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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Egerton MS 2533-2562 Language English Name Nicholas, Edward, Secretary of State, 1593-1669

1. Egerton MS 2533-2562

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2533-2562
Title:
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:-
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1560-1722
Extent:
30 items

2. Egerton MS 2541

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2541
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Scope & Content:
Vol. i. (ff. 401). 1588-1649. 1. " Queene Elizabeth's whole army at sea agaynst the Spanish forces in anno 1588 ": list of the ships, with number of men and names of captains. f. 1. 2. Instructions for Sir John Norris and Sir Francis Drake commanding the " armye that is to goe vpon the Coast...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1588-1647
Extent:
1 item

3. Egerton MS 2542

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Egerton MS 2542
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Scope & Content:
Vol. ii. (ff. 535). 1649-1660. 1. " List of persons excluded out of France by the agreement with Cromwell "; 1649. f. 6. 2. Instructions for Sir Henry Hyde, "Consul for Greece and the islands there of "; St. 19 Sept. 11349, f. 9;-for a Royalist agent in Jersey, 15 Oct. 1649, f. 14;-for Prince...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1649-1660
Extent:
1 item

4. Egerton MS 2543

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2543
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Scope & Content:
Vol. iii. (ff. 430).1661-1722. 1. " Proclamation for quieting the Post-Master-General in the execution of his office " ; 16 Jan. 1660 [1]. Printed. With other papers relating to. the posts. f. 3. 2. Order in Council concerning Quakers in Newgate; 31 Jan. 1660 [1]. f. 15. 3. Letter of thank...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1660-1733
Extent:
1 item

5. Egerton MS 2550

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2550
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Scope & Content:
KEYS to cyphers used by Sir Edward Nicholas; 1646-1658, and undated. The names of the correspondents are [Henry Jermyn, 1st] Lord Jermyn; 1646, f. 1. Charles I.; n. d., 1647, ff. 3, 5. Henry May, Sir Gilbert Talbot, Richard Lane and others; 1649, f. 8. Col. Robert Phillips [Phelipps], Sir Henry ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1646-1658
Extent:
1 item

6. Egerton MS 2551

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Egerton MS 2551
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Scope & Content:
ROYAL Warrants for creations of peers and baronets, appointments to offices, and grants of various kinds ; 1654-1662. Chiefly drafts and copies. The names of the grantees, etc., will be found in the Index. At ff. 1, 2 are two warrants for a grant to Sir Robert Heath, Solicitor General, of the re...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1654-1662
Extent:
1 item

7. Egerton MS 2552

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2552
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Scope & Content:
Copies. royal and official warrants, letter.% commissions. etc., apparently collected as COPIES of precedents by Sir Edw. Nicholas, while Secretary to Lord Zouche [Warden of the Cinque Ports], Secretary to the Admiralty, and Clerk to the Privy Council; 1616-1641. The names of persons, etc., will...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1616-1641
Extent:
1 item

8. Egerton MS 2558

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Egerton MS 2558
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Scope & Content:
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL memoranda of Sir Edward Nicholas, with other private papers, including:-Instructions to his son, John Nicholas, on his going into France; Oxford, 15 Feb. 1643[4]. f. 1;- Accounts of personal and other expenses; 1649-1655. ff. 3-14;- Personal accounts of Sir John Nicholas; 16...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1643-1664
Extent:
1 item