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MISCELLANEOUS original letters and papers; [circa 1430-]1837. The writers are:-

1. [Sir] J[ohn] Fastolf to "Brother Herry, Frowyke;" Castre, 30 Oct. [circa 1430], f. 2.

2. Nicolaus [Grudius] Euerardus [Treasurer. of Brabant, etc.] to viglius van Zuichem [van Aytta], Rector of the University of Ingolstadt [afterwards Presdent of the council at Brussels]; Espières, 6 Jan. 1539. Lat. f. 3.

3. [Nicolas] de Neufuille [Seigneur de Villeroi, Secretary of State] to [Antoine de Silly], Comte de Rochepot, Governor of Anjou, etc.; Troyes, 22 Feb. 1601. Fr. With seal. f. 4.

4. Dominicus Baud ius [Professor of History, etc., at Leyden] to "[Jean Milander, Seigneur de Poederoye, conseiller et secretaire de soli excellence a la Haye;" Leyden, 10 Alar. 1607. Lat. With Lat. and Gr. verses. With seal. f. 6.

5. R[obert Cecil, Earl of] Salisbury [Lord High Treasurer] to his son, William [Cecil, afterwards Earl of Salisbury] ; Whitehall, 9 1610, f. 8.

6. Andreas Rivetus [Professor of Theology at Leyden] to Justin van Assche; Leyden, 31 Mar. 1621. Lat. With seal. f. 10.

7. Caspar Barlæus to Hugo Grotius; Leyden, 12 Mar. 1630. Lat. f. 12.

8. [Colonel] Robert Legge to [Prince Rupert]; Camden, 25 Dec. 1644, f. 13.

9. J[ohn] R[ushworth] to Lord Fairfax; Chidley, 7 Feb. 1615[6], f. 14.

10. The same to the same; Bedford, 27 July, 1647. Duplicate in another hand, unsigned. With fragment of seal of arms. f. 15.

11. B[ulstrode] Whitelocke, President [of the Council of State], to Col. Dixwell, Lieut.-Col. Kelsey, and [William Cullen] Mayor of Dover; Whitehall, 23 Jan. 165l[2], f. 18.

12. "Examination taken at Dover the 28th day of January 1651[2], before the honourable Lieut.-Col. Kelsey, Governor of Dover Castle, and William Cullen, Esq., Maior of Dovor," concerning the "miscarriages" of John Whetstone, Postmaster of Dover, f. 20.

13. Ro. Mascall to William Cullen, Mayor. of Dover; Canterbury, 30 Jan. 1651[2], f. 24.

14. "The examination of Colonell William Throgmartin" [Throckmorton], a royalist prisoner; Whitehall, 1 July, 1652. Signed. f. 26.

15. Thomas Wentworth to Lord -; Hamburg, 14 Jan. 1654[5]. Addressed to "M. Denis Bruneau." f 28.

16. Samuel Clarke [orientalist] to Christian Rave; London, 25 Mar. 1656. Lat. Draft. f. 30.

17. Sigismondo Francesco [Archduke of Austria, Bishop of Augsburg and Trent] to Conte Lidouino Piccolomini; Innsbruck, 5 Jan. 1659. Ital. with seal. f. 31.

18. [Nicolas le Pelletier, Seigneur de] la Houssaye [Master of Requests] to [Simon Arnauld d'Andilly, Marquis] de Pomponne; 15 Apr. [1662]. Fr. With seals. f. 33.

19. [Denis] Amelot [Vicomte de Bisseuil, Master of Requests, etc.] to Paris, 26 May, 1664. Fr. f. 36.

20. G[erard] Brandt to Joachim Oudaen; 8 Oct. 1669. Dutch. f. 38.

21. [John Murray, Earl, afterwards Marquis, of] Atholl [Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland] to [? James Sharpe, Archbishop of St. Andrews]; Edinburgh, 21 Mar. 1675, f. 40.

22. W[illiam] Nicolson [M.A., Archdeacon of Carlisle, afterwards successively Bishop of Carlisle and Derry and Archbishop of Cashel] to Ralph Thoresby; 22 Apr.. 1699, f. 41.

23. Roger Gale to the same; York, Scruton, London, 2 Sept. 1702, 13 June, 1710, 9 Apr. 1737, ff. 45, 55, 59.

24. Frère Bernard de Montfaucon to -; [? 1702]. Fr. f. 47.

25. W [illiam] Wotton [B.D., Canon of Salisbury] to [John Moore,] Bishop of Norwich; 5 Sept. 1706, f. 50.

26. J[ohn] Hughes [poet and essayist] to [Jane Chichester, Dowager Countess of Donegal]; [circa 1706], f. 52.

27. J[ohann] E[rnst] Grabe to - ; 5 Nov. 1709, f. 54.

28. Samuel Cave to Sir. Thomas Cave, Bart., of Stamford; [circa 1736- 1778], f 56.

29. R[ichard] Rawlinson [D.C.L., F.R.S., F.S.A.] to [Zachary] Grey, LL.D., Rector of Hougliton-Conquest; London House, 6 Sept. 1744. With seal. f. 60.

30. James Ralph to [John] Nourse, bookseller, London; Mildenhall, 25 Feb. 1748[9], f. 62.

31. James Bentham [M.A., F.S.A., Canon of Ely] to [Andrew Coltee Ducarel, LL.D.]; Ely, 6 Apr. 1762. f.65;-to his brother [?Edward Bentham, Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford]; Ely, 18 Mar. 1769, f. 66.

32. F[rances] Brooke [novelist, etc.] to [Robert] Dodsley [publisher]; 29 Aug. [1769], f 68.

33. J[ames] Beattie to John Pinkerton; Aberdeen, 13 Doe. [1775], 9 Mar. 1776, ff. 70, 72.

34. J[ohn] Nichols to [Anna] Seward; 1 Oct. 1788, f. 74.

35. T[homas] Astle to John Pinkerton; 23 Oct. [1789], f. 76.

36. G[rim Jonnson] Thorkelin to the same; Copenhagen, 29 Aug. 1791, f. 78.

37. James Sibbald to the same; Edinburgh, 6 Dec. 1793. f. 80.

38. Samuel Ayscough to the same; British Museum, 10 Aug. 1801. f. 82.

39. [Giuseppe] Longlii [Professore delle Arte di Disegno a Milano] to Francesco Rosaspina ; Milan, 27 Alar. 1805. Ital. f. 84.

40. H[enry] Mackenzie to [?John Pinkerton]; Edinburgh, 6 Jan. 1806, f. 85.

41. J[ean] Ch[arles] L[éonard Simonde] de Sismondi to [Alexander I., Czar of Russia]; Geneva, 24 Sept. 1814. Fr. f. 88.

42. A[ntonio] Scarpa to Giuseppe Longhi; Pavia, 16 June, 1817. Ital. f. 90.

43. [Captain] W[illiam] Scoresby, junior. [afterwards D.D., F.R.S. etc.], to Captain [George William] Manby; Liverpool, 5 Oct. 1822, f. 91.

44. A[ugust] W[ilhelm von] Schlegel to Christian Lassen; Bonn, 6 July, 1825. Germ. f. 93.

45. F[riedrich] Matthisson to Dr. Wilhelm Körte; Wörlitz, near Dessau, 31 May, 1829. Germ. With seal. f. 95. With translation. f. 97.

46. Leitch Ritchie to H[enry] Colburn [publisher]; London, [l830], f. 99.

47. Rammohun Roy to Captain Norman MacLeod London, 15 May, 1831, f. 102;-to Dr. [Nathaniel] Wallich; London, 1 June, 1831, f. 104.

48. Ludwig] Tieck to Dr.. [Gustav Friedrich] Wagen; [Dresden, 1837]. Germ. f. 106. Included also are engraved portraits of Sir. John Fastolf, f. 1 Caspar Balæus, f. 11 b;-Bulstrode Whitelocke, f. 17 b;-Denis Amelot, f. 35;-Roger Gale, f. 44 b;-[John] Hughes, f. 51;-

James Bentham, f. 64 b;-[Giuseppe] Longhi, f. 83 b;-Rammohun Roy, f. 101 b. Paper. Folio.

Scope & Content:

includes:

f. 1 Sir John Fastolf: Portrait: 19th cent.
f. 2 Sir John Fastolf: Letter to H. Frowyke: circ. 1430.
f. 2 Henry Frowyke: Letter to, from Sir J. Fastolf: circ. 1430.
f. 3 Viglius Zuichem ab Aytta, President of the Council of State of the Netherlands: Letter to, from N. G. Everard: 1539.: Lat.
f. 3 Nicholas Grudius Everard, Dutch Lawyer and Statesman: Letter to V. van Zuichem van Aytta: 1539.: Lat.
f. 4 Nicholas de Neufville, Seigneur de Villeroy; Secretary of State: Letter to the Comic de Rochepot: 1601.: Fr.
f.4 Autoine de Silly, Comte de La Rochepot; Governor of Anjou: Letter to, from N.de Neufville: 1601.: Fr.
f. 6 Dominique Le Bauldier, Professor of History at Leyden: Letter to J. Milander: 1607.: Lat.
f. 8 William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury: Letter to, from his father: 1610.
f. 8 Robert Cecil, Viscount Cranborne; 1st Earl of Salisbury: Letter to his son William: 1610.
f. 10 André Rivet, Professor of Theology at Leyden: Letter to J. van Asscbe: 1621.: Lat.
f. 10 Justin van Assche: Letter to, from A. Rivetus: 1621.: Lat.
f. 11 b Gaspar van Baerle, Professor of Philosophy and Elocution at Amsterdam: Portrait: 1630.
f. 12 Hugo Grotius: Letter to, from C. Barlæus: 1630.: Lat.
f. 12 Gaspar van Baerle, Professor of Philosophy and Elocution at Amsterdam: Letter to H. Grotius: 1630.: Lat.
f. 13 Rupert, Prince; Count Palatine of the Rhine: Letter to, from Col. Legge: 1644.
f. 13 Colonel Robert Legge: Letter to Prince Rupert: 1644.
ff. 14, 15 Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Baron Fairfax: Letters to, from J. Rushworth: 1645 - 1647.
ff. 14, 15 John Rushworth, MP: Letters to Lord Fairfax: 1645-1647.
f. 17 b Sir Bulstrode Whitelocke, President of the Council of State: Engraved portrait.
f. 17 b Art. Portraits: Bulstrode Whitelock: 17th cent.: Engr.
f. 18 Colonel Thomas Kelsey, Governor of Dover Castle, and Commissioner of the Post Office: Letter to, from B. Whitelocke: 1652.
f. 18 Sir Bulstrode Whitelocke, President of the Council of State: Letter to Col. Dixwell and others: 1652.
ff. 18, 24 William Cullen, Mayor of Dover: Letters to, from B. Whitelocke and R. Mascall: 1652.
f. 20 Colonel Thomas Kelsey, Governor of Dover Castle, and Commissioner of the Post Office: Examination of the postmaster of Dover: 1652.
f. 20 William Cullen, Mayor of Dover: Examination of the postmaster of Dover: 1652.
f. 20 Dover: Examination concerning J. Whetstone, the postmaster: 1652.
f. 20 John Whetstone, Postmaster of Dover: Examination at Dover concerning: 1652.
f. 24 Robert Mascall: Letter to W.Cullen: 1652.
f. 28 Thomas Wentworth: Letter to-,: 1655.
f. 30 Samuel Clarke, archetypographus and superior bedell of civil law at Oxford; orientalist: Letter to C. Rave: 1656.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 30 Christian Rau, Royal Librarian at Upsal: Letters to S. Clarke: 1656, 1663.: Lat.
f. 31 Sigismund, Archduke of Austria: Letter to Conte Piccolomini: 1659.: Ital.
f. 33 Nicolas Le Pelletier, Seigneur de la Houssaye: Letter to the Marquis de Pomponne: 1662.: Fr.
f. 33 Simon Arnauld d'Andilly, Marquis de Pomponne: Letter to, from N. Le Pelletier: 1662.: Fr.
f. 35 Art. Portraits: Denis Amelot, Vicomte de Bisseuil: 1656.: Engr.
f. 35 Denis Amelot, Vicomte de Bisseuil: Portrait: 1656.
f. 36 Denis Amelot, Vicomte de Bisseuil: Letter to-: 1664.: Fr.
f. 38 Gerard Brandt: Letter to J. Oudaen: 1669.: Dutch.
f. 40 John Murray, 2nd Earl; afterwards 1st Marquis of Atholl, Lord Privy Seal of Scotland: Letter to Archbishop Sharp: 1675.
f. 40 James Sharp, Minister of Crail, afterwards Archbishop of St. Andrews: Letter to, from Lord Atholl: 1675.
f. 41 William Nicolson, Bishop of Carlisle (1702), of Derry (1718), and Archbishop of Cashel (1727): Letter to R. Thoresby: 1699.
ff. 41, 45, 55, 59 Ralph Thoresby, of Leeds: Letter to, from Archdeacon Nicolson and R. Gale: 1699-1737.
f. 44 b Roger Gale, FRS: Portrait: 18th cent.
f. 44 b Art. Portraits: Roger Gale: 1799.: Engr.
ff. 45, 55, 59 Roger Gale, FRS: Letters to R. Thoresby: 1702, 1710, 1737.
f. 47 Bernard de Montfaucon, Benedictine of St Maur: Letter to--: 1702.: Fr.
f. 50 William Wotton, Canon of Salisbury: Letter to Bishop Moore: 1706.
f. 51 John Hughes, Dramatic Poet and Essayist: Portrait: 1803.
f. 52 Jane Chichester, wife of Arthur, 2nd Earl of Donegall: Letter to, from J. Hughes: circ. 1706.
f. 52 John Hughes, Dramatic Poet and Essayist: Letter to the Dowager Lady Donegal: circ. 1706.
f. 54 Johann Ernst Grabe: Letter to -: 1709.
f. 56 Samuel Carte: Letter to Sir T. Cave: circ. 1736-1778.
f. 60 Bishop Richard Rawlinson, antiquary: Letter to Dr. Grey: 1744.
f. 60 Zachary Grey, Church of England clergyman: Letter to, from R. Rawlinson: 1744.
f. 62 James Ralph, Political writer: Letter to J. Nourse: 1749.
f. 64 b James Bentham, Canon of Ely; Fellow of Oriel College; Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford: Portrait: 18th cent.
f. 65 b Art. Portraits: James Bentham, Prebendary of Ely: 18th cent.: Engr.
ff. 65, 66 James Bentham, Canon of Ely; Fellow of Oriel College; Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford: Letters to A. C. Ducarel and his brother E. Bentham: 1762, 1769.
f. 68 Frances Brooke, Novelist: Letter to - Dodsley: 1769.
ff. 70, 72 James Beattie: Letters to J. Pinkerton, etc.: 1775-1778.
f. 74 John Nichols: Letter to A. Seward: 1788.
f. 76 Thomas Astle, FSA; Keeper of the Records, Tower of London: Letter to J. Pinkerton: 1789.
f. 78 Grim Jonnson Thorkelin, Danish Antiquary: Letter to J. Pinkerton: 1791.
f. 80 James Sibbald, Bookseller, of Edinburgh: Letter to J. Pinkerton: 1793.
f. 82 Rev. Samuel Ayscough, Assistant Librarian at the British Museum: Letter to J. Pinkerton: 1801.
f. 84 Francisco Rosaspina, Professor, at Bologni: Letter to, from G. Longhi: 1805.: Ital.
f. 84 Giuseppe Longhi, Professor at Milan: Letter to F. Rosaspina, with portrait: 1805.: Ital.
f. 85 Henry Mackenzie: Letter to J. Pinkerton: 1806.
f. 88 Alexander I of Russia: Letter to, from J.C.L.S. de Sismondi: 1814.: Fr.
f. 88 Jean Charles Léonard Simonde de Sismondi: Letter to Alexander I. of Russia: 1814.: Fr.
f. 90 Giuseppe Longhi, Professor at Milan: Letter to, from A. Scarpa: 1817.: Ital.
f. 90 Antonio Scarpa, Anatomist: Letter to G. Longhi: 1817.: Ital.
f. 91 William Scoresby, Captain afterwards Reverend; FRS: Letter to Capt. Manby: 1822.
f. 93 August Wilhelm von Schlegel, German poet: Letter to C. Lassen: 1825.: Germ.
f. 93 Christian Lassen, Orientalist: Letter to, from A. W. von Schlegel: 1825.: Germ.
ff. 95, 97 Friedrich Matthisson: Letter to Dr. Körte: 1829.: Germ.
f. 99 Leitch Ritchie, novelist: Letter to H. Colburn: 1830.
ff. 101 b, 102, 104 Rammohun Roy, Rajah: Letters to Capt. N. Macleod and Dr. N. Wallich, with portrait: 1831.
f. 106 Ludwig Tieck: Letter to Dr. Waagen: 1837.: Germ.

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1425

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1837

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Names:

Alexander I, of Russia
Amelot, Denis, Vicomte de Bisseuil
Arnauld d'Andilly, Simon, Marquis de Pomponne
Assche, Justin
Astle, Thomas, archivist and collector of books and manuscripts, 1735-1803
Ayscough, Samuel, librarian and antiquary, 1745-1804
Aytta, Viglius Zuichem ab, President of the Council of State of the Netherlands
Baerle, Gaspar, poet; Professor of Philosophy at Amsterdam, 1584-1648
Beattie, James, of Add MS 28167
Bentham, James, Canon of Ely; Fellow of Oriel College; Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford
Brandt, Gerard
Brooke, Frances, Novelist
Carte, Samuel
Cecil, Robert, Viscount Cranborne, 1st Earl of Salisbury, 1563-1612
Cecil, William, 2nd Earl of Salisbury
Chichester, Jane, wife of Arthur, 2nd Earl of Donegall
Clarke, Samuel, archetypographus and superior bedell of civil law at Oxford; orientalist
Cullen, William, Mayor of Dover
Everard, Nicholas Grudius, Dutch Lawyer and Statesman
Fairfax, Ferdinando, 2nd Baron Fairfax of Cameron, parliamentarian military officer, 1584-1648
Fastolf, John, soldier and landowner, 1380-1459
Frowyke, Henry
Gale, Roger, FRS
Grabe, Johann Ernst, clergyman and biblical scholar, 1666-1711
Grey, Zachary, clergyman and writer, 1688-1766
Grotius, Hugo, of Add MS 21522
Hughes, John, Dramatic Poet and Essayist
Kelsey, Thomas, Colonel; Governor of Dover Castle, and Commissioner of the Post Office
Lassen, Christian, Orientalist, 1800-1876
Le Bauldier, Dominique, Professor of History at Leyden
Le Pelletier, Nicolas, Seigneur de la Houssaye
Legge, Robert, Colonel
Longhi, Giuseppe, Professor at Milan
Mackenzie, Henry, of Add MS 29747
Mascall, Robert
Matthisson, Friedrich
Montfaucon, Bernard, Benedictine of St Maur
Murray, John, 2nd Earl, afterwards 1st Marquis of Atholl, Lord Privy Seal of Scotland
Neufville, Nicholas de, Seigneur de Villeroy Secretary of State
Nichols, John, of Add MS 24446
Nicolson, William, Bishop of Carlisle (1702), of Derry (1718), and Archbishop of Cashel (1727)
Ralph, James, Political writer
Rammohun Roy, Rajah; of Add MS 29747
Rau, Christian, Royal Librarian at Upsal
Rawlinson, Richard, Bishop; antiquary
Ritchie, Leitch, novelist
Rivet, André, Professor of Theology at Leyden
Rosaspina, Francisco, Professor, at Bologni
Rupert, Prince and Count Palatine of the Rhine; Duke of Cumberland, royalist army and naval officer, 1619-1682
Rushworth, John, MP
Scarpa, Antonio, Anatomist
Schlegel, August Wilhelm von, German poet
Scoresby, William, Captain afterwards Rev, FRS
Sharp, James, Minister of Crail, afterwards Archbishop of St. Andrews
Sibbald, James, Bookseller, of Edinburgh
Sigismund, Archduke of Austria
Silly, Autoine, Comte de La Rochepot, Governor of Anjou
Simonde de Sismondi, Jean Charles Léonard, of Add MS 28105
Thoresby, Ralph, of Leeds; of Add MS 21062
Thorkelin, Grim Jonnson, Danish Antiquary
Tieck, Ludwig, of Add MS 28167
Wentworth, Thomas, of Add MS 29747
Whetstone, John, Postmaster of Dover
Whitelocke, Bulstrode, President of the Council of State
Wotton, William, Canon of Salisbury

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