EGMONT PAPERS. Vol. CLXX (ff. i+5). Egmont MS. 216. 'Some Considerations upon the late Proceedings in [The House of Commons of] Ireland in opposition to the Clergys' Demand of Tythe Herbage or Agistment for the Pasturage of Dry and Barren Cattle'; circ. 1735. Fair copy. White vellum binding. Ir...
EGMONT PAPERS. Vol. CLXXX (ff. 16). Arguments, precedents, etc., relating to the precedence of Irish peers, partly in the hand of the 2nd Lord Egmont, including (f. 1) a copy of a memorial presented on their behalf by the 1st Lord Egmont, 2 Nov. 1733. Quarto notebook, with embossed green paper c...
EGMONT PAPERS. Vol. CLXXXI. Petition to William IV from clergy and laity in the Archdeaconry of Surrey, including members of the Perceval family, protesting against a bill for suppressing certain Irish dioceses, introduced into Parliament; 12 Feb. 1833. Vellum roll, 1.39×0.39 m. George Perceval...
EGMONT PAPERS. Vol. CCVII (ff. i+167). Egmont MS. 100. (1) Poems:-(a) 'A Libel on the Queens Peace with France', beg. 'Hail tricking Monarch, more successful far'; 1713. See M. Crum, First-Line Index, H 131. ff. 29b-30b;-(b) Ballad on the Peerage Bill, beg. 'I Sing of a meeting has happen'd of...
EGMONT PAPERS. Vol. CCVIII (ff. i+181). Egmont MS. 101. Poems:-(1) 'The Wise Men of England', beg. 'Seven planets they do grace the Skyes'; 1719. Crum, S 315. ff. 15b- 17b;-(2) Series of verses composed during the season at Tunbridge Wells; 1719. ff. 18b-24;-(3) 'An Epigram on the Ladys hoops an...
EGMONT PAPERS. Vol. CCXII (ff. i+100). Contents:-(1) Miscellaneous speeches in Parliament; 1689-circ. 1715. ff. 2b-16b;-(2) Letter from John Nelson, New England statesman, to Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury, on the French threat to North America; Sept. 1696. Printed, with variations, in Hist....
EGMONT PAPERS. Vol. CCXIII (ff. i+141). (1) Tracts, etc.:-(a) 'Theologia Rationalis', by Thomas Sydenham, physician (d. 1689). Other copies are in Sloane MSS. 3828, ff. 162-171b, and Add. MS. 6469, ff. 107b-116b. An incomplete version was printed from a manuscript in Cambridge University Libra...
EGMONT PAPERS. Vol. CCXIV (ff. ii+276). (1) Tracts and copies of correspondence relating to politics and government; 1576-1733, n.d. Included are:-(a) 'A brief Discourse concerning the Nature & Reason of [political] Intelligence' by Sir Samuel Morland, Bart. (d. 1695). Two copies. ff. 8, 1...
EGMONT PAPERS. Vol. CCXXII B (ff. 51). From Egmont MSS. 25, 282. (1) Discussion by Lord Arden of the position of Irish peers before the Act of Union; 1799-early 1800. ff. 1-9. (2) Papers of Lord Arden as Master of the Mint, mostly relating to the new United Kingdom currency of 1801; 1800-180...