Add MS 48168

MILITARY AND NAVAL PAPERS, ESTIMATES, etc.; temp. Eliz. I - 1648, n.d. Copies, mid 17th cent. List of contents, ff. iii-iv. Blank from f. 74.

1. ff. 1-8. Lists of ordnance and other equipment required for an army in Ireland; n.d.

2. ff. 8-12b, 16-20b, 29b-32, 33b-34, 38-40b, 57b-59. Exchequer issues and receipts in various years, and other revenue statistics; temp. Eliz. I - 1640. Includes (ff. 8-10) a summary of issues for wars in the Netherlands and France.

3. ff. 13-13b. Proposals for the pay and command of the army in Ireland 'by a freind that is a well: wisher both to the Kingdome of England and yt of Ireland'; n.d.

4. ff. 13b-16. Discourse on the state of the United Provinces, translated from the French; 1638.

5. ff. 21-29. States of the castles and forts of the Cinque Ports; 1641. Together with (ff. 23-29) a survey of the same, June 1641, made by order of the House of Lords, 14 May 1641.

6. ff. 32-37. Naval statistics, etc.: (a) Costs of building, manning and equipping an 800 ton ship for six months at sea; 1640-1641. ff. 32-33; (b) Annual naval charges on the Exchequer; 1636-1640. f. 34; (c) State of the navy; 2 July 1641. ff. 35-35b; (d) Arrears of naval pay; 1640-1641. f. 36; (e) Estimates of future naval expenditure; 1641. ff. 36-

36b; (f) Estimates for keeping four ships off the Irish coast for eight months; 20 Nov. 1641. See entry in LJ for that date. f. 37.

7. f. 34b. Summary of the charges for pay of captains and other officers of castles and forts; n.d.

8. ff. 37b-38. Commons recommendations for army rations; 19 Nov. 1641. Supplements the information in CJ for that date.

9. ff. 41-44b. Extracts from parliamentary proceedings concerning ship-money, etc.; 7 Dec. 1640-12 June 1641. Supplements the information in the published parliamentary journals.

10. ff. 45-57. Sir William Monson, 'Concerninge the Sea journey 1625 writt to an honble freind', probably Algernon Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland. Substantially the same, but with significant additions, as Monson's 'opinion' of the 'Expedition to Cadiz 1625', printed in his 'Naval Tracts', book II, in A. and J. Churchill, Voyages, 1732, iii, pp. 228-234.

11. ff. 59b-61b. Opinion on the legality of national claims to a monopoly of sea traffic; n.d.

12. f. 62. Locations and charges of garrisons in England and Wales; 23 Feb. 1647.

13. ff. 62b-65. Ordinance for increasing the power of the Court Admiral, rejected as illegal by the Commons; 25 Feb. 1647. Supplements the entry in CJ for that day.

14. ff. 65b-66. Speech to the Commons by Pomponne de Bellièvre, French ambassador to England and Scotland; 26 Feb. 1647. French.

15. ff. 66b-72b. Six arguments of the East India Company (ff. 71-72b) for their East Indies trade monopoly, presented to a committee of the House of Lords; 8 Feb. 1647. With (ff. 66b-70b) the answer of 'Alderman Fowlks' (John Fowke, afterwards Lord Mayor of London and M.P.) presented 13 Feb. 1647, see the LJ for that date.

16. ff. 72b-73b. Address of Omer Talon, avocat-general, Parlement de Paris 1631-1632, to the Parlement; 15 Jan. 1648. French. This differs considerably from the version in C. B. Petitot et. al., Collection des Mémoires relatifs à l'histoire de France, lxi, 1827, pp. 114-121.

Paper; ff. v + 330. Contemporary foliation 1-75. Folio. Mid XVII cent. Written in several hands: ff. 43b-73b passim in the same hand as Add. 48162. Vellum binding with green silk ties, numbered '180' on the spine.

Elizabeth I of England: Papers of R. Beale, Clerk of the Council: 16th cent.

Robert Beale, Clerk to the Privy Council: Correspondence and papers.

includes:

• ff. 1-68 passim Army; England: Papers conc.: temp. Charles I: Copies.
• ff. 1-8 Ordnance: Ordnance, etc., required for an army in Ireland: temp. Charles I.
• ff. 8-59 passim Exchequer: Receipts and issues, etc.,: temp. Eliz.-1640: Copies, temp. Charles I.
• ff. 13-13b Ireland: Proposals for an army in Ireland: temp. Charles I: Copy.
• ff. 13b-16 Netherlands, United Provinces: Discourse on the state of: 1638: Copy.
• ff. 21-29 Cinque Ports: State of their castles and forts, with survey: 1641: Copy.
• ff. 32-33 Ship-building: Costs of building and equipping an 800 ton ship: 1640-1641.
• ff. 32-37 Navy; England: Naval statistics and estimates: 1636-1641: Copies.
• ff. 41-44b Navy; England: Parliamentary proceedings conc. ship-money: 1640-1641: Extracts.
• ff. 41-44b Ship-money: Parliamentary proceedings conc.: 1640-1641: Extracts.
• ff. 41-44b England; Parliament: Proceedings conc. ship-money: 1640-1641: Extracts.
• ff. 45-57 Cadiz, Spain: Sir W. Monson's opinion on the expedition to: 1625: Copy.
• ff. 45-57 Admiral Sir William Monson: Opinion on the Cadiz expedition: 1625: Copy.
• ff. 59b-61b LAW CIVIL: Opinion on the legality of national claims to a monopoly of sea-traffic: temp. Charles I: Copy.
• ff. 62b-65 Court of Admiralty: Proposals for increasing its power: 1647: Copy.
• ff. 65b-66 England; Parliament: Speech to the Commons by P. de Bellièvre: 1647: Fr: Copy.
• ff. 65b-66 Pomponne de Bellièvre, French ambassador to England: Speech to the Commons: 1647: Fr: Copy.
• ff. 66b-70b John Fowke, MP: Answer to East India Company's arguments in favour of their monopoly: 1647: Copy.
• ff. 66b-72b East India Company: Arguments by, for their monopoly, with answer by J. Fowke: 1647: Copy.
• ff. 66b-72b England; Parliament: East India Co.'s arguments for their monopoly, with answer by J. Fowke, presented to a Lords committee: 1647: Copy.
• ff. 72b-73b Omer Talon, avocat-general, Parlement de Paris: Address to the Parlement: 1648: Fr.