VOL. 1. (ff. 513). 1560-1649. John [Jewell, Bishop of] Salisbury; London, etc., 23 Feb.-7 Oct. 1560, 19 Mar. 1562 [3], ff. 1-6. Sir J[ohn] Evelyn, of co. Wilts; 26 Sept. 1621, f. 10. Matthew Nicholas, brother of Sir Edward, Dean successively of Bristol and St. his Paul's; 27 May, 1622, 2 Apr. 16...
OFFICIAL and private correspondence; 1560-1726. Eight volumes. Paper. Folio. The bulk of the letters belong to the time of the Commonwealth, during which Sir E. Nicholas was living on the continent; and they contain minute information of the movements and intrigues of the Royalist party. Many drafts and copies of letters of Nicholas are interspersed. Among the writers are:-
OFFICIAL and private correspondence and papers of Sir Edward Nicholas (ob. 1669), successively Secretary to the Admiralty under the Duke of Buckingham, Clerk to the Privy Council, and Secretary of State to Charles I. and Charles II., together with those of his son, Sir John Nicholas (ob. 1704), Clerk to the Privy council, and of his grandson Edward Nicholas (ob. 1726), Treasurer of Queen Mary, etc.; 1560-1722. Thirty volumes. The contents are as follows:-
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Sir Edward Nicholas, Secretary of State: Official and private correspondence and papers: 1560-1669. Charles I of England: Correspondence and papers of Sir E. Nicholas, Sec. of State: 1641-1663.
Vol. v. (ff. 419). 1660, 1661. Sir Henry Bennet; Madrid, 1, 12 May, 1660, ff. 26, 31. Sir Maurice Eustace, Lord Chancellor of Ireland; Dublin, 5 Nov. 1660-13 Apr. 1661, ff. 46, 254, 336. Marquis of Ormonde; Whitehall, 5 June, 1660, f. 48. Sir James Hamilton; [circ. Nov. 1660], f. 50. Sir Henry d...