Add MS 5844

Volume XLIII of Mr. Cole’s [Reverend William Cole] Collections, folio, pp. 476, the contents of which are miscellaneous, viz.

1. Transcript by Cole of the ‘Itinerarium sive Liber Rerum memorabilium Gulielini (Botoner) de Worcester,’ taken from Nasmith’s copy of a manuscript in Corpus College, Cambridge, no. CCX. Prefixed are some remarks by Cole, with the arms of Corpus College, and of William Batoner (?) emblazoned. pp. 1-50. +++ This itinerary was published by Mr. Nasmith in octavo, 1778, but with many omissions, as testified by Cole, in a note later than his transcript, and in another note at the end, where an omission relating to Edmund Lay, Bishop of Exeter, is pointed out.

2. Copy of a letter from the Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole, enclosing some queries from a gentleman abroad relating to books treating of the order of Malta, and to Oliver Starkey, a knight of the order. Arlington Street, 9 June 1772. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 75, quarto, 1818). p. 51.

3. Reply from Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Milton, 11 June 1772. Ib.

4. Letter from Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Strawberry Hill, 17 June 1772. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 75). p. 53.

5. Letter from Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Further particulars respecting works on the order of Malta. Milton, 21 June 1772. p. 54.

6. From the same to the same, respecting Walpole’s edition of Edward VI’s Letters, particulars of Sir Thomas Wyat, Walpole’s notes on Gough’s topography, etc. Milton, 22 June 1772. p. 56.

7. Note from Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. 28 June 1776. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 77). p. 57.

8. Letter from the same to the same. Strawberry Hill, 7 July 1772. (Printed ib., p. 78). Ib.

9. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Respecting Edward VI’s Letters. Answers to Mr. Walpole’s ‘Historic Doubts.’ Particulars of Sir Thomas Wyat, etc. Milton, 9 July 1772. p. 58.

10. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Strawberry Hill, 28 July 1772. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 79). p. 60.

11. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Concerning ‘The Pilgrim,’ written by William Thomas. Milton, 30 July 1772. Ib.

12. From the same to the same. Excuses for not visiting Strawberry Hill. His transcripts of Croyland and Spalding registers. Statue of Henry VII found at Ely. Milton, 25 Aug 1772. p. 61.

13. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Arlington Street, 25 Aug 1772. (Printed in Correspondene, p. 80). p. 62.

14. From Mr. Cole to Dr. James Browne, Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge. Sending him a copy of Walpole’s Edition of Edward VI’s Letters. Milton, 25 Aug 1772. p. 63.

15. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Strawberry Hill, 28 Aug 1772. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 82). Ib.

16. From Dr. James Brown, to Mr. Cole. Pembroke Hall, 1 Sept 1772. p. 64.

17. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Concerning various prints, Henry VII’s statue, projected new edition of Dugdale’s Baronage by Mr Charles Cole, etc. Milton, 4 Oct 1772. Ib.

18. From the same to the same. Mr. Essex’s design of publishing a work on gothic architecture. Milton, 24 Oct 1772. p. 65.

19. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Strawberry Hill, 7 Nov 1772. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 83). p. 66.

20. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Complaint of Mr. Gulston’s depredations in taking a great number (187) of Mr. Cole’s most valuable prints. Milton, 20 Nov 1772. Ib.

21. From Mr. Joseph Gulston to Mr. Cole. Offering him some books in exchange for his prints and asking for more! Ealing Grove, 12 Dec (1772). p. 67.

22. From Mr. Cole to Rev. M. Lort, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Respecting Mr. Gulston’s offer. Milton, 14 Dec 1772. p. 68.

23. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. (15 Dec 1772). (Printed in Correspondence, p. 84). Ib.

24. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Gulston. Concerning an exchange of books for his prints. Milton, 20 Dec 1772. Ib.

25. From J. Higgate to Mr. Cole. Offering, on the part of Mr. Gulston, to send books to the amount of 25 £. Ealing Grove, 31 Dec 1772. p. 69.

26. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Arlington Street, 8 Jan 1773. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 85), with a note by Cole. Ib.

27. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole on the latter’s ‘Miscellaneous Antiquities.’ Prints of Dame Gertrude More and Mr. Gray etc. Milton, 13 Jan 1773. p. 71.

28. From the same to the same. Various topics. Milton, 12 Feb 1773. p. 72.

29. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Arlington Street, 18 Feb 1773. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 88). Ib.

30. From Mr. Cole to the Rev. Dr. Prescot, Master of St. Catherine’s Hall, Cambridge, conveying Mr. Walpole’s thanks to him for the present of a book. Milton, 19 Feb 1773. p. 73.

31. From the same to Hon. Horace Walpole. Concerning Dr. Prescot; the 2nd volume of Archælogia (in which Cole claims the paper printed under the name of Mr. Tyson); proverb used by Sir Thomas Wyat, etc. Milton, 19 Mar 1773. Ib.

32. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Arlington Street, 7 Apr 1773. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 90). p. 74.

33. From the same to the same. 27 Apr 1773. (Printed ib., p. 91), with a note prefixed by Cole. p. 75.

34. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Character of Mr. Gough; compliment paid to Mr. Walpole by the public orator at Cambridge; account of young Hensham (apprenticed to Bartolazzi), etc. Milton, 3 May 1773. Ib.

35. Note from John Henshaw to Mr. Cole. Respecting his son. Cambridge, 1 May 1773. p. 77.

36. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Henshaw junior. Milton, 3 May 1773. Ib.

37. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Arlington Street, 4 May 1773. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 93). Ib.

38. From Mr. Cole to Rev. Mr. Colman, president of Benet College, Cambridge. About young Henshaw. Milton, 5 May 1773, with a note in illustration. p. 78.

39. From the same to Richard Gough, esquire. Sending him some account of the paintings in (?) College. Milton, 8 May 1773. p. 79.

40. From the same to Hon. Horace Walpole. Concerning Marlibrunns, a few painters in England, temp. Henry I. Entry in Benet College books respecting the family of Boteler, etc. Milton, 13 May 1773. Ib.

41. From Dr. William Howell Ervin to Mr. Cole, relative to young Mr. Henshaw. Cambridge, 15 May 1773. With a note by Cole. p. 80.

42. Note from the same to the same. Referring to Mr. Stanley’s spitting in Dr. Ervin’s face (no date). Ib.

43. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Arlington Street, 29 May 1773. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 94). Ib.

44. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Concerning the births of the Duchess Cecily’s children. Extract from Newcourt’s Repertorium, relative to Marlibrunns. Milton, 13 June 1773. Ib.

45. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Arlington Street, 4 May 1774. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 95). p. 81.

46. From the same to the same. Strawberry Hill, 28 May 1774. (Printed, ib., p. 97). p. 82.

47. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole, respecting his success in obtaining the living of Burnham, and Mr. Pennant’s print of the Countess of Desmond, supposed by Walpole to be Rembrandt’s mother. Milton, 2 June 1774. p. 83.

48. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Strawberry Hill, 21 July 1774. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 99). p. 85.

49. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole on Mr. Essex’s papers, and the new altar piece in King’s College Chapel. Milton, 25 July 1774. p. 86.

50. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Matson near Gloucester, 15 Aug 1774. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 101). p. 87.

51. From the same to the same. Strawberry Hill, 11 Oct 1774. (Printed ib., p. 105). p. 89.

52. Notice, extracted from the Cambridge Chronicle, 26 Aug 1775, of the death of Mr. William Henshaw, engraver, who is often mentioned in the preceding letters. Ib.

53. Abstract of, and copious extracts from, the register of Spalding Priory, in Lincolnshire, made in 1772 from the original manuscript, then belonging to Mrs. Wingfield of Stamford, and lent to Mr. Cole by William Greaves Beaupré Bell, esquire, of Fulburne, near Cambridge, pp. 141-457, continued pp. 91-139. See also vol. XLIV, pp. 211-215. Mr. Cole has prefixed an account of the manuscript and added, in his usual manner, illustrative notes throughout, and has inserted many coats of arms emblazoned, and tricked, partly having reference to the registers, and partly not, viz. 1. Supposed coat of Spalding Priory. p. 140 (see p. 128); 2. Clare Hall. p. 140; 3. King’s College. Ib; 4. Greaves. Ib; 5. Cole. pp. 140, 142, 154, 322, 356, 372, 90, 126; 6. Pope Victor II. p. 142; 7. See of Ely. Ib; 8. King Richard I. Ib; 9. Pope Gregory IX. p. 154; 10. Randolph Blundeville, Earl of Chester. pp. 154, 223; 11. Another supposed coat of Spalding Priory. pp. 154, 156, 186, 215, 322, 324, 346, 356, 90, 126; 12. Pope Innocent IV. pp. 156, 356; 13. Walter Marshall, Earl of Pembroke, impaling Quiney. p. 156; 14. Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln. p. 186; 15. Eubulo, Lord Strange of Knockin, impaling Lacy. Ib. (See a note, p. 193); 16. Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, impaling Lacy. p. 215; 17. Alice, d. and h. of Henry Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, quartering Lacy, Blundeville, and Longespee. Ib; 18. John Dalderby, Bishop of Lincoln, impaled with the See. Ib; 19. William de Romara, Earl of Lincoln. pp. 222, 377, 421; 20. Rannolph Meschines, Earl of Chester. pp. 223, 429; 21. Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln. p. 227; 22. Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincoln. pp. 227, 230; 23. Baldwin de Wake. pp. 231, 452; 24. Thomas de Milton, Lord of Egremont. pp. 271, 371, 372, 386; 25. Walter de Langton, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry. p. 317; 26. Beaupré. Ib; 27. Greaves impaling Bell and Beaupré, quarterly. Ib.; 28. Bell. Ib; 29. Pope Alexander III. p. 322; 30. Robert Grostete, Bishop of Lincoln. Ib; 31. Henry Lexington, Bishop of Lincoln. Ib; 32. Pope Honorius IV. p. 324; 33. John de Stratford, Archbishop of Canterbury. Ib; 34. Richard de Gravesende, Bishop of Lincoln. Ib; 35. Walter Reynold, Archbishop of Canterbury. p. 332; 36. Robert de Chesne, Bishop of Lincoln. Ib; 37. Oliver Sutton, Bishop of Lincoln. Ib. and p. 397; 38. Henry Burghersh, Bishop of Lincoln. Ib; 39. Rev. John Chapman. pp. 339, 372; 40. Chapman, impaling Cole. pp. 339, 372; 41. Cole, quartering Tuer. pp. 339, 346; 42. Cardinal Robert de Kilavardeby, Archbishop of Canterbury. p. 345; 43. Pope Martin II. p. 346; 44. Samuel Berkeley, esquire of King’s College, Cambridge. Ib; 45. Joshua Barries, D.D., of King’s College. Ib; 46. Thomas Western of Rivenhall, esquire, quartering Shirley. Ib., and p. 126; 47. Pope Gregory X. p. 356; 48. Western of Rivenhall. pp. 356, 90; 49. Croyland Abbey. pp. 356, 90, 126; 50. Arms in Moulton Church, in 1735, not specified to whom they belong. p. 372; 51. Hugh of Burgundy, Bishop of Lincoln. p. 379; 52. Sir Philip Darci. pp. 381, 383; 53. Sir Hugh le Spenser. p. 383; 54. Peterborough Abbey. Ib; 55. Hugh de Crescy. p. 409; 56. Anthony Bek, Bishop of Durham. p. 411; 57. Thomas Bek, Bishop of St. David’s. Ib; 58. John de Braitoft. p. 415; 59. Geoffrey Plantagenet, Bishop of Lincoln. p. 426; 60. Roger de Laci, baron of Halton. p. 427; 61. Sir John de Orrebi. Ib; 62. Randolph Gernous, Earl of Chester, impaling Robert, Earl of Gloucester. Ib; 63. Hugh Kevilioc, Earl of Chester, impaling Montfort. p. 432; 64. Taillebois. p. 433; 65. University of Cambridge. p. 90; 66. Town of Cambridge. Ib; 67. Hon. Horace Walpole. Ib; 68. John Allen, rector of Torporley. Ib; 69. King’s College. Ib; 70. Clare Hall. Ib; 71. Trinity College. Ib; 72. Bromley, Lord Montfort, impaling Blake. p. 126 and 73; Colonel William Vachell of Abingdon, impaling Chester of Cockenhatch. Ib. Towards the close of this register occurs a genealogy of the Earls of Chester and Lincoln, with many notes by Cole, and the arms emblazoned in the margin. pp. 117-124. Cole has also entered on various pages the following extraneous notices: a) Notice of the seal of David, Earl of Huntingdon (see vol. XLI, p. 218). p. 124; b) Drawing of a seal of Ranulph, Earl of Chester. p. 219; c) Notes of arms in the church of Moulton, and of the family of Chapman. pp. 339, 373; d) Notice respecting Mr. Reynal, uncle of Dr. Goode, and copy of a note from Mr. Lort, relative to Father Philip Baker. pp. 388, 389 (see p. 412); e) Copies of notes from Sir John Hinde Cotton and Lord Montfort, to invite Mr. Cole to Madingley and Horseth. August 1772. p. 402.

54. Letter from William Greaves Beaupré Bell, esquire, to Mr. Cole, asking for some account of the register of Croyland Abbey. Bath, 17 March 1772. p. 458.

55. Reply from Mr. Cole to Mr. Greaves, B.B., respecting the registers of Croyland and of Spalding, lent to him by Mr. Greaves. Milton, 26 March 1772. Ib.

56. Note concerning the sale of the two above mentioned registers. p. 459.

57. Memoranda of the scarcity and value of manuscripts in England, from Warton’s History of English Poetry. Ib.

58. Notice of a copy of Archbishop Parker’s edition of Matthew Paris, f. 1571, with arms inserted by Robert Glover, and marginal notes by Thomas Mills. p. 460.

59. Note on Peter, abbat of Barton, and the convent of Barden. Ib. This note arises from a blunder in Warton. Instead of ‘Peter, Abbat of Barton, and the Convent of Barden,’ should be read ‘Peter de Barton, Abbat, and the Convent of Bardeue.’ (Bardney, county Lincolnshire).

60. Characters of the English by the French, and of the French by themselves (from a work entitled ‘Journal d’un Voyage aux Indes Orientales etc.’ (Par. M. Des Challes)). Octavo, 1721, and ‘Penseés sur divers sujets. Par M. le Comte Oxenstirn.’ Octavo, 1746. pp. 461-464.

61. Memorandum concerning some disturbances at Spalding, in 1646, from the journals of the House of Commons. p. 464.

A General index of contents is added, pp. 465-476, and a more complete index is to be found in Cole’s second volume of indexes.