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Families (32)

  • Boswell family of Auchinleck Auchinleck, Ayrshire
  • Clifford family, Earls of Cumberland Skelton, Cumberland;Appleby, Westmorland;Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire;Londesborough, Yorkshire;Skipton, Yorkshire
  • Codrington family, baronets, of Dodington Dodington, Gloucestershire;Clare Hall, Antigua;Codrington, Gloucestershire;Marshfield, Gloucestershire;Wapley, Gloucestershire;Nettleton, Wiltshire;West Kington, Wiltshire;Alne, Yorkshire;Tollerton, Yorkshire
  • Codrington family, baronets, of Dodington Park Dodington Park, Gloucestershire;Clare Hall, Antigua;Codrington, Gloucestershire;Marshfield, Gloucestershire;Wapley, Gloucestershire;West Kington, Wiltshire;Alne, Yorkshire;Tollerton, Yorkshire
  • Dighton family of Clifford Chambers Clifford Chambers, Warwickshire;Hidcote Bartrim, Gloucestershire
  • Eardley-Wilmot family, baronets, of Berkswell Hall Berkswell Hall, Warwickshire
  • Holles family, Earls of Clare Dorchester, Dorset;Damerham, Hampshire;Martin, Hampshire;Aldenham, Hertfordshire;Holbeach, Lincolnshire;Irby upon Humber, Lincolnshire;Haughton, Nottinghamshire;Yoxall, Staffordshire;Peper Harrow, Surrey;Ifield, Sussex
  • Leadbeater family of Ballitore Ballitore, County Kildare
  • Lee family, baronets, of Hartwell Hartwell, Buckinghamshire;Totteridge, Hertfordshire
  • Legge family, Earls of Dartmouth Swallowfield, Berkshire;Wokingham, Berkshire;Bradwell, Buckinghamshire;Olney, Buckinghamshire;Warrington, Buckinghamshire;Wolverton, Buckinghamshire;Pleasley, Derbyshire;Chilanga, Rhodesia;Basingstoke, Hampshire;Chineham, Hampshire;Crondall, Hampshire;Blackheath, Kent;Godmersham, Kent;Lewisham, Kent;Wigan, Lancashire;Foxton, Leicestershire;Gumley, Leicestershire;Kentish Town, Middlesex;Westminster, Middlesex;Albrighton, Shropshire;Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire;Handsworth, Staffordshire;Patshull, Staffordshire;Pattingham, Staffordshire;Sandwell, Staffordshire;Smethwick, Staffordshire;West Bromwich, Staffordshire;Occold, Suffolk;Worplesdon, Surrey;Racton, Sussex;Farnley Tyas, Yorkshire;Honley, Yorkshire;Morley, Yorkshire;Slaithwaite, Yorkshire;Woodsome, Yorkshire;Mountjoy, County Tyrone
  • Lofft family of Troston Hall Troston Hall, Suffolk;Stanton, Suffolk
  • Lowther family, Earls of Lonsdale Aikton, Cumberland;Drumburgh, Cumberland;Parton, Cumberland;Penrith, Cumberland;St Bees, Cumberland;Whitehaven, Cumberland;Workington, Cumberland;London;Christchurch, Barbados;Laleham, Surrey;Cambo, Northumberland;Cottesmore, Rutland;Cavendish, Suffolk;Dennington, Suffolk;Haslemere, Surrey;Asby Grange, Westmorland;Casterton, Westmorland;Kendal, Westmorland;Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland;Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland;Lowther, Westmorland;Lupton, Westmorland;Maulds Meaburn, Westmorland;Ravenstonedale, Westmorland;Sockbridge, Westmorland;Ackworth, Yorkshire;Garforth, Yorkshire;Marton cum Grafton, Yorkshire;Nunthorpe, Yorkshire;Sandal, Yorkshire
  • Lysons family of Hempsted Hempsted, Gloucestershire;Rodmarton, Gloucestershire
  • Montagu family, Dukes of Manchester Pertonhall, Bedfordshire;Swineshead, Bedfordshire;Doddington, Cambridgeshire;March, Cambridgeshire;Thorney, Cambridgeshire;Wimblington, Cambridgeshire;Kelvedon, Essex;Little Leighs, Essex;Mucking, Essex;Hertfordshire;Brampton, Huntingdonshire;Ellington, Huntingdonshire;Grafham, Huntingdonshire;Houghton, Huntingdonshire;Keyston, Huntingdonshire;Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire;Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdonshire;Little Stukeley, Huntingdonshire;St Ives, Huntingdonshire;Wyton, Huntingdonshire;Cornhill, London;London;Holborn, Middlesex;Westminster, Middlesex;West Dereham, Norfolk;Dogsthorpe, Northamptonshire;Longthorpe, Northamptonshire;Thorpe Hall, Northamptonshire;Bloxwich, Staffordshire;Shenstone, Staffordshire;Walsall, Staffordshire;Stoke by Clare, Suffolk;Knowle, Warwickshire;Ballymore, County Armagh;Portadown, County Armagh;Tanderagee, County Armagh;Tanderagee Castle, County Armagh;Bermuda;New Zealand;Virginia
  • Montagu-Douglas-Scott family, Dukes of Buccleuch Byreburnfoot, Dumfriesshire;Canonbie, Dumfriesshire;Drumlanrig, Dumfriesshire;Kirkmahoe, Dumfriesshire;Langholm, Dumfriesshire;Mouswald, Dumfriesshire;Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire;Tibbers, Dumfriesshire;Tinwald, Dumfriesshire;Torthorwald, Dumfriesshire;Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire;Aberdour, Fife;Burntisland, Fife;Inchkeith, Fife;Loch Leven, Kinross-shire;Lincluden, Kirkcudbrightshire;Abington, Lanarkshire;Crawford, Lanarkshire;Murdieston, Lanarkshire;Canongate, Midlothian;Caroline Park, Midlothian;Cowden, Midlothian;Dalkeith, Midlothian;Edinburgh, Midlothian;Granton, Midlothian;Holyrood House, Midlothian;Inveresk, Midlothian;Musselburgh, Midlothian;Sheriffhall, Midlothian;Smeaton, Midlothian;Kirkurd, Peeblesshire;Branxholm, Roxburghshire;Eckford, Roxburghshire;Hawick, Roxburghshire;Melrose, Roxburghshire;Liddesdale, Roxburghshire;Bowhill, Selkirkshire;Buccleuch, Selkirkshire;Ettrick, Selkirkshire;Newark, Selkirkshire;Bolnhurst, Bedfordshire;Colworth, Bedfordshire;Hoo, Bedfordshire;Pertenhall, Bedfordshire;Chalvey, Buckinghamshire;Datchet, Buckinghamshire;Ditton, Buckinghamshire;New Hall, Essex;Beaulieu, Hampshire;Coppingford, Huntingdonshire;Folksworth, Huntingdonshire;Blackheath, Kent;Clitheroe, Lancashire;Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire;Egton with Newland, Lancashire;Hawkshead, Lancashire;Muchland, Lancashire;Plain Furness, Lancashire;Torver, Lancashire;Ulverston, Lancashire;Great Bowden, Leicestershire;Hinckley, Leicestershire;Loughborough, Leicestershire;Holbeach, Lincolnshire;Norton Disney, Lincolnshire;London;Holborn, Middlesex;St Martin in the Fields, Middlesex;Foxley, Norfolk;Sparham, Norfolk;Armston, Northamptonshire;Barnwell, Northamptonshire;Boughton, Northamptonshire;Brigstock, Northamptonshire;Deene, Northamptonshire;Geddington, Northamptonshire;Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire;Hemington, Northamptonshire;Kettering, Northamptonshire;Luddington, Northamptonshire;Polebrook, Northamptonshire;Weekley, Northamptonshire;Wark, Northumberland;Adderbury, Oxfordshire;Banbury, Oxfordshire;Middleton Stoney, Oxfordshire;Barlaston, Staffordshire;Grindon, Staffordshire;Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire;Petersham, Surrey;Sudbrook Park, Surrey;Cawston, Warwickshire;Sussex;Church Lawford, Warwickshire;Dunchurch, Warwickshire;Knightlow, Warwickshire;Newbold-on-Avon, Warwickshire;Newnham Regis, Warwickshire;Nuneaton, Warwickshire;Amesbury, Wiltshire;Urchfont, Wiltshire;High Bowland Forest, Yorkshire;Low Bowland Forest, Yorkshire;Bad Gastein, Austria;Cannes, France;Naples, Italy
  • Osborne family, Dukes of Leeds Baylies, Buckinghamshire;Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire;Quainton, Buckinghamshire;Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire;Wexham, Buckinghamshire;Wingrave, Buckinghamshire;Gog Magog Hills, Cambridgeshire;Stapleford, Cambridgeshire;Godolphin, Cornwall;Helford, Cornwall;Helston, Cornwall;Penrhyn, Cornwall;Penventon, Cornwall;Parsloes, Essex;Aldbury, Hertfordshire;North Mimms, Hertfordshire;Tring, Hertfordshire;London;Holborn, Middlesex;Syon Hill, Middlesex;Westminster, Middlesex;East Dereham, Norfolk;Kingston, Nottinghamshire;Abertanat, Shropshire;Newmarket, Suffolk;Wimbledon, Surrey;Barnsley, Yorkshire;Conisbrough, Yorkshire;Harthill with Woodall, Yorkshire;Hornby, Yorkshire;Kiveton Park, Yorkshire;Lindrick, Yorkshire;North Anston, Yorkshire;Seamer in Pickering Lythe Wapentake, Yorkshire;South Anston, Yorkshire;Thorpe Salvin, Yorkshire;Todwick, Yorkshire;Wakefield, Yorkshire;Wales, Yorkshire;Tanyllwyn, Denbighshire;Broniarth, Montgomeryshire;Mar Lodge, Aberdeenshire;Invereshie, Inverness-shire;Scilly Isles
  • Pelham-Clinton-Hope family, Dukes of Newcastle Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire;Outseats, Derbyshire;Dorchester, Dorset;Hawling, Gloucestershire;Damerham, Hampshire;Baumber, Lincolnshire;Irby upon Humber, Lincolnshire;Clare Market, London;Balderton, Nottinghamshire;Clumber, Nottinghamshire;Haughton, Nottinghamshire;Newark, Nottinghamshire;Worksop, Nottinghamshire;Yoxall, Staffordshire;Byfleet, Surrey;Deepdene, Surrey;Oatlands, Surrey;Weybridge, Surrey;Ifield, Sussex;Knightcote, Warwickshire;Aldborough, Yorkshire;Boroughbridge, Yorkshire;Hafod, Cardiganshire;Carrickfergus, County Antrim;Castleblayney, County Monaghan
  • Percy family, Dukes of Northumberland Launceston, Cornwall;Newport, Cornwall;Allerdale, Cumberland;Cockermouth, Cumberland;Egremont, Cumberland;Bere Alston, Devon;Slapton, Devon;Werrington, Devon;Haselbury Bryan, Dorset;Darlington, Durham;Somerhill Park, Kent;Burwell, Lincolnshire;Claxby, Lincolnshire;Garthorpe, Lincolnshire;Northumberland House, London;East Bedfont, Middlesex;Hatton, Middlesex;Isleworth, Middlesex;Syon House, Middlesex;Tottenham, Middlesex;Westminster, Middlesex;Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire;Alnmouth, Northumberland;Alnwick, Northumberland;Prudhoe, Northumberland;Rothbury, Northumberland;Tynemouth, Northumberland;Warkworth, Northumberland;Cary Fitzpaine, Somerset;Isle Abbots, Somerset;Stogursey, Somerset;Albury, Surrey;Haldersh, Surrey;Weston Gumshalve, Surrey;Petworth, Sussex;Heversham, Westmorland;Warcop, Westmorland;Marlborough, Wiltshire;Pewsey, Wiltshire;Trowbridge, Wiltshire;Airmyn, Yorkshire;Catton, Yorkshire;Leconfield, Yorkshire;Pocklington, Yorkshire;Snape, Yorkshire;Spofforth, Yorkshire;Stanwick, Yorkshire;Tadcaster, Yorkshire;Topcliffe, Yorkshire;Wressell, Yorkshire;Laugharne, Carmarthenshire;Striguil, Monmouthshire;Carew Castle, Pembrokeshire
  • Pleydell-Bouverie family of Brymore Brymore, Somerset;Cannington, Somerset;Cutcombe, Somerset;Woolavington, Somerset
  • Poley family of Badley Badley, Suffolk;Columbine Hall, Suffolk;Stowupland, Suffolk
  • Pym family, baronets, of Brymore Brymore, Somerset;Cannington, Somerset;Cutcombe, Somerset;Woolavington, Somerset;Slane, County Meath
  • Rogers family of Penrose Penrose, Cornwall;Gunwalloe, Cornwall;Helston, Cornwall;Porthleven, Cornwall
  • Sebright family, baronets, of Besford Besford, Worcestershire
  • Shackleton family of Ballitore Ballitore, County Kildare
  • Sidney family, Viscounts de l'Isle Monewden, Suffolk;Cranfield, Bedfordshire;Aston Sandford, Buckinghamshire;Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire;Turville, Buckinghamshire;Bisley, Gloucestershire;Michelmersh, Hampshire;Eardisley, Herefordshire;Knighton, Herefordshire;Leominster, Herefordshire;Ashurst, Kent;Otford, Kent;Penshurst, Kent;Tonbridge, Kent;Deeping Fen, Lincolnshire;Tattershall, Lincolnshire;Baynards Castle, London;Leicester Fields, London;Leicester House, London;Panxworth, Norfolk;Ranworth, Norfolk;Chalgrove, Oxfordshire;Pyrton, Oxfordshire;Monewdon, Suffolk;Poslingford, Suffolk;Thwaite, Suffolk;Sheen, Surrey;Panningridge, Sussex;Robertsbridge, Sussex;Balsall Heath, Warwickshire;Hampton-in-Arden, Warwickshire;Long Itchington, Warwickshire;Abberley, Worcestershire;Battersby, Yorkshire;Ingleby Greenhow, Yorkshire;Sexhow, Yorkshire;Coity, Glamorgan;Newlands, Glamorgan;Old Radnor, Radnorshire
  • Southcomb family of Rose Ash Rose Ash, Devon;George Nympton, Devon;South Molton, Devon
  • Spencer-Churchill family, Dukes of Marlborough Cople, Bedfordshire;Langley, Buckinghamshire;Upper Winchendon, Buckinghamshire;Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire;Sandridge, Hertfordshire;Agney, Kent;Ingoldsby, Lincolnshire;Marlborough House, London;Sunderland House, London;Begbroke, Oxfordshire;Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire;Cassington, Oxfordshire;Charlbury, Oxfordshire;Hensington, Oxfordshire;North Leigh, Oxfordshire;Witney, Oxfordshire;Woodstock, Oxfordshire;Bath, Somerset;Woolbeding, Sussex;Lockeridge, Wiltshire;Overton, Wiltshire;Rowde, Wiltshire;West Lavington, Wiltshire
  • Taaffe family, Earls of Carlingford Ballymote, County Sligo
  • Tollemache family, Earls of Dysart, Buckminster Park Estate Buckminster Park, Leicestershire
  • 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
  • Trumbull family of Easthampstead Easthampstead, Berkshire;Beenham, Berkshire;Binfield, Berkshire;Great Shefford, Berkshire;Tilehurst, Berkshire;Wokingham, Berkshire;Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire;Ickford, Buckinghamshire;Egham, Surrey;East Harlsey, Yorkshire;Dundrum, County Down;Edenderry, County Offaly
  • Yorke family, Earls of Hardwicke Wimpole, Cambridgeshire;Arrington, Cambridgeshire;Haddenham, Cambridgeshire;Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire;Shingay, Cambridgeshire;Topsham, Devon;Great Bardfield, Essex;Hardwicke, Gloucestershire;Haresfield, Gloucestershire;Aspenden, Hertfordshire;Ridge, Hertfordshire;Tyttenhanger, Hertfordshire;Reigate, Surrey

Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (14)

  • NRA 38863 William Blathwayt, statesman: corresp and diplomatic papers link to online catalogue
  • NRA 22146 James Boswell, biographer of Johnson: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
  • NRA 43861 William Camden, antiquary: heraldic and genealogical notebook link to online catalogue
  • NRA 22145 Sir John Chardin, jeweller: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
  • NRA 24566 Holroyd family, Earls of Sheffield: family and estate papers
  • NRA 43062 James Lees-Milne, architectural historian: literary MSS, corresp and papers link to online catalogue
  • NRA 12288 Frederick Locker-Lampson, poet: family and literary corresp and papers link to online catalogue
  • NRA 18661 Osborn collection
  • NRA 38865 Osborn Collection: recent accessions
  • NRA 20036 Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds: misc corresp and papers (Danby papers) link to online catalogue
  • NRA 38864 Edmund Poley, diplomat: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
  • NRA 716 Shackleton family of Ballitore: corresp and papers
  • NRA 38862 Theobald Taaffe, 1st Earl of Carlingford: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
  • NRA 20037 Townshend family, Marquesses Townshend: family corresp and papers