Add MS 72852

PETTY PAPERS. VOL. III (ff. iii + 225). Letters, etc., from Petty and his wife to Robert Southwell senior and Sir Robert Southwell; 1663-1683. Including (ff. 1-58, 224-225) notes, reports and letters by Petty and Southwell to Henry Oldenburg, secretary to the Royal Society, and others, concerning Petty's experimental twin-hulled ship, 1663-1683, mostly printed by the 6th Marquess of Lansdowne in The Double Bottom, or Twin-hulled Ship of Sir William Petty; a letter to Southwell from Sir Peter Pett, 1676 (f. 119); and a number of enclosures concerning Petty's Irish affairs. The latter are chiefly petitions, proposals, etc., concerning the Kerry quit rents, for which there is related material in Add. 72900, 72901 below, and papers concerning the Irish revenue and other public matters in the 1670s, for which there is related material in Add. 72879 below. The letters from Petty dated before 1677, the letters from Lady Petty, and most of the enclosed papers are not printed in the Petty-Southwell Correspondence. See also Add. MS 70948, f. 81, for a further letter from Petty to Southwell, 13 Jan. 1677.

The enclosures include:

1. ff. 170-171v. 'Considerations how the protestants (or non papists) of Ireland may disable the Papists there, both for intestine Rebellion, & also for assisting a French Invasion'; 1679. In the hand of Thomas Dance.

2. ff. 172-173v. 'The uses of Sir Wm. Petty's booke'; 1679. In the hand of an amanuensis, with autograph endorsement. Concerning the uses of demographic and other information. Printed in Petty Papers, I, pp. 172-175.

3. ff. 174-175v. '22 Counsellors'; 1679. Twenty-two numbered points concerning proposals for reforms in England, including uniting England and Ireland. In the hand of an amanuensis.

includes:

• f. 1 Sir Robert Moray, President of the Royal Society: Letters from Sir W. Petty to Sir Robert Moray: 1663: Draft and copy.
• ff. 1-12, 15-57v Royal Society: Reports, etc., on Sir W. Petty's double-bottomed boat to Royal Society: 1663-1684: Partly copies.
• ff. 1-12, 15-57v, 224 Ships and Shipping: Sir William Petty, political economist: Reports and correspondence rel. to Sir W. Petty's double-bottomed boat and other shipping matters: circa 1661-1685: Partly copies.
• ff. 5-10v, 45, 47, 49, 55-57v Sir Robert Southwell, Secretary of State for Ireland 1690: Henry Oldenburg, Secretary of the Royal Society: Letters, etc., to Henry Oldenburg from Sir Robert Southwell: 1663: Drafts.
• f. 13 Sir Robert Southwell, Secretary of State for Ireland 1690: Robert Southwell, of Kinsale: Letter to his father R. Southwell from Sir Robert Southwell: [1662-1663?]: Draft.
• ff. 13, 15-22, 46, 51-54v Sir Robert Southwell, Secretary of State for Ireland 1690: Notes, reports, etc., rel. to Sir W. Petty's double-bottomed boat by Sir Robert Southwell: 1662-1663.
• ff. 58-62 Robert Southwell, of Kinsale: Sir Henry Ingoldsby, 1st Baronet: Letters, jointly with Sir W. Petty to Robert Southwell from Sir Henry Ingoldsby: 1668.
• ff. 63-65 Robert Southwell, of Kinsale: Letters from Sir W. Petty to Robert Southwell: 1668: Signed.
• ff. 66-218v passim Sir Robert Southwell, Secretary of State for Ireland 1690: Letters, etc., from Sir W. Petty to Sir Robert Southwell: 1670-1687: Partly copies.
• ff. 68, 74-77v, 136-147v, 221-223v Ireland: Sir William Petty, political economist: County of Kerry: Disputes rel. to quit rents of Sir W. Petty's estates: [1663?]-1728: Partly copies.
• ff. 72, 78-81v, 178 Sir Robert Southwell, Secretary of State for Ireland 1690: Elizabeth Petty, née Waller formerly Fenton; wife of Sir W Petty; formerly wife of Sir. M Fenton, 1st Baronet; suo jure (1688) Baroness Shelburne: Correspondence between Sir Robert Southwell and Lady Petty: 1670-1696: Partly drafts and copies.
• f. 88 John King, 1st Baron Kingston: Answer to Sir W. Petty's petition by John King: 1674: Copy.
• ff. 100-101v, 199-202v Ireland: Proposals by Sir W. Petty rel. to farm of Irish revenue: [1674?]-1682: Copies.
• ff. 102-105 Medicine and Surgery: Otto Tachenius, alias Tackenio; physician: Letter and prescription to Sir R. Southwell by Otto Tachenius: 1675: Ital.
• ff. 106-113v Ireland: Report of the Council of Trade drawn up by Sir W. Petty: 1675: Copy.
• f. 119 Sir Robert Southwell, Secretary of State for Ireland 1690: Sir Peter Pett, FRS; lawyer and author: Letter to Sir Robert Southwell from Sir Peter Pett: 1676.
• ff. 121, 124-127v Ireland: Papers rel. to Sir W. Petty's dispute in Chancery rel. to farm of Irish revenue: 1676-1677: Copies.
• f. 148 Helena Southwell, wife of R Southwell: Letter from Sir W. Petty to Helena Southwell: 1678.
• f. 150 Sir Robert Southwell, Secretary of State for Ireland 1690: Letters, etc., to Sir. W. Petty: 1668-1687: Partly drafts and copies.
• ff. 152-155v Sir Robert Southwell, Secretary of State for Ireland 1690: Thomas Bedford, Registrar of the Admiralty Court: Letters to Sir Robert Southwell from Thomas Bedford: 1678.
• ff. 166-175v, 182, 189-194v, 199-202v, 205-220v Edward Southwell, 1671-1730; Secretary of State for Ireland: Charles Petty, 2nd Baron Shelburne: Correspondence between Edward Southwell and Charles Petty: 1687-1688: Partly drafts and copies.
• ff. 170-175v, 183-190v, 219-220 Ireland: Treatises and proposals by Sir W. Petty on the state of Ireland: 1679-1687.
• f. 224 Sir John Werden, 1st Baronet: Correspondence with Sir W. Petty of Sir John Werden: 1683-1684: Copies.