EVELYN PAPERS. Vols. XLVIII-L. Papers of Sir Richard Browne relating to Privy Council business, including draft minutes, petitions, reports, orders and supporting documents; 1614-1659>, 25 June 1660-30 Sept. 1678. Partly drafts, copies and extracts. The earliest items (78215, ff. 1-14) are copies or extracts in the hand of John Wolley the younger, Keeper of the Council Records. These are followed by further minutes, 1660-1670, partly in drafts by Browne, with orders, petitions and pa...
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. LXXIV. Collection of documents mostly relating to French diplomacy; 1625-1647. Copies in several hands, and printed. Latin, French and Italian. This composite collection consists principally of texts of various treaties. The date ‘Novembre 1645’ is entered in Browne’s h...
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. LXXVI. Miscellaneous tracts, with some letters and verse; 1641-1642, n.d. Scribal copies, in the same French hand as the preceding volumes. Latin and French. With annotations by Browne and Evelyn. Formerly Evelyn MS 168. ff. 200. Contemporary binding of mottled calf...
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. LXXXVII. Armorial bearings borne by the Browne or Brown families of various counties; n.d., circa later 17th cent (but bef. 1687). This collection of drawings in trick of the arms of families of that name does not appear to be related to that compiled in 1640 by Edmund Wea...
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. V (ff. 55). Miscellaneous papers and accounts mostly relating to military and household duties and mercantile ventures of Leicester; 1565-1586. 1. ff. 1-4. New Year's gifts received by and presented to Leicester; 1564. Included are jewels, plate and household stuff, cloth...
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. XX. Horoscope of Christopher Browne; 2 Sept. 1611. Autograph fair copy, with revisions. Latin. Browne’s date of birth is given as 8 Feb. 1577, in London, and predictions are offered as far as 1631. Formerly Evelyn MS 268. ff. 12. 318 mm x 203 mm. Sewn gathering of twe...
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. XXI. Horoscope of Sir Richard Browne, Bart.; n.d., circa 1611. Fair copy, partly autograph, with revisions. Browne’s date of birth is given as 6 May 1605, at Deptford. Dates from 1609-1641, apparently added later, occur in another hand in the margins of the final section...