Correspondence and papers of George Grenville relating to the holding of the assizes at Buckingham or Aylesbury
Correspondence and papers of George Grenville relating to the holding of the assizes at Buckingham or Aylesbury, including notes and abstracts by Browne Willis:
- (fols. 1, 3, 5-7) letters from Willis to George and Richard Grenville;
- (fols. 27-28, 33-34) petitions to the King from the town of Buckingham, 1747;
- (fols. 37-38) Reasons against passing a bill for fixing the summer assizes for the county of Bucks, at ... Buckingham (n.p., n.d.).
Dates
- Creation: 1747
Extent
38 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Willis 114, fols. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
MS. Willis 114
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 13480-3
Abstract
Correspondence and papers of George Grenville relating to the holding of the assizes at Buckingham or Aylesbury, 1747.
Biographical / Historical
George Grenville (1712–1770) was the English prime minister (1763–1765).
Browne Willis (1682–1760) was an antiquary.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, no. 55752.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought from Dobell, 1941.
Geographic
Topical
Subject
- Title
- Correspondence and papers of George Grenville relating to the holding of the assizes at Buckingham or Aylesbury
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2020 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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