EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. XLVI (ff. 20). 3-24 Feb., 2-28 June 1665. Docketed by Evelyn. Side sewn within paper wrapper, with several leaves excised at end. 312 x 204mm.
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. XLVII (ff. 40). 5-29 June, 14-21 Aug., 2-30 Oct. and 11-20 Dec. 1667. 298 x 193 mm; 290 x 196mm. The order is confused and old foliation mistaken. The final entry is written on the same smaller stock as the inserted gathering covering 11 Oct.-13 Dec.
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CCCLXIII (ff. 172). 1. ff. 1-73v. Letters to Mrs Boscawen from her brother, Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin; 1678-1704. Including a letter from him to his wife Margaret (Blagge), written shortly before her death on 9 Sept. 1678, and letters to him from Charles Talbo...
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CCCLXIV. 1. Letters to Mrs Boscawen from Nicholas Mann, tutor to William Godolphin, Marquess of Blandford, and afterwards Master of the Charterhouse; 1716-1727. 2. Letters to and from Mrs Boscawen, with a few to, or endorsed by, her sister Penelope Godolphin (d.1697), chief...
EVELYN PAPERS. Vols. XII-XVII. Papers of Richard Browne as Clerk of the Green Cloth (1588) and Clerk Comptroller of the Household (1596) to Elizabeth I; etc.; circa 1552-1601, n.d. Six volumes.
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Sir Richard Browne, MP: Papers as Clerk of the Green Cloth and Comptroller of the Household: circa 1552-1601, n.d.
Papers of the Earl of Leicester 78172-78178. EVELYN PAPERS. Vols. V-XI. Papers of and relating to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester; 1552-1589, n.d. The provenance and former extent of this collection are described by Adams, loc. cit.; while a brief account (now PRO SP 45/20/282) by Sir Joseph Williamson, Secretary of State 1674-1678, is abstracted in a ‘Calendar of documents relating to the history of the State Paper Office to the year 1800’, in the Thirtieth Report of the Deputy Keeper...
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Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester: Sir Richard Browne, MP: Accounts, inventories, etc., assembled by Sir R. Browne as servant to the Earl of Leicester: 1552-1589, n.d.
EVELYN PAPERS Vol. CLII. Letters to Evelyn from various correspondents 1700-1706, with several draft responses and copy letters written by Evelyn.
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Mostly English, with one letter in Italian. Folios 70-93 are undated and include a series of rough notes by Evelyn, primarily written in Latin. f. 1. John Dibble, dated Abinger, 25 February 1699. Former number 513. Includes a draft response from Evelyn on the recto. f. 2r. John Dibble, dated ...
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. XIII. Abuses by purveyors; circa 1587-1592. This volume seems to have served as the draft for the following volume. Figures supplied begin in 1587, but mostly relate to the years 1590 and 1591. Formerly Evelyn MS 176. ff. 76. Disbound. Eight gatherings sewn together, ...