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LETTER-BOOK of John Wallis, D.D., Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford, decipherer of political correspondence to the government, etc., containing originals and copies of ciphered letters, with decipherings and keys, and including covering and other letters to Dr. Wallis from the Earls of Nottingham and Shrewsbury, Secretaries of State, and others, with copies of his replies, etc.; 1651-1701. The volume has been extensively used by the author of the Memoirs of Dr. Wallis, prefixed to his Sermons, London, 1791. The ciphered letters are as follows:-

1. "Dernier chiffre de Mr. le Mareschal [Antoine] d'Aumont, pareil à ceux qu'on A envoyé à Madame d'Estrades et à Mr. Brasset [French Resident in Holland] au mois de Decembre, 1651." f. 1.

2. R[ichard ?] Lawrence to J. Wallis, enclosing a test-cipher; London, 22 July, 1657. f. 3.

3. Letter signed "366," not addressed; Brussels, 7 Feb. 1660. Copy. Partly printed in the Clarendon State Papers, 1786, vol. III., p. 672, as from Sir E. Hyde to "Mr. Hancock [Broderick]." f. 4.

4. Unsigned letters "to Air. Browne," apparently from Elizabeth, Lady Mordaunt, to her husband, John, lst Viscount Mordaunt; [Brussels], 4, 6 Mar. 1660. Copies; with names deciphered. ff. 7-1 1.

5. "Ro. Westover" [Sir Edw. Nicholas] to [Lord Mordaunt] [Brussels], 6 Mar. 1660. Two copies; the first with names deciphered. ff. 12, 13.

6. Sir Robert Long, secretary to Charles II., to -; n.d. In cipher. f. 14.

7. M[atthew] Wren, on behalf of Lord Clarendon, to Dr. Wallis, enclosing two ciphered letters addressed to Henry Bedingfield; Worcester House, 30 May, 1665. With answer, and decipherings; Oxford, 4 June, 1665. f. 15-17.

8. Correspondence of Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, with Lord and Lady Mordaunt, "Mr Stede," "his aunt Michel," and his daughter the Duchess of York; 16 July-5 Oct. 1669. Copies; with decipherings. ff. 18-31. The letters on ff. 27-29, which relate chiefly to the Duke of Ormonde, the Earl of Orrery, etc., may belong to other writers.

9. J- Ellice, on behalf of the Privy Council, to Dr. Wallis, with a ciphered letter, not read ; 7 Oct. 1669. f. 32.

10. Correspondence of Charles Colbert, Marquis de Croissy, ambassador in England, with Hugues de Lionne, Minister of State, and Simon Arnauld, Marquis de Pomponne, ambassador in Holland; 11 July- 14 Oct. 1669. Fr. Copies ; with decipherings. ff. 35-40.

11. W[illiam] Shippen, [rector of Stockport ?] to Joshua Walker, of Macclesfield, with a cipher; Stockport, 31 Aug. 1688. f. 41.

12. "Nointis" [i.e., Jean B. L. Desjean, Seigneur de Pointis, acting commander of the French troops before Londonderry] to [the Marquis de Seignelay ?]; "au camp devant Londonderry," 14, 17 June, 1689. Fr. Copies; with decipherings. ff. 43-51.

13. - du Theil, French ambassador in Poland, to Louis XIV., and others; Warsaw, Olesko, etc., 1 July-10 Nov. 1689. Fr. Copies, with decipherings. ff. 52-125 passim.

14. " D'Asfel " [Alexis Bidal, Baron d'Asfeld, French commandant at Bonn] to -; Bonn, 27, 28 Aug. 1689. Fr. Copies; undeciphered. ff. 73, 74.

15. [Francois Gaston de Béthune, Marquis de] Béthune, French ambassador in Poland, to [Charles Colbert, Marquis] de Croissy, Secretary of State, with enclosures; Warsaw, etc., 15 June-21 Dec. 1689, 21, 30 Apr. 1691. Fr. Copies; with decipherings. ff. 126-195 passim, 264-273.

16. [Robert] de Gravel, French envoy in Germany, to the Marquis de Croissy; Olesko, 12, 27 Oct. 1689. Fr. Copies; with decipherings. Two letters written in conjunction with M. de Béthune. ff. 161, 192-195.

17. [Charles Colbert, Marquis] de Croissy, to M. de Béthune, at Warsaw; Marly, 11 Jan. 1690. Fr. Copy; with deciphering. f. 184.

18. [Francois Michel le Tellier, Marquis] de Louvois, Secretary of State, to M. de Béthune; Compiègne, 22 Mar. 1690. Fr. Copy; with deciphering. f. 213.

19. M. de Louvois to [Antoine Nompar de Caumont, Comte] de Lauzun, commanding the French troops in Ireland; Versailles, etc., 1, 25, 26, 27 May, 10 June, 1690. Fr. Orig. and copies; with decipherings. ff. 217-241.

20. [Jean Baptiste Colbert, Marquis] de Seignelay, Secretary of State, to the Comte de Lauzun; Sceaux, 22 June, 1690. Fr. Copy; with deciphering. f. 242.

21. Letters from -, "J. Briol" and "And. Cadrieres," relating to Jacobite intrigues and the movements of the French fleet, enclosed in a packet to "Mr. Owen at his house near Cardigan," and intercepted by Hector Philipps of Cardigan; 28, 30 June, 1690. Copies; with decipherings. With correspondence on the subject between Dr. Wallis and Sir Henry Capel, 24 July-12 Aug. 1690. ff. 244-248.

22. Louis XIV. to [Pierre Antoine] de Castagnères [de Chateauneuf], ambassador at Constantinople; Versailles, 31 July, 9 Aug. 1690. Fr. Copies; with decipherings. ff. 256-260.

23. Dr. Robert Gorge, of Dublin, to Dr. Wallis, enclosing a cipher; 10 June, 1691. f. 261. With draft-reply, 12 June, 1691. f. 262.

24. "Lettre en chiffre trouvée sur le secretaire de France à Hambourg escrite au Marquis de Croissy"; 24 Apr. 1691. Copy; with deciphering. ff. 276-279.

25. Two letters, apparently Jacobite, without subscription or address; [1691 ?]. Copies; partially deciphered. ff. 285, 285 b.

26. Letter without subscription or address (but supposed by Dr. Wallis to be written by one Langton to James II.), concerning calumnies against Sir William Sharp; 14 Aug. 1691. Copy; with deciphering, and letter from Dr. Wallis. f. 289.

27. [Pierre A. de Castagnères de Chateauneuf], French ambassador at Constantinople, to "his Druggerman in the Turkish camp"; Pera, 19 Aug. 1691. Fr. Copy; with deciphering. ff. 293-296.

28. Letter without subscription "for Mistrisse Jones," referring in cipher to James II. and his Queen, the Earls of Arran and Melfort, etc.; Hamburg, 20 Jan. 1692. Copy; with deciphering. f. 306.

29. "A letter [in a numerical cipher] supposed to be from [Luigi Ferdinando] Count Marsiglio (who calls himself secretary to the English Embassy) to [Franz Ulrich] Count Kinski [Imperial minister]"; [1691 or 1692]. Followed by another letter in a different cipher. Copies. With drafts of letters from Dr. Wallis to Lord Nottingham, expressing his inability to decipher them; 6, 20 Mar.

169½. ff. 315-324.

30. "An intercepted paper of correspondence between Germany and France," enclosed in a letter from Lord Nottingham, dat. 22 Oct. 1692. Copy ; undeciphered. ff. 328-330.

31. Jacobite letter without subscription to "Mr. Jameson; Leyden, 22 May, 1693. Copy; with deciphering. f. 334.

32. [Pierre A. de] Castagnères de Chateauneuf, French ambassador in Constantinople, to Louis XIV.; Adrianople, 3, 15 June, 1693. Fr. Copies; with decipherings. ff. 341, 347.

33. Louis XIV. to [Denis] de la Haye [Seigneur de Ventelay], ambassador in Italy [at Venice], and to M. de Castagnères; Gemblours, 9 June, 1693. Fr. Copies; with decipherings. ff. 343, 344.

34. [The Abbé Melchior de Polignac], French ambassador in Poland, to Louis XIV.; Warsaw, 26 Nov.-6 Dec. 1694. Fr. Copies; with decipherings. ff. 349-368. The following original letters, usually accompanied by draft replies of Dr. Wallis, are included:-

35. Richard Warre, of the Secretary of State's Office, to Dr. Wallis; 24 Aug. 1689-11 Aug. 1691. ff. 71, 76, 90, 91, 92, 93, 198-212 passim, 263, 275.

36. [Daniel Finch, Earl of] Nottingham, Secretary of State, to Dr. Wallis; 15 Oct. 1689-10 June, 1693. ff. 87, 89, 216, 249, 274, 287, 288,292,303,305,328,332,333,336.

37. John Methuen to Dr. Wallis; London, 24 Dec. 1690. f. 251.

38. William Bridgeman, of the Secretary of State's Office, to Dr. Wallis; 7, 9 Apr. 1691. ff. 253, 254.

39. J[ames] Johnston, Envoy to Berlin and Secretary for Scotland, to John Hampden, concerning a medal promised to Dr. Wallis by the Elector of Brandenburg; Berlin, 15 Dec. 1691. f. 298;-and to Dr. Wallis; London, 28 May [1692]. f. 309.

40. Robert Pawling to Dr. Wallis, concerning the Brandenburg medal, etc.; London, 19 Dec. 1691-5 July, 1692. ff. 301, 307, 308, 311, 314.

41. M[ary] F[oley], wife of Paul Foley, M.P., to Dr. Wallis, informing him of his preferment to the Deanery of Hereford; London, 25 Aug. 1692. f. 326.

42. Sir J[ohn] Trenchard, Secretary of State, to Dr. Wallis; 10 Oct. 1693. f. 338.

43. [Charles Talbot, Earl of] Shrewsbury, Secretary of State, to Dr. Wallis; 15 Dec. 1694. f. 346. Among the drafts of Dr. Wallis are letters to [William] Harbord, on his services to the Government and their inadequate reward; 15 Aug. 1691. f. 283;-to Viscount Sydney, Secretary of State, on his failure to obtain a medal promised by the Elector of Brandenburg; 25 Aug. 1691. f. 284;-to [John Tillotson], Archbishop of Canterbury, in favour of Serjeant Jolin Blencowe, his son-in-law, for a vacant judgeship, etc.; 28 Sept., 23 Oct. 1691, 27 Aug. 1692. ff. 291, 297, 327;-to Lord Nottingham, declining the Deanery of Hereford; 27 Aug. 1692. f. 327;-to John Ellis, Under-Secretary of State, on a project for his giving instruction in the art of deciphering to pupils from Germany; 30 Apr. 1700. f. 371;-to Dr. [Humphrey] Hody, chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury, on preferment for himself and Mr. Justice Blencowe, his son-in-law; 7 Mar. 170.0/1. f. 372;-to Mr. Tilson, on a warrant for a pension to him of £100 a year, with copy of warrant; 20 Mar. 1700. f. 373 and to -, with autobiographical notice; n.d. Imperfect. f. 375; -"Extract of a letter.........to John Fell,..........Bishop of Oxford," on charges against him (Wallis) of having deciphered letters of Charles I. for the Parliament; 8 Apr. 1685. f. 377. Paper; ff. 389. Folio.

Scope & Content:

William III and Mary II of England: Intercepted Jacobite correspondence, with decipherings: 1689-1693.: Copies.

England General Chronicles and History: Deciphers of intercepted letters: 1651-1694.

Louis XIV of France: Deciphers of French diplomatic and other letters, etc.: 1651-1694.

Cyphers: Decypherings of political correspondence, by Dr. Wallis: 1651-1694.

John Wallis, DD; Savilian Professor of Geometry, Oxford; brother of Henry Wallis: Correspondence with Secretaries of State, with decipherings of intercepted letters: 1651-1701.

Jacobites: Intercepted ciphered correspondence, with decipherings: 1689-1693.

includes:

  • f. 1 Antoine d' Aumont, Duc d' Aumont; Maréchal de Franco: Cipher used by: 1651.
  • f. 3 Richard? Lawrence: Letter to J. Wallis: 1657.
  • f. 4 Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon: Letter to Broderick: 1660.
  • ff. 7-11 John Mordaunt, Viscount Mordaunt: Letters to, from his wife: 1660.: Copies.
  • ff. 12, 13 John Mordaunt, Viscount Mordaunt: Letters to, from Sir E. Nicholas: 1660.: Copies.
  • ff. 12, 13 Sir Edward Nicholas, Secretary of State: Letters, signed "Ro. Westover," to Lord Mordaunt: 1660.: Copies.
  • f. 14 Sir Robert Long, Auditor of the Exchequer: Letter to -: n.d.: Cipher.
  • ff. 15-17 Henry Bedingfield: Ciphered letters to: 1665.
  • ff. 15-17 Matthew Wren: Correspondence with Dr. Wallis: 1665.
  • f. 18 b 'Michel, Aunt,'; pseudonym: Letter to, from Lord Clarendon: 1669.: Copy.
  • f. 18-31 Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon: Intercepted correspondence: 1669.: Copies.
  • ff. 18.-23 'Stede, Mr.'; Pseudonym: Correspondence with Lord Clarendon: 1669.: Copies.
  • ff. 22 b-26 John Mordaunt, Viscount Mordaunt: Ciphered correspondence of him and his wife with Lord Clarendon: 1669.: Copies.
  • f. 24 James II of England: Ciphered letter to Anne, his wife, from her father: 1669.: Copy.
  • f. 32 J- Ellice: Letter to Dr. Wallis: 1669.
  • ff. 35-40 Hugues de Lionne, French foreign minister: Correspondence with the Marquis de Croissy: 1669.: Fr.: Copies.
  • ff. 35-40 Simon Arnauld, Marquis de Pomponne; French Ambassador to Holland: Correspondence with the Marquis de Croissy: 1669.: Fr.: Copies.
  • ff. 35-40 Charles Colbert, Marquis de Croissy: Correspondence with the French Minister of State, etc.: 1669.: Copies.
  • f. 41 William Shippen, Rector of Stockport, county Cheshire: Letter to J. Walker: 1688.
  • f. 41 Joshua Walker, of Macclesfield, county Cheshire: Letter to, from Rev. W. Shippen: 1688.
  • ff. 43-51 Jean Bernard Louis Desjean, Seigneur de Pointis; commanding the French troops before Londonderry: Ciphered letters to the Marquis de Seignelay: 1689.: Fr.: Copies.
  • ff. 43-51 City of Londonderry: Letters from the commander of the French troops at the siege: 1689.: Copies.
  • ff. 43-51, 217-242 Ireland: Letters from and to commanders of French troops in: 1689, 1690.
  • ff. 52-125 passim Du Theil, French Ambassador to Poland: Ciphered letters to Louis XIV. and others: 1689.: Copies.
  • ff. 52-125 passim Louis XIV of France: Ciphered letters from the French Ambassador in Poland: 1689.: Copies.
  • ff. 71 - 93 passim, 198-212 263, 275 Richard Warre, Under-Secretary of State: Correspondence with Dr. Wallis: 1689-1691.
  • ff. 73, 74 Alexis Bidal, Baron d'Asfeld; French Commandant at Bonn: Letters: 1689.: Copies.
  • ff. 87-336 passim Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham (1682); and 6th Earl of Winchilsea (1729): Correspondence with Dr. Wallis: 1689-1693.
  • ff. 126-195 passim, 264-273 François Gaston de Béthune, Marguis de Béthune; French Ambassador in Poland: Ciphered correspondence with the Marquis de Croissy: 1689-1691.: Copies.
  • ff. 126-195, 264-273 Charles Colbert, Marquis de Croissy: Ciphered correspondence with the ambassadors in Poland and Germany: 1689-1691.: Copies.
  • ff. 161, 192-195 Robert de Gravel, French Envoy in Germany: Ciphered letters to the Marquis de Croissy. 1689. Copies.
  • f. 213 François Michel Le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois; French Minister: Ciphered letter to the Marquis de Béthune: 1690.: Copy.
  • f. 213 François Gaston de Béthune, Marguis de Béthune; French Ambassador in Poland: Ciphered letter to, from the French Sec. of State: 1690.: Copy.
  • ff. 217-241 François Michel Le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois; French Minister: Ciphered letters to the Comte de Lauzun in Ireland: 1690.
  • ff. 217-242 Antoine Nompar de Caumont, Comte de Lauzun; Commanding French troops in Ireland: Ciphered letters to, from the French Secretaries of State: 1690.
  • f. 242 Jean Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Seignelay French Secretary of State: Ciphered letter to the Count de Lauzun: 1690.: Copy.
  • ff. 244-248 Sir Henry Capel, KB, Baron Capel of Tewkesbury 1692; Lord Deputy of Ireland 1695: Correspondence with Dr. Wallis: 1690.
  • f. 245 And. Cadrieres, Jacobite pseudonym: Intercepted letter from: 1690.: Copy.
  • f. 245 J- Briol, Jacobite pseudonym: Intercepted letter from: 1690.: Copy.
  • f. 251 John Methuen: Letter to Dr. Wallis: 1390.
  • ff. 253, 254 Sir William Bridgeman, Admiralty Secretary: Letters to Dr. Wallis: 1691.
  • ff. 256-260, 341, 344, 347 Pierre Antoine Castagnère de Chasteauneuf, Marquis; French Ambassador to Turkey: Correspondence with Louis XIV.: 1690, 1693.: Copies.
  • ff. 256-260, 341, 344, 347 Louis XIV of France: Correspondence with his Ambassador at Constantinople: 1690, 1693.: Copies.
  • ff. 261, 262 Dr Robert Gorge, of Dublin: Correspondence with Dr. Wallis: 1691.
  • ff. 276-279 Charles Colbert, Marquis de Croissy: Ciphered letter to: 1691.: Copy.
  • f. 283 William Harbord: Letter to, from Dr. Wallis: 1691.
  • f. 284 Colonel Henry Sydney, Viscount Sydney (1689) and Earl of Romney (1694) Envoy to Holland; Secretary of State: Letter to, from Dr. Wallis: 1691.
  • ff. 284, 298-314 passim John Wallis, DD; Savilian Professor of Geometry, Oxford; brother of Henry Wallis: Medal promised to him by the Elector of Brandenburg: 1691, 1692.
  • f. 289 Langton: Ciphered letter to James II: 1691.: Copy.
  • f. 289 Sir William Sharp: Letter on calumnies against him: 1691.: Copy.
  • ff. 291, 297, 327 John Tillotson, Archbishop of Canterbury: Letters to, from Dr. Wallis: 1691, 1692.
  • ff. 291, 297, 327, 372 John Blencowe, Serjeant-at-Iaw, afterwards Justice of the Common Pleas: Letters in his favour: 1691, 1692, 1701.
  • ff. 293-296 Pierre Antoine Castagnère de Chasteauneuf, Marquis; French Ambassador to Turkey: Ciphered letter to his dragoman: 1691.: Copy.
  • ff. 298, 309 James Johnston, Envoy to Berlin; Secretary for Scotland: Letters to J. Hampden and Dr. Wallis: 1691, 1692.
  • ff. 301, 307, 308, 311, 314 Robert Pawling: Letters to Dr. Wallis: 1691, 1692.
  • f. 306 'Jones, Mistress', Jacobite pseudonym: Letter to, from Hamburg: 1692.: Copy.
  • ff. 315-324 Franz Ulrich Kinski, Count; Imperial Minister of State: Ciphered letters to, from Count Marsiglio: 1691, 1692.: Copies.
  • ff. 315-324 Luigi Ferdinando Marsiglio, Count: Letters to Count Kinski: 1691, 1692.: Copies.
  • f. 326 Mary Foley, wife of Paul Foley, M P: Letter to Dr. Wallis: 1692.
  • ff. 326, 327 John Wallis, DD; Savilian Professor of Geometry, Oxford; brother of Henry Wallis: Letters on his proposed preferment to the Deanery of Hereford: 1692.
  • ff. 328-330 Leopold I; Emperor of Germany: Intercepted paper of correspondence with France: 1692.: Copy.
  • ff. 328-330 Louis XIV of France: Intercepted ciphered paper of correspondence with Germany: 1692.: Copy.
  • f. 334 'Jameson Mr', Jacobite pseudonym: Letter to, from Leyden: 1693.: Copy.
  • f. 338 Sir John Trenchard, Secretary of State: Letter to Dr. Wallis: 1693.
  • f. 343 Denis de La Haye, Seigneur de Ventelay; French Ambassador to Venice: Ciphered letter to, from Louis XIV.: 1693.: Copy.
  • f. 343 Louis XIV of France: Ciphered letter to the French Ambassador at Venice: 1693.: Copy.
  • f. 346 Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury: Letter to Dr. Wallis: 1694.
  • ff. 349-368 Melchior de Polignac, French diplomatist; Cardinal 1713: Ciphered letters to Louis XIV.: 1694.: Fr.: Copies.
  • ff. 349-368 Louis XIV of France: Ciphered letters to, from his Ambassador in Poland: 1694.: Copies.
  • f. 371 John Ellis, afterwards Under-Secretary of State: Letter to, from Dr. Wallis: 1700.
  • f. 372 Humphrey Hody, DD; Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury: Letter to, from Dr. Wallis: 1701.

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Names:
Arnauld, Simon, Marquis de Pomponne, French Ambassador to Holland, 1618-1699
Aumont, Antoine, Duc d' Aumont, Maréchal de Franco
Bedingfield, Henry
Bidal, Alexis, Baron d'Asfeld, French Commandant at Bonn
Blencowe, John, Serjeant-at-Iaw, afterwards Justice of the Common Pleas
Bridgeman, William, Admiralty Secretary
Briol, J-, Jacobite pseudonym
Béthune, François Gaston, Marguis de Béthune; French Ambassador in Poland
Cadrieres, And., Jacobite pseudonym, fl 1690
Capel, Henry, KB, Baron Capel of Tewkesbury 1692; Lord Deputy of Ireland 1695
Castagnère de Chasteauneuf, Pierre Antoine, Marquis, French Ambassador to Turkey
Caumont, Antoine Nompar, Comte de Lauzun, Commanding French troops in Ireland
Colbert, Charles, Marquis de Croissy, 1625-1696
Colbert, Jean-Baptiste, 2nd Marquis de Seignelay, French politician, 1651-1690
Desjean, Jean Bernard Louis, Baron de Pointis, naval officer and privateer, 1645-1707
Ellice, J-
Ellis, John, Under-Secretary of State, c 1644-1738
Finch, Daniel, 7th Earl of Winchilsea, politician and privy counsellor, 1647-1729
Foley, Mary, wife of Paul Foley, politician, fl 1668-1692
Gorge, Robert, of Dublin, correspondent of John Wallis, fl 1691
Gravel, Robert, diplomat, 1616-1684
Harbord, William, of Add MS 32499
Hody, Humphrey, DD; Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury
Hyde, Edward, 1st Earl of Clarendon, 1609-1674
James II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Jameson Mr, Jacobite pseudonym
Johnston, James, Envoy to Berlin; Secretary for Scotland
Jones, Mistress, Jacobite pseudonym
Kinski, Franz Ulrich, Count, Imperial Minister of State
La Haye, Denis, Seigneur de Ventelay, French Ambassador to Venice
Langton, of Add MS 32499
Lawrence, Richard?
Le Tellier, François Michel, Marquis de Louvois, French Minister
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Germany, 1640-1705
Lionne, Hugues de, French foreign minister
Long, Robert, Auditor of the Exchequer
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715
Maria Elisabeth, Governor of the Netherlands, daughter of Emperor Leopold I
Marsiglio, Luigi Ferdinando, Count
Mary II, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1662-1694
Methuen, John, of Add MS 32499
Mordaunt, John, Viscount Mordaunt
Nicholas, Edward, Secretary of State, 1593-1669
Pawling, Robert
Polignac, Melchior, French diplomatist; Cardinal 1713
Sharp, William, of Add MS 32499
Shippen, William, Rector of Stockport, county Cheshire
Sydney, Henry, Viscount Sydney (1689) and Earl of Romney (1694), Colonel; Envoy to Holland; Secretary of State
Talbot, Charles, Duke of Shrewsbury
Theil, -, French Ambassador to Poland, fl 1689
Tillotson, John, Archbishop of Canterbury
Trenchard, John, Secretary of State
Walker, Joshua, of Macclesfield, county Cheshire
Wallis, John, DD; Savilian Professor of Geometry, Oxford; brother of Henry Wallis
Warre, Richard, Under-Sec of State
Wren, Matthew, of Add MS 32499
Places:
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Londonderry, Ireland