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Title

Correspondence and papers

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MS. Eng. d. 3862

Summary

Comprises

papers of Edward Harcourt, Archbishop of York, comprising:

(fols. 1-2) an account of a fox hunt, Jan. 1777

(fols. 20-1) his opinion, as one of the council appointed to advise Queen Charlotte, on sending for Samuel Foart Simmons to treat the illness of George III, Aug. 1811

letters from Edward Harcourt, Archbishop of York, to:

(fols. 3-4) William Pitt, [July 1791]

(fol. 5) [Chancellor of the University of Oxford Frederick, Lord North?], [1791?]

(fols. 11-12) unidentified, [Feb. 1806]

(fols. 18-19) the clergy of the deanery of Westmorland, [c. Nov. 1807]

(fols. 22-3) [ Charles Manners-Sutton, Archbishop of Canterbury?] concerning the treatment of the illness of George III, n.d.

(fols. 24-5) Charles Henry Hall concerning the election of the Chancellor of the University of Oxford, Nov. [1809?]

(fols. 26-7) Robert Croft, [1809?]

(fols. 28-9) the Corporation of York, upon becoming a freeman of the city, n.d.

(fols. 30-1) his son Charles Venables-Vernon, July 1823

(fols. 34-5) George Venables-Vernon, 4th Baron Vernon, Nov. 1832

(fols. 48-9) his son Francis Vernon Harcourt, Nov. 1835

(fols. 68-9) Archdeacon Corbett of York Cathedral, n.d.

(fols. 70-1) Henry John Todd, Archdeacon of Cleveland, n.d.

(fols. 72-3) Robert Isaac Wilberforce, Archdeacon of East Riding

(fols. 74-5) clergy of the deanery of Relford, n.d.

letters to Edward Harcourt, Archbishop of York, from:

(fols. 137-8) Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Gower, Feb. 1784

(fols. 139-40) George Granville Leveson-Gower, Earl Gower, July 1791

(fols. 141-50) Cyril Jackson, Jan. 1806, n.d.

(fols. 151-6) Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow, June 1790, n.d.

(fols. 157-8) William Markham, Archbishop of York, July 1791

(fol. 159) John Hinchliffe, Bishop of Peterborough, July 1791

(fols. 160-1) Spencer Perceval, Jan. 1811

(fols. 162-3) Queen Charlotte, Jan. 1813

(fols. 164-82, 185-6) Thomas Grenville, June 1776-Apr. 1777, Oct. 1809-Feb. 1811, Feb. 1839, n.d.

(fols. 183-4, 187-94) William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville, Oct.-Dec. 1809

papers by Lady Anne Harcourt comprising:

(fols. 105-9) devotional piece written for her family, Apr. 1817

letters from Lady Anne Harcourt:

(fol. 76) to her unidentified child, n.d.

(fols. 93-4) to her unidentified sister, n.d.

(fols. 95-6) to unidentified, n.d

(fols. 110-15) letters of guidance to be delivered following her death, June 1822, n.d.

(fols. 118-19) to her son Henry Vernon Harcourt, Dec. 1831

letters to Lady Anne Harcourt from:

(fols. 120-32) her step-mother Susan Leveson-Gower, Marchioness of Stafford, Nov. 1781

(fols. 133-4) [her sister Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower], n.d.

(fols. 135-6) Lady C. Murray, July 1782

letters to William Vernon Harcourt from:

(fol. 6, 7v-17, 32-3, 42-5, 50-7, 60-3, 66-7) his father Edward Harcourt, Archbishop of York, Oct. 1804, Nov. 1805, May 1825, [Sept. 1838], Oct. 1839, mainly n.d.

(fols. 7-8) his sister Caroline Venables-Vernon, n.d.

(fols. 77-92, 95-104) his mother Lady Anne Vernon, June 1805, Feb. 1806 mainly n.d.

letters to Matilda Vernon Harcourt from:

(fols. 36-41, 46-7, 58-9, 64-5,) her father-in-law Edward Harcourt, Archbishop of York, Dec. 1832, May 1835, mainly n.d.

(fols. 116-17) her mother-in-law Lady Anne Harcourt, n.d.