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Papers, 1767-1772, relating to the conveyance of the estate (including a copy agreement, 6 Jan. 1772, for its sale to the Duke of Beaufort) together with the appointments, 8 July 1768, of a chief steward and a constable of the castles of Usk and Trelleck.

Original documents and near-contemporary copies of Clive’s papers assembled and prepared in 1772-1773 for his defence before the select committee. They include his speech to Parliament, minutes of interrogatories of witnesses, copies of his official correspondence, and memoranda and notes, etc., looking back to events and aspects of his service over a ten year period from his victory at Plassey (1757) to his final return to England (1767).

Personal and domestic correspondence comprising letters from Clive to his cousin George Clive, 1760-1761; letters to Clive in India from his wife, Margaret, Lady Clive, and his son Edward, 1765-1767; and letters from Lady Clive in Europe to Clive in England, 1768.

Poems, plays and manuscripts from Clive’s private collection.

Poll books, 1774, for the borough of Shrewsbury and the county of Montgomery, 1775, and canvass return of the borough of Shrewsbury.

Proceedings of the committee from its constitution on 18 March 1766 to 6 Nov. 1766, including reports and accounts of officers such as the military Paymaster General containing abstracts of pay to sepoys, lascars, artificers and coolies, returns of casualties, a list of assistants and servants employed in the fort, charges relating to repairs and merchandize and particulars of marine disbursements.

Duplicates of proceedings (i.e. minutes, resolutions, etc. as in the consultations) of the board meeting, held 1 Feb. 1768 and devoted exclusively to the dispute surrounding the gift made in 1767 to Clive (or his successor as governor of Bengal) of the ship Tetenbien belonging to the King of Pegu [in Burma].

A copy, 20 Oct. 1766, of the proceedings of a meeting of the court held on 1 Oct. 1766 devoted exclusively to the public oath and bond taken and executed by Clive as governor to refrain from engaging in trade and sworn as a precedent to future governors. They bear the seal of the court and the signatures of James Lister, the mayor, and John Holme, the register.

Duplicates of the proceedings of the committee from its constitution on 7 May 1765 to 7 September 1765 relating to.

Original and copy proceedings, 1764-1768, of the attorneys’ meetings held for the most part during Clive’s third and final stay in India but also covering a short period following his return to England in 1767. The range of business transacted relates inter alia to estate matters (building work, mortgages, purchase and sale and household insurance), the payment of bills, annuities, the transfer of Clive’s East India stock (giving the holders’ names), his interest in diamonds including that bought of Mr Pybus, letters from India and local events. The attorneys are M. Clive (i.e. Margaret, Lady Clive), Richard Clive, John Walsh, George Clive, Henry Clive and John Kelsall.

Accounts, estimates, correspondence, and observations, etc., 1772-1780, relating to the rebuilding of Claremont and correspondence and papers, 1777, concerning a dispute between Clive's executors and Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown whom Clive had engaged as architect.

A register which appears to relate to a series of 'Country correspondence' some of which are in CR9. The register appears to relate to a series of 'Country Correspondence' letter books which, had they survived, would have immediately preceded the series described in CC2 and CC. It contains abstracts, copies and translations of the 538 letters exchanged between Clive and the Indian rulers from his arrival in Bengal in 1756 until his appointment as governor in 1758. The period of the register saw the recapture of Calcutta (Jan 1757), the capture of Chandernagore from the French (March 1757), the true and fictitious treaty with Mir Jafar (May 1757) and the battle of Plassey (June 1757).

Scope and content: Original and contemporary copy regulations and general orders with regard to the military, artillery and sepoys in Bengal, staff and other officers’ pay and allowances, and the difference in pay between the military in the Royal Forces and the Company’s service.

Rentals, 1768-1770, of cottages and other properties in the lordships of Usk and Trelleck in the town of Usk and the parishes of Glasgoed, Llanbadog, Usk town, Llanfihangel Pont-y-moel, Gwehelog, Llandenni, Llanishen, Llangofen, Llanwynno, Llan-soe, Llanfihangel Torymynydd, Gwernesi, Dingestow, Llantrissent, Trostre, Wolvesnewton, Pen-allt, Llandogo, Tintern, Trelleck, Mitchell Troy, Cwmcarfan, Usk, Llangyfiw, Llan-gwm, Wolvesnewton, Cilgwrwg, and Penclawdd giving names of landlords and tenants, the name (including field names), extent, and location (by parish) of the property, its value, observations/remarks on its ‘quality’ (i.e. condition, physical characteristics and use) and the amount of rent payable.

Provincial treasury and revenue accounts and reports for the years 1758 and 1765-6.

A volume of accounts, [c. 1770], giving details of the physical condition of estate properties with estimated costs of repairs.

Particulars, 1767 -1771, of the lordships of Usk and Trelleck giving names of landlords and tenants, the name (including field names), extent, and location (by parish) of the property, its value, observations/remarks on its ‘quality’ (i.e. condition, physical characteristics and use) and the amount of rent payable and contain details similar to those given in the rentals EU1. They pertain collectively to the lordships of Usk and Trelleck, the manor of Troy, the Usk Castle demesne, Trelleck demesne, and estates bought of sundry persons by Lord Clive since his general purchase of Lord Windsor's estate.

The series consists of rough proceedings/minute books of the executors’ meetings from 1774 to 1791. Amongst matters dealt with are the payment of funeral and mourning expenses, the probate of Clive’s will, the payment of legacies, annuities, and tradesmen’s bills, the maintenance and education of his children, the recovery of debts, the sale and purchase of estate properties and claims against the estate. The subjects of Indian interest include bills on the East India Company, the expiration of Clive’s jagir (5 May 1784), and the payment of his attorneys’ bills in Bengal with the closure of his concerns there (11 December 1785). The proceedings give the names of the executors together with those of other persons whose attendance was required at the meetings including on occasions Lady Clive and Edward, Lord Clive.

Incomplete series of stated accounts, 1771-1774, relating inter alia to brewing, baking, coals and charcoal, Claremont establishment, Claremont estate, Esher bridge, labourers' and servants' wages, crops, livestock, improvement of lands, new road and enclosure, the pleasure grounds and works and repairs.

The series comprises the first, and apparently the only surviving, journal of a series of journals which, according to internal evidence, comprised at least six volumes. It gives details of the sums received and expended by Thomas Wingfield and Caleb Powell, stewards, respectively, of the Shropshire and Irish estates. Although the details pertain officially to the two years from December 1766 to December 1768, the earliest entry refers to an account dating back to 1764. The accounts relate to rents and outgoings, annuities (annuitants named), repairs (tradespersons named), taxes, general expenses, tenants' arrears and general books. The journal includes two loose accounts, the one of rents of the Shropshire estates, 1763-1767, the other of receipts and expenses, 1766-1767, connected with Walcot mansion and demesne submitted to Mr. Wingfield by John Coston".