Add MS 48196 C

APPENDIX TO YELVERTON COLLECTION: various papers found loose in the manuscripts; 15th-19th centt.

Paper (f. 60 vellum); ff. 63. British Library arrangement.

1. ff. 1-4. Confirmation by Frank van Borselen, Count van Ostrevant, Governor of Holland and Zeeland, of a charter of John, Duke of Bavaria and Lord of Holland, 9 Aug. 1421, confirming English trading privileges; Hoogstraten, 24 June 1435. Copy, late 16th cent. Dutch, with partial English translation (ff. 3-3b). Duke John's charter is printed from Cotton MS. Tiberius D.VIII, ff. 10-10b in Schanz, ii, pp. 159-161. Van Borselen was the husband of Jacqueline, Countess of Holland. Found in Add. 48015, after art. 10.

2. ff. 5-22. Reports of two cases in Common Pleas; 1572, 1572? Written probably after 1585, see marginal references (ff. 5, 16) to James Dyer's 'Reports', first published under the title Cy ensuont ascuns nouel cases . . . , 1585. Two quires taken from a bound volume: ff. 17-22 are blank. Found in the front of Add. 48029. (a) Cranmer's case (Kirk v. Bales); Oct. 1572 (Manwood is described as 'puisne justice', f. 9b). ff. 5-15; (b) Report of writ of error in Queen's Bench for Fitzwilliam v. Copley (Trinity 1570); 1572?

3. ff. 23-23b. Letter to Beale from Jean Hennequin, Seigneur de Manoeuvre, secretary to François, Duc d'Anjou; Paris, 25 Oct. [1581?]. French. Contains a possible reference to Anjou's visit to England in late autumn 1581. For Hennequin see: M. P. Holt, ' . . . The household of François, Duke of Anjou', French Historical Studies, xiii, no. 3, 1984, pp. 315-316, 321-322; E. Barnavi, 'Fidèles et partisans dans la Ligue parisienne (1585-1594)', Y. Durand, ed., Hommage à Roland Mousnier, 1981, p. 144. Found in Add. 48014, after f. 575.

4. ff. 24-25b. Treatise on small coinage addressed to Elizabeth I by Thomas Lupton; late 16th cent. Autograph? draft. Signed. See Lansdowne MS. 122, ff. 7-9b. Endorsed by Beale, 'Touching ye make up of small money'. Found in Add. 48020, after f. 175.

5. ff. 26-26b. Fragment of letter addressed to 'Mr Attorney' on behalf of? the Privy Council concerning prisoners; late 16th cent. Draft, in Beale's hand. Found in Add. 48015, after f. 413.

6. f. 27. Moral exhortation to European princes; late 16th cent. Fragment? Draft, in Beale's hand. Latin. Calthorpe armorial stamp. Found in Add. 48006, after f. 164.

7. ff. 28-29b. Summary of a speech by Sir Richard Weston, Chancellor of the Exchequer, to the House of Commons in the second Parliament of Charles I, conveying a message from the King; 13 March 1626. Copy, certified by

'Jo. Wright', probably John Wright, Clerk of the House of Commons. For another copy of this document see Sloane MS 1710, f. 283. Endorsed 'Mr Chancellors message', f. 29b. Printed in J. Rushworth, Historical Collections, 1721, i, p. 215. Printed from the Sloane MS. in Proceedings in Parliament 1626, ii, 1992, ed. W. B. Bidwell and M. Jansson, Yale Center for Parliamentary History. Calthorpe armorial stamp, f. 29. Found in Add. 48027, after f. 71.

8. ff. 30-35. Bifolia from small notebooks; early 17th cent. Calthorpe armorial stamp, ff. 33b, 34. Found in Add. 48101. (a) Leaves from the same book, formerly folded together, bearing the following: accounts, partly in shorthand (f. 30); mathematical problems (f. 32); list of kings to James I (f. 33b); note of goods seized for Customs 'Jan: 20 1628' [1629] (f. 33b).

ff. 30-33b; (b) Bifolia with alphabet, etc. ff. 34-35.

9. ff. 36-39. Sentence passed by Thomas, Viscount Wentworth, Lord Deputy of Ireland and the Council of War against Francis Annesley, Baron Mountnorris; 12 Dec. 1635. Copy. Printed in The Earl of Strafforde's letters and dispatches, ed. W. Knowler, 1739, i, pp. 499-501. Found in Add. 48015, after art. 19.

10. ff. 40-43b. Verses entitled 'The Converts'; 1688. Beg. (f. 41): 'I did intend in Rhyme Heroick . . . '. Printed in A collection of the newest and most ingenious poems, . . . against Popery, 1689, i, 2 (STC 5205); see M. Crum, First-Line Index of English Poetry 1500-1800 in manuscripts of the Bodleian Library Oxford, 1969, I 131. Found in Add. 48081.

11. f. 44. Note of the charge on an account; 1690. Found in Add. 48086, after f. 2.

12. ff. 45-45b. Division list of the House of Lords on the bill of attainder against Sir John Fenwick; 23 Dec. 1696. Imperfect. See further D. Hayton and C. Jones, A register of parliamentary lists 1660-1761, University of Leicester History Department Occasional Publications no. 1, 1979, p. 40, which does not include the present MS. Found in Add. 48086, after f. 42.

13. ff. 46-46b. Bill for bacon and eggs; 1696-1697. Found in Add. 48020, after f. 228.

14. ff. 47-47b. List of Saxon kings, etc.; late 17th cent. Found in Add. 48090.

15. ff. 48-49b. Letter of John Sandall, of Egton, N.R., co. York, to Barbara Yelverton, Viscountess de Longueville; 15 July 1709. Found in Add. 48081.

16. ff. 50-51b. Legend concerning the death in 1159 of the hermit Sedman, of Eskdaleside near Whitby, co. York; 18th cent. Printed as a pamphlet

at Whitby, c. 1780, under the title A true account of the murder of the

monk of Whitby, by Lord William de Bruce of Ugglebarnby, Lord Ralph de Piercy of Sneaton, and Allatson . . . with the monks penance laid upon them, BL 1865.c.10(36). Reprinted in F. Grose, Antiquities of England and Wales, 1785 edn., vi, pp. 89-91, J. Ord, History of Cleveland, London, 1846, pp. 323-324, and elsewhere. The legend is probably a fabrication: see further W. Farrer, Early Yorkshire Charters, Edinburgh, 1915, ii, pp. 355-356. Found in Add. 48025, after f. 162.

17. f. 52. Sheet from papers in a legal case concerning an attorney of Westminster and John Lacey; aft. 1783. Marked '2' at the foot. Found in Add. 48109.

18. ff. 53-56. Copy of material in Add. 48008, ff. 261-262b; early 19th cent. Found in Add. 48008, after f. 266.

19. ff. 57-58. Letter from Dr Augustus Jessopp to Frederick Henry William Gough-Calthorpe, 5th Baron Calthorpe, asking to see Yelverton MSS. 110 and 142 (Add. MSS. 48101 and 48127); 2 April 1874.

20. ff. 59-59b. Leaf of a Sarum antiphoner formerly in the binding of Add. 48096; 15th cent. 'MSS Yelvert. N. 105', f. 59b. For description see

Add. 48096.

21. f. 60. Front end-paper from Add. 48119. Numbered '134' twice. Calthorpe armorial stamp. Found in Add. 48006.

22. f. 61. List of fourteen MSS. missing from the collection in 1755. Found in Add. 48025, f. 74.

23. f. 62. Slip stating 'This MS came out of the Coleraine Family. Last from Ald. Townsend of Bruce Castle'; late 18th - early 19th centt. For a similar slip, with description, see Add. 48017, f. iii. Found in Add. 48024.

24. f. 63. Receipt by Sir Francis Palgrave for thirteen volumes borrowed from the Yelverton collection; Jan. 1833. See Add. 48195, f. iii. The missing volume referred to is Yelverton 7, part.2 (now Add. 48007). Found in Add. 48006.

includes:

• ff. 1-4 Province of Zeeland: Trade and Commerce: Province of Holland: Henry VI of England: Frank van Borselen, Count van Ostrevant; Governor of Holland and Zeeland: Confirmation of privileges to English merchants by Count van Ostrevant: 1435: Dutch and Engl. transl: Copies, 16th cent.
• ff. 5-22 Law OF ENGLAND: Reports of two cases in Common Pleas: 1572, 1572(?): Copies.
• f. 23 Robert Beale, Clerk to the Privy Council: Jean Hennequin, Seigneur de Manoeuvre: Letter to Robert Beale from Jean Hennequin: 1581?: Fr.
• ff. 24-25b Elizabeth I of England: Thomas Lupton, miscellaneous writer: Coinage: Treatise on small coinage addresed to Qu. Elizabeth by Thomas Lupton: late 16th cent: Autograph? draft. Signed.
• ff. 26-26b Robert Beale, Clerk to the Privy Council: England; Privy Council: Privy Council letter , in the hand of Robert Beale: late 16th cent: Fragment of draft.
• f. 27 Robert Beale, Clerk to the Privy Council: Moral exhortation to European princes: late 16th cent: Lat: Fragment? of draft: Autograph.
• f. 28 John Wright, Clerk of the House of Commons: Summary of speech to the House of Commons by Sir R. Weston certified by?: 1626-1632: Copy.
• ff. 28-29b Sir Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland: England; Parliament: Summary of speech to the House of Commons of Sir R. Weston: 1626: Copy.
• f. 30 Shorthand: Accounts: Misc. accounts, partly in shorthand: early 16th cent.
• f. 32 Mathematics: Problems: early 17th cent.
• f. 33b Customs and Excise: Memorandum of goods seized: 1629.
• ff. 36-39 Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford 1640: Francis Annesley, 1st Viscount Valentia: Sentence passed against Lord Mountnorris by Lord Wentworth: 1635: Copy.
• ff. 40-43b Poetry ENGLISH: `The Converts': 1688.
• f. 44 Accounts: Memorandum of charge on an account: 1690.
• f. 45 Sir John Fenwick, 3rd Baronet: England; Parliament: Division list of the House of Lords on the bill against Sir J. Fenwick: 1696: Imperfect.
• f. 46 Accounts: Bill for bacon and eggs: 1696-1697.
• ff. 47-47b England General: List of Saxon kings, etc.,: late 17th cent.
• f. 48 Barbara Yelverton, wife of Henry, Viscount de Longueville: John Sandall, of Egton, North Riding of Yorkshire: Letter to Lady Yelverton from John Sandall: 1709.
• ff. 50-51b Whitby, North Riding of Yorkshire: Legend of the murder in 1159 of the hermit of Whitby: 1159: Copy, 18th cent.
• f. 52 Law OF ENGLAND: John Lacey: Fragment from case conc. J. Lacey: c. 1783.
• ff. 57-58 Reverend Augustus Jessopp, historian: Frederick Henry William Gough-Calthorpe, 5th Baron Calthorpe: Letter to Lord Calthorpe from the Rev. Augustus Jessopp: 1874.
• ff. 59-59b Liturgies LATIN: Music: Leaf from a Sarum antiphoner: 15th cent.
• f. 61 Yelverton Library: List of missing MSS: 1755.
• f. 62 Yelverton Library: Slips conc. whereabouts, 18th cent., of two MSS: c.1800.
• f. 63 Sir Francis Palgrave, formerly Cohen; historian: Yelverton Library: Receipt for MSS. borrowed by Sir Francis Palgrave: 1833: Signed.