Add MS 17017

ORIGINAL LETTERS, principally addressed to Lawrence Hyde (afterwards Earl of Rochester), and to his brother, Henry Hyde, second Earl of Clarendon, during the mission of the former to Nimeguen and the Hague, with others of earlier and later date, 1631-1695 ; in the following order:-

Edward Hyde (afterwards first Earl of Clarendon and Lord Chancellor) to his father, Henry Hyde, giving an account of the trial of Mervin Touchet, Lord Audley, and mentioning the death of Sir Robert Cotton ; dat. Middle Temple, 15 May [1631] f. 1 ;-Charles I. to Lords Hopton, Capell, Culpepper, and Hyde, expressing his anxiety that Prince Charles should cross over to France ; dat. Oxford, Candlemas Day, [2 Feb. 1645-6] in cypher [See the " Clarendon Papers," vol. ii. p. 205, where this letter is printed in full,] f. 3;-[Arthur Annesley] Barl of Anglesey to Lawrence Hyde, when first Commissioner of the Treasury ; dat. London, 22 Jan. 1680 (copy), f. 4 ;-Sir Richard Bellings to the Earl of Clarendon; dat. Bath, 21 June, 1677, f. 6 ;-D. Bulstrode to [Thomas] Chudleigh, [Secreta" to the Embassy at Mimeguen]; dat. Brussels, 3 June, 1677, f. 8 ;-E.B. . [Elizabeth Clifford, Countess of Burlington,] to Lawrence Hyde ; dat. London, 17 Nov. 1676, f. 10 ;-Two Letters from [Richard Boyle,] Earl of Burlington to the same ; dat. 23 Jan. 1676, and Lismore, 18 Aug. 1680, fr. 12, 14;-Sir Hugh Cholmeley [of Whitby] to the Countess of Burlington; dat. London, 26 June, 1680, f. 17 ;-John Churchill (afterwards first Duke of Marlborough) to [Lawrence Hyde]; dat. Edinburgh, 30 Jan. 1679, f. 19 ;-Fourteen letters from Sir Henry Coventry, Secretary of State, to the same; dat. Whitehall, Dec. 1676-Jan. 16 79/80, ff. 21-47;-John Dryden to the same; probably written in 1683, but indorsed 17 Alarch, 167 3/4, f. 49 ;-Two letters from Gaspard Fagel, Grand Pensionary of Holland, to Lawrence Hyde; dat. Hague, April, 1678, Fr., fF. 50, 52 ;-Henrik Fagel, Pensionary, to the same ; dat. 25 Sept. 1680, Fr., f. 54 ;-Sir John Finch, [Ambassador to the Porte] to the same; dat. Pera, 9/19 April, 1677 ; with a duplicate, ff. 56, 58 ;-Mr. (afterwards Sir) Stephen Fox to Henry [Hydel Lord Cornbury; dat. " last day of the year" [1664], f. 60 ;-Sir William Godolphin [Ambassador at Madrid] to George, Earl of Berkeley [Ambassador at Paris]; dat. Madrid, 15/25 March, 1677 (copy), f. 62 ;-Sidney Godolphin to Lawrence Hyde; dat. Windsor, Friday noon, f. 64 ;-Sir Henry Goodricke, [Ambassador at Madrid,] to [the Earl of Clarendon ?] ; dat. Madrid, 9 Feb. 1680, f. 66;-The same to [Lawrence Hyde ?] ; dat. Madrid, 6 March, 1680 ;-James Hyde, [Licutenant in the Navy,] to his brother, Lawrence Hyde ; dat. Deal, 6 March, 16 79/80, f. 70 ;-

James Hyde [Principal of Magdalen Hall] to the same; dat. Oxford, 6 May, 1679, f. 72 ;-Katherine [wife of Arthur Jones, second Viscount] Ranelagh to the same ; dat. London, 23 Nov. [1676], f. 74;-Three letters from Sir Leoline Jenkins [one of the Commissioners at Nimeguen] to the same; dat. Nimeguen, 1-5 Jan. 1676/7, ff. 76-80;-John Keatinge to Arthur, Earl of Anglesey; dat. 22 Feb. 1674, f. 82;-Thomas le Marchant to the Countess of Anglesey; dat. 3 July 1677, f. 84 -John Locke, the Philosopher, to -, on the subject of coinage; dat. Oates [Essex] 6 Jan. 169 5/6, f. 85 ;-The same to -; dat. Dorset Court, 26 May, f. 86 ;-Three letters from William, Prince of Orange, to Lawrence Hyde ; dat. Camp de Soignyes, 15 Sept. 1677, and La Haye, 4 April, 1679, 5 March, 1680, Fr., ff. 87-91 ;-

[James Butler] Duke of Ormond, to the Earl of Clarendon; dat. Dublin, 8 March, 1678, f. 93 ;-Sir Peter Pett to the [Earl of Anglesey,] Lord Privy Seal ; dat. "lodgings near Whitehall," 1 Jan. 1678, f. 96 ;-Richard [Jones],

Earl of Ranelagh, to Thomas [Osborne], Earl of Danby, Lord High Treasurer ; dat. 30 Dec. 1676 (copy), f. 98 ;-Letter from four of the Heads of the Scotch Episcopacy, viz., Arthur [Ross], Archbishop of St. Andrews, John [Paterson], Bishop of Glasgow, Alexander [Rose], Bishop of Edinburgh, and Archibald [Graham], Bishop of the Isles (Sodorensis), to the Earl of Rochester; s. d., f. 100;-William [Sancroft], Arehbishop of Canterbury, to James II.; dat. 20 May, 1686 ; inclosing his memorial relative to the endowment of a chapel and free school at Ilarlston, in Suffolk, f. 102 ;-

Henry Savile to Lawrence Hyde ; dat. London, 9 Jan. 1676, f. 105 ;-Four letters from the same to the Earl of Clarendon; dat. Paris, St. Germain, Fontainebleau, and Dunkirk, 27 Dec. 1679-,'..l July, 1680, fr. 107-113 ;-Five letters from William Shaw [attaché to the Embassy under Lawrence Hyde) to the same; dat. Hague and Nimeguen, 8/18] Oct. 1677-6/16 Aug. 1678, ff. 116-123;-[John], Lord Somers, Lord Chancellor of England, to Lord-; dat. 5 March, f. 125;-Eight letters from [Robert Spencer], Earl of Sunderland, to the Earl of Rochester and Mr. Hyde ; dat. Windsor, 19 April- 15 July [1683?], ff. 127-136;-Two letters from Henry Sydney (afterwards Earl of Romney) to Lawrence Hyde ; dat. Hague, 9-30 April, 1680, ff. 137, 139;-Eight letters from John Tillotson, Dean and Archbishop of Canterbury, to Lady Russell [Rachel, wife of William, Lord Russell]; dat. Canterbury, Edmonston, London, and Lambeth House, 21 Nov. 1685-13 Oct. 1693, ff. 141-152;-John, Lord Vaughan [son of Richard, second Earl of Oarberry], to the Earl of Anglesey; dat. Jamaica, 10 April, 1677, f. 153;-Four letters from George [Morley], Bishop of Winchester, to the Earl of Clarendon, and one to Lawrence Hyde ; dat. Farnham Castle, 26 Oct.-3 Dec. [16]77, and 22 May, 1680, fr. 155-163 ;-Captain Joseph Wyborne to the Earl of Anglesey; dat. Alicant Roads, 27 May, 1677, f. 165 ;-[James, Duke of York] to Lawrence Hyde ; dat. Brussels, 4 April, 1679, f. 167 ;-The same to the Earl of Clarendon; dat. Edinburgh, 9 Nov. [1680], f. 169. Folio. [17,017.]