hastings family, Earls of Loudoun and Barons Donington Englefield, Berkshire;Brill, Buckinghamshire;Cippenham, Buckinghamshire;Congleton, Cheshire;Boscastle, Cornwall;Calke, Derbyshire;Chellaston, Derbyshire;Church Gresley, Derbyshire;Melbourne, Derbyshire;Overseal, Derbyshire;Repton, Derbyshire;Stokenham, Devon;Puddletown, Dorset;Ringwood, Hampshire;Ripley, Hampshire;Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire;Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire;Blackfordby, Leicestershire;Castle Donington, Leicestershire;Donington House, Leicestershire;Framland, Leicestershire;Hoton, Leicestershire;Loughborough, Leicestershire;Packington, Leicestershire;Willesley, Leicestershire;Rippingale, Lincolnshire;Ropsley, Lincolnshire;London;Howe, Norfolk;Astwell, Northamptonshire;Bulwick, Northamptonshire;Harringworth, Northamptonshire;East Leake, Nottinghamshire;Belton, Rutland;Aller, Somerset;Somerton, Somerset;Hastings, Sussex;Heytesbury, Wiltshire;Upton Scudamore, Wiltshire;Ledsham, Yorkshire;Ledston, Yorkshire;Rawdon, Yorkshire;Galston, Ayrshire;Loudoun, Ayrshire;Mauchline, Ayrshire;Rowallan, Ayrshire;Lawers, Perthshire;Ballynahinch, County Down;Moira, County Down;Dublin, County Dublin;County Fermanagh;Termonfeckin, County Louth;Rathmullan, County Meath;County Tyrone;Florida
- Bagot family, Barons Bagot Blithfield, Staffordshire;Bishops Tachbrook, Warwickshire;Bachymbyd, Denbighshire;Pool Park, Denbighshire;Rhug, Merionethshire;Rug, Merionethshire
- Chetwynd-Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury Burghfield, Berkshire;Shudy Camps, Cambridgeshire;Chester, Cheshire;Kinderton, Cheshire;Little Budworth, Cheshire;Little Neston, Cheshire;Oxton, Cheshire;Glossop, Derbyshire;Scropton, Derbyshire;Kilmington, Devon;Shobrooke, Devon;Boxted, Essex;Broadwell, Gloucestershire;Bromsberrow, Gloucestershire;Ledbury, Herefordshire;St Helens, Lancashire;Worksop, Nottinghamshire;Bampton, Oxfordshire;Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire;Heythrop, Oxfordshire;Hook Norton, Oxfordshire;Albrighton, Shropshire;Ford, Shropshire;Longford, Shropshire;Tasley, Shropshire;Alton, Staffordshire;Armitage, Staffordshire;Ashley, Staffordshire;Brereton, Staffordshire;Burntwood, Staffordshire;Cotton, Staffordshire;Ellaston, Staffordshire;Farley, Staffordshire;Haywood, Staffordshire;Hopton, Staffordshire;Ingestre, Staffordshire;Rugeley, Staffordshire;Seighford, Staffordshire;Stanton, Staffordshire;Dordon, Warwickshire;Grendon, Warwickshire;Ashton Gifford, Wiltshire;Cooksey, Worcestershire;Grafton, Worcestershire;Hanbury, Worcestershire;Huddington, Worcestershire;Salwarpe, Worcestershire;Sheffield, Yorkshire;Hensol, Glamorgan;Llantrisant, Glamorgan;Paviland, Glamorgan;Llanvihangel Crucorney, Monmouthshire
- Dering family, baronets, of Surrenden Dering Surrenden Dering, Kent
- Ferrers family of Tamworth Castle, Staffordshire: Walton Upon Trent Tamworth, Staffordshire;Walton-upon-Trent, Derbyshire
- Fitzalan-Howard family, Dukes of Norfolk Brackenthwaite, Cumberland;Derwent Hall, Derbyshire;Glossop, Derbyshire;Greystoke, Cumberland;Hartington, Derbyshire;Hayling, Hampshire;Loders, Dorset;Orton, Cumberland;Pitsea, Essex;Thornbury, Gloucestershire;Wheston, Derbyshire;Willington, Bedfordshire;Whitwell, Derbyshire;Wykes, Essex;Holme Lacy, Herefordshire;Boston, Lincolnshire;Ruskington, Lincolnshire;Skirbeck, Lincolnshire;West Rasen, Lincolnshire;Kilburn, Middlesex;Notting Hill, Middlesex;Westminster, Middlesex;Banham, Norfolk;Bressingham, Norfolk;Earsham, Norfolk;Fersfield, Norfolk;Forncett, Norfolk;North Lopham, Norfolk;South Lopham, Norfolk;Shelfanger, Norfolk;South Walsham, Norfolk;Rufford Abbey, Nottinghamshire;Shireoaks, Nottinghamshire;Worksop, Nottinghamshire;Mapledurham, Oxfordshire;Clun, Shropshire;Oswestry, Shropshire;Shifnal, Shropshire;Wem, Shropshire;Wrockwardine, Shropshire;Bungay, Suffolk;Eye, Suffolk;Framlingham, Suffolk;Kettleburgh, Suffolk;Alton, Staffordshire;Banstead, Surrey;Capel, Surrey;Dorking, Surrey;Leigh, Surrey;Shellwood, Surrey;Arundel, Sussex;Arundel Castle, Sussex;Bury, Sussex;Horsham, Sussex;Littlehampton, Sussex;Offham, Sussex;Rudgwick, Sussex;Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex;Warminghurst, Sussex;Warningcamp, Sussex;Wepham, Sussex;Brough, Westmorland;Aldbrough, Yorkshire;Alderbury, Wiltshire;Ecclesfield, Yorkshire;Everingham, Yorkshire;Market Weighton, Yorkshire;Ringborough, Yorkshire;Rotherham, Yorkshire;Seaton Ross, Yorkshire;Sheffield, Yorkshire;Gower, Glamorgan;Cogan, Monmouthshire;Machen, Monmouthshire;Caerlaverock, Dumfriesshire;Kinharvie, Kirkcudbrightshire;Terregles, Kirkcudbrightshire
- Lambarde family of Beechmont Beechmont, Kent;Ash, Kent;Brenchley, Kent;Gillingham, Kent;Ridley, Kent;Riverhead, Kent;Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;Spalding, Lincolnshire;London;Stanton-on-the-Wolds, Nottinghamshire;Epsom, Surrey;Purley, Surrey
- More Molyneux family of Loseley Park Loseley Park, Surrey
- Paget family, Marquesses of Anglesey Stanford-in-the-Vale, Berkshire;Iver, Buckinghamshire;Marlow, Buckinghamshire;Littleover, Derbyshire;Stalbridge, Dorset;Misterton, Leicestershire;Harmondsworth, Middlesex;West Drayton, Middlesex;Milborne Port, Somerset;Beaudesert, Staffordshire;Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire;Cannock, Staffordshire;Haywood, Staffordshire;Longdon, Staffordshire;Rugeley, Staffordshire;Surbiton, Surrey;Nuneaton, Warwickshire;Amlwch, Anglesey;Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, Anglesey;Plas Newydd, Anglesey;Penrhyn, Caernarfonshire;Crobane, County Down;Galway, County Galway;Cooley, County Louth;Omeath, County Louth
- Petre family, Barons Petre Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire;Axminster, Devon;Shute, Devon;South Brent, Devon;Asheldham, Essex;Ingatestone, Essex;Thorndon, Essex;Todenham, Gloucestershire;Dunkenhalgh, Lancashire;Charlton Adam, Somerset;Tintinhull, Somerset;Chertsey, Surrey;Sutton-under-Brailes, Warwickshire;Bickley, Yorkshire;Deepdale, Yorkshire;Hillam, Yorkshire;Roxby, Yorkshire;Selby Abbey, Yorkshire
- Rattray family of Craighall Craighall, Perthshire
- Rich family, baronets, of London London;Mulbarton, Norfolk;Beccles, Suffolk;Rose Hall, Suffolk
- Saunderson family, Viscounts Castleton Glentworth, Lincolnshire;Reasby, Lincolnshire;Skegness, Lincolnshire;Winteringham, Lincolnshire;Maltby, Yorkshire;Sandbeck Park, Yorkshire;Stainton (Tickhill), Yorkshire;Stone, Yorkshire
- Smyth family of North Nibley North Nibley, Gloucestershire;Slimbridge, Gloucestershire;Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire
- Townshend family, Marquesses Townshend Calverton, Buckinghamshire;Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire;Ely, Cambridgeshire;Fordham, Cambridgeshire;Soham, Cambridgeshire;Ashbourne, Derbyshire;Walton-upon-Trent, Derbyshire;East Donyland, Essex;Great Bentley, Essex;Wivenhoe, Essex;Kempsford, Gloucestershire;Amwell, Hertfordshire;Balls Park, Hertfordshire;Bengeo, Hertfordshire;Gorhambury, Hertfordshire;Wigston Magna, Leicestershire;London;Canonbury, Middlesex;Clerkenwell, Middlesex;Binham, Norfolk;Coxford, Norfolk;East Raynham, Norfolk;Great Yarmouth, Norfolk;Helhoughton, Norfolk;Horsham St Faith, Norfolk;Langham, Norfolk;Morston, Norfolk;Oxwich with Pattesley, Norfolk;Raynham Hall, Norfolk;Stiffkey, Norfolk;Weasenham, Norfolk;Wellingham, Norfolk;West Rudham, Norfolk;Elkington, Northamptonshire;Tamworth, Staffordshire;Tettenhall, Staffordshire;Akenham, Suffolk;Great Thurlow, Suffolk;Kentford, Suffolk;Rendlesham, Suffolk;Flecknoe, Warwickshire;Lea Marston, Warwickshire;Wellesbourne, Warwickshire;Hannington, Wiltshire;Inglesham, Wiltshire;Ramsbury, Wiltshire;Risby, Yorkshire
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (10)
- NRA 20984 Sir Nathaniel Bacon and Townshend family, baronets, of Raynham: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 20980 Bagot family of Blithfield: family corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 20985 Colonel Robert Bennet, parliamentarian: personal and official corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 24945 Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC, USA: MS collections
- NRA 8125 More-Molyneux family of Loseley Park: papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 20983 Sir Richard Newdigate, 1st and 2nd baronets: newsletters
- NRA 20982 Rich family, baronets, of London: family and estate papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 20054 Smyth family of Nibley: papers
- NRA 20633 Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury: corresp and misc Cavendish Talbot and related family pape link to online catalogue
- NRA 20981 Theatre Royal Drury Lane and Covent Garden Theatre