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1. Add MS 4101-4478

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Manuscripts collected by Thomas Birch (b. 1705, d. 1766), D.D., and bequeathed by him to the British Museum, of which he was a Trustee from 1753 until his death
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They comprise not only original documents (including some of Birch's own private papers) but also a number of transcripts, many of which were made by Birch himself, from originals preserved in public and private collections. Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Collections of, bequeathed to the Britis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish
Date Range:
[1200-1799]
Extent:
378 items

2. 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

3. Add MS 4106-4107

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TRANSCRIPTS OF STATE PAPERS and letters from public and private collections, made by or for Birch, together with some original documents. In two volumes not chronologically arranged: Vol. I, 1473- 1657; Vol. II, 1598-1745. The names of the writers of letters, etc. are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. Among the documents are:-
Scope & Content:
Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Transcripts and abstracts of MSS., etc., made for and by: 18th cent.: Partly autogr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1473-1745
Extent:
2 items

4. Add MS 4125

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ANTHONY BACON PAPERS Collection of letters and papers on state affairs, chiefly originals, from the papers of Anthony Bacon and addressed to him, used by Birch in his Memoirs of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, 2 vols., 1754, and his Historical View of the Negotiations between England, France and B...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1584-1657
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 4128-4130

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ESSEX (DEVEREUX) PAPERS Transcripts of original letters and papers in the British Museum, Lambeth Palace Library, etc., partly in the autograph of Birch and chiefly relating to Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
3 items

6. Add MS 4130

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ESSEX (DEVEREUX) PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. 161). Papers and tracts relating to the Earls of Essex, as follows:- (1) 'Certaine letters written by the Right honourable Robert late Earle of Essex to the Queene the Counsell and others his honourable frinds with some of their answeres to the same with ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 4149

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RALPH STARKEY TRANSCRIPTS Transcripts of State Papers and political tracts made chiefly by Ralph Starkey (d. 1628), relating with few exceptions to the royal marriages of England; 1474-1624. Viz.:- (1) Covenant for a proposed marriage of Cicely, dau. of Edward IV, with Prince James of Scotlan...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1474-1624
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 4150-4154

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'LES LETTRES, memoires, actes, instructions, contractz faicts au Traitté de Mariage d'entre Madame Henriette Marie, Soeur du Roy, et Charles premier, Roy de la Grande Bretagne'; 1624, 1625. Five volumes. Vols. I, III-V are consecutive and contain the negotiations of Tannequy le Veneur, Comte de Tillières, Antoine Coeffier Ruzé, Marquis d'Effiat, successive French Ambassadors to England, and others, whereas Vol. II concerns the 'Suitte du marriage d'Angleterre avec L'Ambassade de Mons' [Jean ...
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Charles I of England: Letters and state papers rel. to his marriage with Henrietta Maria: 1624-1626.: Fr.: Copies. Louis XIII of France: Papers rel. to the marriage of Charles I and Henrietta Maria, his daughter: 1624-1626.: Fr.: Copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
5 items

9. Add MS 4154

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Vol. V, ff. 310, XVIII cent. Tanneguy Le Veneur, Comte de Tillières; French Ambassador to England: Negotiations respecting the marriage between Charles I and Henrietta Maria: 1624-1625.: Fr.: Copies. Antoine Coeffier Ruzé, Marquis d'Effiat; French Ambassador to England: Negotiations respecting...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 4155-4159

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THURLOE PAPERS. First Series. Collection of state letters and papers relating to events at home and abroad chiefly in the time of the Commonwealth. Most of the documents 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 afterwards came into the hands of Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor (1737), and were 'communicated' by him to Birch, according to the Preface to ...
Scope & Content:
John Thurloe, Secretary of State: Correspondence of and state papers collected by: 1577-1668.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1577-1692
Extent:
5 items