Notes on Hardwick family, Cavendish family Transcripts (mostly partial) and notes from MSS. at Hardwick Hall. Inventories, domestic and building accounts, 16th and 17th centuries; including: The rent roule of James Hardwyke, 1569; notes on deeds for Hardwick from 1454; Hardwick manuscript, book of general payments, 1551; notes from a household book of Elizabeth Cavendish, Nov 1552; an inventory of furniture and household stuff at Chatsworth House; the book of money disbursed amongst the ladies leaving Chatsworth on Friday 20th August 1558; The Coke of payments for work done Oct 1533; Cavendish Accounts, Oct 1591 - Jan 1597; an inventory of furniture and household stuff at Hardwick Hall; notes from the building accounts for the new Hardwick Hall; and an account of work at 'Old Hardwick Hall'; a book of Tithe payments, Jan 1603 to Mar 1607 c1870-1880