Papers of the Dering family [manuscript], ca. 1450-ca. 1680.
Dearing family.; Dering, Edward, Sir, 1598-1644.; Dering, Edward, Sir, 1625-1684.; Bancroft, Richard, 1544-1610, correspondent.; Dun, Daniel, 1544 or 1545-1617, addressee.; Petty, William, Sir, 1623-1687. Political arithmetick. Selections.; England and Wales. Commissioners of Customs.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.; England and Wales. Privy Council.
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Papers of the Dering family [manuscript], ca. 1450-ca. 1680.
Description
21 items.
Organization and arrangement
Arranged into three series: Series 1: Family and business papers, 1606-1638; Series 2: Genealogical papers and notes from the public records, ca. 1450-ca. 1640; and Series 3: Papers of Sir Edward Dering, 2nd bart., ca. 1676-ca. 1680. Arranged hierarchically within each series.
Associated name
Dearing family.
Dering, Edward, Sir, 1598-1644.
Dering, Edward, Sir, 1625-1684.
Bancroft, Richard, 1544-1610, correspondent.
Dun, Daniel, 1544 or 1545-1617, addressee.
England and Wales. Commissioners of Customs.
England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.
England and Wales. Privy Council.
Dering, Edward, Sir, 1598-1644.
Dering, Edward, Sir, 1625-1684.
Bancroft, Richard, 1544-1610, correspondent.
Dun, Daniel, 1544 or 1545-1617, addressee.
England and Wales. Commissioners of Customs.
England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.
England and Wales. Privy Council.
Summary
Papers principally of Sir Edward Dering, 1st bart., and of his son, Sir Edward Dering, 2nd bart. Contains: Family and business papers, 1606-1638, including a copy of a letter from the archbishop of Canterbury to Sir Daniel Donne about certain seats in Pluckley church, September 11, 1606, and a copy of a letter from the Privy Council concerning the laxness of the Commissioners for the loans in collecting the loans, June 3, 1627 (1-7); Genealogical papers and notes from the public records, ca. 1450-ca. 1640, including a leaf from Sir Edward Dering's history of his family (8-16); Papers of Sir Edward Dering, 2nd bart., ca. 1676-ca. 1680, including notes from an early manuscript version of Sir William Petty's Political Arithmetick giving facts about England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Holland, France and the American plantations; proposals for reducing smuggling and notes of a speech, probably dating from the time when Sir Edward was a commissioner of the Customs, 1676-1679, and minutes of a meeting of the Grand Committee of the House of Commons (at which he presided), considering the king's supply and the need for 90 ships of war February 6, 1677/8? (17-21).
Finding aid
For a fuller description or context, see online finding aid.
Finding aid identifier
D44756
Provenance
Formerly Folger MS Add 775.
Source of acquisition
Acquired from Sotheby's, July 20-21, 1981 (lot 4).
Includes
Petty, William, Sir, 1623-1687. Political arithmetick. Selections.
Linked resources
Guide to the Papers of the Dering Family, ca. 1450-ca. 1680
Genre/form
Manuscripts (documents)
Genealogies.
Family histories.
Armorials (reference sources)
Letters (correspondence)
Addresses.
Minutes (administrative records)
Legal documents.
Letters patent.
Warrants.
Genealogies.
Family histories.
Armorials (reference sources)
Letters (correspondence)
Addresses.
Minutes (administrative records)
Legal documents.
Letters patent.
Warrants.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain.
Ireland.
France.
Netherlands.
Ireland.
France.
Netherlands.
Item Details
Call number
X.d.531 (1-21)
Folger accession
MS Add 775