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2. Stowe MS 132-137
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe MS 132-137
- Title:
- TRANSCRIPTS Of despatches, instructions to ambassadors, negotiations, treaties, etc., chiefly relating to the general history of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. Six volumes. Vol. II. has on f. 2 an engraved portrait, " W. Delff sculpsit," of Sir Dudley Carleton, Ambassador at Venice and the Hague, etc. (ob. 1632), and on f. 1 the book-plate of Richard, lst Duke of Buckingham and Chandos. All the volumes bear the book-plate, dated 1701, of Algernon Capell, Earl of Essex. Paper; xviith ...
- Scope & Content:
- Treaties: Negotiations, treaties, etc., relating to European history: 14th-17th centt. Records, Public: Transcripts of State papers on the general history of Europe: 16th. -17th centt. Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex: Book-plates. Bookplates: Capell (Algernon), Earl of Essex: 1701.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Dutch, English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
- Date Range:
- 14th century-17th century
- Extent:
- 6 items
3. Stowe MS 219-220
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe MS 219-220
- Title:
- LETTER-BOOK containing copies of the letters of James Brydges, 8th Baron Chandos, when Ambassador at Constantinople, written to the successive Secretaries of State in England, the Levant Company, the Consuls of the various Mediterranean Ports, and especially Gamaliel Nightingale, Consul at Aleppo, and WilliamRaye, ConsulatSmyrna, etc.; 30 Mar. 1681-16 July, 1688. Most of the letters relate to the transactions and interests of the Levant Company and to the Mediterranean Trade; but curious det...
- Scope & Content:
- William Raye, Consul at Smyrna: Letters to, from Lord Chandos: 1681-1688.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Italian
- Date Range:
- 30 Mar 1681-16 Jul 1688
- Extent:
- 2 items
4. Stowe MS 166-177
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe MS 166-177
- Title:
- COLLECTION of State Papers and correspondence of Sir Thomas Edmondes, Knt.; 1592-1633. A few earlier and later papers are included in the last volume. Edmondes was English Agent at Paris, 1592-1599; Ambassador at the Archduke Albert's court at Brussels, 1605-1609; Ambassador to France, 1610-1617; Comptroller of the Household, 1616 ; Treasurer of the Household, 1618; and died in 1639. Twelve volumes. Paper. Folio. The collection includes original letters of English ambassadors to France and S...
- Scope & Content:
- Sir Thomas Edmondes, diplomatist: Correspondence and papers: 1592-1633, with additions 1470-1663.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
- Date Range:
- 1592-1633
- Extent:
- 12 items
5. Stowe MS 222-232
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe MS 222-232
- Title:
- HANOVER PAPERS, being the correspondence and papers of J- Robethon, private secretary (1) to William III., (2) to George William, Duke of Zell, and (3) to George Louis, Elector of Hanover, and George I. of England; 2 Oct. 1692-13 Nov. 1719. Eleven volumes. Paper. Folio. Vols. i.-x. have been re-arranged chronologically ; vol. xi., consisting of intercepted Jacobite correspondence, remains unaltered. At Robethon's death the collection passed to his eldest son, Col. Robethon, and after the lat...
- Scope & Content:
- J- Robethon, Private Secretary to William III., and afterwards to George I: Official and private correspondence and papers: 1692-1722.: Fr., Engl., and Germ. James Macpherson, Historian: Transcribed and published extracts from MSS: in 1775. George I of England: Correspondence and papers of J. ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
- Date Range:
- 2 Oct 1692-13 Nov 1719
- Extent:
- 11 items