WHITELOCKE'S ANNALS. Vols. I., II. (ff. 153, 156). Notes on English history, viz., "Booke 1. Of the time before the invasion of the Romans," and "Booke 2. Of the time from the invasion of the Romans to that of the Saxons." With a preface addressed to his children, and a table of chapters appended to each volume.
"WHITELOCKE'S Annales of his own Life, dedicated to his children,"by Sir Bulstrode Whitelocke (b. 1605, d. 1675), Keeper of the Great Seal, and Ambassador to Sweden (1653- 1654). Autograph. Seven volumes. Paper. Small folio. Between Vols. II. and III. a volume is missing, containing the first 29 years of the author's life, and Vol. VII. ends with the Swedish embassy. For a description of the volumes, when owned by Earl Delawarr, see Hist. MSS. Comm., Appendix to Third Report (1872), pp. 217,...
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Sir Bulstrode Whitlocke, d 1675: "Annals of his own life," and " History of the embassy to Sweden": late 17th cent.: Autograph. Diaries and Memoranda: B. Whitelocke: late 17th cent.
Vol. III. From his 30th to his 40th year; Nov. 1634-July 1645. includes: f. 133 Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey: Correspondence with Lord Wellesley: 1810-1842.
WHITELOCKE'S ANNALS. Vols. VI., VII. (ff. 281, 331). "The History of Whitelocke's Ambassy from England to Sweden, with notes thereuppon, etc."; Sept. 1653-June, 1654. Vol. VII. is partially in the hands of clerks. Between ff. 189 and 190 of Vol. VI. six leaves have been cut out, containing a discourse to the Swedish chancellor on tyrants. With a table of chapters prefixed, and an index in both volumes. The title has the note "Published by Carleton Whitelocke, of the Middle Temple, Esq., son ...
