Add MS 5860

Volume 59 of Mr. Cole’s Collections. Miscellaneous.

1. ‘The Negotiations of Thomas Woolsey [Wolsey], Cardinal’. [1524-1525]. Transcribed by Mr. Cole from a manuscript written in the time of Queen Elizabeth I, in the possession of Dr. Farmer, Master of Emmanuel College. The contents of the ‘Negotiations’ are as follows:

• a. Letter from Lord Legate to the Bishop of Bath, Master Secretary [Dr. Richard] Pace, Dean of St. Paul’s, and Mr. Hamball, ambassadors at Rome. Dated 20 March. (pages 4-11)
• b. Letter from King Henry VIII to the Bishop of Bath, at Rome. (No date). (pages 11-14). (Printed in Fiddes ‘Life of Wolsey’, app. page 15)
• c. Letter from Cardinal Wolsey to Mr. Sampson and Mr. Farmingham [Jerningham], Residents with the Emperor. Dated 6 November. (pages 14-19). (Printed in Fiddes ‘Life of Wolsey’, app. page 105)
• d. Letter from Cardinal Wolsey to the Ambassadors at Rome. (No date). (pages 19-27). (Printed in Fiddes ‘Life of Wolsey’, app. page 72)
• e. Letter from Cardinal Wolsey to the Bishop of Bath. (No date). (pages 27-38)
• f. Letter from Cardinal Wolsey to Master Richard Sampson, Ambassador. (No date). (pages 38-51)
• g. Letter from Cardinal Wolsey to the ambassadors at Rome. (No date). (pages 52-57)
• h. Letter from Mr. Farmingham [Jerningham] and Mr. Sampson, to Cardinal Wolsey. (No date). (pages 59-65)
• i. Letter from Mr. Pace to the King’s Highness. (No date). (pages 65-66)
• j. [Not Listed]
• k. Note from Mr. Pace to Mr. Turke [Tuke?]. (No date). (page 66)
• l. ‘Instructions given by the King’s Highness unto the Bishop of London [Cuthbert Tunstall], Keeper of the Privy Seale, and Sir Richard Wingfeild, Chancellor of the Dutchie of Lancaster, whome his Highnes sendeth at this Tyme on speciall Ambassage unto the Emperor’. (No date). (page 67-85)
• m. ‘Directions by the Kinge to the Bishopp of London, Sir Richard Wingfeild, and Mr. Richard Sampson, orator to the Emperor’. Dated Stonye Strattford, 8 September. (pages 86-95)
• n. Letter from Cardinal Wolsey to Mr. Richard Sampson, Dean of the King’s Chapel, and Sir Richard Farmingham [Jerningham], Knight. Dated Hampton Court, 31 August [1523]. (pages 96-100). (Printed in Fiddes ‘Life of Wolsey’, app. page 108)
• o. Letter from Cardinal Wolsey to Mr. Richard Sampson, Dean of the King’s Chapel, and Sir Richard Farmingham [Jerningham], Knight. (pages 101-102). (Printed in Fiddes ‘Life of Wolsey’, app. page 112)
• p. Part of a letter from Cardinal Wolsey to Mr. Richard Sampson, Dean of the King’s Chapel, and Sir Richard Farmingham [Jerningham], Knight. (pages 102-106). (Printed in Fiddes ‘Life of Wolsey’, app. page 113)
• q. Letter from Cardinal Wolsey to Sir Thomas Bulloyne [Boleyn], Treasurer of the King’s Household, and Sir Richard Samson. (No date). (pages 107-115)
• r. ‘Instructions given by the King’s Highness to Mr. Knight, Doctor of the Lawe, Ambassador with the Lady Margarett’. (No date). (page 116-124)
• s. Letter from Cardinal Wolsey to Mr. Secretary [Dr. Pace]. Dated The Moore, 31 August 1524. (pages 125-134)
• t. Letter from Cardinal Wolsey to Mr. Secretary [Dr. Pace]. Dated Hampton Court, 7 August. (pages 134-139)
• u. Letter from Cardinal Wolsey to Mr. Secretary [Dr. Pace]. Dated Westminster, 28 May. (pages 140-146)
• v. Letter from Cardinal Wolsey to Mr. Secretary [Dr. Pace]. Dated Bridewell, 5 March 1524. (pages 147-149). (Printed in Fiddes ‘Life of Wolsey’, app. page 117)
• w. Letter from Cardinal Wolsey to Mr. Secretary Pace and Sir John Russel. (No date). (pages 150-152). (Printed in Fiddes ‘Life of Wolsey’, app. page 115)
• x. Letter from Cardinal Wolsey to Mr. Secretary Pace. [Dated 16 January 1524]. (pages 152-155). (Printed in Strype’s ‘Memorials’, app. XI. Vol. 1. Part 2. Page 32. Ed. Octavo]
• y. Letter from Cardinal Wolsey to Mr. Secretary Pace. Dated Westminster, Last of February. (pages 156-157). (Printed in Fiddes ‘Life of Wolsey’, app. page 78)
• z. Letter from Cardinal Wolsey to Mr. Secretary Pace. Dated Westminster, 28 June 1524. (page 157-163)
• aa. ‘Instructions to be given by the King’s Highnes to Mr. Richard Paice, conteyninge such matters as hee shall disclose to the Duke and senate of Venice’. (No date). (pages 164-170). (Printed in Strype’s ‘Memorials’, app. No. XIII. Vol. 1. Part 2. Page 36)
• bb. ‘Instructions given by the King’s Highnes to Mr. Richard Pace, whome his Grace sendeth in Speciall Ambassage to the Swezey’. (No date). (page 171-178)
• cc. Letter from Cardinal Wolsey to Mr. Secretary Pace. Dated Westminster, 6 June. (page 179-183)

Mr. Cole has inserted remarks throughout, and at the commencement prefixed the Arms emblazoned of Cardinal Wolsey and some account of the Manuscript. (pages 2-3). He has also added an index of names at the end. (page 184-187).

At pages 57-59, Mr. Cole has inserted Copies of a note from Mr. Gray to Dr. Farmer. Dated Pembroke Hall, 12 April, returning him thanks for the loan of his manuscript relative to Wolsey, accompanied by remarks on the characters of Dr. Farmer and Mr. Gray, also a letter from Alexander Pope to the Reverend Mr. Broome, Dated 29 August 1730, concerning the death of Mr. Fenton. .

2. Copy of an original deed from Ralph Gernons, Earl of Chester, relative to a donation to the Priory of the Holy Trinity at Lenton, Nottinghamshire. (temp. Hen. II). (page 188).

3. Copy of an original Letter from [unknown] to the Reverend Francis Roper, Fellow of St. John’s College Cambridge, giving an account of the death of King Charles II. Dated Ely House, 7 February 1685. (Printed in Ellis’s ‘Original Letters’, Vol. III, page 333, 1st ser.) With a long note by Mr. Cole on Bishop Burnet’s account etc. (pages 188-192).

4. Copy of an original letter from Dr. William Lloyd, Bishop of Norwich, to the Reverend Francis Roper, with an account of the death of King James II. Dated 11 September 1701. (Printed in Ellis’s ‘Original Letters’, Vol. III, page 353). (pages 193-194).

5. Copy of a letter from Sir William Temple to the Master and Fellows of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Dated Moreparke, 29 November 1692. (Latin). (pages 193-194).

6. Copy of an Original Privy Seal of King Henry VIII addressed to John Danne, to pay £40 to the Clerks of the Signet, in reward for their services. Dated Greenwich, 4 March, ao. r. 4 [1513]. (pages 194-195).

7. Copy of a letter from Mr. Thomas Brown, Fellow of St. John’s College, to Mr Robert Jenkin, Chaplain to the Earl of Exeter, respecting the Conduct of King James II. Dated 23 February 1697/1698. (pages 195-196).

8. Copy of a letter from Dr. Joseph Bentham, Prebendary of Lincoln, to Thomas Ducket esquire. Dated 8 March 1710. (pages 197-198).

9. Epitaph on Cornelius Zozimus at Rome, from the ‘Melanges d’Historie’ of Dom Noel d’Argogne [d’Argonne], Vol. 2 (page 198).

10. Epitaph on Mr. David Hughes, Fellow of Queen’s College Cambridge, in the anti-chapel of the College. (page 199).

11. Epitaph on William Webbe at Long Stanton, Servant to Sir Thomas Hatton, Baronet, and references to other epitaphs placed over faithful servants by their Masters. (page 200), (see also page 198).

12. Copy of the Last Will of Margaret Parys of Lynton, Widow of John Parys of Hildersham esquire. Dated 10 June 1540. (from the Ely Register marked K). (page 201-205).

13. Copy of the Last Will of Dame Agnes Parris, wife of Sir Phillips Parris of Linton, Knight. Dated 30 March 1557 (from the same Volume) with a note by Cole relative to Archdeacon Edon, the Spring family, etc. (pages 206-207).

14. Drawing of the brass effigies and inscription on the monument of Ismayne, wife of Will de Wyverstone, taken from Necton Church in Norfolk. (pages 208-209).

15. Inscription on the monument of Samuel Bentham, A.M. and Philippa Willan, his wife, in Ely Cathedral, with a sketch of the monument. Dated Ely, 5 December 1780. (pages 210-213).

16. Transcript of the Cartulary of Colne Priory in Essex, copied by Mr. Cole, from the original manuscript in the possession of Mrs. Holgate, heiress of Mr. Wale of Colne. Notes are added throughout. Prefixed are the arms of the Priory, and Tanner’s account of it, and at the end is a copious index of names. (page 214-274).

17. Copy of an original letter from Archbishop Sancroft to Mr. Ezechiel Wright, Rector of Thurcaston, Leicestershire. Dated Emmanuel College, 17 June 1663. (pages 275-277).

18. ‘A short account of Archbishop Sancroft, from Mr. Needham’, with the Archbishop’s Arms in trick and a note by Mr. Cole respecting the Needham family. (pages 278-279).

19. Copy of a Letter from Mr. William Needham, Chaplain to Archbishop Sancroft, to his brother, Gervase Needham, BD, Fellow of Emmanuel College, concerning the Archbishop’s death, disposition of his library, etc. Dated Alresford, St. Stephen’s day 1693. (pages 280-283).

20. Note respecting Mr. Henry Wharton and Mr. Needham, with the arms in trick of Wharton and Needham. (page 283).

21. Memorandum relative to the burning of five persons at Smithfield for heretical opinions, 12 April 1587, with a note by Cole. (page 284).

22. Copy of an indenture between, John Wyethamsted, Abbot of St. Albans, and Alienor Hulle, and Roger Huswyff, clerk, by which the latter give to the Monastery, 4 Volumes of Nicholas de Lyra’s ‘Postilla’, reserving the use of them during their lives. Dated 17 May, 34 Hen. VI. (page 284).

23. Copy of some short Historical data titled ‘Chronicon breve ab anno 1104 ad 1370’, from a manuscript temp. Edw. III [1327-1377]. (pages 285-286).

24. Copy of notes concerning William Dell of Emmanuel College, Samuel Oates of Corus Christi College, and Titus Oates his son, Vavasor Powell, Hansard Knollys, Henry Denn, Samuel Fisher, and Francis Cornwall of Emmanuel College, drawn up, probably by Sr. Zachary Grey, for Lewis’s History of the Anabaptists. (page 287-289).

25. Copy of the speech made by John Digby, Earl of Bristol, in the House of Lords, 20 May 1642. (pages 290-295).

26. Copy of the Declaration of King Charles I, concerning the Treaty [of the Isle of Wight], and his dislike of the Army’s Proceedings. (pages 296-298).

27. Proceedings of the University of Cambridge, in compliance with a Letter received from John Finch, Speaker of the House of Commons, desiring them to search for and make report of all such persons as had wrote or published anything contrary to the articles of the Church of England. Dated 17 February 1628. (pages 298-301).

28. Copy of a letter from the Reverend Philip Morant, Rector of St. Mary’s, Colchester, to Dr. Richardson containing a transcript of a certificate of the Fellows of Pembroke Hall in favour of Samuel Harsnet (subsequently Archbishop of York) addressed to the Corporation of Colchester, 3 May 1586. Dated Colchester, 26 August 1740. (pages 302-303).

29. Copy of a paper relating to John Woodward MD, viz.

• i. Letter from Colonel Richard King to Honourable Dixie Windsor. Dated Gresham College, 1 June 1728. (page 304)
• ii. Letter from Dr. Anthony Taylor to Colonel King, with a list of Dr. Woodward’s manuscripts, ordered by him to be burnt. Dated Bridgewater, 15 May 1728. (pages 304-306)
• iii. Account of Mr. John Hutchinson by Dr. Woodward. (pages 306-307)

30. Copy of the Trial of Charles Crawford of Queen’s College Cambridge, who prosecuted the College Porter for an assault, 1774. (pages 308-310).

31. Copy of a letter from Anthony Corbiere to Mr. Postlethwayt. Dated Coll. S. Trin. Cantab. 8 November 1705 (Latin). (pages 311-312).

32. Copies and abstracts of Documents relating to the Rectory of Orwell, Haselingfeild, Arrington, Cambridge, Chesterton, Milton, etc. Cambridgeshire, and Felmersham, Bedfordshire, preserved in the Treasury of Trinity College Cambridge, transcribed by Mr. Cole from a manuscript of Dr. John Colbatch. Prefixed are the arms of Dr. Mason, and Dr. Colbatch, in trick. (pages 313-320).

33. Household expenses of Thomas Goodrich, Bishop of Ely. 25 Hen. VIII, 1534. (page 321).

34. Extracts from Dr. Colbatch’s manuscript relating to the University of Cambridge. (page 322).

35. Copy of a Poetical History of the Family of Stanley, Earl of Derby, by R. G. (Rector of Trinity Church, Chester), and dedicated to William, Earl of Derby, who died in 1642. Transcribed from a manuscript belonging to Sir John Stanley of Aldersley, lent to Mr. Cole by the Reverend John Allen of Toporley. The title of the poem in the manuscript is ‘The Honour of Chester and Lancashier, containing the Legend of the right honorable House of Stanleies, Earles of Derby. Written at first by the Right Reverend James [Thomas] Stanley, then Bishop of Man, and now renewed by an old Servant of the same coate and Family’. Prefixed is some account of the manuscript and a short Pedigree of the Stanley’s, with their Arms in trick. (pages 323-386). See Cole’s Vol. XXIX page 104 for the original poem by Bishop Stanley.

36. Epitaph and monument designed for Dr. Richard Laughton, Fellow of Clare Hall by Dr. Peter Stephen Goddard, Master of Clare, with a note by Cole relative to Dr. Goddard. (pages 387-389).

37. Number of Houses in certain towns of England, laid before the House of Commons by the Tax Office. (From the General Evening Post, 20 March 1781). (page 460).

At the end of this volume is the rough draft of a very brief general index of contents. (pages 461 a, b, c).