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Lee, William, Sir, 1688-1754. Lee family papers, 1588-1814.

Title: Lee family papers, 1588-1814.

The papers, most of which date from the lifetime of Sir William Lee, include personal and official correspondence, notes, memoranda, household accounts and financial papers, records of court cases, and other papers. Frequent correspondents include the first Duke of Bridgewater, Sir Roger Drake, Lord Hardwicke, Lee's brothers Sir George and Thomas Lee and his son William. William's letters describe life at a public school and then at Oxford; after 1749, he writes from Europe describing affairs in France, the ducal court in Italy, continental universities, and the courts of Austria-Hungary and Germany. There are also letters from William Melmoth and Philip Ward. Lee's professional correspondence includes letters on country politics and elections, letters from prisoners asking for pardons or commutations, and letters from tenants concerning estate matters. Many letters remark on the events of the day, parliamentary affairs, the Jacobite Rebellion and the War of the Austrian Succession. Medical matters are also frequently mentioned.

ArchivalResource: 17.0 linear feet (27 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702147875 View

Sir William Lee family papers, 1588-1814, 1710-1754

Title: Sir William Lee family papers 1588-1814 1710-1754

The papers, most of which date from the lifetime of Sir William Lee, consist of personal and official correspondence, notes, memoranda, household accounts and financial papers, records of court cases, and other documents. Family correspondents include Lee's brothers Sir George and Thomas Lee; his brother-in-law, William Melmoth, and his son William. William's letters describe student life at Wadham College, Oxford and Clare College, Cambridge. Subsequent letters detail William's Grand Tour through continental Europe, with sojourns in Paris; several cities in Italy, including Rome; and at the imperial court of Austria-Hungary. Other correspondents include Scroop Egerton, the Duke of Bridgewater; Sir Roger Drake; and Lord Hardwicke. Hardwicke's letters concern patronage, the Marriage Act of 1753, and the trials of the Jacobite rebels, including Lords Kilmarnock, Cromarty and Balmerino. Other subjects represented in Lee's correspondence includecounty politics and elections and local legal matters; news of Parliament and current events, including the Jacobite Rebellion and the War of the Austrian Succession; and medical remedies and receipts. There are also letters from prisoners asking for pardons or commutations, and from tenants concerning estate matters.

ArchivalResource: 17.29 linear feet (28 boxes)

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Egerton family. Egerton family papers, ca. 1150-1803 (bulk 1580-1803).

Title: Egerton family papers, ca. 1150-1803 (bulk 1580-1803).

Official, semi-official, and personal papers of six generations of the Egerton family, particularly those accumulated by Sir Thomas Egerton, 1540?-1617, Baron Ellesmere and Viscount of Brackley, Solicitor-General (1581-1592), Attorney-General (1592-1594), Lord Keeper (1596-1603), and Lord Chancellor (1603-1617); Sir John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater, 1579-1649, President of the Council of Wales (1631-1649); John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, 1622-1686, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (1660-1686); John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater, 1646-1701, President of the Board of Trade (1696-1699), First Lord of Admiralty (1699-1701), Speaker of the House of Lords (1697 and 1700); John Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater, 1681-1745, a Whig courtier under Anne and George I, and Francis, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, 1736-1803. Included are literary manuscripts (many of them presentation copies), which comprised the library at Bridgewater House.

ArchivalResource: Approx. 13,000 pieces.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86129685 View

Lee, William, Sir, 1688-1754. Lee family papers, 1588-1814.

Title: Lee family papers, 1588-1814.

The papers, most of which date from the lifetime of Sir William Lee, include personal and official correspondence, notes, memoranda, household accounts and financial papers, records of court cases, and other papers. Frequent correspondents include the first Duke of Bridgewater, Sir Roger Drake, Lord Hardwicke, Lee's brothers Sir George and Thomas Lee and his son William. William's letters describe life at a public school and then at Oxford; after 1749, he writes from Europe describing affairs in France, the ducal court in Italy, continental universities, and the courts of Austra-Hungary and Germany. There are also letters from William Melmoth and Philip Ward. Lee's professional correspondence includes letters on country politics and elections, letters from prisoners asking for pardons or commutations, and letters from tenants concerning estate matters. Many letters remark on the events of the day, parliamentary affairs, the Jacobite Rebellion and the War of the Austrian Succession. Medical matters are also frequently mentioned.

ArchivalResource: 17.0 linear ft. (30 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78917963 View