[A collection of personal papers].
William Blathwayt I (1649 - 1717)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
c. 1697 - c. 1706
Materials
Collection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 3047956
Summary
Bibliographic description
1 vol. (22 items) . fol... Includes: account of plate left in Mr. Secretary Blathwayt's house when he went to Flanders with the King; Account of plate sold for Mr. Blathwayt, 3 Nov. 1697; List of plate taken to Flanders by him; A.L.s. from Alice Thorpe, a Quaker, at Barbadoes, to her loving relation, Mr. Secretary Blathwayt, 1704; Lists of paintings and prints of Mr. Povey's; ditto sent to Dyrham; Statements for upholsterers etc. in the fitting up of the house at Dyrham; plans of the pictures &c.; A.L.s. from Jane Wintour to Mr. C. Davenant, relating to the death of Capt. Wintour, 1706. Three loose sheets: two auctioneer's descriptions of this item (Thorpe sale, 1836 and Sotheby's sale June 1966) and a further item from the 1966 sale, not purchased. Sotheby's receipt loosely inserted.. Provenance: Lot 859 in the Thorpe sale of 1836; purchased by Anthony Mitchell in the Sotheby's sale of June 1966, lot number 310.. Binding: half leather (goat?); marbled paper; spine labelled: Letters to Blathwayt &c.
Makers and roles
William Blathwayt I (1649 - 1717)