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1. Add MS 11252

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Add MS 11252
Title:
Letters of King Charles I to Prince Charles and to the Speaker of the House of Lords, 1646-1648; letters on Scottish politics, 1681-1688; epitaph on Mary Digby (d. 1692); 17th-century cipher keys
Scope & Content:
A miscellaneous collection, including letters between King Charles I and Parliament preliminary to the negotiations at Newport in 1648. A note on the back of f. 15v noted the collection as 'Letters of King Charles I & others'. A not particulary legible note suggests that some of the papers w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher and English
Date Range:
1646-1681
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 15891

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Add MS 15891
Title:
Copies of letters received by Sir Christopher Hatton, along with miscellaneous 17th-century papers
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–248v: Letterbook of Sir Christopher Hatton, Lord Chancellor, 1572–1607, probably copied by his secretary Samuel Cox, whose letters are also included. They are dated from 1572 to 1607, and the majority are printed in N. H. Nicolas, Memoirs of the Life and Times of Sir C. Hatton (1847). A ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 16th century-Late 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Egerton MS 616

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Egerton MS 616
Title:
Letters relating to England and Spain
Scope & Content:
Original letters illustrative of the history of England and Spain, with a modern transcription of some of the letters on ff. 80r–94r. ff. i–ii: Modern contents list. ff. 1r–v: Letter in Latin and on parchment from Richard II to the King of Aragon [Peter IV], 26 August [c. 1386], Westminster. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
c 1386-1662
Extent:
1 volume