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1. Add MS 4103

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WALSINGHAM AND OTHER PAPERS. Transcripts of State Papers, relating to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, viz:- (1) Transcripts of correspondence of Sir Francis Walsingham with Queen Elizabeth I, Lord Burghley, Lord Leicester and others, during Walsingham's two embassies in France to negotiate an ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 4105

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TRANSCRIPTS AND ABSTRACTS OF STATE PAPERS made by Birch, in 1753 (cf. f. 24), probably from the originals then in the State Paper Office, as follows:- (1) Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, to the Queen and others, when in command of the forces in the Low Countries; 8 May 1586-22 Nov. 1587. Abs...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1753
Extent:
1 item

3. 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

4. Add MS 4125

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ANTHONY BACON PAPERS Collection of letters and papers on state affairs, chiefly originals, from the papers of Anthony Bacon and addressed to him, used by Birch in his Memoirs of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, 2 vols., 1754, and his Historical View of the Negotiations between England, France and B...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1584-1657
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 4126

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FORBES PAPERS. Forbes Papers. Vol. I. Transcripts of State letters and papers (of which the originals are now in the Public Record Office and are calendared in Calendars of State Papers, Foreign, under their dates) made by, or for, Dr. Patrick Forbes and evidently intended for a continuation of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 4131

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Political tracts, etc., as follows:- (1) 'A Letter concerning the Publick Transactions in the Reign of Q. Elizabeth, containing several Historical Anecdotes and Critical Reflections on Mr. Rapin's History of that Reign' addressed 'To Monsr x x x, Master of Requests' (M. de la Porte, see art. 2...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 4133-4146

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FORBES PAPERS. Vols. II-XV. 4133-4146. Collections of Dr. Patrick Forbes, consisting of lists, copies, etc., of state papers in the 'Paper Office', the British Museum, and other public and private libraries, used or intended for use, in his Full View of the Public Transactions in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, 2 vols., London, 1740, 1741. Cf. Add. MSS. 4126, 4215 A, B, 4248, 4249, 35833. Fourteen volumes. Various sizes.
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Patrick Forbes, d 1743 (?) MD; Scottish historian: Collections for his 'A full view of ... the reign of Q. Elizabeth': 1740, 1741. Elizabeth I of England: Historical collections of P. Forbes rel. to her reign: 18th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1558-1687]
Extent:
14 items

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

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