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Name Yorke, Charles, Lord Chancellor

1. Add MS 4107

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State papers, 1598-1745, transcribed by Thomas Birch
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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 4262

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Letters, speeches, etc. of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor, being the copy, in Birch's hand, sent to the printer for his edition; circ. 1763. Imperfect, wanting (by the old pagination) pp. 46-88, 91-96, 126, 206-209, 214, 458. Followed by (a) a few chronological memoranda of the Bacon family. f. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1763
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 4325

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BIRCH-YORKE LETTERS (Vol. III) 4325. Letters mainly addressed to Thomas Birch, from the following members of the Yorke family, viz.:-Philip, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor, 1758-1763 (ff. 1-8);- Philip, Viscount Royston and 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, 1741-1765 (ff. 9-43);- The Hon. Charles ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 4326 A

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Vol. I (ff. 184). (1) Revised drafts of portions of the Athenian letters having, in many cases, the initials of the revisers at the end of the letters (Nos. I-LXIII), published in 1741-1743. ff. 1-86. Followed by (a) 'Minutes of the Committee for revising' the same, the members present being '...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1741-1765
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 4456

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Vol. I (ff. 215). (1) Verses, etc., almost entirely by Birch, or addressed to him, some of them apparently written as exercises. They are:— (a) 'Jam tibi perfectum jactare, Britannia, carmen': a version (100 lines) of the Rev. John Nixon's poem on Sir R. Blackmore's Creation, 1712; 1725; follo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 4475

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BIRCH CORRESPONDENCE Correspondence, etc., of Thomas Birch. The contents may be divided as follows:- (1) Rough drafts of letters (without names of addressees), notes and extracts from books, etc., in Birch's autograph. ff. 1-103 passim, 144, 159, 209-287 passim. Among these are (1) A short ac...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 4477

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Vol. II (ff. 329). (1) Appointment of Birch as chaplain to Princess Amelia; 1761. Copy. f. 4. (2) Testimonial for Carlo Alfonso Guadagni of Florence, M.D., for the Royal Society, circ. 1760; signed Antonio Niccolini, Saverio Manetti (of Florence, Professor of Botany), and Gasparo Cerati (of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1663-1765
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 21507

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AUTOGRAPHS of English lawyers; 1570-1848: 1. Sir William Skipwith, Knt. [High Sheriff of co. Lincoln], and Christopher Bray, Serjeant-at-law [circa 1570]; Sir Walter Mildmay [K.G., Treasurer and Chancellor of the Exchequer, temp. Elizabeth], Edward Flowerdew, Robert Shute, and John Sotherton, Junior Barons of the Exchequer [circa 1583], ff. 2, 4. 2. Certificate of Sir John Savile [Baron of the Exchequer and a Member of the Council of the North] and Sir Richard Wortley [one of the Council o...
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Lawyers: Autographs of English lawyers: 1570-1848. includes: f. 2 Christopher Bray, Serjeant at Law: Autograph: circ. 1570. f. 2 Sir William Skipwith, Sheriff of county Lincolnshire: Signature: circ. 1570. f. 2 Sir Christopher Wray: Autograph: circ. 1570. f. 4 Robert Shute, Baron of the Excheq...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[c 1570]-1848
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 22131

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Vol. I. John Wilkes: Papers relating to his trial: 1762-1769.: Printed and MS. George III of England: Papers relating to the trial of J. Wilkes: 1762-1769.: Printed and MS. includes: f. 22 Hon Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor: Letter to Lord Halifax: 1762. ff. 24, 29, 31, 37 George Montagu-Dun...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1762-1769
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 30222

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COLLECTION Out of the records of the Court of Admiralty, mostly transcribed by Henry Rooke, Clerk of the Rolls, circ. 1750- 1760:- 1. List of High Admirals of England, with an abstract of their patents; 1307-1709. f. 4. 2. Account of patents to Lord Admirals, judges and others of the Court o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1750-c 1760
Extent:
1 item