Vanbrugh, Sir John, (1664-1726), Knight, dramatist, architect and herald

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Surname:	Vanbrugh
Pretitle:	Sir
Forenames:	John
Gender:	Male
Date:	1664-1726
Biography:	ODNB link for Vanbrugh, Sir John (1664-1726) Knight Dramatist Architect and Herald
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P129553 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P29123 )
Online related resources	Artists' Paper Register link for Sir John Vanbrugh	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir John Vanbrugh

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	information on papers incl detailed list of surviving letters	See information in published source		See Index of Literary MSS vol 2 part 2
2	Blenheim Palace drawings	Blenheim Palace		NRA 8130 Churchill
3	1705-c1721: papers, inc those rel to building of Blenheim Palace	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 19592-19601, 61172, 61353-61354, 61356; Lansdowne MS 817	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
4	1712-21: corresp and receipts	Borthwick Institute for Archives: University of York	YM/VAN 1	NRA 37882 Yarburgh See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
5	drawings for Castle Howard, Kimbolton Castle and Kings Weston	Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, Department of Designs, Prints and Drawings		See Handbook p43
6	c1700, 1721-26: letters (28) to 3rd Earl of Carlisle	Castle Howard	J8/1/534-562	NRA 24681 See HMC Earl of Carlisle MSS
7	letters to Vice-Chamberlain Coke	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 38607	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
8	1705-23: corresp with Henry Joynes and William Boulter	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 19605	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
9	1705-17: corresp with Duke and Duchess of Marlborough	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 61353, 61655	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
10	1715-26: letters to Duke of Newcastle	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 32687, 33064
11	1710-16: corresp with Treasury	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 19602, 19605, 61353, 61356, 70046	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
12	papers	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library		See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
13	papers	Harvard University: Houghton Library		See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
14	papers	Huntington Library		See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
15	papers	Princeton University Library		See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
16	papers	Folger Shakespeare Library		See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
17	1713: letter to Sir Edward Southwell during the building of Kings Weston House	Bristol Archives	46048	See Annual Return 2018