Francis North Papers: Finding Aid mssHM 52322-52420
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Title: Francis North Papers
Creator:
Guilford, Francis North, Baron, 1637-1685.
Identifier/Call Number: mssHM 52322-52420
Physical Description:
2.3 Linear Feet
(2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1595-approximately 1793
Date (bulk): 1630-1680
Abstract: The Francis North papers contains letters and documents reflecting the family and household matters of Francis North, 1st
Baron Guilford (1637-1685) and his father Dudley North, 4th Baron North (1602-1677). Also contains materials pertaining to
the estate affairs of Sir Thomas Pope, 3rd Earl of Down from 1631 to 1633. The material in this collection dates from 1595
to 1763, with the bulk from 1630 to 1680.
Language of Material: English.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. Francis North Papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Provenance
Purchased at Sotheby's sale 14 March 1967, lots 206 and 208-210.
Custodial History
Formerly the property of the Hon. Dudley North; through the agency of Hofmann & Freeman Ltd.
Biographical Note
Francis North, 1st Baron Guilford, British lawyer and statesman. Solicitor-General (1671), Attorney General (1673), Chief
Justice (1675), Lord Keeper of the Great Seal (1682); knighted in 1671 and created Baron Guilford (1683). In 1668 North had
helped with the settlement of the estate of Sir Thomas Pope, 3rd Earl Downe
Scope and Content
This collection contains 99 pieces housed in 2 boxes. The collection is arranged chronologically. It covers letters and documents
reflecting family and household matters o Francis North, 1st Baron Guilford (mainly personal concerns dealing with the upbringing
of his children) and his father Dudley North, 4th Baron North. Correspondents include Lady Anne Montagu North and Beata Pope,
Countess of Down. Materials also pertain to the estate affairs of Sir Thomas Pope, 3rd Earl Downe, at Wroxton, Oxfordshire,
from 1631 to 1633 as seen in letters from his bailiff Anthony Litchfield.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged chronologically.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Child rearing -- Great Britain -- 17th century.
Administration of estates -- England -- Oxfordshire -- 17th century.
Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, 1603-1714 -- Sources.
Wroxton (Oxfordshire, England)
Letters (correspondence) -- Great Britain
Family papers -- Great Britain
Downe, Beata Poole Pope Downe, Countess, -1678
Litchfield, Anthony, active 1631-1633
Montagu, Anne, 1613-1681
North family.
North, Dudley North, Baron, 1602-1677
Briges, Giles. Letter to Lady Anne (Hopton) Wenworth Pope. HM 52326
[Between 1595 and 1625]
[Pope,] Anne (Hopton) Wentworth, [Lady]. Letter to Sir William Popee. HM 52386
[Between 1603 and 1625]
Pettwaye, Mary. Letter to Lady [Anne (Hopton)] Wentworth [Pope] HM 52385
1617[/18], March 10
Andrewes, John. Letter to [Anthony] Lichfield. HM 52322
[Before 1625]
Lichfield, Anthony. Letter to [Thomas Pope, aftw. 3rd Earl of Downe]. HM 52337
1631, June 16
Scope and Contents
Wroxton, [Oxon.]
Bings, Robert. Letter to [Thomas Pope, aftw. 3rd Earl of Downe]. HM 52325
1631, June 24
Scope and Contents
Wroxton, [Oxon.]
Lichfield, Anthony. Letter to [Thomas Pope, aftw. 3rd Earl of Downe]. HM 52338
1631, June 26
Scope and Contents
[W]roxton, [Oxon.]
Lichfield, Anthony. Letter to [Thomas Pope, aftw. 3rd Earl of Downe]. HM 52339
1631, June 30
Scope and Contents
Wroxton, [Oxon.]
[Lichfield, Anthony]. Letter to [Thomas Pope, aftw. 3rd Earl of Downe]. HM 52340
approximately 1631-1634
Lichfield, Anthony. Letter to [Thomas Pope, aftw. 3rd Earl of Downe]. HM 52341
1631 [/32]
Scope and Contents
[W]roxton, [Oxon.]
Lichfield, Anthony. Letter to [Thomas Pope, aftw. 3rd Earl of Downe]. HM 52342
1631 [/32], January 27
Lichfield, Anthony. Letter to [Thomas Pope, aftw. 3rd Earl of Downe]. HM 52343
1631 [/32]
Scope and Contents
[W]roxton, [Oxon.]
Lichfield, Anthony. Letter to [Thomas Pope, aftw. 3rd Earl of Downe]. HM 52344
1632, Nov. 2
Scope and Contents
[W]roxton, [Oxon.]
Bates, Henry. Letter to [Thomas Pope. Aftw. 3rd Earl of Downe]. HM 52323
[1632], [After November 13]
Lichfield, Anthony. Letter to [Thomas Pope, aftw. 3rd Earl of Downe]. HM 52345
1632, December 31
Scope and Contents
[W]roxton, [Oxon.]
Lichfield, Anthony. Letter to [Thomas Pope, aftw. 3rd Earl of Downe]. HM 52346
1632 [/33], January 24
Scope and Contents
Wroxton, [Oxon.]
Lichfield, Anthony. Letter to [Thomas Pope, aftw. 3rd Earl of Downe]. HM 52347
1632 [/33], February 1
Scope and Contents
[W]roxton, [Oxon.]
Lichfield, Anthony. Letter to [Thomas Pope, aftw. 3rd Earl of Downe]. HM 52348
1632 [/33], February 11
Scope and Contents
[W]roxton, [Oxon.]
Lichfield, Anthony. Letter to [Thomas Pope, aftw. 3rd Earl of Downe]. HM 52349
1632 [/33], February 20
Scope and Contents
[W]roxton, [Oxon.]
Lichfield, Anthony. Letter to [Thomas Pope, aftw. 3rd Earl of Downe]. HM 52350
1632 [/33], March 7
Scope and Contents
[W]roxton, [Oxon.]
Greene, Thomas. Letter to [Thomas Pope, aftw. 3rd Earl of Downe]. HM 52333
1633, May 3
Scope and Contents
Kings Sutton [Northants.]
Lichfield, Anthony. Letter to [Thomas Pope, aftw. 3rd Earl of Downe]. HM 52351
1633, May 6
Scope and Contents
[W]roxton, [Oxon.]
Lichfield, Anthony. Letter to [Thomas Pope, aftw. 3rd Earl of Downe]. HM 52352
1633, May 6
Scope and Contents
[W]roxton, [Oxon.]
Lichfield, Anthony. Letter to [Thomas Pope, aftw. 3rd Earl of Downe]. HM 52353
1633, June 9
Scope and Contents
[W]roxton, [Oxon.]
Lichfield, Anthony. Letter to [Thomas Pope, aftw. 3rd Earl of Downe]. HM 52354
1633, June 16
Scope and Contents
[W]roxton, [Oxon.]
Lichfield, Anthony. Letter to [Thomas Pope, aftw. 3rd Earl of Downe]. HM 52355
1633, June 28
Scope and Contents
[W]roxton, [Oxon.]
Bates, Henry. Letter to [Thomas Pope. Aftw. 3rd Earl of Downe]. HM 52324
1633, June 29
Scope and Contents
[W]roxton, [Oxon.] In the handwriting of Anthony Lichfield.
Lichfield, Anthony. Letter to [Thomas Pope, aftw. 3rd Earl of Downe]. HM 52356
1633, October 31
Scope and Contents
[W]roxton, [Oxon.]
Lichfield, Anthony. Letter to [Thomas Pope, aftw. 3rd Earl of Downe]. HM 52357
1633, Nov. 8
Scope and Contents
[W]roxton, [Oxon.]
Lichfield, Anthony. Letter to [Thomas Pope, aftw. 3rd Earl of Downe]. HM 52358
1633, Nov. 14
Lichfield, Anthony. Letter to [Thomas Pope, aftw. 3rd Earl of Downe]. HM 52359
1633. Nov. 22
Scope and Contents
[W]roxton, [Oxon.]
Lichfield, Anthony. Letter to [Thomas Pope, aftw. 3rd Earl of Downe]. HM 52360
1633, December 24
Scope and Contents
[W]roxton, [Oxon.]
Busbie, John. Letter to [Anthony] Lichfield. HM 52328
[1633]
Lichfield, Anthony. Letter to [Thomas Pope, aftw. 3rd Earl of Downe]. HM 52361
1633 [/34], January 2
Scope and Contents
[W]roxton, [Oxon.]
Lichfield, Anthony. Letter to [Thomas Pope, aftw. 3rd Earl of Downe]. HM 52362
1633 [/34], January 24
Scope and Contents
[W]roxton, [Oxon.]
Lichfield, Anthony. Letter to [Thomas Pope, aftw. 3rd Earl of Downe]. HM 52363
1633 [/34], January 30
Scope and Contents
Banbury, [Oxon.]
Lichfield, Anthony. Letter to [Thomas Pope, aftw. 3rd Earl of Downe]. HM 52364
1633 [/34], February 6
Scope and Contents
[W]roxton, [Oxon.]
Lichfield, Anthony. Letter to [Thomas Pope, aftw. 3rd Earl of Downe]. HM 52365
1633 [/34], [February 14]
Scope and Contents
[W]roxton, [Oxon.]
North, A[nne (Montagu), Baroness North]. Letter to Dudley {North, 4th Baron North]. HM 52367
1640, April 4
Whitaker, Laur[ence]. Letter to Dudley, North, [aftw. 4th Baron North] HM 52414
1641, August 28
Scope and Contents
Cheswick, [Northumb?]
[Petition for release from imprisonment in the "Bocatldo" (Oxford North Gate?), where petitioner was committed for non-payment
of forced loan.]
HM 52418
[Before 1643]
Scope and Contents
[Oxford?]
[Cambridgeshire, Sub-committee for taking the Accompts of the County]. HM 52329
1645, Nov. 19
Scope and Contents
Cambridge
Hallam, John. Letter to [Dudley North, 4th Baron]. North. HM 52334
1669, [May?] 3
Scope and Contents
London
[North, Francis, aftw. 1st Baron Guilford]. Letter to [Dudley North, 4th Baron North]. HM 52382
1669, June 3
Scope and Contents
[London]
Pepys, Roger. Letter to Dudley [North, 4th Baron] North. HM 52384
1670 [/71]), January 18
[Pope, Beata (Poole), Countess of] Downe. Letter to [Lady Francis (Pope) North]. HM 52387
[Between 1671 and 1679], February 2
[Pope, Beata (Poole), Countess of] Downe. Letter to [Lady Francis (Pope) North]. HM 52388
[Between 1671 and 1679], February 13
[Pope, Beata (Poole), Countess of] Downe. Letter to [Lady Francis (Pope) North]. HM 52389
[Between 1671 and 1679], March 6
[Pope, Beata (Poole), Countess of] Downe. Letter to [Lady Francis (Pope) North]. HM 52390
[Between 1671 and 1679,], April 3
[Pope, Beata (Poole), Countess of] Downe. Letter to [Francis] North, [aftw. 1st Baron Guilford]. HM 52411
[Between 1671 and 1679], April 7
[Pope, Beata (Poole), Countess of Downe. Letter to [Lady Frances (Pope) North]. HM 52391
[Between 1671 and 1679], May 11
[Pope, Beata (Poole), Countess of] Downe. Letter to [ Lady Frances (Pope) North]. HM 52392
[Between 1671 and 1679], May 22
[Pope, Beata (Poole), Countess of Downe. Letter to [Lady Frances (Pope) North]. HM 52393
[Between 1672 and 1679], June 6
[Pope, Beata (Poole), Countess of Downe. Letter to [Lady Frances (Pope) North]. HM 52394
[Between 1671 and 1679}, June 10
[Pope, Beata (Poole) Countess of Downe. Letter to [Lady Frances (Pope) North]. HM 52395
[Between 1671 and 1679], June 21
[Pope, Beata (Poole), Countess of Downe. Letter to [Lady Frances (Pope) North]. HM 52396
[Between 1671 and 1679], June 23
[Pope, Beata (Poole), Countess of Downe. Letter to [Lady Frances (Pope) North]. HM 52397
[1671-1679], July 23
[Pope, Beata (Poole), Countess of Downe. Letter to [Lady Frances (Pope) North]. HM 52398
[Between 1671 and 1679], August 13
[Pope, Beata (Poole), Countess of Downe. Letter to [Lady Frances (Pope) North]. HM 52399
[Between 1671 and 1679], August 14
[Pope, Beata (Poole), Countess of Downe. Letter to [Lady Frances (Pope) North]. HM 52400
[Between 1671 and 1679], October 15
[Pope, Beata (Poole), Countess of Downe. Letter to [Lady Frances (Pope) North]. HM 52401
[Between 1671 and 1679], October 30
[Pope, Beata (Poole), Countess of Downe. Letter to [Lady Frances (Pope) North. HM 52402
[Between 1671 and 1679], November 13
[Pope, Beata (Poole), Countess of Downe. Letter to [Lady Frances (Pope) North). HM 52403
[Between 1671 and 1679
[Pope, Beata (Poole), Countess of Downe. Letter to [Lady Frances (Pope) North]. HM 52404
[Between 1671 and 1679]
[Pope, Beata (Poole), Countess of] Downe. Letter to [Lady Frances (Pope) North]. HM 52405
[Between 1671 and 1679]
[Pope, Beata (Poole), Countess of] Downe. Letter to [Lady Frances (Pope) North]. HM 52406
[Between 1671 and 1679]
[Pope, Beata (Poole), Countess of] Downe. Letter to [Lady Frances (Pope) North]. HM 52407
[Between 1671 and 1679]
[Pope, Beata (Poole), Countess of] Downe. Letter to [Lady Frances (Pope) North]. HM 52408
[Between 1671 and 1679]
[Pope, Beata (Poole), Countess of } Downe. Letter to [Lady Frances (Pope) North]. HM 52409
[Between 1671 and 1679]
[Pope, Beata (Poole), Countess of Downe. Letter to [Lady Frances (Pope) North]. HM 52410
[Between 1671 and 1679]
Fiennes, Fr[ances]. Letter to Lady Frances [(Pope)] North. HM 52332
[Between 1672 and 1677]? March 3
Hyde, Robert (b). Letter to Francis North, [aftw. 1st Baron Guilford]. HM 52335
1674, April 24
Scope and Contents
Wroxton, [Oxon.]
North, A[nne (Montagu), Baroness North]. Letter to [Lady Frances (Pope) North]. HM 52368
[1674/75], January 31
North, A[nne (Montagu), Baroness North. Letter to Frances North, [aftw. 1st Baron Guilford]. HM 52369
[16]77, April 9
North, A[nne] (Montagu), Baroness North]. Letter to Frances North [aftw. 1st Baron Guilford]. HM 52370
[16]77, July 2
North, A[nne (Montagu), Baroness North]. Letter to [Frances] North, [aftw. 1st Baron Guilford]. HM 52371
[1678], November 19
Scope and Contents
Cambridge
North, A[nne (Montagu), Baroness North}. Letter to [Francis] North [aftw. 1st Baron Guilford]. HM 52372
[16]78, December 8
Dacre, Do[rothy]. Letter to [Francis] North, [aftw. 1st Baron Guilford]. HM 52330
[16]78, December 9
North, A[nne (Montagu), Baroness North]. Letter to [Francis North, aftw 1st Baron Guilford}. HM 52373
[16]78, December 13
North, A[nne (Montagu), Baroness North]. Letter to [Francis North aftw. 1st Baron Guilford]. HM 52374
[16]79, June 15
North, A[nne (Montagu), Baroness North. Letter to [Francis] North, [aftw. 1st Baron Guilford]. HM 52375
[16]79, September 28
North, A[nne (Montagu), Baroness North]. Letter to [Francis] North, aftw 1st Baron Guilford}. HM 52376
[1679/80], January 11
North, A[nne (Montagu), Baroness North]. Letter to [Francis] North, aftw 1st Baron Guilford}. HM 52377
[1679/80], January 25
North, A[nne (Montagu), Baroness North]. Letter to [Francis] North, aftw 1st Baron Guilford}. HM 52378
[1679/80], February 6
North, A[nne (Montagu), Baroness North]. Letter to [Francis] North, aftw 1st Baron Guilford}. HM 52379
[16]80, May 2
North, A[nne (Montagu), Baroness North]. Letter to [Francis] North, aftw 1st Baron Guilford}. HM 52380
[Before 1681], December 15
Mowbray, M. Letter to Brooke Bridges. HM 52366
1696 [/97], March 10
Scope and Contents
Wroxton, [Oxon.]
[Great Britain. Exchequer?]. Receipts for taxes paid in aid of French wars by Joseph Grantham & John Collet. HM 52420
1696, April
Scope and Contents
Elsfield. Oxon.
Pope, Henry. [Pen-trial couplet beginning:] "in trouble, sorrow, adveritie…" HM 51412
[approximately 1700?]
North, Cha[eles]. Letter to [Francis North, 2nd Baron Guilford]. HM 52381
1703, December 24
Scope and Contents
Youghall, [Co. Cork]
Evans, Tris[tram]. To (not stated) HM 52331
1717, September 3
Scope and Contents
London
[Haberdasher's bill for Lady Lucy & Lady Frances Mongague]. HM 52415
1723/24, January 7
Burtchett, William. [Bill for shoes for Lady Lucy Montague]. HM 52327
1724, July
[Milliner's bill for Lady Lucy Montague]. HM 52416
1724, September
[North, Francis, 2nd Baron] Guilford. Letter to Robert Cheyne. HM 52383
1728, November 16
Scope and Contents
London
Irby, W[illiam]. Letter to [Francis North, aftw. 1st Earl of Guilford}. HM 52336
1737, September 24
Thornton. S[a]. Letter to [Dudley North, 4th Baron] North. HM 52413
1670, July
[Envelope addressed to Lady North from ?Countess of Downe] HM 52417
not dated
Bills of fare [menu for Princes table & Lords table] HM 52419
[approximately 1763?]
