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1. Add MS 4158

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State papers of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1657-1660
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The documents here formed part of the original collection of John Thurloe (d. 1668), Secretary to the Council of State and subsequently to the two Cromwells, Lord Protectors. They illuminate both the domestic and international politics of the period, as also the scope of Thurloe's intelligence s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, Dutch, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1657-1660
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 4293

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Miscellaneous warrants, letters. etc., chiefly original, collected by Thomas Birch; 1536-1765. The names of the writers, etc., are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. The more important articles are described below:- (1) Warrant of Henry VIII to Sir Thomas Audeley, Chancellor of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1536-1765
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 4434

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ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. 327). (1) An account by Dr. Thomas Stack of a tract entitled 'Johannis Matthaei Barthii ... de Culice Dissertatio'; 1737. ff. 1-2b. (2) Accounts by Mark Catesby, F.R.S., of René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur's 'Memoires pour servir à l'histoire des Insectes'...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1736-1738
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 22046

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MISCELLANEOUS autograph letters, etc.; 1475-1809, viz.: 1. Loysius de Pulcis [Luigi Pulci], the poet, to Nicolo Strozzi ?; 13 Oct. 1475. Ital. f. 1. 2. [Aimeri d'Amboise] Commander of Rhodes, to Pope [Julius II.], describing the movements of the Turks; Aug. 1511. Lat. f. 2. 3. Gonzalvo [Hernandez de Cordova y Aguilar] to M. de Lude, Chevalier de l'ordre du Roy, etc.; Camp at Egros, 2 Sept. 1515. Fr. f. 3. 4. Robert Stuart to [Anne Duc de Montmorency] Constable of France, respecting the...
Scope & Content:
includes: f. 1 Nicolo Strozzi: Letter to, from L. de Pulcis: 1475.: Ital. f. 1 Luigi Pulci, Italian poet: Letter to Nicolo Strozzi: 1475.: Ital. f. 2 Aimeri d' Amboise, Grand Master of the order of St John of Jerusalem: Letter to Julius II.: 1511.: Lat. f. 2 Julius II; Pope: Letter to, from the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Spanish, and Swedish
Date Range:
1475-1809
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 23109

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Copies and drafts of papers and letters to Scotland; 1189- 1669, viz.: 1. "Copia scripture facte per Richardum Primum Regem Anglie Guilielmo Regi Scocie, anno ejus prima" [l189], f. 2. 2. "Responsio Cesaris [Charles V.] ad foederatorum proposita, 12 Febr. 1527," f. 2. 3. Address of the Scotc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1189-1669
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 23136

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1673 - 1674. Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll: Letters to the Duke of Lauderdale: 1660-1685. includes: f. 1 Kingdom of Scotland: Warrant to the Treasury from Charles II.: 1673. f. 1 John Carmichael, Lord Carmichael, afterwards 1st Earl of Hyndford: Royal warrant in his favour: 1673. ff....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1673-1674
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 23822

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Vol. xliii. Jan.-June, 1746. Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon: Letters to Sir T. Robinson, with enclosures: 1736-1747. Arthur Villettes, Secretary to the British Embassy at Turin, and Resident at Berne: Letters to T. Robinson, with enclosures: 1733-1750. Robert Trevor, Minister at the H...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Jan 1746-Jun 1746
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 25459

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VOL. I. Transcipts from 1250 to 1483, chiefly in Latin, of which the following are the principal:- 1. Survey of the honour of Peverel, co. Nott.; 34 Hen. III. [1250], f. i. 2. "Rotulus de nominibus Judeorum et Judearum Lincolniæ, et summis starrorum eorundem," f. 15. 3. "Electuaria," medic...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1250-1483
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 28558 A-R

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MISCELLANEOUS autograph letters, etc.; 1438-1829.
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includes: ff. 1, 3 Dr William Clerke, Judge of the Court of Admiralty: Letters to O. Cromwell and the Admiralty Commissioners: 1655. ff. 1, 3 Court of Admiralty: Letters from the Judges to O. Cromwell and the Commissioners: 1655. ff. 1, 3 Dr John Godolphin, Judge of the Admiralty Court: Letters...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1438-[20th century]
Extent:
17 items

10. Add MS 28747

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ORIGINAL letters of Scotch noblemen:- 1. Letters of pardon from Mary Queen of Scots to the retainers of Patrick, Lord Gray, for absence from her army, at the siege, of St. Andrew's; dat. St. Andrew's, a.r. 4 [1546]. Sealed with the Queen's signet, and signed by James [Hamilton, Earl of Arran, Protector.]. f.1 2. John [Erskine, Earl of Mar], Regent of Scotland, to-, summoning him to council on the arrival of the Queen of England's commissioners; Stirling, 14 March, 1571[2]. Signed. f. 2. ...
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Maitland family: Official and private correspondence and papers: 1529-1723. includes: f. 1 Patrick Gray, Master of Gray, 5th Baron Gray (1582): Pardon to his retainers, from Mary, Qu. of Scots: 1546. f. 1 James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran; 1st Duke of Châtelhérault, Governor of Scotland: Pardo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
[1546]-1680
Extent:
1 item