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1. Add MS 4156

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Add MS 4156
Title:
State papers of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1650-1658 (especially 1654-1655)
Scope & Content:
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

2. Add MS 4159

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Add MS 4159
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

3. Add MS 32091

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Add MS 32091
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

4. Add MS 35830

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Add MS 35830
Title:
State letters and papers (Hardwick Papers vol. 482)
Scope & Content:
State letters and papers, principally the correspondence of Sir Nicholas Throckmorton (1515/16-1571), diplomat and member of parliament. He was appointed ambassador to France in May 1559, two months before the death of King Henry II, and his letters give detailed accounts of his interviews wit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1557-1561
Extent:
1 volume

5. Add MS 45132

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Add MS 45132
Title:
Wriothesley heraldic collections, volume II
Scope & Content:
Wriothesley heraldic collections, volume II. Miscellaneous heraldic and historical material, parts of which are in Thomas Wriothesley's hand. f. vi: Notes from the compiler of the standards; written in the same hand as f. 69r. ff. 1v–9r: Copies of documents, mostly relating to the marriage of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. Add MS 46369

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Add MS 46369
Title:
Journals and papers relating to Irish affairs, 1594-1599
Scope & Content:
Journals and papers relating to Irish affairs between 1594 and 1599. Compiled and partly composed by Sir John Harington, courtier and author (bap. 1560, d. 1612). With later additions. Volume IV of the Harington Papers (Add MS 46366-46384). ff. 1r-2v, 64r-65v: Notes and pen-trials, on the vers...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, and Latin
Date Range:
1594-1599
Extent:
1 volume

7. Add MS 48017

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Add MS 48017
Title:
Transcripts of papers relating to the administration of Ireland, 1323-1599
Scope & Content:
Copies of papers relating to the administration of Ireland from 1323 until the late 16th century. ff. i-v: Front and rear covers. Vellum binding is a bifolium from a Sarum antiphoner printed in Paris, 1519-20. Leather ties. Numbered 17 on spine and back cover; coloured label ‘R’ on back cover....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

8. Add MS 48023

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Add MS 48023
Title:
Political and religious papers, 1558-1601, with some 15th-century diplomatic copies
Scope & Content:
This volume from the Yelverton Manuscripts was largely in the possession of Robert Beale, administrator and diplomat (1541-1601), at the time of his death. It is probable that the volume was bound after his death, as there is one item dated as late as 1601 ('The Viewe of Fraunce or The Method of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1419-1874
Extent:
1 volume

9. Egerton MS 2642

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Egerton MS 2642
Title:
Robert Commaundre's heraldic and historical commonplace book
Scope & Content:
ff. 2r–418v: ‘The Booke of Heraldrye and other thinges togither with the Order of Coronacions’; a commonplace book chiefly of heraldic and historical collections by Robert Commaundre (d. 1613), Rector of Tarporley, Chester, and Chaplain to Sir Henry Sidney (see f. 254r). The book was compiled in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1575-1625
Extent:
1 volume

10. Stowe MS 170

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Stowe MS 170
Title:
Papers of Sir Thomas Edmondes, Vol. 5: 28 Mar 1608-23 Mar 1609
Scope & Content:
Papers of Sir Thomas Edmondes (d. 1639), diplomat: Vol. 5: 28 Mar 1608-23 Mar 1609. Edmondes was in this period Ambassador to the Spanish Netherlands, to the Archdukes Albert and Isabella, at Brussels. The great majority of the letters here are originals, with some drafts by Edmondes, usually ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
28 Mar 1608-23 Mar 1609
Extent:
1 volume