| Description | A file of personal papers of Humphrey Morice, including (references in brackets denote previous museum/original references):
Letter from J. Wood to Rev. Mr Grosvenor concerning the Scottish Rebellion of 1715, 6th September 1722 (D 0517);
An account of Funds granted to the Bank, 1694-1716 (D 0514);
Abstract of proposal to reduce interest on National Debt and raise a Sinking Fund, 1716 (D 0514);
Observations on behalf of the Bank on the Bill for redeeming their Annuity of 6%, 1716 (D 0514);
Terms on which the Bank might consent to a reduction in interest on advances to Government, 9th May 1717, and minutes of the Court of Directors of the Bank on the same subject, 15th May 1717 (D 0514);
Suggestions for reducing interest on National Debt and raising new Capital, [c 1717] (D 0514);
Draft agreement between Treasury (HMT) and Bank on Exchequer Bills, 16th March 1718/19 (D 0514);
Memo of sale of silver by the Bank to the East India Co, 31st August to 13th September 1731 (D 0514);
Account of 30 slaves who died on board the ship 'Elizabeth', 11th March 1718 to 13th July 1719 (D 0518);
Receipts for contributions to Greenwich Hospital, 8th June 1723 and 13th August 1725 (D 0489);
Statement by John Browne concerning Anne Sande's fortune and expenses of Anne Morice, 22nd January 1716 and September 1720 to March 1720/1 (D 0441);
Receipts for Bank of England stock, 21st December 1709 and 20th December 1710 (D 0490 and D 0491);
Invitation to trustees to receive an Act for preserving the navigation of the River Thames, 6th June 1721 (D 0493);
Certificate of the City of London relating to gold belonging to Humphrey Morice taken to be minted, 30th April 1723 (D 0495);
Bill for 786 piastres payable to Humphrey Morice, 27th February 1728 (D 0505);
Drafts of letters from Humphrey Morice to John Claxton, February 1726/7 to April 1727 (D 0510);
Stewards accounts relating to the estates of Humphrey Morice at Scobiscombe and Thrapston, 1713 to 1714 (D 0510);
Mrs Saunders's bills for John Morice's schooling and board, 1722-5 (D 0511);
Release given by Sir Nicholas Morice, Bt., to Nicholas Morice, Esq., 22nd September 1704 (D 0512);
Release given by Sir William Carew to Nicholas Morice, Esq., 7th November 1711 (D 0512);
Lists of amounts owing to Nicholas Morice, Esq., for rents etc at South Milton and Exeter, 1711/12 (D 0512);
General Power of Attorney given by Thomas Sandes to John Browne, 30th October 1705 (D 0512);
Particulars of the Will of John Browne, 13th April 1716 (D 0512);
Copy of Declaration of Trust from Humphrey Morice to Anne Sandes, 23rd March 1716/17 (D 0512);
Statement of account of Humphrey Morice as trustee for Anne Sandes, 1717 to 1723 (D 0512);
List of Exchequer Orders left at the Exchequer by Humphrey Morice, 30th September 1715 (D 0512);
List of payments in the handwriting of Humphrey Morice, 11th January 1719/20 (D 0512);
Inventory of goods in Morice's Nicholas lane House, [c.1720] (D 0512);
Bill of Granado Chester, Corn Chandler paid by Humphrey Morice, 8th February 1723/4 (D 0512);
Copy of Bond given by Humphrey Morice to Sir Nicholas Morice, Bt., 6th May 1721 (D 0512);
Draft of Bond from Humphrey Morice to Sir William Morice, [c.1726] (D 0512);
Draft agreement concerning an amount held in trust for Sir William Morice, 1726 (D 0512);
Draft instructions to Counsel given by Humphrey Morice for the defence of an action brought against him by Granado Pigott, January 1723/4 (D 0512);
Receipt for solicitor's costs of Granado Piggott in his cause against Humphrey Morice, 10th February 1726/7 (D 0512);
Order of the Master of the Rolls on the action brought by Granado Piggot against Humphrey Morice and others, 7th March 1727 (D 0512);
Receipt from Jasper Blythman for the costs in the Piggot v. Morice case, 12th May 1727 (D 0512);
Promissory note of Humphrey Morice to Granado Piggot, 19th May 1731 (D 0512);
Bill for £2000 drawn in Jamaica by the Duke of Portland in favour of Humphrey Morice, 22nd April 1725 (D 0519);
Authority from Sir William Scawer to Humphrey Morice to buy an estate in Berkshire, 18th May 1720 (D 0528);
Letter from E.V. [Admiral Vernon] to Josiah Burchett [Secretary to the Admiralty] relating to Jamaica, 3rd July 1716 (D 0529);
and letters from sundry persons to Humphrey Morice applying for shares in the new Africa Company, 1720 (D 0532). |