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032-003442605

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Add MS 6398

Title:

Papers and fragments from Mr. Cole’s Collections, containing letters, chiefly addressed by Browne Willis esquire to the Reverend William Cole

Scope & Content:

This volume has been made out of several bundles of papers and fragments which came with Mr. Cole’s Collections.A folio volume (66 folios), containing original letters, chiefly addressed by Browne Willis esquire of Whaddon Hall, Buckinghamshire, to the Reverend William Cole, AD 1746-1753.

1. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole, relative to the Epitaphs of several Church Dignitaries. Tradesmen’s Tokens. Works of Thomas Drant, Archdeacon of Lewes, etc. Dated Carew Street [Carey Street?] near Lincoln’s Inn, 2 January 1746. (folios 1, 2)

2. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole. Tanner’s ‘Bibliotheca Britannica’. De la Bere, Bishop of St. David’s. Dated Carew Street [Carey Street?], 8 January 1746. (folio 3)

3. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole, inviting Mr. Cole to Whaddon Church dedications. Dated Cary Street [Carey Street], 28 February 1746. (folios 4, 5)

4. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole. Desiring to see him. Dated Cary Street [Carey Street], 14 March 1746. (folio 6)

5. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole. Repeating invitation to Whaddon Dedications procured from Volumes of Wills in Doctors Commons. Dated Cary Street [Carey Street], 27 March 1746. (folio 7)

6. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole. Cathedral and Wills at Evesham. Hopes to see Mr. Cole at Whaddon Coins. Dated 25 July 1746. (folio 8)

7. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole. Books of Bishop More and Mr. Baker. Petition to Henry VI by a Vestment maker employed by Bishop Langton of St. David’s. English coins. State of Worcester Cathedral. Love of antiquities. Dated Whaddon Hall, 2 August 1746. (folios 9, 10)

8. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole. Grant’s effigy at Cerne in Dorset. Dated Whaddon Hall, 8 October 1746. (folio 11)

9. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole. Desire to see him at Whaddon Hall. 13 December 1746. (folios 12, 13)

10. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole. Will of John More esquire of Whaddon, 1498, in Doctors Commons. Wishes to learn the names of the Vicars of Whaddon, and the dedication. Dated Whaddon Hall, 13 April 1747. (folio 14)

11. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole. Church dedications wanted. Cambridgeshire collections. Epitaphs. Dated Whaddon, 24 April 1747. (folio 15)

12. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole. Churches at Wallingford. English coins. Church dedications. Dated Aynhoe [Aynho], Northamptonshire, 1 June 1747. (folio 16)

13. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole. His Parliamentary lists. Dated Whaddon, 6 July 1747. (folios 17, 18)

14. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole. Bishop White’s cenotaph at St. Omer’s. Family affairs. Parliamentary lists. Parkins’ controversy uth. Dr. Stewkley. Dated Whaddon Hall, 23 September 1747. (folios 19, 20)

15. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole. His son’s illness. Book of Eton scholars. Dated Whaddon, St. Michael, 1747. (folio 21)

16. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole. Same subject. Dated Whaddon Hall, 10 October 1747. (folios 22, 23)

17. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole. Eton lists. Private matters. Dated Whaddon Hall, 26 October 1747. (folio 24)

18. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole. Prior White’s epitaph at Royston. Ely Registers, etc. Dated Whaddon, 24 December [1747]. (folio 25)

19. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole. Marriage of his eldest son. Recommendation of Mr. Cole to the Bishop of Ely. Dated London, 1 February 1747/1748. (folios 26, 27)

20. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole. Same subject. Dated Carey Street, 6 February 1747/1748. (folio 28)

21. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole. Same subject. Dated Carey Street, 9 February 1747/1748. (folio 29, 30)

22. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole. Pedigree of Cartwright at length, and remarks. Dated Aynhoe [Aynho], Northamptonshire, 7 January 1748. (folio 30/31)

23. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole. Collections of Hereford by Mr. Walwyn. Dated Whaddon Hall, 15 February 1748. (folios 32, 33)

24. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole. Increase of the Society of Antiquaries. Coins, etc. Dated Carey street, 7 March 1748. (folio 34)

25. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole. Saxon Coins. Opening of the Radcliffe library. Dated Carey Street, 20 March 1748. (folio 35)

26. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole. Various topics, among others Bristol, and English Coins. Dated Carey Street, 2 May 1748. (folios 36, 37)

27. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole. Tanner’s Bibliotheca. Longston family of Sedgbarrow [Sedgeberrow], Worcestershire, etc. Dated (Whaddon), 27 June 1748. (folios 38, 39)

28. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole. Intention to come to Cambridge. Dated Aynhoe [Aynho], 23 July 1748. (folio 40)

29. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole. His health etc. Collection of coins at Oxford. The new librarian there, etc. Dated Whaddon Hall, 10 September 1748. (folio 41)

30. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole. Inclosing proposals for some work. Dated Carey Street, 28 April 1749. (folio 42)

31. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole. His book of Parliaments. Mr. Smyth’s collections of lists of Sheriffs. Notes respecting the Burgesses of Cambridge University and Town. Dated Aynhoe [Aynho], 23 June 1749. (folios 43, 64)

32. Letter from Browne Willis to his son, Eliot Willis. Private matters. Dated Carey Street, 2 March 1750. (folio 44)

33. Letter from Browne Willis to his son, Eliot Willis. Family and Private affairs. Dated Whaddon Hall, 28 June 1751. (folios 45, 46)

34. Paper in the handwriting of Mr. Cole, relative to Mr. Fletcher of Sympson, and his dining with Mr. Cole. Dated 12 September 1753. (folio 47)

35. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole. Wishes to see him. Dated Pengethley, Herefordshire, 12 August 1751. (folio 48)

36. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole. Asks for a draft of Stetchworth Church. Ely Chancellors, etc. Dated Carey Street, 11 May 1752. (Copied by Cole into his volume XXXIX). (folio 49)

37. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole. In general terms. Dated Whaddon, 8 July 1752. (Copied in Cole’s volume XXXIX). (folio 50)

38. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole. Intention of visiting Cambridge. Dated Whaddon Hall, 11 August 1752. (folio 51)

39. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole. Invitation to dinner. Dated Cambridge, 12 August 1752. (folio 52)

40. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole. Concerning Stetchworth Church and Manor. Dated Whaddon, 27 August 1752. (folio 53)

41. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole. Celebration of the Stratford Chapel anniversary, etc. Dated Whaddon, 22 November 1752. (folio 54)

42. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole. Respecting some affairs in which Mr. Harvey and Mr. Eyre were concerned. Dated Bath Abbey House, 1 November 1752. (folio 55)

43. Letter from Browne Willis to Mr. Cole. Sending some papers. Agreement about a School, etc. Dated Whaddon, 8 March 1753. (folio 56)

44. Copy of Mr. Cole’s reply to the last. Dated Blechley, 8 March 1753. (folio 56b)

45. Letter from Browne Willis esquire to the Reverend Mr. Masters. Invitation to Whaddon. Mr. Masters’ work. Printing of Ecton, and difficulties of it, etc. Dated Bath Abbey House, 11 October 1753. (folio 57)

46. Copy of a letter from William Clifton to Henry Willis of Christ Church. Complaints of Browne Willis’s conduct. Dated Eaton, 7 October 1739. (folio 58)

47. Copy of a letter from William Clifton to Henry Willis. Account of the dispute between Browne Willis and his son, respecting the Chapel Warden of Stratford. Dated Eaton, 11 June 1740. (folio 58b)

48. Copy of a letter from William Clifton to Henry Willis. Complaints against Cole. Fleming. Dated Stratford, 7 August 1740. (folio 59b)

49. Letter from G. Vertue to Browne Willis esquire, with a copy of the inscription in Bishop Cox’s funeral picture. Dated 22 March 1736/1737. (folio 60, 61)

50. Copy of a letter from Henry Willis of Christ Church to his brother, the Reverend Mr. Willis, rector of Blechley. Family disputes. Dated Christ Church, 27 June 1738. (folio 62)

51. Copy of a letter from Henry Willis of Christ Church to his brother, the Reverend Mr. Willis, rector of Blechley. Family disputes. Dated Christ Church, 12 January 1738/1739. (folio 62b)

52. Copy of a letter from J. Willis to his brother, in reply to the last. Dated 21 January 1738. (folio 63b)53. Sheriffs of Suffolk, Norfolk, and Northamptonshire, in continuance of those in Fuller’s Worthies, and before the Gazette’s begin, in the writing of Browne Willis. (See folio 43). (folios 65, 66)

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 volume (66 folios)

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1736

End Date:

1753

Date Range:

1737?-1753

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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:

Some items have been copied into Cole's Volume XXXIX, Add MS 5840