BULSTRODE PAPERS. First Series. Letters to Sir Richard Bulstrode, Resident and later Envoy at Brussels, from individuals listed below; 1673-1689, n.d. Supplementary to Add. MSS. 38847, ff. 122-139, and 47899. Other related material in the Department is Harley MSS. 1514- 1523. For transcripts see Egerton MSS. 3684 A-C below. See Hist. MSS. Comm., 1st Report, 1870, App., p. 56, 15th Report, 1897, App. ii, and F. A. Middlebush, The Dispatches of Thomas Plott (1681-1682) and Thomas Chudleigh (16...
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Netherlands. Southern Provinces: Correspondence of Sir R. Bulstrode, as Envoy to: 1673-1689. Sir Richard Bulstrode, Envoy at Brussels: Letters to: 1673-1689, n.d.
An English miscellany containing texts relating to naval matters
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Contents: ff. 1r-202v: A large collection of tracts and letters, primarily concerning naval matters. The manuscript contains documents on the victualling of ships, navigating, shipments, prices of goods, the custom system (taxes for good exported and imported through ports). The manuscript feat...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Spanish
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
A collection of original letters and transcripts, concerning Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Russia and Morocco
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Contents: ff. 1r-2r: A discourse in French, concerning the enterprise that could be arranged for Don Antonio (b. 1531, d. 1595), a claimant for the Portuguese throne, for the recovery of his kingdom, and the effect and usefulness of this for the Netherlands and England. ff. 3r-4v: An origina...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Copies of papers relating to the Treaty of Nijmegen
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Copies of memoranda, letters and other papers relating to the Treaty of Nijmegen, in the hand of Thomas Chudleigh, Secretary to the Ambassadors and the Nijmegen Peace Conference.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Copies of papers relating to the Treaty of Nijmegen, Volume 2
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Folio manuscript volume containing copies of memoranda, letters and other papers relating to the Treaty of Nijmegen, in the hand of Thomas Chudleigh, Secretary to the Ambassadors and the Nijmegen Peace Conference. Correspondents include: Charles II, King of England Louis XIV, King of France Cou...
Copies of papers relating to the Treaty of Nijmegen, Volume 3
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Folio manuscript volume containing copies of memoranda, letters and other papers relating to the Treaty of Nijmegen, in the hand of Thomas Chudleigh, Secretary to the Ambassadors and the Nijmegen Peace Conference. Correspondents include: Charles II, King of England Louis XIV, King of France Cou...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Copies of papers relating to the Treaty of Nijmegen, Volume 5
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Folio manuscript volume containing copies of memoranda, letters and other papers relating to the Treaty of Nijmegen, in the hand of Thomas Chudleigh, Secretary to the Ambassadors and the Nijmegen Peace Conference. Correspondents include: Charles II, King of England Charles II, King of Spain Lou...
The second of two volumes with letters concerning state affairs, dated 1612-1625
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Contents: ff. 1r-412v: The second of two volumes with letters concerning state affairs, featuring 129 letters, mostly originals in English addressed to the Duke and Marquess of Buckingham, but also Charles, Prince of Wales, King James I, the Lord Treasurer, and others; also featuring originals ...
