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1. Pavillion in the gardens at Gunnersbury [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1800?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 56 Box D165
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Wash drawing depicting one of the pavillions of the Gunnersbury House, Middlesex. John Webb (1611-1672) was the architect, and the property was owned by Princess Amelia, the third daughter of King George II from 1762 until 1786. A view from the front of the building which features a single archway entrance, a central tall slender spire or steeple capped by a cross, and two smaller spires on either side. Pasted on mount with three other views of the Gunnersbury House property
- Description:
- Title from caption inscribed by artist below each of the four images., Date from local card catalog record., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and Middlesex.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Pavillion in the gardens at Gunnersbury [art original].
2. [Will], 1539 Oct 23.
- Creator:
- Fitzjames, John, Sir, 1470?-1542?.
- Call Number:
- Osborn a35
- Image Count:
- 8
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, in a single secretary hand, of a copy of the will of Sir John Fitzjames. The will opens with an appeal to "the most blessed Mother and virgyn Marie St. Anthony and St. Chr[ist]ofer" for their intercession for his soul; arrangements for funeral and intercessory Masses and for a Month's Mind service and The extremely detailed lists of personal and estate bequests that follow comprise a virtual household inventory of the manor house at Redlynch in Somerset. His widow, Eleanor Draycott, receives liferent of Redlynch and Knoll as well as use of the household furnishings, including the beds, hangings, "carpettes, cusshyons, dysshes, potts, and pannes," as well as tablecloths, jewelry, and various articles of plate. Fitzjames also leaves "my greate book of Statutes in vellum or parchment" to his cousin Nicholas Fitzjames, the nearest male heir and successor to Redlynch; silver cups to various other relatives; and ten shillings for "every mayden of good and honest conversation" in his household
- Description:
- In English and Latin., With: 3 documents on parchment concerning James Fitzjames. (1) Indenture transferring revenues and fees inherited from Sir John Fitzjames in the county of Somerset, signed and dated 26 June 1568. (2) Indenture concerning the same, signed and dated 26 June 1570. (3) Attestation of probate of a will for a member of the Fitzjames family in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, signed by the Clerk Thomas Argall and issued in the name of Archbishop Cranmer, n.d. (damaged)., and With: volume of manuscript transcripts of three of the documents made for Sir Thomas Phillipps, with genealogical notes on the Fitzjames family.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Draycott, Eleanor., Fitzjames, John, Sir, 1470?-1542?., and Fitzjames family.
- Subject (Topic):
- Catholics, Decedents' estates, Inheritance and succession, Manors, Material culture, Prayers for the dead, Saints, Cult, and Wills
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Will], 1539 Oct 23.
