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Add MS 70636

Record Id:
032-001964373
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-001964373
MDARK:
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ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 70636
Title:

SPEECHES IN PARLIAMENT: with miscellaneous verses; circa 1626. The collection was apparently owned or compiled by Knightley Chetwode of Chetwode, co. Bucks, student of Lincoln's Inn after 4 Feb. 1622/3 and eponymous uncle of the future Dean of Gloucester. His name, along with that of Jane Chetwode, probably his sister, is jotted on the front cover (f. i). Also included (ff. 25-33v), in another hand, are notes of sermons by Obadiah Grew D.D., circa 1651-1662. From the family papers of Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie (d.1823), now preserved in the National Library of Scotland. Presented by Winkworth and Pemberton (solicitors) of Oxford, through the British Records Association (Deposit 2378) and the National Library of Scotland, 5 Dec. 1990.

Paper; ff. ii+44. 187 x 147mm. Formerly gathered in eights, the present ff. 41, 42 being stubs, with traces of stubs between ff. 5, 6; 24, 25; 33, 34, etc. Contemporary limp vellum covers.

The principal contents are as follows:

1. ff. 2-13v. Speeches, etc., made during the parliament of 1626, chiefly relating to the attempted impeachment of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, viz: - (a) 'Sir John Elliott's conclusive Speech'; 10 May 1626. ff. 2-8v; - (b) 'A Message delivered by the Lord Keeper 21 Aprill. 1626'. ff. 8v, 9; - (c) 'A Speech delivered by the Speaker from the Commons [to Charles I, relating to supply; 11 March]. 1626'. ff. 9-10. Together with (d) 'The Kinges [i.e. James I's] Speach to the Lords of the Parliament May the 5th 1624', relating to the impeachment of Lionel Cranfield, Earl of Middlesex. ff. 10-13v.

2. ff. 14-18. 'Words spoke by Sir Walter Rawleigh at his death'; 29 Oct. 1618. The speech is followed by Ralegh's verses beg. 'Even such is time which takes in trust'.

3. ff. 19-22v. 'The Propositions which the Kinge of Greate Brittaine proffereth touchinge the Match betweene the Prince of Wales & the Infanta of Spayne sent to Rome together with the Popes replyes & demaundes'; mid 1623.

4. ff. 25-33v. Notes of three sermons delivered by Obadiah Grew (D.D. 1651), preacher at St Michael's, Coventry, copied in a hand different from the above; circa 1651-1662. Including (ff. 25-25v) 'Dr Grew his sermon preached at Michels. John: 6: 29'.

5. f. 43v. Two sets of verse, copied respectively in the two main hands on the penultimate leaf (vol. rev.) viz: - (a) Three couplets beg. 'Make me weake in thigh & hand': - (b) Three couplets beg. 'Virtue is arm'd against all wrongs'.

Scope & Content:

Knightly Chetwode, of Lincoln's Inn: Speeches in parliament, verses, etc., owned or compiled by Knightly Chetwode: circa 1626: Copies.

Poetry ENGLISH: Two poems on moral topics: circa 1626-1662: Copies.

includes:

  • f. i Jane Chetwode, sister of K Chetwode of Lincoln's Inn: Named as owner (?): circa 1626.
  • ff. 2-10 George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham: Charles I of England: Speeches, etc., rel. to attempted impeachment of Duke of Buckingham: 1626: Copies.
  • ff. 2-13v Charles I of England: England; Parliament: James I of England: Speeches, etc., in Parliament: 1624, 1626.
  • ff. 2-8v Sir John Eliot, MP: Speech rel. to Duke of Buckingham of Sir John Eliot: 1626: Copy.
  • ff. 10-13v Lionel Cranfield, Earl of Middlesex: James I of England: Speech of James I rel. to impeachment of Lionel Cranfield: 1624: Copy.
  • ff. 14-18 Sir Walter Ralegh, alias Raleigh; military and naval commander; author: Speech from the scaffold, with verses of Sir Walter Ralegh: 1618: Copy.
  • ff. 19-22v Philip IV of Spain: James I of England: Propositions and demands rel. to the proposed match of Charles, Prince of Wales, with Infanta Maria: 1623: Copy.
  • ff. 25-33v Obadiah Grew, DD: Notes of sermons delivered in Coventry of Obadiah Grew: circa 1651-1662: Copies.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1618
End Date:
1662
Date Range:
1618-1662
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Edinburgh; National Library of Scotland: Presented through the B.R.A. and the National Library of Scotland, in 1990.

British Records Association: Manuscripts presented through the B.R.A., 1989-1990.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
British Records Association
Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1600-1649
Chetwode, Jane, sister of K Chetwode of Lincoln's Inn
Chetwode, Knightly, of Lincoln's Inn
Cranfield, Lionel, 1st Earl of Middlesex, merchant, financier and government minister, 1575-1645
Eliot, John, Knight, politician, 1592-1632
Grew, Obadiah, clergyman, schoolmaster and nonconformist, 1607-1689
James VI and I, King of Scotland, England and Ireland, 1566-1625,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000109229555
National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh
Parliament
Philip IV, of Spain, 1605-1665
Raleigh, Walter, courtier, military and naval commander and author, 1554-1618,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000113957336
Villiers, George, 1st Duke of Buckingham, 1592-1628,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121403704