Title
ESTATES OF THE DUKES OF BUCKINGHAM AND CHANDOS
Reference
FR BUC 11
Production date
1677-1873
Creator
Creator History
Farm size, etc.
The estates, which fluctuated in size and location consisted in 1883 of 9,511 acres in co. Bucks, 236 acres in co. Oxford, 498 acres in co. Cornwall, 232 acres in co. Middlesex and 5 acres in co. Somerset, with a total income of £18,080 per annum. The chief residences of the dukedom were at Stowe Park, Stowe, co. Bucks and Wotton House, near Aylesbury, co. Bucks
Scope and Content
Farm records relating to the estates of the Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos
Extent
3 Series
Level of description
fonds
Content Subject
System of arrangment
Summary of classes
1 BOOKS OF ACCOUNT
2 GRANARY BOOKS
3 SURVEYS
Publication Note
See COCKAYNE, George Edward. The complete peerage... new ed. London, The St. Catherine press, 1912, v.2,p.406ff and v.3, p.134 and entries under GRENVILLE in the Dictionary of national biography, v.23