Miscellaneous papers, 1822-57

File

Dep. Monk Bretton 34

Held at the Weston Library

Comprises:

Papers relating to the Wallingford election, 1826, in which Dodson was Tory candidate.
Letters to Dodson from Miss A. Pearson.
Legacy receipts and other papers relating to the estate of Mrs. Elizabeth Marchant, 1829.
Papers relating to the estate of Gerald Dodson, brother of Sir John, 1833-49.
Circular letter from Lord Aberdeen concerning the bishop of Gibraltar, 1842.
Receipt for legal expenses, and other papers, connected with Dodson's purchase of 6, Seamore Place, Mayfair, 1848-50.
Miscellaneous financial papers, chiefly concerned with his income as judge of the prerogative court of Canterbury, and Dean of the Court of Arches.
Court of Arches papers relating to case of Charles Dyneley, 1855.
Miscellaneous letters, including letter to Dodson from George A. Lamb 1822; letter from Dodson's sister Mary to Mrs. Constable of Lichfield, her sister, 1822; letter from Lord Melbourne to Dodson, on his appointment as Advocate-General, 1834; letter from John Bird Sumner, archbishop of Canterbury, appointing Dodson Vicar-General, 1849; letter of regret from Lord Granville to Dodson on his resignation as Advocate-General, 1852; copies of Privy Council oath and subscription, 1852; letter from Lord Cranworth concerning testamentary jurisdiction, with draft of Dodson's reply, 1854; address by the proctors to Dodson on his retirement as judge of the prerogative court of Canterbury, 1857.