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Title:

Volume XXV of Rev. William Cole’s Collections, and volume III of his extracts from the episcopal registers of Ely

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Volume XXV of Cole’s [Reverend William Cole] General Collections, and volume III of his extracts from the episcopal registers of Ely, folio, ff. 225.

1. Extracts from the register of Thomas Bourchier, Bishop of Ely, 1443-1454. ff. 1-43.

2. Extracts from the register of William Gray, Bishop of Ely, 1454-1478. ff. 44-204. Interspersed through the intermediate leaves are copies of Cole’s correspondence with the Rev. Alban Butler, Edmund Keene, Bishop of Ely, Rev. Michael Tyson, and Hon. Horace Walpole, with various articles of a miscellaneous nature, viz.

i. Arms of Thomas Bourchier, Bishop of Ely and Archbishop of Canterbury, with observations. ff. *1, 1b, 2b, 3b.

ii. Memoirs of William Hogarth, extracted from the Whitehall Evening Post, 11 Dec 1764. ff. 4b, 5b, 6b.

iii. Letter from Mr. Cole to Rev. Alban Butler, resident of the English Secular College, at St. Omer’s in Artois. Blecheley, 26 Jan 1766. Containing remarks on his Lives of the Saints. Prefixed is some short account of Mr. Butler. ff. 15b, 16b, 17b, 18b, 19b, 20b, 21b, 22b, 23b, 24b.

iv. From Rev. Alban Butler to Mr. Cole (not dated). ff. 25b, 26b.

v. From Mr. Cole to Mr. John Franklen, with inquiries relative to Lisivorney. Blecheley, 23 Feb 1767. ff. 26b, 27b.

vi. From Mr. Franklen to Mr. Cole, in reply. Cowbridge, Glamorganshire, 1 March 1767. ff. 27b, 28b.

vii. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Franklen. Blecheley, 8 March 1767. f. 28b.

viii. From Mr. Cole to Rev. Alban Butler. Blecheley, 29 Sept 1767. ff. 29b, 30b.

ix. From the same to the same. Milton, 17 Nov 1771. f. 30b.

x. Copy of letters of absolution from purgatory, granted by William Doughty, Master of the College of Newton, in the diocese of Ely, to Thomas Smyth, gentleman, and Isabella, his wife, 1497. With a sketch of the seal; from the original in possession of Thomas Martin of Palgrave. ff. 31b, 32b.

xi. Letter from Mr. Cole to Rev. Dr. Farmer, Master of Emmanuel College, on the subject of religious houses in Leicestershire. Blecheley, 19 Apr 1767. f. 33b.

xii. Note from Dr. Farmer to Mr. Cole. 3 Sept 1775. Ib.

xiii. From Dr. Edmund Keene, Bishop of Ely, to Mr. Cole. Ely, 2 Sept 1775. Ib.

xiv. From Mr. Cole to the Bishop of Ely. Milton, 6 Sept 1775. ff. 33b, 34b.

xv. Arms of William Gray, Bishop of Ely. ff. 43b, 44b.

xvi. Letter from Mr. Cole to Rev. Michael Tyson, including an account of the School of Pythagoras at Cambridge. Milton, 19 Dec 1777. (See vol. XXXI, f. 110b). ff. 45b, 46b, 47b, 48b.

xvii. Note from Mr. Masters of Landbeche to Mr. Cole, on the same subject (same date). f. 47b.

xviii. From Mr. Tyson to Mr. Cole, in reply. 21 Dec 1777. f. 48b.

xix. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Tyson. Milton, 2 Mar 1779. ff. 48b, 49b, 50b.

xx. From Mr. Tyson to Mr. Cole. Lambourne Parsonage, 4 Feb 1779. ff. 50b, 51b.

xxi. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Milton, 7 Mar 1781. f. 52b.

xxii. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Beckeley Square, 29 Mar 1781. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 228). ff. 52b, 53b.

xxiii. From the same to the same. 3 Apr 1781. (Printed ib., p. 229). f. 53b.

xxiv. From the same to the same. Beckeley Square, 4 May 1781. (Printed ib., p. 229). f. 53b, 54b.

xxv. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Milton, 7 May 1781. ff. 54b, 55b.

xxvi. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Strawberry Hill, 16 May (June) 1781. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 231). ff. 53b, 56b.

xxvii. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Milton, 30 June 1781. f. 56b.

xxviii. From the same to the same. Milton, 23 July 1781. ff. 56b, 57b.

xxix. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Strawberry Hill, 26 July 1781. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 235). f. 57b.

xxx. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Milton, 5 Aug 1781. ff. 57b, 58b.

xxxi. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. 7 July (Aug) 1781. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 233). ff. 58b, 59b.

xxxii. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Milton, 22 Dec 1781. ff. 59b, 60b.

xxxiii. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Beckeley Square, 30 Dec 1781. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 236). ff. 60b, 61b.

xxxiv. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Milton, 4 Jan 1782. ff. 61b, 62b.

xxxv. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Beckeley Square, 23 Jan 1782. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 239). f. 62b.

xxxvi. From the same to the same. 14 Feb 1782. (Printed ib., p. 240). ff. 62b, 63b.

xxxvii. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Milton, 17 Feb 1782. f. 64b.

xxxviii. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. 15 Feb 1782. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 243). ff. 64b, 65b, 66b.

xxxix. From the same to the same. 22 Feb 1782. (Printed ib., p. 246). f. 66b.

xl. From the same to the same. Berkeley Square, 9 Mar 1782. (Printed ib., p. 247). ff. 66b, 67b.

xli. Commutacio sive Translacio Cantarie de Fytton Halle ad ecclesiam sive Capellam de Parsonesdrove in Leverington, ao. 1459. (Ex lib. B. Epise Eliens). ff. 67b, 68b, 69b.

xlii. Letter from Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole, including a Latin inscription for the new Town Hall, Cambridge. Milton, 12 Apr 1782. f. 70b.

xliii. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. 13 Apr 1782. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 248). ff. 71b, 72b.

xlix. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Milton, 18 June 1782. ff. 75b, 76b.

l. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Berkeley Square, 21 June 1782. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 254). ff. 76b, 77b.

li. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Milton, 29 June 1782. f. 77b.

lii. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Strawberry Hill, 23 July 1782. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 256). f. 78b.

liii. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Milton, 25 July 1782. ff. 78b, 79b.

liv. From the same to the same. Milton, 30 Oct 1782. ff. 79b, 80b.

lv. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Strawberry Hill, 5 Nov 1782. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 257). ff. 80b, 81b.

lvi. Corrodium Thome Litborn et Johannis Ashlee, concessum à Petro Priore et Conv Elyensi. 8 Dec 7 Henry VI. (Ex libr. B. Episc. Eliens). f. 159b.

lvii. Officium Bolillanii in Hostillaria, et Corrodium concessa Johanni Norice, armigero, temp. Henry VI. (Ex. eod manuscript). Ib.

lviii. Corrodium Thome Lamport, valetti, celerarii. 26 Apr 19 Edward IV. (Ex eod manuscript). f. 160b.

lix. Corrodium Magistri Petri Penteley, Medici (temp. Henry V). Ex eod manuscript. Ib.

lx. Corrodium sive annuitas Willielmi Pek. 24 Sept 27 Henry VI. (Ex eod manuscript). ff. 161b, 162b.

lxi. Portion of a letter from Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. 10 Sept 1778. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 169). f. 163b. See the former part of this letter in vol. XXIII, f. 165b.

lxii. From the same to the same. Strawberry Hill, 14 Oct 1778. (Printed ib., p. 170). ff. 163b, 164b.

lxiii. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Milton, 18 Oct 1778. ff. 164b, 165b.

lxiv. Commencement of a letter from Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. 26 Oct 1778. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 173). See the rest of this letter in vol. XLIX, p. 440.

lxv. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Milton, 18 Feb 1779. f. 165b.

lxvi. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Arlington Street, 18 Feb 1779. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 180). f. 166.

lxvii. Anecdote concerning the Countess Dowager of Chesterfield, daughter of King George I. (From the Cambridge Chronicle, 17 Oct 1778). Ib.

lxviii. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Strawberry Hill, 28 March 1779. ff. 166, 166b.

lxix. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Strawberry Hill, 28 March 1779. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 181). ff. 166b, 167b.

lxx. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Milton, 7 Apr 1779. ff. 167b, 168b.

lxxi. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Arlington Street, 12 Apr 1779. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 183). ff. 168b, 169b.

lxxii. From the same to the same. 20 Apr 1779. (Printed ib., p. 185). f. 169b.

lxxiii. From the same to the same. 23 Apr 1779. (Printed ib., p. 185). Ib.

lxxiv. From the same to the same. 21 May 1779. (Printed ib., p. 186). Ib.

lxxv. From the same to the same. 2 June 1779. (Printed ib., p. 187). f. 170b.

lxxvi. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Milton, 9 June 1779. ff. 170b, 171b.

lxxvii. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Strawberry Hill, 12 July 1779. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 191). ff. 171b, 172b.

lxxviii. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Milton, 24 July 1779. ff. 172b, 173b.

lxxix. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Strawberry Hill, 12 Aug 1779. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 192). f. 173b.

lxxx. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Milton, 14 Nov 1779. ff. 173b, 174b.

lxxxi. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Berkeley Square, 16 Nov 1779. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 193). ff. 174b, 175.

lxxxii. From the same to the same. 27 Dec 1779. (Printed ib. p. 195). ff. 175, 175b.

lxxxiii. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Milton, 30 Dec 1779. ff. 175b, 176b, 177b.

lxxxiv. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Berkeley Square, 5 Jan 1780. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 196). ff. 177b, 178b.

lxxxv. From the same to the same. 5 Feb 1780. (Printed ib., p. 198). ff. 178b, 179b.

lxxxvi. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Milton, 1 March 1780. ff. 180b, 181b.

lxxxvii. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Berkeley Square, 27 Feb 1780. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 200). ff. 181b, 182b.

lxxxviii. From the same to the same. 6 March 1780. (Printed ib., p. 202). ff. 182b, 183b.

lxxxix. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Milton, 10 March 1780. ff. 183b, 184b.

xc. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Strawberry Hill, 13 March 1780. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 204). ff. 184b, 185b.

xci. From the same to the same. Berkeley Square, 30 March 1780. (Printed ib., p. 207). f. 185b.

xcii. From the same to the same. 11 May 1780. (Printed ib., p. 208). f. 186b.

xciii. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Milton, 14 May 1780. ff. 186b, 187b, 188b.

xciv. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. 19 May 1780. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 209). f. 188b.

xcv. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Milton, 24 May 1780. ff. 188b, 189b.

xcvi. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Berkeley Square, 30 May 1780. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 210). ff. 189b, 190b.

xcvii. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Milton, 1 June 1780. f. 190b.

xcviii. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. 15 June 1780. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 212). ff. 190b, 191b.

xcix. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Milton, 2 July 1780. ff. 191b, 192b.

c. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Strawberry Hill, 4 July 1780. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 213). f. 193b.

ci. From the same to the same. 27 Sept 1780. (Printed ib., p. 214). Ib.

cii. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Milton, 30 Sept 1780. ff. 193b, 194b.

ciii. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Berkeley Square, 3 Oct 1780. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 215). f. 194b.

civ. From the same to the same. 11 Nov 1780. (Printed ib., p. 216). ff. 195b, 196b.

cv. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Milton, 13 Nov 1780. ff. 196b, 197b.

cvi. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Berkeley Square, 24 Nov 1780. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 218). f. 197b.

cvii. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Milton, 27 Nov 1780. f. 198b.

cviii. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Berkeley Square, 30 Nov 1780. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 220). ff. 198b, 199b.

cix. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Milton, 17 Dec 1780. f. 200b.

cx. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Berkeley Square, 19 Dec 1780. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 222). f. 201b.

cxi. From Rev. Thomas Kerrich to Mr. Cole. Magdalen College, Cambridge. 27 Dec 1780. ff. 201b, 202b.

cxii. From Hon. Horace Walpole to the same. Berkeley Square, 7 Feb 1781. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 223). f. 202b.

cxiii. From the same to the same. Berkeley Square, 2 March 1781. (Printed ib., p. 224). ff. 202b, 203b.

cxiv. From the same to the same. Berkeley Square, 2 March 1781. (Printed ib., p. 226). f. 203b.

cxv. From the same to the same. 5 March 1781. (Printed ib., p. 227). Ib.

At the end of this volume is annexed an alphabetical index to the extracts from the Ely registers, extending from folio 205 to folio 224.

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1 volume (225 folios)

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Start Date:

1764

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1782

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1764-1782

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Add MSS 5798-5887 are part of the bequest of the Rev. William Cole, A.M., of King’s College, Cambridge, left by him in 1783, and opened for the use of the public, according to the direction of his will, in January 1803

Arrangement:

At the end is annexed an alphabetical index to the extracts from the Ely registers, extending from folio 205 to folio 224

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Granger, Rev. James, Correspondence, etc., with the Most Eminent Literary Men of His Time, Malcolm, J.P. (ed.), (1805)

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