E. Seal of Sir John Evelyn of Godstone (1590-1664), engraved glass (?), mounted in bronze (?). Evelyn crest. English. First half 17th cent. Attached to card, with an inscription by William John Evelyn.
F. Seal of George Evelyn of Nutfield (1641-1699). Mounted in metal. Monogram, intertwined G.E. Second half 17th cent. Attached to card, labelled by William John Evelyn.
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CCLXII. Gloves of doe-skin, the cuffs embroidered with a design of flowers and leaves in gold and silver thread, coloured silks and spangles, and with a fringe of gold thread; 17th cent. These are mentioned by Evelyn (as ‘rich gold fringed gloves’) in an inventory of the co...
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CCLXIII. `Instructions Oeconomique': a domestic conduct manual in 23 chapters, including some verse, written by Evelyn for his wife shortly after their marriage; 1648. Including some Latin quotations, and one chapter, `De l’humilité du lit nuptial’, in French. Calligraphi...
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CCLXIV. 1. Letters to Mary Evelyn from her father, Sir Richard Browne; 1665-1666. Further letters, 1658 and 1652-1660, are in Add. MS 15857, f. 147, Add. MS 34702, ff. 55-186 passim, and listed in Colbeck, Radford & Co., The Ingatherer, no. 18 (Sept. 1931), item 21. Le...
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CCLXV. Correspondence of Mary Evelyn with her son, John Evelyn junior, 1675-1697 (of which the first two letters are retained copies by Mary Evelyn), letters to her from his wife, Martha (Spencer), 1689-1704, their daughter Elizabeth (afterwards wife of Simon Harcourt), 1695...
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CCLXVI. 1. Letters to Mary Evelyn from her eldest daughter Mary; 1684. Including a copy by John Evelyn senior of the second letter. 2. Letters to Mary Evelyn from her youngest daughter Susan and her husband William Draper; 1689-1707.
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CCLXVII. 1. Letters to Mary Evelyn from her husband’s brother-in-law, William Glanville, his son William Glanville junior, and the latter's wife Frances (Hales) Glanville; 1663-1699. Including some 20th cent. copies of Glanville's letters, probably made in connection with t...
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CCLXVIII. 1. Letters to Mary Evelyn from Sir Samuel Tuke, 1[superscript]st[/superscript] Bart., 1649-[1670?], and his wives, Mary (Guldeford), 1665-1666, and Mary (Sheldon), 1675-1704, and the latter's daughter Mary, 1684-1706; 1649-1706. Including two retained [italics]cop...