LETTER-BOOK of Sir Samuel Luke, Knt., M.P. for Bedford, when in command of Newport Pagnell, co. Bucks, garrisoned for the Parliament; 10 Oct. 1644-12 Mar. 1644 [5]. The contents consist of transcripts of letters to Sir S. Luke from his father Sir Oliver Luke, from Lt.-Gen. Oliver Cromwell, [Robe...
HISTORICAL PAPERS, consisting chiefly of Instructions to Ambassadors; 1651-1680. 1. Order to enforce a decree for sequestration of the estates of John Bodvil on his non-payment of alimony for his wife Anne, dau. of Sir William Russell, Bart., of Chippenham; [1651]. Copy. f. 1. 2. Instruction...
1. TREATY between England and Portugal, dated 10 July, 1654. Followed by:-(1) Powers from King John IV. of Portugal and from Oliver, Protector, to their several commissioners to conclude the treaty; and (2) the ratification of the same by King John, dated Alcantara, 9 May, 1656. Copies. Latin. T...
SECRET ARTICLE between Louis XIV. of France and the Protector, Oliver Cromwell, for the expulsion of Charles II. and others, Royalists, from France and of certain Frenchmen from England within forty days; [3 Nov. 1655]. Latin. On three single sheets of vellum fastened together with yellow silk. ...
Vol. I. (ff. 187). PRIVY SEALS, warrants, proclamations, commissions, etc., not arranged in chronological order, but chiefly temp. Charles II. ; with a few papers of an earlier date interspersed.
COLLECTION of transcripts of state-papers, warrants, etc., tempp. Charles I.-William III., made for use as precedents. The binding (early 19th cent.) is lettered " Coventry's Papers." This refers either to Henry Coventry, Secretary of State, 1672-1679, or to his younger brother, Sir William Coventry, Secretary to James, Duke of York, 1660-1667, Commissioner of the Treasury, 1667-68, etc.; but they both died in 1686. In three volumes. There is an index of subjects at the end of each volume. P...
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Records, Public: Transcripts of State papers, for precedents: temp. Chas. II.
Vol. II. (ff. 181). STATE-DOCUMENTS relating to negotiations with foreign powers, consisting of credentials or instructions to English Ambassadors abroad, complimentary letters to foreign Sovereigns and their Ministers, etc., arranged chronologically; 25 Sept. 1675-20 Apr. 1680. Lat. and Fr.
STATE-LETTERS, 1661-temp. Anne, as follows:- 1. Sir Edward Nicholas, Secretary of State, to -, concerning [? Capt. Laurence] Moyer [Warden of the Trinity House]; Whitehall, 2 Dec. 1661 (cf. Cal. of State Papers, 1660-1661, p. 517). f. i. 2. [James Graham, 2nd Marquis of] Montrose, to Lord -,...
ORIGINAL LETTERS chiefly on Scottish affairs, many of which are unaddressed, but were probably written to John Maitland, 2nd Earl and (1672) Duke of Lauderdale, Secretary of State for Scotland; 1665-1720. 1. [Denzil Holles, 1st Baron] Holles, recommending a Scottish merchant, who "hath bene il...