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K004 - Records of the Legge family of Sandwell and Patshull, Barons Dartmouth, Earls of Dartmouth
- D(W)1778 - Papers of the Legge Family, Earls of Dartmouth
  - I - Public Office and political interests
    - 1 - Political correspondence

Located At	Staffordshire Record Office
Level	Item
Doc Ref No	D(W)1778/I/i/1252
Title	Chancery Lane, over against Lincoln's Inn, William Croft to Lord Dartmouth, at Yarmouth
Date	7 Jan 1688
Description	7 Jan 1687/88, Encloses a letter to his Lordship from the Duke of Albemarle, and refers to the Duke's splendid and gracious reception at the Barbadoes, several ships have been at work upon the wreck, and have taken up great quantities, many skirmishes, some killed and some drowned, there is great satisfaction in the University of Cambridge that the commission of the Chancellorship has been lodged by the Duke in Lord Dartmouth, some of the heads of colleges intend to wait upon his Lordship For full description see HMC Calendar (11th Report Appendix 5), 1887, available for consultation at the Staffordshire Record Office and at the William Salt Library, Stafford