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1. Add Ch 33597

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Title:
Charter of King John of England (r. 1199–1216) to St James-extra-Huntingdon (Hinchingbrooke Priory), 10 June 1199
Scope & Content:
Notification of King John's remission to the nunnery of St James-extra-Huntingdon (Hinchingbrooke Priory) of an annual rent of 15s. owed for 60 acres of land in a meadow before their gates outside of Huntingdon. Witnessed by William of Sainte-Mère-Eglise (d. 1224), Bishop of London (1198–1221)...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
10 Jun 1199
Extent:

1 leaf

2. Add MS 4155

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Title:
English political and diplomatic papers, 1587-1689
Scope & Content:
This is a miscellaneous collection of papers, including Elizabethan political and military matters; the parliamentary politics of the 1620s; and a number of early 17th-century diplomatic letters. There are probably some originals amongst the collection, but it is evidently mainly a collection of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
1587-1740
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 4158

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Title:
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 4166

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Title:
Letters of John Thurloe. Secretary of State, to Henry Cromwell, Major-General of the Forces in Ireland, 1655-1657; other state papers and cipher-keys from the 1650s; letter of Anne Thurloe, widow of John Thurloe, 1668
Scope & Content:
The bulk of this collection is made up of two main series. There are forty letters from John Thurloe, Secretary of State, to Henry Cromwell, Major-General of the Forces in Ireland, between June 1655 and July 1657. There are about thirty cipher-codes which were evidently in Thurloe's office ('abo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher and English
Date Range:
1655-1668
Extent:
1 volume

5. Add MS 10109

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Title:
Account book of payments made by James Nedam, 1542–1543
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–213v: Account book of the payments made by James Nedam, Surveyor General of the Works to King Henry VIII, in the years 1542–1543. It includes payments for the following: ff. 2r–9v: the new office for the King’s Surveyors in the Fish Yard; ff. 10r–49r: the new office for the King’s Surve...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1542-1543
Extent:
1 volume

6. Add MS 19399

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Title:
Royal and noble autographs, 1646-1768
Scope & Content:
Original letters, bills of privy seal, orders of Privy Council, and other documents, bearing the autograph signatures of royal and noble people, principally of England. Between 1646 and 1768. f. 1r-1v: Letter from the Parliamentary Commissioners to William Lenthall, Speaker of the House of Com...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume

7. Add MS 32092

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Title:
State papers and documents, 1576-1624
Scope & Content:
Volume II of state papers and documents owned by the Malet family, baronets, of Wilbury, Wiltshire. Covering the period 1576-1624. ff. 1r-2v Letter from Johannes Sturmius, Rector of the Academy at Strassburg, to Edmund Grindal, Archbishop of Canterbury. On Grindal’s appointment to that see. Arg...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1576-1624
Extent:
1 volume

8. Add MS 33596

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Title:
Official papers of King Charles I, 1633-1646; captured royalist correspondence of George Digby, Baron Digby, 1645; royalist cipher keys; articles of surrender of Scottish royalists to General George Monck, 1654-1655
Scope & Content:
This is a miscellaneous collection, including warrants and awards made by King Charles I both before and during the Civil War; captured royalist correspondence; seven royalist cipher keys; and articles of surrender to George Monck during his pacification of the Highlands. The tranche of seven ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher and English
Date Range:
13 May 1633-18 May 1655
Extent:

1 volume

9. Add MS 35830

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Title:
State letters and papers (Hardwick Papers vol. 482)
Scope & Content:
State letters and papers, principally the correspondence of Sir Nicholas Throckmorton (1515/16-1571), diplomat and member of parliament. He was appointed ambassador to France in May 1559, two months before the death of King Henry II, and his letters give detailed accounts of his interviews wit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1557-1561
Extent:
1 volume

10. Add MS 48007

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Title:
Papers on negotiations between England and Spain, 1556-1594
Scope & Content:
Copies of papers concerning negotiations between England and Spain, mostly concerning trade with the Netherlands, 1556-1594. Other copies of these documents can be found in Add MS 48011 and Cotton MSS Galba C I, II, IV and V. From the collections of Robert Beale (1541–1601), administrator and di...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1556-1594
Extent:
1 volume

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