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032-002089983

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Add MS 36294

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DRAFTS OF LETTERS, Epitaphs, etc., by William Camden, the historian (headmaster of Westminster School 1593-1597, Clarenceux King of Arms 1597-1623); 5 Apr. 1582-2 Oct. 1621. Holograph; chiefly in Latin. Not strictly chronological in order. The names of Caiiiden's correspondents, chiefly foreign scholars, are given in the index. Many of their letters are in Cotton MS. Jul. C. v. Interspersed are some fragmentary materials for the Annales. At f. 29 b is the dedication of the Scriptores , and at f. 15 b a dedication to Michael Drayton. Paper; ff. 114. Sold (f. 1) at John Anstis' sale in 1768 for 5s. From the Tixall Library (sale-cat. 1899, lot 114).

Scope & Content:

William Camden, antiquary; Clarenceux King of Arms: Drafts of letters, etc.: 1582-1621.: Lat. and Engl.: Hologr.

includes:

ff. 1-13 b passim Thomas Savile: Letters to, from W. Camden: 1582-1589 (?).: Lat.
ff. 4 b, 9 b, 12, 17, 50 Abraham Ortels: Letters to, from W. Camden: 1582 - 1596.: Lat.
ff. 5, 5 b, 76, 79 b, 80 b, 81 b, 92, 103 Jean Hotman, Secretary to the Earl of Leicester: Letters to, from W. Camden: 1582-1618, and n.d.: Lat.: Drafts.
f. 6 Pithou: Letter to, from W. Camden: circ. 1582.: Lat.
f. 7 Henry Parry, Bishop of Gloucester (1607) and of Worcester (1610): Letter to, from W. Camden: circ. 1582.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 12 b Johan van der Does, of Nordwijk, the younger: Letters to, from W. Camden: 16th cent.: Lat.
ff. 12, 13 Tobias Matthew, Bishop of Durham, afterwards Archbishop of York: Letter to, as Dean of Durham, from W. Camden: n.d.
ff. 12 b, 14 b, 24 b, 32, 53, 58, 62, 66, 72, 74, 85 b, 89, 91 b, 95, 97 Jan Gruter, Librarian of the Palatine Library, (1603-1622): Letters to, from W. Camden: 1589-1620.: Lat.: Drafts.
ff. 14, 16 Justus Lipsius, Professor of History at Leyden: Letters to, from W. Camden: circ. 1590.: Lat.: Drafts.
f. 15 b Michael Drayton: Dedication to, by W. Camden: n.d.
f. 21 William Sanderson: Verses, by W. Camden, to be prefixed to an astronomical work by: 16th cent.
f. 21 b Robert Walter: Verses written for, by W. Camden: 1591.: Lat.
f. 22 Gil: Letter to, from W. Camden: [circ. 1591 ?].
f. 23 b Sir Walter Cope, Kt., Chamberlain of the Exchequer: Letter to B. Paludnnus: 16th-17th cent.: Lat.: Draft.
ff. 23, 23 b, 24 b, 25 b Berend Ten Broeke, of Enkhuizen: Letters to, from W. Camden and others: 1592-1594.: Lat.: Drafts.
ff. 24, 36 b Robert Cecil, Viscount Cranborne; 1st Earl of Salisbury: Letters to, from W Camden: circ. 1593.
f. 25 Sir John Stradling, 1st Baronet (1611): Letter to- (?), from W. Camden: 1594.: Lat.
f. 26 Dr Willeius, Of Torrington: Letter to, from W. Camden: 1594.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 26 b John Hanmer, Bishop of St. Asaph (1624-1629): Letter to, from W. Camden: 1601.: Lat.
ff. 28, 59, 59 b, 69 b, 70 b, 71 b, 75 b, 84 b, 88, 92 b, 99 b Frans Sweerts, of Antwerp: Letters to, from W. Camden: 1602-1621.: Lat.
f. 29 Francis Flower: Epitaph on, by W. Camden: [1598?].: Lat.
f. 29 Pancras van Castricum, of Alkmaar: Letter to, from W. Camden: 1598.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 29 Paulus Merula, University Librarian at Leyden: Letter to, from W. Camden: 1598.: Lat.
f. 32 Reiner Reinech, of Helmstädt: Letter to, from W. Camden: n.d.[circ. 1592].: Lat.: Draft.
f. 32 b John Case, Fellow of St John's College, Oxford: Letter to, from W. Camden: 1592.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 32 b Carolus Utenhove, of Cologne, Latin verse-writer: Letter to, from W. Camden: 1592.
f. 34 b Sir Christopher Hatton, Lord Chancellor: Epitaph on, by W. Camden: [1591 ?].
f. 39 Arnold? Ouldsworth [Oldisworth?]: Epitaph on his wife, by W. Camden: 1592.: Lat.
ff. 39 b, 41 b, 43 Mildred Cecil, wife of the 1st Lord Burghley: Epitaphs on, by W. Camden: n.d.: Lat.
f. 42 b Sir James Dyer, judge: Epitaph on, by W. Camden: n.d.: Lat.
f. 43 Sir Edward Hoby: Epitaph on his aunt Lady Burghley [by W. Camden?]: n.d.: Lat.
f. 43 b Katharine Killigrew, wife of Sir Henry Killigrew: Epitaph on, by W. Camden: n.d.: Lat.
f. 44 b EIizabeth Wentworth, widow of Hon. W Wentworth: Epitaph on, by W. Camden: [1583 ?].: Lat.
f. 45 b John Garbrand, alias Herks; Prebendary of Salisbury (1564-1589): Dedication written for, by W. Camden: n.d.: Lat.
f. 46 b Douglas Rokeby, 1st wife of Ralph Rokeby, Secretary to the Council for the North: Epitaph on, by W. Camden: n.d.: Lat.
f. 46 b Lucy Nevill, widow of John, 4th Lord Latimer: Epitaph on, by W. Camden: n.d.[1582 ?].: Lat.
ff. 48, 49 Hon William Wentworth: Epitaph on, by W. Camden: [1582].: Lat.
f. 49 b Goring: Epitaph on, by W. Camden: 16th cent.: Lat.
f. 49 b John? Russell, 2nd son of Francis, 2nd Earl of Bedford (?): Epitaph on, by W. Camden: [1584?].: Lat.
f. 51 Sir Thomas Smith, Master of Requests; Latin secretary to James I: Epitaph on, by W. Camden: 1609.: Lat.
f. 52 Jacques Auguste de Thou, historian: Letter to, from W. Camden: 1612.: Lat.
f. 54 Sir Francis Carew: Epitaph on, by W. Camden: 1612.: Lat.
f. 55 Gaucher and Louis Sainte-Marthe, French historians: Letter to, from W. Camden: 1613.: Lat.: Draft.
ff. 57, 60, 61, 63, 67 b, 73, 74 b, 75, 80 b, 84, 87 b, 94, 96 b, 97 b, 100 b, 101 b M- F- Limery, of Paris: Letters to, from W. Camden: 1614-1621.: Lat.: Drafts.
f. 64 Sir Moyle Finch, of Eastwell, 1st Baronet: Epitaph on, by W. Camden: 1614.: Lat.
f. 65 b Howard family: Epitaphs on, by W. Camden: 17th cent.: Lat.
f. 65 b Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel and Surrey: Inscription for his gallery of maxbles, by W. Camden: 17th cent.: Lat.
ff. 67 b, 74 b Friedrich Lindenbrog, Philologist; Canon of Hamburg: Letters to, from W. Camden: 1615.: Lat.: Drafts.
f. 68 Johan de Laet, Flemish Geographer and Philologist: Letter to, from W. Camden: 1616.: Lat.: Draft.
f. 70 b Heribert Rosweyde, of Antwerp; Jesuit and hagiologist: Letter to, from W. Camden: 1616.: Lat.
ff. 70 b, 88, 92 b Andreas Schottus, Jesuit and scholar: Letters to, from W. Camden: 1616-1618: Lat.: Drafts.
ff. 71 b, 74, 86 b Jacques Godefroy, French jurist: Letters fo, from W. Camden: 1616-1618.: Lat.
ff. 75 b, 78, 79, 80, 81 b, 82 b, 85, 86 b, 87, 94, 96 b, 99 Nicolas Claude Fabri de Peiresc, philologist and antiquary: Letters to, from W. Camden: 1617-1622.: Lat.
ff. 76 b, 80 b Théodore Godefroy, French historian: Letters to, from W. Camden: 1617.: Lat.
ff. 77 b, 81 b, 82, 87 b, 92, 96, 98 b, 100, 100 b, 101, 101 b, 102 Pierre Dupuy, Librarian to Louis XIII of France: Letters to, from W. Camden: 1617-1621.: Drafts.
ff. 90, 102 Jacques Leschassier, French Jurist: Letters to, from W. Camden: 1618-1621.: Lat.
f. 92 b Johannes Caspanis Gevaerts: Letter to. from W. Camden: 1618.
f. 98 James Maitland, son of W Maitland, of Lethington: Letter to, from W. Camden: 1620.: Lat.: Copy.
f. 111 Sir Nathanael Bacon, youngest son Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet: Epitaph on, by W. Camden: 17th cent.: Lat.
f. 112 William Aubrey, LLD, Judge-Advocate: Epitaph on, by W.Camden: 1595.: Lat.

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Languages:

English
Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1582

End Date:

1621

Date Range:

5 Apr 1582-2 Oct 1621

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Custodial History:

Sir Frederic Augustus Talbot Constable, of Tixall, county Staffordshire: Owned.

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Names:

Aubrey, William, LLD, Judge-Advocate
Bacon, Nathanael, painter, botanist; youngest son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet, 1585-1627
Camden, William, historian and herald, 1551-1623,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000109092667
Carew, Francis, of Add MS 36294
Case, John, Fellow of St John's College, Oxford
Castricum, Pancras, of Alkmaar
Cecil, Mildred, wife of the 1st Lord Burghley
Cecil, Robert, Viscount Cranborne, 1st Earl of Salisbury, 1563-1612
Constable, Frederic Augustus Talbot, of Tixall, county Staffordshire
Cope, Walter, Knight, administrator, c 1553-1614
Does, Johan van der, of Nordwijk, the younger, fl 16th century
Drayton, Michael, poet, 1563-1631
Dupuy, Pierre, librarian, historian and archivist, 1582-1651
Dyer, James, Knight, judge, jurist and Speaker of the House of Commons, 1510-1582
Finch, Moyle, of Eastwell, 1st Baronet, c 1550-1614
Flower, Francis, subject of an epitaph by William Camden, fl 1598
Garbrand, John, alias Herks, clergyman, editor and Prebendary of Salisbury, 1542-1589
Gevaerts, Johannes Caspanis, correspondent of William Camden, fl 1618
Gil, of Add MS 36294
Godefroy, Jacques, French jurist
Godefroy, Théodore, historian and diplomat, 1580-1649
Goring, -, subject of an epitaph by William Camden, fl 16th century
Gruter, Jan, philologist, scholar and librarian, 1560-1627,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000109072252
Hanmer, John, Bishop of St. Asaph (1624-1629)
Hatton, Christopher, courtier and politician, c 1540-1591,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000081171063
Hoby, Edward, politician and diplomat, 1560-1617
Hotman, Jean, Secretary to the Earl of Leicester
Howard, Family
Howard, Thomas, Earl of Arundel and Surrey, of Add MS 34601
Johannes de Laet, Dutch geographer, scholar, and director of the Dutch West India Company, 1581-1649,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000110314554
Killigrew, Katharine, wife of Sir Henry Killigrew
Leschassier, Jacques, French Jurist
Limery, M- F-, of Paris
Lindenbrog, Friedrich, Philologist and Canon of Hamburg, 1573-1648
Lipsius, Justus, Professor of History at Leyden
Maitland, James, son of W Maitland, of Lethington
Matthew, Tobias, Bishop of Durham, afterwards Archbishop of York
Merula, Paulus, University Librarian at Leyden
Nevill, Lucy, widow of John, 4th Lord Latimer
Ortels, Abraham, of Add MS 36294
Ouldsworth Oldisworth?, Arnold?
Parry, Henry, Bishop of Gloucester (1607) and of Worcester (1610)
Peiresc, Nicolas Claude, astronomer and antiquary, 1580-1637
Pithou, of Add MS 36294
Reinech, Reiner, of Helmstädt
Rokeby, Douglas, 1st wife of Ralph Rokeby, Secretary to the Council for the North
Rosweyde, Heribert, of Antwerp; Jesuit and hagiologist
Russell, John?, 2nd son of Francis, 2nd Earl of Bedford (?)
Sainte-Marthe, Gaucher and Louis, French historians
Sanderson, William, of Add MS 36294
Savile, Thomas
Schottus, Andreas, Jesuit and scholar
Smith, Thomas, Master of Requests; Latin secretary to James I
Stradling, John, 1st Baronet (1611)
Sweerts, Frans, of Antwerp
Ten Broeke, Berend, of Enkhuizen
Thou, Jacques Auguste de, historian
Utenhove, Carolus, of Cologne, Latin verse-writer
Walter, Robert, of Add MS 36294
Wentworth, EIizabeth, widow of Hon. W Wentworth
Wentworth, William
Willeius, Dr; Of Torrington