Record

Document ReferencePw V 115
TitleVolume containing lists of applications for various honours and offices apparently made to W.H.C. Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland; n.d. [1807-08]
Date1807-1808 (c)
Extent87 ff
LevelItem/file
Content DescriptionVolume divided alphabetically by name of applicant into lists of applications for honours and offices; details include posts and sometimes salaries; volume has alphabetical index; many folios left blank.

Volume possibly in the hand of 3rd Duke of Portland.
LanguageEnglish
Termpatronage
applications, for positions
applications, peerage
ReprodnNoteVolumes from Pw V cannot be photographed by readers with their own camera or device, but reprographic copies can be supplied for educational and private study purposes only.
Physical DescriptionFolio book
Also has 2 front flyleaves.
ConditionGood
Descriptive FeaturesWatermark: Britannia holding laurel branch within crowned, triple rimmed circle, approx. 126 x 77 mm; countermark, W TURNER and date 1802 below the name, approx. 34 x 102 mm

Similar binding characteristics to Pw V 114; tobacco brown suede on pasteboards, blind tooled around outer borders with a single fillet line, a wave roll facing the centre of covers, all three ornaments stamped close together as a unit; central field is left blank; same decoration on both upper and lower covers; spine is divided into 6 panels by means of a double fillet line blind stamped 7 times along the spine; front and back pastedowns are similar to marble paper in Pw V 115.
WatermarkBritannia
Related MaterialUniversity of Nottingham Library:
University of Nottingham Library:
Papers of the 3rd Duke of Portland (Pw F)

Click the links below to view related name indexes

Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA905Bentinck; William H.C. Cavendish- (1738-1809); 3rd Duke of Portland; succ. 17621738-1809
Add to My Items