The Herrick family of Leicestershire included Sir William Herrick (1562-1653), who was a goldsmith and moneylender, and one of the four Tellers of the Exchequer of Receipt, 1616-23.

Papers of the Herrick family of Leicestershire, consisting of family letters, and official business and estate papers. Most of the papers are of Sir William Herrick.

The papers were bought from Hofmann and Freeman, with the aid of a grant from the fund administered by the Victoria and Albert Museum, in 1968.

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M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 39666-77.

See also Papers of Sir William Herrick (MSS. Eng. hist. b. 244-8(R), b. 249, c. 1292-318).

Many of the papers are printed in John Nichols, History and antiquities of the county of Leicester (London, 1795-1811).

Goldsmiths

Herrick | William | 1562-1653 | Sir | Knight, Goldsmith, and Teller of the Exchequer

Herrick | family | Leicestershire

England and Wales | Exchequer