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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4133
Title:
Scope & Content:: FORBES PAPERS. Vol. II (ff. 42). Miscellaneous papers, among them being: (a) Letter of English nobles to Pope Boniface VIII in defence of Edward I's right to the Crown of Scotland; London, 12 Feb. 1300/1. Engraved. f. 1;- (b) Chronological 'Index Litterarum Regum Scotiæ; 1534-1542. ff. 3-7;- (c)...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: [1301-1603]
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4133-4146
Title:: 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.
Scope & Content:: 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

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4134
Title:
Scope & Content:: 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.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 23 Nov 1558-30 Sep 1559
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4135
Title:
Scope & Content:: 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...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1559-1687
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4136
Title:
Scope & Content:: 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)...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1560-1587
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4137-4138
Title:: 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.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4138
Title:
Scope & Content:: 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.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4139
Title:
Scope & Content:: 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.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4140
Title:
Scope & Content:: 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...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

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