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032-002057393

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Add MS 38175

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1. CORRESPONDENCE and papers of Sir Kenelm Digby; 1 April, 1633 (?) 15 April, 1668. Mostly private and personal. Included are (a) Wills of Dame Mary Digby, his mother, one holograph, 1 June, 1647, 23 Aug. 1649. ff. I 1 b, 17 b ; (b) Letters of Sir K. Digby to Charles Cornwallis and Sir Frederic Cornwallis, his cousins, 1 May, 1658, ⁶/₁₆ Feb. 165⁸/₉. Holograph. ff. 40-43 ; (c) Letters of F[rances, wife of John Manners, 8th Earl of] Rutland, to her nephew S. Crow, [son of Sir S. Crow, 1st Bart., see art. 2 below], 13 May, 1659, 15 April, 1668. Holograph. ff. 44, 64 ; (d) Will of Sir K. Digby, in French, with holograph codicil in English, 9 Jan., April, 1665. ff. 52, 60. ff. 1-64.

2. Correspondence and papers of Sir Sackville Crow, Ist Bart., of Laugharne, co. Carmarthen, and members of his family; 8 Nov. 1671 ante 1744. Henry Crow, his son, was secretary to Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort, and his mother, some of whose papers are included. Various political papers, and newsletters from London, are interspersed. Included also are (a) Opinion by George Jeffreys, [Lord Chief Justice 1683], on the conveyance of the estates of Dame Mary Crow, n.d. Holograph. f. 115; (b) Letter of James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, signed James R., to Mrs. Somner of Wellow, co. Somerset, asking for a loan of £500 to be sent to his camp, 27 June, 1685. Copy. f. 121; (c) "List of their Majesties ships att sea and fitting out for this summers expedition," 16 May, 1690. f. 150; (d) Will of Sir John Crow of Laugharne, 3rd Bart., 15 Mar. 171⁴/₅. Hologr., proved 2 Sept. 1715. f. 197. ff. 65-217. The names of all the writers, etc., will be found in the Index. The Digbys, as appears in art. 1 above, were cousins of the Cornwallises, and Jane, daughter of Sir Sackville Crow, 2nd Bart., married Francis Cornwailis; which may explain the appearance of the two sets of papers together. Paper; ff. 217. Folio. XVII-XVIII centt.

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includes:

f. 1 Dorothy Abington: Letter to Sir K. Digby: 1633 (?).
ff. 1-62 Sir Kenelm Digby: Letters to, etc.: 1633 (?)-1665.
f. 3 Sir William Ogle: Letter to Sir K. Digby: 1635.
ff. 6, 7, 9, 29 Mary Stradling, wife of Sir E Stradling, 2nd Baronet: Letters, etc., to Sir K. Digby: 1639-1654.
ff. 11, 17 (hologr.) Wills of individuals, before A.D. 1700: Lady M. Digby: 1647, 1649.
ff. 11, 17 (hologr.) Mary Digby, widow of Sir Everard Digby: Wills: 1647, 1649.
f. 23 Sir Kenelm Digby: Endorsement on his mother's will: circ. 1649.: Autogr.
f.23 Charles Cornwallis: Note on the back of Lady Digby's will: 1649.
f. 24 Galway, Ireland: Articles of capitulation: 1652.: Copy.
f. 31 Charles Kerr, Lord Kerr, 2nd Earl of Ancrum 1654: Bond: 1654.: Copy.
f. 31 Sir Kenelm Digby: Draft of deed: 1654.: Hologr.
f. 33 Charles Kerr, Lord Kerr, 2nd Earl of Ancrum 1654: Letter to Sir K. Digby: 1655.
f. 35 Henry Cavendish, Earl of Ogle; 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Letter to Sir K. Digby: 1655.
f. 37 William Lole: Letter to Sir W. Curtius: 1655.
f. 37 Pirton, Worcestershire: Letter on the sale of the manor: 1655.
f. 37 Sir William Curtius: Letter to, from W. Lole: 1655.
f. 39 Richard Wigmor, of Upton's Court, county Herefordshire: Bond: 1657.
ff. 40-43 Sir Kenelm Digby: Letters to his cousin C. Cornwallis, and Sir F. Cornwallis: 1658, 1659.
ff. 44, 64 Frances Manners, wife of John, 8th Earl of Rutland: Letters to her nephew S. Crow: 1659, 1668.
ff. 45, 46 Clare Thornburgh: Receipt and letter to Sir K. Digby: 1661.
f. 48 Inventories: Sir K. Digby: 1664.
f. 48 Sir Kenelm Digby: Inventor y of his goods: 1664.
ff. 52, 60 Sir Kenelm Digby: Will, 1665. Fr. Copy, with hologr. codicil: 1665.
ff. 52, 60 Wills of individuals, before A.D. 1700: Sir K. Digby, 1665.: 1665.: Fr.: Copy, with hologr. codicil.
f. 63 England; Parliament: Articles of impeachment against Lord Clarendon: 1667.
f. 63 Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon: Articles of impeachment against: 1667.
ff. 63-217 Sir Sackville Crowe, 1st Baronet: Papers of him and his family: 1667-bef. 1744.
f. 65 Richard Vaughan, 2nd Earl of Carbery: Letter to Sir S. Crow: 1671.
f. 67 Henry Somerset, 3rd Marquess of Worcester; 1st Duke of Beaufort 1682: Form for revoking appointments of deputy-lieuts.: aft. 1672.: Copy.
f.68 England; Parliament: Address of the Commons: 1673.
ff. 69, 70 Sir Francis Cornwallis: Letters to Sir S. Crowe: 1674, 1675.
f. 72 Henry O'Brien, Earl of Thomond: Letter to Sir S. Crowe: 1677.
f. 74 John Vaughan, 3rd Earl of Carbery: Letter to Sir S. Crow: 1679.
f. 76 Richard Vaughan: Letter to Sir S. Crow: 1679.
f. 78 Samuel Ridgeway: Letter to Sir S. Crow: 1680.
ff. 80, 83, 101 William Thomas, Bishop of St David's 1677, of Worcester 1683: Letters to Sir S. Crow: 1681, 1684.
ff. 82, 118 Sir Francis Cornwallis: Letters to, from his brother Charles (?): 1681, 1685.: Drafts.
ff. 82, 118 Charles Cornwallis: Letters from (?), to his brother Sir F. Cornwallis, etc.: 1681, 1685.: Drafts.
f. 85 University of Oxford: Address to Charles II: 1683.
f. 85 Charles II of England: Oxford address to: 1683.
ff. 87-100, 116, 119 Henry Crow: Letters to his brother Sir S. Crow: 1684, 1685.
ff. 103, 111 Henry Owen: Letters to Sir S. Crow: 1684.
ff. 104, 109 Sir Roger Mostyn, 1st Baronet; of Mostyn: Letters to H. Crow: 1684.
f. 106 Henry Somerset, 3rd Marquess of Worcester; 1st Duke of Beaufort 1682: Progress of, in Worcestershire and Wales: 1684.
f. 108 Sir John Crow, 3rd Baronet 1706: Letter to his brother Sir S. Crow: 1684.
f. 113 Sir Leoline Jenkins, Secretary of State: Letter to Sir S. Crow: n.d.
f. 115 Mary Crow, wife of Sir S Crow, 1st Baronet: Opinion on conveyance of estates of: n.d.
f. 115 George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem: Opinion on conveyance of lands: n.d.: Hologr.
f. 121 James Scott, Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch: Letter to Mrs. Somner: 1685.: Copy.
f. 121 Mrs Somner, of Wellow, county Somerset: Demand for loan from, by the Duke of Monmouth: 1685.: Copy.
ff. 123, 125 William Barlow, Quaker: Letters to Sir S. Crow: temp. Chas II.
f. 127 b Sackville Crow: Letter to his father: late 17th cent.
f. 129 Sir Leoline Jenkins, Secretary of State: Extract from will of: n.d.
ff. 130, 159 Henry Somerset, 3rd Marquess of Worcester; 1st Duke of Beaufort 1682: Acquittances signed by: 1686, 1694.
f. 131 Ludlow, Shropshire: List of attorneys at: 1687.
ff. 132-143, 155, 156 James II of England: Newsletters from London on the progress of the Revolution, etc.: 1688-1691.
ff. 132-143, 155, 156, 199-206 Newsletters From England: London: 1688-1691, 1722.
ff.132, 137 James II of England: Papers on the protest of the Seven Bishops: 1688.
f. 142 James II of England: Note of his measures for attesting the birth of the Prince of Wales: 1688.
f. 144 Wales: List of the Council for the Marches: 1674-1688.
f. 145 James II of England: Tract on proposed repeal of the penal laws: circ. 1688.
f. 145 Political Tracts: Project for repealing the penal laws and test.,;: circ. 1688.
f. 147 Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet; of Southfleet: Speech in the House of Commons: 1690.
f. 147 England; Parliament: Sir C. Sedley's speech: 28 Mar.1690.
f. 149 Political and Satirical Poems: Verses on the death of Dundee.: 1698.
f. 149 John Graham, Viscount Dundee: Verses on the death of: 1689.
f. 150 Navy; England: List of ships: 1690.
f. 153 Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington: Evidence of deviance at court-martial on: 1690.
f. 157 Charles Somerset, Marquis of Worcester: Letter to H. Crow: 1692.
ff. 158-163 Henry Somerset, 3rd Marquess of Worcester; 1st Duke of Beaufort 1682: Accompts of personal estate on the death of: 1699.
ff. 167, 174, 178-187, 190 Mary Somerset, wife of Henry, 3rd Marquis of Worcester and (1682) 1st Duke of Beaufort: Letters, etc., to H. Crow: 1700-1705, n.d.
f. 169 England; Parliament: Lords' protest against occasional conformity: 1703.
f. 170 Political and Satirical Poems: On the Occasional Conformity Bill: 1703.
f. 171 John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough: Despatch after the battle of Blenheim: 1704.: Copy.
f. 171 Battle of Blenheim: Duke of Marlborough's despatch after: 1704.: Copy.
f. 172 Sir Sackville Crow, 2nd Baronet: Letter to his daughter Jane: 1704.
f. 176 Algernon Capel, 2nd Earl of Essex: Letter to H. Crow: 1705.
f. 188 Henry Crow: Letter to the Duke of Beaufort: 1706.: Draft.
f. 194 John Watkins: Letter to H. Crow: 1708.
f. 196 Eugène, Prince of Savoy-Carignan: Prayer attrib. to: temp. Anne.
f. 196 Prayers: Prayer attrib. to Prince Eugène: temp. Anne.
f. 197 Sir John Crow, 3rd Baronet 1706: Will: 1715.: Hologr.
f. 207 John? Ashton: Letter to Mrs. Cornwallis: 1722.
f. 208 Robert Raymond, 1st Baron Raymond: Legal opinion: 1722.: Copy.
ff. 208-211 Sir Thomas Rous, 1st Baronet: Will, 1676, with legal opinions thereon: 1722, 1723.: Copies.
f. 209 Wills of individuals, before A.D. 1700: Sir T. Rous, 1st Bart.: 1676.: Copy.
f. 211 b Thomas Lutwyche: Legal opinion: 1723.: Copy.
f. 213 St. John: Letter to Cornwallis: 1726.
f. 215 John Theophilus Desaguliers, LLD, FRS (ob. 1744): Verses on: bef. 1744.
f. 215 Political and Satirical Poems: "The Stitchers " : verses on J. T. Desaguliers: bef. 1744.
f. 216 Court of Rome: Note on the papal tiara: 18th cent.
f. 216 Joseph Justus Scaliger: Note on the papal tiara: 18th cent.: Copy.
f. 217 Poetry: Eight lines beg. " Haste to sup port the feebling Fail.": 18th cent.

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Latin

Start Date:

1633

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1744

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1 Apr 1633-1744

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Names:

Abington, Dorothy
Ashton, John?
Barlow, William, Quaker, fl mid 17th century
Capel, Algernon, 2nd Earl of Essex
Cavendish, Henry, Earl of Ogle, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Charles II, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1630-1685
Churchill, John, 1st Duke of Marlborough
Cornwallis, Charles, 2nd Baron Cornwallis, landowner and politician, 1632-1673
Cornwallis, Francis
Court of Rome
Crow, Henry
Crow, John, 3rd Baronet 1706
Crow, Mary, wife of Sir S Crow, 1st Baronet
Crow, Sackville
Crowe, Sackville, 1st Baronet, of Llanherne, politician and diplomat, 1595-1671
Crowe, Sackville, 2nd Baronet, of Llanherne, son of Sir Sackville Crowe, 1st Baronet, d 1706
Curtius, William, of Add MS 38175
Desaguliers, John Theophilus, natural philosopher and engineer, 1683-1744
Digby, Kenelm, Knight, natural philosopher, diplomat and courtier, 1603-1665
Digby, Mary, wife of Sir Everard Digby, c 1581-1653
Eugène, Prince of Savoy-Carignan
Graham, John, Viscount Dundee
Herbert, Arthur, 1st Earl of Torrington
Hyde, Edward, 1st Earl of Clarendon, 1609-1674
James II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Jeffreys, George, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem
Jenkins, Leoline, Sec of State, 1625-1685
Kerr, Charles, Lord Kerr, 2nd Earl of Ancrum 1654
Lole, William
Lutwyche, Thomas, of Add MS 38175
Manners, Frances, wife of John, 8th Earl of Rutland
Mostyn, Roger, 1st Baronet, of Mostyn
Navy of England
O'Brien, Henry, Earl of Thomond
Ogle, William
Owen, Henry, of Add MS 38175
Parliament
Raymond, Robert, 1st Baron Raymond
Ridgeway, Samuel
Rous, Thomas, 1st Baronet
Scaliger, Joseph Justus, of Add MS 38175
Scott, James, Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch, 1649-1685
Sedley, Charles, Sir, 5th Baronet of Southfleet, writer and politician, c 1639-1701
Somerset, Charles, Marquis of Worcester
Somerset, Henry, 3rd Marquess of Worcester; 1st Duke of Beaufort 1682
Somerset, Mary, wife of Henry, 3rd Marquis of Worcester and (1682) 1st Duke of Beaufort
Somner, Mrs; of Wellow, county Somerset
St. John, of Add MS 38175
Stradling, Mary, wife of Sir E Stradling, 2nd Baronet
Thomas, William, Bishop of St David's 1677, of Worcester 1683
Thornburgh, Clare
University of Oxford
Vaughan, John, 3rd Earl of Carbery, 1639?-1713
Vaughan, Richard, 2nd Earl of Carbery
Vaughan, Richard, of Add MS 38175
Watkins, John, of Add MS 38175
Wigmor, Richard, of Upton's Court, county Herefordshire

Places:

Galway, Ireland
Ludlow, Shropshire
Pirton, Worcestershire
Wales, United Kingdom