Add MS 5825

Volume XXIV of Cole’s [Reverend William Cole] Collections, folio, ff. 311: being volume II of his extracts from the episcopal registers of Ely, viz.

1. From the register of Thomas de Arundel, Bishop of Ely, A.D. 1373-1388. ff. 1-122.

2. From the register of John Fordham, Bishop of Ely, A.D. 1388-1419. ff. 123-286.On the intermediate pages are entered copies of Mr. Cole’s correspondence with Dr. Percy, Dr. Lort, Michael Tyson, George Steevens, esquire, Mrs. Barton of Sherington, Mr. Granger, Mr. Pennant, and others, with several miscellaneous articles, viz.

i. Arms of Thomas Arundel, Bishop of Ely. f. *1, 1b.

ii. Notice concerning the Hon. Barton Wallop (Cambridge Chronicle, 5 July 1766). f. 2b.

iii. Account of Mrs. Luhorne of Deptford, extracted from the Whitehall Evening Post. 7 Aug 1766. f. 3b.

iv. Character of Edmund Curl, the bookseller, from the Cambridge Chronicle. 24 Jan 1767. f. 4b.

v. Letter from Mr. Cole to Rev. Thomas Percy, containing remarks on the Reliques of Antient English Poetry. Blecheley, 23 Feb 1767. ff. 5b, 6b.

vi. From Mr. Percy to Mr. Cole, in reply. Easton Mauduit, 9 March 1767. f. 6b. (See the original, in Add MS 6401, f. 157).

vii. Letter from St. John’s College, Cambridge, to Dr. William Heberden, M.D., on occasion of the doctor’s presents to that society. (From St. James’s Chronicle, 14 Feb 1767), with a note concerning Dr. Heberden by Cole. ff. 7b, 8b.

viii. Address of thanks of the county of Buckinghamshire to their representatives in Parliament, 1767. (Whitehall Evening Post, 5 March 1767). f. 9b.

ix. Account of the M M Jardine of Cambridge. (Cambridge Chronicle, 13 June 1767). Ib.

x. Letter from Mr. Cole to Rev. Thomas Percy. Blecheley, 22 March 1767. ff. 10b, 11b.

xi. From Mr. Percy to Mr. Cole, in reply. Northumberland House, 28 Mar 1767. f. 11b. (See the original, Add MS 6401, f. 159).

xii. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Percy, enclosing a paper relative to the Percy pedigree. Blecheley, 12 May 1767. (See vol. IV, f. 80, and vol. IX, f. 43 and ‘Collectanea Topographica,’ vol. II, pp. 59, 89).

xiii. From Mr. Percy to Mr. Cole, in reply. Northumberland House, 25 June 1767. Ib.

xiv. From the same to the same. Sending a copy of the new edition of old poetry. Northumberland House, 13 July 1767. f. 13b. (See the original, Add MS 6401, f. 161).

xv. From the same to the same. Northumberland House, 24 Oct 1767. Ib. (See the original, ib., f. 163).

xvi. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Percy. Blecheley, 29 Oct 1767. ff. 13b, 14b.

xvii. From the same to Rev. Mr. Betham. Waterbeche, 28 Oct 1768. f. 14b.

xviii. Account of Nicholas Richmond, a miserly Quaker. 1769. f. 15b.

xix. Actus Consecrationis Capellæ Collegii S. Petri Cantabrigiæ, 1632. Extracted from the Registrum Vetus of that college chapel. ff. 16b, 17b, 18b, 19b, 20b, 21b, 22b, 23b, 24b, 25b, 26b.

xx. Extracts from a folio book of precedents, marked Lib. B, being a volume of original letters, acts, etc., belonging to the Bishop of Ely’s office, Cambridge. ff. 27b, 28b, 29b, 30b, 31b, 32b, 33b, 34b, 35b, 36b, 37b, 38b, 39b, 40b. Among the above extracts occur:

a) Return of the members for the Convocation. f. 27b.

b) Letter dimissory of Bishop Wren, 1637. Ib.

c) Testimonial in favour of Henry Zacharias, Curate of Cranbrooke, Kent, 1635. f. 28b.

d) Articles sent by Mr. Archdeacon to Mr. Williams and Mr. Goddard, concerning a lease. f. 30b.

e) Note under Mr. Graies hand, concerning a speech of a lease of Haddenham to Mr. Williams and Mr. Goddard. Ib.

f) Mr. Wath’s letter to Mr. Byrde, on the same subject. f. 31b.

g) Mr. Byrde’s answer. Ib.

h) Reperta in Visitatione Archiepiscopi Cant. tent. Cantab. 1638. ff. 32b, 33b.

i) Interrogatories to be ministered unto Richard Arkinstall, at the suit of Mr. Palmer, Archdeacon of Ely. f. 33b.

k) The lease of Hadnam, from Dr. Cope to William Bettis. 14 May, 35 Henry VIII. Ib.

l) Answer of Richard Arkinstall, defendant, to the bill of complaint of John Palmer, Archdeacon of Ely. f. 34b.

m) Various presentations to the Ecclesiastical Court. ff. 35b, 36b.

n) Lease of lands in Carnavonshire to John Wynne, also Robert, from Magdalen College, Cambridge. 24 July, 2 May. f. 36b.

o) Inscriptions to Bishop Wren’s mandate to the clergy to assemble at Cambridge, 1639. f. 37b.

p) Commission from the Duke of Northumberland appointing Francis Hobson, alderman, captain of a company of foot at Chichester. 22 Oct. f. 38b.

q) Further extracts relating to the leave of Hadenham. ff. 38b, 39b, 40b.

xxi. Letter from Mr. Cole to Rev. Dr. Percy, containing the correction of a note in the Northumberland household book. Milton, 29 July 1774. ff. 40b, 41b.

xxii. From Rev. Mr. Lort to Mr. Cole. London, 15 May 1776. f. 41b.

xxiii. From Mr. Cole to Rev. Mr. Lort. Milton, 18 May 1776. ff. 41b, 42b.

xxiv. Matrimonial advertisement in the Cambridge Chronicle, 18 May 1776, and account of the cause of Mr. Wortley Montague’s death. f. 42b.

xxv. Letter from Mr. Cole to Mr. Lort. 24 Apr 1777. ff. 42b, 43b.

xxvi. From Rev. Michael Tyson to Mr. Cole. London, 26 Apr 1717. f. 43b.

xxvii. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Tyson. Milton, 29 Apr 1777. ff. 42b, 44b.

xxviii. From Mr. Lort to Mr. Cole. London, 3 May 1777. f. 44b.

xxix. From the same to the same, with a drawing of a ring, supposed to have belonged to Richard III. London, 13 May 1777. Ib.

xxx. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Lort, with remarks on the preceding ring, and drawings of others, and of a brass celt.

xxxi. From Mr. Lort to Mr. Cole. London, 14 June 1777. ff. 47b, 48b.

xxxii. Drawings, and descriptions, of two more celts found at Snettisham in Norfolk. f. 48b.

xxxiii. Letter from Mr. Tyson to Mr. Cole (not dated). Ib.

xxxiv. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Tyson. Milton, 29 May 1778. f. 49b.

xxxv. From Mr. Tyson to Mr. Cole. Lambourne, 27 May 1779. ff. 49b, 50b, 51b.

xxxvi. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Tyson. Milton, 9 June 1779. f. 51b.

xxxvii. From Mr. Tyson to Mr. Cole. Lambourne, 16 July 1779. f. 52b.

xxxviii. From the same to the same. Lambourne, 18 Sept 1779. Ib.

xxxix. From the same to the same. Lambourne, 10 Nov 1779. ff. 52b, 53b.

xl. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Tyson. Milton, 14 Nov 1779. ff. 53b, 54b, 55b.

xli. From Mr. Tyson to Mr. Cole. Lambourne, 22 Nov 1779. ff. 55b, 56b.

xlii. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Tyson. Milton, 27 Dec 1779. ff. 56b, 57b.

xliii. From Ann Apthorp to her uncle, Mr. Cole. Worplesdon, 29 Dec 1779. f. 57b.

xliv. From Mr. Tyson to Mr. Cole. 29 Jan 1780. ff. 58b, 59b.

xlv. From Mr. Cole to Rev. Dr. Milles, Dean of Exeter. Milton, 18 June 1780. f. 59b.

xlvi. From Dean Milles to Mr. Cole, in reply. Sunning Hill, 25 June 1780. ff. 59b, 60b.

xlviii. From George Steevens to Mr. Cole. Hampstead Heath, 10 Sept 1781. f. 60b.

xlix. From Mr. Cole to George Steevens. Milton, 13 Sept 1781. ff. 60b, 61b.

l. From the same to the same. Milton, 29 Sept 1781. f. 61b.

li. From George Steevens to Mr. Cole. Hampstead Heath, 5 Oct 1781. f. 62b.

lii. From the same to the same. 20 Nov 1781. Ib. (See the original, Add MS 6401, f. 171).

liii. From Mr. Cole to George Steevens (not dated). ff. 62b, 63b.

liv. From George Steevens to Mr. Cole. Hampstead Heath, 30 Nov 1781. ff. 63b, 64b. (See the original, Add MS 6401, f. 173).

lv. From Mr. Cole to George Steevens. Milton, 11 Dec 1781. ff. 64b, 65b.

lvi. From George Steevens to Mr. Cole. Hampstead Heath, 25 Dec 1781. f. 65b. (See the original, Add MS 6401, f. 175).

lvii. From Mr. Cole to George Steevens. Milton, 6 Jan 1782. ff. 65b, 66b.

lviii. From George Steevens to Mr. Cole. Hampstead Heath, 21 Jan 1782. ff. 66b, 67b. (See the original, Add MS 6401, f. 177).

lix. From the same to the same. 7 Feb 1782. f. 67b.

lx. From Mr. Cole to George Steevens. Milton, 11 Feb 1782. ff. 67b, 68b.

lxi. From George Steevens to Mr. Cole. 5 Feb 1782. f. 68b.

lxii. From Mr. Cole to George Steevens, with remarks on Bryant’s vindiction of Rowley. Milton, 10 March 1782. ff. 68b, 69b, 70b.

lxiii. From George Steevens to Mr. Cole. Hampstead Heath, 12 Apr 1782. ff. 70b, 71b. (See the original Add MS 6401, f. 181).

lxvi. From Mr. Cole to George Steevens. Milton, 19 May 1782. ff. 72b, 73b.

lxvii. From George Steevens to Mr. Cole. Hampstead Heath, 5 Nov 1782 f. 73b.

lxviii. From Mr. Cole to George Steevens. Milton, 10 Nov 1782. ff. 73b, 74b.

lxix. From George Steevens to Mr. Cole. Hampstead Heath, 15 Nov 1782. ff. 74b, 75b.

lxx. From Sir J. Hynde Cotton, baronet, to the same. Madingley, 15 Nov 1782. ff. 75b, 76b.

lxxi. From Mr. Cole to George Steevens, esquire. Milton, 22 Nov 1782. ff. 76b, 77b.

lxxii. From the same to Sir J. Hynde Cotton. Milton, 25 Nov 1782. ff. 77b, 78b.

lxxiii. From John Robinson, esquire, of Cransley, county Northamptonshire, to Mr. Cole. Cransley, 11 June 1767. f. 89b.

lxxiv. From Mr. Cole to J. Robinson, esquire. Blecheley, 13 June 1767. ff. 89b, 90b.

lxxv. From Rev. Thomas Willis to Mr. Cole. Oxon, 24 Nov 1767. f. 90b.

lxxvi. From the same to the same. 3 Dec 1767. f. 91b.

lxxvii. From Mr. Cole to Rev. Thomas Willis. Waterbeche, 6 Dec 1767. f. 91b.

lxxviii. From Mrs. Susanna Barton of Sherrington, county Buckinghamshire, to Mr. Cole. Sherington, 3 Dec 1767. ff. 91b, 92b.

lxxix. From Mr. Cole to Mrs. Barton, giving an account of his residence at Waterbeche. Waterbeche, 25 Dec 1767. ff. 92b, 93b, 94b, 95b, 96b.

lxxx. From the same to Rev. Dr. Forester, chancellor of Lincoln. Waterbeche, 26 March 1768. ff. 96b, 97b.

lxxxi. From the same to Rev. Thomas Willis. Waterbeche, 27 March 1768. ff. 96b, 97b.

lxxxii. From Dr. Pulter Forester to Mr. Cole. Bolton Street, 29 March 1768. ff. 97b, 98b.

lxxxiii. From the same to the same. 12 Apr 1768. f. 98b.

lxxxiv. From Rev. Thomas Willis to the same. London, 7 Apr 1768. f. 98b.

lxxxv. From Mr. Betham of King’s College, to the same. Tiverton, 6 June 1768. ff. 98b, 99b.

lxxxvi. From Mr. Cole to Mrs. Barton. Waterbeche, 6 July 1768. ff. 99b, 100b, 101b, 102b, 103b.

lxxxvii. From Mrs. Barton to Mr. Cole. Sherrington, 19 Aug 1768. ff. 103b, 104b.

lxxxix. From Mr. Cole to Mrs. Barton. Waterbeche, 12 Oct 1768. ff. 104b, 105b, 106b.

xc. From Dr. Pulter Forester to Mr. Cole. Bolton St, 7 Feb 1769. f. 106b.

xci. From Mr. Cole to Dr. Forester. Waterbeche, 18 Feb 1769. ff. 106b, 107b.

xcii. From Mrs. Barton to Mr. Cole. Sherrington, 10 Jan 1769. ff. 108b, 109b.

xciii. From Mr. Cole to Mrs. Barton. Waterbeche, 18 Feb 1769. ff. 109b, 110b.

xciv. From Lord Montfort to Mr. Cole, with the present of a manuscript Missal. Seymour Place, 13 Feb 1769. f. 110b.

xcv. From Mr. Cole to Lord Montfort, in reply. Waterbeche, 18 Feb 1769. ff. 110b, 111b, 112b.

xcvi. From Dr. Pulter Forester to Mr. Cole. Cosgrove, 10 Aug 1769. f. 112b.

xcvii. From Mrs. Barton to the same. Sherrington, 17 Sept 1771. ff. 112b, 113b.

xcviii. From Mr. Cole to Mrs. Barton. Milton, 22 Oct 1771. ff. 113b, 114b, 115b, 116b, 117b.

xcix. From Dr. Pulter Forester to Mr. Cole. Cosgrove, 17 Oct 1773. f. 117b.

c. From Mr. Cole to Dr. Forester. Milton, 24 Oct 1773. ff. 177b, 118b, 119b.

ci. From Rev. Allen of Torporley to Mr. Cole. Torporley, 8 May 1777. f. 119b. See vol. XXIII.

cii. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Allen. Milton, 18 May 1777. ff. 119b, 120b.

ciii. From Dr. Pulter Forester to Mr. Cole. Knightsbridge, 7 June 1777. f. 120b.

civ. Arms of John de Fordham, Bishop of Ely. f. 122b.

cv. Drawing of the seal of Bishop Fordham, with an account of the monuments of Thomas Patesby, rector of Great Shelford, county Cambridgeshire, and Robert Wetheringset, Archdeacon of Ely, on both of which are the bishops’ arms. ff. 123b, 124b.

cvi. Arms of Pope Urban VI, of Thomas Western of Rivenhall, Essex, of Mr. Cole, and of Hon. Horace Walpole. ff. 124b, 125b.

cvii. Letter from Rev. Thomas Willis to Mr. Cole. Blecheley, 29 June 1780. f. 128b.

cviii. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Willis. Milton, 2 July 1780. f. 129b.

cix. From Rev. James Granger, vicar of Shiplake, to Mr. Cole, accompanied by a list of portracts, respecting which he solicits information. Shiplake, 14 Feb 1771. (Printed in Granger’s Correspondence, p. 343).

cx. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Granger, in reply, with notes on Mr. Granger’s work. Milton, 6 March 1771. (Printed ib., pp. 337, 347). ff. 134b, 135b, 136b, 137b, 138b 139b, 140b, 141b, 143b, 144b, 145b, 146b.

cxi. From Mr. Cole to Joseph Gulston, esquire, M.P., with a portrait of Browne Willis. Milton, 22 Dec 1781. f. 142b.

cxii. Latin verses on John de Kirkby, Bishop of Ely, from manuscript Harleian, 315. Ib.

cxiii. From Mr. Granger to Mr. Cole. 26 Apr 1771. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 352). f. 146b.

cxiv. From the same to the same. Shiplake, 11 Oct 1774. (Printed ib., p. 366). ff. 146b, 147b.

cxv. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Granger, with notes on his supplemental volume. Milton, 17 Oct 1774. (Printed ib., p. 367). ff. 147b, 148b, 149b, 150b.

cxvi. Note from Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole – informing him of the death of Mr. Granger. 16 Apr 1776. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 124). f. 150b.

cxvii. From Mr. Cole to Rev. Dr. Milles, Dean of Exeter, with an account of a Roman fibula (see vol. XI, f. 129b), and concerning the ancient horns preserved at Carlisle, etc. Milton, 24 Feb 1778. ff. 151b, 152b.

cxviii. From Mr. Lort to Mr. Cole. 6 March 1778. ff. 152b, 153b.

cxix. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Lort. Milton, 29 March 1778. ff. 153b, 154b.

cxx. From Mr. Lort to Mr. Cole. London, 8 Apr 1778. ff. 154b, 155b.

cxxi. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Lort. Milton, 12 Apr 1778. ff. 155b, 156b.

cxxii. From Mr. Lort to Mr. Cole. London, 1 May 1778. ff. 156b, 157b.

cxxiii. Latin letter from the Abbe Chappe to the chapter of the cathedral of Coventry, requesting information respecting its foundation and history. 8 Feb 1778. ff. 157b, 158b.

cxxiv. From Mr. Tyson to Mr. Cole. Benet College, 3 May 1778. f. 158b.

cxxv. From Mr. Lort to the same. London, 11 June 1778, enclosing some papers, copies of three of which are annexed, viz. 1. ‘To the faithful of the L- district,’ signed ‘Richard Deboren, James Birthan;’ 2. ‘To the faithful of the L- district,’ similarly signed; 3. Prayers for the King, Queen, and Royal Family; 4. ‘To the Catholic Clergy in the Southern district,’ 4 June 1778; 5. Dean Tucker’s Address to the Public. ff. 158b, 159b, 160b, 161b, 162b.

cxxvi. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Lort. Milton, 16 June 1778. ff. 162b, 163b.

cxxvii. From the same to the same. Milton, 1 Nov 1778. f. 164b.

cxxviii. From the same to the same. Milton, 29 Nov 1778. ff. 164b, 165b.

cxxix. From Mr. Lort to Mr. Cole. Trinity College, 29 June 1779. f. 165b.

cxxx. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Lort (enclosed in the preceding. Strawberry Hill, 4 June 1779). (Original in Correspondence, p. 189). ff. 165b, 166b.

cxxxi. From Mr. Cole to Mr. George Chamberlayne, Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge, on the subject of the latter having embraced the Roman Catholic faith. 24 Nov 1779, with notes by Cole. ff. 166b, 167b, 168b, 169b.

cxxxii. From Mr. Chamberlayne, to Mr. Cole, in reply. King’s College, 26 Nov 1779. f. 169b.

cxxxiii. From Mr. Cole to Rev. Dr. Lort. Milton, 30 Dec 1779. f. 170b.

cxxxiv. From Dr. Lort to Mr. Cole. Lambeth Palace, 8 Jan 1780. f. 171b.

cxxxv. From the same to the same, giving an account of Mr. Tyson’s death. 10 May 1780. Ib.

cxxxvi. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Lort. Milton. 15 May 1780. ff. 172b, 173b.

cxxxvii. From Dr. Lort to Mr. Cole. Lambeth Palace, 23 May 1780. f. 173b.

cxxxviii. From Mr. Cole to Dr. Lort. Milton, 3 June 1780. ff. 173b, 174b, 175b.

cxxxix. From the same to the same. Milton, 4 July 1780. f. 175b.

cxl. From Dr. Lort to Mr. Cole. Cambridge, 4 July 1780. Ib.

cxli. From the same to the same. Cambridge, 7 July 1780. Ib.

cxlii. From Mr. Cole to Dr. Lort. Milton, 27 Nov 1780. ff. 175b, 176b.

cxliii. From the same to the same. Milton, 3 Dec 1780. ff. 176b, 177b.

cxliv. From Dr. Lort to Mr. Cole. 25 Dec 1780. f. 177b.

cxlv. From Mr. Cole to Dr. Lort. Milton, Holy Innocent’s Day, 1780. ff. 177b, 178b.

cxlvi. From Dr. Lort to Mr. Cole. Cambridge, 3 Dec 1780. f. 178b.

cxlvii. From the same to the same, with an account of Rev. George North. Lambeth Palace, 10 Jan 1781. ff. 178b, 179b.

cxlviii. From the same to the same. Lambeth Palace 17 Feb 1781. ff. 179b, 180b.

cxlix. From Mr. Cole to Dr. Lort. Milton, 7 Mar 1781. f. 180b.

cl. From Dr. Lort to Mr. Cole. Lambeth Palace, 30 June 1781. f. 181b.

cli. From Mr. Cole to Dr. Lort. Milton, 2 July 1781. (Printed in ‘Literary Anecdotes,’ vol. I, p. 670). ff. 181b, 182b.

clii. From the same to the same, with a copy of the inscription on Eudo de Helpringham, in St. Clement’s Church, Cambridge. Milton, 5 July 1781. ff. 183b, 184b, 185b.

cliii. From the same to Rev. Dr. Milles, Dean of Exeter, with a portrait of Browne Willis. Milton, 22 Dec 1781. ff. 185b, 220b.

cliv. Copies of numerous charters, Popes’ bulls, and other documents transcribed from the cartularies of the Bishop of Ely, marked A and M, preserved in the Episcopal Palace, Holborn. (A few of these are printed in the Monasticon). ff. 186b, 187b, 188b, 189b.

clv. Letter from Dean Milles to Mr. Cole. Hanley Street, 2 Jan 1782. f. 220b.

clvi. From Mr. Cole to Thomas Pennant, esquire. Milton, 5 Sept 1781. f. 221b.

clvii. From the same to the same, with some account of Richard Candishe. Milton, 26 Sept 1781. ff. 222b, 223b.

clviii. From Mr. Pennant to Mr. Cole. Downing, 21 Sept 1781. f. 223b.

clix. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Pennant, with a copy of the vow of celibacy, made by Margaret, Countess of Richmond. Milton, 31 Mar 1782. ff. 223b, 224b.

clx. From the same to the same. Milton, 12 May 1782, ff. 224b, 225b.

clxi. From Mr. Pennant to Mr. Cole. Downing, 21 May 1782. f. 225b.

clxii. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Pennant. Milton, 30 June 1782. Ib.

clxiii. From Mr. Pennant to Mr. Cole. Downing, 21 July 1782. ff. 225b, 226b.

clxiv. From the same to the same. Downing, 14 Sept 1782. f. 226b.

clxv. From the same to the same. Downing, 6 Oct 1782. f. 227b.

clxvi. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Pennant. Milton, 30 Oct 1782. ff. 227b, 228b.

clxvii. Carta Henry III pro Capella de Staresbrug, ao. R. 14. ff. 263b, 264b, 265b.

clxviii. Letter from Dr. Lort to Mr. Cole. Lambeth Palace, 24 Dec 1781. f. 266b.

clxix. From Mr. Cole to Dr. Lort. Milton, 31 Dec 1781. (Printed in ‘Literary Anecdotes’, vol. I, p. 671). ff. 266b, 267b.

clxx. From Dr. Lort to Mr. Cole. Lambeth Palace, 17 Jan 1782. ff. 267, 268.

clxxi. From Mr. Cole to Dr. Lort. Milton, 15 June 1782. ff. 268b, 269b.

clxxii. From Dr. Lort to Mr. Cole. Lambeth Palace, 20 June 1782. f. 269b.

clxxiii. Some good receipts for a family. ff. 282b, 283b.

clxxiv. Inscription on a stone over the door leading to the oak tree in which Charles II saved himself at Boscobel. f. 286b.

clxxv. Observations on ancient celts. Ib.

At the close of this volume is an alphabetical index to the extracts from the Ely registers, extending from folio 287 to folio 310b.