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Language Cipher Name Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1600-1649

1. Add MS 4159

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Title:
State papers of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1652-1660, with other state papers, c. 1578-1629 and 1661-1692.
Scope & Content:
Many of the documents here formed part of the original collection of John Thurloe (d. 1668), Secretary to the Council of State and subsequently to the two Cromwells, Lord Protectors. They illuminate both the domestic and international politics of the period, as also the scope of Thurloe's intell...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1578-1700
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 11252

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Title:
Letters of King Charles I to Prince Charles and to the Speaker of the House of Lords, 1646-1648; letters on Scottish politics, 1681-1688; epitaph on Mary Digby (d. 1692); 17th-century cipher keys
Scope & Content:
A miscellaneous collection, including letters between King Charles I and Parliament preliminary to the negotiations at Newport in 1648. A note on the back of f. 15v noted the collection as 'Letters of King Charles I & others'. A not particulary legible note suggests that some of the papers w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher and English
Date Range:
1646-1681
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 18980

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Title:
Royalist correspondence, addressed primarily to Prince Rupert, 1642-1643
Scope & Content:
This is the first volume in a chronological sequence of royalist correspondence, largely to Rupert, Prince and Count Palatine of the Rhine (1619-1682), covering the period 1642-1643. On the spine the manuscript is called 'Rupert Correspondence. 1642. 1643'. Other volumes in the same sequence are...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher and English
Date Range:
1642-1643
Extent:
1 volume

4. Add MS 18981

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Title:
Royalist correspondence, primarily addressed to Prince Rupert, 1643-1644
Scope & Content:
This is the second volume of the 'Rupert Correspondence' - overwhelmingly letters received by Rupert, Prince and Count Palatine of the Rhine (1619-1682) in 1644 - which descended in the family of Rupert's secretary Thomas Bennett until they were purchased by the publisher Richard Bentley, who in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, and Scots
Date Range:
1643-1644
Extent:
1 volume

5. Add MS 18982

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Title:
Royalist correspondence, primarily addressed to Prince Rupert, 1645-1658
Scope & Content:
This volume includes correspondence to Prince Rupert during 1645; on the politics of the royalists in exile, and his naval career between 1648 and 1653. At the end is an undated document, a memorial between his brother, Charles Lewis, Elector Palatine, and King Charles II. There is some material...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1645-1658
Extent:
1 volume

6. Add MS 18983

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Title:
Original letters from King Charles I to Prince Rupert, 8 Mar 1643-4 Aug 1645
Scope & Content:
Thirteen letters of King Charles I to Prince Rupert, 8 Mar 1643-4 Aug 1645. Twelve of these letters were bought by the British Museum at the sale of Prince Rupert's correspondence in 1851-1852, and were evidently separated from the main chronological series (Add MSS 18980-18982) as letters of t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher and English
Date Range:
8 Mar 1643-4 Aug 1645
Extent:
1 volume (bound with Add MS 18992)

7. Add MS 33596

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Title:
Official papers of King Charles I, 1633-1646; captured royalist correspondence of George Digby, Baron Digby, 1645; royalist cipher keys; articles of surrender of Scottish royalists to General George Monck, 1654-1655
Scope & Content:
This is a miscellaneous collection, including warrants and awards made by King Charles I both before and during the Civil War; captured royalist correspondence; seven royalist cipher keys; and articles of surrender to George Monck during his pacification of the Highlands. The tranche of seven ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher and English
Date Range:
13 May 1633-18 May 1655
Extent:

1 volume

8. Add MS 72438

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Title:
Cipher-keys and intercepted royalist correspondence from the papers of Georg Rudolph Weckherlin, government official, 1625-1647
Scope & Content:
Trumbull Papers. Vol. 197. Cipher-keys, c. 1625-1645, and intercepted royalist correspondence, 1645-47, from the papers of Georg Rudolph Weckherlin. Weckherlin, a German immigrant, began his career as a government official, as a diplomatic secretary and cryptographer to various secretaries of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1625-1647
Extent:
1 folder