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Add MS 6306
- Record Id:
- 032-003442511
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003442511
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100075949233.0x000402
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 6306
- Title:
- Volume of larger collection of sixty-six volumes [6277 to 6342] acquired from Lady Banks, this volume relating to Testimonies, in Manuscript and Print, relating to the Interment of King Charles I in the chapel of St George at Windsor, and Prints, Papers a
- Scope & Content:
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A folio volume of 82 folios, intitled: “A collection of Testimonies, partly from Manuscript and partly from Printed Authorities, relating to the Interment of King Charles I in the chapel of St George at Windsor. Two or Three Prints and Papers at the end relate to the Calves-Head Club, and the supposed head of Oliver Cromwell, still preserved in London”.
1. Various Extracts from and references to Printed Books, chiefly in the handwriting of Mrs S[arah].S[ophia]. Banks. Folios 1-12.
2. A Paper drawn up by Mr (afterwards Sir Henry) Ellis, concerning the Interment of King Charles I, April, 1813. Folios 13, 14.
3. A long and curious Letter from George Chalmers to Sir Joseph Banks, Bar[one]t on the same subject. Dated, Whitehall, 20 April, 1813. Folios 15-24.
4. Note from Mr Ellis to Sir Joseph Banks, relative to the £70,000 granted by Parliament for the interment of the King. Folio 25.
5. Letter from Sir Henry Halford to Miss Shuttleworth promising to leave a copy of his “narrative”, for Miss Banks. Dated 24 April, 1813. Folio 26. Mem. The Autograph MS of this ‘Narrative’ (which was printed by the author), authenticated by the Seal and Signature of King George IV (then Prince Regent), is preserved in the British Museum, MS Add. 8825.
*6. Letter from Mr Ellis to Mrs Banks, respecting MS Cott. Vesp. B. ii. (containing an account of the reception of the Princess Mary of England in Paris, Anno 1514), and also to a Tract relative to Charles the First’s execution. Dated 3 May, 1813. Folio 28.
7. Letter from the same to Sir Joseph Banks, Bar[one]t concerning the interment and Mausoleum of King Charles I. dated Oxford, 11 August, 1813. Folio 30.
8. Extract from a Letter fro Mr Ellis from Sir Joseph Banks, dated 16 August, 1813 in reply to the last. Folio 32.
9. Letter from Mr Ellis to Sir Joseph Banks relative to the List of Plants in Ashmole’s Study mentioned by Aubrey, and the description of King Charle’s interment in the original MS of Clarendon. Dated Oxford, 23 August, 1813. Folio 34.
10. Paper in Mrs Banks’s writing, drawn from the preceding Letters of Mr Ellis. Folio 36.
11. Extracts from [Francis] Peck’s ‘Desiderata [Curiosa]’: Fuller’s ‘Church History’; King Charles’s Works; Baker’s ‘Chronicle’; Wood’s ‘Athenœ’; ‘Memoirs of the last two years of the reign of Charles I’; [Elias] Ashmole’s ‘Order of the Garter’; Clarendon’s ‘History of the Rebellion’ (with Remarks by Mrs Banks); [Laurence] Echard’s ‘History of England’; [Paul de] Rapin’s ‘History of England’; Whitelock’s ‘Memorials’: Life of Mr Philip Henry’; [Isaac de] Larrey’s ‘History of the reign of Charles I’; and the ‘Gentleman’s Magazine’, (with Remarks); all relative to the Interment of the Royal Martyr. Folios 38-67.
12. Memorandum by Mrs Banks, relative to a Crown of gold found in the Coffin of King Charles I when opened in 1813. Folio 68.
13. Cuttings from the newspapers, relative to the opening of Charles the First’s Coffin by Sir H Halford in the presence of the Prince Regent, 1813. Folios 69-72.
14. Note by Mrs Banks concerning the Tract intitled “The confession of Richard Brandon”, execution of Charles I; and extract from the ‘Morning Chronicle’ 3 January, 1787 relative to Lord Stair’s supposed confession. Folios 73, 74.
15. Engraved view of Carisbrook Castle, Isle of Wight, where Charles I was confined. Folio 75.
16. Engraved View of the Execution of Charles I (from the ‘Univ[ersal]. Mag[azine].’, 1752). Folio 76.
17. Two Engravings of the “Members of the Calve’s Head Club, held 30 January, 1734 with some notes by Mrs Banks. Folios 77-80.
18. Colored caricature by G.Cruickshank, representing the opening of Charles the First’s coffin. Folio 81.
19. Memoranda in the handwriting of Mrs Banks, relating to the Head of Oliver Cromwell. Dated 21 April, 1813. Folio 82.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003442511
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003442511
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume, (of 82 folios) acquired inclusive of 66 volumes.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 18th century-19th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Folio format. In Manuscript and Print. Includes engravings.
- Custodial History:
- As with sixty-six volumes nos. 6277 to 6342 inclusive, presented to the Museum by Lady Banks, in the Autumn of the year 1819.
- Publications:
- Reference to: [Francis] Peck’s ‘Desiderata [Curiosa]’: Fuller’s ‘Church History’; King Charles’s Works; Baker’s ‘Chronicle’; Wood’s ‘Athenœ’; ‘Memoirs of the last two years of the reign of Charles I’; [Elias] Ashmole’s ‘Order of the Garter’; Clarendon’s ‘
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- This catalogue description has been transcribed from the original [18th-19th-century] handwritten Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts and may contain inaccuracies. The handwritten catalogue is available in the Manuscripts Reading Room.
- Related Material:
- Related to the sixty-six volumes nos. 6277 to 6342 acquired from Lady Banks.