The volume contains the following items:
G173/3/1, Letter from Noah Bridges to his son Shem, Fort St. George, East Indies, informing him that Noah to be Clerk of Parliament, 23 Jan 1660/1
G173/3/2, Copy of /1 annotated .... taken this 25th of October, 1756, by me George Onslow [later 1st Earl], 1756
G173/3/3, Gratitude in Season or, a Word for Sir Richard Onslow .... being a brief narrative of the secret friendship of the said Sir Richard to Captain Edward Andrews of Flexwood, Surrey, in his suffering for his late Majesty, Edward Andrews, London, 7 printed pp., 1661
G173/3/4, The memorable case of Denzil Onslow, Esq., tryed at the Assizes in Surrey, July the 20th, 1681, touching his election at Haselmere [Haslemere] in Surrey, R. Baldwyn, London 8 printed pp., 1681
G173/3/5, Letter to [? Matthew Prior] British Embassy, The Hague, from Richard [1st Lord] Onslow expressing gratitude for favours shown to Onslow's son, 10 June [16]97, endorsed Purchased July 1908 Cranley, 1697-1908
G173/3/6, Abstract of the will of Lady Mary, widow of Sir Arthur Onslow in year book 1706. Will dated 9 April 1705 with notes on the Onslow family by A.O. [Arthur Onslow, Speaker], nd
G173/3/7, Receipt for £6 1s. 3d. [for malt tax?] to Lord [Thomas] Onslow one of the tellers of his Majesty's Exchequer, 7 Nov 1723
G173/3/8, Order for production and examination of Carmarthen Order Book, Black Book, and relevant charters and for presence of James Phillips, Town Clerk of Carmarthen, at bar of House of Commons, re petitions concerning [parliamentary] election, signed Ar[thur] Onslow, Speaker 9 Feb 1727/1 annotated Purchased July 1908 Cranley, 1727-1908
G173/3/9, Extract from John Evelyn's diary re visit to Lord [Thomas] Onslow at Clandon, 27 May 1729; copied Dec. 1875, 1729-1875
G173/3/10a-b, Explanation of [figures in] picture of House of Commons in 1730 including Speaker Arthur Onslow, with [later] cover, 1730
G173/3/11, Extract from letter from [Philip, 2nd Earl of] Hardwicke to Lord [George] Onslow asking permission for copy to be made of Thornhill's picture of House of Commons, 20 Aug 1789, TS. and copy of Explanation [10b], TS., nd
G173/3/12, Invoice of books, stationery, etc. delivered for his Majesty's Service, 1729-30, signed Ar. [Arthur] Onslow, Speaker nd, endorsed Purchased July 1908 Cranley, 1729-1908
G173/3/13, Letter of thanks from Viscount Cornbury [later Lord Hyde] to King George II, 6 June 1748
G173/3/14, Letter to Arthur Onslow, Speaker, from Lord Hyde reporting Hyde's private audience with King George II and Hyde's support for Pelham ministry, 27 Jan 1751
G173/3/15, Letter to Arthur Onslow, Speaker, from Edward Onslow, Liverpool, on Onslow genealogy, 3 June 1750
G173/3/16, Personal letter from Arthur Onslow, Speaker, Bath, to unnamed correspondent, 5 Oct 1751
G173/3/17, Copy of speech at end of session in 1756 of Speaker of House of Commons, Arthur Onslow, to George II [? contemp. copy], nd
G173/3/18, Notes by AO [Arthur Onslow, Speaker] on origin of Kit-Cat Club, 1763
G173/3/19, Letter from Hor [Horace] Walpole to [Arthur Onslow, Speaker] thanking Onslow for anecdotes relating to J. Britton and other assistance with Walpole's work on art history, 31 March 1764; endorsed H. Walpole to my grandfather. [H. Walpole's Anecdote of Painting in England, vol.III, published 1764], 1764
G173/3/20, Copy inventory of portraits and other paintings at Clandon [original appended to indenture dated 1778], nd
G173/3/21, Letter from Lord [Thomas] Onslow to ? poacher complaining of hare catching near Clandon, 30 Oct 1738
G173/3/22, Letter to Lord [George] Onslow from [Philip, 2nd Earl of] Hardwicke asking permission to have copy made of Thornhill's picture of House of Commons, 20 August 1784
G173/3/23, Notice of sweepstake to be run on Merrow Downs, with subscribers' signatures, including Lord [George] Onslow, 1788
G173/3/24, Copy of Epilogue by Thomas, 2nd Earl of Onslow, on art of driving and style of young men, nd [after 1814]
G173/3/25, Letter from George P. [Prince of Wales] to Thomas Onslow [later 2nd Earl] arranging dinner at Clandon, 11 Sep 1782
G173/3/26, Letter from P. Deare to Thomas Onslow [later 2nd Earl] praising bravery of Onslow's son, Mainwaring Onslow, 15 Aug 1800, and enclosing copy letter to Deare from his son, Ensign George Deare, reporting how M. Onslow saved writer from drowning, 7 Aug 1800
G173/3/27, Copy letter to George, 1st Earl of Onslow, from P. Deare asking Onslow to give box to grandson, Capt. M. Onslow, as token of gratitude, 7 Jan 1802; annotated that copied by Harriet E. Onslow [daughter of 2nd Earl], 10 Jan 1802
G173/3/28, Letter to Thomas Onslow [later 2nd Earl] from George P. [Prince of Wales] apologising for absence, nd
G173/3/29, Note of congratulations from Dowager Lady Onslow, widow of Richard, 3rd Lord Onslow, to George Lord Onslow on creation of earldom, 3 June 1801
G173/3/30, Letter from Hon. Edward Onslow, France, to his parents, 1st Earl and wife, on family and financial matters, 15 Aug 1808
G173/3/31, Account by George, 1st Earl of Onslow, of offer of earldom to him by King George III in person, nd [? 1801]
G173/3/32, Copy will of Edward Onslow of Clermont-Ferrand, [France], youngest son of George, 1st Earl, 7 Aug 1810
G173/3/33, Note from [Queen] Charlotte to Crany [Charlotte, wife of 2nd Earl of Onslow, Lady-in-Waiting] accompanying gift of prayer-book 24 March 1812 endorsed The Queen's Note, 1812
G173/3/34, Copy probate of Thomas, 2nd Earl of Onslow, proved 15 May 1827, 15 May 1827
G173/3/35, Copy will of Lady Harriet Onslow [daughter of 2nd Earl] of Woodbridge House, Guildford, 23 August 1826
G173/3/36-37, 2 letters to Mama [Mrs. Thomas Cranley Onslow] from [George] Augustus [Cranley] Onslow, Upton House, Alresford, Hampshire, paper watermarked, nd
G173/3/38, Letter from [Thomas] Cranley Onslow to [Gen. W.F.B. Loftus] re marriage of writer's son, Augustus [George Aug Cranley Onslow] to recipient's daughter [Harriet Loftus] 28 April [?1847 or 8]; endorsed My grandfather respecting the marriage of my father and mother [by 4th Earl], c.1847
G173/3/39, Letter from Guildford Onslow to My dear old Jack [? George Aug Cranley Onslow] on family matters, nd
G173/3/40, Personal letter to Harriet [Loftus, later his wife] from [George] Augustus C. Onslow, 5 July [?1848]
G173/3/41-42, 2 personal letters to his wife Harriet from [George Aug Cranley Onslow], nd and 21 June
G173/3/43, Letter from [George] Augustus C. Onslow to Miss [Harriet] Loftus asking her to marry him, 20 April [?1847 or 1848]
G173/3/44, Pedigree of the descendants of Richard, 1st Lord Onslow to Richard, 3rd Lord Onslow, d.1776, nd [? before 1812]
G173/3/45, Onslow pedigree: Roger Onslow of Shropshire, temp. Henry VIII to Richard, 1st Lord Onslow, nd
G173/3/46, Onslow pedigree: Roger de Onslow of Shropshire, temp. Henry III, to Edward Onslow of Shropshire, temp. Edw. IV, [? as no. 45], nd
G173/3/47, Pedigree of Onslow showing descendants of Henry Onslow, 3rd son of Sir Richard Onslow who d. 1664, to late 19th century e.g. including Guildford Onslow, printed, nd
G173/3/48, Pedigree of descent of William Hillier, 4th Earl of Onslow, from Edward III, nd [? 19th cent]
G173/3/49, Three pedigrees of the Onslow family: (1) from Adam and Eve to Charles Mainwaring Ellerker Onslow, grandson of Thomas Cranley Onslow, d. 1861; (2) from Charlemagne and William Conqueror to Henry I; (3) from early Kings of Scotland to Malcolm Canmore, TS, 18 April 1907
G173/3/50/1-2, Copy of monumental inscriptions including that to Foot Onslow, d.1710 son of Sir Arthur Onslow, d.1688 and enclosure; copy of monumental inscription to Sir Edward Car, d.1636 husband of Jane, 2nd daughter of Sir Edward Onslow of Surrey, both nd, nd
G173/3/51, A view of an antient tomb in St. Chad's Church in Shrewsbury belongings to ye Onslowe family with an account of the present state and condicion thereof by W. Hayward for Lord [Thomas] Onslow, with drawing of tomb as frontispiece, pencil sketch of canopy and railings at end of book, 26 May 1726, 14 pp., 1726
G173/3/52, Extract from H. Owen and J.B. Blakeway's History of Shrewsbury (1825) of history of the Onslow family, 1825
G173/3/53, Memorandum of searches [made for Speaker, Arthur Onslow] by Edward Onslow of Shrewsbury for family history, nd [? 18th cent]
G173/3/54, Onslow pedigree from Roger de Onslow, temp. Henry III to Richard, 3rd Lord Onslow, d.1776, nd
G173/3/55, Pedigree showing descendants of Edward Onslow of Clermont-Ferrand d. 1829, to end of 19th cent., certified by Bluemantle Pursuivant, 21 Sep 1901
G173/3/56, Copy of inscription on back of picture of Milton in library at Nuneham Park, nd [? 1908]
G173/3/57, Note by [Lord] Harcourt that the MSS. at Nuneham record that the Nuneham copy of Milton's portrait was from the original burnt at Clandon, 24 June 1908 [According to 5th Earl of Onslow, the picture of Milton was sold by my great uncle and came up for sale at Sotheby's the other day: S.A.C. vol. 42 (1934) p.8], 1908-1934
G173/3/58, History of the Onslow family from Manning and Bray's History of Surrey (1811), pp 237-56, 1811
G173/3/59, Onslow pedigree: Henry III to 3rd Earl of Onslow printed, nd [19th cent]
G173/3/60, Offprint of H.M.C. report on Onslow manuscripts (1896), pp 480-504, 1896
G173/3/61, Pedigree of Anne, wife of William Mifflin Powell, from William the Conquerer [no apparent Onslow connexion], printed, [? 20th cent.]
G173/3/62, Copy of monumental inscription to Martha Bendyshe, spinster, d. 1785, erected by Dowager Lady Onslow in Barrington Church, Cambridgeshire., nd [19th cent.]
G173/3/63, Note on house and family of Clandon Park, seat of Rt. Hon. Thomas Onslow, 2nd Earl, printed, nd [19th cent.]
G173/3/64, Onslow pedigree: Roger Onslow of Shrewsbury, temp. Edw. I, to Thomas Cranley Onslow d., printed, 1861
G173/3/65, Inscription on monument to Sir Edward Car, with drawing of tomb and note that tablet repaired by George Lord Onslow, [later 1st Earl] 1775, TS., nd [? 19th cent.]
G173/3/66, Another copy of no.64, 1861
G173/3/67, History of the French Branch of the Onslow family, by the 4th Earl, 31 July 1882