W1/Contents

W1 SCHEME OF CONTENTS NOTE: NUMBERS SUCH AS 2.1.1. ARE TO DIFFERENTIATE EACH SUBJECT AND ARE NOT CATALOGUE REFERENCES; THESE FOLLOW EACH ENTRY; E.G. W1/1-69/1 1. AGRICULTURE 1.1. Agriculture, General: W1/1-69/1 1.2. Inclosure 1.2.1. Luton: W1/2086-2116 1.2.2. Potton: W1/2117-2183 2. EDUCATION 2.1. Harpur Trust: W1/826-858 2.2. Lancasterian Schools: W1/3693-3748 2.3. Miscellaneous: W1/3677-3692 3. ESTATES 3.1. Bedfordshire: 3.1.1. Fenlake Barns: W1/1580-1633 3.1.2. Hardwicke Farm, Shefford Hardwick: W1/1564-1579 3.1.3. Miscellaneous: W1/1300-1563 3.2. Hertfordshire: 3.2.1. Bedwell Park, Essendon: W1/1697-1773 3.2.2. Sale of Woolmers, Hertingfordbury: W1/1634-1696 3.2.3. Miscellaneous: W1/1788-1791 3.3. Other: 3.3.1. Blackfriars, City of London: W1/1908-4917 3.3.2. Gatton [Surrey]: W1/1807-1811 3.3.3. Herne Bay [Kent]: W1/1792-1803 3.3.4. Kent: W1/1814 3.3.5. Lavendon [Buckinghamshire]: W1/1812-1813 3.3.6. Pamphill [Dorset]: W1/1804-1806 3.3.7. Purfleet [Essex]: W1/4872-4907 4. FOREIGN AFFAIRS 4.1. Canada: W1/5767-5781 4.2. Europe, political state of: W1/5702-5747 4.3. India: W1/5084-5125 4.4. Malta: W1/5782-5787 4.5. Sicily: W1/5748-5749 4.6. Spain, refugees: W1/5756-5766 4.7. Spanish America: W1/5750-5755 4.8. United States of America: W1/3877-3962 4.9. Miscellaneous: W1/5696-5701 5. GOVERNMENT 5.1. Government Offices 5.1.1. Exchequer Bill Office: W1/5544-5547 5.1.2. Landwaiter's Office: W1/5548-5556 5.1.3. Post Office: W1/5570-5586 5.1.4. Sale of Places: W1/5587-5600 5.1.5. Stamp Office: W1/5557-5569 5.2. Orders in Council: W1/3749-3876 5.3. Public Finance: W1/5305-5356 6. HOME AFFAIRS 6.1. Ireland 6.1.1. John Carey; house occupied as barracks: W1/5687-5695 6.1.2. Miscellaneous: W1/5561-5686 6.2. Jersey: W1/5788-5799 6.3. Scotland 6.3.1. Lord Advocate: W1/5623-5641 6.3.2. Miscellaneous: W1/5601-5622 7.HOUSEHOLD 7.1. Books 7.1.1. John Bunyan's Bible: W1/3059-3069 7.1.2. Miscellaneous: W1/2997-3058 7.2. Charity: W1/3589-3641 7.3. Houses 7.3.1. Dover Street, Mayfair: W1/3535-3544 7.3.2. Southill Park: W1/3509-3534 7.4. Inventories: W1/5985-6000 7.5. Pictures: W1/2915/1-2996 7.6. Servants' characters: W1/3570-3588 7.7. Wine: W1/3545-3552 8. LAW & ORDER 8.1. Bedfordshire Magisterial 8.1.1. Bastardy: W1/247-249; 278/1-6; 323; 326-327/1; 369 8.1.2. Bedford Gaol: W1/236-241; 308; 357-363; 369/1 8.1.3. Poaching: W1/250-255/2; 309; 315-318; 328; 341; 343; 352; 354-356; 373/3-5 8.1.4. Public Houses: W1/344-346; 348; 350-351 8.1.5. Weights & Measures: W1/364-368 8.1.6. Miscellaneous: W1/235; 242-243; 256-257; 274-277; 300-307; 310-314; 319-322; 324; 329-330; 337-340; 342; 347; 349; 363/1; 368; 370-373/1 8.2. Legal Cases 8.2.1. Thomas Adkin; financial irregularities: W1/6002-6022 8.2.2. Baron de Beranger; refused bail: W1/4849-4871 8.2.3. M.Bishop; arrested in France whilst working for Samuel Whitbread II: W1/4587-4592 8.2.4. Jane Brimley; her dead son's estate: W1/4482-4506 8.2.5. Rev.Thomas Cave; curacy of Elstow: W1/4468-4473 8.2.6. George Cranford; claim against Dutch Government: W1/4593 8.2.7. Henry Dennis; elopement: W1/4534-4537 8.2.8. William Fisher, poaching case: W1/258-273 8.2.9. Froxfield, Eversholt; arbitration on sale of cottage: W1/4581-4586 8.2.10. Gudrun Johnson; repatriation to Iceland: W1/4514-4533 8.2.11. Jorgen Jorgensen: Danish PoW under threat of arrest by his Government for working for Britain: W1/4831-4848 8.2.12. George Leeds: simony: W1/5642-5647 8.2.13. Colonel Maxwell: surety for bail: W1/4538-4550 8.2.14. 4th Viscount Melville; trial: W1/5291-5304 8.2.15. Strange: legacy dispute: W1/4551-4565 8.2.16. Surman family: abandonment and seizure of children by husband: W1/4507-4513 8.2.17. R.Sutherland: debt: W1/4474-4481 8.2.18. Stephen Tuck v. Stephen Thornton; arbitration about draining a farm: W1/279-299 8.2.19. Count Zenobio; potential forced repatriation: W1/4566-4580 8.3. Petitions 8.3.1. Charles Mason; Commissary of Accounts: W1/5970-1979 8.3.2. Lawrence Kemp: Customs Officer: W1/5978-5984 8.3.3. Miscellaneous: W1/5901-5969 8.4. Prisons & Hulks: W1/4936-5005 8.5. Riots: W1/4918-4935 9. LEISURE 9.1. Fishing: W1/6226 9.2. Hare Coursing: W1/6224 9.3. Horse Racing: W1/6222-6223; 6225 9.4. Hunting: W1/6192-6221 9.5. Shooting: W1/6149-6191 10. MEDICINE & HEALTH 10.1. Diseases 10.1.1. Cancer: W1/746-761 10.1.2. Langford epidemic: W1/736-741/1 10.2. Hospitals 10.2.1. Bedfordshire Infirmary: W1/181-234; 1003; 1774-1787 10.2.2. Middlesex Hospital: W1/4594-4619 10.3. Mental Health 10.3.1. Bedfordshire Lunatic Aslyum: W1/136-180 10.3.2. Lunatics: W1/5070-5083 10.4. Miscellaneous: W1/742-745; 4620-4637 11. MISCELLANEOUS 11.1. Bedfordshire: W1/2032-2085 11.2. Miscellaneous: W1/5833-1891 12. PARLIAMENT 12.1. Acts of Parliament 12.1.1. Apprentices: W1/5829-5832 12.1.2. Weights & Measures: W1/5815-5824 12.1.3. Wharfingers: W1/5825-5828 12.1.4. Miscellaneous: W1/5800-5184 12.2. Elections 12.2.1. Barnstaple [Devon]: W1/1815-1816 12.2.2. Bedfordshire: W1/1817-1889 12.2.3. Berwick [Northumberland]: W1/1890 12.2.4. Cambridgeshire: W1/1891-1896 12.2.5. Camelford [Cornwall]: W1/1897 12.2.6. Colchester [Essex]: W1/1898 12.2.7. Coventry [Warwickshire]: W1/1899-1909 12.2.8. Dover [Kent]: W1/1910 12.2.9. Durham: W1/1911 12.2.10. Essex: W1/1912-1916 12.2.11. Hertfordshire: W1/1917-1928 12.2.12. Huntingdonshire: W1/1929-1950 12.2.13. Liverpool [Lancashire]: W1/1951-1955 12.2.14. City of London: W1/1956 12.2.15. Maidstone [Kent]: W1/1957 12.2.16. Middlesex: W1/1958-1973 12.2.17. Northampton [Northamptonshire]: W1/1979 12.2.18. Peterborough [Northamptonshire]: W1/1980 12.2.19. Southwark [Surrey]: W1/1981-1982 12.2.20. Stafford [Staffordshire]: W1/1983 12.2.21. Warwick [Warwickshire]: W1/1984 12.2.22. Westminster [Middlesex]: W1/1985-2022 12.2.23. Winchester [Hampshire]: W1/2023 12.2.24. Yorkshire: W1/2024 12.2.25. Miscellaneous: W1/1974-1978 13. PATRONAGE 13.1. Drury Lane Theatre, London: W1/4396-4425; 6535 13.2. Francis Hargreave: W1/3963-4029 13.3. Samuel William Reynolds: W1/4030-4078 13.4. Richard Brinsley Sheridan: W1/4079-4136 13.5. Miscellaneous: W1/3334-3508 14. POLITICS 14.1. Political Correspondence 14.1.1. Thomas Creevey: W1/373/6-435 14.1.2. Hon. Frederick Fitzroy: W1/2264-2326/1 14.1.3. Charles, 2nd Earl Grey: W1/859-923 14.1.4. John Howard: W1/2364-2399 14.1.5. Marquis de Lafayette: W1/2327-2363 14.1.6. Daniel Lovell and The Statesman newspaper: W1/5050-5069 14.1.7. N.Salmon: W1/2184-2263 14.1.8. H.White and Whig newspaper: W1/5014-5049 14.1.9. Miscellaneous: W1/2400-2592 14.2. Political Offences: 14.2.1. Murder of Spencer Perceval: W1/5648-5660 14.2.2. Miscellaneous: W1/5006-5013 14.3. Reform: W1/4426-4467 15. POVERTY 15.1. Medical arrangements for the poor: W1/773-805 15.2. Paupers: W1/325; 336; 353; 373/2 15.3. State of the poor: W1/806-813 15.4. Treatment of pauper patients: W1/814-825 15.5. Workhouse reports: W1/762-772 15.6. Miscellaneous: W1/3642-3676 16. PRIVATE & FAMILY MATTERS 16.1. Correspondence, Private: 16.1.1. Lady Elizabeth Whitbread's letters to Miss Maria Edgworth: W1/6001/1-18 16.1.2. Miss Maria Edgworth's letters to Lady Elizabeth Whitbread: W1/6001/19-28 16.1.3. Samuel Whitbread I's letters to William Hayton senior: W1/6261-6262 16.1.4. Samuel Whitbread I's letters to William Hayton junior: W1/6263-6534 16.1.5. Samuel Whitbread I's letters to Thomas Strong and others: W1/6622-6671 16.1.6. Samuel Whitbread II's letters to William Hayton junior: W1/6227-6260 16.1.7. Samuel Whitbread II's letters to his future wife Lady Elizabeth Grey: W1/6544-6621 16.1.8. Samuel Charles Whitbread II's letters: W1/6536-6543 16.1.9. St.John Family: W1/3153-3198 16.1.10. Modern Letters (1820-1870): W1/6097-6119 16.2. Finance, Private: 16.2.1. Barnard: W1/1161-1169 16.2.2. Captain R.H.Bennett's affairs: W1/1170-1186 16.2.3. William Creasy: W1/1186/1-1198 16.2.4. Richard Fitzpatrick: W1/1199-1206 16.2.5. Lord Robert Spencer: W1/1282-1288 16.2.6. Stock Book: W1/924-925 16.2.7. Richard Holden Webb: W1/1289-1299 16.2.8. Miscellaneous: W1/1207-1281 16.3. Invitations: W1/3114-3152 16.4. Tradesmen's Bills: W1/6077-6096 16.5. Trusteeships & Executorships: 16.5.1. Jane Akers: W1/1099/1-1105 16.5.2. Miss A.M.Duncombe and Lucy Hayton: W1/964-979 16.5.3. 2nd Viscount Enfield: W1/1139-1155 16.5.4. James Flint: W1/1013-1016 16.5.5. William Lambton: W1/1030-1043 16.5.6. William Langford: W1/1017-1019 16.5.7. Joseph Leeds: W1/1044-1063 16.5.8. Miss E.Molineaux: W1/1064-1069 16.5.9. Sir James Pennyman: W1/1070-1099 16.5.10. Anne Smith: W1/1134-1138 16.5.11. Sophy Tyrrell: W1/1106-1133 16.5.12. William Waldegrave: W1/980-1002 16.5.13. Miscellaneous: W1/926-964; 1004-1012 16.6. Verses: W1/3070-3077 16.7. Miscellaneous: W1/3078-3113; W1/3199-3333 17. PUBLIC MATTERS 17.1. Local Affairs 17.1.1. St.Luke's, Middlesex: W1/5892-5900 17.1.2. Southill: W1/6023-6076 17.2. Caroline of Brunswick, Princess of Wales: W1/2725-2914 18. RELIGION 18.1. Catholic Emancipation: W1/4270-4395 18.2. Clerical Affairs 18.2.1. Sawley [Derbyshire] curacy: W1/4767-4786 18.2.2. Shadwell [Middlesex] parish church: W1/4787-4791 18.2.3. Miscellaneous: W1/4728-4766 19. TRADE & INDUSTRY 19.1. Brewery at Chiswell Street, London 19.1.1. New brewery: W1/6120-6147 19.1.2. Miscellaneous: W1/4638-4727 19.2. Inventions 19.2.1. Captain George William Manby: W1/4821-4830 19.2.2. Miscellaneous: W1/4792-4820 19.3. Slave Trade: W1/4137-4178 20. TRANSPORT 20.1. Roads 20.1.1. Aylesbury-Hockliffe Road [Turnpike 17; A4012/A418]: W1/549-551; 593; 607/1; 613/1-617; 625/1 20.1.2. Bedford Bridge: W1/70-135 20.1.3. Bromham Bridge: W1/552; 567 20.1.4. Cardington-Old Warden Road: W1/555 20.1.5. Clophill-Luton Road [Turnpike 7; A6]: W1/560 20.1.6. Haynes-Clophill Road [Turnpike 7; A6]: W1/553/1-554/1; 556-559 20.1.7. Hitchin Road [Turnpike 12; A600]: W1/563-563/1; 565; 570; 572/1-573/1; 577/2; 596 20.1.8. Leighton Bridge: W1/590-591; 605; 607 20.1.9. Tempsford Bridge: W1/608-613; 618-626; 628-635; 637 20.1.10. Wrestlingworth-Potton Road [Turnpike 19; B1042]: W1/574-575 20.1.11. Miscellaneous: W1/553; 561-562; 564; 565/1-566/1; 569; 571-572; 576-577/1; 578-587; 589; 593/1-595; 597-604; 606; 627; 636; 638 20.2. Canals: W1/639-735 21. WARS & TREATIES 21.1. Army 21.1.1. 19th Light Dragoons: W1/5465-5470 21.1.2. Administration: W1/5357-5378 21.1.3. Death of Major General Robert Craufurd: W1/5536-5543 21.1.4. Finance & Supplies: W1/5379-5406 21.1.5. Flogging: W1/5407-5413 21.1.6. Office of Hyde Park Storekeeper: W1/5414-5418 21.1.7. Peninsular War: W1/5471-5535 21.1.8. Petitions: W1/5419-5464 21.2. Bedfordshire Militia 21.2.1. Ballot: W1/436; 439-442; 457; 467-468; 475; 489; 490; 519; 527; 546 21.2.2. Clothing: W1/452; 464; 504; 506-507; 517; 545 21.2.3. Discipline: W1/437; 456; 469-471; 474; 484; 510-511 21.2.4. Officers: W1/443-451; 453-455; 459; 462; 482; 514; 520-523; 529-530; 538; 542; 548 21.2.5. Staff: W1/438; 466; 501; 518; 526; 540-541; 543 21.2.6. Sergeant Warden Case: W1/458; 460-461; 465; 473-473/1; 476-481; 483; 487-488/2; 489/1; 490/1-494; 500; 502; 509; 512; 515-516; 537; 54 21.2.7. Miscellaneous: W1/463; 472; 485-486; 495-499; 503; 505; 508; 513; 524-525; 528; 531-536; 539; 544 21.3. Navy 21.3.1. Copenhagen Expedition: W1/5273-5290 21.3.2. Captain William King, claim for Prize Money: W1/5231-5235 21.3.3. Captain Warwick Lake's Court Martial for abandoning Seaman Robert Jeffery on Sombrero Island: W1/5236-5272 21.3.4. Pay & Prize Money: W1/5167-5179 21.3.5. Petitions: W1/5185-5211 21.3.6. Promotion: W1/5180-5184 21.3.7. James Wilmot, ran away to sea to escape his master: W1/5226-5230 21.3.8. George, Thomas and Peter Wilson, British PoWs recaptured by Britain then sold as slaves in South Africa: W1/5212-5225 21.3.9. Miscellaneous: W1/5126-5166 21.4. Peace: W1/4179-4269 21.5. Prisoners of War 21.5.1. Dartmoor Prison: W1/2708-2724 21.5.2. English PoWs: W1/2678-2696 21.5.3. English and American PoWs: W1/2697-2707 21.5.4. French PoWs: W1/2593-2677

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Whitbread, Samuel I,
Whitbread, Samuel II,
Lancaster, Joseph,
Carey, John,
Bunyan, John,
Adkin, Thomas,
De Berenger, Charles Random, Baron de Beaufain,
Bishop, M,
Brimley, Jane,
Cave, Thomas,
Cranford, George,
Dennis, Henry,
Fisher, William,
Johnson, Gudrun,
Jorgensen, Jorgen,
Leeds, George,
Maxwell,
Melville, Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount,
Strange,
Surman,
Sutherland, R,
Tuck, Stephen,
Thornton, Stephen,
Zenobio, Count,
Mason, Charles,
Kemp, Lawrence,
Hargreave, Francis,
Reynolds, Samuel William,
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley,
Creevey, Thomas,
Fitzroy, Frederick,
Grey, Charles, 2nd Earl Grey,
Howard, John,
Lafayette, Marquis de,
Lovell, Daniel,
Salmon, N.,
White, H.,
Perceval, Spencer,
Whitbread, Elizabeth,
Grey, Elizabeth,
Hayton, William,
Edgeworth, Maria,
Strong, Thomas,
Whitbread, Samuel Charles I,
St.John,
Barnard,
Bennett, R H,
Creasy, William,
FitzPatrick, Richard,
Spencer, Robert,
Webb, Richard Holden,
Akers, Jane,
Duncombe, A.M.,
Hayton, Lucy,
Enfield, George Stevens Byng, 2nd Viscount,
Flint, James,
Lambton, William,
Langford, William,
Leeds, Joseph,
Molineaux, E.,
Pennyman, James,
Smith, Anne,
Tyrrell, Sophy,
Waldegrave, William,
Wales, Caroline of Brunswick, Princess of,
Manby, George William,
Craufurd, Robert,
Warden,
King, William,
Lake, William,
Jeffery, Robert,
Wilmot, James,
Wilson, George,
Wilson, Thomas,
Wilson, Peter

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