UK Parliamentary Archives

• Held At: Parliamentary Archives: GB-061
• Catalogue Reference: OXF
• Former Archival Reference: Historical Collection 179
• Ref No: OXF
• Date: 17 September 1701
• Level: Fonds
• Extent: 1 document
• Creator Name: Chancery, 1066-1875
• Administrative or Biographical History: King William III had appointed Aubrey de Vere, Earl of Oxford as Speaker in the House of Lords as well as to act as Lord Keeper, on Thursday 1 August 1700, in the absence of Sir Nathan Wright, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal. Letters patent were issued by the King on Thursday 18 September revoking this appointment and Sir John Holt, Knight and Chief Justice appointed temporary Lord Keeper in his place.
• Acquisition: Purchased at Sotheby's Auctioneer's Sale on 18 February 1975, lot 276. Accession number 1434.
• Category: Personal/Political Papers
• Description: Letters patent revoking the Patent of the Earl of Oxford to act as Lord Keeper in the House of Lords.
• Language: English
• Related Material: The appointment and revocation of the Earl of Oxford as Keeper of the House of Lords can be found in the House of Lords Journal, vol.16, 1696-1701, pp.584 and 773. Accounts of Aubrey de Vere are held at the National Archives in SP 46/87/176-227; papers of the De Vere family, Earls of Oxford can also be found at the National Archives in C 110/78-80; at the Wiltshire and Swindon Record Office in WRO 9/30/30 and WRO 192, and also at the Essex Record Office, Colchester and North East Essex branch in D/DRg2.
• Access Status: Open
• Physical Description: Manuscript; parchment

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