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1. Add MS 4159

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Title:
State papers of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1652-1660, with other state papers, c. 1578-1629 and 1661-1692.
Scope & Content:
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

2. Add MS 32091

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Title:
State papers and documents, 1087-1575
Scope & Content:
Volume I of state papers and documents owned by the Malet family, baronets, of Wilbury, Wiltshire. Covering the period 1087-1575. ff. 1r-2v Transcript of the foundation charter of Battle Abbey, Sussex [1086-1087]. Latin. Another copy is in Harley Ch. 83 A. 12. ff. 3r-12v Leaves from a manuscri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
12th century-1575
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 38823

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Title:
Sir Edward Hoby, Commonplace book
Scope & Content:
Commonplace book of Sir Edward Hoby, politician and diplomat (1560-1617), containing entries on various subjects including America, Parliament, the Isle of Sheppey, the siege of Calais (1346-1347), and Mary, Queen of Scots. ff. i-ii) Remains of two parchment fragments of a 13th-century manuscri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Turkish
Date Range:
c 1582-c 1596
Extent:

1 volume

4. Add MS 48014

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Title:
Papers relating to the Netherlands, 1531-1591
Scope & Content:
Copies of papers relating to the Netherlands, particularly to the events of 1585-1587 and the two expeditions led by Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Possibly gathered as part of Robert Beale and Henry Killigrew’s mission to the Netherlands between June and October 1587. With notes and titles i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1531-1591
Extent:
1 volume

5. Add MS 48078

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Add MS 48078
Title:
Correspondence of Thomas Sackville as envoy to the Netherlands, 1583-1598
Scope & Content:
Correspondence of Thomas Sackville, Baron Buckhurst and 1st Earl of Dorset from 1604, during his time as envoy in the Netherlands, 1583-1598. ff. 1r-2v: Letter from Thomas Sackville, Baron Buckhurst, to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. 26 March 1586. ff. 3r-6v: Two letters from Thomas Sackv...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1583-1598
Extent:
1 volume

6. Egerton MS 1694

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Egerton MS 1694
Title:
Original letters addressed to Robert Beale (1576-1579, 1587) and to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (1585-1587), with other papers concerning English involvement with the Dutch Revolt
Scope & Content:
This volume relates to the English involvement with the Dutch Revolt. The volume was once part of the Yelverton manuscripts, from which it became separated, and it embodies the involvement and preoccupation with the Dutch Revolt of the collection's originator, Robert Beale (1541-1601). Beale w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1576-1587
Extent:

1 volume