Add MS 6194

Volume II

1. Letter from Dr. John Woodward to the Abbé Bignon. In general terms. On literary and scientific pursuits. Jun 1711. (Latin). p. *165.

2. Reply from the Abbé Bignon to Dr. Woodward. Paris, 8 Jul 1712. (Latin). p. *167.

3. From Dr. Woodward to Ezech. Spanheim. Requesting him to write his opinion of Dr. Woodward’s shield (not dated). (Latin). f. *168. See Add MS 6127, p. 36.

4. From Dr. Woodward to the Abbé Bignon. On the subject of his shield. 23 Apr 1713. (Latin). p. 169. Printed in Ward’s ‘Lives of the Prof. of Gresham College.’ append. p. 139.

5. Extracts from two letters of Dr. Woodward to Gilbert Cuper, 1706 and 1709, and from the reply of Cuper. 16 Sept 1710. (Latin). p. 175.

See Ward’s ‘Lives…,’ p. 290, and Add MS 6127.

6. Petition of Edward Lany, M.A., Fellow of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, to the Lord Mayor, and committee, for Gresham affairs, praying to be elected Divinity Lecturer in the college, in the place of Mr. Wells, with certificates annexed of his abilities. March, 1690/1691. p. 177.

7. Petition of John Bridgen, M.A., to the same, praying to be elected Divinity Lecturer in the room of Dr. Lany, deceased, with certificates annexed. Sept 1708. p. 179.

8. Petition of John Newey, M.A., to the same, to be elected lecturer of music, in the room of Mr. Perry, with certificates annexed. Sept 1696. p. 182.

9. Resignation of John Newey, of his place as music reader. 1 Dec 1705. p. 184.

10. Petition of Robert Shippen, M.A., to the Lord Mayor, and committee, praying to be elected professor of music in Mr. Newey’s place, with certificates annexed. (Dec) 1705.

11. Resignation of Robert Shippen, D.D. 3 Oct 1710. p. 187.

12. Petition of Dr. Edward Shippen to the committee, praying to be elected professor of music, with certificates annexed. Oct 1710. Ib.

13. Petition of John Woodward, student in physics, to the same, to be elected lecturer in physics, with certificates annexed. Sept, Jan 1692. p. 189.

14. Petition of Henry Pemberton, M.D., to the Mercers Company, and committee on Gresham affairs, praying to be elected physics lecturer in the place of Dr. Woodward deceased, with certificates annexed. May 1728. p. 199.

15. Petition of Andrew Tooke, M.A., to the committee, to be elected geometry reader in the place of Dr. Hooke, with certificates annexed. Feb-Mar 1704. p. 202.

16. Petition of Thomas Tomlinson, A.B., to the same, to be elected geometry professor in the place of Mr. Tooke, with certificate annexed. June 1729. p. 205.

17. Petition of George Newland, L.L.D., to the same, to be elected geometry lecturer in the place of Mr. Tomlinson, with certificate annexed. Jan 1731. p. 208.

18. Petition of John Machin, to the same, to be elected astronomy lecturer, in the place of Mr. Torrianor, with certificates annexed (among which is that of Sir Isaac Newton). May 1713. p. 210.

19. Petition of Edward Martin, M.A., to the same, to be elected rhetoric professor in the place of Mr. Gresham, with certificate annexed. Oct 1696. p. 213.

20. Letter from Mr. Robert Hooke to the Hon. Robert Boyle. Account of an experiment on a dog to discover a passage of the air out of the lungs into the vessels or heart. Gresham College, 10 Nov 1664. p. 215.

21. Letter from Mr. Robert Wyseman to the Fellows of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Mr. Selden’s acceptance of the mastership, offered him by the college. London, 25 July 1645. p. 219.

22. From the same to the same. Same subject. Doctors’ Committee, 16 Oct 1645. p. 220.

23. Letter from Mr. Henry Jenkes to Mr. Roger Meredith. Sir Andrew King declines taking his lodgings. Clapham, 21 June 1775. p. 222. 24. Order of the Committee of the House of Commons for the Association, touching the election to the mastership of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and approval of Mr. Selden. (1645). p. 223.

25. Of the inflection of a direct motion into a curve by a supervening attractive principle. By Mr. Hooke. May 23 1666. p. 225. 26. Mr. Hooke’s discourse concerning Mr. Newton’s Theory of Light. p. 229.

27. Of the effects of tobacco oil, by Mr. Daniel Cox. 3 May 1665. p. 240.

28. Proceedings of the committee for Gresham affairs at the election of Dr. John Mapletoft as professor of physics. 27 Mar 1675. p. 242. 29. Letter from John Locke to Dr. Mapletoft. A facetious letter on the doctor’s intention of marriage. Paris, 9 Aug 1677. p. 245.

30. From the same to the same. His disappointment in not going to Rome. Lyon, 8 Nov 1678. p. 248.

31. Letter from Dr. J. Bull to Sir Michael Hicks. Wishing his son’s name to be inserted instead of his own in some patent. 26 Apr 1612. p. 250.

32. Extract of a letter from the Rev. Dr. Walker, Vicemaster of Trinity College, Cambridge, to the Rev. Richard Bentley. Respecting Mr. Perry’s exhibitions. 9 May 1745. p. 251.

33. Extracts from Dr. Wallis’s account of his life (ap Langtoft’s Chronicle, I, 148) and Wake’s Rex Platon, p. 125, touching the study of mathematics at Cambridge, and public lectures at Oxford. p. 253.

34. Extracts from the History of the Royal Society, and History of Sion College. pp. 254, 255.

35. Extracts from the register of the Royal Society, 1664-1727. pp. 255-257.

36. Extracts from letters of Mr. Hartlib to Dr. Worthington relative to the Royal Society (called Virtuosi and Ingeniosi), 1660. pp. 257-259.

37. Extract from Mr. Trumbull’s letter to King James I concerning the archdukes receiving Dr. Bull, the King’s organist, into his chapel, without permission. 30 May 1614. p. 259.

38. Note of a lecturer of Gresham College having been appointed Licenser of the Press in 1643. p. 260.

39. Letter from Thomas Baines to Viscount Conway. Venice, 21 Aug 1657 (from the Thurloe State Papers, vol. VI, p. 456). p. 261.

40. Some account of Dr. Worthington, and extracts from his diary, 1664-1670. pp. 263-265.

41. Account of the publication of the Philosophical Transactions, and editors or publishers of them. pp. 265-268.

42. Extracts from Strype, Rushworth, and various other printed books; the council book of the Royal Society, 1664, 1673; Baker’s manuscript collections, etc. All relating to Gresham College, or the Royal Society. pp. 268-278.

43. Letter from the Master, and Fellows, of St. John’s College, Cambridge, to secretary Thurloe. 28 Jan 1658. (See Thurloe Papers, VI, 602). p. 278.

44. Memoranda of ‘a brief description of Carolina,’ printed in the first Court of Gresham Colledge,’ 1660, quarto, and of a map of London in six plats, Dec 1666. p. 280.

45. Extracts from, and notices of, Mr. Wotton’s papers. p. 281.

46. Latin verses by Edward Lany. A.B. Aul. Pemb. on the birth of the Prince, 1688. p. 282.

47. Testimonials prefixed to the 3d edition of Dr. Hakewill’s apologie of the power of God, 1635, by Thomas Clayton, medical professor, and Henry Briggs, geometry professor. p. 283.

48. Latin verses by Thomas Clayton, Gualt. Foster, and Dr. H. Mowtlow, extracted from various printed works. pp. 284-287.

49. Notices of two views of the monastery at Mount Athos, and a print of Hans Houger by Hollar, in the Bodleian picture gallery. pp. 287, 288.

50. Copy of a paper given by John Ward to Dr. Newland, in July 1745, relating to the Stables at Gresham College. p. 289.

51. Warrant signed by ‘B. Whitelocke Presdt.’ to the officers of the Ordnance at the Tower, to deliver to Coloner Mosse, beds and bedding for his regiment quartered at Gresham College, and elsewhere. 10 Aug 1659. p. 290.

52. Letter from George Montayne, Bishop of London, to Sir Edward Conway, Secretary of State, concerning the King having dispensed with college statutes. London, 10 Dec 1623. p. 291.

53. Extract from Dr. Brown’s travels, concerning one Jeremias, a Greek priest, and his opinion of the English. p. 291.

54. Epitaph on Dr. Woodward. p. 292.

55. Letter from Dr. Woodward to Dr. Arthur Charlet, Master of University College, Oxford. Announcing his intention of making a will in favour of the University. 18 Aug 1720. p. 293.

56. Latin epigram spoken almost extempore, at the late election at Westminster School, on occasion of Mr. Romanin’s quitting his professorship at Gresham College. p. 294.

A copious index to the contents of these two volumes is annexed. pp. 1-37.