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1. Add MS 4106

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Vol. I (ff. 276). Viz:- (1) Appointment by Edward IV of John Russell, Bishop of Rochester, and Anthony Wydville, Earl Rivers, to be Governors of Edward, Prince of Wales; 28 Sept. 1473. Copy. ff. 1-5b. (2) Sir Richard Morison to the Council; Spires, 7 Oct. 1552. Transcribed from Cotton MS. Ga...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1473-1657
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 4156

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State papers of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1650-1658 (especially 1654-1655)
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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:
English, French, Latin, Scots, and Spanish
Date Range:
1650-1658
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 4159

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State papers of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1652-1660, with other state papers, c. 1578-1629 and 1661-1692.
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Many of 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 intell...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1578-1700
Extent:
1 volume

4. Add MS 4364

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Vol. I (ff. 170). (1) Instructions to George Downing, Extraordinary Ambassador to Geneva, Basle, etc., John Pell, Resident with the Evangelical Cantons of Switzerland, and Samuel Morland, Envoy to the Duke of Savoy; 28 July 1655. Draft, partly in Secretary Thurloe's hand. ff. 1-6b. (2) Instr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1653-1661
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 4748

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WILLIAM III LETTERS
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Ten letters of William III on the administration of Ireland, apparently all addressed to Henri de Massue de Ruvigny, Earl of Galway, during his tenure of office as one of the three Lords Justices of Ireland; 1697-1700. French. They are, with one exception, autograph, and are generally signed 'Wi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1697-1700
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 12514

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A VOLUME of Heraldic and Historical treatises, chiefly from the reign of James I. to the reign of Charles II, comprising the following articles. " An Analysis of a certeyne discourse concerning the distribution of his Majesties [Charles I.] Honours;" referred by the king to the consideration of the Lord Keeper and others, 2 Dec. 1639 ;-Warrant from Charles I. to the Earl of Arundel, to take measures for the preservation of game in the county of Surrey, dat. 20 Oct. a. r. 1. [1625.]; -Note re...
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John de Hastings, son of the Earl of Pembroke: Claim of, to carry the golden spurs before the king at his coronation: 1 Ric. II.: Lat. Anne Monk, Duchess of Albemarle: Note respecting her funeral: 1699. Richard I of England: Writ to the Abp. of Canterbury for granting a tourney: 1194. Elizabe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 20311

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VOL. I. 1. Letter of Lord Caryll to [Card. Gualterio]; St. Germain, 2 Oct. 1701; enclosing copies of a Latin letter from James, the Pretender, to the Pope, dat. St. Germain, 2 Oct. 1701; and of the will of James II., 8 Sept. 1701. Fr. f. 1. 2. Letter of Gabriel [de Roquette], Bishop of Autun, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1701-1716
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 21135-21138

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A COLLECTION of letters, grants, petitions, and miscellaneous documents relative to the history of Ireland, 1576-1751. Four volumes. From the Southwell Papers. Paper. Folio. Among the more important are the following:
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Southwell family: Letters, grants, petitions, etc., relating to Ireland, from the Southwell papers: 1576-1751. Ireland: Papers relating to affairs in: 1576-1751.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1576-1751
Extent:
4 items

9. Add MS 21375

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THREE dispatches of General [Marquis Conrad de] Rosen, in command of James II.'s army in Ireland; two of which are duplicates, the other being dated, Dublin, 16 May, 1689; and a dispatch of M. de la Hoguette, Maréchal de Camp; dat. Galloway, 25 Aug. 1690. Partly in cipher, with deciphers. Paper. Folio.
Scope & Content:
François Michel Le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois; French Minister: Letters to, from Count von Rosen and M. la Hoguette: 1689-1690.: Fr. Conrad von Rosen, Count; Marshal of James II.'s Army in Ireland: Despatches: 1689-1690.: Fr. Ireland: Despatches of General Rosen, commanding James II.'s army: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
16 May 1689-25 Aug 1690
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 24852

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MISCELLANEOUS autograph letters, and other papers, viz.:- 1. Edward [Stanley, 3rd Earl of] Derby to [Thomas, Lord Cromwell] Lord Privy Seal; Lathom, 5 Dec. [1536]. Signed. f. 1. 2. Nicholas Wentworth to Sir Thomas D'Arcy; Calais, 13 Nov. f. 2. 3. Note of the "pryncypalle seates reservid fo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-19th century
Extent:
1 item