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Stanhope family, Earls of Chesterfield

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The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

Date: 1300-1900
Places:
  • Bretby, Derbyshire
  • Eythrope, Buckinghamshire
  • Shelford, Nottinghamshire
  • Stoke Bardolph, Nottinghamshire
  • Wing, Buckinghamshire
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/F87075 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/F5011 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1793, 1826: Bretby (Derbys) survey 1793 and Derbys, Notts and Bucks estate rental 1826
Highclere Castle
NRA 7289 Herbert

See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [49a]
2
14th cent-19th cent: Notts (Stoke Bardolph) deeds 14th-19th cent, Derbys (Bretby, etc) estate papers 18th-19th cent and misc Stanhope family papers 16th-19th cent
Warwickshire County Record Office
CR 229, CR 2131
NRA 17508 Shirley

See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [94a]
3
c1760-1810: Bucks (Eythrope, Wing) surveys and plans (4 items)
Buckinghamshire Archives
D/X 1099
NRA 685 Stanhope
4
1778: Eythrope (Bucks) library catalogue
Lewis Walpole Library
NRA 22338 Walpole Library
5
16th cent-18th cent: Stanhope (Earls of Chesterfield) family corresp and papers
Kent History and Library Centre
U 1590/C1-8
NRA 25095
6
1740-1777: Stanhope (Earls of Chesterfield) family papers, mainly of the 4th Earl, incl many letters to the 5th Earl
Indiana University: Lilly Library
NUC MS 83-1271
7
late 17th cent-early 18th cent: Stanhope family household receipts and commonplace books, mainly those of the 2nd Earl of Chesterfield
Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development
NRA 7573 Shirley

See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [49d]
8
c1657-1712: letter book of the 2nd Earl of Chesterfield
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 19253
9
1720-1771: political and diplomatic papers of the 4th Earl of Chesterfield
University of California Library, Berkeley
NRA 6791 Stanhope

See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [49i]
10
1729-1732: account book of the 4th Earl of Chesterfield
Huntington Library
See Guide 1982 p356