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Blennerhassett Papers
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7486
Scope and Contents
Personal papers, correspondence, notes, drafts and writings of Charlotte Lady Blennerhassett, chiefly, and her husband, Sir Rowland Blennerhassett. This includes a series of Lady Blennerhassett's working notebooks, collections of reviews and her correspondence with family members, friends and prominent individuals including Ignaz von Dollinger, Lord Acton, Franz Xaver Kraus and members of the German nobility. Sir Rowland Blennerhassett's papers include copies of his speeches, political...
Dates:
[1850s]-1917
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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George Wilson Meadley: Annotated 'Memoirs of William Paley'
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8951
Scope and Contents
Copy of the first edition of Memoirs of William Paley, interleaved and annotated in pen and pencil with supplementary information from several sources, including 'F' [William Frend], 'Quarterly Review' and 'Lambert'. Loose letters and papers: copy letters, Meadley to Earl Grey, and reply, 1818, on toleration for Roman Catholics and Dissenters; Francis Huish to Trevilian, c.1808; S. Hodgson to Meadley, 1809; J.K. Lewis to Miss Meadley, undated, used by Meadley for drafts of his memoir; and...
Dates:
1808-1831 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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John Acton, 1st Baron Acton: Papers
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4607-5021
Scope and Contents
1. Family papers The papers contain material relating to the Actons of Naples: Commodore John Acton, his nephew J.F.E. Acton and H. Acton, a midshipman; material concerning the Dalberg family, particularly the family property on the Rhine, at Herrnsheim; a few manuscripts relating to Lord Granville; and the 1st Lord Acton's personal papers, including those covering his early years, his parliamentary career and interest in Ireland, relations with his family, and the period of his life spent...
Dates:
c. 1650 - 1900
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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John Lingard: Correspondence and papers
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9418
Scope and Contents
The collection includes correspondence with several of Lingard's colleagues from Douai and Ushaw, Roman Catholic Vicars-Apostolic (bishops), religious historians, antiquaries, archivists, publishers and editors, both British and French. The correspondence includes that of Charles Butler, the Catholic layman and advocate of emancipation, including Lingard's letters, which were returned to him by Butler's daughter after the death of her father in 1842. There are also twenty-five letters...
Dates:
1791-1852 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letters regarding the Irish Rebellion of 1641-1644
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4246
Scope and Contents
Copies of letters of the Lords Justices of Ireland made at the expense of James Butler, Duke of Ormonde (see the note on fo. 178), 247 folios. On fos 229-236 are copies of further documents relating to Ireland, which are recopied in a later hand on fos 214-218, possibly by Henry St John. These documents include a letter from Elizabeth I to the Privy Council of Ireland; instructions of James I to Sir Oliver St John on his appointment as Lord Deputy of Ireland; letters from James I to the...
Dates:
1641-1644
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Manuscripts from Hengrave Hall, Suffolk
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Hengrave
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a mixture of family and estate papers relating to the Hengrave Hall estate, owned by the Kitson and Gage families, alongside antiquarian records collected by two members of the Gage family in the early 19th century. There is also a small collection of records relating to the Rookwoods of Coldham Hall, who married into the Gage family in the 19th century. These records have been kept separate to the main series except where it is not possible to tell whether or...
Dates:
1187-1914
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Mark A. Tierney: Correspondence and papers
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9419
Scope and Contents
The correspondence reflects Tierney's interest in Catholic history and contemporary church politics, especially in the period leading up to the establishment of the new Roman Catholic hierarchy in England in 1850. There are extensive series of letters illustrating his dealings with his publishers, especially Booker and Dolman, and series in which Tierney attempts, not always successfully, to borrow manuscripts from the Jesuits, which illustrate the tension in England in the 1830s and 1840s...
Dates:
1823-1917 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
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Part of a Petition by Irish Roman Catholics for Emancipation
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.521
Scope and Contents
The text of the Petition is gone. The signatures are arranged for the most part in three columns.
Dates:
1813 (circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
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Petition of Magistrates and others of the above county to the House of Lords against Roman Catholic Emancipation, Elginshire, Scotland
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.519
Scope and Contents
Signed by Archibald Dunbeck.
Dates:
30 Apr. 1813
Conditions Governing Access:
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Petition of Protestant freeholders and others of the above city to the House of Lords in favour of Roman Catholic emancipation, Dublin
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.523
Scope and Contents
The signatures are arranged in from three to five columns.
Dates:
22 Mar. 1819
Conditions Governing Access:
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Petition of Protestants of the above county against Roman Catholic Emancipation, County Monaghan, Ireland
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.503
Dates:
28 Oct. 1812
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Petition of Protestants of the above county to the House of Lords against Roman Catholic Emancipation, King's County, Ireland
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.504
Scope and Contents
The signatures are arranged in five columns.
Dates:
24 Feb. 1813
Conditions Governing Access:
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Petition of Protestants of the above town to the House of Lords against Roman Catholic Emancipation, Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.505
Dates:
24 Feb. 1813
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Petition of Roman Catholics of the above city and county to the House of Lords for Emancipation, Waterford, County Waterford, Ireland
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.517
Scope and Contents
The signatures are arranged in five columns.
Dates:
23 Mar. 1813
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Petition of Roman Catholics of the above city to the House of Lords for emancipation, Limerick, Ireland
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.506
Scope and Contents
The signatures are arranged in seven columns.
Dates:
1 Mar. 1813
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Petition of Roman Catholics of the above county to Parliament for emancipation, County Donegal, Ireland
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.507
Scope and Contents
The signatures are arranged in four columns on leaves 2-5.
Dates:
11 Mar. 1813
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Petition of Roman Catholics of the above county to the House of Lords for emancipation, County Clare, Ireland
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.508
Scope and Contents
The signatures are arranged in five columns.
Dates:
16 Mar. 1813
Conditions Governing Access:
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Petition of Roman Catholics of the above county to the House of Lords for emancipation, County Down, Ireland
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.509
Scope and Contents
The signatures are arranged in five columns.
Dates:
12 Mar. 1813
Conditions Governing Access:
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Petition of Roman Catholics of the above county to the House of Lords for emancipation, County Galway, Ireland
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.522
Scope and Contents
The signatures are arranged in five columns.
Dates:
1813 (Circa, undated)
Conditions Governing Access:
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Petition of Roman Catholics of the above county to the House of Lords for emancipation, County Roscommon, Ireland
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.514
Scope and Contents
The signatures are arranged in three columns.
Dates:
19 Mar. 1813
Conditions Governing Access:
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Petition of Roman Catholics of the above town and county to the House of Lords for Emancipation, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.518
Scope and Contents
The signatures are arranged in four columns.
Dates:
1 Apr. 1813
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Petition of Roman Catholics of the above town and county to the House of Lords for Emancipation, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.524
Scope and Contents
The signatures are arranged in five columns.
Dates:
1819 (Circa, undated)
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Petition of Roman Catholics of the above town to the House of Lords for emancipation, Ballinakill, Queen's County, Ireland
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.515
Scope and Contents
The signatures are arranged in five columns.
Dates:
19 Mar. 1813
Conditions Governing Access:
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Petition of the Grand Jury of Dublin for Hilary Term to the House of Lords against Roman Catholic Emancipation, Dublin
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.511
Dates:
1 Mar. 1813
Conditions Governing Access:
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Petition of the Mayor and Corporation to the House of Lords against Roman Catholic Emancipation, Penryn, Cornwall
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.501
Scope and Contents
Signed by Robert Dillon, Mayor.
Dates:
12 Feb. 1813
Conditions Governing Access:
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