Verse by or Attributed to Vanbrugh
A Bumper Sqr Jones (‘Yea good ffellows all’)
Unpublished?
VaJ 0.5
Copy of a song in a musical setting, ascribed to Vanbrugh.
In: An oblong quarto songbook, in two or more hands, 68 leaves, in modern half brown morocco. c.1724.
Inscribed (f. 34r) ‘Challis Mather 1742’. Acquired from R. N. James, 6 April 1888.
The Rival (‘Of all the Torments, all the Cares’)
First published in A Collection of New Songs, Second Book (London, 1699). Poetical Miscellanies: The Fifth Part (London, 1704), p. 317. Possibly by William Walsh (but not included in his Works (London, 1736)). Also attributed (less likely) to Sir George Etherege. Thorpe, p. 61.
VaJ 1
Copy, the poem here dated ‘1698’.
In: A folio miscellany of poems on affairs of state, in two or more professional hands, 303 leaves, in modern black morocco gilt. In two parts: Part I on ff. 1r-149r (followed by blanks and then an index on ff. 150-1); Part II, on ff. 152-302 (with an addition in another hand on f. 303), entitled A Collection of the most choice and Private Poems, Lampoons &c from the withdrawing of the late King James 1688 to the year 1701 Collected by a Person of Quality. c.1703.
A note of payment (f. 1r) for purchase on 25 March 1703. Owned by Robert Harley, first Earl of Oxford (1661-1724).
Cited in IELM, II.i, as the ‘Harley MS’: MaA Δ 6. Marvell recorded and selectively collated in Margoliouth and in POAS, I and II.
VaJ 2
Copy, the poem here dated ‘1699’, subscribed ‘By Mr. Vanbrook’, the name then deleted and subscribed in another ink ‘Walsh’.
In: A tall folio miscellany of poems on affairs of state, in professional hands, 257 leaves, in modern calf gilt. In three sections each with its own title-page. Early 1700s.
First section: ‘A Collection of Poems and Lampoons &ca Not yet Printed’.
Second section (f. 102r): ‘A Collection of Choice Poems, Satyrs, & Lampoons From 1672 to 1688 Never printed’.
Third section (f. 146r): ‘A Collection of Poems. From 1688 to 1699. 1703/4’.
This MS also formerly recorded in IELM as Sir George Etherege, EtG 111. Edited in part from this MS in Thorpe and collated pp. 138-9.
VaJ 2.5
Copy, the poem here dated 1698.
In: A folio miscellany of poems on affairs of state, in a single neat hand, entitled ‘A Collection of the most choice and Private Poems, Lampoons &ca. from the withdrawing of the late King James 1688 to the year 1701. Collected by a person of Quality’, 298 pages (plus blanks), in contemporary calf. Early 18th century.
From the library of the Cowper family of Panshanger, Hertfordshire, and possibly once belonging to Sarah Cowper (née Holled, 1644-1720), Lady Cowper, and her husband Sir William Cowper, MP (1639-1706).
This MS recorded in IELM, II.i (1987), as Sir George Etherege, EtG 112.
Leeds University Library, Brotherton Collection, MS Lt. q. 38, pp. 248-9.
VaJ 2.8
Copy, headed ‘The Rivall. By Mr: Walsh’ [ie. William Walsh (1662-1708), poet], the poem dated in the margin ‘1699’.
In: A folio miscellany of poems on affairs of state, entitled A Collection of Poems and Lampoons &ca Not yet Edited, in a single professional rounded hand (the same as in University of Nottingham, Pw V 42 and University of Nottingham, Pw V 43), 444 pages (plus blanks and an eleven-page index), in contemporary calf. c.1705.
This MS text formerly recorded in IELM as Sir George Etherege EtG 113. Edited in part from this MS in Thorpe and collated pp. 138-9.
VaJ 3
Copy, headed ‘The Rival 1698 By mr: Vanbrook’.
In: A tall folio miscellany of poems on affairs of state, in probably a single professional rounded hand, with (ff. 3r-5r) a ‘Table’ of contents, 152 leaves (plus blanks), in contemporary calf. c.early 1700s.
Bookplate of Sir William Augustus Fraser, Bt (1826-98), of Ledeclune and Morar.
This MS text formerly recorded in IELM as Sir George Etherege EtG 114. Edited in part from this MS in Thorpe and collated pp. 138-9. A transcript of this MS by George Thorn-Drury (1860-1932) is in the Bodleian (MS Eng. poet. e. 50, p. 117).
A song set by Mr Vanburghe A 2 voice (‘For bright Irene fair and young, poor Damon sigh'd in vain’)
VaJ 3.5
Copy, in a musical setting.
In: A quarto songbook, 138 leaves. Mid-18th-century.
Once owned by John Henry Mee.
To a Lady More Cruel than Fair (‘Why d'ye with such Disdain refuse’)
First published, ascribed to ‘Mr Vanbrook’, in Poetical Miscellanies: The Fifth Part (London, 1704), pp. 245-6.
VaJ 4
Copy, ascribed to ‘Mr Vanbrook’.
In: A quarto verse miscellany entitled ‘A Collection of Poems by Various Hands, but chiefly by Mr Peart, and Miss Sally Bate and Copy'd out in this Book by Miss Eleanor Peart [of Stamford, Lincolnshire] in 1768’, ii + 370 pages, in calf gilt. 1768 [-1814].
Acquired in 1924 from Falconer Madan (1851-1935), librarian and bibliographer.
VaJ 5
Copy, headed ‘To a Lady more Cruel than Fair by Mr. Vanbrook on Lady S’, subscribed ‘Nov: 1703’.
In: A quarto miscellany of verse, chiefly poems on affairs of state, in a single cursive rounded hand, i + 88 leaves, in modern half black morocco. c.1701-12.
Anonymous note of purchase in London (f. i) on 17 November 1701. Presented by Sir Thomas Barrett Lennard, Bt, 7 May 1921.
VaJ 6
Copy, the poem here dated ‘1698’, corrected and inscribed afterwards in another hand ‘By Sr John Vanburgh’.
In: the MS described under VaJ 1. c.1703.
VaJ 7
Copy, untitled, on a single folio leaf.
In: A folio composite volume of papers, 171 leaves. Assembled by Dr W. Wall. c.1700.
VaJ 8
Copy, subscribed ‘Vanbrook’.
In: A folio verse miscellany, in possibly two neat rounded hands, 366 pages plus a five-page index, dated at the end ‘Finis August ye. 6th 1717’. 1715-17.
VaJ 9
Copy, the poem dated ‘1699’ and subscribed ‘Mr Vanbrok’.
In: the MS described under VaJ 2. Early 1700s.
VaJ 10
Copy, the poem here dated ‘1698’.
In: the MS described under VaJ 2.5. Early 18th century.
Leeds University Library, Brotherton Collection, MS Lt. q. 38, pp. 249-50.
VaJ 10.5
Copy, in a rounded hand, the second poem (on the third page) in a pair of conjugate folio leaves, once folded as a letter or packet. Late 17th-early 18th century.
In: A large double-folio-size guardbook of miscellaneous verse, in various hands and paper sizes, 186 leaves.
From the library of the Ormsby Gore family, Barons Harlech, of Brogyntyn (or Porkington), Oswestry, Shropshire.
National Library of Wales, Brogyntyn MS II. 57 Vol. I, f. 129r.
VaJ 11
Copy, as ‘By Mr: Vanbrook’, the poem dated in the margin ‘1699’.
In: the MS described under VaJ 2.8. c.1705.
VaJ 12
Copy, the poem dated ‘1698’.
In: the MS described under VaJ 3. c.early 1700s.
A transcript of this MS by George Thorn-Drury (1860-1932) is in the Bodleian (MS Eng. poet. e. 50, pp. 118-19).
Dramatic Works
The Country House
First published (translated from Florent-Carton Dancourt) in London, 1715. Works, II, 205-31.
VaJ 13
MS of an adaptation, ‘alter'd from Sir John Vanbrugh’ and with different dramatis personae, in a single cursive hand, entitled ‘The Country House a Farce’, 60 quarto leaves, written almost entirely on rectos only, in modern half-calf on marbled boards. Mid-18th century.
Presented in November 1864 by Coventry Patmore (1823-96), poet and essayist.
The Provok'd Wife
First published in London, 1697. Works, I, 103-92.
VaJ 14
Extracts from an early acting version of the play, as performed at Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, on two membranes of vellum.
In: Official enrolled copy of an indictment of Thomas Betterton's company for profane or obscene expressions.
This MS discussed and extracts quoted in Joseph Wood Krutch, Comedy and Conscience after the Restoration (New York, 1924), pp. 171-2, and in T.C. Duncan Eaves and Ben D. Kimpel, ‘The Text of Congreve's Love for Love’, The Library, 5th Ser. 30 (1975), 334-6.
Miscellaneous
Account Books
*VaJ 15
A small folio autograph account book by Vanbrugh, being a detailed ‘Journal of All Receipts Payments and other financial Transactions, To be Transcrib'd fair into the Green book [monthly deleted]’, 65 leaves (plus 22 blanks and two loosely inserted documents). Covering (ff. 4-61v) the period 1 January 1714-15 to 15 March 1725/6, lacking entries for 26 January 1714/15 to 18 August 1715 and 3 April to 6 June 1717 on extracted leaves after ff. 4 and 14; also containing entries by Lady Vanbrugh (ff. 61v-5v) for the period from 9 April to 29 August 1726 (following the death of her husband on 26 March 1726). 1715-26.
Preserved among Lady Vanbrugh's papers formerly at her family home of Heslington Hall.
This MS edited in full in Downes (1977), pp. 174-241, with facsimiles of ff. 45r and 61v as his Plates 3 and 4. See also Register, Nos. 2493 and 2840.
*VaJ 16
A large folio autograph account book, containing (pp. 264-209 rev.) Vanbrugh's day-to-day expenses, 133 leaves (with a loosely inserted bifolium of accounts for 1723). Covering the period from 1 February 1721/2 to 30 December 1725; extended by Lady Vanbrugh after his death with her accounts (pp. 6-205) from 25 May 1728 to 26 November 1757 and (pp. 208-205 rev) her additional entries from April 1733 to February 1739. 1722-39.
Preserved among Lady Vanbrugh's papers formerly at her family home of Heslington Hall.
This MS recorded in Downes (1977), p. 174.
Sir John Vanbrugh's Justification of What He Depos'd in the Duke of Marlborough's late Tryal
First published [in London, 1721]. Works, IV (1928), pp. 177-92 (Appendix I, No. 1).
*VaJ 17
Exemplum of Vanbrugh's eight-page printed pamphlet. With his autograph deletions and changes, signed by him (p. 2). [1721].
Printed from this exemplum in Works. Discussed in Frances Harris, ‘Parliament and Blenheim Palace: The House of Lords Appeal of 1721’, Parliamentary History, 8 (1989), 43-62 (pp. 54-5, 61). A letter by Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, dated 4 May 1721, refers to this work as ‘Sr Johns libell again me’ (British Library, Add. MS 61464, f. 126r-v).
Letters
Letter(s)
*VaJ 18
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Theophilus Hastings, seventh Earl of Huntingdon, from Chester, 28 December 1685. 1685.
Edited in John Barnard, ‘Sir John Vanbrugh: Two Unpublished Letters’, HLQ, 29 (1965-6), 347-52 (p. 348), and in Albert Rosenberg, ‘New Light on Vanbrugh’, PQ, 45 (1966), 603-13 (pp. 603-4).
VaJ 19
Copy of a letter by Vanbrugh to Henry Browne, from Vincennes, 7 July 1691. 1691.
In: A folio letterbook of Henry Browne (c.1640-1717), fifth Viscount Montagu, Secretary of State to James II at St Germain, i + 290 leaves, in vellum. 1690-1.
Later in the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bt (1792-1872), manuscript and book collector: Phillipps MS 22411. Sotheby's, 1980 (Phillipps sale), lot 510.
Edited in Paul Hopkins, ‘John Vanbrugh's Imprisonment in France 1688-1693’, N&Q, 224 (December 1979), 529-34.
VaJ 20
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to his mother, Mrs Vanbrugh, from Vincennes, [30 October]-9 November 1691. 1691.
Edited in HMC, 71 Finch III (1957), 293-4, and in Downes (1977), p. 249 (Appendix B, No. 1).
*VaJ 21
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to William Blathwayt, Secretary of State for War, from The Bastille, Paris, 26 August (NS) 1692, and sent on to Daniel Finch, Earl of Nottingham, Secretary of State. 1692.
Edited in Albert Rosenberg, ‘New Light on Vanbrugh’, PQ, 45 (1966), 603-13 (pp. 604-5), and in Downes (1977), pp. 249-50 (Appendix B, No. 2).
Leicestershire Record Office, Finch MSS, Box 4948, Box IV, Bundle 12.
*VaJ 22
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [Charles Montagu, Earl of Manchester], from London, 25 December 1699. 1699.
Sotheby's, 24 July 1987, in lot 257 (The Manchester Correspondence), with a facsimile of the last page in the sale catalogue, p. 257.
Edited in Works, IV, 3-5 (No. 1). Facsimile in IELM, II.ii (1993), Facsimile XVIII, after p. xxi.
*VaJ 23
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Earl of Carlisle, from Tadcaster, ‘Sunday noon’, 1700. 1700.
Edited in Works, IV, 6-7 (No. 2).
*VaJ 24
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [John Holles, third Duke of Newcastle], from London, 15 June 1703. 1703.
Edited in Whistler, pp. 35-8 (Appendix I, No. 1, p. 229).
*VaJ 25
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [Jacob] Tonson, from London, 15 June 1703. 1703.
In: A file of miscellaneous autograph signatures.
Christie's, 17 December 1907 (Tonson sale), lot 167. Edited in Works, IV, 7-8 (No. 3). Register, No. 1724.
*VaJ 26
Autograph letter by Vanbrugh, unsigned, to [Jacob] Tonson, from London, 13 July 1703. 1703.
Edited in Works, IV, 8-9 (No. 4). Register, No. 1727.
VaJ 27
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to Jacob Tonson, from London, 13 July 1703.
In: A quarto volume of transcripts by Edmond Malone (1741-1812), literary scholar, biographer and book collector, of letters to Jacob Tonson, copied ‘from the originals in the possn. of Willm. Baker, Esqre’, 143 pages (plus numerous blanks), in contemporary vellum. Late 18th century.
*VaJ 28
Autograph letter, signed ‘JV’, to Jacob Tonson, from London, 30 July 1703. 1703.
Edited in Works, IV, 10-11 (No. 5).
VaJ 29
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to Jacob Tonson, from London, 30 July 1703.
In: the MS described under VaJ 27. Late 18th century.
*VaJ 30
Autograph letter signed, to Jacob Tonson, about the ‘Barus Expedition’, undated. c.1703-1719?.
VaJ 31
Copy of Vanbrugh's undated letter to Jacob Tonson. c.1703-1719?.
In: the MS described under VaJ 27. Late 18th century.
*VaJ 32
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [Sidney, Earl of Godolphin, Lord Treasurer], 9 November 1704. 1704.
Formerly among the Egerton-Warburton MSS at Arley Hall, Cheshire.
Recorded in HMC, 3rd Report (1872), Appendix, p. 291. Edited in Works, IV, 11-13 (No. 6).
*VaJ 33
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to an unidentified correspondent [? the Duke of Marlborough], respecting permission to work a quarry at Cornbury to use the material at Woodstock, from Woodstock, 10 June 1705. 1705.
Sotheby's, 14 April 1875, lot 847.
*VaJ 35
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Duke of Marlborough], from London, 22 June 1705. 1705.
In: A folio composite volume of correspondence of the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, relating to Blenheim, in various hands, 257 leaves, in modern half-calf. Volume CCLIII of the Blenheim Papers.
Edited in Whistler, pp. 229-30 (Appendix 1, No. 2).
*VaJ 36
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke [of Marlborough], from London, 24 August 1705. 1705.
In: A quarto composite volume chiefly of original letters by Sir Paul Rycaut (1729-1700), Resident at Hamburg, to William Blathwayt (1650-1717), secretary to William III in Flanders, 1692, i + 242 leaves, in 19th-century cloth.
Later in the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bt (1792-1872), manuscript and book collector. Sotheby's. 17 May 1897, lot 170, to Halliday. Bernard Halliday's sale catalogue No. 167 (1933), item 1103.
Edited in Whistler, pp. 230-1 (Appendix 1, No. 3).
*VaJ 37
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to William Boulter [Clerk of the Ordnance], 1 January 1705[/6]. 1706.
In: A folio composite volume of letters and papers of Henry Joynes, one of the Comptrollers of the works at Blenheim, principally his correspondence with Vanbrugh.
Edited in Works, IV, 207 (Appendix II, No. 1).
*VaJ 38
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to an unidentified correspondent, about the payment of singers and dancers except Val. Margi and Mrs Sagioni and the disagreement of the Baroness, [c.February-March 1705/6?]. 1706.
Sotheby's, 19 May 1906, lot 174, to Harness.
*VaJ 39
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to William Boulter [Clerk of the Ordnance], from London, 7 March 1705[/6]. 1706.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 209-10 (Appendix II, No. 5).
*VaJ 40
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to William Boulter, from London, 8 November [1706]. 1706.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 210 (Appendix II, No. 6).
*VaJ 41
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes [Comptroller at Blenheim Palace], from London, 19 December 1706. 1706.
Edited in Judith Milhous, ‘Five New Letters by Sir John Vanbrugh’, HLB, 27 (1979), 434-41 (pp. 434-5).
*VaJ 42
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to William Boulter [Clerk of the Ordnance], from London, 11 January 1706[/7]. 1707.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 208 (Appendix II, No. 2).
*VaJ 43
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to William Boulter [Clerk of the Ordnance], 24 January 1706[/7]. 1707.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 208-9 (Appendix II, No. 3).
*VaJ 44
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, 6 March 1706[/7]. 1707.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 209 (Appendix II, No. 4).
*VaJ 45
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Earl of Sunderland, with an enclosed autograph memorandum recommending Mr Croxall, 11 July 1707. 1707.
In: A volume of official documents, 221 leaves. Volume DXIX of the Blenheim Papers.
*VaJ 46
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Duke of Marlborough], from Blenheim, 15 July 1707. 1707.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited in Whistler, pp. 231-2 (Appendix 1, No. 4).
*VaJ 47
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [Charles Montagu, Earl of Manchester], from London 18 July 1707. 1707.
Sotheby's, 24 July 1987, in lot 257 (The Manchester Correspondence).
Edited in Works, IV, 13-14 (No. 7).
*VaJ 48
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to William Boulter [Clerk of the Ordnance], from London, 18 July 1707. 1707.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 211-12 (Appendix II, No. 7, misdated ‘1710’).
*VaJ 49
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Duke of Marlborough], from London, 25 July 1707. 1707.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited in Whistler, pp. 232-3 (Appendix 1, No. 5).
*VaJ 50
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to William Boulter [Clerk of the Ordnance], from Hatfield, 25 July 1707. 1707.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 212-13 (Appendix II, No. 8).
*VaJ 51
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from Henderskelfe, August [1707], in defective condition. 1707.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 223-4 (Appendix II, No. 24, [among letters of 1708]).
*VaJ 52
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [Charles Montagu, Earl of Manchester], from London, 9 September 1707. 1707.
Sotheby's, 24 July 1987, in lot 257 (The Manchester Correspondence).
Edited in Works, IV, 15-16 (No. 8).
*VaJ 53
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Peter Le Neve, 16 October 1707.
Microfilm in the British Library (RP 683). Edited in Judith Milhous, ‘Five New Letters by Sir John Vanbrugh’, HLB, 27 (1979), 434-41 (pp. 435-6).
*VaJ 54
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to William Boulter [Clerk of the Ordnance], from London, 18 November 1707. 1707.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 214 (Appendix II, No. 10).
*VaJ 55
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to William Boulter [Clerk of the Ordnance], from London, 11 November 1707. 1707.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 213-14 (Appendix II, No. 9). Facsimile example in T.J. Brown, ‘English Literary Autographs XLI’, The Book Collector, 11 (Spring 1962), 63.
*VaJ 56
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to William Boulter [Clerk of the Ordnance], from London, 18 December 1707. 1707.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 214 (Appendix II, No. 11).
VaJ 57
Copy, in James Winston's hand, of Vanbrugh's letter to [Thomas Coke], Vice-Chamberlain, 15 January [1707/8].
In: An octavo volume of theatrical material, compiled by James Winston (d.1849), manager of Drury Lane Theatre, 200 leaves. Early 19th century.
Edited from this MS in Coke Papers, pp. 72-3 (No. 46).
*VaJ 58
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [Thomas Coke], Vice Chamberlain, 15 January [1707/8]. 1708.
VaJ 59
Copy, in Winston's hand, of Vanbrugh's letter to [Thomas Coke], Vice-Chamberlain, [20 January 1707/8].
In: the MS described under VaJ 57. Early 19th century.
*VaJ 60
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [Charles Montagu, Earl of Manchester], from Stevenage, 22 March 1707/8. 1708.
Sotheby's, 24 July 1987, in lot 257 (The Manchester Correspondence).
Edited in Works, IV, 19-20 (No. 11).
VaJ 60.5
Copy of a memorandum by Vanbrugh to Thomas Coke, Vice Chamberlain, proposing a subsidy by the Queen, 21 February 1707/[8]. 19th century.
In: Letters.
*VaJ 61
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duchess of Marlborough, supporting the application of ‘a very near Relation…for the Consulship of Lisbon’, 9 January [1707-10]. 1707-10.
In: A folio composite volume of correspondence and miscellaneous papers, in various hands, 208 leaves. Volume DLV of the Blenheim Papers.
*VaJ 62
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [Thomas Coke, Vice Chamberlain], [7 January 1707/8]. 1708.
Edited in Howard P. Vincent, ‘Two Unpublished Letters of Vanbrugh’, N&Q, 173 (21 August 1937), 128-9; in Whistler, p. 233 (Appendix I, No. 6); and in Coke Papers, pp. 50-1 (No. 29), Register, No. 1931.
*VaJ 63
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [Thomas Coke], Vice Chamberlain, [20 January 1707/8]. 1708.
Edited in E.V. Unger and W.A. Jackson, The Carl H. Pforzheimer Library: English Literature 1475-1700, 3 vols (New York, 1940), III, 1058-9; in Ronald Kern, ‘Documents relating to Company Management, 1705-1711’, Theatre Notebook, 14 (1959), 60-5 (where the letter is incorrectly dated 1711); in Arthur R. Huseboe, ‘Vanbrugh: Additions to the Correspondence’, PQ, 53 (1974), 135-40 (pp. 136-7); and in Coke Papers, pp. 73-4 (No. 47). Register, No. 1948. Also typed transcript in Westminster City Archives (A.M. Broadley, ‘Annals of the Haymarket’ (1911), Vol. II, f. iii).
VaJ 64
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to [Thomas Coke], Vice Chamberlain, [20 January 1707/8]. 19th century.
In: the MS described under VaJ 60.5.
*VaJ 66
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [Charles Montagu, Earl of Manchester], from London, 24 February 1707/8. 1708.
Sotheby's, 24 July 1987, in lot 257 (The Manchester Correspondence).
Edited in Works, IV, 16-17 (No. 9). Register, No. 1958.
*VaJ 67
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [Charles Montagu, Earl of Manchester], from London, 16 March 1707/8. 1708.
Sotheby's, 24 July 1987, in lot 257 (The Manchester Correspondence).
Edited in Works, IV, 17-19(No. 10). Register, No. 1970.
*VaJ 68
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to William Boulter [Clerk of the Ordnance], from London, 29 March 1708. 1708.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 215 (Appendix II, No. 12).
*VaJ 69
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to William Boulter [Clerk of the Ordnance], from London, 1 April 1708. 1708.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 215-16 (Appendix II, No. 13).
VaJ 70
Copy, in James Winston's hand, of a letter by Vanbrugh to [Thomas Coke], Vice-Chamberlain, [mid-April 1708].
In: the MS described under VaJ 57. Early 19th century.
Edited from this MS in Coke Papers, pp. 100-1 (No. 64). Register, No. 1974.
VaJ 71
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to Thomas Coke, Vice Chamberlain, [mid-April 1708]. 19th century.
In: the MS described under VaJ 60.5.
*VaJ 72
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to William Boulter [Clerk of the Ordnance], from Henley, 25 April 1708. 1708.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 216 (Appendix II, No. 14).
*VaJ 73
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to William Boulter [Clerk of the Ordnance], from London, 1 May 1708. 1708.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 217 (Appendix II, No. 14).
*VaJ 74
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [Thomas Coke, Vice-Chamberlain], 14 May 1708. 1708.
Edited in John Barnard, ‘Sir John Vanbrugh: Two Unpublished Letters’, HLQ, 29 (1965-6), 347-52 (pp. 349-51); in Albert Rosenberg, ‘New Light on Vanbrugh’, PQ, 45 (1966), 603-13 (pp. 606-7); and in Coke Papers, pp. 109-10 (No. 70). Register. No. 1981.
VaJ 75
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to [Thomas Coke, Vice-Chamberlain], 14 May [1708]. c.[1708].
VaJ 76
Copy, in James Winston's hand, of Vanbrugh's letter to [Thomas Coke], Vice-Chamberlain, 14 May [1708].
In: the MS described under VaJ 57. Early 19th century.
Edited from this MS in Coke Papers, pp. 109-10 (No. 70).
*VaJ 77
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from London, 19 June 1708. 1708.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 218-19 (Appendix II, No. 16).
*VaJ 78
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from London. 24 June 1708. 1708.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 219 (Appendix II, No. 17).
*VaJ 79
Letter signed by Vanbrugh (‘JV’), to [?possibly Arthur Maynwaring], on two quarto leaves, from Blenheim, 8 July 1708. 1708.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited in Works, IV, 22-3 (Appendix II, No. 13).
VaJ 80
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to [?possibly Arthur Maynwaring], on two folio leaves, from Blenheim, 8 July 1708. c.1708.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
*VaJ 81
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [Charles Montagu, Earl of Manchester], 17 July 1708. 1708.
Sotheby's, 24 July 1987, in lot 257 (The Manchester Correspondence).
Edited in Works, IV, 24-5 (No. 14). Register, No. 1988.
*VaJ 82
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [Charles Montagu, Earl of Manchester], from Biggleswade, 17 August 1708. 1708.
Sotheby's, 24 July 1987, in lot 257 (The Manchester Correspondence).
Edited in Works, IV, 25-6 (No. 15). Register, No. 1991.
*VaJ 83
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Duchess of Marlborough], from Blenheim, 14 September 1708. 1708.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 26-7 (No. 16).
*VaJ 84
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from London, 21 September 1708. 1708.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 219-20 (Appendix II, No. 18).
*VaJ 85
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from London, 28 September 1708. 1708.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 220 (Appendix II, No. 19).
*VaJ 86
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from London, 6 November 1708. 1708.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 220-1 (Appendix II, No. 20).
*VaJ 87
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from London, 30 November 1708. 1708.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 221-2 (Appendix II, No. 21).
*VaJ 88
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from London, 9 December 1708. 1708.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 222 (Appendix II, No. 22).
*VaJ 89
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from London, 26 December 1708. 1708.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 223 (Appendix II, No. 23).
*VaJ 90
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from London, 13 January 1708[/9]. 1709.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 224 (Appendix II, No. 25).
*VaJ 91
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from London, 10 February 1708/9. 1709.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 224-5 (Appendix II, No. 26).
*VaJ 93
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from London, 17 February 1708/9. 1709.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 225 (Appendix II, No. 27).
*VaJ 94
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [Thomas Hopkins, Under-Secretary of State], 5 May 1709. 5 May 1709.
In: A composite volume of letters, 251 leaves. Volume CCCCXXIII of the Blenheim Papers.
Edited in Whistler, pp. 233-4 (Appendix I, No. 7).
*VaJ 95
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [Charles Montagu, Earl of Manchester], from London, 11 May 1708. 1708.
Sotheby's, 24 July 1987, in lot 257 (The Manchester Correspondence).
Edited in Works, IV, 20-3 (No. 12). Register, No. 1979.
*VaJ 96
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [Lord Godolphin], from Blenheim, 31 May 1709. 1709.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 27-8 (No. 17).
VaJ 97
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to [Lord Godolphin], from Blenheim, 31 May 1709. c.1709.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
VaJ 98
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to [Lord Godolphin], from Blenheim, 31 May 1709. c.1709.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
*VaJ 99
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Duchess of Marlborough], 9 June 1709. 1709.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 28-9 (No. 18).
*VaJ 100
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Duchess of Marlborough], 11 June 1709. 1709.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 30-2 (No. 20).
*VaJ 101
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Duchess of Marlborough], from London, 14 July 1709. 14 July 1709.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 33-4 (No. 22).
*VaJ 102
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [? Lord Ryalton], from Blenheim, 18 July 1709. 1709.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited in Works, IV, 34-6 (No. 23).
*VaJ 103
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Duchess of Marlborough], from Blenheim, 25 July 1709. 1709.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 36-7 (No. 24).
*VaJ 104
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from London, 29 September 1709. 1709.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 225-6 (Appendix II, No. 28).
*VaJ 105
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugj, to [the Duchess of Marlborough], from Blenheim, 1 November 1709. 1709.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 37-8 (No. 25).
*VaJ 106
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [Henry Joynes], from Oxford, 22 November 1709. 1709.
Edited in Judith Milhous, ‘Five New Letters by Sir John Vanbrugh’, HLB, 27 (1979), 434-41 (p. 436).
*VaJ 107
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to an unidentified correspondent, from London, 6 December 1709. 1709.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 226 (Appendix II, No. 29).
*VaJ 108
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from London, 18 December 1709. 1709.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 226-7 (Appendix II, No. 30).
*VaJ 109
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from London, 20 December 1709. 20 December 1709.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 227-8 (Appendix II, No. 31).
*VaJ 110
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Samuel Travers, [Surveyor-General for Blenheim Palace], from Whitehall, 30 November [1709 or 1710]. 1709/10.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 38-9 (No. 26).
*VaJ 111
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from London, 14 March 1709/10. 1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 236 (Appendix II, No. 46, the date given as ‘1710[11?]’).
*VaJ 112
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes and Tilleman Bobart [Comptrollers at Blenheim Palace], 1 April 1710. 1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 228 (Appendix II, No. 32).
*VaJ 113
Autograph letter signed, to [the Duke of Marlborough], from London, 28 April 1710. 1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Extract from Coxe's transcript edited in Works, IV, 39-40 (No. 27); edited complete from the original in Whistler, pp. 235-6 (Appendix I, No. 10).
*VaJ 114
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from London, 29 April 1710. 1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 228-9 (Appendix II, No. 33).
*VaJ 115
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from London, 6 May 1710. 1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 229 (Appendix II, No. 34).
*VaJ 116
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Duchess of Marlborough], [27 May 1710]. [1710].
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited in Whistler, pp. 236-7 (Appendix I, No. 11).
VaJ 117
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to [the Duchess of Marlborough], [27 May 1710]. c.1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
VaJ 118
Copy of a letter by Vanbrugh to [the Duchess of Marlborough], 27 May 1710. c.1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited in Whistler, pp. 237-8 (Appendix I, No. 12).
VaJ 119
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to [the Duchess of Marlborough], 27 May 1710. c.1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited from thence in Whistler, pp. 237-8 (Appendix I, No. 12).
*VaJ 120
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes and Tilleman Bobart, from London, 6 June 1710. 1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 229-30 (Appendix II, No. 35).
*VaJ 121
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Duchess of Marlborough], from London, 6 June 1710. 1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 40-1 (No. 28).
*VaJ 122
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from London, 8 June 1710. 1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 230 (Appendix II, No. 36).
*VaJ 123
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Duchess of Marlborough], from London, 24 June 1710. 1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 41-2 (No. 29).
*VaJ 124
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Duke of Marlborough], from Blenheim, 1 August 1710. 1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 42 (No. 30).
*VaJ 125
Autograph letter signed, to [the Duchess of Marlborough], from London, 31 August 1710. 1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 43 (No. 31).
*VaJ 126
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from London, 7 September 1710. 1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 231 (Appendix II, No. 37).
*VaJ 127
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from London, 21 September 1710. 1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 231 (Appendix II, No. 38).
*VaJ 128
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Duke of Marlborough], from London, 22 September 1710. 1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 43-4 (No. 32).
*VaJ 129
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Robert Harley, from Blenheim, 30 September 1710. 1710.
In: A folio composite volume of correspondence and papers relating to the Office of Works, particularly St Paul's Cathedral, ii + 151 leaves, in modern half-morocco. Volume XLVI of the Portland Papers.
Formerly Loan MS 29/217.
Edited in HMC, Portland X (1931), p. 136. Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 46 (No. 33b) and 193-4.
VaJ 130
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to Robert Harley, from Blenheim, 30 September 1710, as part of Vanbrugh's report sent by him to the Treasury. 1710.
In: A folio composite volume of letters and papers of Henry Joynes, one of the Comptrollers of the works at Blenheim, in various hands.
VaJ 131
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to Robert Harley, from Blenheim, 30 September 1710, as part of his report sent to the Treasury. 1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 46 (No. 33b) and 193-4.
VaJ 131.5
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to Robert Harley, from Blenheim, 30 September 1710, as part of Vanbrugh's report to the Treasury. c.1710.
In: MS volume.
VaJ 132
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to [the Duke of Marlborough], from Blenheim, 30 September 1710, and signed by Vanbrugh, as part of Vanbrugh's report sent by him to the Treasury. 1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 129.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 44 (No. 33).
VaJ 133
Copy of a letter by Vanbrugh to [the Duke of Marlborough], from Blenheim, 30 September 1710, as part of Vanbrugh's report sent by him to the Treasury. 1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 44 (No. 33).
VaJ 134
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to Lord Poulet, from Blenheim, 30 September 1710, as part of Vanbrugh's report sent by him to the Treasury. 1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 129.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 45-6 (No. 33a).
VaJ 135
Copy of a letter by Vanbrugh to Lord Poulet, from Blenheim, 30 September 1710, as part of Vanbrugh's report sent by him to the Treasury. 1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 45-6 (No. 33a).
VaJ 136
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to Robert Harley, from Blenheim, 30 September 1710, as part of Vanbrugh's report sent by him to the Treasury.
In: the MS described under VaJ 129.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 46 (No. 33b) and 193-4.
*VaJ 137
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Duke of Marlborough], from Oxford, 3 October 1710. 1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 48-9 (No. 34).
VaJ 138
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to [the Duke of Marlborough], from Oxford, 3 October 1710. c.1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
*VaJ 139
Autograph copy by Vanbrugh. of his letter to the Treasury, giving ‘An Account of what has passed with the Treasury relating to the Building at Blenheim since my Lord Godolphin was removed’, 10 October 1710. c.1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 47-8 (No. 33d), and 195.
*VaJ 140
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to the Treasury, 10 October 1710, signed by Vanbrugh, as part of Vanbrugh's report to the Treasury, and sent to Robert Harley. 1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 129.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 47-8 (No. 33d), and 195.
*VaJ 141
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to the Treasury, 10 October 1710. c.1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 130.
*VaJ 142
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to the Treasury, 10 October 1710, as part of his report sent to the Treasury. 1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 47-8 (No. 33d), and 195.
*VaJ 143
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to the Treasury, 10 October 1710. c.1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 131.5.
*VaJ 144
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes and Tilleman Bobart, from London, 10 October 1710. 1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 232 (Appendix II, No. 39).
*VaJ 145
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Duke of Marlborough], from London, 10 October 1710. 1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 49-50 (No. 35).
*VaJ 146
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [Henry Joynes], from London, 12 October 1710. 1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 232-3 (Appendix II, No. 40).
*VaJ 147
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from London, 19 October 1710. 1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 233-4 (Appendix II, No. 41).
*VaJ 148
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from London, 25 October 1710. 1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 234 (Appendix II, No. 42).
*VaJ 149
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [Arthur Maynwaring], from Chargate, 25 October 1710. 1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited in Works, IV, 50-1 (No. 36).
*VaJ 150
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from London, 2 November 1710. 1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 234-5 (Appendix II, No. 43).
*VaJ 151
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from London, 28 November 1710. 1710.
Edited in Frances Harris, ‘An Unpublished Letter of Sir John Vanbrugh’, HLQ, 50 (1987), 395-6.
*VaJ 152
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke [of Marlborough], [late 1710?]. 1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited in Whistler, pp. 238-40 (Appendix I, No. 13).
*VaJ 153
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from London, 9 January 1710[/11]. 1711.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 235 (Appendix II, No. 44).
*VaJ 154
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [Robert Harley], 12 February 1710[/11]. 1711.
In: the MS described under VaJ 129.
Edited in HMC, Portland X (1931), pp. 136-8, and in Whistler, p. 234 (Appendix I, No. 8).
*VaJ 155
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from Whitehall, 17 February 1710[/11]. 1711.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 236 (Appendix II, No. 45).
*VaJ 156
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Duke of Marlborough], from London, 23 February 1710/[11]. 1711.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited in Whistler, pp. 234-5 (Appendix I, No. 9).
*VaJ 157
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from London, 22 March 1710[/11]. 1711.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 237 (Appendix II, No. 47).
*VaJ 158
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from London, 17 May 1711. 1711.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 237-8 (Appendix II, No. 48).
*VaJ 159
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Duke of Marlborough], from London, 10 August 1711. 1711.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited in part (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 51 (No. 37); edited complete in Whistler, p. 240 (Appendix I, No. 14).
*VaJ 160
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from London, 11 September 1711. 1711.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 238 (Appendix II, No. 49).
*VaJ 161
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from London, 15 September 1711. 1711.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 239 (Appendix II, No. 50).
*VaJ 162
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from London, 25 September 1711. 1711.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 239-40 (Appendix II, No. 51).
*VaJ 163
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from London, 30 September 1711. 1711.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 240 (Appendix II, No. 52).
*VaJ 164
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from London, 27 October 1711. 1711.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 240 (Appendix II, No. 53).
*VaJ 165
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from London, 13 November 1711. 1711.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 241 (Appendix II, No. 54).
*VaJ 166
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from London, 22 November 1711. 1711.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 241 (Appendix II, No. 55).
VaJ 167
Copy of a letter by Vanbrugh to the Lord Chamberlain, 28 November 1711. c.1711-12.
*VaJ 168
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from London, 1 December 1711. 1711.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 242 (Appendix II, No. 56).
*VaJ 169
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from London, 3 December 1711. 1711.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 242-3 (Appendix II, No. 57).
*VaJ 170
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to an unidentified correspondent (? Harley), from Whitehall, 27 Deceember 1711. 1711.
In: A folio guardbook of correspondence of the Harley family, from July to December 1711, in various hands and paper sizes, 353 leaves, in modern half-morocco. Volume XXVIII of the Harley Papers among the Portland Papers.
Abstract in HMC, Portland V (1899), p. 132; edited in Works, IV, 51-2 (No. 38).
*VaJ 172
Vanbrugh's autograph copy of a letter by him to [Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford], from London, 3 August 1712. 1712.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 52 (No. 39).
VaJ 173
Copy of a letter by Vanbrugh to Sir Henry St George, from Castle Howard, 22 September 1712. 1712.
*VaJ 174
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from London, 30 October 1712. 1712.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 243 (Appendix II, No. 58).
*VaJ 175
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke [of Marlborough], 4 November 1712. 1712.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 52-3 (No. 40).
*VaJ 176
An autograph copy by Vanbrugh of a letter by him to the Duke [of Marlborough], 4 November 1712, sent to Robert Harley. 1712.
In: the MS described under VaJ 129.
Edited in HMC, Portland X (1931), pp. 139-40. Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 52-3 (No. 40).
VaJ 177
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to the Duke [of Marlborough], 4 November 1712. c.1712.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
*VaJ 178
Autograph copy by Vanbrugh of his letter to the Mayor of Woodstock, from Whitehall, 26 January 1712[/13], sent to Robert Harley. 1713.
In: the MS described under VaJ 129.
Edited in HMC, Portland X (1931), pp. 144-5. Edited in Works, IV, 53-4 (No. 42, misdated ‘25’ January).
VaJ 179
A scribal copy of of Vanbrugh's letter to the Mayor of Woodstock, from Whitehall, 26 January 1712/13. 1713.
In: the MS described under VaJ 129.
VaJ 180
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to the Mayor of Woodstock, from Whitehall, 26 January 1712/13, in the hand of John Anstis (1669-1744), Garter King of Arms, antiquary, transcribed from a ‘true Coppy’ witnessed by Sidgwick Harrison, William Foulks, Bar[tholomew] Jones and Merrick Jenkens. Early 18th century.
In: Miscellaneous Correspondence 1584-1973.
*VaJ 181
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford], 21 February 1712/13. 1713.
In: the MS described under VaJ 129.
Edited in HMC, Portland X (1931), p. 145, and in Whistler, p. 128 (Appendix I, No. 15, p. 240).
*VaJ 182
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Duke of Marlborough], from London, 18 March 1712/13. 1713.
In:
Edited in Whistler, pp. 240-1 (Appendix I, No. 16), and, with a facsimile, in Maynard Mack, ‘“They have actually turned me out”: Vanbrugh to Marlborough’, The Scriblerian, 9 (1977), 77-83.
VaJ 183
Copy of a letter by Vanbrugh, to an unspecified relation, 2 April 1713, sent by one ‘J. S.’ from Liverpool, 26 June 1713, to Robert Harley, to expose Vanbrugh's ‘treacherous Principles’.
In: A folio guardbook of correspondence of the Harley family, from October 1712 to June 1713, in various hands and paper sizes, ii + 268 leaves, in modern half-morocco. Volume XXX of the Harley Papers among the Portland Papers.
Edited in HMC, Portland V (1899), p. 299, and in Works, IV, 55 (Nos 43-4).
*VaJ 184
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford], from Whitehall, 14 April 1713. 1713.
In: the MS described under VaJ 129.
Edited in HMC, Portland X (1931), p. 147, and in Whistler, p. 129 (Appendix I, No. 17, p. 241).
*VaJ 185
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [Edward Southwell], from Chester, 28 September 1713. 1713.
Edited in Howard P. Vincent, ‘Two Unpublished Letters of Vanbrugh’, N&Q, 173 (21 August 1937), 128-9, and in Whistler, p. 242 (Appendix I, No. 19).
*VaJ 186
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Edward Southwell, from Castle Howard, 23 October 1713. 1713.
Sotheby's, 14 May 1904, lot 311, to Pritchard.
Edited in Works, IV, 55-6 (No. 45).
*VaJ 187
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to James Craggs, from Castle Howard, 29 October 1713. 1713.
Recorded in Whistler, pp. 130, 246, as among ‘Plans of Blen 1713’ at Blenheim Palace (and possibly still at Blenheim).
Edited (presumably from Cox's transcript) in Works, IV, 56-7 (No. 46).
*VaJ 188
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [? Thomas Coke, Vice Chamberlain], from Castle Howard, 20 November 1713. 1713.
Sotheby's, 13 December 1918, lot 2629, to Tregaskis, and 22 February 1938, lot 569, to Barrow.
Edited in Works, IV, 57-8 (No. 47). Register, No. 2232.
VaJ 189
Copy, in James Winston's hand, of Vanbrugh's letter to [Thomas Coke], Vice-Chamberlain, from Castle Howard, 20 November 1713.
In: the MS described under VaJ 57. Early 19th century.
*VaJ 190
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Edward Southwell, from Castle Howard, 1 December 1713. 1713.
Christie's, 19 September 1984, lot 322, to Goldschmidt.
Photocopy in the British Library, RP 2840. Facsimile in The Autograph Portfolio; A Collection of Fac-simile Letters from Eminent Persons (London, 1837). Edited from thence in Arthur R. Huseboe, ‘Vanbrugh: Additions to the Correspondence’, PQ, 53 (1974), 135-40 (pp. 138-9, the date incorrectly given as ‘Decb: 4th, 1713’).
*VaJ 191
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Duke of Marlborough], from London, 29 May 1714. 1714.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 58-60 (No. 48).
*VaJ 192
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [? Thomas Coke, Vice-Chamberlain], from Whitehall, 6 July 1714. 1714.
Edited in Albert Rosenberg, ‘New Light on Vanbrugh’, PQ, 45 (1966), 603-13 (p. 609). Recorded by Milhous and Hume in TN, 35 (1981), 84. Register, No. 2424.
*VaJ 193
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [? Thomas Coke, Vice-Chamberlain], 13 August 1714. 1714.
Edited in Albert Rosenberg, ‘New Light on Vanbrugh’, PQ, 45 (1966), 603-13 (pp. 609-10). Recorded by Milhous and Hume in TN, 35 (1981), 84. Register, No. 2427.
*VaJ 194
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Earl of Halifax, with enclosed autograph memorandum ‘Some Heads for a New Settlement of the Office of Works’, 29 November 1714. 1714.
Edited in Works, IV, 247-8 (Appendix III, No. 1).
*VaJ 195
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Lord Wharton, 7 December 1714. 1714.
Recorded in Downes, p. 521.
*VaJ 196
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [? Thomas Coke, Vice-Chamberlain, or Sir John Stanley]. 27 December 1714. 1714.
Edited in Albert Rosenberg, ‘New Light on Vanbrugh’, PQ, 45 (1966), 603-13 (p. 610). Recorded by Milhous and Hume in TN, 35 (1981), 84. Register, No. 2491.
*VaJ 197
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [Thomas Pelham-Holles], Earl of Clare [afterwards fourth Duke of Newcastle], ‘Saturday Night’ [Autumn 1714 or early 1715]. 1714-5.
In: A folio composite volume of correspondence of the Duke of Newcastle, in various hands, 503 leaves. Volume I of the Newcastle Correspondence.
Edited in Works, IV, 61 (No. 50).
VaJ 198
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to Lord Poulet, from Blenheim, 30 September 1710, as part of Vanbrugh's report to the Treasury. c.1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 131.5.
*VaJ 199
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Duchess of Marlborough], 16 January 1714[/15]. 1715.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 60-1 (No. 49).
*VaJ 200
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [Thomas Pelham-Holles, Earl of Clare, afterwards fourth Duke of Newcastle], from Whitehall, 4 February 1714[/5]. 5 February 1715.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 61-2 (No. 51).
*VaJ 201
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to an unidentified correspondent, with an enclosed warrant in a professional hand (f. 161), 9 February 1714/15. 1715.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 63 (No. 52).
*VaJ 202
Letter by Vanbrugh, to the Treasury, from Whitehall, in the hand of an amanuensis and signed by Vanbrugh, 31 March 1715. 1715.
Edited in Works, IV, 248-50 (Appendix III, No. 2).
*VaJ 203
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [William Lownes, Secretary to the Treasury], from Whitehall, 1 June 1715, and forwarded on 17 June 1715 by Thomas Hewett, Surveyor of Woods and Forests. 1715.
Edited in Pat Rogers, ‘An Unpublished Vanbrugh Letter’, The Scriblerian, 5 (1972), 42, and in Downes, pp. 536-7 (Appendix G, No. 2).
*VaJ 204
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from London, 3 May 1715. 1715.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 243-4 (Appendix II, No. 59).
*VaJ 205
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from Whitehall, 5 May 1715. 1715.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 244 (Appendix II, No. 60).
*VaJ 206
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from Whitehall, 7 May 1715. 1715.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 244 (Appendix II, No. 61).
*VaJ 207
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from Whitehall, 12 May 1715. 1715.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 244-5 (Appendix II, No. 62).
VaJ 208
Copy of a letter by Vanbrugh to the Treasury, 21 July 1715. c.1715.
VaJ 209
Copy of a letter by Vanbrugh to the Treasury, 21 July 1715. c.1715.
Edited from this MS in Downes, p. 537 (Appendix G, No. 3).
*VaJ 210
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [Jacob Tonson], [? summer, 1715]. 1715.
Presumably among the six letters by Vanbrugh in the Tonson papers sold at Christie's, 5 November 1945, lot 193.
Edited in Works, IV, 63 (No. 53).
VaJ 211
Copy of a letter by Vanbrugh to the Treasury, 30 September 1715. c.1715.
Edited in Downes, p. 538 (Appendix G, No. 4).
*VaJ 212
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Robert Walpole, 17 October 1715. 1715.
Edited in Horace Walpole, Anecdotes of Painting in England, ed. James Dallaway, 5 vols (London, 1828), III, 300-1. Reprinted in Works, IV, 63 (No. 54).
*VaJ 213
Report to the Treasury by the Board of the Office of Works, in a professional hand and signed by Vanbrugh and others, 20 October 1715.
*VaJ 214
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Robert Walpole, ‘Sunday’ [October 1715]. 1715.
Edited in Downes (1977), p. 274 (Appendix L).
*VaJ 216
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Görtz [George I's minister], 23 November 1715. 1715.
Recorded in Ragnhild Hatton, George I: Elector and King (London, 1798), pp. 147, 343.
*VaJ 217
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, 5 April 1716. 1716.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 245 (Appendix II, No. 63).
*VaJ 218
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Duke of Marlborough], from Whitehall, 19 April 1716. 1716.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 64-5 (No. 55).
*VaJ 219
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from London, 1 May 1716. 1716.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 245-6 (Appendix II, No. [64]).
VaJ 220
Copy of a letter by Vanbrugh to Henry Wise, from Whitehall, 14 May 1716. c.1716.
Edited in Downes, p. 538 (Appendix G, No. 5.
*VaJ 221
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Duke of Marlborough], 25 May 1716. 1716.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 65 (No. 56).
*VaJ 222
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Duchess of Marlborough], from Whitehal, 12 June 1716. 1716.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 66-7 (No. 57).
VaJ 223
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to [the Duche ss of Marlborough], from Whitehall, 12 June 1716.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 66-7 (No. 57).
VaJ 224
Copy of a letter by Vanbrugh to [the Duchess of Marlborough], from London, 19 June 1716.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 67-8 (No. 58).
*VaJ 225
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Duchess of Marlborough], from Blenheim, 30 June 1716. 1716.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 68-70 (No. 59).
*VaJ 226
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Duchess of Marlborough], from London, 10 July 1716. 1716.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 70-2 (No. 60).
*VaJ 227
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Duchess of Marlborough], from London, 13 July 1716. 1716.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 72-3 (No. 61).
*VaJ 228
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Duchess of Marlborough], from Blenheim, 27 July 1716. 1716.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 73-5 (No. 62).
VaJ 229
An extract copied from Vanbrugh's letter to [the Duchess of Marlborough], from London, 19 June 1716.
In: A folio composite volume of papers relating to the building of Blenheim Palace, in various hands, 167 leaves, in modern half-calf. Volume CCLIV of the Blenheim Papers.
VaJ 230
Extract copied from Vanbrugh's letter to [the Duchess of Marlborough], from Blenheim, 27 July 1716. c.1716.
In: the MS described under VaJ 229.
*VaJ 231
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Duchess of Marlborough], from London, dated by him ‘Augt. 3d’ but postmarked 2 October 1716 and evidently sent then. 1716.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 75-7 (No. 63).
*VaJ 232
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Duchess of Marlborough], from Castle Howard, 19 August 1716. 1716.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 77-9 (No. 64).
*VaJ 233
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duchess of Marlborough, from Scarborough, 21 August 1716. 1716.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 79-80 (No. 65).
*VaJ 234
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duchess of Marlborough, from Blenheim, 27 September 1716. 1716.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 80 (No. 66).
*VaJ 235
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duchess of Marlborough, from London, 18 October 1716. 18 October 1716.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 81 (No. 67).
*VaJ 236
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duchess of Marlborough, from Whitehall, 20 October 1716. 1716.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 81-2 (No. 68).
*VaJ 237
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duchess of Marlborough, 6 November 1716. 1716.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
*VaJ 238
Autograph copy of Vanbrugh's letter to [the Duchess of Marlborough], 6 November 1716. 1716.
In: A folio composite volume of correspondence of the Holles family of Houghton, Nottinghamshire, 67 leaves.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 83-4 (No. 70).
VaJ 239
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to the Duchess of Marlborough, 6 November 1716. 1716.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
*VaJ 240
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duchess of Marlborough, from Whitehall, 8 November 1716. 1716.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 84-5 (No. 71).
VaJ 241
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to the Duchess of Marlborough, from Whitehall, 8 November 1716. 1716.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 84-5 (No. 71).
VaJ 242
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to the Duchess of Marlborough, from Whitehall, 8 November 1716. c.1716.
In: the MS described under VaJ 238.
*VaJ 243
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke of Marlborough, from London, 10 November 1716. 1716.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited in Works, IV, 85-6 (No. 72).
*VaJ 244
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke of Newcastle, from Whitehall, 15 November 1716. 1716.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 86-7 (No. 73).
*VaJ 245
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Duke of Newcastle], from Whitehall, 27 November 1716. 1716.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 87-8 (No. 74).
*VaJ 246
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [Tilleman Bobart], from London, 15 December 1716. 1716.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 89 (No. 75).
VaJ 247
Copy of a letter by Vanbrugh to [Tilleman Bobart], London, 15 December 1716. 1716.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 89 (No. 75).
*VaJ 248
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to [Tilleman Bobart], from London, 15 December 1716. 1716.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
VaJ 249
Copy of a letter by Vanbrugh to[the Duke of Marlborough], [1716], endorsed by the Duchess of Marlborough. c.1716.
In: the MS described under VaJ 229.
VaJ 250
Copy of a letter by Vanbrugh to[the Duke of Marlborough], [1716]. c.1716.
In: the MS described under VaJ 229.
Edited in Whistler, pp. 242-3 (Appendix I, No. 20).
VaJ 251
Copy of a letter by Vanbrugh to the Treasury, 26 April 1717. 1717.
Edited in Downes, pp. 538-9 (Appendix G, No. 6).
*VaJ 252
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [a lady in the household of the Earl of Carlisle], from Greenwich, 30 April [1717]. 1717.
In: A folio composite volume of official correspondence of Thomas Pelham Holles, Duke of Newcastle, in various hands, 447 leaves. Volumr I of the Newcastle General Correspondence.
Edited in Kerry Downes, ‘Vanbrugh's Heslington Lady’, Burlington Magazine, 124 (March 1982), 153-5.
*VaJ 253
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke [of Newcastle], from Greenwich, ‘May day’ [1717]. 1717.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 98-9 (No. 84).
*VaJ 254
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to an unidentified correspondent, with an architectural drawing enclosed,‘May day’ [1717]. 1717.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 99 (No. 85).
*VaJ 255
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Carlisle], [June 1717]. 1717.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited in Works, IV, 89-93 (No. 76, the addressee tentatively identified as Lord Godolphin, but see Whistler, p. 246).
VaJ 256
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to [the Earl of Carlisle], [June 1717]. 1717.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
*VaJ 257
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Duke of Marlborough], 27 June 1717. 1717.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited in Whistler, pp. 243-4 (Appendix I, No. 21).
*VaJ 258
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke of Newcastle, 3 July 1717. 1717.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 94 (No. 77).
*VaJ 259
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Peter Le Neve, ‘Thursday’ [between July 1717 and April 1718].
Photocopy in the British Library (RP 666, item 4). Edited, with a facsimile example, in Catalogue of the Collection of Autograph Letters…by Alfred Morrison, VI (1892), 297. Reprinted from thence in Albert Rosenberg, ‘New Light on Vanbrugh’, PQ, 45 (1966), 603-13 (pp. 607-8). Edited from the original in Judith Milhous, ‘Five New Letters by Sir John Vanbrugh’, HLB, 27 (1979), 434-41 (p. 439).
*VaJ 260
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke [of Newcastle], from Bath, 9 October 1717. 1717.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 94 (No. 78).
*VaJ 261
Letter by Vanbrugh, to the Treasury, in the hand of an amanuensis and signed and subscribed by Vanbrugh, from Bath, 14 October 1717. 1717.
Edited in Works, IV, 94-5 (No. 79).
VaJ 262
Copies of Vanbrugh's letter to the Treasury, from Bath, 14 October 1717. c.1717.
*VaJ 263
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke of Newcastle, [from Whitehall], ‘Tuesday Night’ [November 1717]. 1717.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 155 (No. 151, among letters of 1723).
*VaJ 264
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke of Newcastle, from Greenwich, 21 December 1717. 1717.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 96 (No. 80).
*VaJ 265
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke of Newcastle, ‘Sunday Night’ [1717]. 1717.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 97-8 (No. 82).
*VaJ 266
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke of Newcastle, ‘Friday One o Clock’ [1717]. 1717.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 96-7 (No. 81).
*VaJ 267
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Duke of Newcastle], [1717]. [1717].
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 98 (No. 83).
*VaJ 268
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke of Newcastle, from Whitehall, ‘Tuesday’ [1717-18]. 1717-8.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 155 (No. 152, among letters of 1723).
*VaJ 269
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke of Newcastle, from Whitehall, ‘5 a Clock’ [1717-18]. 1717-8.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 155-6 (No. 153, among letters of 1723).
*VaJ 271
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [Peter] Forbes, from Greenwich, 4 July 1718. 1718.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 99 (No. 86).
*VaJ 272
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Earl of Sunderland, 31 July 1718. 1718.
In:
Edited in Whistler, p. 244 (Appendix I, No. 22).
*VaJ 273
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke of Newcastle, from Whitehall, 7 August 1718. 1718.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 100 (No. 87).
*VaJ 274
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke [of Newcastle], from Greenwich, ‘Sunday’ [September 1718]. 1718.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 102 (No. 91).
*VaJ 275
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke [of Newcastle], 30 August 1718. 1718.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 101 (No. 88).
*VaJ 276
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke of Newcastle, from Greenwich, 17 September 1718. 1718.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 101 (No. 89).
VaJ 278
Copy of a letter by Vanbrugh to [the Earl of Suffolk], from Whitehall, 30 October 1718. 1718.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 103-4 (No. 93).
*VaJ 279
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke of Newcastle, from Greenwich, 29 November 1718. 1718.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 105 (No. 96).
*VaJ 280
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke of Newcastle, from Nottingham, 17 December 1718. 1718.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 105-6 (No. 97).
*VaJ 281
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke [of Newcastle], from Castle Howard, 25 December 1718. 1718.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 107-8 (No. 98).
*VaJ 282
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke of Newcastle, from Whitehall, ‘Thursday Night’ [1718]. 1718.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 154 (No. 149, among letters for 1723).
*VaJ 283
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke [of Newcastle],‘Thursday Night’ [1718]. 1718.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 103 (No. 92).
*VaJ 284
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke of Newcastle,‘Friday Night late’ [1718]. 1718.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 104-5 (No. 95).
*VaJ 285
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke [of Newcastle], from Greenwich, ‘Saturday’ [1718]. 1718.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 102 (No. 90).
*VaJ 286
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke of Newcastle, ‘Friday’ [1718]. 1718.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 104 (No. 94).
*VaJ 287
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke [of Newcastle], from Castle Howard, 4 January 1718/19. 1719.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 108-9 (No. 99).
*VaJ 288
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke [of Newcastle], from York, 12 January 1718/19. 1719.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 109-10 (No. 100).
*VaJ 289
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke [of Newcastle], from Nottingham, 24 January 1718/19. 1719.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 110-11 (No. 101).
*VaJ 290
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Earl of Newcastle, ‘Tuesday Morning’, with an enclosure dated 5 May 1719. 1719.
In: the MS described under VaJ 272.
Edited in Whistler, pp. 244-5 (Appendix I, No. 23).
*VaJ 291
Autograph letter signed, to Jacob Tonson, from London, 1 July 1719. 1719.
Edited in Works, IV, 111-12 (No. 102).
VaJ 292
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to Jacob Tonson, from London, 1 July 1719.
In: the MS described under VaJ 27. Late 18th century.
*VaJ 293
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke of Newcastle, from London, 23 July 1719. 1719.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 113 (No. 103).
*VaJ 294
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Duke of Newcastle], from Whitehall, 6 August 1719. 1719.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 113-15 (No. 104).
*VaJ 295
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke of Newcastle, from London, 11 August 1719. 1719.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 115-16 (No. 106).
*VaJ 296
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke of Newcastle, 15 August 1719. 1719.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 116-17 (No. 107).
*VaJ 297
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Sunderland? or Stanhope?], from London, 10 September 1719. 1719.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 117-18 (No. 108).
*VaJ 298
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Jacob Tonson, from Whitehall, 5 November 1719. 1719.
Christie's, 17 December 1907 (Tonson sale), lot 166. Christie's, 12 June 1980 (Arthur A. Houghton Jr sale, Part II), lot 514, with a facsimile example in the sale catalogue; Quaritch's sale catalogue No. 1013 (1981), item 82.
Edited in Works, IV, 120 (No. 111).
VaJ 299
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to Jacob Tonson, from Whitehall, 5 November 1719.
In: the MS described under VaJ 27. Late 18th century.
*VaJ 300
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke [of Newcastle], from Whitehall, 23 November 1719. 1719.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 120-1 (No. 112).
*VaJ 301
Autograph letter signed, to [Jacob Tonson], with an insertion by Vanbrugh's wife, Harriet, from Whitehall, 29 November 1719.
Sotheby's, 16 December 1929, lot 600, to Faber.
Edited in Works, IV, 121-3 (No. 114).
VaJ 302
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to Jacob Tonson, from Whitehall, 29 November 1719.
In: the MS described under VaJ 27. Late 18th century.
*VaJ 303
Autograph letter, unsigned, to Jacob Tonson, from Whitehall, 31 December 1719. 1719.
*VaJ 304
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke of Newcastle, from Whitehall, ‘Wednesday’ [1719]. 1719.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 118-19 (No. 109).
*VaJ 305
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke of Newcastle, from Greenwich, ‘Sunday’ [1719]. 1719.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 119 (No. 110).
*VaJ 306
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke [of Newcastle], [1719]. 1719.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 115 (No. 105).
*VaJ 307
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [Lord Stanhope]. [1719]. 1719.
Edited in Works, IV, 121 (No. 113).
VaJ 308
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to Jacob Tonson, from Whitehall, 31 December 1719.
In: the MS described under VaJ 27. Late 18th century.
*VaJ 309
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [Jacob Tonson], from London, 18 February 1719/20. 1720.
Presumably among the six letters by Vanbrugh in the Tonson papers sold at Christie's, 5 November 1945, lot 193.
Edited in Works, IV, 125-6 (No. 116). Register, No. 2997.
*VaJ 310
Autograph letter, unsigned, to Jacob Tonson, 18 February 1719/20. 1720.
VaJ 311
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to Jacob Tonson, from London, 18 February 1719/20.
In: the MS described under VaJ 27. Late 18th century.
*VaJ 312
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke [of Newcastle], from London, 15 September 1720. 1720.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 126 (No. 117).
*VaJ 313
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [Piers] Mauduit, [Windsor Herald], 24 November 1720. 1720.
In: A folio composite volume of correspondence for 1708-51, in various hands, 506 leaves. Volume IX of the correspondence of the Gawdy family, baronets, of West Harling, Norfolk.
Edited in Works, IV, 127 (No. 118).
VaJ 314
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to an unnamed person, beginning ‘I have just now been with Ld Carlisle...’, undated. c.1720s.
In: the MS described under VaJ 27. Late 18th century.
*VaJ 315
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Earl of Carlisle, from London, 2 February 1720/1. 1721.
Edited in Works, IV, 127 (No. 119).
*VaJ 316
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Earl of Carlisle, 7 February 1720/1. 1721.
Edited in Works, IV, 128 (No. 120).
*VaJ 317
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Earl of Carlisle, 18 February 1720/1. 1700.
Edited in Works, IV, 129 (No. 121).
*VaJ 318
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Carlisle], 28 February 1720/1. 1700.
Edited in Works, IV, 129-30 (No. 122), misdated 20 February.
*VaJ 319
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Carlisle], from Greenwich, 25 March 1721. 1721.
Edited in Works, IV, 131 (No. 123).
*VaJ 320
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Carlisle], from London, 22 April 1721. 1721.
Edited in Works, IV, 132-3 (No. 124).
*VaJ 321
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Carlisle], from London, 5 May 1721. 1721.
Edited in Works, IV, 133 (No. 125).
*VaJ 322
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Carlisle], from London, 25 May 1721. 1721.
Edited in Works, IV, 134 (No. 126).
*VaJ 323
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Carlisle], from London, 8 June 1721. 1721.
Edited in Works, IV, 135-6 (No. 127).
*VaJ 324
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Carlisle], from London, 6 July 1721. 1721.
Edited in Works, IV, 136 (No. 128).
*VaJ 325
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke [of Newcastle], from Castle Howard, 8 August 1721. 1721.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 136-7 (No. 129).
*VaJ 326
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Brigadier Watkins, from York, 26 August 1721. 1721.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 137-8 (No. 130).
*VaJ 327
Autograph letter signed, to an unidentified correspondent, from Heslington, 20 September 1721, imperfect. 1721.
Edited in Downes, pp. 539-40 (Appendix G, No. 7).
Borthwick Institute, University of York, YM/VAN.1, [unnumbered item].
*VaJ 328
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to[the Earl of Carlisle], from Whitehall, 16 November 1721. 1721.
Edited in Works, IV, 139 (No. 131).
*VaJ 329
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from Whitehall, 18 November 1721. 1721.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 140 (No. 132).
*VaJ 330
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke [of Newcastle], 11 February 1721/2. 1722.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 140-1 (No. 133).
*VaJ 331
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke [of Ancaster], from London, 13 February 1721/2. 1722.
Sotheby's, 28 March 1972, lot 330, to Quaritch.
Photocopy in the British Library, RP 737, item 1. Recorded in Downes, p. 524.
*VaJ 332
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Carlisle], from London, 6 April 1722. 1722.
Edited in Works, IV, 141 (No. 134).
*VaJ 333
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Carlisle], from London, 24 April 1722. 1722.
Edited in Works, IV, 142 (No. 135).
*VaJ 334
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Carlisle], from London, 5 May 1722. 1722.
Edited in Works, IV, 143-4 (No. 136).
*VaJ 335
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Earl of Carlisle, from London, 10 May 1722. 1722.
Edited in Works, IV, 144 (No. 137).
*VaJ 336
A letter by Vanbrugh to the Treasury, in the hand of an amanuensis and signed by Vanbrugh, from Whitehall, 30 May 1722. 1722.
Edited in Works, IV, 145 (No. 138).
*VaJ 337
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to the Treasury, from Whitehall, 30 May 1722. c.1722.
*VaJ 338
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Sir Hans Sloane, from Whitehall, ‘Thursday Noon’ [c.14 June 1722]. 1722.
In: A folio composite volume of original letters, chiefly addressed to Sloane, in various hands, 324 leaves.
Edited in Downes, p. 540 (Appendix G, No. 8).
*VaJ 339
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [Jacob Tonson], from London, 18 June 1722. 1722.
Maggs's sale catalogue No. 623 (Spring 1936), item 221.
Edited in Works, IV, 145-6 (No. 139). Register, No. 3113.
VaJ 340
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to Jacob Tonson, from London, 18 June 1722.
In: the MS described under VaJ 27. Late 18th century.
*VaJ 341
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Earl of Carlisle, from London, 19 June 1722. 1722.
Edited in Works, IV, 147 (No. 140).
*VaJ 342
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Carlisle], from London. 19 July 1722. 1722.
Edited in Works, IV, 147-9 (No. 141).
*VaJ 343
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [Henrietta Godolphin, second Duchess of Marlborough], from Winchester, 26 July 1722. 1722.
In: A folio composite volume of Blenheim family papers, in several hands, 148 leaves. Volume CCCXXXII of the Blenheim Papers.
Edited in Downes, pp. 408-9.
*VaJ 344
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Bowes Howard, fourth Earl of Berkshire, from London, 7 September 1722. 1722.
In: Series of original letters by Sir John Vanbrugh.
Edited in Clyve Jones, ‘“To dispose in earnest, of a place I got in jest”: Eight New Letters of Sir John Vanbrugh, 1722-1726’, N&Q, 234 (December 1989), 461-9 (p. 463).
*VaJ 345
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke [of Newcastle], from Greenwich, 19 January 1722/3. 1723.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 150 (No. 142).
*VaJ 346
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Bowes Howard, fourth Earl of Berkshire, from London, 27 June 1723. 1723.
In: the MS described under VaJ 344.
Edited by Clyve Jones in N&Q, 234 (December 1989), 461-9 (pp. 463-4).
*VaJ 347
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke [of Newcastle], from Greenwich, 30 July 1723. 1723.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 150-1 (No. 143). Register, No. 3191.
*VaJ 348
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Peter Forbes, from Greenwich, 3 August 1723. 1723.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 151 (No. 144).
*VaJ 349
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke [of Newcastle], from Castle Howard, 20 August 1723. 1723.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 151-2 (No. 145).
*VaJ 350
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke [of Newcastle], from Greenwich, 1[?] November [1723]. 1723.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 82-3 (No. 69, dated there ‘[1716?]’).
*VaJ 351
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Joynes, from Greenwich, 11 November 1723. 1723.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
Edited in Works, IV, 152-3 (No. 146).
*VaJ 352
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Carlisle], from London, 26 November 1723. 1723.
Edited in Works, IV, 153 (No. 147).
*VaJ 353
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke [of Newcastle], from Greenwich, 22 December 1723. 1723.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 153-4 (No. 148).
*VaJ 354
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke of Newcastle, ‘Monday, 12 aClock’. [1723?]. 1723.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 154-5 (No. 150).
*VaJ 355
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Carlisle], from Whitehall, 11 February 1723/4. 1724.
Edited in Works, IV, 156-7 (No. 154).
*VaJ 356
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Carlisle], 18 February 1723/4. 1724.
Edited in Works, IV, 157-8 (No. 155).
*VaJ 357
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Peter Le Neve, [from Whitehall], 27 February 1723/4. 1724.
Edited in Judith Milhous, ‘Five New Letters by Sir John Vanbrugh’, HLB, 27 (1979), 434-41 (pp. 440-1).
*VaJ 358
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Carlisle], from London, 26 March 1724. 1724.
Edited in Works, IV, 158-60 (No. 156).
*VaJ 359
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Earl of Carlisle, from London, 11 April 1724. 1724.
Edited in Works, IV, 160-1 (No. 157).
*VaJ 360
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke [of Newcastle], from Greenwich, 10 July 1724. 1724.
In: A folio composite volume of official correspondence of Thomas Pelham Holles, Duke of Newcastle, in various hands, 562 leaves. Volume II of the Newcastle Home Correspondence.
Edited in Works, IV, 161 (No. 158).
*VaJ 361
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke [of Newcastle], from [Scarborough], 23 August 1724. 1724.
In: the MS described under VaJ 360.
Edited in Works, IV, 161-2 (No. 159).
*VaJ 362
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Duke [of Newcastle], from Castle Howard, 28 August 1724. 1724.
In: the MS described under VaJ 197.
Edited in Works, IV, 162 (No. 160).
VaJ 363
Copy of a letter by Vanbrugh to William Guidott, [the Duke of Marlborough's solicitor], 4 September 1724, sent by Guidott to Mr Waller of Lincoln's Inn on 15 September 1724.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited in Whistler, pp. 245-6 (Appendix I, No. 24).
*VaJ 364
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Earl of Carlisle, from London, 21 November 1724. 1724.
Edited in Works, IV, 163 (No. 161).
*VaJ 365
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Carlisle], from London, 10 December 1724. 1724.
Edited in Works, IV, 164-5 (No. 162).
*VaJ 366
Letter by Vanbrugh, to the Treasury, in the hand of an amanuensis and signed and dated by Vanbrugh, 26 April 1725. 1725.
Edited in Works, IV, 165 (No. 163).
*VaJ 367
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to the Treasury, 26 April 1725. c.1725.
*VaJ 368
Letter by Vanbrugh to the Treasury, in the hand of an amanuensis and signed and dated by Vanbrugh, from Whitehall, 4 May 1725. 1725.
Edited in Works, IV, 166 (No. 164).
VaJ 369
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to the Treasury, from Whitehall, 4 May 1725. c.1725.
*VaJ 370
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Bowes Howard, fourth Earl of Berkshire, from Hartford Bridge, 11 May 1725. 1725.
In: the MS described under VaJ 344.
Edited by Clyve Jones in N&Q, 234 (December 1989), 461-9 (pp. 464-5).
*VaJ 371
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Bowes Howard, fourth Earl of Berkshire, from London, 1 June 1725. 1725.
In: the MS described under VaJ 344.
Edited by Clyve Jones in N&Q, 234 (December 1989), 461-9 (p. 465-6).
*VaJ 372
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Bowes Howard, fourth Earl of Berkshire, from London, 29 June 1725. 1725.
In: the MS described under VaJ 344.
Edited in Clyve Jones, N&Q, 234 (December 1989), 461-9 (pp. 466-7).
*VaJ 373
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [Jacob Tonson]. from London, 12 August 1725. 1725.
Edited in Works, IV, 166-7 (No. 165).
VaJ 374
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to Jacob Tonson, from London, 12 August 1725.
In: the MS described under VaJ 27. Late 18th century.
VaJ 375
Copy of a letter by Vanbrugh to the Treasury, from Whitehall, 19 August 1725. c.1725.
Edited in Downes, pp. 540-1 (Appendix G. No. 10).
*VaJ 376
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Carlisle], from Greenwich, 4 September 1725. 1725.
Edited in Works, IV, 168-9 (No. 166).
*VaJ 377
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Carlisle], from Greenwich, 11 September 1725. 1725.
Edited in Works, IV, 169-70 (No. 167).
*VaJ 378
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Bowes Howard, fourth Earl of Berkshire, from London, 21 October 1725. 1725.
In: the MS described under VaJ 344.
Edited by Clyve Jones in N&Q, 234 (December 1989), 461-9 (p. 467).
*VaJ 379
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [Jacob Tonson], from Greenwich, 25 October 1725. 1725.
Maggs's sale catalogue No. 568 (Christmas, 1931), item 1441.
Edited in Works, IV, 170-1 (No. 168).
VaJ 380
Copy of Vanbrugh's letter to Jacob Tonson, from Greenwich, 25 October 1725.
In: the MS described under VaJ 27. Late 18th century.
*VaJ 381
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Bowes Howard, fourth Earl of Berkshire, from Greenwich, 16 November 1725. 1725.
In: the MS described under VaJ 344.
Edited by Clyve Jones in N&Q, 234 (December 1989), 461-9 (pp. 467-8).
*VaJ 382
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Carlisle], from London, 16 December 1725. 1725.
Edited in Works, IV, 171-2 (No. 169).
*VaJ 383
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to Henry Bowes Howard, fourth Earl of Berkshire, from London, 3 February 1725/6. 1725/6.
In: the MS described under VaJ 344.
Edited by Clyve Jones in N&Q, 234 (December 1989), 461-9 (pp. 468-9).
*VaJ 384
Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Earl of Carlisle, from London, 8 March 1725/6. 1726.
Edited in Works, IV, 172-3 (No. 170).
Documents
Document(s)
VaJ 384.5
Copy of ‘A List of ye Debt due in the office of ye Works…to ye last of Mar: 1702’, the original signed by Vanbrugh, Wren and others, 3 July 1702. 1702.
VaJ 385
Series of official professional copies of forty-one reports by the Board of the Office of Works to the Earl of Godolphin (the originals having been signed by Vanbrugh, Wren and others), from 29 July 1702 to 2 March 1708/9, occupying pp. 8, 14-17, 19-21, 23-35, 40-1, 48, 51-3, 55, 61-5, 67-8, 79-81, 86-7, 92, 99, 101, and 178-9. c.1702-9.
VaJ 385.5
Series of official copies of eighty reports by the Board of the Office of Works to the Treasury, to the Board of Ordnance, to Commissioners of Land Tax for Whitehall, to the Duke of Bolton, to the Duke of Kent, to the Bishop of Carlisle, and to other bodies (the originals having been signed by Vanbrugh, Wren and others) from 24 May 1715 to 15 August 1717, occupying pp. 58-60, 65, 68, 70, 72-4, 78, 81, 83, 85- 91, 95-7, 100, 102, 104, 107, 110, 112, 114-15, 121, 123, 125-6, 130, 137, 139, 141, 143, 145, 149, 151, 154, 156-7, 159, 162, 164, 165, 170, 172, 174, 179, 183-4, 189-90, 198, 206, 209, 211-13, 215, 219, 221, 225, 236, 238, 241-2, 250-4, and 256. c.1715-17.
VaJ 386
Series of official copies of sixty-two reports by the Board of the Office of Works principally to the Treasury (the originals having been signed by Vanbrugh and others), from 2 July 1717 to 30 September 1723, occupying pp. 1-3, 5, 8-11, 13, 15, 17, 27, 31, 33-5, 39-41, 47-8, 51, 55, 57, 59, 62, 65, 70, 73-4, 77, 84-5, 89, 91, 93-4, 113-14, 121-2, 124-5, 131-3, 142, 157, 160, 164, 179, 185, 189, 193, 199, 254-5, 259, 269, 274, 279, 283, 317-20, 341, 343, 345, 355, and 357.
*VaJ 387
Autograph memorandum by Vanbrugh on ‘Expences in Building and Gardening at Hampton Court Kensington and St James's, Sence the Revolution’, on the forst page of a pair of conjugate quarto leaves, sent to Thomas Coke, Vice Chamberlain, endorsed ‘Richardson's bill’, undated. Early 1700s.
In: A folio composite volume of correspondence and papers, dated 1702-18, in various hands, 264 leaves. Volume XXVI (Series III) of the Coke Papers.
VaJ 388
Vanbrugh's bill of complaint against Thomas Holford about the Haymarket Theatre site, entirely in the hand of a legal clerk, 14 August 1703. 1703.
Register, No. 1732.
VaJ 389
Purchase by Vanbrugh from Woolley of ground for the Haymarket Theatre, [1703]. 1703.
Recorded in 1984 by Graham Barlow: see Register, No. 1731.
*VaJ 390
Autograph copy by Vanbrugh of an agreement by 29 subscribers to the Queen's Theatre, Haymarket, [1703]. 1703.
Register, No. 1720.
*VaJ 390.5
Agreement for the Duke of Newcastle to have free access to the new Haymarket Theatre, in a professional hand, signed and subscribed by Vanbrugh, also signed by William Congreve, 8 May 1704 (endorsed 9 May). 1704.
In: A folio composite volume of letters, 1696-1708, in various hands and paper sizes, 260 leaves, in modern half-morocco.
Vere & Cavendish Papers, recorded in HMC, PortlandII, pp. 110-235.
Recorded in HMC, 13th report, Appendix, Part II: Portland II (1893), p. 185. Register, No. 1768.
*VaJ 391
A grant of arms to John Deacle, in a professional hand and signed by Vanbrugh and by Sir Henry St George, 10 August 1704. 1704.
*VaJ 392
Vanbrugh's signature occurring frequently and at fairly regular intervals between 30 November 1704 and 1725 in the Partition Book recording the division of fees between all the Officers of Arms, the last being an undated partition stemming from a knighting that took place on 1 May 1725 after Vanbrugh had surrendered his office as Clarenceux King of Arms. 1704-25.
VaJ 392.5
Copy of a memorandum of an agreement with the Duke of Marlborough concerning stone, the original signed by Vanbrugh, 19 June 1705. 1705.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
VaJ 393
Copy of an agreement between Vanbrugh, as agent for the Duke of Marlborough, and Benjamin Johnson and John Davie, the original signed by Vanbrugh, 9 July 1705. 1705.
In: the MS described under VaJ 229.
*VaJ 394
The first of ten folio monthly account books of the Surveyor and Comptrollers of the building of Blenheim Palace, formally detailing all payments and expenses, neatly set out by one or more clerks, with occasional corrections by the Surveyor and Comptrollers, signed generally by Vanbrugh and by Henry Joynes, Inspector of the Works, and sometimes by Tilman Bobart, Comptroller, at the end of each month, covering altogether June 1705 to December 1714, Vanbrugh's signature appearing in this volume on ff. 12r, 30r, 45v, 63r, 83v, 92r, and 101r. 1705-14.
*VaJ 395
The second of ten folio monthly account books of the Surveyor and Comptrollers of the building of Blenheim Palace, formally detailing all payments and expenses, neatly set out by one or more clerks, with occasional corrections by the Surveyor and Comptrollers, signed generally by Vanbrugh, and by Henry Joynes, Inspector of the Works, and sometimes by Tilman Bobart, Comptroller, at the end of each month, covering altogether June 1705 to December 1714, Vanbrugh's signature appearing in this volume on ff. 5v, 12r, 24r, 46r, 62r, 77v, 91r, 102v, 114v, 126r, 134r, and [144v]. 1705-14.
*VaJ 396
The third of ten folio monthly account books of the Surveyor and Comptrollers of the building of Blenheim Palace, formally detailing all payments and expenses, neatly set out by one or more clerks, with occasional corrections by the Surveyor and Comptrollers, signed generally by Vanbrugh, and by Henry Joynes, Inspector of the Works, and sometimes by Tilman Bobart, Comptroller, at the end of each month, covering altogether June 1705 to December 1714, Vanbrugh's signature appearing in this volume on ff. 4r, 12r, 18r, 30v, 42r, 49v, 56v, 66r, 77r, 87v, 95v, and 101v. 1705-14.
*VaJ 397
The fourtht of ten folio monthly account books of the Surveyor and Comptrollers of the building of Blenheim Palace, formally detailing all payments and expenses, neatly set out by one or more clerks, with occasional corrections by the Surveyor and Comptrollers, signed generally by Vanbrugh, and by Henry Joynes, Inspector of the Works, and sometimes by Tilman Bobart, Comptroller, at the end of each month, covering altogether June 1705 to December 1714, Vanbrugh's signature appearing in this volume on ff. 8v, 14v, 20r, 26v, 35v, 48v, 62r, 75v), 86v, 97r, 109v, and 124v. 1705-8.
*VaJ 398
The fifth of ten folio monthly account books of the Surveyor and Comptrollers of the building of Blenheim Palace, formally detailing all payments and expenses, neatly set out by one or more clerks, with occasional corrections by the Surveyor and Comptrollers, signed generally by Vanbrugh, and by Henry Joynes, Inspector of the Works, and sometimes by Tilman Bobart, Comptroller, at the end of each month, covering altogether June 1705 to December 1714, Vanbrugh's signature appearing in this volume on ff. 3r, 14r, 23v, 31v, 46r, 62r, 77v, 93r, 102r, 116v, 127v, and 135r. 1705-14.
*VaJ 399
The sixth of ten folio monthly account books of the Surveyor and Comptrollers of the building of Blenheim Palace, formally detailing all payments and expenses, neatly set out by one or more clerks, with occasional corrections by the Surveyor and Comptrollers, signed generally by Vanbrugh, and by Henry Joynes, Inspector of the Works, andsometimes by Tilman Bobart, Comptroller, at the end of each month, covering altogether June 1705 to December 1714, Vanbrugh's signature appearing in this volume on ff. 8r, 16r, 24v, 36v, 54v, 68r, 78v, 87v, 99v, 107v, 111v, and 117v. 1705-8.
*VaJ 400
The eighth of ten folio monthly account books of the Surveyor and Comptrollers of the building of Blenheim Palace, formally detailing all payments and expenses, neatly set out by one or more clerks, with occasional corrections by the Surveyor and Comptrollers, signed generally by Vanbrugh, and by Henry Joynes, Inspector of the Works, and sometimes by Tilman Bobart, Comptroller, at the end of each month, covering altogether June 1705 to December 1714, Vanbrugh's signature appearing in this volume on ff. 2v, 4r, 6r, 8v, 10r, 12r, 14r, 16r, 18r, 20r, 22r, 24r, 26r, 28r, 30r, 32r, 34v, 36r, 38r, 40r, 42r, 44r, 46r, snd 49v. 1705-8.
VaJ 401
Copy of Vanbrugh's petition for an extension of the ground lease of the Haymarket Theatre, 22 April 1706, in an official register of applications to the Treasury Board.
Register, No. 1846.
VaJ 402
‘Mr Vanbrughs proposall’ concerning actresses' salaries, in the hand of Sir John Stanley, [spring 1706]. 1706.
Recorded by Milhous and Hume in TN, 35 (1981), 83.
*VaJ 403
Agreement between Vanbrugh and Owen Swiney concerning the Haymarket Theatre, the text entirely in Vanbrugh's hand and signed by him and Swiney, 14 August 1706. 1706.
Edited in Coke Papers, p. 7. Recorded by Milhous and Hume in TN, 35 (1981), p. 77. Register, No. 1860.
*VaJ 404
Agreement between Vanbrugh and Wilks, in a professional hand and signed by both men, 15 August 1706. 1706.
Recorded by Milhous and Hume in TN, 35 (1981), 77. Register, No. 1861.
*VaJ 405
Agreement between Vanbrugh and Henry Norris, in a professional hand and signed by both men, 15 August 1706. 1706.
Recorded by Milhous and Hume in TN, 35 (1981), 77. Register, No. 1863.
*VaJ 406
Agreement between Vanbrugh and Mrs Oldfield, in a professional hand and signed by both Vanbrugh and by Mrs Oldfield, 15 August 1706. 1706.
Recorded by Milhous and Hume in TN, 35 (1981), 77. Register, No. 1862.
VaJ 407
Agreement between Vanbrugh and John Mills, in a professional hand and signed by Mills only, 20 August 1706. 1706.
Recorded by Milhous and Hume in TN, 35 (1981), 77. Register, No. 1864.
VaJ 408
Agreement between Vanbrugh and William Bullock, in a professional hand and signed by Bullock only, 20 August 1706. 1706.
Recorded by Milhous and Hume in TN, 35 (1981), 77. Register, No. 1865.
VaJ 409
Agreement between Vanbrugh and Theophilus Keen, in a professional hand and signed by Keen only, 20 August 1706. 1706.
Recorded by Milhous and Hume in TN, 35 (1981), 77. Register, No. 1866.
VaJ 410
Agreement between Vanbrugh and Thomas Newman, in a professional hand and signed by Newman only, 20 August 1706. 1706.
Recorded by Milhous and Hume in TN, 35 (1981), 77. Register, No. 1867.
*VaJ 411
Autograph memorandum by Vanbrugh explaining why he denied Rich the right to produce plays, [c. August 1706]. 1706.
Edited in Coke Papers, pp. 9-10 (No. 5). Register, No. 1856.
*VaJ 412
Autograph signed memorandum of an agreement by Vanbrugh with Thomas Dorrell on the lease of a field for grazing, 27 March 1719. 1719.
Borthwick Institute, University of York, YM/VAN.1, [unnumbered item] .
*VaJ 413
Copy of a certificate of 30 October 1672 of the Lord Great Chamberlain's and Earl Marshal's places in all solemn proceedings, in a professional hand and signed as being a ‘true copy’ by Vanbrugh, by Henry St George and by Peter Le Neve, 19 December 1706. 1706.
*VaJ 414
A leaf (pp. 21-2) from one of the Books of Works for Greenwich Hospital, in a professional hand, signed by Vanbrugh, by Wren, and by Hawksmoor, March 1706/7. 1707.
Christie's, 20 June 1990, lot 367, with a facsimile in the sale catalogue. John Wilson's sale catalogue No. 69 (December 1990).
*VaJ 415
Report on irregularities, in a professional hand and signed by Vanbrugh, by Henry St George and by Peter Le Neve, 30 May 1707. 1707.
VaJ 416
Formal copy, in a professional hand, of a grant of Arms to David Long, High Sheriff of Devon (the original signed by Vanbrugh and by Henry St George), 14 July 1707. 1707.
Among the papers of Sir Henry St George the younger later in the Hermor-Hesketh Library at Easton Neston, Northamptonshire, sold at Sotheby's, 15 December 1999, lot 295, to Heywood Hill.
*VaJ 417
Autograph receipt signed by Vanbrugh, for £10 for Sir James Bateman's Grant of Arms, 9 October 1707. 1707.
Later in the Enys Collection. Michael Silverman's sale catalogue No. 24 (2005), item 101.
*VaJ 418
An official copy of a report to Henry Howard, Earl of Bindon, Deputy Earl Marshal, in a professional hand and the copy signed by Vanbrugh and by other officers of arms, 25 November 1707. 1707.
*VaJ 419
Report to Henry Howard, Earl of Bindon, Deputy Earl Marshal, in a professional hand and signed by Vanbrugh and by other officers of arms, 25 November 1707. 1707.
In: A folio composite volume of correspondence and papers, 1704-11. Volume DXXXVIII of the Blenheim Papers
*VaJ 420
Grant to Vanbrugh's sister Victoria of an annuity of £20 payable out of his newly-built Haymarket Theatre, in a professional hand and signed twice by Vanbrugh, 28 November 1707. 1707.
VaJ 421
Vanbrugh's retained copy, partly printed, of his agreement with Marchants Water-Works for a running water-course in the Haymarket Theatre, signed by Hugh Marchant, 27 January 1707[/8]. 1708.
VaJ 422
Formal bill of complaint by Vanbrugh and Swiney against Rich, Norris and Bullock, entirely in the hand of a legal scribe, 27 January [1707/8?]. 1708.
Register, No. 1953.
*VaJ 423
‘An Account of Fees due to ye Register of the College of Arms’ in pursuance of an order of the Earl Marshal for a certificate of entries in the Office Books and Earl Marshal's Books since 1694, in a professional hand and signed by Vanbrugh, by Henry St George and by Peter Le Neve, 29 January 1707/8. 1708.
VaJ 424
Copy by Winston of a memorandum to Thomas Coke, Vice Chamberlain, proposing a subsidy by the Queen, 21 February 1707/[8].
In: the MS described under VaJ 57. Early 19th century.
Edited in Coke Papers, pp. 83-4 (No. 53). Register, No. 1957.
*VaJ 425
Memorandum of ‘A particular Account of ye Daily Charge of an Opera’, partly in a professional hand, the last part in Vanbrugh's own hand, [c.8 March 1707/8]. 1708.
Edited in Coke Papers, pp. 88-9 (No. 56).
*VaJ 426
Memorandum of ‘A particular Account of ye daily Receipts of ye Opera's begining ye 13° January 1707/8 and ending 6° March 1707/8 Inclusive’, in a professional hand, with additions in other hands including Vanbrugh's, [c.8 March 1707/8]. 1708.
Edited in Coke Papers, pp. 90-1 (No. 57).
*VaJ 427
Autograph list by Vanbrugh of tradesmen's bills, 10 March 1707/8. 1708.
Edited in Coke Papers, pp. 92-3 (No. 58). Register, No. 1968 (in part).
*VaJ 428
Autograph memorandum by Vanbrugh on ‘The Dayly Charge of an Opera’, 7 April 1708. 1708.
Sotheby's, 24 July 1916, to Borrow.
Edited in E.V. Unger and W.A. Jackson, The Carl H. Pforzheimer Library: English Literature 1475-1700, 3 vols (New York, 1940), III, 1059-60, and in Coke Papers, pp. 97-8 (No. 62). A typed transcript is in Westminster City Archives (A.M. Broadley, ‘Annals of the Haymarket’ (1911), Vol. II, f. iii). Register, No. 1972.
*VaJ 429
Copy by Winston of Vanbrugh's memorandum on ‘The Dayly Charge of an Opera’, 7 April 1708.
In: the MS described under VaJ 57. Early 19th century.
Edited from this MS in Philip Olleson, ‘Vanbrugh and Opera at the Queen's Theatre, Haymarket’, TN, 26 (1971-2), 94-101 (p. 98).
*VaJ 430
Autograph memorandum on ‘Mr Vanbrugh shares’, being a proposal for profit-sharing in 1708-9, [c.14 April 1708]. 1708.
Facsimile in British Literary Autographs, Series I, ed Verlyn Klinkenborg et al. (New York, 1981), No. 64. Edited in Coke Papers, p. 99 (No. 63). Register, No. 1973.
Pierpont Morgan Library, R-V Autogrs. Misc.-Dramatists, [unnunbered item].
*VaJ 431
Grant of arms to Samuel Atkinson, in a professional hand, signed by Vanbrugh and by Sir Henry St George, 13 November 1708.
Photocopy in the British Library, RP 1461.
*VaJ 432
Report to Henry Howard, Earl of Bindon, Deputy Earl Marshal, in a professional hand, signed by Vanbrugh and other officers of arms, 29 November 1708. 1708.
In: A folio composite volume of correspondence. Vol XL of the Blenheim Papers.
*VaJ 433
Four documents signed by Vanbrugh, ‘being accounts from various workmen for work done at Blenheim Palace, and another similar Doc[ument], unsigned’, May-June 1709. 1709.
Sotheby's, 31 January 1956, lot 444, to Hamilton.
*VaJ 434
Autograph signed memorandum on ‘Reasons offer'd, for Preserving some Part of the old Manour’, 11 June 1709. 1709.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 29-30 (No. 19).
VaJ 435
Copy of Vanbrugh's memorandum on ‘Reasons offer'd, for Preserving some Part of the old Manour’, 11 June 1709. c.1709.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
VaJ 436
Copy of Vanbrugh's memorandum on ‘Reasons offer'd, for Preserving some Part of the old Manour’, 11 June 1709. c.1709.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
*VaJ 437
Memorandum about Blenheim Palace, in a professional hand, signed by Vanbrugh, 8 July 1709. 1709.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 32-3 (No. 21).
*VaJ 438
Autograph ‘Proposalls for Work to be done at Blenheim in 1709’. 1708-9.
In: the MS described under VaJ 229.
*VaJ 439
A quarto leaf from one of the books of Works for Greenwich Hospital, recording payments for March 1709/10, signed by Vanbrugh, by Wren, and by Hawksmoor. 1710.
Sotheby's, 19 July 1993, lot 452, to Maggs, with a facsimile in the sale catalogue.
VaJ 440
Series of official copies of forty-four reports by the Board of the Office of Works, to the Earl of Godolphin, to the Commissioners for Adjusting His Late Majesty's Debts, to Lord Oxford and to the Treasury (the originals having been signed by Vanbrugh, Wren and others), from 29 June 1709 to 29 November 1712, occupying pp. 12, 22, 23, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 40-1, 43, 47-8, 51, 58, 59, 60, 69, 71-2, 73, 73, 78-9, 81, 83, 86, 101, 108, 117, 133, 134, 150, 154, 158, 162, 163, 164-5, 168, 191-2, 193, 195, 200, 201, 202, 203, and 247. c.1709-12.
*VaJ 441
Document concerning Greenwich Hospital, signed by Vanbrugh, by Wren, by Hawksmoor and others, 19 January 1709/10. 1710.
Haverford College, Charles Roberts Autograph Letters Collection, MS Coll. 520.
*VaJ 442
Autograph memorandum signed by Vanbrugh, about his salary and expenses, 10 February 17[09/]10. 1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited in Downes, p. 536 (Appendix G, No. 1).
*VaJ 443
Document in a professional hand, signed by Vanbrugh and others, 6 July 1710. 1710.
Later owned by Robert Borthwick Adam (1863-1940), American book collector. Afterwards in the collection of Donald Frizell Hyde (1909-66) and Mary Hyde (1912-2003), Viscountess Eccles.
Recorded in The R. B. Adam Library, 3 vols (London & New York, 1929), III, 247 [ref. Life 4.1.55].
*VaJ 444
A building account relating to Blenheim Palace for the period 19 June to 18 September 1710, in a professional hand and signed by Vanbrugh, September 1710.
*VaJ 445
Copy by Vanbrugh of a letter to him by J. Taylor, 6 October 1710. c.1710.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 44-8 (No. 33).
*VaJ 446
Report to Henry Howard, Earl of Suffolk, Deputy Earl Marshal, in a professional hand and signed by Vanbrugh, by Henry St George and by Peter Le Neve, [undated, after 1709]. c.1710-14.
*VaJ 447
Mason's bill for work done at Blenheim, countersigned by Vanbrugh, [undated]. c.1710-15.
Sotheby's, 30 November 1938, lot 835, to Kenny.
*VaJ 448
An architect's certificate for £91 15s 2d signed by Vanbrugh, a single quarto leaf, 13 January 1710[/11?]. 1711.
Henry Sotheran's sale catalogue of autograph letters [1904], item 849.
*VaJ 449
Copy of a memorandum of ‘Work directed by the Duke of Marlborough to be done at Blenheim this year: 1711’, in a professional hand and signed by Vanbrugh, sent to Robert Harley, 15 June 1711. 1711.
In: the MS described under VaJ 129.
*VaJ 450
Report to Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford, about marble delivered to Blenheim, in a professional hand, signed by Vanbrugh and by Christopher Wren, at Whitehall, Office of Works, 29 June 1711. 1711.
In: the MS described under VaJ 129.
Edited in HMC, Portland, X (1931), p. 138.
*VaJ 451
Statement of money due to Henry Wise for plants transferred to Blenheim between 17 October 1710 and 1 November 1711, in a professional hand, signed by Vanbrugh. 1711.
Later owned by William Westley Manning (1868-1954), artist. Sotheby's, 25 January 1955 (Westley Manning sale), lot 460, to Peter Murray Hill.
*VaJ 452
Statement of accounts concerning the value of materials of John Noble's booth in Woodstock Park on 14 July 1710, in a professional hand and signed by Vanbrugh as being ‘Allow'd’ by him, [October-ante 16 November 1711], on f. iiir in a grangerised exemplum of Broadley's book. 1710.
Westminster City Archives, A. M. Broadley, ‘Annals of the Haymarket’ (1911), Vol. II.
VaJ 453
Official copy (‘Vera copia’ made for Charles Mawson) of an illuminated grant of arms to the Dummer family of Swathling, Hampshire (the original signed by Vanbrugh and by Henry St George), 22 October 1711. c.1711.
*VaJ 454
Autograph version of a memorandum of ‘Work directed by the Duke of Marlborough to be done at Blenheim this year: 1711’. 1711.
In: the MS described under VaJ 229.
*VaJ 455
Autograph version of a memorandum of ‘Work directed by the Duke of Marlborough to be done at Blenheim this year: 1711’. 1711.
In: the MS described under VaJ 229.
*VaJ 456
Autograph proposals by Vanbrugh for building fifty new churches, [1711]. 1711.
In: A folio composite volume of papers of John Robinson (1650-1723), Bishop of London, chiefly relating to ecclesiastical matters, in various hands, 401 leaves.
Edited in Whistler, pp. 247-52 (Appendix II), with a facsimile of one page containing his sketch of a cemetery at Surat as Plate 140, and in Downes (1977), pp. 257-8 (Appendix E), with a facsimile example of the same page as Plate 55.
VaJ 457
Copy of ‘Mr Van-Brugg's Proposals about Building ye new Churches’, [1711]. c.1711.
In: A folio composite volume of letters and papers chiefly relating to nonjurors, in various hands, ii + 308 leaves, c.1689-1713.
*VaJ 458
Report to the Deputy Earl Marshal signed by Vanbrugh, by Henry St George and by Peter Le Neve, 19 January 1711/12. 1712.
VaJ 459
Copy of a memorial by Vanbrugh about ‘Worke which the Duke of Marlborough has desir'd may be done this Year at Blenheim’, 15 June 1712. c.1712.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
*VaJ 460
Autograph docket by Vanbrugh (‘Accepted August the 4th 1712’) on a bill of exchange, in the hand of his brother Sir Charles Vanbrugh, for payment of £26 to Thomas Ray, Ostend, 25 July 1712. 1712.
*VaJ 461
Memorandum on money ‘Due to Severall Workmen and Artificers for Worke pform'd by them at the Building of Blenheim’, in a professional hand, signed by Vanbrugh, by Nicholas Hawksmoor and by Henry Joynes, July 1712. 1712.
In:
*VaJ 462
Memorandum on money ‘Due to Severall Workmen and Artificers for Worke pform'd by them at the Building of Blenheim’, in a professional hand, signed by Vanbrugh, by Nicholas Hawksmoor and by Henry Joynes, July-October 1712. 1712.
In: the MS described under VaJ 129.
*VaJ 463
Autograph memorandum signed by Vanbrugh, to John Grigsby, about the payment of a dividend in South Sea Company stock of Charles Vanbrugh, 12 November 1712. In an extra-illustrated exemplum of Peter Cunningham's The Story of New Gwyn, near p. 14. 1712.
Later owned by W.A. Foyle (1885-1963), of Beeleigh Abbey, Essex, bookseller. Christie's, 12 July 2000 (Foyle sale, Part III), lot 329.
*VaJ 464
Autograph memorandum signed by Vanbrugh (imperfect), concerning the Duke of Marlborough's will, 18 November 1712. A scribal abstract of the will is on f. 57r. 1712.
In: the MS described under VaJ 238.
Edited in Works, IV, 53 (No. 41, misdated ‘10th’ November). Facsimile in Garnett & Gosse (1903), III, 167.
*VaJ 465
Warrant authorising John Grigsby to pay to Thomas Kynaston a South Sea Company dividend on behalf of Charles Vanbrugh, in a professional hand and signed by Sir John Vanbrugh, 24 February 1712/13. 1713.
Edited in Judith Milhous, ‘Five New Letters by Sir John Vanbrugh’, HLB, 27 (1979), 434-41 (p. 437).
*VaJ 466
Illuminated Grant of Arms to Sir John Leake, on vellum, signed by Vanbrugh as Clarenceux King of Arms, 16 April 1713. 1713.
Phillips, 12 June 1998, lot 331, to Maggs, with a facsimile in the sale catalogue. Maggs's sale catalogue No. 1257, item 182.
VaJ 467
Copy of Vanbrugh's ‘Estimate of the Expence for Finishing the Works of Blenheim Castle in Woodstock Park’, November 1714. c.1714.
In: the MS described under VaJ 229.
*VaJ 468
The seventh of ten folio monthly account books of the Surveyor and Comptrollers of the building of Blenheim Palace, formally detailing all payments and expenses, neatly set out by one or more clerks, with occasional corrections by the Surveyor and Comptrollers, signed generally by Vanbrugh, and by Henry Joynes, Inspector of the Works, and sometimes by Tilman Bobart, Comptroller, at the end of each month, covering altogether June 1705 to December 1714, Vanbrugh's signature appearing in this volume on ff. 4r, 9r, 12v, 15v, 18v, 21r, 25v, 29r, 38r, 43v, 48r, 54r, 59r, 63r, 66v, 69r, 73r, 77r, 79v, 81v, 84r, 91r, 94r, and 96v. 1705-8.
VaJ 469
Scribal draft.of a report to the Treasury (the original signed by Vanbrugh, by Nicholas Hawksmoor and by Henry Joynes), 2 December 1714. c.1714.
In: the MS described under VaJ 461.
VaJ 470
Copy of a report to the Treasury (the original signed by Vanbrugh, by Nicholas Hawksmoor and by Henry Joynes), 2 December 1714. c.1714.
In: the MS described under VaJ 461.
*VaJ 471
Report to the Treasury, in a professional hand, signed by Vanbrugh, by Nicholas Hawksmoor and by Henry Joynes, 2 December 1714. 1714.
In: the MS described under VaJ 461.
*VaJ 472
Autograph memorandum by Vanbrugh on the ‘St[ate] of the Debt at Blenheim’, comprising a few calculations with an endorsement, ante 5 December 1714. 1714.
In: the MS described under VaJ 461.
*VaJ 473
Grant of arms to Matthew and Richard Howard, in a professional hand, signed by Vanbrugh and by Richard St George, 21 December 1714. 1714.
VaJ 474
Copy of an agreement between Vanbrugh, as Marlborough's agent, and George Lowe for a cottage house [before 1715]. c.1714.
In: the MS described under VaJ 229.
VaJ 475
Copy of Vanbrugh's report to the Treasury, giving ‘An Account of what has passed with the Treasury relating to the Building at Blenheim since my Lord Godolphin was removed’ (incorporating Vanbrugh's copies of his related letters to various bodies). [c.1714-15]. c.1714-15.
In: the MS described under VaJ 37.
VaJ 476
Copy of ‘The Reply of Sr. John Vanbrugh on the behalf of the Workmen employed in the Building of Blenheim, Humbly presented to the Kings most Excellent Majesty’, [c.1714-15]. c.1714-15.
In:
VaJ 477
Copy of a version of Vanbrugh's report to the Treasury on Blenheim Palace, [c.1714-15]. c.1714-15.
In: the MS described under VaJ 130.
VaJ 478
Copy of ‘The Reply of Sr. John Vanbrugh on the behalf of the Workmen employed in the Building of Blenheim, Humbly presented to the Kings most Excellent Majesty’, [c.1714-15]. c.1714-15.
In: the MS described under VaJ 130.
Edited in Works, IV, 198-203 (Appendix I, No. 3).
*VaJ 479
Copy of Vanbrugh's report to the Treasury on 10 October 1710, giving ‘An Account of what has passed with the Treasury relating to the Building at Blenheim since my Lord Godolphin was removed’ (incorporating Vanbrugh's copies of his related letters to various bodies), this copy in a professional hand, signed twice by Vanbrugh, and sent to Robert Harley, [c.1714-15]. c.1714-15.
In: the MS described under VaJ 129.
Edited in HMC, Portland X (1931), pp. 140-3.
*VaJ 480
A version of Vanbrugh's report to the Treasury on Blenheim Palace, in a professional hand and signed by Vanbrugh, [c.1714-15]. c.1714-15.
Edited (from Coxe's transcript) in Works, IV, 192-8.
*VaJ 481
Memorandum [? to Thomas Coke, Vice Chamberlain] on the history of Vanbrugh's agreement with Owen Swiney, in a professional hand and signed by Vanbrugh (f. 169r), with professional copies of related letters by Lord Shrewsbury and Colley Cibber (ff. 169v-70r) and Vanbrugh's autograph copies of letters by Swiney (ff. 171-2), [c.February 1714/15]. 1715.
Edited in Albert Rosenberg, ‘New Light on Vanbrugh’, PQ, 45 (1966), 603-13 (p. 609), and in Coke Papers, pp. 233-6. Recorded by Milhous and Hume in TN, 35 (1981), 122. Register, No. 2506.
VaJ 482
Official copy of Vanbrugh's report to the Treasury by the Board of the Office of Works, on expenses for the funeral of Queen Anne and the Coronation of George I, 10 June 171.
*VaJ 483
Report to the Treasury by the Board of the Office of Works, on expenses for the funeral of Queen Anne and the Coronation of George I, in a professional hand and signed by Vanbrugh, Wren and others, 10 June 1715. 1715.
VaJ 484
Copy of the report to the Treasury by the Board of the Office of Works (the original signed by Vanbrugh and others), 20 October 1715. c.1715.
VaJ 485
Copy of the report to the Treasury by the Board of the Office of Works, on allowances for late officers and clerks, in a professional hand (the original signed by Vanbrugh, Wren and others), 9 November 1715. c.1715.
*VaJ 486
Report to the Treasury by the Board of the Office of Works, on bills for works done at Windsor Castle, in a professional hand and signed by Vanbrugh, Wren and others, 9 November 1715. 1715.
*VaJ 487
Report to the Treasury by the Board of the Office of Works, on allowances for late officers and clerks, in a professional hand and signed by Vanbrugh, Wren and others, 9 November 1715. 1715.
VaJ 488
Copy of the report to the Treasury by the Board of the Office of Works, on bills for works done at Windsor Castle (the original signed by Vanbrugh, Wren and others), 9 November 1715. c.1715.
*VaJ 489
Report to the Treasury by the Board of the Office of Works, on debts incurred by the Office of Works, in a professional hand and signed by Vanbrugh, Wren and others, [c.28 December 1715]. 1715.
*VaJ 490
Autograph memorandum of Vanbrugh's payment of £100 for South Sea stock ‘at Midsummer last’, undated, loosely inserted in his account book. c.1715-26.
Borthwick Institute, University of York, YM/VAN.16 [addendum].
VaJ 490.5
Copy of Vanbrugh's report to the Treasury, giving ‘An Account of what has passed with the Treasury relating to the Building at Blenheim since my Lord Godolphin was removed’ (incorporating Vanbrugh's copies of his related letters to various bodies, [c.1714-15].
In: the MS described under VaJ 131.5.
*VaJ 491
Autograph memorandum by Vanbrugh, about the Duchess of Marlborough, endorsed by her, [after July 1716]. c.1716.
In: the MS described under VaJ 131.5.
Edited in Whistler, p. 246 (Appendix I, No. 25).
*VaJ 492
Memorandum of James Thornhill's expenses, in a scribal hand and signed and subscribed by Vanbrugh, December 1716. 1716.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
VaJ 493
Memorandum of James Thornhill's expenses, in a scribal hand and signed and subscribed by Vanbrugh, December 1716. 1716.
In: the MS described under VaJ 35.
*VaJ 494
Vanbrugh's autograph proposals to the King, in French, for rebuilding part of Hampton Court Palace [c.1716], together with a clerk's copy of the same document signed by Vanbrugh. 1716.
Sotheby's, 23 July 1985, lot 549. Sotheby's, 18 December 1986, lot 315, to Curry. Sotheby's, 18 December 1995, lot 543, to Maggs, with a facsimile page in the sale catalogue.
*VaJ 495
‘Explanation of the Design’ of a house for Mr John Hedworth, in a professional hand and signed by Vanbrugh [c.1716?]. 1716.
Maggs's sale catalogues No. 554 (Spring 1931), item 308, and No. 646 (Summer 1937), item 576. Later owned by William Westley Manning (1868-1954), artist. Sotheby's, 25 January 1955 (Westley Manning sale), lot 459.
VaJ 495.5
Copy of a memorandum by Vanbrugh of James Thornhill's expenses at Blenheim, totalling £978, in a professional hand, December 1716. 1716.
In: the MS described under VaJ 229.
VaJ 495.8
Memorandum of Vanbrugh's estimates for completing Blenheim, in an unidentified hand. c.1716.
In: the MS described under VaJ 229.
*VaJ 496
Copy of an ‘Abstract of the new Regulations, at present State of the Board of His Majesty's Works’, in a professional hand, endorsed in Vanbrugh's hand ‘Copy of a Paper given to the King. From the Late Treasury…translated into French and given to the King by Mr Walpole’, 8 February 1716/17. 1717.
In: the MS described under VaJ 272.
*VaJ 497
Report to the Treasury by the Board of the Office of Works, on the employment of Mr Mercer as Clerk Engrosser, in a professional hand and signed by Vanbrugh, Wren and others, 26 February 1716[/17?]. 1717.
*VaJ 498
Memorial about incorporating the Surveyor of the Roads in the Board of the Office of Works, in a professional hand and endorsed in Vanbrugh's hand ‘Surveyr: of the Kings Private Roads’, [April 1717]. 1717.
*VaJ 499
Report to Henry, Earl of Suffolk, Deputy Earl Marshal, in a professional hand, signed by Vanbrugh and other officers of arms, 3 May 1717. 1717.
In:
*VaJ 500
Autograph petition signed by Vanbrugh, to the Earl Marshal, 21 June 1717. 1717.
*VaJ 501
Report to the Treasury by the Board of the Office of Works, in a professional hand and signed by Vanbrugh and others, 23 July 1717. 1717.
VaJ 502
Copy of a report to the Treasury by the Board of the Office of Works (the original signed by Vanbrugh and others), 12 August 1717. Work 6/7, p. 23).
VaJ 503
Copy of a report to the Treasury by the Board of the Office of Works (the original signed by Vanbrugh and others), 12 August 1717. c.1717.
*VaJ 504
Report to the Treasury by the Board of the Office of Works, in a professional hand and signed by Vanbrugh and others, 29 August 1717.
VaJ 505
Official copy of a report to the Treasury by the Board of the Office of Works (the original signed by Vanbrugh and others), 29 August 1717. c.1717.
VaJ 506
Copy by Samuel Stebbing of a memorandum by Vanbrugh on reasons why the Norroy King of Arms should not share in the Garter King of Arms's fees during a vacancy of the latter, 1717. c.1717.
In: A folio composite volume of miscellaneous and genealogical collections, in several hands, 183 leaves.
*VaJ 507
Report to the Treasury on alleged abuses committed by the late Board of the Office of Works, in a professional hand and signed by Vanbrugh and Charles Dartiquenave, [1718. 1718.
VaJ 508
Copy of Vanbrugh's lease of the Haymarket Theatre to James and Thomas Yarburgh, 16 March 1718/19, in an official abstract of deeds. c.1719.
Register, No. 2910.
London Metropolitan Archives, MDR/Middlesex Land Register 1719/6, No. 323.
VaJ 509
‘Remarks on the Conduct of Wm Benson Esqr Surveyr: of His Majesties Works’, in a professional hand and anonymous, [March 1718/19]. 1719.
Edited. as by Vanbrugh, in Downes (1977), p. 262 (Appendix H).
*VaJ 510
Memorandum on ‘The Sevll: Charges against Thomas Rowland Clerk of his Majesty's Works att Windsor Castle’, in a professional hand and docketed in Vanbrugh's hand, [? 17 August 1719]. 1719.
VaJ 511
Copy of a memorandum by Vanbrugh about an additional officer for the Establishment of the Board of Works [1719]. 1719.
In: the MS described under VaJ 272.
VaJ 512
Copy of Vanbrugh's indenture assigning the Haymarket Theatre to Charles Vanbrugh, 13 October 1720. c.1720.
Register, No. 3031.
VaJ 513
Copy of a certificate (the original signed by Vanbrugh as Comptroller of the Works), appointing Nicholas Hawksmoor as his Deputy, 5 July 1721. 1721.
VaJ 514
Series of official copies of twenty-one reports by the Board of the Office of Works principally to the Treasury (the originals having been signed by Vanbrugh and others), from 26 September 1723 to 23 March 1725[/6?], occupying pp. 10, 13-14, 23, 25, 27-9, 31, 33, 35, 37-9, 58-9, 75, 83, 89-90, 101, 112, and 125-6. c.1723-6.
*VaJ 515
Illuminated Grant of Arms, to Thomas Bodicoate, London merchant, signed by Vanbrugh as Clerenceux King of Arms, and by John Anstis, Garter, on vellum, 3 August 1720. 1720.
Maggs's sale catalogue No. 1432 (2009), item 165, with a facsimile inside the rear cover.
VaJ 516
Agreement between Vanbrugh and Thomas Miller of Fulham, signed by the latter only, concerning Miller's invention of a method for burning brick tiles, 9 June 1721. 1721.
*VaJ 517
Illuminated Grant of Arms, to Stephen Martin of Bedington, heir to Admiral Sir John Leake, signed by Vanbrugh as Clarenceux King of Arms and by John Anstis, Garter, on vellum, 19 February ‘1721’. I 1721.
Phillips, 12 June 1998, lot 332, with facsimile in the sale catalogue (cover and p. 331).
*VaJ 518
A partly printed document signed by Vanbrugh, giving power of attorney to Jeremiah Nicolls in relation to South Sea Company stock, 9 June 1723. 1723.
In: A folio composite volume of letters and papers, in various hands and paper sizes, ii + 179 leaves, with an index by William Upcott, in half-leather.
Volume DXVIII of the Evelyn Papers.
*VaJ 519
Vanbrugh's surrender of the office of Clarenceux King of Arms, in a professional hand and signed by Vanbrugh, 9 February 1724/5. 1725.
*VaJ 520
Report to the Treasury by the Board of the Office of Works, in a professional hand and signed by Vanbrugh and others, 23 April 1725. 1725.
VaJ 521
Copy of a report to the Treasury by the Board of the Office of Works, in a professional hand (the original signed by Vanbrugh and others), 23 April 1725.
*VaJ 522
‘The Memorial of Sr. John Vanbrugh’, a petition to the Treasury, in a professional hand and signed and subscribed by Vanbrugh, [1725]. 1725.
Edited in Works, IV, 204-5 (Appendix I, No. 4).
Will
*VaJ 523
Vanbrugh's autograph last will and testament, unsigned, written, with a codicil, 30-31 August 1725 and proved 22 April 1726. 1725.
*VaJ 524
A registered copy of Vanbrugh's last will and testament, written 30-31 August 1725 and proved 22 April 1726. 1726.
Miscellaneous Extracts from Works by Vanbrugh
Extracts
VaJ 525
Extracts from plays by Vanbrugh, including The Relapse, The Provoked Wife, Esop, The Confederacy, and The False Friend, headed ‘The Cream of Poetry / Vanbrugh's Plays’.
In: A quarto verse miscellany, in four hands, written from both ends, 52 leaves, modern half-calf on marbled boards. Compiled at least in part by Thomas Barker, of Jesus College, Cambridge (inscription f. 1r). c.1728-33.
Later owned by F.W. Cosens (1819-9), book collector; by J.W. Jarvis (pencil inscription inside front cover); and by Francis Jenkinson, librarian, in 1923.
Cambridge University Library, MS Add. 6455, ff. 52v-49r rev.