24. Two stories, set down by Mr. Holles, of what was seen at Burton & Asholme by some still more silly persons, who practised the superstition of watching in the church porch to try whether they should see the spectres of such as should die in the parish the following year. fo. 356.
3. "A modell of the designe ot King Henry the 4th of France, for the uniting of Christendome against the comon enemy the Ottoman Emperour. Extracted from the Memoirs of the Duke of Sully, by the Bishop of Rhodez." fo. 13.
19. A sermon preach'd at St Maries in Oxford. The text, Matthew xxviiith chap, ver. 13, "Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night and stole him away while we slept." fo. 180. This ludicrous piece is very much in the manner of Dr. Fuller.
4. The copy of a letter from Sir Robert Cotton to Prince Henry, on the subject of a manuscript in his library concerning the right of the Kings of England to the inheritance of the crown of France. Dated from Saint Stephens, May 24, 1615. fo. 4*.
26. Note of a charter of William Earl of Essex, by which he gives to Adilicia of Essex, his mother's sister, in free dower, the town of Aincho. fo. 67.
29. The copy of a letter sent by a friend to Sir Thomas Hetley or Hedley knt. concerning the reputed nunnery at Little Gidding in Huntingdonshire. fo. 395. This is printed in Hearne's Langtoft, and in his Caii Vindiciæ. See likewise No. 209 of this collection.
Papers on Archbishop Cranmer collected by John Strype
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous papers, mainly concerning Thomas Cranmer (1489–1556), archbishop of Canterbury, collected by John Strype (1643–1737), historian and biographer. Containing an autograph poem by John Dryden (1631–1700), poet, playwright, and critic, on the death of Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658), lord...
Collection of royal letters, dating from between 1566 and 1704, formerly owned by John Strype (1643–1737), historian and biographer. With several transcripts by Strype. ff. 2r-3v: Notes by John Strype. On letters from sovereigns, with other papers, partly from the collection of Sir Michael Hick...