Finding aid for Papers of Lydia Catherine Brydges, Duchess of Chandos, 1538-2002 (bulk 1548-1780).

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Title	Finding aid for Papers of Lydia Catherine Brydges, Duchess of Chandos, 1538-2002 (bulk 1548-1780).
Creator	Chandos, Lydia Catherine Van Hattem Davall Brydges, Duchess of, d. 1750.
Extent	927 pieces. 41 boxes.
Biographical Note	Lydia Catherine Van Hattem Davall Brydges, Duchess of Chandos (1693-1750), was the daughter of John Vanhattem, an Anglo-Dutch merchant. Her first marriage was to Thomas Davall (1682-1714), a London merchant and M.P. for Harwich, who was also her cousin. He was knighted in June 1713 and died less than a year later in April 1714, leaving Catherine, a wealthy widow with a son, Thomas who died in 1718, thus ending the Davall line. Lydia Catherine became the third Duchess of Chandos on her marriage to James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (1674-1744). The Duke died in 1744, leaving Lydia, for the next six years, to settle his accounts and auction art, furniture, and other household items in order to pay off his debts before her own death in November 1750.
Scope and Content	The collection, which spans from 1538-2002 (bulk 1548-1780), contains 927 items pertaining chiefly to Duchess Lydia's business and financial activities in the intervening six years between her husband's death and her own, as well as the activities of her extended family. In addition, there is correspondence with her family, lawyers, and estate officials, information about the Cannons auctions and the sale of other Brydges properties, and some sixteenth- and seventeenth-century records pertaining to her own family and the Mayne and Goodall families who once lived at the Van Hattem seat at Dinton Hall in Buckinghamshire. There are also a large number of papers and deeds concerning various properties held by the family, including Cannons, Shaw and Speen. Some pieces are in Latin.
Notes	For any questions about the papers, including specific reproduction requests, please contact the Curator of British Historical Manuscripts.
Date	1538-2002.
Provenance	Purchased from Major Paul Payne, through Bernard Quartich, September 19, 2002.
Subject	Chandos, James Brydges, Duke of, 1674-1744 -- Archives. Chandos, Lydia Catherine Van Hattem Davall Brydges, Duchess of, d. 1750 -- Archives. Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784. Dictionary of the English language. Administration of estates -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century -- Archives. Aristocracy (Social class) -- England -- History -- 18th century -- Archives. Auctions -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century -- Archives. Bankruptcy -- Great Britain -- History -- Case studies -- Sources. Executors and administrators -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century --Archives. Finance -- England -- History -- 18th century -- Archives. Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746. Great Britain -- History -- 18th century -- Sources.
Form/Genre	Accounts Great Britain. (aat) Bonds (legal records) Great Britain. (aat) Business letters Great Britain. (aat) Deeds Great Britain. (aat) Ephemera Great Britain. (aat) Indentures Great Britain. (aat) Letters (correspondence) Great Britain. (aat)
Contributors	Chandos, Henry Brydges, Duke of, 1708-1771, recipient. Chandos, James Brydges, Duke of, 1674-1744, recipient.
Department	Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Manuscripts Department.
Call Number	mssLB 1-926
Accession Number	mss 02179.
Physical Collection	Lydia Catherine Brydges, Duchess of Chandos, Papers.
Digital Collection	Finding Aids, Huntington Digital Library
Physical Description	34 p.
Digitization Specifications	Original finding aid converted into PDF document by B. Black, 2011-08-27.
Date Digital	2011-08-27
DCMI Type	text
Digital Format	pdf
Original Finding Aid	Finding aid prepared by Laurel Bessemyer, January 27, 2010.
Citation Information	Finding aid for Lydia Catherine Brydges, Duchess of Chandos, Papers, Huntington Digital Library, San Marino, California.
Restrictions	Images in this collection are for scholarly research; please review the Huntington Library's copyright information: http://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/about. For purchasing images for publication please review our permission to publish policy: http://www.huntington.org/huntingtonlibrary.aspx?id=590.
Cataloging Notes	Organized in the following manner: 1. Correspondence (Boxes 1-12); 2. Accounts and Financial (Boxes 13-15); 3. Deeds (Boxes 16-31); 4. Manorial and Estate (Boxes 32-34); 5. Personal Papers (Boxes 35-38); 6. Misc., Including Legal (Box 39); 7. Ephemera (Boxes 40-41); arranged alphabetically and chronologically. The spelling of Lydia Catherine Brydges' family name of Van Hattem was spelled variously: Vanhattem, Vanhattum, van Hatten. For purposes of consistency, Lydia Catherine's name was spelled Van Hattem, regardless of how it is spelled by the author of a letter or deed. The same is true for her married name of Davall, variously spelled in the collection as Davall, Devall, Davale, Devoll; on the folders and in the Finding Aid the name has been spelled Davall. Related to Brydges Family Papers, 1382-1910 (bulk 1600-1800), a sub-collection of the Stowe Archive.

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