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1. Add MS 4166

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 4166
Title:
Letters of John Thurloe. Secretary of State, to Henry Cromwell, Major-General of the Forces in Ireland, 1655-1657; other state papers and cipher-keys from the 1650s; letter of Anne Thurloe, widow of John Thurloe, 1668
Scope & Content:
The bulk of this collection is made up of two main series. There are forty letters from John Thurloe, Secretary of State, to Henry Cromwell, Major-General of the Forces in Ireland, between June 1655 and July 1657. There are about thirty cipher-codes which were evidently in Thurloe's office ('abo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher and English
Date Range:
1655-1668
Extent:
1 volume

2. Egerton MS 1818

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 1818
Title:
Letters and papers chiefly relating to Scottish affairs
Scope & Content:
A collection of letters and papers relating to Scottish affairs. ff. 1r–v: Cardinal David Beaton (Archbishop of St Andrews) to 'my lord secretare', Paris, 26 November [1541?]. ff. 2r–v: Mary of Guise, (Queen Dowager of Scotland and James V's widow), taking Patrick, Lord Gray, into the service...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1541-1630
Extent:
1 volume

3. Sloane MS 226

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 226
Title:
Roger Marbeck, An account of the taking of Cadiz, 1596
Scope & Content:
Roger Marbeck, "A breefe and a true discourse of the late honorable voyage unto Spayne and the wynning, sacking and burning of the famous Towne of Cadiz there, and of the miraculous overthrowe of the Spanishe Navie at that tyme, with a reporte of all other Accidents thereunto appertayning, by Do...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1596-1597
Extent:
1 volume