Description | Printed copies of the wills of John, 1st Duke of Buckinghamshire and Normanby, 9 August 1716, and Edmund, 2nd Duke of Buckinghamshire and Normanby, 14 October 1734. Volume includes copies of a letter from Edmund, 2nd Duke of Buckinghamshire and Normanby to Katherine, Duchess of Buckinghamshire (1680-1743) and Lord Bathurst regarding his burial place at Buckingham House Garden; the Decree from Lord Chancellor Hardwicke regarding the will of John, 1st Duke of Buckinghamshire and Normanby, 4 December 1745; and the will of Katherine, Duchess of Buckinghamshire and Normanby (1680-1743), 15 February 1742, with two codicils dated 15 and 24 February 1742. |