Saunders and Sebright family papers, 1628-1852

Collection of correspondence, financial records, and documents relating to members of the Saunders and Sebright family. Material relating to Thomas Saunders (approximately 1600-1667) includes correspondence discussing personal debts, agriculture, and legal matters; minutes from the Privy Council meeting held on April 7, 1636; and documents relating to the Committee for Compounding with Delinquents, 1644-1646. Material relating to members of the Sebright family includes a 17th century manuscript almanac, in an unidentified hand; a manuscript notebook containing notes about wine and decanting wine; inventories listing groceries and household goods purchased for Beechwood Park, one taken at the time of Sir Thomas Sebright's death; and domestic and medical recipes. Also includes autograph manuscript letters addressed to Baron Charles Lyttelton; treatises on law, in an unidentified hand; and a manuscript document titled "The Government of the Thoughts".