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Egerton MS 3048

Record Id:

032-001985169

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001985169

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Egerton MS 3048

Title:

PRECEDENT-BOOK, containing copies of letters of the Privy Council, with a few other State Papers. A collection similar to Stowe MS. 160 and Add. MS. 32323, which include some of the same letters; cf. also Harley MS. 4943. Late 16th cent. (the dates of the original letters range from 1540 to 1590). Earlier letters are arranged by subject, examples of passports and safe conducts being followed by licences, warrants, and orders for the apprehension, punishment and examination of criminals. The remainder are of a miscellaneous nature, dealing mainly (from f. 40 onwards) with Irish affairs, and not in strict chronological order, though the bulk form a rough sequence from 1577 to 1583. Dates and names of addressees are often omitted. Some of the letters are not recorded in the Registers of the Privy Council as published in Proceedings and Ordinances of the Privy Council of England, ed. Sir Harris Nicholas, 1834-1837, and Acts of the Privy Council of England, ed. J. R. Dasent, 1890-1907. Three (ff. 18b, 19 and 67b) are wrongly dated 1576, 1573 and 1540, as according to the Register, they were written in 1552, 1552 and 1580 respectively. The names of all the correspondents are given in the Index to this Catalogue. Paper; ff. i + 219. Folio. Late XVI cent. Gatherings normally of 24 leaves. An early foliation indicates that a leaf (probably blank) has been torn out between ff. 156 and 157. On f. 219b is written twice the name 'Antony Asheley' [Antony Ashley, sworn a clerk of the Privy Council 1587; knt. 1596]. On f. 2 is an erased note of ownership, apparently reading 'R. Myddelton Massey M.D. S.R.S. 1713' [Richard Middleton Massey, M.D., F.R.S., F.S.A., d. 1743; cf. a similar note in Sloane MS. 2749, f. 203]. On f. 1, which also contains the beginning of an 18th cent. table of contents, is the note 'Given by Dr Midleton Massey to Mr J. Chicheley' [John Chicheley, of the Middle Temple, one of the founders of the revived Society of Antiquaries, 1717]. Cat. of Colbeck, Radford and Co., London, 1930, no. 39. From the Farnborough Fund.

Scope & Content:

Privy Council, The: Precedent-book of letters from: late 16th cent.

Ireland: Privy Council letters, etc., rel. to: 1577-1590, n.d.: Copies.

Elizabeth I of England: Precedent-book of the Privy Council: late 16th cent.

includes:

ff. 12b, 13 Sir Thomas Heneage, Vice Chamberlain to the Queen: Warrants to, from the Privy Council: temp. Eliz.I.: Copies.
f. 13b Sir Francis Knollys, KG: Treasurer of the Royal Household: Warrant to, from the Privy Council: temp. Eliz.I: Copy.
f. 16 Sir Thomas Chamberlaine, Ambassador in Flanders: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1552.: Copy.
ff. 16, 17, 27b, 31b, 52b, 101, 205b London; Lord Mayor, Corporation, etc: Letters to, from the Privy Council: temp. Eliz.I: Copies.
ff. 16b, 22 County of Wilts: Letters to the Sheriff, from the Privy Council: temp. Eliz.I.: Copies.
f. 17 Southampton, Hampshire: Letters to the Sheriff, from the Privy Council: temp. Eliz.I.: Copies.
f. 18 b Sir John Baker, Chancellor of the Exchequer: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1552.: Copy.
f. 18b Sir Richard Cotton, Comptroller of the Household: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1552.: Copy.
f. 18b Sir Robert Bowes, Master of the Rolls: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1552.: Copy.
f. 19 Richard Godericke, lawyer: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1552.: Copy.
f. 19 Sir Roger Cholmley, Chief Justice of KB: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1552.: Copy.
f. 19 Sir Philip Hobbie, alias Hoby; Master of the Ordnance: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1552.: Copy.
f. 22 Sir John Danvers, Sheriff of county Wiltshire: Letters to, from the Privy Council: 1575.: Copies.
f. 22 Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1575.: Copy.
f. 23 Sir John Zouche: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1572.: Copy.
ff. 23, 40, 86b, 191 Wales: Letters to the President and Council of the Marches, from the Privy Council: 1571-1582.: Copies.
ff. 23-191 passim Sir Henry Sidney, Lord President of Wales, and Lord Deputy of Ireland: Letters to, from the Privy Council: [l571-1582].: Copies.
f. 32 County of Dorset: Letter to the Commissioners for Restraint of Grain, from the Privy Council: 1573.: Copy.
f. 33 b Province of Canterbury: Letter to the Abp. from the Privy Council: temp. Eliz.I.: Copy.
f. 33 b Archbishops of York: Letter of the Privy Council to the Abp.: temp. Eliz I.: Copy.
ff. 40b, 94 City of Cheater: Letters to the Mayor from the Privy Council: 1577, 1579.: Copies.
f. 44b John Heigham, alias Higham; Sheriff of county Suffolk: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1577.
f. 51 Henry le Scrope, 9th Baron Scrope; Warden of the W Marches of England: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1577.: Copy.
ff. 52, 146b Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon: Letters to, from the Privy Council: temp. Eliz.I.: Copies.
f. 53b Duchy of Cornwall: County of. Letter to the Justices of Assize, from the Privy Council: 1577.: Copy.
f. 61 Sir Amias Paulett, alias Paulet; Ambassador to France 1576: Letter to, from the Privy Council: temp. Eliz.I.: Copy.
f. 67 b William Paulet, 3rd Marquis of Winchester: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1580.: Copy.
f. 67b Thomas Howard, 1st Viscount Howard of Bindon: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1580.: Copy.
f. 68 John Bland, victualler: Letter to, from the Privy Council: temp. Eliz.I.: Copy.
ff. 69b, 108, 120b Edward Bashe, alias Basshe; Surveyor of Victuals for the Navy: Letters to, from the Privy Council: temp. Eliz. I.: Copies.
f. 70b John Brett, Sheriff of county Somerset: Letter of to, from the Privy Council: 1580.: Copy.
f. 70b County of Somerset: Letter to the Special Commissioners for the Musters: 1580.: Copy.
ff. 81b, 85, 87, 98, 103 b Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford: Letters to, from the Privy Council: 1579.: Copies.
ff. 82, 89b, 95b Sir William Drury, Lord Justice of Ireland: Letters to, from the Privy, Council: 1579.: Copies.
ff. 83, 124b-127 Sir William FitzWilliam, Lord Deputy of Ireland: Letters to, from the Privy Council: 1574-1590.: Copies.
f. 85 William Lower, Sheriff of county Cornwall: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1579.: Copy.
f. 85 Roger Prideaux, Sheriff of county Devon: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1579.: Copy.
ff. 85 b, 90, 97, 105 b William Gerard, Lord Chancellor of Ireland: Letters to, from the Privy Council: 1579.: Copies.
f. 88b Thomas Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex; Lord President of the Council of the North: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1570.: Copy.
ff. 88, 90b, 91, 178b, 186, 187 Sir Henry Wallop, Vice-Treasurer of Ireland: Letters to, from the Privy Council: 1579-1583.: Copies.
ff. 89, 95 Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick; Master of the Ordnance: Letters to, from the Privy Council: 1579.: Copies.
ff. 90, 133 Adam Loftus, Archbishop of Dublin: Letters to, from the Privy Council: 1579, 1580.: Copies.
ff. 91, 99b Sir John Perrott: Letters to, from the Privy Council: 1579.: Copies.
f. 94 Sir Hugh Chomley, of Chester: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1579.: Copy.
f. 94 Sir John Savage, of Chester: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1579.: Copy.
f. 94 Sir Lawrence Smith, of Chester: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1579.: Copy.
f. 94 William Glasier, of Chester: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1579.: Copy.
f. 106b Sir Nicholas Malby, President of Connaught: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1579.: Copy.
f. 108 b Sir Edward Horsey, Captain of the I of Wight: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1579.: Copy.
f. 110 Southampton, Hampshire: Letter to the J.P.'s, from the Privy Council: temp. Eliz.I.: Copy.
ff. 113-139b passim Sir William Pelham, Lord-Justice of Ireland 1579: Letters to, from the Privy Council: 1579-1580.: Copies.
ff. 117b, 120,140,188 William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley: Letters to, from the Privy Council: 1580-1582.: Copies.
f. 119 William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley: Warrant by: temp. Eliz I.: Copy.
f. 119b Sir Rowland Hayward: Letter to, from the Privy Council: temp. Eliz.I.: Copy.
f. 121 Portsmouth, Hampshire: Letter to the Mayor from the Privy Council: temp. Eliz.I.: Copy.
ff. 123b-181 passim Arthur Grey, 14th Baron Grey of Wilton; Lord Deputy of Ireland: Letters to, from the Privy Council: 1580-1582.: Copies.
f. 128b Sir William Leylonde, Sheriff of county Lancashire: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1540.: Copy.
f. 128b County Palatine of Lancaster: Letter to the J.P.'s of, from the Privy Council: 1540.: Copy.
f. 129b Bristol, Gloucestershire: Letters from the Privy Council to the Mayor and Commissioners for the Irish levies at: temp. Eliz.I.: Copies.
f. 129b City of Cheater: Letter to the Commissioners for the Irish levies at, from the Privy Council: temp. Eliz.I.: Copy.
ff. 133b, 141b Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare: Letters to, from the Privy Council: 1580.: Copies.
f. 140 Gilbert Yorke, sea-captain: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1580.: Copy.
f. 140 b Henry Palmer, sea-captain: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1580.: Copy.
f. 140b Henry Bellingham, sea-captain: Letter to, from the Privy, Council: 1580.: Copy.
f. 141 Christopher Preston, 4th Viscount Gormanston: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1580.: Copy.
f. 141 Oliver Plunkett, 4th Baron Louth: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1580.: Copy.
f. 141 Christopher Nugent, afterwards Baron Delvin, son of Thomas, 4th Earl of Westmeath: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1580.: Copy.
f. 142 John Fitzedmonds: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1580.: Copy.
f. 143 Sir William Winter, Admiral: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1580.: Copy.
f. 149 b Henry Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1579.: Copy.
f. 149b Sir Walter Aston, Knight; JP: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1580.: Copy.
f. 149b Thomas Sackville, 1st Baron Buckhurst; 1st Earl of Dorset: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1579.: Copy.
f. 150b William Salkins, Deputy for the Baltic merchants at Elbing: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1581.: Copy.
f. 150b John Rogers, DCL: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1581.: Copy.
f. 153b See of Durham: Letter to the Bp. and Chapter, from the Privy Council: 1583.: Copy.
f. 153b Richard Barnes, Bishop of Durham: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1581.: Copy.
f. 159 Elizabeth I of England: Letter to Philip II of Spain: n.d.: Lat.: Copy.
f. 159 Philip II of Spain: Letter to, from Qu. Elizabeth I: n.d.: Lat.: Copy.
f. 159b Sir Owen Hopton, Lieutenant of the Tower: Letter to, from Lord Burghley: 1581.: Copy.
f. 159b William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley: Letter to Sir O. Hopton: 1581.: Copy.
ff. 171 b, 196 County of Dorset: Letters to the J.P.'s, from the Privy Council: 1582.: Copies.
ff. 171 b, 196 Nicholas Martyn, Sheriff of county Dorset: Letters to, from the Privy Council: 1582.: Copies.
f. 173 William Chaderton, Bishop of Chester: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1583.: Copy.
f. 173 Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1583.: Copy.
f. 176 Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormonde: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1583.: Copy.
f. 190b Rye, Sussex: Letter to the Mayor and Jurats, from the Privy Council: 1580.: Copy.
ff. 195, 201 John Aylmer, Bishop of London: Letters to, from the Privy Council: 1582.: Copies.
f. 196b Cologne, Germany: Letter to the Senate, from the English Privy Council: 1582.: Copy.
f. 199b Sir Henry Cobham, Ambassador to France: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1582.: Copy.
f. 201 b Sir Christopher Wray, judge: Letter to (?), from the Privy Council: temp. Eliz.I.: Copy.
f. 202 Sir Arthur Bassett: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1582.: Copy.
f. 202 Sir Richard Grenville: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1582.: Copy.
f. 203 Sir Thomas Leyghton, alias Leighton; Governor of Guernsey: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1582.: Copy.
f. 205 b County of Middlesex: Letter to the J.P.'s from the Privy Council: 1583.: Copy.
f. 206 b Sir Robert Dillon, Chief Justice of CP for Ireland: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1583.: Copy.
f. 207b Edmund Grindal, Archbishop of Canterbury: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1583.: Copy.
f. 208 William Aborough, sea-captain: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1584.: Copy.
f. 208 Benjamin Gunson, sea-captain: Letter to, from the Privy Council: 1584.: Copy.
f. 216b Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormonde: Letter to, from Elizabeth I, 1583.: Copy.
f. 219b Antony Ashley, Knight 1596; Clerk of the Council: Name written in a collection of Privy Council letters: late 16th cent.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Egerton Manuscripts

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

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1 item

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Languages:

English
Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1560

End Date:

1599

Date Range:

Late 16th century

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Custodial History:

John Chicheley, of the Middle Temple; a founder of the Society of Antiquaries 1717: Owned: 18th cent.

Richard Middleton Massey, MD; FRS, FSA: Owned: in 1713.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Aborough, William, sea-captain
Archbishops of York
Ashley, Anthony, 1st Baronet, of Wimborne St Giles, politician and translator, 1552-1628
Aston, Walter, Knight, JP and Sheriff of Staffordshire, 1530-1589
Aylmer, John, Bishop of London, 1520-1594,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000081213040
Bacon, Nicholas, Knight, lawyer and administrator, 1510-1579,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000063168856
Baker, John, Knight, of Sissinghurst; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1488-1558
Barnes, Richard, Anglican bishop, 1532-1587
Bashe, Edward, MP; surveyor of victuals for the Navy, c 1507-1587
Basset, Arthur, Knight, JP for Devon; MP for Barnstaple and for Devon, 1541-1586
Bellingham, Henry, sea-captain
Bland, John, victualler
Bowes, Robert, Master of the Rolls
Brett, John, Sheriff of county Somerset
Butler, Thomas, 10th Earl of Ormonde
Carey, Henry, 1st Baron Hunsdon, courtier and administrator, 1526-1596,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000080605253
Cecil, William, 1st Baron Burghley
Chaderton, William, Bishop of Chester
Chamberlaine, Thomas, Ambassador in Flanders
Chicheley, John, of the Middle Temple; a founder of the Society of Antiquaries 1717
Cholmley, Roger, Chief Justice of KB
Chomley, Hugh, of Chester
Cobham, Henry, Ambassador to France
Cotton, Richard, Comptroller of the Household
County Palatine of Lancaster
Danvers, John, Knight, politician and Sheriff of Wiltshire, 1540-1594
Dillon, Robert, Knight, judge, d 1597
Drury, William, Knight, soldier and Lord Justice of Ireland, 1527-1579,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/9038163
Duchy of Cornwall
Dudley, Ambrose, Earl of Warwick, army officer and landowner, c 1530-1590,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000106545712
Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland, 1533-1603,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121446237
Fitz Alan, Henry, 12th Earl of Arundel, 1512-1580,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000051288201,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/34328414
FitzGerald, Gerald, 11th Earl of Kildare, politician, 1525-1585
FitzWilliam, William, Lord Deputy of Ireland, 1526-1599
Fitzedmonds, John, correspondent of the Privy Council, fl 1580
Gerrard, William, Knight, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, d 1581
Glasier, William, of Chester, correspondent of the Privy Council, fl 1579
Godericke, Richard, lawyer and correspondent of the Privy Council, fl 1552
Grenville, Richard, of Egerton MS 3048
Grey, Arthur, 14th Baron Grey of Wilton, landowner, author and Lord Deputy of Ireland, 1536-1593
Grindal, Edmund, Archbishop of Canterbury, c 1517-1583,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000083931812
Gunson, Benjamin, sea-captain and correspondent of the Privy Council, fl 1584
Hayward, Rowland
Heigham, John, alias Higham; Sheriff of county Suffolk
Heneage, Thomas, courtier, 1532-1595,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/78968656
Hobbie, Philip, alias Hoby; Master of the Ordnance
Hopton, Owen, Lieutenant of the Tower, c.1519-1595
Horsey, Edward, Captain of the I of Wight
Howard, Thomas, 1st Viscount Howard of Bindon
Knollys, Francis, politician, 1515-1596,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/41711497
Leyghton, Thomas, alias Leighton; Governor of Guernsey
Leylonde, William, Sheriff of county Lancashire
Loftus, Adam, Archbishop of Dublin and Lord Chancellor of Ireland, c 1533-1605,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000054898048
Lord Mayor, Corporation, etc, London
Lower, William, Sheriff of county Cornwall
Malby, Nicholas, President of Connaught, 1530-1584,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000054011128
Martyn, Nicholas, Sheriff of county Dorset
Massey, Richard Middleton, MD; FRS, FSA
Nugent, Christopher, afterwards Baron Delvin, son of Thomas, 4th Earl of Westmeath
Palmer, Henry, sea-captain
Paulet, William, 3rd Marquis of Winchester
Paulett, Amias, alias Paulet; Ambassador to France 1576
Pelham, William, Lord-Justice of Ireland 1579
Perrott, John, of Egerton MS 3048
Philip II, King of Spain; King of Naples and Sicily, 1527-1598
Plunkett, Oliver, 4th Baron Louth
Preston, Christopher, 4th Viscount Gormanston
Prideaux, Roger, Sheriff of county Devon
Privy Council, The
Radcliffe, Thomas, 3rd Earl of Sussex, Lord President of the Council of the North
Rogers, John, DCL
Russell, Francis, 2nd Earl of Bedford, magnate, 1526/7-1585,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000071005440,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/88670222
Sackville, Thomas, 1st Earl of Dorset, poet and administrator, 1536-1608,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000108650890
Salkins, William, Deputy for the Baltic merchants at Elbing
Savage, John, of Chester
Scrope, Henry, 9th Baron Scrope, Warden of the West Marches of England, c 1534-1592
See of Durham
Sidney, Henry, Lord President of Wales, and Lord Deputy of Ireland
Smith, Lawrence, of Chester
Stanley, Henry, 4th Earl of Derby, diplomat and politician, 1531-1593
Wallop, Henry, Vice-Treasurer of Ireland
Winter, William, Admiral
Wray, Christopher, Chief Justice of the King's Bench, 1524–1592
Yorke, Gilbert, sea-captain
Zouche, John

Places:

Bristol, Gloucestershire
Canterbury, Province of, Kent
Chester, Cheshire
Cologne, Germany
Dorset, England
Ireland, Europe
Middlesex, England
Portsmouth, Hampshire
Rye, Sussex
Somerset, England
Southampton, Hampshire
Wales, United Kingdom
Wiltshire, England