Add MS 78218-78219

EVELYN PAPERS. Vols. LI, LII. Indices to Privy Council Books; 1621-1628. The Council Books indexed in these two volumes were numbered as 5 to 10 in the continuous series covering the reigns of James I and Charles I, though the page-references cited here do not correspond with those in the PRO printed series of Acts of the Privy Council. The first volume also includes occasional lists of passes, patents and commissions granted, and of orders passed, and the second summaries of ‘Presidents [i.e. precedents] and notes of publique businesses’. The index to the eighth book (18 July 1626-29 Feb. 1628) includes references to ‘Defaulters’ from the forced loan and musters. Contemporary ink foliation in 78218, imperfectly, from 1 to 92, and 78219, 1-28; 1-39. Listed in the 1687 catalogue of the Evelyn library (f. 129v) as ‘A Table of y^e Council Bookes for severall yeares (I) (II) (III)’; probably owned by Sir Richard Browne. Add. MS 78218 formerly Evelyn MS 274.

Two volumes. Contemporary covers of limp vellum attached by leather thongs and secured by ties. Front covers lettered ‘Bookes 5^t[h]. 6^th. 7^th. 8^th.’ [9^th, 10^th ]’; pressmarked and docketed by Evelyn. 218 x 192mm.