Add MS 34079

ORIGINAL LETTERS and documents, official and private; 1513- 1839. Arranged in two series, English and Foreign, as follows:-

I. English Series:-

1. Warrant of Henry VIII. to [George Talbot, 4th] Earl of Shrewsbury, " Steuard of our houshold and Lieutenant of our Vangarde," directing him to punish certain Welshmen of the retinues of [Charles Somerset] Lord Herbert [cr. Earl of Worcester, 1514] and Sir [Griffith ap] Rice for ill-treating the country-people and robbing churches at St. Omer and elsewhere; Calais, 8 July, [1513?]. Signed " Henry R."; with signet. f. 1.

2. Warrant from the Lord Deputy, High Commissioners, and Council of Ireland to [Sir William Brabazon] Vice-Treasurer, to pay £28 to Anne, widow of Sir William Skeffyngton, late Lord Deputy, for horses supplied " for the conductyng and carying of his gracis ordynance," and for a " furnes or copper " left by her at Maynooth for the king's use; 1 Mar. 29 Hen. VIII. [1538]. Signed at the top by the Deputy, Lord L[eonard] Gray [Viscount Graney], and at the bottom by Antony Sentleger, George Poulet, Thomas Moyle, and William Berners, Commissioners, Sir J[ohn] Barnewall " Chauncelour," [Sir] Thomas Lutrell, [Chief] Justice [of the Common Pleas], John Alen, Master of the Rolls, Richard De la Hyde, Baron [of the Exchequer], Thomas Houth, Justice [of the King's Bench], and Patryke Whyte, Baron [of the Exchequer]. f. 2.

3. John Goldsmyth, Clerk of the Council in Ireland, to [Sir Edward Bellingham] Lord Deputy, giving news of the quelling of Kett's rebellion in Norfolk, and of the pacifying of " those of Devonshire and Cornewaille . . . by pollycye withoute dynte of sworde," every part of England being " clene purgid of all sedition and false conspiracy"; Dublin, "this instant Satterday," 1549. Endorsed " in September 1549." f. 3.

4. The Privy Council to Sir William Seintlowe, Captain of the Guard, Sir Raphe Hopton, Knight Marshal, Sir William Chester, and Richard Malorye, Alderman of Fleet Street, directing them to enquire into " a notable disorder and fraye made about thre daies past in Fletestrete by Sr John Parrotte, knight, and oon William Phelippes "; 20 Feb. 1558 [9]. Signed by Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper, the Marquis of Winchester, the Earls of Shrewsbury, Bedford and Pembroke, Lord Clinton, and others. f. 5.

5. [Lady] Mary Grey [widow of Lord John Grey, ob. 19 Nov. 1564, 4th son of Thomas, 2nd Marquis of Dorset] to [Robert Dudley] Earl of Leicester, on her impoverished condition, and asking, as his pour and wofoull kenswoman," for his favour with the Queen; Pirgo [in Havering, co. Essex], 25 Nov. 1564. Signed. f. 7.

6. Privy Seal for payment to Robert Constable, Gentleman Pensioner, for his charges and paines taken in ridinge in poste " to the Queen of Scots and back; Westminster Palace, 24 Nov. 9 Eliz. [1566]. With order signed by [William Paulet, 1st Marquis of] Winchester, as Lord Treasurer. f. 9. For .in account of this traitor R. Constable, see Clifford's Sadler's State Papers, ii. p. 57.

7. The Marquis of Winchester, as Lord Treasurer, to [Roger North, 2nd] Lord North, Commissioner of Musters for co. Cambridge, bidding him send in the bill for the furnishing of his troops; 7 June, 1569. f. 10.

8. [Sir] Christopher Heydon and [Sir] William Butt, Dep. Lieutenants for co. Norfolk, to [John Parkhurst] Bishop of Norwich, Sir Thomas Wodhous, William Paston, and Henry Wodhous, concerning " dyvers mysdemeanours and lewde actes latelye committed in sondrye partes of this shire 2 Apr. 1570. f. 11.

9. [Sir] Thomas Knyvett, of Ashwellthorpe, co. Norf., to a Justice of the Peace, complaining of Henry Touneshende and others for hunting his " game home vnto [his] parkepale," and beating his servants; n. d. [temp. Eliz.]. f. 12.

10. [Sir] H[enry] Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland, to [Lord Treasurer Burghley?], accounting for £1000 delivered to him "for the leviengeof men and advancement of certain service intended for Irelande." Endorsed "an, 1574." Signed. f. 13.

11. W[illiam] Parry, the Jesuit, to Lord Burghley, in behalf of Sir Thomas Copley [self-styled Lord Copley of Gatton], who desires pardon and permission to return from exile ; Paris, 15 June, 1580. With seal. f. 15.

12. G[ilbert] Talbot [Baron Talbot, 1588, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury, 1590] to [Roger North, 2nd] Lord North, on his differences with his father, the deaths of the Prince of Orange and the Duke of Anjou, the custody of Mary, Queen of Scots, etc., with mention of Sir Philip Sidney and " Mr Rawlea "; Richmond, 8 July, 1584. f. 17.

13. [Sir] C[hristopher] Wray [Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench] to the same, with thanks for presents of game, and current news; London, 28 Dec. 1586. Signed. f. 19.

14. H[enry Grey, 6th Earl of] Kent to Bassingbourne Gawdy, of West Harling [co. Norf.], praying him to appear on a summons for a jury to try the Earl's title to the manor of Winfarthing [co. Norf.]; Wrest [co. Bedf.], 17 Mar. 1591 [2]. Signed. f. 21.

15. John Brome to the same, applying for the living of West Harling against [William] Harvey [who was appointed on 15 Sept.] and [Nicholas] Cressner [who succeeded Harvey in 1596]; Corpus Christi Coll., Cambridge, 27 July, 1591. f. 23.

16. [Henry Ratcliffe, 4th Earl of] Sussex, to the same, asking him to assist his surveyor in discovering his " ayncyent Coorte, Rowles, Bookes and Evidences" of his manors, which, owing to the death of Thomas Deake, his steward, had been " diuerslye dyspersede into sundrye places and diuers mens handes . . . wherbye theye are in danger of beinge lost and imbesled"; Bermondsey, 2 Apr. 1593. Signed. f. 25.

17. Bill of Robert [Spencer, 1st Baron] Spencer, for " Postages and Transportacions," in his embassy to Frederic, Duke of Wurtemberg;.

6 Sept.-24 Dec. 1603. Signed; and allowed by [Sir] Robert Cecyll, See. of State. f. 27.

18. [Sir] John Benet [M.P. for Oxford University] to Sir Dudley Carleton, ambassador at Venice, with a graphic account of the opening of the " Addled " Parliament; 10 Apr. 1614. Signed witli seal of arms. f. 29.

19. Bill of [Sir] Lewes Lewkenor, Master of the Ceremonies, for " the charges of the Baron of Wyninberg," ambassador from Frederic, Count Palatine [to invite the Queen and Prince to stand godparents to Charles, his 2nd son], " in his iourney to and from Newmarkett, and for his owne expence and attendance vppon the said Ambassador"; 26 Jan.-10 Feb. [1618]. Signed; and countersigned by the Earl of Pembroke, as Lord Chamberlain.

20. [Sir] J[ohn] Temple [Master of the Rolls in Ireland, 1640] to [Dorothy, wife of Robert Sydney, 2nd Earl of Leicester], on the expected retirement of Sir John Coke, See. of State, and the prospects of her husband succeeding him, and on the sudden dispatch of Mr. Jermyn to France; Battersea, 4 Feb. 1638 [9]. Endorsed by Lord Leicester " Sr John Temple to my wife." f. 33.

21. [Sir] Simonds D'Ewes, Sheriff of Suffolk, to - Dover, of Diss, co. Norf., respecting a lawsuit; Stowl[angtoft], 19 June, 1639. With seal of arms. Endorsed by Thos. Martin of Palgrave. f. 35.

22. [Sir] W[illiam] Temple, Ambassador at the Hague, to [the Earl of Arlington, See. of State], explaining the object of Conrad van Beuningen's mission to England, promising to do his best to divert from England the Baron de Isola [Imperial ambassador], and giving particulairs of intrigues for and against introducing William, Prince of Orange, into the Council of State, etc.; Hague, 24 June, N.S., 1670. Signed. f. 36.

23. [Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of] Orrery, to Sir Robert Southwell, Clerk of the Council, on the impeachment of the Earl of Danby, and other news; Castle Martyr [co. Cork], 22 Apr. [16]79. With seal of arms. f. 40.

24. [Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of] Sunderland, to [Henry] Sidney [Earl of Romney, 1694], Envoy to the Hague, instructing him to use his " utmost endeavours to prevent the making the allyance between France and the States," and promising that, " in case France should break with the States ... that his Majesty will assist them with all his force," etc.; Whitehall, 1/11 Jan. 1679 [80]. Signed. f. 42.

25. [Thomas Osborne, Earl of] Danby, when a prisoner in the Tower, to his brother [in law, James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon], begging him to come to town to use his influence with [Sir Richard] Holloway [Justice of the King's Bench] in his behalf, the Judges " being much more influenced by personall freindships and interests then by the law," etc.; 11 Jan. 168 3/4. f. 44.

26. [Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of] Peterborow, to [William Blathwayt, See. at War], on the approaching elections and the movements of his troops; Wellingborough, 13 Sept. [1688]. f. 46.

27. [Sir] M[aurice] E[ustace, Bart.] to Sir Rob. Southwell, See. of State in Ireland, on the King's promise of the Earl of Antrim's forfeited estates to the Duke of Norfolk; Suffolk Street [London], 6 Aug. [1690]. f. 48.

28. Anth[ony Dopping, Bishop of] Meath, to the same, in defence of [Thomas Otway] Bishop of Ossory, praying that " when hee is to bee suspended [as a Jacobite], let it bee only a suspension ab officio, but not a beneficio," etc.; Dublin, 7 Aug. [16]90. With seal of arms. f. 50.

29. [Henry de Massué de Ruvigny, Vicount] Gallway, to [the same?] in favour of "Mr. Knox, being in treaty witli seuerall French Protestants, merchants and others, about transporting themselves and familyes to y towne of Wexford "; London, 2 June, 1692. Signed. f. 52.

30. Adam Cardonnel [Jun., See. to the Duke of Marlborough] to [John] Tucker [Under-Sec. of State] on the movements of the allied army, Marlborough's intended siege of Limburg, and the passage by the French of the Meuse at Namur; Camp at Robertmont, 16 Sept. 1703. f. 53.

31. [Sir] Con[stantine] Phipps, Chancellor of Ireland, and [Sir] R[ichard] Ingoldsby, Lord Justice, to the Duke of Ormonde, with information bearing on the attempt of the Marquis Guiscard to assassinate Robert Harley; Dublin Castle, 20 Mar. 1710 [1]. Signed. f. 54.

32. S[arah Churchill, Duches of] Marlborough, to [William North, 6th Baron North and 2nd Baron Grey], on the proceedings of the House of Lords with respect to her accounts, with a reference to the Duke of Buckingham's Play, The Rehearsal, ii. 5; Saturday [24 May, 1718]. Signed. f. 56.

33. [William Henry Bentinck, 1st Duke of] Portland, Governor of Jamaica, to [? George, Prince of Wales], giving an account of Jamaica as he found it on his arrival; 2 Mar. 172 2/3 Fr. f. 58.

34. [George Horne, Bishop of Norwich, 1790]: a satirical letter, written when a student at Oxford, but unsigned and unaddressed, on the scientific views of Sir Isaac Newton, etc.; " Old Alfred's Walls" [sc. University Coll., Oxford], 8 Nov. 1749. f. 60.

35. J[ohii] Taylor [LL.D., Librarian to Cambridge University, 1732-4] to Dr. [Andrew Coltee] Ducarel, on the Codex Bezæ and the Codex Claromontanus, etc.; Cambridge, 2 Nov. 1752. f. 62.

36. John Denne, Archdeacon of Rochester, to [the same], on the subject of the Chancellors, vicars-general, and other officials of the See of Rochester, as found in the Diocesan archives; Rochester, 29 Aug. 1754. (Cf. Add. 31,979.) f. 64.

37. Coltee Ducarel to - Montgomery, giving an account of a lawsuit in which he is engaged at Caen, with some description of that place; Caen, 24 Feb. 1766. With seal of arms. f. 66.

38. [Capt.] Sam[uel] Hood, [R.N., 1st Viscount Hood, 1796] to the Commissioners of the Navy, giving an account of a hurricane; Halifax Harbour, 4 Apr. 1768. f. 68.

39. James Harris [M.P. for Christchurch, co. Southt.] to Robert Potter, Vicar of Scarning, co. Norf., congratulating him on his Translation of Æchylus; House of Commons, 2 Mar. 1778. f. 70.

40. [Sir] John Fenn to William Herbert, the bibliographer, giving a list of " several books not taken notice of by Ames " [i.e. in his Typographical Antiquities]; East Dereham, Norfolk, 5 Feb. 1782. f. 7 2.

41. Charles Erskine [afterwards Cardinal] to [David Stewart Erskine, 11th] Earl of Buchan, relating to some transcripts of papers " found in the secret archives of the Vatican relating to Scotland Rome, 13 April, 1787. Hol. f. 74.

42. Bulletin of the health of George III.; Kew House, 18 Doe. 1788. Copy, attested by [John Stewart, 7th Earl of] Galloway, Lord of the Bedchamber.

43. [Capt. Sir] W[illiam] Sidney Smith, R.N., commanding a squadron, to Earl Spencer, First Lord of the Admiralty, on his plan of operations as to Bonaparte's evacuating Egypt, with a passage from intercepted secret instructions of the letter to an agent, and an intended answer of his own; Tiger, off Alexandria, 6 Mar. 1799. f. 79.

44. C[harles] J[ames] F[ox] to Dennis O'Bryen, on a political pamphlet of the latter, from which " all that is complimentary to the present men must of course be left out or materially altered," etc., with abuse of " these cursed taxes "; St. Anne's Hill, Chertsey, 22 June, 1803. f. 81.

45. Henry Brougliam, M.P. for Camelford [Baron Broughham and Vaux, 1830], to William Roscoe, late M.P. for Liverpool, on Parliamentary Reform, and on his motion in the House on the abolition of the Slave Trade, discussing the latter subject at great length; London, 14 July, 1810. ff. 83-89.

46. William Cobbett, when in prison for libel on the Government, to Thomas Robinson, on the subject of corn-rents; Newgate, 13 July, 1811. Signed. f. 90.

47. [George] Canning See. of State for Foreign Affairs, to Dr. Adams, in answer to a request for letters of R. B. Sheridan; Foreign Office, 21 July, 1826. f. 91.

48. "Articles of Agreement . . . . for the erection of a Monument to His Grace the late [Georgo Gordon, 5th] Duke of Gordon," made between the Committee and Thomas Campbell, sculptor; 13 July, 1839. Signed by Campbell, and by the Earl of Aberdeen, the Duke of Richmond, the Marquis of Huntly, and others of the Committee. f. 92.

II. Foreign Series:-

1. Louis XII. to [? Jean II.], Seigneur de Rohan, appointing a meeting, to settle his matter, at Loches ; Orléans, 23 Dec., s. a. Fr. Signed. f. 94.

2. Ferdinand, King of Hungary and Bohemia [Emperor, 1558], to the Abbé de Luxen, on the invasion by the Turks, and his preparations for the campaign in the next spring, etc.; Prague Castle, 18 Feb. a^o 30 [1530]. Fr. Signed; with Seal. f. 95.

3. [Jean Henri Samuel] Formey to [Gabriel] Cramer, acquainting him with his election to the Academy of Sciences at Berlin, the publication of his own work, Recherches sur. les Elémens de la Matière, etc.; Berlin, 9 Dec. 1746. Fr. f. 96.

4. [Louis Pierre] Anquetil to [Jean Levesque de] Burigny on tlio subject of his works; Reims, 24 Apr. l756. Fr. Preceded by a pencil portrait of Anquetil. ff. 98, 99, 5. [César Fiançois] Cassini de Thury, Astronomer, to -, on a projected geometrical description of Italy; [circ. 1770-80]. Fr. f. 101.

6. Fr. [Noël André de] Chrysologue de Gy, Capucin, to mentioning his two works, Hémisphère de la Mappemonde, etc. (Paris, 1774), and Planisphères célestes, etc. (1778); Paris, 8 May, 1778. Fr. f. 102.

7. [Victor François] Maréchal Due de Broglie to Le Contrôleur Général, in favour of Mad. La Baronne D'Eehaufray and her three daughters, for whom he had promised to procure " quelque secours sur le fonds reservé sur la Lotterie Royale"; Versailles, 30 Apr. 1787. Signed. f. 104.

8. [Stéphanie Félicité] D[uerest de St. Aubin, Comtesse de] Genlis to [Comte Dubois]; 28 Jun. 1810. Fr. f. 105.

9. "Francis, Archduke of Austria Este" [Francis IV., Archduke of Austria, Duke of Modena, son of Archduke Ferdinand and Marie Beatrix d'Este], to Lt. Col. George Duncan Robertson, on military movements in Montenegro; Lissa, 29 Sept. 1813. With seal of arms. f. 106. Paper; ff. 107. From the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart., of Middle Hill, co. Wore., and Cheltenham. Folio.