Pedigree of hounds, 1708-1727

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Title: Pedigree of hounds, 1708-1727
Creator: Orlebar, Richard, 1671-1733
Abstract: Manuscript kennel book listing "whelps bread" from 1708 to 1727, giving sire, dam, and placement for each. A few pages at the back of the book list hounds given by Orlebar to John Biggs, the Duke of Grafton, and the Earl of Halifax between 1716 and 1726
Description: Richard Orlebar (1671-1733) attended Trinity College, Oxford and was a member of the Middle Temple and a dedicated hunter. He married the heiress Diana Astry in 1708 and the couple built Hinwick Hall in Bedfordshire between 1709 and 1714. Orlebar served as High Sherriff of Bedfordshire in 1720, and died childless at Hinwick Hall in 1733.
In English.
Accompanied by a twentieth-century typescript carbon, "The Oakley Hunt."
Binding: contemporary paper, stitched.
Provenance: Purchased from Bernard Quaritch, Ltd. on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2009.
Extent: 1 15 x 19 cm. v. (23 p.) ;
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Pedigrees
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): England
Bedfordshire.
Great Britain.
Subject (Name): Orlebar, Richard, 1671-1733.
Subject (Topic): Dogs
Breeding
Hunting
Hunting dogs
Bedfordshire (England)
Social life and customs
Subjects: Orlebar, Richard, 1671-1733
Dogs > Breeding
Dogs > Pedigrees
Hunting > England > Bedfordshire
Hunting dogs > Great Britain
Bedfordshire (England) > Social life and customs

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Citation: Richard Orlebar, Pedigree of Hounds. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.