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Edward Russell, earl of Orford: Archer of Tanworth

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Papers relating to the affairs of Edward Russell, earl of Orford, including: About fifty letters, accounts etc., the accounts mostly relating to Essex property, including about ten letters from Lord Orford to Oliver Marton and others, 1651-1728; Three bundles of legal papers concerning claims by Richard Daston on the estate of Charles Lord North and Grey, the case having originally been brought against Colonel Francis Russell and his wife, she being the widow and executrix of Lord North and Grey (it remained unsettled for over ten years and was revived against Colonel Russell's executors); An inventory of the personal estate of Lord Orford taken after his death, 1728;