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Name University of Cambridge, 1209- Place The Netherlands

1. Add MS 4156

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State papers of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1650-1658 (especially 1654-1655)
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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

2. Add MS 22591

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MISCELLANEOUS historical pieces, of the first half of the XVIIth cent., viz.: 1. "Parte of the liffe of Kinge James of ffamous memorye, with diuers matters of consequence which hapned in his Raigne." Printed in the Somers Tracts (1809), Vol. II., p. 265. f. 3. 2. "The manner of the Sicknes and...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 29587

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MISCELLANEOUS papers,chiefly political; 1559-1705. Included are:- 1. [Pietro Paolo] Vergerio [the younger, Italian reformer] to Queen Elizabeth; Heidelberg, 29 Oct. 1559. Ital. Copy. f. 1. 2. Answer of Queen Elizabeth in council to the Spanish ambassador, refusing to admit the Abbat of Marti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1559-1705
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 32095

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Vol. V., 1677-1695:- 1. Sir T. Higgons to Secretary Henry Coventry, on his negotiations; Venice, 15, 22 Jan., 19 Febr., 5, 12 March, 167,; 9 April, 1677. Hologr. ff. 1, 3, 22, 24, 26, 28. 2. Proceedings in the House of Lords on the re-assembling of Parliament after fifteen months' prorogatio...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1677-1695
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 32898

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Vol. ccxiii. (ff. 410). General Correspondence 1-20 Nov. 1759. George II of England: Correspondence of the Duke of Newcastle, Sec. of State, etc.: 1727 - 1760.: Home and Diplomatic. includes: ff. 3, 173, 213, 225, 258, 364, 403 Richard Rigby, MP: Correspondence with the Duke of Newcastle: 175...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1 Nov 1759-20 Nov 1759
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 34729

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WEST PAPERS. Vol. III. (ff. 365). Historical documents, extracts from records, naval and parliamentary papers, etc., many original; 1065-1759. Among them are:- 1. "Homagium Malcolmi [ Malcolm III. Canmore] Regis Scocie et Edwardi filii ejus primogeniti factum Edwardo Confessori Regi Anglie pro...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1065-1759
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 35418

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(XIII. ff. 282). Sept. 1758-Sept. 1759. Hugh Valence Jones, Clerk in Secretary of State's Office afterwards Solicitor to the Treasury: Letters to the 1st Lord Hardwicke: 1748-1763. includes: f. 3 Elizabeth; Emperor of Russia: Account of the battle of Zorndorf: 1758. ff. 3, 57 Frederick II of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Sep 1758-Sep 1759
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 37999

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MISCELLANE0US official papers and letters, many of them being demands or orders for payment for public services, as carrying council letters, victualling ships for Ireland, etc.; 1446, 1561-1718. Among them are:- 1. Acquittance from Henry Redford, Knt., Lieutenant of Rouen for [Richard] Duke of York, to Martin Fauvel, receiver of revenues at Rouen, for a quarter's salary; 4 June, 1446. Signed. f. 1. 2. Bill of expenses of F[rancis Russell, Earl of] Bedford, on a special embassy to the Fr...
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includes: f. 1 Martin Fauvel: Payment by, as receiver of revenues at Rouen: 1446.f. 1 Sir Henry Redford: Acquittance for salary, as Lieutenant of Rouen: 1446.f. 2 Accompts: Earl of Bedford, as Ambassador to France: 1561.f. 2 Francis Russell, Earl of Bedford: Expenses of his embassy to F...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1446-1718
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 38334

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Vol. CXLV (ff. 309). Oct. 1761- Jan. 1763. includes: ff. 1-285b passim England; Parliament: Notes and extracts of Acts of, reports of proceedings in, etc.: 1640-1763. f. 6 Revenue: References to retrospective Revenue Acts: 1727-1760. f. 7 Army; England: Abstract of the forces: 1761. f. 10 Loui...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
Oct 1761-Jan 1763
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 38597

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LETTER-BOOK contaning,, drafts of letters, official and private, of Thomas Read [Reid, Ithaedus], Latin Secretary to James I, covering the period 1619-1623 ; with a few common-places. Autograph, except for f. 109. The official correspondence, which forms the bulk of the volume, comprises drafts, chiefly in Latin, of letters from James I to foreign sovereigns, etc., dealing, among other matters, with the sending of English levies to Poland; the Palatinate War and the special embassy of Sir Ed...
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James I of England: State letter of, in letterbook of his Latin Sec., T. Read: 1619-1623.: Drafts. Philip IV of Spain: Letters to, from James I: 1620, 1621.: Lat.: Drafts. includes: f. 1 Christian IV of Denmark: Letter to the Queen Mother, Sophia, from James 1: 1619.: Lat.: Draft. f. 1 b Fred...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1619-1623
Extent:
1 item