Scope and Content
contents include:-
Commission of F Pym as 2nd Lieutenant. 18 February 1874
Dividend of New Zealand Golf Club Ltd*. 1912
Invitation Luncheon, Huntingdonshire volunteers*
Photograph Skaland House and Fust River. 1899*
Report of Bedford Charity Organisation. Undated*
Baptismal Certificate of Francis Pym. Radwell. 6 December 1847
Programme of Gransden and District Agricultural Society Annual Show. 29 September 1896
Dancing Girl Christmas card*.c. 1890's?
Copy in F Pym's handwriting of Poem* "A warning to Golfers" copied from St James: Gazette. 24 Jan 1895
Printed Rules and Regulations. First Regiment of Life Guards of the Mess1871
Roll of Captain Hon R Talbot's Troop. August 1876
Printed Mess Regulations of 1st Life Guards. Undated
Printed minutes of Royal Yacht Squadron Castle Cowes; purchase of garden by Major Shuttleworth. 20 June 1891 (F Pym present)
The Times (Nelson's Victory at the Battle of the Nile). 3 October 1798
Programme of Sandy Assembly Room smoking concert. 19 December 1890
Poem and Cartoon of Mrs Pym catching a rabbit at the Hasells. 19 August 1990
Marked printed Sale Catalogue of 294 Oak, Ash, Beech, Elm (& poles) Auctioneer George Jackson (direction of Francis Pym). 17 April 1891
List of Justices. 1891
Page of Race Badges. 1890-1895
Members Card of Baldock Cricket Club* 1891
Service Sheet* Thanksgiving for Peace in South Africa (2 copies). 8 June 1902
Newspaper cutting; on one side account of Orange Colony Raids; on other 'Race for Majority', General Election* 1900
Printed Programme (musical) 92 Prince's Gate. 23 June 1892
List of Members of 1st Life Guards Club (includes Sub Lieutenant F Pym, joined 1874 retired 1877). 1890
Menu of Windham Club Dinner. 4 July 1890
Ticket for Epsom Grandstand 26.29 May ?1890
1st Class ticket - Steam boat on Nile. 1890
Bill of Fare on SS Pekin (P & O). 13 April 1891
Ticket to visit Royal Appartments, Naples ?1890's
Primrose League, Harvey Habitation Fete Programme at Old Warden; including addresses by Francis Pym (Ruling Councillor of the Habitation), Guy Pym and R E Prothero, Esq, MVO*. 25 June 1908
Licence to fish for Salmon issued to Francis Pym of Cefn Park, Wrexham. Consideration £1. 21 May 1890
Dinner Menu. Undated
Cartoons and caricature in small * book by M L M (on paper of Woolley Manor, Silkstone, Barnsley)
Faust At Aachen; making fun of F Pym.1887
Memorial card* Rebecca King, wife of late William King died aged 80. 4 January 1900 (one of Hasells Estate oldest tenants)
Book of Caricatures of Francis Pym* by M L M (dwelling on his conquests of the ladies!) c1880's 1890's
Caricature: "Lord of the Harem: Loves Labour Lost" by M L M; exhausted F Pym surrounded by adoring ladies; same date
Programme of Concert Classique Cercle des 'Estrangers de Monaco. 2 April 1891
2 Betting Slips Monte Carlo (latter marked 'Very good deal' F Pym) 12 & 13 April 1891
Theatre Programme of Theatre Royal, Haymarket 'The Dancing Girl' by Henry Arthur Jones [1896]
Printed List of Members: The First Life Guards Club. 1889
Admission Card Cercle des 'Entrangers de Monaco27 March 1891
Document in Chinese; Stamped by Consul for Tientsin
Newspaper Cutting re Bazaar at Hasells, Sandy in aid of building fund of new Infants School. Undated
Programme of Concerts in aid of Mickleton Nursing Association* (Mrs Pym performing) (at Schoolroom, Mickleton). 26 & 27 September 1895
Typed Poem: 'Nimium ne Crede Colori (yacht Lady Godiva, Royal Yacht Squadron off Algiers) March 1898
Printed card: no meeting of Cambridgeshire Hounds till after funeral of Duke of Clarence. 17 January 1892
Printed: Postponement of Biggleswade Ball because of Influenza. 8 January 1892
Cut outs of Illustrations from Magazines including: Marchioness of Salisbury, Hesslewood, residence of Mr & Mrs Pease; an actress
Engraving: Captain (now Major) Kelly killing a Cuirassier at Waterloo
Menu of Dinner of ? Peninsula, Waterloo Club. 23 May 1892
5 Cartoons of disastrous donkey cart race between M L M (who drew the cartoons) and M Willaughley. c. 1890's
Programme of Entertainment at the Schoolroom, Mickleton (Mrs Pym performed). 15 October 1891
Watercolour showing A Flower, L J Bruce, Alice C Pym, A Flower, F Flower, Lady Colthurst, Dolly Hornly, W Hornly at Mickleton. 15 October 1891
Letter (& envelope) from Colonel Stuart of Tempsford Hall to F Pym. 4 May 1891 (kept as specimen of bad handwriting)
Stockbroker's advice against selling Argentine Railway shares (+ envelope) c. 1891. Note on back by F Pym - if followed this advice would have made serious loss
Letter (& envelope) from Sidney Herbert to F Pym; re Pym's application to become a member of the Carlton Club. 9 November 1888
Letter from J J W Miller (agent of Marquis of Salisbury) Hatfield, Herts to F Pym; decline his offer to turn Blue Posts into a private dwelling. November 1888
Newspaper cutting from Daily Telegraph. Obituary of Captain Henry Gerard Leigh of Kelmarsh Hall. 10 January 1900
Baily's Magazine for Sports and Pastimes 'List of Hounds' (ie Hunts and their Masters) addresses of Kennels, Huntsmen and Whips 1891-1892. November 1891
Cartoon 'so purly in the morning' by MLM 3 hooded figures? on Francis Pym's yacht. 1890's
Cartoon: Pall Mall Gazette* Boer, ? Kruger in retreat to Watervalboren. 1 June 1900
Advertisements. Fox's Patent Spat Puttees for Ladies. c1890's?
A Gambler's Career: Incidents in the Life of Francis Pym (Caricatures by M L M) Career at Eton, Oxford etc. c. 1880's - 1890's
A few scenes in the Life of Francis Pym. Cover only
Caricature: Tea in Excelsis by M F L M
Deck Scene on board 'Clansman' by M F L M
Official Notification; Francis Pym nominated as candidate for Shirevalty. 29 November 1889
Official Notice; F Pym stands 2nd in Shirevalty list. 2 May 1890
Invitation to public meeting* issued by Lord Lieutenant, Lord Cowper re County Memorial to all Bedfordshire men, who recently died in Boer War. 30 June 1902
Advertisement; Radwell House, Baldock to let from Lady Day 1892 at £250 pa; details of rooms and their measurements
Printed Fixture list: Sandy Cricket Club. 1891
Royal Agricultural Society of England - Doncaster Meeting - Member's Ticket. 1891
Concert Programme in aid of funds of HCO 3rd Volunteer Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. 12 February 1892
Army and Navy Stores Shareholders Ticket. F Pym. c. 1890's
Caricature by F Pym of him waiting for a crocodile with native, Korosko, Nubia. 21 January 1880
3 humorous menus., 'SS Toshi. 1891
Letter (& envelope) from A Reading 115 Lansdowne Place, Brighton to F Pym ?thanking for a pheasant sent to him. 21 October 1876
Letter from James Kyd, Cupar to Francis Pym; encloses draft on Smith, Payne & Co for £79.10s.2d (Interest from Marriage settlement)
(account on dorse & manuscript notes re interest 1816-1819 by F Pym, himself. 13 November 1826
Letter (& envelope) from Harry Thornton, Kempston Grange to F Pym thanks for present of game. 25 October 1885 (last one Harry Thornton wrote to Francis Pym. He died 28 November 1885)
Note in F Pym's handwriting on Causes of Increase in Crime in last 7 years compares Bedfordshire to Cambridgeshire:
mention gaol now built for a general increase
inadequate police
wages kept low by Poor Laws - unemployment 'dependant upon parish support'
undated [date unclear; reference to parish role in poor laws would indicate pre 1841 reference to police and new building of gaol would indicate 1840's. It is clearly written by Francis Pym, Chairman of Quarter Sessions (1832-1846)]
Receipt for £10 by Royal Agricultural Society of England to F Pym. Composition in lieu of Annual Subscription, as a Life Member. 6 July 1882
Printed Report of Baldock Fire Brigade year ending 31 March 1891
Engraving of Callipers Hall, Rickmansworth [Herts]
Programme for Sir Augustus Harris's Annual Pantomine Humpty Dumpty. 26 December 1891
Invitation to Dinner given by Railway Officers and Servants Association at Hotel Metropole, Charing Cross issued to F Pym. 30 April 1891
Printed Accounts of 3rd Volunteer Battalion, Bedfordshire Regt Equipment Fund. Undated c1891?
Letter issued on behalf of Queen Victoria thanking women of England for statue of Prince Consort. 22 June 1887
Deputy Lieutenant's Commission for Bedfordshire. Francis Pym30 June 1877
p. 41 Printed list of Electoral Divisions of Bedfordshire determined by Quarter Sessions. 16 October 1888
p. 41 Printed List of Eton College.1866 [Mary J Pym's copy]
p. 42 Printed List of subscriptions to the Oakley Hunt. June 1891
p. 42 Printed Rules of Radwell Golf Club. Francis Pym: President; F W Pym Honorary Treasurer & Secretary. c. 1890's?
p 42 top right. Prospectus of North Beds Golf Club (Francis Pym on Committee) course on North East of Biggleswade Common. c. 1890's?
Printed Subscription List; Church Mission Room at Girtford. c. 1880's
Poem in honour of Marriage of Alice Colthurst to Francis Pym. 189?
Coronation Day Certificate (mainly issued to local school children) 26 June 1902
Commission as Captain in Bedfordshire Militia; Francis Leslie Pym of Radwell, Herts. 2 October 1852
Poem in MSS, Lowesby Hall by Davenport Bromley MP
financial difficulties of a hunting man; includes line:- 'And I saw fox hunting abolished by an order from the State'
Printed Appeal by J Richardson, Rector of Sandy for proposed Mission Church at Girtford. Mr Pym given land and £50 towards it. Estimated cost £1,300. April 1884
Printed Cure for Drunkenness
Ticket for Mass Meeting of Bedford Conservative Association at Corn Exchange, Bedford. 29 April 1892
Election card; Showing photograph of Baring. 1892
Royal Agricultural Society of England. Programme of 63 Annual Exhibition of Livestock etc (at Carlisle)* 5-11 July 1902
2 Rough humorous drawings Cleopatra fecit and Amor vincit
Invitation to at Home Mayor & Mrs Blaydes, Shenstone Lodge, Bedford. 18 January 1893
Cutting from Daily Graphic; The 'New Woman' on skates, Bois de Boulogne, Paris. January 1895
Invitation to Installation Banquet: St George's & Corner Stone Lodge. Freemason's Tavern, London WC. 12 February 1894
Letter from M Benjamin 51 Warwick Street, London W, Financier, formerly of 37 Charles Street, St James to F Pym, The Hasells asking for loan for 3 months to save his furniture and effects. 27 February 1894
Cutting from Daily Graphic; The Lady Footballers at Play: sketches on the Club Ground at Hornsey 27 February 1895
Members Ticket for above* 1902
Printed Invitation to Sandy Fire Brigade Dinner Assembly Rooms Sandy issued by Lot Hendry Captain (Francis Pym presiding). 15 December 1902
Advertisement of Carbolic Smoke Ball instant relief for colds
Marriage card of Annie Cooper issued by Mr & Mrs Richard Baker, 23 Devonshire Street, Portland Place. 21 April 1894
Printed Household Brigade Racing Club Rules and list of Honorary Members, (including F Pym) & Members
Photographs
unidentified lady with 2 daughters
Middle aged lady
younger lady
lady as cowgirl ?in America
undated c 1890's!
Printed advertisement re New Steam Fire Engine* - to be christened by Mrs Pym. 13 December 1900
Card: Trial of Shand, Mason & Co's, Steam Fire Engine*
Sandye Place. 13 December 1900
to H M S Bedford. 16 March 1905
Printed Programme of Concert at Conservative Club(Mr & Mrs Pym, Mr & Mrs Guy Pym included among those kindly assisting). 26 February 1895
Newspaper Cutting. Tableaux Vivants and Concert. 1895
Newspaper Cutting. Concert at the Biggleswade Club from Biggleswade Chronicle. 2 March 1895
Another cutting of above
Photograph of grave encircled by high iron fence. F.L.Pym.
Advertisement of Vimbos Fluid Beef
Letter from R Merryweather, aged 84 of Swaden Road, Sandy to Francis Pym; thanks for weekly pension from estate. 31 December 1897
Photograph of Tombstone of Harry Godfrey Thornton (1845-1892)
Letter (& envelope) from Neville Ash, General Post Office, London to Francis Pym; delivery of mail 2 x a day to the Hasells. 4 April 1893
Copy of Resolution of Sandy & District Floral and Horticultural Society thanking Francis Pym for his support and for being President during the last year. 27 February 1893
Newspaper cutting. 1st full meeting of Harvey Habitation of Primrose League, Sandy
Printed Menu* for Dinner to celebrate Unionist victory of 1895 with Lord Alwyne Compton and Guy Pym, both elected MPs. 28 January 1896
Invitation to lunch* issued by Captain Richard H Peirse and Officers to Francis Pym & Lady on occasion of the Presentation of the gifts from the County of Bedfordshire
1st sheet of Daily Graphic Cartoon of Lord Salisbury 'At top of the ladder again'.16 October 1900
Balance sheet of Sandy Transvaal Fund. 30 December 1899
Pages 2 & 3. The Globe* The Queen and Her People, 59 years ago. 23 September 1896.
3 ladders showing 'The Race for a Majority* 12, 13 & 16 October 1900
Canvassing Card*. Unionist Candidates (including Francis Pym) for Sandy Parish Council. 17 December
Newspaper Cutting* funeral of Captain Henry Gerard Leigh of Luton Hoo:recently inherited estate. NB 1st Life Guards represented. January 1900
Printed Report* Bedfordshire Agricultural Society Biggleswade Meeting. Francis Pym President (accounts with).includes lists of donations. 19 July 1898
Printed Programme of Grand Concert of* Conservative Club, Sandy(in aid of Sandy School Fund)"The Case for Eviction" 7 & 8 October 1896
Photograph* of plaque of Scene of Annunciation cutting from "Sketch"* "The Battle of Ping Yang by a Chinese Artist" 3 October 1894
Back view of A S Coulthurst*(her own portrait).c.1890's
Printed Subscriptions List to Oakley Hunt*. June 1892
Letter from R Ruthven Pym of Bank of England, - Western Branch, Burlington Gardens, London, W to Frank (Pym). Cheque for £565 (to pay 9 to his mother, £75 to Uncle Alex, £336 to pay debts) £100 for present to Janie - if it is for a piano "I can help her at Broadwoods"; advice against issuing cheques without knowing got money at Bank. 21 January 1869
Receipted Bill for £47.14s.7d due to Steward of Christ Church College Oxford from Francis Pym. For Michaelmas 1868; receipted 31 March 1868
Receipt for £1.1s issued by Brighton Club to F Pym. 20 June 1871
Receipted Bill for 8s 6d. due to Steward, of Christ Church College, Oxford from F Pym; for Lady Day Quarter 1868. receipted 2 May 1868
Receipt for £2 issued by Churchill Lodge, No 478, Oxford to F Pym. 7 March 1871
Receipt for £5.5s.issued by Bullingdon Club for subscription. 30 April 1872
Receipt for 1.8s.0d.issued by OURVC. 21 January 1869
Receipt for £4 Renewal premium for insurance against accident issued by Norwich and London Accident and Casualty Insurance Association to Francis Pym. 1872
Receipt for £6.5s. issued by Apollo Lodge, Oxford to Brother F Pym. 28 October 1868
Receipted Bill for 6.6s.0d Issued by University Mark Lodge No 55, Oxford to Brother Pym. 13 February 1871
Inventory of furniture in rooms No 3 (staircase) Peckwater, 4 Christ Church, Oxford. January 1869
List of Furniture in rooms No 8 (staircase) Peckwater. 9 May 1868
Letter re settling valuations for Peckwater iii 4. 6 February 1869
Certificate*issued by United Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of England. Francis Pym admitted member of Apollo University Lodge; issued 27 February 1869
Photograph* of cupboard and chest
Certificate*issued by Grand Lodge of Mark Masters of England, Wales etc. Francis Pym advanced to degree of Mark Master in University Lodge No 53 Oxford. 13 March 1873
Receipt* issued by E O Emonde, 32 Upper Brook Street, London W; to Francis Pym for 1st Life Guards in South Africa
Tobacco, Pipes, Clothes (amounts specified). 8 January 1900
Certificate* issued by Itnotgaoutu, Supreme Grand and Royal Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England
Francis Pym Regular Royal Arch Mason by Alfred Chapter attached to Lodge 340 meeting at Oxford. 9 March 1871
Printed: 'Bonnie Guy Pym'*(on his becoming MP for Bedford). Printed by F Thompson and Printers of Bedford. price 1/2d. 30 January 1895
Printed sheet of Choruses of Patriotic Songs* to be sung at the Conservative Club smoking concert. 18 December 1899
Reprint from Christmas Number of the "Cabinet Maker and Art Furnisher" from Pen & Ink Note by the Editor Old English Furniture at Hitchin. undated? 1900
* ITEMS LOOSE IN VOLUME