ff. 1r–184v: Letters on state affairs from many prominent individuals, including William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Sir Thomas Heneage, John Puckering, the Stanhope brothers, and Francis Walsingham, for the years 1595–1596. The majority are addressed to Puckering in his capacity as Lord Keeper. ff. ...
Letters and state warrants, from the years 1591-1595. Containing warrants for searching after and apprehending suspected persons, together with examinations and depositions concerning the hearing of mass, recusancy, treason and felony. ff. 1r-2v: Letter from Edward Donne Lee to Serjeant Pucker...
Letters and state warrants, from the years 1580-1581. ff. 1r-2v: List of contents. f. 3r: Letter from Robert Bowes to Francis Walsingham. Reporting on the case of James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, and his adherents, and requesting advice as to whether he should travel to London to answer the ...
State papers, mostly addressed to George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
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Letters and state papers from the years 1620 to 1633, mostly addressed to George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham. ff. 1r-2v Letter from Thomas Grantham to Sir Thomas Puckering, 2 April 1620. ff. 3r-4v Letter from George Villiers, Marquess of Buckingham, to Sir Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor....
ff. 1r–475r: A volume of original letters and copies, including correspondence on public foreign and domestic affairs, and private family matters, 1633–1724. It includes letters addressed to King Charles II and the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. ff. 1r–2v: Original letter from Secretary...
Letters and state papers from the years 1584 to 1619. ff. 1r-2v: Letter from Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. 4 June 1584. f. 3r-3v: Letter from Mary Vaughan to Mr Lyons, a servant to Sir John Puckering. 7 September 1586. ff. 4r-5v: Letter from Walter V...
A collection of letters, many of them written by, or addressed to, John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester
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A volume of original letters and copies, including correspondence on public foreign and domestic affairs, 1610–1717. A number of the letters are written by, or addressed to, John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester. ff. 1r–10v: 'A Letter to a person of Honour, Concerning the King's Disavowing the haueing...
Miscellaneous papers and correspondence, c. 1532-1687, primarily of Scottish, Anglo-Scottish, Irish and Welsh matters
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This is a miscellaneous collection. It includes some items which relate largely or wholly to England, such as the Elizabethan papers on harquebusiers and trained bands (ff. 175r-176v, 177r-179r). There are also outlying documents either side of the heart of the collection in the late 16th- and e...
Letters of John Frescheville, 1st Baron Frescheville (1607-1682), his second wife Sarah Harington, and other members of his family. Includes in particular, letters of Lady Warwick and Colonel Thomas Colpepper (1637–1708), with papers of his towards the end of his life when his fortune was reduce...
Letters, state warrants and correspondence of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (1594–1612). Volume 1 of Harley MSS 7007-7009. ff. 1r-2v: Letter from George Paul, Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, to Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford. Cambridge, 1 July 1713. Latin. ff. 3r-4v: Letter from George P...