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032-003441906

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032-003441906

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Title:

‘Letters to and from Sir Francis Bacon, afterward Viscount St. Albans and Lord Chancellor, and some few from and to other noble Personages’

Scope & Content:

‘Letters to and from Sir Francis Bacon, afterward Viscount St. Albans and Lord Chancellor, and some few from and to other noble Personages.’ A transcript of the time; in the following order:

1. To the Lord Treasurer Burghley [Sir William Cecil] (no date). f. 1. (Printed in Bacon’s [Sir Francis Bacon] Works, vol. 3, p. 181. Ed. 4th, London, 1765).

2. To the same. 7 June 1595. f. 1b. (Printed ib., p. 186).

3. To Queen Elizabeth (no date). f. 2b. (Printed ib., p. 175).

4. To the same (no date). f. 3. (Printed ib., p. 176).

5. To the Earl of Essex [Robert Devereux] (no date). Ib. (Printed ib., p. 201).

6. To the same. With the first treaty with Tyrone [Hugh O’Neil], 1598. f. 4. (Printed ib., p. 202).

7. To the same (no date). f. 6. (Printed ib., p. 204).

8. To the same. Gray’s Inn, 19 July 1600. f. 8b. (Printed ib., p. 206).

9. Letter framed by Sir Francis Bacon in the same of Mr. Anthony Bacon, his brother, to the Earl of Essex (no date). f. 9. (Printed ib., p. 209).

10. Letter framed by Sir Francis Bacon, as from the Earl of Essex, in answer to the former (no date). f. 11b. (Printed ib., p. 212).

11. To Mr. Secretary Cecill (no date). f. 12b. (Printed ib., p. 212).

12. Considerations touching the Queen’s service in Ireland. f. 13b. (Printed ib., p. 213).

13. To Sir Vincent Skinner. 24 Dec 1607. f. 18. (Printed ib., p. 252).

14. To the Earl of Northumberland [Henry Percy] (no date). f. 19. (Printed ib., p. 218).

15. To King James I (no date). f. 19b. (Printed ib., p. 220).

16. To Mr. David Foules, in Scotland. Graies Inne [Gray’s Inn], 25 March 1603. (Printed ib., p. 218).

17. To Sir Thomas Challenor [Sir Thomas Chaloner] (no date). f. 21. (Printed ib., p. 219).

18. To Mr. Davis [Sir John Davies] (no date). f. 22. (Printed ib., p. 222).

19. To Mr. Foules [David Foules]. 28 March 1603. f. 22b. (Printed ib., p. 219).

20. To Mr. Robert Kempe (no date). f. 22b. (Printed ib., p. 223).

21. To the Earl of Northumberland (no date). f. 23. (Printed ib., p. 223).

22. To the Earl of Southampton [Henry Wriothesley] (no date). f. 23b. (Printed ib., p. 224).

23. To the Earl of Northumberland (no date). f. 24. (Printed ib., p. 226).

24. To Mr. Pierce, Secretary to the Lord Deputy of Ireland (no date). f. 24b. (Printed ib., p. 227).

25. To the King. f. 25. (Printed ib., p. 240).

26. To the Lord Chancellor (Sir Thomas Egerton, Lord Ellesmere) (no date). f. 25b. (Printed ib., p. 231).

27. To the King (no date). f. 27b. (Printed ib., p. 233).

28. To the Earl of Salisbury [Sir Robert Cecil] (no date). f. 28. (Printed ib., p. 228).

29. To the Lord Treasurer Buckhurst [Thomas Sackville] (no date). f. 28b. (Printed ib., p. 229).

30. To the Lord Chancellor [Sir Thomas Egerton] (no date). f. 29. (Printed ib., p. 229).

31. To the Earl of Northampton [Henry Howard] (no date). f. 29b. (Printed ib., p. 227).

32. To Dr. Plafer (no date). Ib. (Printed ib., p. 230).

33. To Sir Thomas Bodley (no date). f. 31. (Printed ib., p. 228).

34. To the Bishop of Ely [Lancelot Andrewes] (no date). f. 31b. (Printed ib., p. 240).

35. To Sir Thomas Bodley (no date). f. 32b. (Printed ib., p. 242).

36. To Mr. Mathewe [Sir Tobias Matthew]. Gray’s Inn, 10 Oct 1609. f. 33. (Printed ib., p. 246).

37. To the same (no date). f. 33b. (Printed ib., p. 248).

38. To the same (no date). f. 34b. (Printed ib., p. 249).

39. To Mr. Savill [Sir Henry Savile] (no date). f. 35. (Printed ib., p. 253).

40. To Sir E. Cooke [Sir Edward Coke], Attorney General (no date). f. 36. (Printed ib., p. 234).

41. To the Earl of Salisbury (no date). f. 36b. (Printed ib., p. 235).

42. To the Lord Chancellor (no date). f. 37. (Printed ib., p. 236).

43. To the King (no date). f. 38. (Printed ib., p. 237).

44. To the Earl of Salisbury (no date). f. 39b. (Printed ib., p. 238).

45. To the King (no date). f. 40. (Printed ib., p. 250).

46. To the King (no date). Ib. (Printed ib., p. 249).

47. To Sir George Cary (Carew) (no date). f. 41b. (Printed ib., p. 239).

48. To the Lord Mayor (no date). f. 42. (Printed ib., p. 251).

49. To the Lord Treasurer Salisbury (no date). f. 43b. (Printed ib., p. 251).

50. To Sir George Villiers. 22 Jan 1615. Ib. (Printed ib., p. 276).

51. To the same. 15 Feb 1615. f. 44. (Printed ib., p. 484).

52. To the same. 19 Feb 1615. f. 44b. (Printed ib., p. 283).

53. To the same. 21 Feb 1615. f. 45. (Printed ib., p. 283).

54. To the same. 27 Feb 1615. f. 46. (Printed ib., p. 289).

55. To the same. 30 May 1616. f. 46b. (Printed ib., p. 305).

56. To the same. 3 June 1616. f. 47. (Printed ib., p. 310).

57. To the same. 12 June 1616. f. 47b. (Printed ib., p. 310).

58. To the same. 12 June 1616. Ib. (Printed ib., p. 319).

59. To the same. 5 July 1616. f. 48. (Printed ib., p. 321).

60. To the same. 5 Aug 1616. f. 50b. (Printed ib., p. 324).

61. To the same. Gorhambury, 12 Aug 1616. f. 51. (Printed ib., p. 325).

62. To the same. Gorhambury, 20 Aug 1616. f. 52b. (Printed ib., p. 326).

63. To the same. 22 Aug 1616. f. 53. (Printed ib., p. 327).

64. To the King. 21 Jan 1614. f. 53. (Printed ib., p. 259).

65. To the same. 27 Jan 1614. f. 53b. (Printed ib., p. 259).

66. To the same (no date). f. 55b. (Printed ib., p. 262).

67. To the same. 30 Jan 1614 f. 56. (Printed ib., p. 262).

68. To the same. Feb 1614. f. 59b. (Printed ib., p. 266).

69. To the same. 11 Feb 1614. f. 60b. (Printed ib., p. 267).

70. To the same. 14 Feb 1614. f. 62. (Printed ib., p. 269).

71. To the same. 25 Apr 1615. f. 62b. (Printed ib., p. 273).

72. To the same. 29 Apr 1615. f. 63. (Printed ib., p. 274).

73. To the same. Gorhambury, 12 Aug 1615. f. 63b. (Printed ib., p. 275).

74. To the same. 3 Feb 1615. f. 65b. (Printed ib., p. 278).

75. To the same. 9 Feb 1615. f. 67. (Printed ib., p. 279).

76. To the same. 12 Feb 1615. Ib. (Printed ib., p. 280).

77. To the same. 15 Feb 1615. f. 69b. (Printed ib., p. 282).

78. To the same. 21 Feb 1615. f. 70b. (Printed ib., p. 284).

79. To the same. 25 Feb 1615. f. 75. (Printed ib., p. 287).

80. To the same. 1 Apr 1616. f. 77b. (Printed ib., p. 291).

81. To the same. Gorhambury, 12 Aug 1616. f. 78. (Printed ib., p. 326).

82. To the same. 28 Feb 1614. f. 78b. (Printed ib., p. 269).

83. To the same. 22 Jan 1615. f. 80. (Printed ib., p. 290).

84. To the same. 27 Jan 1618 (1615). f. 81b. (Printed ib., p. 277).

85. To Sir George Villiers. 5 May 1616. f. 82. (Printed ib., p. 298).

86. To the same. 2 May 1616. f. 83b. (Printed ib., p. 297).

87. To the King. 28 Apr 1616. f. 84b. (Printed ib. p 294).

88. To Sir George Villiers. 18 Apr 1616. f. 87b. (Printed ib., p. 293).

89. To the same. 13 Apr 1616. f. 89. (Printed ib., p. 291).

90. To the same, touching the examination of Sir Robert Cotton (no date). f. 91.

91. To the King (no date). f. 92b. (Printed ib., p. 305).

92. To the same (no date). f. 94b. (Printed ib., p. 299).

93. From the King to Sir Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam. Touching the business of the mint. Newmarket, 4 Dec 1618. f. 96.

94. From the King to the lords, read at the board, 21 Nov 1617. Touching the abatement of his Majesty’s household charges. f. 96b. (Printed in the ‘Cabala,’ p. 258).

95. Second Letter from the King to the lords. f. 97. (Printed ib., p. 258).

96. To the Earl of Buckingham [George Villiers]; touching nonperson’s business. 18 Oct 1616. f. 98.

97. To the same on the same subject. 21 Nov 1616. Ib.

98. To the same (29 Oct 1617). f. 98b. (Printed in Works. V. 3. p. 352).

99. To the Marquis of Buckingham. Newmarket, 4 Dec 1618. f. 99. (Printed ib., p. 560).

100. To the same. 10 Oct 1618. f. 100. (Printed ib., p. 558).

101. From the Duke of Lenox (Ludovick Stuart) to Sir Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Albans. Whitehall, 29 Jan 1621. f. 100b. (Printed ib., p. 614).

102. Answer to the preceding. f. 101b. (Printed ib., p. 615).

103. From the King to Viscount St. Albans (no date). (Printed ib., p. 384).

104. To the Earl of Salisbury (no date). f. 102. (Printed ib., p. 234).

105. To the Marquis of Buckingham. 3 Feb 1621. f. 102b. (Printed ib., p. 616).

106. To Mr. Matthew. 15 Feb 1621. f. 103.

107. To the same. 28 Feb 1621. f. 103b. (Printed ib., p. 618).

108. To the same (no date). f. 104b. (Printed ib., p. 309).

109. From the Marquis of Buckingham to Viscount St. Albans. 1 March 1621. f. 105. (Printed ib., p. 402).

110. To the Marquis of Buckingham. 5 March 1621. f. 105b. (Printed ib., p. 402).

111. To the same (same date). Ib. (Printed ib., p. 618).

112. To the same. 10 Dec 1621. f. 106. (Printed ib., p. 409).

113. To Lord Digby [John Digby]. March 1622. f. 107b. (Printed ib., p. 409).

114. To the King. 30 July 1624. f. 108. (Printed ib., p. 416).

115. Petition of the Lord St. Albans’ to the King (no date). f. 108b.

116. Warrant to the Attorney General [Sir John Davies] to prepare a bill for pardon of Viscount St. Albans. f. 109. (Printed ib., p. 416).

117. To the Lord Treasurer Lea. 20 June 1625. f. 109b. (Printed ib., p. 415, where it is entitled ‘To the Lord Treasurer Marlborough’ [James Ley]).

118. To the Duke of Buckingham (no date). f. 110. (Printed ib., p. 649).

119. To Lancelot Andrews, Bishop of Winchester (no date). f. 113. (Printed in the ‘Cabala’, p. 73).

120. To the King (no date). f. 116b. (Printed in Works. V. 3. p. 405).

121. To the Queen of Bohemia [Electress Elizabeth] (no date). f. 119. (Printed ib., p. 418).

122. ‘The History of the raigne of King Henry the eight.’ f. 120b. (Printed ib., p. 115).

123. To the King (no date). f. 121b. (Printed ib. Vol. 2. p. 548).

124. Extract of a letter from the Countess of Bedford [Lucy Russell] to the Queen of Bohemia. 24 Apr 1624. f. 126b.

125. Address to the House of Lords (19 March 1620). f. 128. (Printed in Stephens’s Collect. p. 264).

126. Supplication to the upper House of Parliament (22 Apr 1621). (Printed ib., p. 268). A small portion of the end is wanting, as part of the last folio has been torn off.

Folio, ff. 132.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 volume (132 folios)

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1595

End Date:

1625

Date Range:

1595-1625

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Physical Characteristics:

Folio. A small portion of the end is wanting, as part of the last folio has been torn off

Custodial History:

Sir Francis Bacon

Source of Acquisition:

Purchased from Edward Hasted (1732-1812), author of the History of the County of Kent. 62 volumes (Add MS 5478-5539) were acquired from Hasted.

Publications:

Bacon, Sir Francis, The Works of Sir Francis Bacon, volume 3, (London, 4th edition, 1765)

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Notes:

This catalogue description has been transcribed from the original [18th-19th-century] handwritten Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts and may contain inaccuracies. The handwritten catalogue is available in the Manuscripts Reading Room.