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LETTER-BOOK contaning,, drafts of letters, official and private, of Thomas Read [Reid, Ithaedus], Latin Secretary to James I, covering the period 1619-1623 ; with a few common-places. Autograph, except for f. 109. The official correspondence, which forms the bulk of the volume, comprises drafts, chiefly in Latin, of letters from James I to foreign sovereigns, etc., dealing, among other matters, with the sending of English levies to Poland; the Palatinate War and the special embassy of Sir Edward Conway and Sir Richard Weston; and the journey of Charles and Buckingham to Madrid. The recipients' names are given in the Index. There are also drafts of safe-conducts, etc., e.g. for Aletheia, Countess of Arundel (1620, 1622), ff. 15 b, 66 b. Fair copies or translations of many of the letters here drafted occur in other MSS. : e.g. Add. MS. 35832, ff. 10, 17 (copies in Read's autograph of the drafts on ff. 15, 10 b), 22 (transl. of the draft on f. 12, the names of Conway and Weston being substituted for that of Sir Henry Wotton); other copies in 36445, etc. The private letters, mainly in English, some of which are amusing, are addressed to Read's brothers, sister-in-law, and various friends, ff. 4 b, 24, 41 b-44, etc. (the names are given in the Index). The commonplaces include medical recipes, ff. 13, 46 b ; memoranda relating to the Netherlands, Spinola's plans, etc. [1620], f. 22 ; drafts of Latin poems, etc., ff. 35 b-36, 77, 77 b, 108. F. 109 is in the hand of Georg, Rudolph Weckherlin, Latin Secretary to Charles I, and relates to the Merchant Adventurers at Hamburg and the disputes between Charles I and Parliament. Paper (f. i is the vellum wrapper) ; ff. i + 109. Quarto. Purchased at Sotheby's (sale-cat. 28 June, 1912, lot 377).

Scope & Content:

James I of England: State letter of, in letterbook of his Latin Sec., T. Read: 1619-1623.: Drafts.

Philip IV of Spain: Letters to, from James I: 1620, 1621.: Lat.: Drafts.

includes:

f. 1 Christian IV of Denmark: Letter to the Queen Mother, Sophia, from James 1: 1619.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 1 b Frederic III; King of Denmark: Letter to, as Crown Prince, from James I: 1619.: Lat.: Draft.
ff. 1-106 b passim Christian IV of Denmark: Letters to, from James I of England: 1619-1623.: Lat.: Drafts.
ff. 1 b, 17 b (cancelled) 22b, 27, 29, 46, 62b, 71, 72b, 103, 104 Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden: Letters to, from James I: 1619 (?)-1623.: Lat.: Drafts.
f. 2 b Sigismund III of Poland: Letter, on behalf of the Duke of Courland, to the nobles: 1620.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 2 b Frederic; Duke of Courland: Letter on behalf of, from James I to the Polish nobles: 1621.: Lat.: Draft.
ff. 2, 2 b, 8, 9 b, 59 Captain Thomas Buck, in the Polish Army: Letters of James 1, etc., rel to: 1620, 1621.: Lat.and Engl.: Drafts.
f. 3 Cosmo II; Grand Duke of Tuscany: Letter to, from James I: 1620.: Lat.: Draft.
ff. 3 b, 21 Turkey, Sultans of. Osman II: Letters to, from James I: 1620.: Lat.: Drafts.
f. 4 Michael Germain: Safe-conduct for: 1620.: Lat.: Draft.
ff. 4, 8, 8 b, 57, 68 b, 69, 74 b-75, 76, 76 b, 105 Arthur Aston, diplomatist; GCB 1843: Drafts of letters, safe-conducts, petitions, etc. rel. to: 1620-1623.: Lat. and Engl.
ff.4,14,56b,69,76 Ladislas VII of Poland: Letters to, as Prince from James I: 1620-1622: Lat.: Drafts.
ff. 4 b, 24 John Read: Letters to, from his brother T. Read: 1620.: Drafts.
f. 5 Boswell: Draft of letter to, from Thomas Read, Latin Sec. to James I: 1620.: Lat.
f. 5 b Sir Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke: Letter to - Travers: 1620.: Lat.: Copy.
f. 5 b Travers, of Cambridge: Letter to, from Sir F. Greville: 1620.: Lat.: Copy.
f. 5b Gabriel Posse, of the Polish Royal Household: Letter to, from James I: 1620: Lat.: Draft.
ff. 6, 7 Sir John Eyre, Ambassador to Turkey: Letter to, from James I: 1620.: Lat. and Engl.: Drafts.
ff. 6b, 9b, 25, 27, 57, 60, 67 b, 74 b, 75 Sigismund III of Poland: Letters to, from James I: 1620-1622.: Lat.: Drafts.
ff. 7 b, 14, 68, 76 Johann Weyher, Palatine of Radzyn, Poland: Letters to, from James I: 1620, 1622.: Lat.: Drafts.
ff. 8 b, 9 b, 21 b Patrick Gordon, British Agent in Poland: Letter and safe-conduct for, and receipt of price of baronetey from,.: 1620: Lat. and Engl.: Draft.
f. 10 University of Oxford: Letter to, from James I: 1620.: Lat.: Draft.
ff. 10, 10 b, 37 b, 39 b, 55, 79 b, 89 b Saxony, Electors of. John George I: Letters to, from James I: 1620-1623.: Lat.: Drafts.
ff. 10, 11, 27 b, 28, 39 b Bavaria, Electors. Maximilian I: Drafts of letters to, from James I of England: 1620-1621.: Lat. and Engl.
ff. 10 b, 12 Nuremberg, Bavaria: Letters to, from James 1: 1620.: Lat.: Docket and cancelled draft.
ff. 10 b, 12 b, 32 City of Strasburg: Letters to, from James I: 1620-1621.: Engl. and Lat.: Drafts.
ff. 10 b, 12, 19 Protestant Union; Princes of the: Letters to, from James 1: 1620.: Engl. and Lat.: Drafts (last two cancelled).
ff. 10 b, 13, 32 b Ulm, Swabia: Letters to, from James I: 1620, 1621.: Lat.: Docket and drafts.
f11 Dr William Forbes, 1st Bishop of Edinburgh 1634: Letter to, from T. Read to James 1: 1621: Lat.
ff. 11 b, 37, 37 b, 54, 56, 59, 65 Ferdinand II; Emperor of Germany: Letters to, from James I: 1620-1622.: Mostly Lat.: Drafts.
f. 13 b Sigismund III of Poland: Letter to, from Sir H.Livingstone: 1620.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 13b Sir Henry Livingstone: Letter to the King of Poland: 1620.: Lat.: Draft.
ff. 13, 46 b Recipes: Medical: 17th cent.
ff. 14 b, 18 b, 19, 41 b, 55 Archbishops Electors of Mainz family: John Suicard. Letters to, from James I: 1620, 1621.: Lat.: Drafts.
f. 15 Sir Edward Conway, Baron Conway 1625; Viscount Conway 1627: Commission to, as Ambassador to Brussels: 1620.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 15 Sir Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland: Safe-conduct to Belgium for: 1620.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 15 Lewis: Letter to, from T. Read: 1620.: Lat.: Autogr. draft.
f. 15 b Alethea Howard, wife of Thomas, 2nd Earl of Arundel: Safe-conduct for: 1620.: Lat.: Draft.
ff. 16 (cancelled), 41 Leopold, Archduke of Austria: Letters to, from James I: 1620, 1621.: Lat.: Drafts.
ff. 17 b, 80 b John Frederick; Duke of Würtemberg: Letters to, from James I: 1620, 1624.: Lat.: Drafts.
ff. 18, 20 b Netherlands, Southern Provinces, Governors of. Albert, Archduke of Austria: Letters to, from James I: 1620.: Lat.: Cancelled drafts.
ff. 18b, 19b, 40, 55 Cologne, Archbishops Electors of. Ferdinand, Duke of Bavaria: Drafts of letters to, from James I of England: 1620 - 1621,: lat.
f. 20 Sigismund III of Poland: Letter of James I rel. to sending English volunteers to: [1620].: Draft.
ff. 20 b 26 b, 31 b Anton Günther, Count of Oldenburg: Letters to, from James I: 1620-1621.: Lat.: Drafts.
f. 21 b Prince of Anhalt[-Bernberg]: Letter to, from James I: 1620.: Lat.: Cancelled draft.
f. 22 Ambrosio Spinola, Marquis de los Balbases: Note by T. Read of the plans of: circ. 1620.: Lat.
f. 22 James Read, Groom of the Royal Slaughter-house, Windsor: Petition to James I: 1620.: Draft.
f. 22 Netherlands, United Provinces: Notes by T. Read of troops, provisions, etc., in: 1620.
ff. 22 b, 33 b, 62, 66 b, 90 Antonio Priuli; Doge of Venice: Letters to, from James I: 1620-1623.: Lat.: Drafts.
f. 23 Algiers, Africa: Letter of James I to the Bashaw of, conc. piracy: 1620.: Draft.
ff. 24 b, 43 b David Wedderburn, of Aberdeen, Latin poet: Letters to, from T. Read: 1620-1621.: Lat.: Drafts.
f. 25 Andrew Murray: Safe-conduct for: 1620.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 25 b de Plessen: Safe-conduct for: 1620.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 26 b Holstein-Gottorp, John Frederick of, Archbishop of Bremen: Letter to, from James I: 1620 (?).: Lat.: Draft.
f. 27 b Bethlen Gabor, Prince of Transylvania: Letter to, from James 1: 1620.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 28 Morse: Letter to, from T. Read: 1620.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 29 Steinghen, son of Adolf Steinghen: Letter to, from T. Read: 1620.: Lat.: Draft.
ff. 29 b, 30 b Adolf Steinghen: Patent of knighthood for, and letter on behalf of: 1620.: Lat.: Drafts.
f. 30 b Sir Robert Anstruther, Ambassador to Denmark: Safe-conduct for: 1620 (?).: Draft.
ff. 30 b, 51, 55 b, 79 b - Anspach Brandenburg, Margraves of. Joachim Ernest (?): Drafts of letters to, from James I of England: 1621-1623.: Lat.
ff. 31 b, 67, 77, 80 Hesse-Cassel, Landgraves of. Maurice: Letters to, from James I: 1620-1623.: Lat.: Drafts.
ff. 33, 61b Christian; Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg: Letters to, from James I of England: 1621, 1622.: Lat.: Drafts.
ff. 33 b-34 Jerome Landi, Venetian Ambassador: Letter to, from Sir H. Livingstone: 1621.: Lat.: Draft.
ff. 33 b-34 Sir Henry Livingstone: Letter to J. Landi: 1621.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 34 Willies: Letter to, from T. Read: 1621.: Draft.
f. 34 b Metrophanes Critopulus, of Beroea: Safe-conduct for, to return home from England: 1623.: Lat.: Draft.
ff. 35 b-36, 77, 77 b, 108 Poetry: Drafts of Lat. poems, in the hand of T. Read: circ. 1619-1623.
f. 38 b Thomas Stoniar: Letter of attorney to, at Ragusa: 1621.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 39 Andrew Aidie, sometime Principal of Marischal College, Aberdeen: Draft, of beg. of letter to. from T. Read: 1621.
ff. 40, 55 b Trier, Archbishops Electors of. Lothair von Metternich: Letters to, from James I: 1621.: Lat.: Drafts.
ff. 42 b, 82 b Robert Read: Letters to, from his brother T. Read: 1621, 1623.: Drafts.
f. 44 Adam? Read: Letter to, from his brother T. Read: 1621.: Draft.
f.44 Read, widow of John Read: Letter to from her brother-in-law T. Read: 1621: Draft.
ff. 44, 45 Andrew Aidie, sometime Principal of Marischal College, Aberdeen: Mention of: 1621.
f. 46 b John, Duke of Sonderburg-Holstein: Letter to, from James 1: 1621.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 47 Sir George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore 1622; Secretary of State: Testimonial by: 1621: Lat.: Draft.
f. 47 Captain Venantius Bucceicatus de Connerino: Testimonial to, from G. Calvert: 1621.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 47 Adriano Mugnoni: Testimonial to, from Sec. Calvert: 1621.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 47 b James Schotte: Patent of knighthood for: 1621.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 47 b John Camerlin: Patent of knighthood for: 1621.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 47 b Frederic de Vernon, Frisian noble: Patent of knighthood for: 1621.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 47 b Albert Bruynink: Patent of knighthood for: 1621.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 47 b Albert Sonck: Patent of knighthood for: 1621.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 48 Henricus Vagetius: Letter to, from: 1621.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 48 b University of Cambridge: Letter to, from James I, requesting D.D. degree for W. Balcanqual: 1621.: Lat.: Draft.
ff. 49 b, 50,50 b, 54 b, 63, 83 b, 88, 90, 90 b, 106 b Philip III of Spain: Letters to, from James I: 1621-1623.: Lat.: Drafts.
f. 52 Henningus Arnisæus, German doctor and philosopher: Draft of letter to, from Thomas Read, Latin Sec. to James I: 1621.: Lat.
f. 52 Timotheus Swirseus: Letter to, from T. Read: 1621.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 53 James Sinclair, alias Sanclar; son of the Danish Ambassador to England: Safe-conduct for: 1621.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 53b Steen Bild, Danish nobleman: Draft of letter to, from James I: 1621 (?).: Lat.
f. 54 b John Digby, 1st Earl of Bristol: Commission to, to negotiate peace betw. the Elector Palatine and Ferdinand II: 1621.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 56 Angelo Jacobi, Cypriote merchant: Passport for: 1621.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 58 b James Forrester: Draft of safe-conduct for: 1621.: Lat.
f. 58 b John Spottiswood, Archbishop of St. Andrews and Glasgow: Letters to, from T. Road: 1621.: Draft.
f. 60 b Ulric, Bishop of Schwerin: Letter to, from James I: 1622.: Lat.: Draft.
ff. 60 b, 103 b Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg: Letters to him and his brother Francis Julius, from James I: 1622.: Lat.: Drafts.
f. 62 b City of Hamburg: Letter to, from James I: 1622.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 63 b Baltasar de Zúñiga, Spanish minister: Letter to , from James I: 1622.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 64 Iceland: Letter from James I to the Governor of: 1622.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 65 b Wolfgang Frederic Pappenheim, Baron: Safe-conduct for: 1622.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 65 b Thomas Spence: Safe-conduct for: 1622.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 66 Petrus Medici, 'Graecus': Safeconduct for: 1622.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 66 b Alethea Howard, wife of Thomas, 2nd Earl of Arundel: Letter of James I to the Doge of Venice on behalf of: 1622.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 68 b City of Danzig: Safe-conduct for Sir A. Aston addressed by James I to: 1622.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 69 b George Hilmar von der Wens: Safe conduct for: 1622.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 70 Constantin Huygens, Heer van Zuylichem, Dutch Statesman: Patent of knighthood for: 1622.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 71 b Dr Mark Duncan: Safe-conduct for, on journey to France: 1622.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 71 b Thomas Seget: Letter to, from T. Read: 1622.: Draft.
f. 72 b Dr Daniel Cramer: Letter to, from T. Read: 1622.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 73 Francis Greville: Letter to, from T. Read (?): 1622.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 73 b Ferdinand II; Grand Duke of Tuscany: Letter to, from James I: 1622.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 73 b Corporation of Trinity House: Reference to: 1622.
f. 74 Johann Weyher, Palatine of Culm, Poland: Letter to, from James I: 1622: Lat.: Draft.
f. 78 Philip Julius, Duke of Pomerania: Letter to, from James I: 1623.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 78 b David Murray: Note of safe-conduct for: 1623 (?).: Lat.
f. 78 b, cf. f. 92 Henry van Tuyll: Patent of knighthood for: 1623.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 80 Brandenburg-Culmbach, Margraves of: Christian I. Draft of letter to, from James I of England: 1623.: Lat.
f. 81 b George Hay, 2nd Earl of Kinnoull 1634: Letter to, from T. Read: 1623.: Draft.
f. 81 b Sir George Hay, 1st Earl of Kinnoull 1633; Lord Chancellor of Scotland: Letter to, from T. Read: 1623.: Draft.
ff. 83, 88 b Sir Edward Conway, Baron Conway 1625; Viscount Conway 1627: Letters to, from T. Read: 1623.: Drafts.
f. 84 Contarenus Palaeologus: Safe-conduct for, on his return to Greece: 1624.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 84 b Andrew Pauli: Safe-conduct for: 1624.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 85 Robert Carey, Baron Carey of Leppington 1622; 1st Earl of Monmouth 1626: Safe-conduct for, on journey with Prince Charles to Spain: 1623.: Lat.: Draft.
f.85 John Vaughan, Baron Vaughan of Mullengar 1st Earl of Carbery 1628: Safe-conduct for: 1623.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 86 b Olivares, Gaspar de Guzman, Conde de: Letter to, from James 1: 1623.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 87 Bogesilaus Christopher von Eichstet: Letter to, from T. Read: 1623: Lat.: Draft.
f. 87 b Wilhelm von der Velden:: Note of safe conduct for, and for son of: 1623.: Lat.
f. 87 b John Conrad Felsem: Note of safe-conduct for: 1623.
f. 88 b James Quarrier, King's Falconer: Note cone.: 1623.
f. 91 James Sibbald: Letter to, from T. Read: 1623.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 91 b William Campbell: Self -conduct for: 1623.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 92 Philibert van Tuyll, 'Dominus Serooskerkae et Popkensburgi ' in Zeeland: Note of patent of knighthood for: 1623.: Lat.
f. 92 Verus van Cats: Patent of knighthood for: 1623 (?).
ff. 92 b-95 b, 96 b-102 b John Cameron: Letters to, from T. Read: 1623.: Lat.
f. 96 William Keith, 6th Earl Marischal: Safe-conduct for: 1623.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 96 Jagello Ladislas V; King of Poland: Negotiations with the Teutonic Order: 1419.: Lat.: Copy.
f. 103 Samuel Wallace: Safe-conduct for: 1623.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 104 Giovanni Battista Rovidius, Senator of Milan: Letter to, from James I: 1623.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 104 b John Lauremberg, German philologist: Letter to, offering professorship of history at Cambridge: 1623.: Lat.: Drafts.
f. 106 Christian IV of Denmark: Letter to, from Lord Treasurer Middlesex: 1623.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 106 Lionel Cranfield, Earl of Middlesex: Letter, as Lord Treasurer, to Christian IV of Denmark: 1623.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 107 b George Gordon, 2nd Marquis of Huntly 1636: Safe-conduct for: 1623.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 109 Georg Rudolph Weckherlin, Secretary for Foreign Tongues to Charles I: Copies of letters from Charles I, etc.in his hand.

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1619

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1623

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1619-1623

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