HISTORY Of the negotiations of [John Digby] Earl of Bristol for the Spanish match between Prince Charles and the Infanta, 1611- 1626; together with an account of the charges afterwards brought against the Earl in respect of the same. Transcripts of the following particular documents, etc., are i...
TRANSCRIPTS Of State Papers, 1618-1679, with other pieces:- 1. " Brief observations in Chancery Practice." f 3. 2. Proclamation of James I. on the subject of Sunday recreation; Greenwich, 24 May, ao 16 [1618]. f. 4. 3. " The grounds of unity in Religion, or an expedient for a generall conf...
" A BOOKE of the coppies of letters, speeches, and papers"; Nov. 1622-Aug. 1625. In a nearly contemporary hand. 1. Letter from James I. to the Elector Palatine, 10 Nov. 1622, respecting the negotiations for his restoration to the Palatinate; with the Elector's answer, 30 Dec. [N.S.]. ff. 3, 4....
Vol. I. (ff. 283). 1628-1651. 1. Message of the King to the House of Commons concerning liberty of speech; [? circ. 1628]. Copy (18th cent.). f. 1. 2. Privy Council to the " Chiefe officers of the Towne of Colchester," commanding them to assist the officers of the Customs at that Port; 3l Ma...
MISCELLANEOUS HISTORICAL PAPERS, consisting of original letters, and warrants of the various Parliamentary Committees, chiefly relating to the transactions of the Committee of Trustees or Contractors for the sale of the fee-farm rents of the Crown, which sat at Worcester House during the time of the Commonwealth; 1628-1660. With a few letters and transcripts of a later date, to 1746. Two volumes. Paper. Folio. The first part of vol. i. contains the correspondence of Sir Edward Dering, lst Ba...
Vol. II. (ff. 226). 1653-1746. 1. Letters and papers relating to the sale of fee-farm rents, 1653- 1655. Included are:-(a) Order from the " Commissioners for removing obstructions in ye Sale of the Honours, etc., of ye late King, Queene and Prince," concerning the purchase of the Honour of Hig...
TRANSCRIPTS of State Papers; 1631-1727. 1. Arthur Hopton, English Agent at Madrid, to [Dudley Carleton] Viscount Dorchester, with a relation of the discovery of New Mexico by the Franciscans, etc.; Madrid, 22 Aug. 1631. f. 3. 2. " A just character of the Lord Major and the whole Court of Ald...
NEGOTIATIONS Of the Scotch commissioners at Westminster after the treaty at Ripon, with copies of documents; 19 Nov. 1640-29 June, 1641. In a contemporary hand, written by a Scotchman. At the top of the first page (f. 2) is inscribed the (partially obliterated) name " Robert Innes." Paper; ff. 7...
ORIGINAL LETTERS, etc., relating to military affairs, levy of contributions in co. Buckingham, etc., at the outbreak of the Civil War; 1641-42. With endorsements, apparently by Richard Grenville, High Sheriff. 1. Sir Alexander Denton, M.P. for Buckingham, and John Hampden, M.P. for co. Bucks, to...
LETTERS and papers of the time of the Civil War and Commonwealth; 1641-1660. Included are:- 1. Answers of Charles I. to the Scotch Commissioners at London, as to his visit to Scotland and a conformity of church-government between the two kingdoms; 9, 11 June, 1641. Attested by Sir John Borough...