EVELYN PAPERS. Vols. XXXIV-XXXVI. Diplomatic papers of Sir Richard Browne; 1625-1637, n.d. Partly copies. Partly Latin, French and Italian. The material derives from Browne’s early period in the diplomatic service. On the recommendation of Dudley Carleton, 1st Viscount Dorchester and Secretary of State, he went as secretary to Sir Isaac Wake, English ambassador (Oct. 1628-circa March 1631) to Savoy and subsequently (circa March 1631-May 1632) to France; see letters of Peter Turner to C...
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. XXXVII (ff. 214). Miscellaneous official papers and documents relating to Browne’s period of residence in France; 1641-1665, n.d. Mostly copies. Partly Latin and French. Partly cipher. Browne was appointed agent to Charles I in France on 23 July 1641, following Leicester...
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. XXXIX (ff. 167). Miscellaneous papers rel. to European politics and diplomacy, including the Palatinate question, etc.; 1639-1660, and undated. Partly drafts and copies. Partly Latin, French, Italian and Spanish. Many of the papers which relate to negotiations for the re...
EVELYN PAPERS. Vols. XL-XLII. Papers, partly legal, relating to English shipping and mercantile affairs in France; 1640-1654. In return for a royal commission, privateers bringing their prizes into French ports were required to pay dues to Charles II and the Duke of York. Sir Richard Browne was one of those employed to supervise the sales and collect the proceeds; ‘from the close of 1652 to [spring 1656] Browne was actively engaged in Brittany, at Brest and Nantes, endeavouring to collect...
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. XXXVIII (ff. 159). Letters and papers relating to the civil war in England, Scotland and Ireland, and to English citizens abroad; 1641-1657. Mostly copies. Partly drafts and copies. Partly Latin, French, Italian and Spanish. 1. Translation into French of the oath admini...
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. XXXIV. (ff. 173). Miscellaneous letters and papers relating to the embassy of Sir Isaac Wake in France; 1621-1632, n.d. Partly copies. Partly Latin, French and Italian. Including: 1. Letters addressed mostly to Sir Isaac Wake, with some newsletters, etc.; 28 April 16...
EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. XXXV (ff. 130). Miscellaneous letters and papers chiefly relating to the embassies of John, Viscount Scudamore, and Robert, Earl of Leicester, in France; 1631-1644. Partly copies. Partly Latin, French and Italian. 1. Miscellaneous letters and papers; 1633-circa 1640. ...