Egerton MS 3345-3347

LEEDS PAPERS. Vols. XXII-XXIV (ff. 93, 115, 63). Papers relating to Parliament, consisting of accounts of proceedings, speeches, addresses, drafts of bills, copies of petitions, lists of members, notes, etc.; Vol. XXII, 1669-1685; Vol. XXIII, 1688-1689; Vol. XXIV, 1690-circ. 1711, n.d. Included are:-(1) The pretended speech of Charles II on the opening of Parliament, written by Andrew Marvell; 13 Apr. 1675. Copy. Other copies are in Harley MS. 1579, f. 136, Stowe MS. 180, ff. 77, 78, and Add. MS. 34362, ff. 136-137 b. Printed, with slight variations, by A. B. Grosart, The complete Works in verse and prose of Andrew Marvell, ii, 1875, pp. 431-433. Vol. XXII, f. 21;-(2) Notes of Commons proceedings on the first impeachment of the 1st Duke of Leeds; 26 Apr. 1675. See Browning, op. cit., i, p. 157, note 2. Vol. XXII, ff. 23-26;-(3) A series of notes of Commons proceedings, 21 Mar.-25 May 1677, supplementary to those of Feb.-Mar. 1677 in Add. MS. 28901, ff. 26-67. Vol. XXII, ff. 31-66 passim;-(4) Notes, in the 1st Duke of Leeds' hand, evidently of Lords' proceedings on 29 Jan. 1689. Cf. Hist. MSS. Comm., 12th Report, Appendix, Part vi, The Manuscripts of the House of Lords, 1689-1690 (1889), pp. 14-15. Vol. XXIII, ff. 10-11 b;-(5) A series of newsletters of parliamentary proceedings sent to the 1st Duke of Leeds or his secretary; 7 Feb.-20 Aug. 1689. Vol. XXIII, ff. 14-111 b passim;-(6) 'The answer of Henry Sacheverell', D.D., to articles of impeachment; 1710. Copy. Printed with the same title in 1710. Vol. XXIV, ff. 27 b-52.