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1. Add MS 40771-40776

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Add MS 40771-40776
Title:
VERNON PAPERS. Vols. I-VI. Correspondence of James Vernon (d. 1727), Secretary of State (1697-1702), and previously Private Secretary to Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury (1688 and 1694), and Secretary to the Lords Justices (1694-1697). His letters to the Duke of Shrewsbury were published by G. P. R. James, Letters illustrative of the Reign of William III, 3 vols., 1841. Among his other correspondents the chief are:-the King, William Blathwayt, Secretary-at-War, Matthew Prior, Secretary of ...
Scope & Content:
Vernon family: Papers and deeds of: 1688-1754. Secretaries of State: Correspondence of J. Vernon as Sec. of State: 1697-1702.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1688-1754
Extent:
6 items

2. Add MS 40777-40778

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Title:
VERNON PAPERS. Vols. VII, VIII (ff. 269, 35). Letter-books of James Vernon as Secretary to the Lords Justices; 18 May 1695-11 Oct. 1697, 12 Oct.-4 Dec. 1697. The contents consist chiefly of covering letters and similar communications addressed to the Admiralty, Treasury, Irish Lords Justices, etc., or to individual officials. Bound up with Vol. VIII is a miscellaneous collection (ff. 31-35) of Royal warrants and other instruments, apparently compiled as a formulary, 1679-1685.
Scope & Content:
Privy Council, The: Letter-books and minutes of the Lords Justices: 1695-1697. William III of England: Letterbooks, etc., of the Lords Justices: 1695-1697.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1695-1697
Extent:
2 items

3. Add MS 40779-40780

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Add MS 40779-40780
Title:
VERNON PAPERS. Vols. IX, X (ff. 170, 173). Minutes of the Proceedings of the Lords Justices, kept by James Vernon as Secretary; 11 May-6 Oct. 1696, 1 May-12 Nov. 1697. The amplified and final version of the Minutes is preserved below in Add. MS. 40782.
Scope & Content:
James Vernon, the elder; Secretary of State: Minutes of the Lords Justices and Privy Council kept by: 1696-1700. Privy Council, The: Letter-books and minutes of the Lords Justices: 1695-1697. William III of England: Letterbooks, etc., of the Lords Justices: 1695-1697.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1696-1697
Extent:
2 items

4. Add MS 40781

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Scope & Content:
VERNON PAPERS. Vol. XI (ff. 216). Similar Minutes of the Privy Council; 5 Dec. 1697-June 1700. Followed (f. 161) by two memoranda of instructions to the Lords Justices, 3 July 1700 and n. d., by a collection of historical notes and copies of documents, mostly relative to the Privy Council from 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1697-1762
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 40782

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Add MS 40782
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Scope & Content:
VERNON PAPERS. Vol. Xll (ff. 300). Minutes of the Proceedings of the Lords Justices, 18 May 1695-12 Nov. 1697, a fuller version, for the relevant period, of Add. MSS. 40779, 40780 above. Privy Council, The: Letter-books and minutes of the Lords Justices: 1695-1697. William III of England: Lett...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 May 1695-12 Nov 1697
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 40783

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VERNON PAPERS. Vol. XIII (ff. 40). Fees received in the office of the Secretary of State (James Vernon); 8 Dec. 1697- 29 June 1698. Followed (f. 14 b) by accompts of James Vernon (receipts and disbursements), 13 Dec. 1697-6 Dec. 1698, repeated in Add. MS. 40785 below. Secretaries of State: Fee ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1697-1698
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 40784

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VERNON PAPFRS. Vol. XIV (ff. 80). Fees received in the offices of the Secretaries of State, 15 May 1699-1 May 1702, Vernon being Secretary of State for the whole period and the second office being held successively by the Earl of Jersey, Sir Charles Hedges, and the Earl of Manchester; followed (...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1699-1704
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 40785-40786

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Add MS 40785-40786
Title:
VERNON PAPERS. Vols. XV, XVI (ff. 76, 69). Accompts (receipts and disbursements) of James Vernon; 13 Dec. 1697-2 Jan. [1701], Dec. 1700-Jan. 1709. Cf. 40783 above.
Scope & Content:
James Vernon, the elder; Secretary of State: Accompts and fee-books: 1697-1709. Accompts: Accompts and fee-books of J. Vernon: 1697-1709.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1697-1709
Extent:
2 items

9. Add MS 40787-40790

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Add MS 40787-40790
Title:
VERNON PAPERS. Vols. XVII-XX (ff. 246, 81, 99, 209). Precedent-books of warrants and other instruments issuing from the Secretary of State's office; 1662-1697 (not in strict chronological order). A subject index is at the end of each volume. Vol. XX repeats Vol. XVII, ff. 1-198 b.
Scope & Content:
Secretaries of State: Precedent-books of warrants, etc., issued by: 1662-1697. Charles II of England: Precedent-books of Secs. of State: 1662-1697.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1662-1697
Extent:
4 items

10. Add MS 40791

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VERNON PAPFRS. Vol. XXI (ff. 29). Precedent-book of the Lord Steward of the Household, consisting of letters, warrants, etc., of William Cavendish, 4th Earl and 1st Duke of Devonshire, Lord Steward 1689-1707. Arranged in two sections, 15 Nov.1690- 11 Feb. 1693, 24 Oct. 1690-22 Apr. 1692. Other m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1688-1707
Extent:
1 item