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Name Yorke, Philip, 1st Earl of Hardwicke

1. Add MS 4155-4159

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THURLOE PAPERS. First Series. Collection of state letters and papers relating to events at home and abroad chiefly in the time of the Commonwealth. Most of the documents 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 afterwards came into the hands of Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor (1737), and were 'communicated' by him to Birch, according to the Preface to ...
Scope & Content:
John Thurloe, Secretary of State: Correspondence of and state papers collected by: 1577-1668.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1577-1692
Extent:
5 items

2. Add MS 4156

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State papers of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1650-1658 (especially 1654-1655)
Scope & Content:
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

3. Add MS 4158

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State papers of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1657-1660
Scope & Content:
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:
Cipher, Dutch, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1657-1660
Extent:
1 volume

4. Add MS 4159

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State papers of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1652-1660, with other state papers, c. 1578-1629 and 1661-1692.
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Many of 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 intell...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1578-1700
Extent:
1 volume

5. Add MS 4244

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MISCELLANEOUS BIOGRAPHICAL AND LITERARY MEMORANDA by Thomas Birch; 18th cent. Latin, French and English. Included are:-(a) notes and lists of learned women. ff. 21-24;- (b) abstract of observations by Philip Yorke on the State Paper Office; 1746. ff. 31-36;- (c) notes and lists of works of Cat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 4323

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Vol. XXIV (ff. 67). Misc. includes: ff. 3, 39 Bocca, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Turin: Letters to the Royal Society: 1754.: Fr. f. 5 Count Francesco Algarotti,; Italian scholar: Letters to T. Birch: 1756, 1759.: Ital. f. 7 Sir Thomas Clarke, FRS; Master of the Rolls: Letters...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1651-1765
Extent:
1 item

7. 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

8. 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 '...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1741-1765
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 11394

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MISCELLANEOUS Papers and Letters ; amongst them are, Papers relating to the affairs of the Comte de Brühl, 1809 ;-Papers touching the navigation of the river Dee, 1733 ;-Papers relating to the families of Manley and Pryce, 1751-1794 ; -Holt's invention for making artificial stone, 1782;-Original Letters of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke, 1752;-Accounts of Lieut. Thomas Burnet, of the West Essex Militia, 1780-1786;-Copy of exemplification of a Bill in Chancery, Robert Browne, Esq., and others, def...
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Browne Willis: Exemplification of a bill in Chancery, R. Browne and others v. B. Willis: 1701. Robert Browne: Exemplification of a bill in chancery, R. Browne and others v. Browne Willis: 1701. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke: Letters: 1752. Pryce family: Papers relating to: 1751-1794. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1701-1809
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 12428

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LIST of the Governors and Presidents of Jamaica, from 1660 to 1738. -Arms of some of the Governors.-Commission of Col. Edward D'Oyley to be Governor of Jamaica, 8 Feb. 1661.-Instructions to Thomas, Lord Windsor, when appointed Governor, 2 August, 1661.-Proclamation of Charles II. for the encoura...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1660-1738
Extent:
1 item