ESSEX PAPERS. Vol. I. (ff. 493). Jan.-Dec. 1672. 1. Warrants to send troops from the " army of Ireland " into England, under command of Richard, Lord Le Power; Whitehall, 1, 3 Aug. 1672. ff. 96, 102. 2. Letters from the Bishops of Derry and Down and Connor on disorders among the Presbyterian...
ESSEX PAPERS: Royal warrants, official and private letters and other papers addressed to Arthur Capell, Earl of Essex, while Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, followed by a register of his own letters; 1672-1677. Eighteen volumes. Paper. Folio. The correspondence chiefly relates to appointments to offices in Ireland, grants of lands under the Acts of Settlement and Explanation, pensions, the farming of the revenues, the irregularities in the payment of the forces in Ireland, the disabilities of th...
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Trade: Letters and papers relating to trade in Ireland: 1672-1679. Roman Catholics: Letters relating to, in Ireland: 1672-1677. Revenue: Papers relating to the revenue in Ireland, during the Lord Lieutenancy of Lord Essex: 1672-1677. Richard Jones, 3rd Viscount (1669) and 1st Earl (1674) of R...
ESSEX PAPERS. Vol. II. (ff. 410). Jan.-Apr. 1673. 1. Royal Warrant allowing the election of Roman Catholics on corporations in Ireland; Whitehall, 14 Jan. 1672/3. f. 46. 2. Letter from William, 6th Lord Willoughby of Parham, Governor of Barbados, relating the capture of Tobago from the Dutch...
ESSEX PAPERS. Vol. III. (ff. 339). May-Aug. 1673. 1. Minutes of Orders in Council for sending English farthings to Ireland; Whitehall, 4 July, 13 Aug. 1673. ff. 168, 295 2. Surrenders of his several commissions by James, Duke of York, 15 June, 1673; followed by the appointment of Prince Rupert...
ESSEX PAPERS. Vol. IV. (ff 341). Sept.-Dec. 1673. 1. " A relation of the French Squadron sent to his Highnesse Pr. Rupert by Monsr de Martell, their Vice-Admirall ": an account of the engagement of the English and French Fleets with the Dutch on 20 Aug. 1673. f 15. 2. Letters from Sir Joseph...
ESSEX PAPERS. Vol. V. (ff. 365). Jan.-Mar. 1674. 1. Letters from Sir Joseph Williamson; Cologne, 1/11 Jan.-6 Apr./27 Mar 1674. ff. 1, 11, 53, 94, 128, 147, 185, 205, 246, 279, 287, 298, 306, 339. 2. " Articles of treasonable and other crimes of high misdemeanour against the Earl of Arlington...
ESSEX PAPERS Vol. VI. (ff. 416). Apr.-Aug. 1674. 1. Letters from Sir Joseph Williamson; Cologne, 3/13, 14/24 Apr. 1674. ff. 17, 51. 2. Warrant for an audit of the accompts of Lord Ranelagh and his partners, as farmers of the Revenue in Ireland, on account of the .non-payment of the forces th...
ESSEX PAPERS. Vol. VII. (ff. 338). Sept.-Dec. 1674. 1. Letters from Sir William Temple, enclosing news of the campaign between the Confederates and the French, etc.; the Hague, 13 Sept., 12 Oct., 13 Nov. 1674. ff. 4, 104, 106, 169, 171. 2. Warrant for payment to James Heriott, of London, jew...
ESSEX PAPERS. VOL. IX. (ff. 462). June-Dec. 1675. 1. Account of the quarrel between the Lords and Commons, by Francis, Lord Aungier; London, 5 June, 1675. f 21. 2. Warrant to audit the accompts of Lord Ranelagh and his partners, as farmers of the Revenue in Ireland; Whitehall, 18 June, 1675....