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032-002003526

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032-002003526

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MISCELLANE0US LETTERS AND PAPERS, private and official; 13th-19th centt. English, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, German and Persian. Included are:-

(1) Ten letters of Filippo del Benino, and one of Brancatio della Valle (cf. Add. MS. 10281, ff. 149-161), to Paolo Vettori, Captain of the Papal Galleys; 13 Feb. 1509-8 Nov. 1525. Italian. Autograph. Other letters to Paolo Vettori are in Add. MSS. 10276-10282. For the history of the Vettori papers as a whole (Add. MSS. 10263-10282) see Cecil Roth, '1 Carteggi Volgari di Piero Vettori nel British Museum', Rivista Storica degli Archivi Toscani, i, fasc. iii, 1929. ff. 14-28.

(2) Five letters, with Christmas greetings, from various writers to Tommaso Bonaventura della Gherardesca, Archbishop of Florence; 23 Dec.

1706-17 Dec. 1709- Italian. Mainly signed. Cf. Add. MS. 21516, f. 91. ff. 73-77.

(3) Draft (not autograph) of a letter, never dispatched, of Queen Caroline, wife of George II, to Louis XV of France, congratulating him on the birth of a princess; H July 1734. French, endorsed in English. Cf. Add. MS. 21505, f. 73. f. 80.

(4) Fly-leaf from a copy of Arngrímr Jónsson, Crymogæa, sive Rerum Islandicarum libri III, 1609, with obliterated inscription to Cunradus Aslacus, professor of theology at Copenhagen, and other annotations. Latin. Sotheby's sale (library of J. Strange, F.R.S.), 10 June 1801, lot 8899. f. 156.

(5) Notes, with list of plates, by Claude Joseph Clos on J. C. Bar, Recueil de tous les Costumes des Ordres Religieux et Militaires, Paris, 1778-98. French. C. J. Clos' sale-cat., Paris, 10 Nov. 1812, lot 305. ff. 182-193. Vellum and paper; ff. 194. Folio. Presented on behalf of the Blackburn family by Major J. H. Blackburn, M.C.

Scope & Content:

Brenzett, Kent: Deeds and papers rel. to: 1448-1777.: fr.

includes:

f. 3 Petrus de Brus, 'tertius': Lease by, in Danby, co. York, 1240-1272. Copy: 18th cent.: Lat.
f. 3 Danby, Yorkshire: Lease in: 1240-1272.: Lat.: Copy (18th cent.).
f. 4 John II of France: Account of debts due to the King from fines made with the Reformator General in Languedoc: circ. 1353.: Lat., with Fr. transl.: Copy (18th cent.).
f. 4 Bertrand de Pebrac, Prior of St Martin-des-Champs, Paris: Accounts as Reformator General in Languedoc: circ. 1353.: Lat., with Fr. transl.: Copy (18th cent).
f. 8 William Egmont, son of John, Count of Egmont: Copy (18th cent.) of grant to, by Philip the Good, of lands in the Low Countries held by his father: 1451.: Dutch.
f. 8 Burgundy, Duke of: Philip the Good. Grant to William of Egmont, 18th cent: 1451.: Dutch.: copy.
f. 10 Marie Potier, widow of-Jean Trotet: Bull of Alexander VI rel. to transaction between her and Abbey of St Vincent, at Senlis: 1493-1503.: Lat.: Copy (early 16th cent.).
f.10 Senlis, France: Bull of Alexander VI conc. a transaction between Abbey of St Vincent and M. Potier: n.d.: Lat.: Copy (early 16th cent.).
f.10 Alexander VI; Pope: Bull rel.to a trans- Romilly action between the Abbey of St Vincent, at Senlis, and M. Potier: n.d.: Lat.: Copy (early 16th cent.).
ff. 14-27 passim Paolo Vettori, Captain of the Papal Galleys: Letters of F. del Benino to: 1509-1525.: Ital.
ff. 14-27 passim Filippo del Benino: Letters to P. Vettori: 1509-1525.: Ital.
f. 21 Paolo Vettori, Captain of the Papal Galleys: Letter of B. della Valle to: 1518.: Ital.
f.21 Brancatio della Valle: Letter to Paolo Vettori: 1518.: Ital.
f. 22 Filippo del Benino: Letter to G. Francioso: 1518.: Ital.
f. 29 Oissel, France: Deed rel. to: 1552.: Fr.
f. 37 Albert, France: Deed rel. to: 1575.: Fr.
f. 45b Edward Drew, serjeant-at-law; Recorder of London 1592: Notes of pleas by: 1591.: Lat., Fr. and Engl.
ff. 45-51 Law OF ENGLAND: Notes of pleas by Sir J. Popham, Sir E. Coke and E. Drew: 1591.: Lat., Fr. and Eng.
ff. 45-51 passim Sir John Popham, Lord Chief Justice: Notes of pleas by: 1591.: Lat., Fr. and Engl.
f. 50 Sir Edward Coke, Lord Chief Justice: Notes of pleas by: 1591.: Lat., Fr. and Eng.
f. 52 Philip IV of Spain: Letter to P. C. von Sötern, Elector Archbishop of Trier: 1624.: Span.: Copy.
f. 52 Trier, Archbishop Elector of. Philipp Christoph von Sötern: Letter of Philip IV of Spain to: 1624.: Span.: Copy.
f. 53 Ferdinand II; Emperor of Germany: Letter to Pope Urban VIII: 1629.: Lat., endorsed in Span.: Copy.
f. 55 Philip IV of Spain: Letter to C. de Benavente y Benavides: 1633.: Span.: Copy.
f.57 Philip IV of Spain: Letter to F. de Moncada, Conde de Ossona: 17th cent.: Span.: Copy.
f. 60 James Trevor, of Umberleigh, in Atherington, county Devon: Letter to R. Phippes: 1653.
f. 62 Richard Tregeare, of Tregear, in Crowan, county Cornwall(?): Letter to Mrs P. Abbott: 1664.
f. 64 Navy; England: Newsletter reporting naval engagement with the Dutch and changes at the Admiralty: 1673.
f. 64 Newsletters From England. London: London: 1673.
f.64 Charles II of England: Newsletter on naval affairs: 1673.
f. 65 Heavitree, Devon: Rent-roll in(?): 1676-1677.
f. 65 Surveys and Rentals: Rent-roll in Heavitree, co. Devon(?): 1676-1677.
f. 66 Leopold I; Emperor of Germany: Powers to Count K. F. von Waldstein to negotiate an alliance against France: 1677.: Lat.: Copy.
f. 66 Count Karl Ferdinand von Waldstein: Powers granted to, by Emperor Leopold I, to negotiate an alliance against France: 1677.: Lat.: Copy.
f. 68 Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey: Letters to the Duke of Ormonde: 1680-1681.: Extracts.
f.69 André Muchet de la Bedoyère, Procureur Général au Parlement de Rennes: Letter to -: 1694.: Fr.
f. 71 Dukes of Mantua: Ferdinand Charles. Letter to an ecclesiastical member of the Diet of Ratisbon(?): 1701.: Lat.
f. 76 Girolamo Fabbri, priest: Letter to T. B. della Gherardesca, Abp. of Florence: 1708.: Ital.
f. 78 General Chronicles and History of, etc. Army of France: Order to the garrison of Metz by Marquis de Refuge, commander-in-chief in 'les trois Éevêchés': 1707.: Fr.
f. 78 Marquis Pompone de Refuge,; Lieutenant General: Order to the garrison of Metz as commander-in-chief in 'les trois Evêches': 1707.: Fr.
f. 79 Charles VI; Emperor of Germany: Letter of Bishop of Trent(?) to: 1717.: Lat.
f.79 Count Johann Michael von Spaur,; Bishop of Trent: Letter by(?), to Emperor Charles VI: 1717.: Lat.
f. 80 George II of England: Letter of Qu. Caroline to Louis XII: 1734.: Fr.: Draft.
f. 80 Louis XV of France: Draft of a letter of Queen Caroline of England to: 1734.: Fr.
f. 81 John Innys, of London: Letter to Lord Fairfax: 1737.
ff. 89-94 General Chronicles and History of, etc. Army of France: Nominal rolls of the 5th company of the Régiment Suisse de Walwyl in Haiti: 1754.: Fr.: Copies.
ff. 89-94 Haiti: Nominal rolls of the 5th Company of the 'Régiment Suisse de Walwyl' in: 1754.: Fr.: Copies.
ff. 95-113 Voyages and Travels: Journal of a tour from Carlisle to Chepstow: 1755.
ff. 112b-11Ob(rev) Accompts: Of a tour from Carlisle to Chepstow: 1755.
f. 116 General Chronicles and History of, etc. Army of France: 'Décompte' of the Régiment Grison de Salis, at Montmédy: 1763.: Copy.
f. 117 Alexander Carlyle, DD, Minister of Inveresk, near Edinburgh: Letter to Rev.T. Hepburn: 1768.
f. 118 Booth and Berry; Messrs: Extracts from sale-cats. of MSS.: 1773(?), 1774.
f. 118 County of Suffolk: List of MSS. rel. to, extracted from sale-cats. of Messrs Booth and Berry: [1773?], 1774.
ff. 121-124 Asaf ul-daulah, Nizam of Hyderabad: (Orders for clothing, etc., by Vizier of, to - Middleton: 1772-1777.: Persian.
f.125 Captain George Murray, RN: Letter of(?), to Lt.-Gen. J. Murray: 1779.
f.127 Robert Henry Crewe, Secretary to the Board of Ordnance: Letter to Messrs Everest and Bicknell: 1815.: Signed.
ff. 128-149 Catalogues of Libraries, etc: An English library: circ. 1815.
f. 150 Councils: Extracts from Decreta, etc., of Seventeenth Council of Toledo: 694; 16th cent.: Lat.
f. 152 Accompts: Leaf of a kitchen book: temp. Eliz. 1.
f. 153 Romances: Annotated fly-leaves from a printed copy of 'Amadis de Gaule': 16th-17th cent.
f. 155 Ralph Buffkin, of Loose, county Kent: Signature: 17th cent.
f. 155 Alchemy: Alchemical receipt: 17th cent.: Lat. and Engl.
f. 155 Thomas Fludd, alias Floyd; of Otham, county Kent, nephew of Robert Fludd, MD: Signature: 17th cent.
f. 156 Cunradus Aslacus, theologian: Annotated flyleaf of A. Jónsson's 'Crymogaea' (1609), with inscription to: 17th cent.: Lat.
f.156 Arngrímr Jónsson, d 1648 historian of Iceland: Annotated flyleaf of his 'Crymogaea' (1609), with inscription to C. Aslac: 17th cent.: Lat.
f. 157 Thomas Moundeford, MD: Medical prescription by(?): 17th cent.: Copy.
f. 158 Accompts: Money spent on clothes: 17th cent.
f. 159 Thomas Baker, Cambridge antiquary: Fly-leaves, with lists of contents, of 3 vols. of tracts: 17th-18th centt.: Mainly autogr.
f. 162 L. B: Observations by, on the French, etc.: 18th cent.
f. 173 Mary Rogers, of Newent, county Gloucestershire: Settlement on marriage to F. Biddulph: 18th cent.: Draft.
f. 173 Newent, Gloucestershire: Deed rel. to: 18th cent.: Draft.
f. 173 Oxenhall with Pauntley, Gloucestershire: Deed rel. to: 18th cent.: Draft.
f.173 Francis Biddulph, of Ledbury: Marriage settlement: 18th cent.: Draft.
ff. 182-193 Claude Joseph Clos, Conseiller d' Etat: Notes on J.-C. Bar's'Recueil de tous les costumes des Ordres religieux et militaires': 19th cent.: Fr.
ff. 182-193 Jacques Charles Bar, engraver: Notes by C. J. Clos, etc., rel. to his Recueil de tous les Costumes des Ordres religieux et militaires (1778),: early 19th cent.: Fr.
f. 194 George Cornewall, junior, of Moccas Court, county Herefordshire: Letter to - Lock: 19th cent.

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Languages:

Dutch
English
French
Italian
Latin
Persian
Spanish

Scripts:

Latin
Undetermined

Start Date:

1200

End Date:

1899

Date Range:

13th century-19th century

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Custodial History:

Major John Henry Blackburn, MC, of Worth, county Sussex: Presented, on behalf of the Blackbum family: in 1932.

f. 156 John Strange, LLD, FRS: Owned: bef. 1801.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Alexander VI, Pope, 1431-1503
Annesley, Arthur, 1st Earl of Anglesey
Asaf ul-daulah, Nizam of Hyderabad
Aslacus, Cunradus, theologian
Baker, Thomas, scholar and antiquarian, 1656-1740
Bar, Jacques Charles, engraver, 1740-1811
Bedoyère, André Muchet de la, Procureur Général au Parlement de Rennes
Benino, Filippo del
Biddulph, Francis, of Ledbury
Blackburn, John Henry, Major; MC, of Worth, county Sussex
Booth and Berry, Messrs
Brus, Petrus, tertius'
Buffkin, Ralph, of Loose, county Kent
Burgundy, Duke of, of Add MS 42855
Carlyle, Alexander, DD, Minister of Inveresk, near Edinburgh
Charles II, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1630-1685
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
Clos, Claude Joseph, Conseiller d' Etat
Coke, Edward, Knight, lawyer, legal writer, and politician, 1552-1634
Cornewall, George, junior, of Moccas Court, county Herefordshire
Crewe, Robert Henry, Secretary to the Board of Ordnance
Drew, Edward, serjeant-at-law, judge and politician, c 1542-1598
Egmont, William, son of John, Count of Egmont
Fabbri, Girolamo, priest, fl 1708
Fludd, Thomas, of Otham, county Kent, nephew of Robert Fludd, fl 17th century
French Army, 1445-
George II, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1683-1760
Habsburg, Ferdinand II, Emperor of Germany, 1578-1637
Innys, John, of London
John II, King of France, 1319-1364
Jónsson, Arngrímr, historian of Iceland, d 1648
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Germany, 1640-1705
Louis XV, of France, 1710-1774
Mantua, Family
Maria Elisabeth, Governor of the Netherlands, daughter of Emperor Leopold I
Moundeford, Thomas, MD
Murray, George, Captain; RN
Navy of England
Pebrac, Bertrand, Prior of St Martin-des-Champs, Paris
Philip IV, of Spain, 1605-1665
Popham, John, Speaker of the House of Commons and judge, c 1531-1607
Potier, Marie, widow of-Jean Trotet
Refuge, Pompone, Marquis, Lieutenant General
Rogers, Mary, of Newent, county Gloucestershire
Spaur, Johann Michael, Count, Bishop of Trent
Strange, John, LLD, FRS
Tregeare, Richard, of Tregear, in Crowan, county Cornwall(?)
Trevor, James, of Umberleigh, in Atherington, county Devon
Trier, Archbishop Elector of. Philipp Christoph von Sötern
Valle, Brancatio
Vettori, Paolo, Captain of the Papal Galleys
Waldstein, Karl Ferdinand, Count

Places:

Albert, France
Brenzett, Kent
Danby, Yorkshire
Haiti, Caribbean
Heavitree, Devon
Newent, Gloucestershire
Oissel, France
Oxenhall with Pauntley, Gloucestershire
Senlis, France
Suffolk, England