Add MS 15903

LETTERS and Papers, mostly Original, relating chiefly to the County of Norfolk, and, generally, to public events, between 1557 and 1732; viz.-

Copy of the Signet to William, Lord Paget,of Beaudesert (Keeper of the Privy Seal), for a privy seal for the discharge of Sir Philip Hobye from sums forwarded to him in the year 1552, dat. St. James', 13 Sept., 4-5 Phil. and Mary, f 1 ;-" An inventarie of such plate as was delyvered to Sir Thomas Hobbie, Knight, Ambassador for the Quenes Majestie, Resident in the Cowrt of Fraunce, by Sir Thomas Smyth, knight, at Paris. 15 May, 1566;" signed, Thomas Hoby," f. 3 ;-Petition of Sir Edward Hoby, Kni-lit, to Queen Elizabeth, for a grant of the lease of the manor of Middleton , and the hundred of Middleton and Marden, co. Kent, f. 5;-Complaint of Will. Ownsted, of London, gent., "of certayne incumbraunces had and suffered by meanes of Sir Edward Hoby, knight, upon three partes of Morton woodes [co. Worc]," etc., f. 6;-Letter from Sir Francis Newport to Ricliard Corbett, dat. Eyton, 12 Nov. 1588; with portion of the seal, f 7 ;-Richard Byrd to Henry Byrde, " attending upon the Honorable Knight, Sir Edward Hobbey; dat. " Gratious [Grace Church] Street," 14 Dec. 1597; with seal, f. 8;-

Speech of Richard Martin, in the name of the Sheriffs of London, to King James I., on his accession [1603], f. 10;-Notes respecting returns not yet made to the Parliament, and Warrants for fresh elections, 1584, f. 12 ;-

Letter from N. de Bloy [?] to [Robert Sydney] Viscount L'Isle, Governor of Flushing, then in London, dat. Flushing, 20 Oct. 161 1, Fr., f. 14 ;-Richard Stevens to Rodolph Warcuppe, of English [co. Glouc.?], dat. Oxon., 8 Jan. 1621, f. 16;-Sir Arthur and Mary Hevenvngham to their brother-in-law, William Whettell, of Ampton, dat. Ketteringham [co. Norf], 20 May, 1624; with seal, f 18;-Tobias Frere to John Tolye, Mayor of Norwich, dat. Hurleston, 22 Mar. 1638; with seal, f. 20;-Dor [othea] Roupa to respecting her nephew Count Counitz [Kaunitz], dat. Hague, 16 Aug. 1637: f. 22;-Oath taken before John Page, by Thomas Tappinge, of Chancery Lane, respecting a pretended meeting of members of Lincoln's Inn, for illegal purposes, 29 July, 1640, f. 23 ;-Order of the Committee for Norfolk, allotting the proportions to be raised by the separate towns in the general contribution of the county, 31 Mar. 1643, f. 24 ;-Order of Parliament, appointing Commissioners for assessing the weekly tax, and sequestring the estates of Papists and Malignants in the county of the city of Norwich, 18 Apr. 1643, f. 26;-

Letter from the Committee for the Associated Counties to the Deputy Lieutenants and Committees of the county and city of Norwich, dat. Cambridge, 17 June, 1643, f. 28;-The same to the same, respecting a complaint made by Col. [ Oliver] Cromwell, of the reluctance of the foot soldiers to serve beyond the limits of the five counties, n. d., f. 30 ;-John Ashe (by order of the Committee at Goldsmiths' Hall) to the Commissioners and Committees of Norwich and Norfolk, dat. London, 10 Apr. 1644 ; with seal, f. 32;-Francis Corie to Sir Thomas Wodehowse, Bart., Sir John Potts, Bart., Miles Corbett, and Richard Harman, respecting his ejectment from the recordership of Norwich, 24 June, 1644, f. 34;-Bond of ChristopherBragg, of Caen, and Henry Maber, of Dorchester, to Abraham Humphrey, of Houghton, co. Devon, 20 May, 1647, f. 36;-Letter from Lambertus Goris to Constantinus Huygens, Herr von Zuylichem, dat. Nimeguen, prid. id. Aug. 1644, Lat.; with seal, f. 38;-John

Ashe to the Mayor and Sheriffs of Norwich, 23 Sept. 1644; with seal, f. 40;-

Richard Harman to John Tooly, Mayor of Norwich, dat. London, 26 Sept. 1644 ; inclosing a copy of a previous letter, 17 Sept. 1644 ; with seal, f. 42;-

Thomas Johnson and Thomas Gooch, Bailiffs of Yarmouth, to the Mayor of Norwich, 9 Oct. 1644; with seal, f. 44;-John Coulson to [John] Tooly, Mayor of Norwich, 16 Oct. 1644 ; with seal, f. 46;-Gre [gory?] Gawsell to John Cory, of Norwich, dat. Reading, 10 Oct. 1644, f 48;-Proclamation of the Mayor of London [Sir John Wollaston], desiring the Clergy to read in their churches the Ordinances against profanation of the Sabbath, 1 Nov. 1644 (printed), f. 50;-Letter from the Committee of Norfolk to [Mathewl Peckover, Mayor of Norwich, 5 July, 1645; with seal, f. 51 ;-Ricliard Knightley to the Mayor of Norwich, dat. Westm., 16 July, 1645, f. 53;-

Names of the Deputy Lieutenants for Norfolk and Norwich, f 55;-List of the Norwich Horse, under the command of Capt. Edward Warner; with his signature, 5 Jan. 1645, f. 56 ;-" Souldjers imprest out of the City of Norwiche, for a recreute to Captain Thomas Ashwell, in Collonell Hwgan's Regiment," f. 58;-Letter from the inhabitants of East Dereham, co. Norf., to Henry Watts, Mayor of Norwich. 6 July, 1646, signed by Paul Amiraut, minister, and others; with seal, f. 59;-Alderman Thomas Atkyn, M.P. for Norwich, to the same, dat. London, 23 Nov. 1646; with seal, f 61;- Thomas Toll, Mayor of Lynn, to the same, 1 Dec. 1646, f. 63;-Philologus Foorth to his cousin, Ann, Lady Wentworth [wife of Sir George Wentworth, of Wolley?], 22 Nov. 1607 [1647]; with seal, f. 65;-Three Letters from Thomas Atkin, M.P., to John Rayley, Mayor of Norwich, dat. London, 10 Jan., 25 Oct., 27 Dec. 1649, ff.67-71;-[Thomas?] Lord Areskyne [Erskine], of Dirltone (afterwards first Earl of Kellie), to Sir Thomas Fair. fax, n. d., f. 73;-Information against Mr. Charles Devil], Minister of St. Lawrence and Mary, in Norwich (after 1644), f 75;-Letter from Thomas Atkin, M.P., to Matthew Linsey, Mayor of Norwich, demanding payment of allowance, as burgess for the city in Parliament, 21 Nov. 1650, f. 77 ; -George Warcupp to Col. -, dat. English, 28 Aug. 1654, f. 79;-" A relation of Duke of Buckingham's [George Villiers] entertainment in France, 1672," f. 81 b.;-Letter from -- to -, in answer to a request from Thomas Hyde, of Oxford, to be assisted in the Malayan language, etc., dat. Fort St. George, 9 Dec. 1678, f 83;-Table of the Assessment for Devonshire, 7 Apr. 1680, f. 85;-Letter from Ann Warcupp to [her husband] Edmund Warcupp, dat. Moor, 20 Febr. -, f 87;-Edmond Warcupp to, his daughter, Mrs. Rebecca Jones, dat. Crown Court, 15 Oct. 1684; with seal, f. 89;-Bond of Josiah Serle of Broadhembury, co. Devon, and his mother, Joane Serle, to Henry Humphrey, 1 Nov. 1684; with seals, f. 91 ;-Letter from Col. Theodore Russell to Sir Paul Rycaut (Secretary to Henry Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, Lord Lieutenantof Ireland) dat. Galway, 28 June, 1686, f 93;-Rates of Wages for Laborers, etc., co. Devon, 5 Apr. 1687, f. 95;-Memoranda [by Edmond Warcupp] for proceedings in a suit relative to the estate. of English, 18 Dec. 1687, f 97 ;-Rates of Wages assessed for co. Devon, 24 Apr. 1688, f. 98 b.;-Letter from [Captain] Ralph Delavall to Sir Richard Haddock, 10 Oct. 1688, f. 100;-Edmond Warcupp to Thomas [Osborne], Marquess of Carmarthen, President of the Privy Council, concerning his serving the office of Sheriff for Oxfordshire, 10 Dec. 1690, f. 101 ;-Sir John Ashby to Sir Ricliard Haddock (Comptroller of the Navy Office), 27 Sept. 1691, f 103;-"Manifeste de Guil-

laume 3. Roy d'Angleterre, d'Escosse et d'Irelande, pour servir d'ouverture à la paix publique proposée sur la fin de l'année, 1693 " [in the handwriting of Samuel Pepys, Secretary to the Admiralty], f. 105 ;-Letter from Thomas Keightley (brother-in-law of Henry, Earl of Clarendon) to [the Rt. Hon. Charles Montague, Chancellor of the Exchequer,] dat. Dublin, 5 Mar. 169 7/8 f. 112;-William Bramston to the same, dat. Woodham Water [Walters], 17 Dec. 1697, f. 114 ;-Report relative to the English discoveries in Carolina and Florida, and the settlement of English and French claims [temp. George l]: the writer [Edward Billing?], speaks of himself as having been Governor of New Jersey towards the end of the reign of Charles II., f. 115;-

Two Letters from Elizabeth Leuenstein [Löwenstein] to Constantinus Huygens, n. d., fir. 119, 122 ;-Two Letters from John Ogle to the same, dat. Utrecht, 14 May, and Breda, 21 Jan. -; with seals, ff. 123, 125;-Anonymous Letter from a lady to Lady -, desiring her intercession with the Queen [Anne], n. d., f. 127 ;-Order of the House of Lords, appointing members to persuade Lady Anglesey [Catherine Darnley, wife of James Annesley, third Earl] to return to her husband, 21 Feb. 1700, f. 128 ;-

Declaration of Susanna Elcocke, of the right of her two sisters, Mary and Rosamond, to share in the grant of the parsonage of Allhallows, made to her by the Dean and Chapter of Rochester, 8 July, 1704, f. 130;-Copy of Commission from Queen Anne to John Hill, Governor of Dunkirk, and others, to superintend the demolition of the fortifications of Dunkirk, dat. Kensington, 31 July, 1713, Lat., f. 131 ;-Drafts of two Anonymous Letters to --, engaging him and Sir William Ashurst to assist the writer in providing a marriage for his son, 13, 15 May, 1714, f. 133;-Petition of Lady Frances Keightley [daughter of Edward, Earl of Clarendon, and wife of Thomas Keiglitley] to the King, [George I], representing her destitute state, n. d., f. 134;-Table of such privileges as are due in the port and liberties of Saltash, for anchorage and other dues, f. 136 ;-Copy of a Letter from [Francis Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester, to Alexander Pope], dat. Paris, 23 Nov. 1732, f. 138. Folio. [15,903.]