Temple family papers : Correspondence, 1500-1757 (bulk 1600-1700).

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Temple family papers : Correspondence, 1500-1757 (bulk 1600-1700).

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Personal, policial, legal, estate, and financial correspondence of the Temples and related families, concerning personal affairs and family news; management of the family estates, including Stowe, particularly as seen in full runs of letters to and from William Chaplyn, the steward of Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Bart.; lawsuits, negotiations for marriages, and financial troubles of Peter Temple. National and local (chiefly Buckinghamshire) politics and government, including information about Parliament, ship money, local elections, the official activities of the Temples as sheriffs, justices of the peace, deputy lieutenants, etc., and the 3rd Bart.'s career as the Customs commissioner.

Approx. 2,600 pieces.37 boxes.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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Temple, Thomas, 1567-1637

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Temple, Peter, Sir, 1592-1653

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Chaplyn, William, fl. 1650-1690

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Dodington, John,. fl. 1650-1673

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Temple family.

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The Temple family rose from the minor gentry to become one of the most prominent families in Buckinghamshire. In the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries the Temples represented Buckinghamshire in the Parliament, and served as the county's sheriffs and justices of the peace. Thomas Temple (1567-1637) was knighted in 1603, and in 1611 purchased baronetsy. His son Peter Temple, 2nd Baronet (1592-1653), was MP in the last two parliaments of Charles I. Although he initially supported the Parli...

Stowe (England)

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Temple, Richard, Sir, 1634-1697

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