Letters from Dr. Francis Willis to Lord le Despencer
MS. D.D. Dashwood (Bucks.) B.19/3
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Letters from Dr. Francis Willis to Lord le Despencer
Shelfmark
MS. D.D. Dashwood (Bucks.) B.19/3
Summary
Copies of some replies form Lord le Despencer, and letters from and to James Garnar, Edward Wills, Sergeant Hill, Mr. Sparke and William Gold. All concern an acrimonious dispute over purchasing land at Dunston, and drainage and enclosure there.
Date
1765, 1770-6
Language
English
Physical extent
47 items
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Collection contents
Archive of the Dashwood Family of West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Papers of Sir Francis Dashwood, 2nd Bart., (from 1763 Lord Le Despencer)
Estate and legal correspondence etc.
Correspondence etc. relating to the Lincolnshire estates
Letters from Dr. Francis Willis to Lord le Despencer
