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1. 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

2. Add MS 4107

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State papers, 1598-1745, transcribed by Thomas Birch
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Collection of state papers, 1598-1745, transcribed by Thomas Birch (1705-1766), compiler of histories and biographer. Vol. II. Including transcripts of letters in the hands Thomas Astle, Keeper of the Records, Tower of London (ff. 68r-77v), and transcripts of letters from the Hanover Papers (Sto...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1598-1745
Extent:
1 volume.

3. 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

4. Add MS 4155

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English political and diplomatic papers, 1587-1689
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This is a miscellaneous collection of papers, including Elizabethan political and military matters; the parliamentary politics of the 1620s; and a number of early 17th-century diplomatic letters. There are probably some originals amongst the collection, but it is evidently mainly a collection of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
1587-1740
Extent:
1 volume

5. Add MS 4156

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State papers of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1650-1658 (especially 1654-1655)
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The documents here 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 illuminate both the domestic and international politics of the period, as also the scope of Thurloe's intelligence s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, Scots, and Spanish
Date Range:
1650-1658
Extent:
1 volume

6. Add MS 4157

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State papers of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1655-1657
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The documents here 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 illuminate both the domestic and international politics of the period, as also the scope of Thurloe's intelligence s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1655-1657
Extent:
1 volume

7. Add MS 4159

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State papers of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1652-1660, with other state papers, c. 1578-1629 and 1661-1692.
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Many of the documents here 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 illuminate both the domestic and international politics of the period, as also the scope of Thurloe's intell...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1578-1700
Extent:
1 volume

8. Add MS 4165

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FLEETWOOD PAPERS Original letters and papers (including two autograph letters from Oliver Cromwell) written to, or concerning Gen. Charles Fleetwood, Commander-in-Chief in, and (1654-1657) Lord Deputy of, Ireland; 1652- 1659, 1666. Most of the letters are of the year 1659 and have reference to ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1652-1666
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 4180

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NICHOLAS PAPERS 'Extracts of the State Papers and letters of Sr Edward Nicholas, Secretary of State to the King Charles I and II, from the originals in the possession of his grandson William Nicholas Esqr. and now in that of Sr John Evelyn, Bart.' made by Birch in 1750-1751. Of the originals so...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1750-1751
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 4183

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TRANSCRIPTS OF STATE PAPERS, 1605-1625, as follows:- (1) Answer of James I to the Memorial of Grievances of the Commons; 1605. For copies of the Grievances and the Answer see Cotton MS. Titus F. iv, ff. 25, 86. ff. 1-11 . (2) Petition of the Commons to James I on civil and ecclesiastical gri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item