EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. XIII. Abuses by purveyors; circa 1587-1592. This volume seems to have served as the draft for the following volume. Figures supplied begin in 1587, but mostly relate to the years 1590 and 1591. Formerly Evelyn MS 176. ff. 76. Disbound. Eight gatherings sewn together, ...
EVELYN PAPERS. Vols. XIII, XIV. Survey of abuses by purveyors of livestock and feed, etc., to the royal kitchens and stables; circa 1587-1592. Two volumes.
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. XIV. Abuses by purveyors; 1587-circa but after Nov. 1592. Fair copy, with additions. The twenty-one counties represented comprise all those below the line between the Severn and the Wash, with the addition of Lincolnshire but excluding Devon and Cornwall. The first secti...
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. XV. Rough draft , imperfect by loss of preliminary section, of 78183 below. ff. 11. Two sewn gatherings collating 16, 26 (iv=stub). Watermark a bunch of grapes with letters ‘A P’ at base (similar to Briquet 13165 (dated 1565). 400 mm x 275 mm.
EVELYN PAPERS. Vols. XV, XVI. Diet of the Queen and her household, with provisions supplied, etc., by various counties, for a single year; 1 Oct. 1592-Sept. 1593, [6 Jan. 1600]. Partly draft, imperfect, and copy. See also Add. MS 78184, item 5, below (comparison of provisions, 1592/3 with those in 1589/90). Two volumes.
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. XVI. Fair copy, with additions and marginal annotations, of 78182 above. A list of ‘The contentes of this Booke [tending to A Compos[ition] added in another hand]’ is copied on the front vellum cover. The first item is headed ‘The Booke of lyuereys made according to the serui...
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. XVII. Miscellaneous papers of Sir Richard Browne, M.P., relating to the royal household, commerce, etc.; 1553-1601. Partly copies. ff. 65. 1. Four documents rel. to the coronation feast of Queen Mary, 1 Oct. 1553. Docketed by Evelyn as part of ‘Bundle .I. Coronat Fea...
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. XVIII. Establishment-List of the Household of Edward VI; circa July 1552-July 1553. Copy, circa 1572-1576, with additions. The date of the original document is settled by its inclusion of Sir John Gates as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. The list incorporates names...
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. XIX. (ff. 80). Miscellaneous letters and papers, partly legal, of and addressed to Christopher Browne; 1590-1630, n.d. Also included are various items relating to John Wells the elder (d. 1635), Treasurer of the Stores at Deptford (for whom see a letter of John Evelyn, 29...