| Description | A volume of the personal papers of Humphrey Morice (HM) including, among others (references in brackets denote previous museum/original references):
1. Morice Documents (D 0435)
a. Copy of will of HM's father 4 May 1684
b. Copy of will of Sir Godfrey Cofley 14 Oct 1704
2. Private papers of HM (D 0436)
a. Minute of vestry of St Peter le Poor concerning HM's pew
b. Invitation to dine with officers of East India Co 29 May 1730
c. Bill for funeral expenses of Mrs Judith Morice 15 Jan 1719/20
3. Two bills (D 0437)
a. Promissory note of John Adams 29 May 1703 in favour of Sir Nicholas Morice, for £6122
b. Bill for 35 guineas drawn by John Morice 19 Aug 1710, in favour of Sir Nicholas Morice
4. Papers relating to Nicholas Morice (D 0438)
a. Copy of Nicholas Morice's petition to be allowed to resign the office of Clerk of the Signet in favour of his nephew, Joseph Moyle
b. Two memoranda concerning Sir William Morice 17 Oct 1682 and 17 Oct 1704
c. Address to William III from Devon Quarter Session 30 Jul 1689
d. Five addresses by Nicholas Morice to the Grand Jury of Devon 3 and 4 Oct 1692 and 17 Apr 1694
e. [Manuscript] statement of the estate of Nicholas Morris deceased, as found at Werington 12 Dec 1712 by his executor, HM.
5. Papers relating to appointment of HM as Master of the King's Buckhounds (D 0439)
a. Copy of order of appointment
b. Petition (in French) for appointment
c. Copy of letter from William Lowen to the Duke of Kent
d. Copy of memorial to the Prince of Wales on the Duke's servants preventing hunting in Windsor Forest.
e. Copy of letter to the Duke of Kent on the same subject (see d.).
f. Order signed by the Duke of Kent ordering the removal of the King's hounds from Windsor Forest.
g. Statement objecting to the cutting of peat in Windsor Forest.
4. Eight tradesmens' bills (1698-1723) of HM (D 0440)
5. Papers relating to the South Sea Company and HM 1720-1722 (D 0434)
a. Copy of minutes of Court of Directors 24 Sep 1720
b. HM's account of the message delivered to the South Sea Co
c. Receipts for subscriptions to South Sea Capital Stock
d. HM dated 15 Oct 1720
e. Copy of Court of Directors 17 Nov 1720
f. Bank minutes 22 Sep 1720 - 28 Nov 1720 in handwriting of HM
g. 'Mr Walpole's Minutes' 28 Nov 1720
h. 'Mr Lowndes' proposal for the Bank' 22 Dec 1720
i. The question in the Committee of the House of Lords 18 Feb 1720/21
j. Report of Sir William Carew regarding affair from Committee of Treasury Jun 1721
k. A state of the Bank and South Sea Co difference 2 Aug 1722
6. Memoranda in the handwriting of HM relating to a proposed loan to Austria (D 0520)
7. Sundry Memoranda (D 0442)
a. List of members of parliament
b. List of documents in the possession of Edward Prideaux 29 Apr 1691
c. Receipt for £2800 Bank Stock to John Browne 6 May 1712
d. Account sales at £2000 Bank Stock
8. Two receipts for Land Tax 4 May 1723 and 1 Nov 1722 (D 0488)
9. Statement of Theodore Janssen's case in relation to the South Sea Co 1721 (D 0497)
10. Printed proclamation of George II 14 Jun 1727 (D 0498)
11. Three printed documents relating to the importation of tobacco c1720 (D 0500)
12. Page from a newspaper c1721 containing references to the South Sea Co (D 0503)
13. Lists of million bank annuitants 1744 and 1755 (D 0508) |