Introduction
A
Correspondence and papers of Sir Charles Cockerell, and
other members of his family, 1774-1880
B
Correspondence and papers of John Wallis Grieve and his
wife Elizabeth, 1808-61, and correspondence and papers
concerning their estates, 1861-71
B.1 Correspondence of J.W. Grieve,
1808-60
B.2 Other papers
B.3 Bank and account books
B.3.1 Bank passbooks, mainly Coutts & Co., of
J.W. and E. Grieve, 1811-61, and their executors,
1861-71
B.3.2 Household account books,
1851-62
B.4 Miscellaneous papers
C
Correspondence and papers of Charles Rivington,
solicitor, 1833-80
| Abstract: Correspondence and papers relating to the Cockerell (later Rushout) and Grieve families, 18th-19th cent. |
The Cockerell and Grieve families were united through marriage; Harriet and Elizabeth Rushout were daughters of John Rushout, 1st Earl Northwick. Harriet married Sir Charles Cockerell of Sezincot, brother of Samuel Pepys Cockerell (1754-1827) in 1808, and Elizabeth Bowles married secondly John Wallis Grieve (known as Wallis) in 1819. See W. H. Bowles Records of the Bowles Family (London, 1918), relating to the Bowles, Grieve, and Rushout families (Bodleian copy: 2182 B. d. 52, pp. 91-116).
The papers are arranged in three sections. First, those relating to the Cockerell family, including letters to Sir Charles Cockerell from his brother Colonel John Cockerell, 1779-98, correspondence concerning the financial affairs of the Marquis of Wellesley, 1817-35, and correspondence and papers of Sir Charles's wife Harriet, 1810-50, and other members of the family.
The second section comprises correspondence and papers of John Wallis Grieve and his wife Elizabeth, 1808-71. Grieve was educated at Eton and Cambridge, and in 1813 bought a cornetcy in the Second Life Guards. His correspondents are mainly Old Etonians, and friends from the army who were serving in the Peninsular War and with Wellington immediately before the battle of Waterloo, as well as his brother-in-law, Sir Charles Cockerell. In 1821 Grieve, who had been in financial difficulties for some time, and was living in France to avoid imprisonment for debt, was superseded from the army for failing to return from leave. His efforts to return to the army became an obsession, and the correspondence includes draft letters to Lord Cathcart, Colonel-in-Chief of the Guards, and memorials to George IV.
The third section comprises correspondence of Charles Rivington, 1833-80, solicitor to both families.
| Letters to Sir Charles Cockerell from his brother
John Cockerell, 1779-92,
1793-8 Shelfmark: Dep. c. 855-6 Extent: 195, 179 leaves |
| Letters to Sir Charles Cockerell, mainly from his
solicitors Hall, Ross & Brownley, on various matters,
1801-26, 1829-36 Shelfmark: Dep. c. 857-8 Extent: 161, 210 leaves |
| Letters to Sir Charles Cockerell from Tobias and
James Furneaux, 1808-20 Shelfmark: Dep. c. 859 Extent: 46 leaves |
| Correspondence, mainly with Sir Charles Cockerell,
concerning the financial affairs of Richard, Marquis of Wellesley,
1817-27, 1828-35 Shelfmark: Dep. c. 860-1 Extent: 186, 164 leaves |
| Letters to Sir Charles Cockerell from J. H. Belli,
with copies of letters from Cockerell to Belli, 1833-6,
n.d. Shelfmark: Dep. c. 862 Extent: 124 leaves |
| Papers relating to Sir Charles Cockerell,
1790-1837, n.d. Shelfmark: Dep. b. 254 Extent: 115 leaves Scope and Content: Comprises
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| Correspondence and papers of Lady Harriet Cockerell
(d. 1851) Shelfmark: Dep. c. 863 Extent: 165 leaves Scope and Content: Includes
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| Miscellaneous papers and accounts of John Cockerell,
1774-98 Shelfmark: Dep. c. 864 Extent: 65 leaves |
| Household bills of Anne Rushout, elder sister of
Lady Cockerell, 1816-17 Shelfmark: Dep. c. 865 Extent: 89 leaves |
| Correspondence and papers of Sir Charles Rushout
(1809-69), son of Sir Charles Cockerell, and of his family, mainly about
financial matters, 1860-80 Shelfmark: Dep. c. 866 Extent: 84 leaves |
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1808, 1812-13 Shelfmark: Dep. c. 867 Extent: 140 leaves |
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1815-19
Shelfmark: Dep. c. 868 Extent: 158 leaves |
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1820-44
Shelfmark: Dep. c. 869 Extent: 154 leaves |
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1849-60
Shelfmark: Dep. c. 870 Extent: 232 leaves |
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n. d.
Shelfmark: Dep. c. 871 Extent: 77 leaves |
| Financial papers of J.W. Grieve,
1816-61, including household accounts,
1848-61 Shelfmark: Dep. c. 872 Extent: 160 leaves |
| Marriage settlements,
1819 Shelfmark: Dep. c. 873 Extent: 6 items |
| Miscellaneous papers of J.W. Grieve Shelfmark: Dep. c. 874 Extent: 60 leaves Scope and Content: Includes (fols. 1-39), 'Papers receipts and lists of pictures by name relative to the house No. 2 Rue Chanchat, Paris, May 1820'. |
| Correspondence of Elizabeth Grieve,
1807-62, n.d. Shelfmark: Dep. c. 875 Extent: 148 leaves Scope and Content: Includes (fols. 118-21) an undated letter from her husband. |
| Papers of Elizabeth Grieve,
1810-62, n.d. Shelfmark: Dep. c. 876 Extent: 168 leaves Scope and Content: Including
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| Papers relating to the will of Elizabeth
Grieve, including draft wills, and executors' papers,
1821-71 Shelfmark: Dep. b. 255 Extent: 243 leaves Scope and Content: With (fols. 185-219) papers relating to the sale of her house, 35 Grosvenor Place, London, including (fols. 195-8) two copies of printed sale particulars, 21 Mar. 1862, with memorandum of agreement of sale, and sale catalogues, marked-up with prices fetched of (fols. 220-38) household contents, including pictures, books and music scores, Phillips, 24 Mar. 1862, and (fols. 239-43) silver plate, jewellery and other belongings, Phillips, 28 Mar. 1862. |
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1811-17
Shelfmark: Dep. e. 394 Extent: 19 leaves |
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1847-58
Shelfmark: Dep. e. 395 Extent: 21 leaves |
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1848-58
Shelfmark: Dep. e. 396 Extent: 21 leaves |
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1858-60
Shelfmark: Dep. e. 397 Extent: 19 leaves |
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1858-61
Shelfmark: Dep. e. 398 Extent: 19 leaves |
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1861-5
Shelfmark: Dep. e. 399 Extent: 19 leaves |
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1865-70
Shelfmark: Dep. e. 400 Extent: 21 leaves |
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1870-1
Shelfmark: Dep. e. 401 Extent: 42 leaves |
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1851-5
Shelfmark: Dep. d. 841 Extent: 47 leaves |
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1851-8
Shelfmark: Dep. d. 842 Extent: 106 leaves |
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1859-60
Shelfmark: Dep. d. 843 Extent: 6 leaves |
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1861-2
Shelfmark: Dep. d. 844 Extent: 26 leaves |
| Notebook containing lists of clothes taken on
journeys by Mrs. Grieve, 1839-52 Shelfmark: Dep. d. 845 Extent: 50 leaves |
| Passport in leather case stamped 'Mr. &
Honourable Mrs. Wallis Grieve', 1851-60 Shelfmark: Dep. e. 402 Extent: 1 item |
| Notebook containing inventory of plate,
1854 Shelfmark: Dep. d. 846 Extent: 43 leaves |
| Loose papers entitled 'Miscellaneous papers,
poetic, didactic and political...MSS. by various hands',
n.d. Shelfmark: Dep. c. 877 Extent: 106 leaves Scope and Content: With (fols. 104-6) an introduction to the Grieve papers by Charles Rivington, grandson of Charles Rivington, solicitor, 1989. |
| Correspondence and papers of Charles Rivington,
mainly relating to the Grieve and Northwick estates,
1833-61, 1862-80 Shelfmark: Dep. c. 878-9 Extent: 124, 126 leaves |
| Letters from Sir Charles Rushout, 2nd. Bart.
(1809-69) to Charles Rivington, 1861-2,
1863-5, n.d., Shelfmark: Dep. c. 880-1 Extent: 132, 93 leaves |