Egerton MS 1525

ORIGINAL LETTERS and documents, viz.: Letter of Charles VII. of France; dat. Tours, 12 Aug. [1434 ?]. Fr. Signed,. f. 1; Charles VIII. of France to the city of Lyons; dat. Laval, 25 Sept. [1491 ?]. Fr. Signed, f. 2; James V. of Scotland to Benedetto Accolti, Cardinal Archbishop of Ravenna; dat. Edinburgh, 18 Feb. 1534 [1535], f. 3; Warrant of the Privy Council for payments for provision made for the Isle of Wight and coasts of Hampshire; 29 May, 1552. Signed by [William Paulet, 1st Marquess of] Winchester, H[enry Grey, Duke of] Suffolk, and others, f. 4; Letter of the same to the Mayor of Poole; 2 Mar. 1557. Signed by the Marquess of Winchester, H[enry] Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, and others f. 6; Don Fernando de Lannoy, Governor of Artois, to M. de Piennes, Lieut. of Picardy; dat. Arras, 23 Apr. 1573. Fr. Signed. f. 8; Catherine de Medicis, Queen Regent of France, to the Comte de Lude, Governor of Poitou; dat. Poitiers, 27 Nov. 1575. Fr. Signed. f. 10; [Antoine] de Castelnau, Bishop of Tarbes, French Ambassador in England, to Cardinal du Bellay; dat. Grafton, 10 Sept. [1538?], Fr., f. 11; Order of Henry de Lorraine [Duc de Guise], to his Treasurer; dat. Dampierre, 16 Dec. 1579. Fr. Signed. f. 12; Order of the Privy Council to Lord Burghley, Lord Treasurer; 16 Aug. 1588. Signed by Lord Burghley, Charles Lord Howard of Effingham, H[enry Carey, 1st Lord] Hunsdon, and others. f. 14; Charge for victualling ships; June-Aug. 1588. Certified by Sir John Hawkyns, and others. f. 16; Letter of Philippe de Marnix, Baron de St. Aldegonde, to the Council of State of the United Provinces; dat. Mélun, 9 Apr. 1590. Fr. Hologr., f. 18; Maurice de Nassau [Prince of Orange], to Sir Robert Sidney, Governor of Flushing; dat. Middelbourg, 30 Apr. 1592. Fr. Signed. f. 21; [Antonio, Prior da Crato, natural son of Louis, King of Portugal, and pretender to the throne], to the Queen Dowager of France; dat. Plessis [Piquet], 21 Nov. [1581 ?] Portuguese. Hologr., f. 23; Order of Privy Council; 12 Nov. 1598. Signed by Sir Thomas Egerton, R[obert Devereux, Earl of] Essex, and others. f. 25; Letter of Queen Elizabeth to [Henry IV.] of France; no date. Fr. Hologr., f. 27; Warrant of Privy Council; 25 June, 1601. Signed by John [Whitgift], Archbishop of Canterbury, Sir Thomas Egerton, and others. f. 29; Fragment of a letter from [Maurice de Nassau] Prince of Orange, to the Princess Dowager of Mansfelt; 4 Aug. 1606. Fr. Signed. f. 31; [Robert Cecil] Earl of Salisbury to his son; [circ. 1610 ?]. Hologr., f. 33; [Concino] Concini [Maréchal d'Ancre], to M. de Nerestang; 16 Sept. 1615. Fr. Hologr., f. 35; [Lionel Cranfield], Earl of Middlesex, to Sir Anthony Ashley; dat. Chelsea, 26 Jul. 1623. Signed. f. 36; [Henri de] Schomberg, [Maréchal], to the Duke of Savoy; dat. Troyes, 2 Oct. 1631. Fr. Hologr., f. 38; Anne [of Austria, Queen of Louis XIII.], to the Duchesse de Bouillon; 11 Sept. 1638. Fr. Hologr., f. 40; H[enriette] Catherine, Duchesss de Joyeuse, [wife of Charles de Lorraine, Duc de Guise], to M. de Thou; 22 Jan. 1640. Fr. Hologr., f. 42; Jean Louis [de Nogaret, Marquis] de la Valette [Duc d'Epernon], to Cardinal Richelieu; dat. Plassac, 27 Aug. 1640. Fr. Hologr., f. 44; Charle Gustaf Comte Palatin [de Deux Pons, afterwards Charles X. Gustavus, King of Sweden], to Hugo Grotius; dat. Stegebourg, 19 Sept. 1640. Fr. Hologr., f. 46; [James Graham, Earl of] Montrose to the Captain of Blair Atholl; 23 Oct. 1643. Hologr., f. 48; Receipt by Jeanne Baptiste de Bourbon légitime de France, Abbess of Fontevrault [natural daughter of Henry IV.]; 3 Jul. 1649. Fr. Vellum. Signed, f. 50; [Octavius Piccolomini] Duke of Amalfi, [Imperial Plenipotentiary for the treaty of Westphalia,] to the city of Ratisbon; 30 May, 1650. German. Signed, f. 51; Col. John Barkstead [Lieutenant of the Tower, the Regicide] to the Commissioners of the Navy; 15 Jul. 1653. Signed, f. 53; J[acob] van Wassenaer [Dutch Admiral] to the Pensionary de Witt; 9 Sept. 1658. Dutch. Hologr., f. 55; The Princess Chrestienne [daughter of Henry IV. of France, and wife of Victor Amadeus, Duke of Savoy], to Louis XIII.; 25 Nov. [1615 ?]. Fr. Hologr., f. 57; Sir John Lowther [afterwards Visct: Lonsdale], to William III. of England; 26 June, 1690. Hologr., f. 58; Leopold I., Emperor, to the same; Luxembourg, 31 May, 1692. Lat. Signed, f. 61; Frederic III., Elector of Brandenburg [afterwards King of Prussia], to the same; Liége, ^{23 Jul.}/_{2 Aug.} , 1692. Germ. Signed, f. 64; [Thomas Osborne] Marquess of Carmarthen [afterwards Duke of Leeds], to his brother; 7 Nov. 1693. Hologr., f. 68; Queen Anne, of England, to the Directors of the Upper Circle of the Rhine; 31 Jul. 1709. Latin. Signed, f. 70; Louis Duc d'Orléans to the Bishop of Fréjus; [Aug. 1726 ?]. Fr. Hologr., f. 72; George III. of England, to Lord North; 6 Aug. 1783. Hologr., f. 74; Two autograph signatures of the same, and memorandum; 4 Jan. 1809, ff. 76, 77, 78; Letter of Queen Charlotte [wife of George III.], to the Earl of Guilford; 3 Oct. 1783. Hologr., f. 80. Paper; XVth-XIXth centt. Folio. [Bibl. Eg. 1,525.]