EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CCLXXXIV, CCLXXXV. Papers of John Evelyn junior as commissioner of the Irish revenue; 1681-1697. Including former Evelyn MSS 113, 276, 277. At the end is a copy of a sermon preached at Christ Church, Dublin, 23 Oct. 1696, formerly Evelyn MS 119. Two folders.
EVELYN PAPERS. Vols. CCCLXIII, CCCLXIV. Letters to Jael (Godolphin) Boscawen (1647-1731), widow of Edward Boscawen, M.P., and mother of Anne (Boscawen), wife of Sir John Evelyn, 1st Bart.; 1668-1727. The letters probably came into the family archive on the death of Mrs Boscawen. A number of the letters are undated, and the endorsed dates supplied by the 1st Bart. are not always reliable. Two volumes.
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Ralph Bohun, Rector of West Kington, and of Wotton: Correspondence and papers: 1667-1716.
Charles Godolphin 78532-78537. EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CCCLXV-CCCLXX. Official documents compiled or collected by Charles Godolphin as Commissioner of Customs; 1691-1712, n.d. Charles Godolphin of Coulston was the younger brother of Sidney, 1st Earl of Godolphin, and of Mrs Jael Boscawen. The volumes were given to Sir John Evelyn, also a Commissioner of Customs, by Charles Godolphin’s widow Elizabeth; see her letter to him of 4 Jan. 1722/3 (Add. MS 78468 above): `tis with great pleasure that...
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Charles Godolphin, MP: Papers as Commissioner of Customs: 1691-1712, n.d. Ralph Bohun, Rector of West Kington, and of Wotton: Correspondence and papers: 1667-1716.
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CCCXCIII-CCCXCV. Correspondence of, chiefly letters to, George Evelyn of Wotton (d. 1829), and his wife, Mary-Jane (Massey-Dawson); 1814-1855, n.d. Partly drafts. Partly French and Italian. The majority of the letters are to Mrs Evelyn, both before and after her marriage. She survived her husband by many years and continued to live at Wotton during her son’s minority. Preceded by two letters to her uncle, Charles Nicholas Pallmer of Norbiton; 1808.
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CCCCVII A-D. Compilations concerning the descent of the Evelyn family in the 19th century, chiefly prepared by William John Evelyn in connection with an action for libel against a former employee, who had cast doubt on the legitimacy of his father, and therefore on their right of succession to the Evelyn estates; 1878-1882. See also Helen Evelyn, Evelyn Family, pp. 360-366. Four volumes.