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Title:
ORIGINAL LETTERS, relating to the Civil Wars; addressed principally to Prince Rupert; 1642-1658. [Many of them are printed in Eliot Warburton's "Memoirs of Prince Rupert."] In three volumes. The writers are: George [Lord] Digby [2nd Earl of Bristol]; 10 Sept. 1642-29 Aug. 1645. I. ff. 3, 6; II. ff. 32, 43, 99, 126, 130, 131, 132, 176, 182, 187, 191, 203, 205, 208, 218, 263, 297, 303, 312, 314; III. ff. 38, 44, 46, 49, 66, 74, 81, 83; [Sir] Lewis Dyves; 2l Sept. 1642-28 Nov. 1643, 8 Apr. 1644...
Scope & Content:
Rupert, Prince; Count Palatine of the Rhine: Letters to: 1642-1671. Sir Edward Nicholas, Secretary of State: Letters: 1642/3-1658, 1661. Autographs English: Royal and illustrious persons: 1625-1688.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1642-1658
Extent:
3 items

2. Add MS 18980

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Title:
Royalist correspondence, addressed primarily to Prince Rupert, 1642-1643
Scope & Content:
This is the first volume in a chronological sequence of royalist correspondence, largely to Rupert, Prince and Count Palatine of the Rhine (1619-1682), covering the period 1642-1643. On the spine the manuscript is called 'Rupert Correspondence. 1642. 1643'. Other volumes in the same sequence are...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher and English
Date Range:
1642-1643
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 18981

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Title:
Royalist correspondence, primarily addressed to Prince Rupert, 1643-1644
Scope & Content:
This is the second volume of the 'Rupert Correspondence' - overwhelmingly letters received by Rupert, Prince and Count Palatine of the Rhine (1619-1682) in 1644 - which descended in the family of Rupert's secretary Thomas Bennett until they were purchased by the publisher Richard Bentley, who in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, and Scots
Date Range:
1643-1644
Extent:
1 volume

4. Add MS 18982

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Title:
Royalist correspondence, primarily addressed to Prince Rupert, 1645-1658
Scope & Content:
This volume includes correspondence to Prince Rupert during 1645; on the politics of the royalists in exile, and his naval career between 1648 and 1653. At the end is an undated document, a memorial between his brother, Charles Lewis, Elector Palatine, and King Charles II. There is some material...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1645-1658
Extent:
1 volume