Add MS 5834

Volume XXXIII of Mr. Cole’s [Reverend William Cole] Collections, folio, pp. 480, consisting of miscellaneous articles, copies of correspondence, etc.

1. Copies of two original deeds, given by Lord Montfort to Mr. Cole. I. A grant from King Henry VI to William Alington, esquire, for the imparkation of 320 acres of land at Horseth, county Cambridgeshire, with right of free warren, etc. 3 Dec ao. r. 27 (1448); II. Letters patent from King Edward VI to Sir Giles Alyngton, knight, for the imparkation of 400 acres in Horseth, Wykeham and Balsham, county Cambridgeshire, and Wythersfeld, county Suffolk. 5 Dec ao. r. 4 (1550). pp. 1-4.

2. Copies of papers relating to the family of Villiers, and the claim to the title of Earl of Buckingham, from the collections of Browne Willis, viz.

a) Descent of John, son of Robert Villiers, who assumed the title of Earl of Buckingham. From a manuscript volume of pedigrees collected by Gregory King, Lancaster, and Samuel Stebbing, Somerset Heralds. p. 5.

b) Account of George Villiers, first Duke of Buckingham, John Villiers, Viscount Purbeck, and his wife’s illegitimate issue, by Sir Robert Howard. pp. 6, 7, 8.

c) Notes from the Lords Journals, respecting the claims of Robert Villiers and John Villiers. p. 7.

d) Notes from the Prerogative Office, of the will of Sir John Villiers, Viscount Purbeck, and his wife’s issues. Ib.

e) Extract from Johnstone ‘Historia Rerum Britannicarum,’ concerning Sir Robert Howard’s trial for adultery with Viscountess Purbeck, with a translation. pp. 8-12.

f) Extract from Wharton’s ‘History of the Troubles of Archbp Laud.’ 1695, on the same subject. pp. 12, 13.

g) Extracts from Dugdale’s Baronage, Camden’s Annals, Echard’s History of England, etc., concerning the same parties. pp. 14, 15.

h) Notes relating to George, Duke of Buckinghamshire, John, Viscount Purbeck, and other members of the Villiers family. pp. 15-17.

i) Certificate from William Nicholls, vicar of St. Giles’s Cripplegate, of the christening of Robert, son of John Wright. 20 Oct 1624. p. 17.

k) Memoranda respecting Lady Purbeck, and her issue. Ib.

l) Extract from showers’s cases in Parliament, for 1698, concerning the Lord Purbeck’s case. p. 18.

m) Pedigree of Villiers (from Burton’s History of Leicestershire, with some few additions by Browne Willis, p. 19).

n) Notes by Cole respecting George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, and the Villiers family, including an extract from Pope’s 3rd Ethic Epistle. pp. 20, 21.

3. Letter from Dr. Joshua Barnes of Thuxton to Mr. Cole ‘respecting a false medal of Queen Dido, with a Drawing of it.’ Thruxton, 5 Feb 1763. p. 22.

4. Letter from Dr. J. Pettingal to the same. On the same pretended medal. 26 March 1763. p. 23.

5. Account of the removal of the bones of the Saxon benefactors to Ely Church, in the presence of Mr. Cole and others, 18 May 1769. 31 July 1771. pp. 25, 24. (See vol. XLI, p. 357).

6. List of contributions to the botanic garden at Cambridge, to the year 1763. p. 26.

7. Account of the botanic garden at Cambridge, extracted from the Cambridge Chronicle, 19 Mar 1763. pp. 27-30.

8. Copy of a printed paper, and other memoranda relating to the same. pp. 31, 32.

9. Notes of lecturers and professors of botany at Cambridge. pp. 30, 32.

10. Verses stuck up in Brentford churchyard on pulling down the church. (From the Whitehall Evening Post, 30 Apr 1763). p. 33.

11. The state of the botanic garden at Cambridge in March 1767 (from the Cambridge Chronicle). p. 34.

12. Account of the charity schools at Cambridge (from the Cambridge Chronicle, 7 May 1763). pp. 35, 36. See pp. 159, 246.

13. Copy of a letter from Oliver Cromwell to his wife Elizabeth. 12 Apr 1651. p. 37.

14. Copy of another letter from Oliver Cromwell to his wife. Dunbar, 4 Sept 1650. p. 38.

15. Copy of an original deed, given to Mr. Cole by Lord Montfort, being a license of alienation from King James I to Edmund Cooke, of the manor of Maysters, with lands in Preston, Ketelbarston, Thorpe Morieux, Bretenham, Burnt-Ely, and Lavenham, county Suffolk, to James Alyngton. 1 Sept ao. r. 13.

16. Notes relating to the residences of several of the nobility and gentry, and the portraits preserved in them, and also to some churches visited by Mr. Cole in a town with the Hon. Horace Walpole, July 21-24 1763.

The houses visited were:

Gothurst, county Buckinghamshire, the seat of George Wright, esquire. p. 41. Horton, county Northamptonshire, the seat of Earl of Halifax. pp. 41-44. Castle-Ashby, county Northamptonshire, the seat of Earl of Northampton. pp. 44-46. Easton Manduit, county Northamptonshire, the seat of the Earl of Sussex. pp. 46-48. Warkton Church, county Northamptonshire. pp. 48, 49. Poughton Church, county Northamptonshire. pp. 49, 50. Drayton, county Northamptonshire, the seat of Lady Betty Germaine. pp. 51-55. Luffwich Church, county Northamptonshire. pp. 56-58.Addinton Church, county Northamptonshire. p. 58. Fotheringay Castle, Church and College. pp. 58-60. Burleigh, the seat of the Earl of Exeter. pp. 61-63. Peterborough Cathedral. p. 63.

17. Copies of three epigrams; the two first on the Scotch nation, the third on matrimony, taken from the window of an inn at Dunstable. p. 64.

18. Latin epigram on woman ‘Luna Fæmina,’ made by Rev. Dr. Lyne. Fellow of Eton College. Ib.

19. Mr. Quin’s account of Scotland, from the Cambridge Chronicle. 23 July 1763. p. 65.

20. Inscription on Dr. Hooper’s monument in Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge, with biographical note by Cole. p. 66.

21. Letter from the Earl of Orford to Benjamin Nuthall, esquire, Mayor of Lynn, on his ceasing to represent that town in Parliament. Lynn, 9 Feb 1744. p. 67.

22. List of books received into the Public Library at Cambridge from 1758 to 1771. pp. 68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 84, 86, 88, 90, 92, 94, 96, 98, 100, 102.

23. Alphabetical Index to Mr. Ames’s ‘Catalogue of English Heads.’ pp. 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 101, 103, 105, 107, 109, 111, 113, 115, 117, 119, 121, 123, 125, 127, 129, 131, 133, 135, 137, 139, 141, 143, 145, 147, 149, 151.

24. Letter from Mr. Cole to Richard Gough, esquire, with copious additions to, and corrections of, the first edition of his ‘Anecdotes of British Topography.’ Milton, 28 May 1772. (Partly printed in Nichols’s ‘Literary Anecdotes,’ vol. II, p. 693). pp. 104, 106, 108, 110, 112, 114, 116, 118, 120, 122, 124, 126.

25. Letter from the same to the same, with a transcript of the Hon. Horace Walpole’s manuscript notes on his ‘Anecdotes.’ Milton, 20 June 1772. pp. 128, 130, 132.

26. Copy of the original commission from Oliver Cromwell, appointing Colonel John James Grosvenor of the city of Worcester. 8 Sept 1651, with a drawing of Cromwell’s seal. p. 134.

27. Copy of a letter from Oliver Cromwell, to –, concerning Sir Dudley Wyat. Windsor, 23 Dec 1647. Ib.

28. Letter from Richard Gough, esquire, to Mr. Cole, with a description of Lady Tiptoft’s monument in the church at Enfield. 14 Jan 1774. p. 136.

29. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Gough, concerning the inscription on the above monument, descent of Lady Tiptoft, mistakes of Weever in his ‘Funeral Monuments,’ etc. Milton, 25 Jan 1774. (Partly printed in Nichols’s ‘Literary Anecdotes,’ II, 696). pp. 136, 138.

30. From Mr. Gough to Mr. Cole, on the same subject. Enfield, 30 Sept 1774. pp. 138, 140.

31. From Mr. Gough to Mr. Cole, with an account of an ancient painting discovered in taking down the Rose Tavern, near Temple Bar. Enfield, 27 Oct 1775. pp. 140, 142.

32. Reply of Mr. Cole to Mr. Gough. Milton, 12 Dec 1775. (Printed in the ‘Literary Anecdotes,’ I, 674). p. 142.

33. From Mr. Gough to Mr. Cole. Same subject. Enfield, 21 Dec 1775. Ib.

34. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Gough, with some account of the priory of Barham, near Linton, etc. Milton, 24 Dec 1775. (Printed in ‘Literary Anecdotes,’ I, 675). pp. 144, 146.

35. Short note from the Rev. Michael Tyson, bursar of Benet College, to Mr. Cole. C. C. C. C. 17 Jan 1776. p. 146.

36. From Mr. Gough to Mr. Tyson, concerning the inscription on Gundred, daughter of William the Conqueror, wife of the first Earl Warren. Enfield, 2 Dec 1775. Ib.

37. From the same to the same. On various literary topics. Enfield, 7 March 1776. p. 148.

38. From Rev. M. Lort to Mr. Tyson. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, etc. London, 9 March 1776. pp. 148, 150.

39. From the same to Mr. Cole. London, 20 March 1776. p. 150.

40. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Lort. Milton, 26 March 1776. pp. 150, 151, 190.

41. Copy of an inscription on the Swift family, formerly in St. Andrew’s Church, Canterbury (from the Cambridge Chronicle, 4 Feb 1764). p. 152.

42. Observations on, and a copy of, the brief for Philippen colony in Turkish Moldavia, circulated in 1764. pp. 153-155.

43. Account of the Woodwardian professors of fossils, at Cambridge, viz. Dr. Conyers Middleton, Dr. Charles Mason, Mr. John Michel, and Dr. Ogden, 1731-1764. pp. 156, 157.

44. Memoranda respecting several of the professors of chemistry at Cambridge, particularly Dr. John Hadley, Mr. Richard Watson, and Mr. Isaac Pennington. p. 158.

45. Account of the receipts and disbursements for the charity schools in Cambridge, 1764, etc., (see pp. 35, 246). p. 159.

46. Notes relating to Manchester College, with a biographical account of the Wardens, from 1422 to 1580, with the arms of each emblazoned. pp. 160-184.

47. Letter from Richard Gough, esquire, to Mr. Cole, respecting the projected new edition of the Biographia Britannica, by Dr. Kippis, etc. March 1776. p. 190.

48. From the same to the same (not dated). Ib.

49. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Gough, in reply. Milton, 29 May 1776. (Printed in the ‘Literary Anecdotes,’ I, 677). Ib.

50. From the same to the same. Milton, 2 July 1777. (Printed ib.) p. 191.

51. From Mr. Gough to Mr. Cole. Inquiry respecting a missal, with prayers addressed to Henry VI. Enfield, 23 May 1778. Ib.

52. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Gough, in reply. Partly printed in the ‘Literary Anecdotes,’ I, 678. pp. 191-193.

53. From Mr. Gough to Mr. Cole. Inquiry concerning William Bowles of King’s College, Cambridge. Enfield, 23 Apr 1779. p. 193.

54. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Gough, in reply. 7 May 1779. (Printed in ‘Literary Anecdotes,’ I, 679). pp. 193, 194. See p. 420.

55. ‘Of the Antiquity of the University of Cambridge,’ from a manuscript written in the beginning of the 17th century. pp. 218, 219.

56. Four coats of arms drawn with a pen and ink, being, 1. Of St. Albans’ Abbey; 2. Of – College; 3. Of Mr. Cole; and 4. Of Gonville and Cains College. p. 220.

57. Extracts from the court rolls of Crokesley Manor in Hertfordshire in the parish of Rickmersworth from 41 Henry III (1256) to 23 Henry VIII (1531). pp. 221-245.

58. State of the receipts and disbursements of the charity schools in Cambridge, 1765. p. 246.

59. Church notes, relating to St. Paul’s, Bedford, 1765. pp. 247-253.

60. Similar notes respecting Godmanchester, in Huntingdonshire, 1765. pp. 255-263, 265.

61. De Domibus per Roi Brunaund fonisfactis, ao. 1322. (From Rymer’s Fædera). p. 262.

62. List of anatomy professors at Cambridge, 1707-1753. p. 264.

63. Church notes, and memoranda, relating to Maulden in Bedfordshire, 1765. pp. 266, 267, 269, 271, 273, 275, 277, 279-283, 285.

64. Memoranda concerning some printed works of William Dell. pp. 268, 270.

65. Note respecting Humphry Dell, M.D. p. 272.

66. List of King’s professors of Hebrew at Cambridge. p. 274.

67. King’s professors of Greek at Cambridge. pp. 274, 276.

68. Epigram on a young lady, who died soon after her marriage. By Lady Mary Wortley Montague. (From the Whitehall Evening Post, 12 Aug 1766). p. 278.

69. Scurrilous verses on Dr. Ogden (from the London Chronicle, 4 Oct 1763). pp. 284, 286.

70. Memoirs of Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford, and Edward Harley, Earl of Oxford, compiled by the Rev. Dr. Zachary Grey, L.L.D., to which is prefixed an account of the family of Harley from Collins’s Peerage, edit. 1717, with notes by Cole, pp. 286-323, 325, 327-329, 340, 341. (The paging is erroneous).

71. Epitaph in Westminster Abbey, on John Ernest Grabe, D.D. p. 310.

72. Brief for the Vaudois Protestants, in 1768. pp. 326, 324.

73. Verses on several ladies of rank, entitled ‘Court Characters about 1750 and 1760,’ with notes. pp. 342, 343, 343 (a), 343 (b).

74. Description, and coloured drawings, of the painted glass, arms, and devices, in the possession of Mr. Cole at his parsonage house of Blecheley, in Buckinghamshire, in 1765. pp. 344-359.

75. Description of the parsonage house and premises at Blecheley, with drawings. pp. 360-373, 375-377, 379, 381, 383, 385.

76. Memoranda of deputy stewards of the University of Cambridge. p. 374.

77. Description of Mr. Cole’s house at Milton, near Cambridge, and drawings of the painted glass and arms in the windows, 1778. pp. 386-399, 194-204, 378, 380, 382.

78. Copies of papers relating to Dr. Addenbrooke’s Hospital, or public infirmary, at Cambridge, including a list of the annual subscribers, 1766, and the rules and orders. pp. 400-419.

79. Notes of Sir John Cullum, baronet, on the account of King Henry VI’s visit to St. Edmunds Bury, in Abbat Curteys’s register. (See vol. XLV, f. 30). p. 419.

80. Letter from Richard Gough, esquire, to Mr. Cole. Inquiries respecting Cantabrigians. Enfield, 6 July 1779. p. 420.

81. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Gough. Milton, 24 July 1779. (Printed in the ‘Literary Anecdotes,’ I, 681). pp. 420, 421.

82. From Mr. Gough to Mr. Cole. Enfield, 29 July 1779. p. 421.

83. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Gough, in reply. Milton, 14 Nov 1779. (Printed in ‘Literary Anecdotes,’ I, 682). p. 422.

84. From the same to the same. 24 May 1780. (Printed ib., I, 685). p. 423.

85. From Mr. Gough to Mr. Cole, respecting the edition of Nash’s Worcestershire, Lord Gerge Gordon’s mob, etc. Enfield, 6 June 1780. pp. 423, 424.

86. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Gough. Milton, 18 June 1780. (Printed in ‘Literary Anecdotes,’ I, 686). pp. 424, 425.

87. From Mr. Gough to Mr. Cole, with a proof sheet of the article of Carte in the Biographia Britannica. Enfield, 10 July 1780. p. 425.

88. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Gough. Concerning Mr. Carte, Sir Thomas Cave’s manuscripts, etc. Milton, 24 July 1780. p. 426.

89. From Mr. Gough to Mr. Cole. Inquiry relative to the antiquarian cell at Spalding. Enfield, 7 Dec 1780. pp. 426, 471.

90. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Gough in reply. Milton, 17 Dec 1780. (Printed in ‘Literary Anecdotes,’ I, 687). pp. 471, 472.

91. From the same to the same. Concerning the Antiquarian Society at Spalding, and memoirs of the members. Milton, St. Thomas, 1780. (See ‘Literary Anecdotes,’ vol. VI). pp. 472, 473, 476-480, 206.

92. From the same to the same. 23 Dec 1780. (Printed in ‘Literary Anecdotes,’ I, 688). p. 206.

93. From Mr. Gough to Mr. Cole. Enfield, 20 Dec 1780. (Partly printed ib.) pp. 206, 207.

94. From the same to the same. Destruction of deeds at Colne Priory. New apartments of the Society of Antiquaries (at Somerset House), etc. Enfield, 22 Jan 1781. pp. 207, 208.

95. From the same to the same. Enfield, 6 March 1781. p. 208.

96. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Gough. Milton, 15 Mar 1781. (Printed in ‘Literary Anecdotes,’ I, 689). p. 209.

97. From Mr. Gough to Mr. Cole. Inquiry respecting Dr. Zachary Grey, and James Johnson, chancellor of Ely. Enfield, 22 June 1781. Ib.

98. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Gough, in reply. Milton, 29 June 1781. (Partly printed in ‘Literary Anecdotes,’ I, 690). pp. 209, 210.

99. From Mr. Gough to Mr. Cole. Inquiry respecting the family of Walsingham. Enfield, 22 July 1781. p. 211.

100. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Gough in reply. (Printed in ‘Literary Anecdotes,’ I, 691). pp. 211, 212.

101. From Mr. Gough to Mr. Cole, respecting some account of Croyland Abbey. Enfield, 7 Aug 1781. p. 213.

102. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Gough. Milton, 10 Aug 1781. (Printed in ‘Literary Anecdotes,’ I, 693). Ib.

103. From Mr. Gough to Mr. Cole. Thanks for Mr. Cole’s offer to lend him his manuscript collections for Croyland, etc. Enfield, 31 Aug 1781, with a note by Cole on Mr. Gough’s political and religious sentiments. pp. 213-214.

104. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Gough. Milton, 6 Sept 1781. (Printed in ‘Literary Anecdotes, I, 694). pp. 214, 215.

105. From Mr. Gough to Mr. Cole. Enfield, 13 Sept 1781. p. 215.

106. From the same to the same. His plan of illustrating the sepulchial monuments of Britain. Inquiries concerning two volumes of tracts printed by W. de Worde, etc. Enfield, 28 Nov 1781. pp. 215, 216.

107. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Gough, in reply. Milton, 16 Dec 1781. pp. 216, 217.

108. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Herbert, with an account of the tracts of W. de Worde, inquired after, and some notes on Amos’s work. 16 Dec 1781. pp. 217, 385.+++ See the continuation of the correspondence between Mr. Cole and Mr. Gough in Volume XXVIII [Add MS 5829].

109. Account of Dr. Jackson, Bishop of Kildare, Bishop Garnet, Dr. Bernard Garnet, of Ely, and Archbishop Carmichael, with a copy of verses on Mrs. Jackson. pp. 427-433.

110. Two epigrams on Lady Etheldreda Townshend, her husband, and two sons (from the Cambridge Chronicle, 1 Nov 1766). p. 434.

111. Inscription at Kingsgate in Kent, on a tower erected by Lord Holland (from the same, 29 Aug 1767). Ib.

112. Verses by Mr. Gregory Ekins, made on the delivery of his wife. p. 435.

113. Directions for pruning of fruit trees against walls, by Mr. Benjamin Pomfret of Newport Pagnell. p. 436.

114. Church notes relating to Eversholt in Bedfordshire, 1767. pp. 437-439.

115. List of high stewards of the University of Cambridge. p. 440.

116. Extracts from the old register alpha, in the Registrar’s Office, in the University of Cambridge. pp. 441-450.

117. Copies of the inscriptions on Dr. Richard Bentley, and Dr. Robert Smith, in Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge. p. 451.

118. Memorandum relating to the accommodation of the judges at Trinity College, in giving their circuit. Ib.

119. Transcript of a manuscript presented to Sir Robert Cecil, on his being made chancellor of the University of Cambridge in 1600, entitled ‘a projecte conteyninge the state, order and manner of Government of the University,’ etc. (Printed by Mr. Lort, in 1769). pp. 452-461.

120. Account of the reception of the King of Denmark at Cambridge, in August 1768. pp. 462-466.

121. Professors of music at Cambridge. (See vol. XII, f. 162b). p. 466.

122. Memoranda relating to the music room at Cambridge. p. 467.

123. Extract from the will of Thomas Lowndes of Overton, county Cheshire, relating to the foundation of a Professorship of Astronomy at Cambridge, with a notice of Dr. Roger Long, the first professor. pp. 468, 469.

124. Verses on John Montague, Earl of Sandwich (from the London Evening Post, 25 Feb 1777). p. 470.

125. Memoranda respecting briefs delivered to the churchwardens of Blecheley, county Buckinghamshire, in 1766 and 1767. pp. 474, 475.

There is no index to this volume.