Archive Reference (shelfmark): Stowe Ms 1-1085 - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 194-196
Title:: COLLECTION of transcripts of state-papers, warrants, etc., tempp. Charles I.-William III., made for use as precedents. The binding (early 19th cent.) is lettered " Coventry's Papers." This refers either to Henry Coventry, Secretary of State, 1672-1679, or to his younger brother, Sir William Coventry, Secretary to James, Duke of York, 1660-1667, Commissioner of the Treasury, 1667-68, etc.; but they both died in 1686. In three volumes. There is an index of subjects at the end of each volume. P...
Scope & Content:: Records, Public: Transcripts of State papers, for precedents: temp. Chas. II.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: [between 1625-1702]
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 195
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. II. (ff. 181). STATE-DOCUMENTS relating to negotiations with foreign powers, consisting of credentials or instructions to English Ambassadors abroad, complimentary letters to foreign Sovereigns and their Ministers, etc., arranged chronologically; 25 Sept. 1675-20 Apr. 1680. Lat. and Fr.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1675-1680
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 196
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. III. (ff. 232). WARRANTS, commissions, grants of offices, pardons, renewals of charters and patents, etc. ; 1679-1690.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1679-1690
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 197
Title:
Scope & Content:: STATE-LETTERS, 1661-temp. Anne, as follows:- 1. Sir Edward Nicholas, Secretary of State, to -, concerning [? Capt. Laurence] Moyer [Warden of the Trinity House]; Whitehall, 2 Dec. 1661 (cf. Cal. of State Papers, 1660-1661, p. 517). f. i. 2. [James Graham, 2nd Marquis of] Montrose, to Lord -,...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1661-[1714]
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 198
Title:
Scope & Content:: LETTERS of Sir William Temple, Bart., written during his embassy at Brussels in 1665-1666, translated into French in 1730 by James Newsham, being the first sixteen letters (excepting those written originally in French) in Swift's edition of Sir W. Temple's Correspondence, 1700. The last letter i...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French
Date Range:: 1730
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 199
Title:
Scope & Content:: ORIGINAL LETTERS chiefly on Scottish affairs, many of which are unaddressed, but were probably written to John Maitland, 2nd Earl and (1672) Duke of Lauderdale, Secretary of State for Scotland; 1665-1720. 1. [Denzil Holles, 1st Baron] Holles, recommending a Scottish merchant, who "hath bene il...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 1665-1720
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 200
Title:
Scope & Content:: ESSEX PAPERS. Vol. I. (ff. 493). Jan.-Dec. 1672. 1. Warrants to send troops from the " army of Ireland " into England, under command of Richard, Lord Le Power; Whitehall, 1, 3 Aug. 1672. ff. 96, 102. 2. Letters from the Bishops of Derry and Down and Connor on disorders among the Presbyterian...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Jan 1672-Dec 1672
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 200-217
Title:: ESSEX PAPERS: Royal warrants, official and private letters and other papers addressed to Arthur Capell, Earl of Essex, while Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, followed by a register of his own letters; 1672-1677. Eighteen volumes. Paper. Folio. The correspondence chiefly relates to appointments to offices in Ireland, grants of lands under the Acts of Settlement and Explanation, pensions, the farming of the revenues, the irregularities in the payment of the forces in Ireland, the disabilities of th...
Scope & Content:: Trade: Letters and papers relating to trade in Ireland: 1672-1679. Roman Catholics: Letters relating to, in Ireland: 1672-1677. Revenue: Papers relating to the revenue in Ireland, during the Lord Lieutenancy of Lord Essex: 1672-1677. Richard Jones, 3rd Viscount (1669) and 1st Earl (1674) of R...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 1672-1677
Extent:: 18 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 201
Title:
Scope & Content:: ESSEX PAPERS. Vol. II. (ff. 410). Jan.-Apr. 1673. 1. Royal Warrant allowing the election of Roman Catholics on corporations in Ireland; Whitehall, 14 Jan. 1672/3. f. 46. 2. Letter from William, 6th Lord Willoughby of Parham, Governor of Barbados, relating the capture of Tobago from the Dutch...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Jan 1673-Apr 1673
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 202
Title:
Scope & Content:: ESSEX PAPERS. Vol. III. (ff. 339). May-Aug. 1673. 1. Minutes of Orders in Council for sending English farthings to Ireland; Whitehall, 4 July, 13 Aug. 1673. ff. 168, 295 2. Surrenders of his several commissions by James, Duke of York, 15 June, 1673; followed by the appointment of Prince Rupert...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: May 1673-Aug 1673
Extent:: 1 item

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