FORBES PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. 527). The transcripts from which the Full View, etc., was printed, 23 Nov. 1558-30 Sept. 1559, extending to vol. i, p. 245. Preceded by in Introduction (ff. 1-77) which was not printed.
FORBES PAPERS. Vol. IV (ff. 462). (1) The transcripts, continued, 7 Oct. 1559-31 July 1563, extending to the end of vol. ii (followed by some others which were not printed). ff. 1-346. (2) Transcripts, in shorthand according to the system of George Ridpath, 1687, of state letters from the Pa...
FORBES PAPERS. Vol. V (ff. 197). (1) Tracings or facsimiles of state letters of temp. Elizabeth, many of them in cipher. ff. 1- 171. (2) Keys to ciphers, viz:-(a) 'Sturmin's cipher 4 March 1566'. f. 172;-(b) Sir Nicholas Throckmorton's first, second and third ciphers. ff. 178, 178b, 180;-(c)...
FORBES PAPERS. Vols. VI, VII (ff. 309, 407). Lists of state letters and papers in public and private libraries, relating to the times of Queen Elizabeth, many of which are in Forbes's hand.
FORBES PAPERS. Vol. VII (ff. 407). includes: ff. 164, 170, 172 (copy), 193 John Thurloe, Secretary of State: Letters to, from the English Commissioners to carry out the treaty with Sweden: 1659.
FORBES PAPERS. Vol. VIII (ff. 145). Similar lists of state letters, etc. At the beginning are many receipts in Forbes's hand for papers lent to him by the State Paper Office.
FORBES PAPERS. Vol. IX (ff.149). Papers relating to the publication of the Full View, etc. consisting of draft proposals, introductory letters, title-pages, subscribers' lists, etc. Included (f.19) is a short account of the plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth in 1586 in which L'Aubespine, the Fr...