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1. Add MS 4107

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Title:
State papers, 1598-1745, transcribed by Thomas Birch
Scope & Content:
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.

2. Add MS 4155

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Title:
English political and diplomatic papers, 1587-1689
Scope & Content:
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

3. Add MS 4156

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Title:
State papers of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1650-1658 (especially 1654-1655)
Scope & Content:
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

4. Add MS 4157

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Title:
State papers of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1655-1657
Scope & Content:
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

5. Add MS 4158

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Title:
State papers of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1657-1660
Scope & Content:
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, Dutch, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1657-1660
Extent:
1 volume

6. Add MS 4159

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Title:
State papers of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1652-1660, with other state papers, c. 1578-1629 and 1661-1692.
Scope & Content:
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

7. Add MS 14028

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Title:
Diplomatic papers and collections of Robert Beale
Scope & Content:
This is a collection of Robert Beale's papers and other collected documents. At some point, possibly in 1784, it became split from the main collection of Beale papers in the Yelverton Manuscripts. It was acquired by the antiquary George Chalmers and after his death was bought by the British Muse...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1526-1594
Extent:
1 volume

8. Add MS 19969

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Title:
Letters and state papers relating to the treaties and embassies of Ferdinand de Boisschot, Baron of Saventhem
Scope & Content:
Letters and state papers concerning certain treaties and embassies. Principally relating to Ferdinand de Boisschot (c. 1560s-1649), Baron of Saventhem and Dutch Ambassador to England. With genealogies and arms of several families, 1615-1647. ff. 2r-10v Documents relating to the embassy of Ferdi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1615-1647
Extent:
1 volume

9. Add MS 32091

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Title:
State papers and documents, 1087-1575
Scope & Content:
Volume I of state papers and documents owned by the Malet family, baronets, of Wilbury, Wiltshire. Covering the period 1087-1575. ff. 1r-2v Transcript of the foundation charter of Battle Abbey, Sussex [1086-1087]. Latin. Another copy is in Harley Ch. 83 A. 12. ff. 3r-12v Leaves from a manuscri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
12th century-1575
Extent:
1 volume

10. Add MS 32092

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Title:
State papers and documents, 1576-1624
Scope & Content:
Volume II of state papers and documents owned by the Malet family, baronets, of Wilbury, Wiltshire. Covering the period 1576-1624. ff. 1r-2v Letter from Johannes Sturmius, Rector of the Academy at Strassburg, to Edmund Grindal, Archbishop of Canterbury. On Grindal’s appointment to that see. Arg...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1576-1624
Extent:
1 volume