Add MS 6271

A folio volume of 54 folios, made up from detached papers found loose and dispersed in different parts of Professor Ward’s Collections. They are:

1. Copy of a Memorial of several noblemen and Gentlemen of rank and fortune, respecting the education of the Prince of Wales, folio 1.

2. Duplicate copy of above Folio 3.A note at the end states: “this remarkable paper was sent by ye[the] Penny-post, inclosed in a cover, to General Hawley, Ab[bot]t. The 18 of December, 1752 with an intent (‘tis supposed) yt[that] he should carry it directly to ye[the] Duke. But he carried it to ye[the] Duke of Newcastle, who laid it before ye[the] King”.

3. Letter from George L[ewis] Scott, Esquire to Professor Ward, requesting him to introduce M. Schrader an Hanoverian gentleman, to Dr Pemberton. Dated Savile House, 10 May, 1754. Folio 5.

4. “Antilia, from Mr Worthington’s papers”, viz.

• i. A memorial for the advancement of learning, etc. folio 7.See MS. Add. 6269. Folio 21b.
• ii. Letter from Seth Ward, Bishop of Exeter to [Dr Worthington] concerning Mr Hartlib’s papers. Dated Westm[inster] 15 March, 1666. Folio 8.
• iii. Extracts from the correspondence of Dr Worthington and Mr [Samuel] Hartlib, 1660-1661. Folio 9. See MS. Add. 6269. Folio 19.
• iv. Certificate of Benedictus Skytte, Baron Duderhof, in favour of Rich[ard] Christophilus, a Mahomedan convert. Dated London, 13 December, 1659. Folio 9b.See ib. Folio 21.
• v. Letter from Mr J[ohn] Beale to Mr S. concerning Lord Skytte’s design in practical philosophy, etc. dated 14 June, 1661. Folio 20.
• vi. Regium Diploma (s.d.). Folio 10b.See MS. Add. 6269. Folio 23b.
• vii. Letter from S[amuel]. Hartlib to Dr Worthington on various literary and scientific topics. Dated 26 August, 1661. Folio 12.
• viii. Mr [Samuel] Hartlib’s account of himself, in a letter to the same, dated 3 August, 1660. Folio 14.See MS. Add. 6269. Folio 27.
• ix. Petition of Sam[uel] Hartlib, Sen[io]r to the House of Commons. Folio 14b.See ib. Folio 28b.

5. Original receipt from Dr Gowin Knight, as Principal Librarian of the British Museum, to Mrs Abigail Goodwin, of Warwick (residuary Legatee of Dr Ward) for Dr Ward’s interleaved copies of his Lives of the Gresham Professors, and of [John] Horseley’s ‘Britannia Romana’. Dated 5 January, 1761. Folio 16.

6. The case of the Professor of Physick [Dr John Woodward] in Gresham College (delivered to the Grand Committee, 8 December, 1703). Folio 17.

7. Copy of Greek Inscription found in the ruins of the City called Diffilo, in natolia. Folio 19.

8. Extracts from a Greek and Latin MS of the New Testament at Cambridge. ‘Vid. Mill. Prolegom’ pcxxxii. Folio 20.

9. Copy of Mr [Reverend William?] Berriman’s paper, respecting two Greek MSS in Emanuel College, Cambridge, one of the Gospels, the other, of the Catholic Epistles. Folio 21.

10. Memoranda respecting the same MSS. Folio 22.

11. Original of paper copied Art. 9. Folio 25.

12. Letter from Sa[muel] Bonamy to Professor Ward, sending him some lilies from Guernsey. Dated Guernsey, 3 September, 1750. Folio 26.

13. Letter from Sa[muel] Bonamy to Professor Ward on the same subject of [sending him some lilies from Guernsey]. Dated Guernsey, 20 September, 1749. Folio 28.

14. Letter from John Prescot to Phil[ip] Hen[ry] Warburton, Esquire, respecting a Roman inscription on an Altar to Jupiter Taurus. Dated Chester, 24 July, 1742. Folio 30.

15. A true copy of an original manuscript concerning carfax conduit in Oxford. Folio 31.

16. Letter from Hen[ry Newcome to Professor (Ward) Thanks for some corrections of a Latin inscription, 12 April, (1736). Folio 33.

17. [Greek inscriptions] [Auctore Josepho Burrosio, Anno 1708]. Folio 35.

18. Letter from Professor Ward to the Reverend Dean Lyttelton containing an Inquiry with respect to the Inscription said to have been found in searching for the Tomb of King Arthur. Dated G[resham] C[ollege], 26 July, 1756, with notes and memoranda. Folio 37.See MS. Add. 6227. Page 5.

19. Certified “copy of Mr Ward’s Order, whereby he was elected Rhetoric Professor as also his Petition”. Dated 1 September, 1720. Folio 43.

20. The case of John Ward, Professor of Rhetoric in Gresham College, with Sir Dudley Rider’s opinion, dated 15 December, 1721. (Original). Folio 44.

21. Certified copy of Bond from Mr John Ward and Will[iam] Plomer, to the Wardens and Commonalty of the mistery of the Mercers, in the penalty of £500 respecting the rhetoric Professorship. Dated 1 September, 1720. Folio 46.

22. Preamble to Mr Ward and Mr Plomer’s Bond to the Mercer’s company. Dated 1 September, 1720. (Latin). Folio 48.

23. Copy of “A Codicil to the Will of Dr John Ward, Professor of Rhetoric” relating to his bequest of manuscripts to the British Museum. Dated 3 November, 1757. Folio 50.

24. Miscellaneous memoranda of Professor Ward and John Loveday, Esquire. Folios 52-54.