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Add MS 21483
- Record Id:
- 032-002033865
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002033865
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000043.0x00023d
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 21483
- Title:
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AUTOGRAPH letters to James II., and others, from 1669 to 1688, viz: 1. Anonymous letters, partly in cipher, on political affairs, with a key to some of the names; 25 Sept., 5 Oct. 1669, ff. 1-8.
2. James Mackay to Lt. Col. Maxwell; dat. Hague, 2 Feb. 1685, f. 10.
3. [] Davisson to James II.; Paris, 22 Feb. [1685] Fr. f. 13.
4. The same to [Lord Melfort]; Paris, 22 Feb. 1685. Fr. f. 15.
5. D. Barnewall to [Lord Melfort]; dat. Maestricht, 22 Feb. 1685, f. 18.
6. Mary Knatchbull to James II.; 3 Mar. 1685, f. 21.
7. De Beaulieu Hewes O'Neil to the same; [1685]. Fr. f. 24.
8. [Eleanor Gwyn] to the same [1685 ?]; written by an amanuensis, ff. 27, 28.
9. Sir Roger Strickland to Dr. White; dat. on board the "Bristol," Sheerness, 10 May, 1688, f. 31.
10. [Richard Talbot, Earl of Tyrconnel, Lord Lieut. of Ireland] to James II.; dat. 3 Oct. 1688, f. 34.
11. Key to a cipher, endorsed, "Cypher with the Duke of Ormond," f. 36. Many of these letters are from the Melfort Papers. Paper. Folio.
- Scope & Content:
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includes:
- ff. 1-8 Charles II of England: Anonymous political letters, in cipher: 1669.
- f. 10 James Mackay, of Scourie, Lieutenant -Colonel: Letter to Col. Maxwell: 1685.
- ff. 13, 15 Davisson: Letters to James II. and Lord Melfort: 1685.: Fr.
- ff. 13, 21, 24, 27, 28, 34 James II of England: Letters to, from various persons: 1685-1688.
- ff. 15, 18 John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort; styled 1st Duke of Melfort: Letters to, from Davisson, and D. Barnewall: 1685.: Fr. and Eng.
- f. 18 D- Barnewall: Letter to Lord Melfort: 1685.
- f. 21 Mary Knatchbull, Abbess of English Benedictines at Ghent: Letter to James II.: 1685.
- f. 24 De Beaulieu Hewes O'Neil: Letter to James II.: 1685.
- ff. 27, 28 Eleanor Gwyn: Letters to James II., attributed to: 1685.
- f. 31 Sir Roger Strickland: Letter to Dr. White: 1688.
- f. 34 Richard Talbot, Earl and titular Duke of Tyrconnel: Letters to James II.: 1688, 1689.: Orig. and Copy.
- f. 36 Cyphers: Cypher with the Duke of Ormond: 1669-1688.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002033865
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002033865
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1669
- End Date:
- 1688
- Date Range:
- 1669-1688
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Legal Status:
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- Names:
- Barnewall, D., correspondent of Lord Melfort, fl 1685
Charles II, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1630-1685
Davisson, -, correspondent of King James II, fl 1685
Drummond, John, 1st Earl of Melfort, Jacobite and politician, 1650-1715
Gwyn, Eleanor, of Add Ch 15862
James II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Knatchbull, Mary, Abbess of English Benedictines at Ghent
Mackay, James, of Scourie, Lieutenant -Colonel
O'Neil, De Beaulieu Hewes
Strickland, Roger, of Add MS 21483
Talbot, Richard, Earl and titular Duke of Tyrconnel