Add MS 15937

ORIGINAL LETTERS signed or written by members of the House of Lorraine, from 1473 to 1736, in French ; arranged in order of date, viz. :-

Two Letters of René II., Duke of Lorraine, to the Dean and Chapter of Saint Dié; dat. Rozieres, 14 Oct. 1473, Châtel de Vezclise, 3 Oct. 1478; with a seal to the former, ff. 1, 2 ;-The same, when King of Sicily, to Maistre Jacques Vincens, Procureur Général in the bailliage of St. Mihiel; dat. Bar, 30 July, 1500, f. 3 ;-Renée [daughter of Gilbert de Bourbon, Comte de Montpensier, and wife of Antoine, Duke of Lorraine] to the Dean and Chapter of Saint Dié; dat. Nancy, 2 Apr. -, f. 4;-Two Letters from Antoine, Duke of Calabria. Lorraine, etc., to the same; dat. Nancy, 13 Apr. 1519, 26 Apr. [1522 ?], ff. 5, 6;-Marie [daughter of Claude de Lorraine, first Duke of Guise, and wife successively of Louis II., Duc de Longueville, and James V., King of Scotland] to [Philippe François] Comte Rhingrave; dat. Lislebourg, 18 July, 1549, f. 7 ;-Françoys de Lorraine [Duc of Guise and Aumale] to the same; dat. Villers coste Retz, 20 Sept. 1555; with seal, f. 8;-Chrestienne [daughter of Christian II., King of Denmark, and widow of Charles III., Duke of Lorraine] to the same; dat. Brussels, 8 Mar. 1558; with seal, f. 9;-[Charles] Cardinal de Lorraine [Archbishop of Rheims, and

Abbot of St. Denys] to the Grand Prior of St. Denys; dat. Nancy, 8 Jan. 1561, f. ll ;-Charles III., Duke of Calabria, Lorraine, etc., to the Dean and Chapter of Saint Dié; dat. Nancy, 9 Mar. 1594, f 12;-Order aigned by Henry II., Duke of Lorraine; dat. Nancy, 27 Dec. 1618, f. 13;-François de Lorraine [Comte de Vaudemont, afterwards Duke of Lorraine] to the King of France [Louis XIII]; dat.Nancy, 30 May, 1622; with seal, f. 14;-

Charles IV., Duke of Lorraine, to [Philip Otho] Prince of Salm, Governor of Nancy; dat. Lunéville, 25 May, 1630; with seal, f. 16 ;-François II., Duke of Lorraine, to the same, dat. Lunéville, 20 Oct. 1630 ; with seal, f. 18 ; -Charles IV., Duke of Lorraine, to the Dean and Chapter of Saint Dié; dat. Brussels, 17 July, 1645; with seal, f. 20 ;-Acknowledgment by Claude de Lorraine, Duc de Chevreuse, Grand Chamberlain and Grand Falconer of France, of the receipt of money from the Treasurer of the Falconry; dat. Paris, - Jan. 1642 (on parchment), f. 22;-Acquittance from Henry de Lorraine, Comte de Harcourt, to Pierre Maugis, Treasurer of the King's Stables, for one year's wages, as Grand. Escuyer de France, dat. 31 Dec. 1647 (on parchment), f. 23;-Warrant signed by the same, as Grand Bailly de Haguenau; dat Haguenau, 21 July, 1656; with seal, f. 24;-Order from Charles IV., Duke of Lorraine, to the Sieur Arnuillet to muster troops; dat. 20 Feb. 1668, f. 26;-Order from Charles V., Duke of Lorraine, to the same; dat., au camp de Wilstett, 20 May, 1678, f 27;-Charles de Lorraine to his Uncle, Monsieur d'Harraucourt, n. d.; with seal, f. 28;-Leopold I., Duke of Lorraine, to [Charles Théodore] ]Prince of Salm, respecting his succession to the dukedom of Mantua; dat. Lunéville, 14 Nov. 1708, f. 30 ;-Decree of the same, granting feodal rights in the village of Ariance, to the Comte de Custinne des Etangs; dat. Lunéville, 13 Apr. 1726, f. 31 ;-Order of Elizabeth Charlotte d'Orléans [daughter of Philip, Duke of Orléans, and wife of Léopold, Duke of Lorraine] for the tolling of bells on the death of the Duke Léopold; dat. Lunéville, 28 Mar. 1729; with seal, f. 32;-Letters of pardon from François III, Duke of Lorraine [afterwards Emperor of Germanyl, to Jean Jeandel; dat. Lunéville, 30 Jan. 1731, f. 34 ;-Letter of the same to the Queen [Caroline, wife of George III of England, notifying his marriage; dat. Vienna, 13 Feb. 1736, f. 35. Folio. [15,937.]