Description: | Includes: 'Pedigree - memorandums relating to the family of Mr William Chance Sen[io]r of Birmingham who died the [blank] March 1828', copied out of William Chance Senior's (1749-1828) book, 16th November 1850; 'Chance - pedigree', copied from the account book of William Chance of Bromsgrove (1713-1802), 19th July 1832; copy of the 'Administration with the Will annexed of Mr John Chance [d.1771] Deceased'; 'Copy of Mr. Thomas Chance's will of Bromsgrove' of 9th May 1774, copied 1828 - all copies in Henry Chance's (1794-1876) handwriting; and a press cutting from the Pall Mall Gazette, 26 Oct 1899 which makes reference to Henry Chance and his treatise on Powers. Also includes letters: to James T. Chance, from Maria Chance regarding the family tree, 1870, and from William Sargant, 1887; and to James Frederick Chance, 1888-1893, regarding the Chance pedigree and his book 'Chance of Bromsgrove and of Birmingham and the allied families of Lucas & Homer' of 1892, including from A.M. Chance, R.L. Chance [Junior 1821-1897], Henry Lucas [?]ean, F.W. Chance, Edward Bellasis [College of Arms, London], R.Garrett [British Museum, London], W. Chance, and a printed letter from the British Museum. Found tied together with a piece of paper titled as given, which has been retained. |