Additional Manuscripts: The Hardwicke Papers
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GB
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
eng
Contact information: postal address
96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB
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0044 (0)1937 546060 (Customer Services)
Contact information: web address
Contact information: email
mss@bl.uk
Reference number
Add MS 35349-36278
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Title (official language of the state)
Additional Manuscripts: The Hardwicke Papers
Language of title
eng
Creator / accumulator
Earls of Hardwicke
Date note
18th century/19th century
Language(s)
dan
deu
dut
eng
fra
ita
lat
spa
Extent
c. 1,000 storage units
Type of material
Textual Material
Scope and content
This section of the Additional Manuscripts collection is composed of correspondence and collections of the first four Earls of Hardwicke and other members of the Yorke family in the 18th and 19th centuries. The correspondence series includes select royal and literary correspondence (35349-35350), family correspondence (35351-35405), political correspondence (35406-35583), general correspondence (35584-35700), Irish correspondence (35701-35787) and Post-Office correspondence (35788-35813). The Hardwicke papers also comprise historical collections (35814-35868), political papers (35869-35934), legal records (35935-36227), estate papers (36228-36247), personal and miscellaneous papers (36248-36270) and deeds (36271-36278). A considerable section of the Hardwicke Papers forms the complement to the Newcastle Papers (Add MSS 32679-33201), containing the other side of the correspondence between the Duke of Newcastle and various members of the Yorke family.
Add MS 36125-36132: Warrants to the Attorney- or Solicitor-General for patents for public officials, peers, baronets etc., and for pardons, naturalisations, and other miscellaneous purposes. It includes several warrants of naturalisation to Sephardic Jews. 1721: John Mendes da Costa and his children and Anthony Lopes Suasso and his daughter Eleonora. 1728: Anthony de Paz, Joseph da Costa Villa Real. 1730: Isaac Lopes Dias, Jacob Brandon, Isaac Viana, Abraham da Fonseca, Moses Mendes da Costa, Benjamin Rodrigues Dias, Raphael Francia, Gabriel de Lima, Jacob Alvarez Pereira, Isaac Salvador, and Isaac Lusitano de Pina. 1732: Jacob Frois, Moses Lopes, Isaac de Campos Pereira, Rebecca de Campos, Aaron de Mattos Guterres, Aaron Lopes Moreno and David Lindo. 1757: De Lemos family, Moses Vita Montefiore, Joseph Capadose. 1762: Isaac de Mattos.
Add MS 36269, fol. 100: Emanuel Mendes da Costa's letter to the 1st Lord Hardwicke, 1756.
Add MS 36029, fols. 5-6: notes made by Lord Hardwicke when trying a case involving Jacob de Castro Sarmento in 1734. Sarmento sued Rachel da Costa Villareal, the widow of Jacob da Costa, for fees in respect of his professional services.
The section includes other suits involving Portuguese Jews, such as Álvaro Lopes Suasso (Add MS 36030), Joseph da Costa Villa Real (Add MS 36046), Jacob da Costa Junior (Add MS 36047), Jacob Pereira de Paiva (Add MS 36048), Isaac Jesurun Álvares (Add MS 36055), Abraham Francia and Hester Lombroso de Mattos (Add 36058), Francis Francia (Add MS 36152), Jacob Francia (Add MS 36191), and Moses Francia (Add MS 36217).
Add MS 36125-36132: Warrants to the Attorney- or Solicitor-General for patents for public officials, peers, baronets etc., and for pardons, naturalisations, and other miscellaneous purposes. It includes several warrants of naturalisation to Sephardic Jews. 1721: John Mendes da Costa and his children and Anthony Lopes Suasso and his daughter Eleonora. 1728: Anthony de Paz, Joseph da Costa Villa Real. 1730: Isaac Lopes Dias, Jacob Brandon, Isaac Viana, Abraham da Fonseca, Moses Mendes da Costa, Benjamin Rodrigues Dias, Raphael Francia, Gabriel de Lima, Jacob Alvarez Pereira, Isaac Salvador, and Isaac Lusitano de Pina. 1732: Jacob Frois, Moses Lopes, Isaac de Campos Pereira, Rebecca de Campos, Aaron de Mattos Guterres, Aaron Lopes Moreno and David Lindo. 1757: De Lemos family, Moses Vita Montefiore, Joseph Capadose. 1762: Isaac de Mattos.
Add MS 36269, fol. 100: Emanuel Mendes da Costa's letter to the 1st Lord Hardwicke, 1756.
Add MS 36029, fols. 5-6: notes made by Lord Hardwicke when trying a case involving Jacob de Castro Sarmento in 1734. Sarmento sued Rachel da Costa Villareal, the widow of Jacob da Costa, for fees in respect of his professional services.
The section includes other suits involving Portuguese Jews, such as Álvaro Lopes Suasso (Add MS 36030), Joseph da Costa Villa Real (Add MS 36046), Jacob da Costa Junior (Add MS 36047), Jacob Pereira de Paiva (Add MS 36048), Isaac Jesurun Álvares (Add MS 36055), Abraham Francia and Hester Lombroso de Mattos (Add 36058), Francis Francia (Add MS 36152), Jacob Francia (Add MS 36191), and Moses Francia (Add MS 36217).
Administrative / Biographical history
The Earl of Hardwicke title was first granted to Philip Yorke (1690-1764), son of Philip Yorke, an attorney. Yorke followed his father's steps and entered an attorney's office in London at the age of 14 years old. In 1715, he was called to the bar. Three years later, Yorke transferred his practice from the king's bench to the court of chancery. Yorke entered parliament in 1719 as a member for Lewes, and was appointed solicitor-general, with a knighthood in 1720. In 1723, having already become attorney-general, he passed through the House of Commons the bill of pains and penalties against Bishop Atterbury. In 1733, Yorke was appointed lord chief justice of the king's bench, with the title of Lord Hardwicke, and was sworn of the Privy Council. He became lord chancellor in 1737 and a member of Robert Walpole's cabinet. Hardwicke's political importance was greatly increased by his removal to the House of Lords. For many years, he was the controlling power in the government. After Henry Pelham's death in 1754, Yorke obtained for Newcastle the post of Prime Minister, and for reward was created earl of Hardwicke and Viscount Royston. When, in November 1756, Newcastle resigned, Hardwicke retired with him. Although an influential minister, Hardwicke was not a statesman of the first rank but instead one of the greatest judges who ever sat on the English bench.
Hardwicke was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son, Philip Yorke (1720-1795), 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, in 1764. He edited a number of miscellaneous state papers and correspondence, to be found in the Additional Manuscripts collection in the British Library. The 2nd Earl of Hardwicke did not leave a male heir. Thus, the title devolved to his nephew, Philip Yorke (1757-1834), the eldest son of Charles Yorke, lord chancellor. He was succeeded in the peerage by his nephew, Charles Philip Yorke (1799-1873).
Hardwicke was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son, Philip Yorke (1720-1795), 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, in 1764. He edited a number of miscellaneous state papers and correspondence, to be found in the Additional Manuscripts collection in the British Library. The 2nd Earl of Hardwicke did not leave a male heir. Thus, the title devolved to his nephew, Philip Yorke (1757-1834), the eldest son of Charles Yorke, lord chancellor. He was succeeded in the peerage by his nephew, Charles Philip Yorke (1799-1873).
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System of arrangement
The records of this section are classified as follows: A. Correspondence (35349-35813); and B. Papers (35814-36278).
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Author of the description
Carla Vieira, 2022
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