Stowe MS 142

MISCELLANEOUS historical letters, etc.; 1375-1810. In two series, English or relating to England and (artt. 87-106) foreign.

1. Andrea Contarini, Doge of Venice, to Edward III. of England, desiring a safe conduct for merchant-ships about to be sent to Flanders; " in nostro ducali Palatio," 5 Feb. Indiction xiii. [1375]. Lat. Vellum. Printed in Rymer's Foedera, vol. iii. pt. iii. p. 23. f 1.

2. Frater Conrad de Wallenrode, Master General of tyle order of Teutonic Knights [1391-1393], to Richard II., complaining of the treatment of some Prussian merchants in England contrary to the terms of the treaty made by the English ambassadors, Master Nicolas Stocket, Thomas Graa, and Walter Sibile; Castle of Stuhm [in Prussia], 27 Mar.. 1393. Lat. Paper. Printed in Rymer, vol. iii. pt. iv. p. 85. f 2.

3. The Burgomasters, Echevins, and Consuls of Bruges to the Privy Council of England, complaining of injuries done to the citizens of Bruges by Englishmen, specifying particularly the casee of Paul Kengiard and John Willes; 11 Aug. [1402]. Lat. Paper. Printed in Rymer, vol. iv. pt. i. p. 34. f. 3.

4. Frater Conrad de Jungingen, Master General of the order of Teutonic Knights [1393-1408], to Henry IV., on the sending of ambassadors to discuss differences; Marienburg, 16 June, 1403. Lat. Vellum. Printed in Rymer, vol. iv. pt. i. p. 46. f. 4.

5. The Aldermen and Jurats of the Hanse merchants at Bruges to Henry IV., praying that the Mayor, Jurats, and Commonalty of Bayonne may be commanded to restore a vessel (coqua) with its cargo taken from Jacob Bodeker, of Stettin; 4 April, 1404. Lat. Paper. Printed in Rymer, vol. iv. pt. i. p. 65. f. 6.

6. Henry [V. ?] to the representatives of the Count of Holland and Zeeland, desiring the renewal of former treaties of friendship, and naval assistance in view of an impending renewal of the war with France; [1410-1414]. Latin. Contemporary copy; the date and the style of the sovereign being omitted. Endorsed, " Copia literæ regiæ, ad partes Hollandiæ et Lorenie transmittendæ." At the bottom are the first words of the draft or copy of another letter. Vellum. f. 7.

7. Henry VI. to James I. of Scotland, demanding payment of the remainder of the ransom due from the latter for his liberation [in 1423], the hostages originally given as security for its payment having been released on the understanding that the arrears would be promptly paid; Westminster, 8 Dec. ao 6 [1427]. Elldorsed with a note of the decision of the king's council to send this letter to the Scottish king, with a list of the councillors present, including the Duke of Gloucester, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, the Bishops of London, Durham, Ely, and Bath, etc. Lat. Vellum. Printed in Rymer, vol. iv. pt. iv. p. 131, where, however, the name of the Bishop of Lincoln is substituted for that of Durham. f. 8.

8. The Consuls of Hamburg to Henry VI., complaining of the capture of two vessels laden with beer by a ship commanded by Michael Schotte and Molchun Poerter, of Calais, and praying for restitution; 24 Sept. [1435]. Lat. Vellum. Printed in Rymer, vol. v. pt. i. p. 22. f 9.

9. Henry VI. to Christopher III. of Denmark, desiring restitution or compensation on account of the seizure in 1441 of a ship named the " Catherine," belonging to Hugh Clederowe, of Kingston-on- Hull, by the Governor of Norberne, on the coast of Norway; Bury St. Edmunds, 25 Feb. ao 25 [1447]. Copy. Lat. Vellum. Printed in Rymer, vol. v. pt. i. p. 170. f. 10.

10. Henry VII. to the Mayor, Bailiffs, Barons, etc., of the Cinque Ports, notifying the appointment of Henry, Duke of York (afterwards Henry VIII.), to be Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports, and commanding them to obey him in such manner as has been usual, " in the days of our noble progenitour kyng Henry the VIte or afore"; Shene, 7 June, a^o 10 [1495]. Signed "H. R." Vellum. f 11.

11. Francis I. of France to [Jean Joachim de Passano] Seigneur de Vaux, his ambassador in England, giving reasons for his detention in Paris, on which account he desires that the journey of the Cardinal [Wolsey] to Abbeville may not be pressed forward; Paris, [June, 1527]. The date has rotted away, but v. Brewer, Letters and Papers, foreign and domestic, temp. Hen. VIII., vol. iv. pt. ii. p. 1453. Signed. Fr. f 12.

12. Francis I. of France to [Jean Du Bellay] Bishop of Bayonne and the Sieur de Morette, his ambassadors in England, giving an account, for the information of Henry VIII. and Cardinal Wolsey, of the successes of Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec, over the Imperialists in Italy, and of the taking of Melfi; Ennet [Annet?], 16 April, [1528]. Signed. Fr. f. 13.

13. Henry VIII. to Sir Thomas Arundell, Justice of the Peace for Cornwall, censuring him and other Justices for remissness, and threatening to " correct the lewedenes of the offendours in this behalf." He instructs them specially (1) to search out all those who, in spite of the usurped powers of Rome having been with great travail and labour expelled from the kingdom, " retey-ne ther old fonde fantasies and superstytions, muttering in corners as they dare"; (2) to apprehend all spreaders of rumours against the king and the state of the realm; (3) to punish "all sturdie vacabundes and valiant beggers," according to the statute lately made for that purpose; (4) to administer common justice to all; and (5) to have special regard that no man use unlawful games, but that every man apply himself to use the long bow, as the laws require. Dated, Chobham, 17 July [circ. 1537]. Signed with a stamp "Henry R." f 14.

14. Circular letter of Edward VI. to the bishops, commanding them to enforce the general use of the Book of Common Prayer, which "divers unquiet persons " had reported would be disused since the apprehension of the Duke of Somerset, and requiring them to order all antiphoners, missals, grails, etc., in their respective dioceses, to be delivered up to them and defaced, and also to admonish those who refuse to do their share in providing bread and wine for the Sacrament; Westminster, 25 Doe. 1549. Signed at the top " Edward "; and at the foot by members of the Privy Council, including Archbishop Cranmer, Lord Chancellor Rich, Lords St. John, Russell, Dorset, Arundel, and Warwick, and Tho. Goodrich, Bishop of Ely. f 16.

15. Notification by Queen Mary of an authority given to the High Treasurer and other officers of the Mint in the Tower of London, "to take and retaine . . . goldsmithes, fyners, parters, smythes, gravors, monyers, labourers, or enie other artyficer of what facultie or science they be of," together with materials of all kinds, and to imprison all who shall " obstinatlie disobey or refuse at enie tyme from hensforth either by daie or by night to accomplishe, obey, or fulfill " the above commands. Signed; but without date or seal. Vellum. f 18.

16. Warrant from Philip of Spain, husband of Queen Mary, as King of England, to his Treasurer, Dominico D'Orbea, for payment of a pension of 200 crowns, English money, to Edward Randolf, Colonel of Foot; London, 3 April, 1555. Signed " Philippe," and countersigned " Gonsaluus Perezius." Seal. Lat. See Calendar of State Papers, 1547-1580, p. 65. f. 19.

17. Warrant from Queen Mary to George Bredyman, Groom of the Privy Chamber, to pay to Nicholas Brigham, Teller of the Exchequer, the sum of £6,000 to her own use; " at our mannour of Sainete James," 6 Oct., 5 and 6 Phil. and Mary [1558]. Signed; with signet-seal. Vellum. With a note by T. Astle, "Presented to me June 10th, 1793, by J[ames] W[est?], Esq." f. 20.

18. Sir W. Cecil [afterw. Lord Burghley] to William Maitland of Lethington, Principal Secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots, sending letters from Tho. Randolph, English Resident in Scotland, and regretting having missed a meeting with him, adding, " Yesternight whan I went from hence, I went to laye some lyme twigges for certen woodcokes, which I have taken, y^e 4 hostages, John Rykhavlt, Captayn Berry, and a principall pylott "; [1561-3]. Holograph f 21 19. Order from Queen Elizabeth to John Fortescue, Master of the Great Wardrobe, to deliver to Roger Oliver and three others, Grooms of the Litter, specified quantities of crimson velvet for jerkins to be embroidered with the royal letters and arms, red "carsey" and sarcenet for hose, holland cloth for shirts, "rybou pointes," a velvet nightcap and four pairs of shoes each; East Greenwich, 17 July, all 6 [1564]. Signed; with signet-seal. Vellum. f. 22.

20. William Maitland of Lethington to Sir Nicholas Throgmorton, late English Ambassador to Scotland, saying that " the mater is now comme to soche a poynt that we must have an assured protection eyther from yow or from some other place. If yow reffuse, then we must haiff others vpon whatsoever conditions," referring him for the rest to the bearer; Edinburgh, 21 May, 1568 (19 days after Mary's flight to England). f 23.

21. Queen Elizabeth to [George Talbot] Earl of Shrewsbury, in reference to his complaints of information having been givenby one of his chaplains as to his custody of Mary, Queen of Scots, being insufficient, excusing the chaplain as having been actuated by patriotic zeal, and assuring the Earl that no lack of fidelity was imputed to him, but saying that she has caused the chaplain to be committed to prison for communicating his dealings with her to others and " vsing speeches of vs to yow ... contrary to the truthe, in that the speeches in deede proceeded from him to vs " ; Greenwich, 30 March, 1574. Signed, " Your assured lovinge Soveraine Elizabeth R." f 25.

22. Claude Nau, private secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots, to Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary of State, asking permission to discharge a manservant who had lately been taken into Queen Mary's service, but had quarrelled with and nearly killed one of his companions, and praying for a message to Sir Amyas Paulet, Mary's keeper, on the subject; Chartley, 15 June, 1586. f. 27.

23. Warrant from James I. to Sir George Howme [Home or Hume, Earl of Dunbar in 1605], Master of the Great Wardrobe, for the delivery, annually on St. Andrews Day, to Robert Tias, Clerk of the Wardrobe, of "foure yards of fine Puke for a gowne, thre yards of black veluet to guard the same, one furre of budge for the same gowne, price thereof eight pounds, eight yards of veluet for a jaquet, and thre yards of veluet for a doublet," for his livery ; Wilton, 13 Nov. 1603. Signed; with signet-seal. Vellum. f 29. Belonged to T. Astle, 1793.

24. Arabella Stuart [dau. of Charles Stuart, Earl of Lenox] to Charles Gosling, requesting information as to a contract of marriage between her cousin William Candish [Will. Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Devonshire 1625, married Christian, dau. of Edward, Lord Bruce of Kinloss] and Margaret Chaterton; Whitehall, 28 Mar. 1609. Signed; with holograph postscript, as follows: " Remember the old buck of Sherland and the rosted tench I and other good company eat so sauorly at your house, and if thou be still a good fellow and an honest man, show it now, or be hanged." Printed in F. A. Inderwick's Side-Lights on the Stuarts, 1888, p. 101, and in E. T. Bradley's Life of Arab. Stuart, 1889, ii. p. 224. f 30.

25. James I. to Edward, Lord Zouch, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, desiring him to give orders that any person wishing to go abroad to serve the King of Spain in the Low Countries shall be allowed to do so without being required to take the oaths of supremacy and allegiance, since " it is not vnknowen vnto vs that for the most part such as shall offer their service on that side are not perhaps conformable to the religion professed in the Church of England"; Westminster, 28 Aug., a^o 19 [1621]. Signed; with paper seal. f. 32.

26. Warrant from Charles I. to William [Feilding], Earl of Denbigh, Master of the Great Wardrobe, for the delivery to Sir William Segar, Garter King of Arras, for the King's " installment " in August, of " one Helmet of Steele wrought with burnisht gold, a close crowne with the creast of the Lyon to stand thereon, Mantles of cloth of Tyssue lyned with cloth of sylver spotted Ermyn, one swoorde, the Hylte & Chape guylte, the scabberd & girdle cloth of gold, a greate Banner of our armes embrodered, a cushion of Crymzon or purple veluet to beare our Roabes vppon," etc.; Hampton Court, 10 July, 1625. Signed; with signet-seal. Vellum. f 34. Belonged to Tho. Astle, 1793.

27. Appointment by Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I., of Thomas Malet, of the Middle Temple [Justice of the King's Bench 1641, ob. 1665], to be her Solicitor-General; Denmark House, 4 Sept., 2 Chas. I. [1626]. Signed at the top, and coulite2.signed by Ro[bert] Aiton, Secretary. With an acknowledgment of the appointment signed by Tho. Malet; and a certificate of his being sworn, 24 Dec. 1626. Vellum. With an ornamental headline and border. At the foot is the note by T. Astle: " From the Philobiblian Library, Septr. 25th, 1767." f. 35.

28. Elizabeth [wife of Frederic V., Elector Palatine and King of Bohemia] to [? Spencer Compton, Earl of] Northampton, on private matters; Hague, 3 March [? 1630-1640]. Hologr. f 37.

29, 30. John Hampden to - and Sir William Andrewes, concerning the repair of Sherrington Bridge, co. Bucks; 3 -, 1630,21 Mar. 1633[4]. ff. 39, 40.

31. Charles I. to the Diet of Poland, expressing his assent to the marriage of his niece Elizabeth, daughter of the Queen of Bohemia, to Ladislas VII. of Poland; Westminster, 27 Jan. 1634/5 Signed "Vester benevolus amicus, Carolus R."; with Paper seal. f 42.

32. Original return of the names of those refusing to pay Ship-money in the parish of Great Kimble, co. Bucks, with the amount of their respective assessments; 9 Jan. 1635[6]. The list contains thirtyone names, headed with that of "John Hampden, Esquier, xxxi^s. vi^d." ; and it includes the names of Peter Aldridge and Thomas Lane, who were themselves the assessors. f. 44.

33. Privy Council Warrant to " the present high sheriff and the late high sheriff of the County of Buc[kingham]," to levy the arrears (£330) of Ship-money assessed upon the county; Croydon, 25 Aug. 1636. Signed by Archbishop Laud, Lord Keeper Coventry, Will. Juxon, Bishop of London, the Earl of Salisbury, Lords Newburgh and Cottington, Sce. Windebank, Sir Tho. Edmondes and Sir Dudley Carleton. With seal. Much injured by damp. f 45.

34. Sir Edward Hyde [Earl of Clarendon, 1661] to Lady Carnarvon, just before the outbreak of the Civil War, referring to the efforts made by both of them to secure some important person (unnamed) for the King: " If your advize and interest doe not prevayle with your favour, I have no hope left; 'tis not possible for me to say more in the argument to him then I have, nor can I imagyne what ill spiritt can engage him thus to venture his fortune and his fame, his honour and the honour of his house, in a vessell where none but desperate persons have the government." He proceeds:-"I know not what argument they have at London for their confidence but truly they seeme to have very few frendes in these partes, and I doe not thinke ther condicion is much better in other places." Dated, Nottingham, 22 July, [1642]. The person alluded to is probably Lady Carnarvon's father, Philip Herbert, Earl of Pembroke (cf. Clarendon State Papers, ii. pp. 144-149). Endorsed in the hand of Richard Grenville, " Del. to me ult: No: 1642, being taken in a trunke of Lady Caernarvons, wch was searched by Coll. Goodwine." f 47.

35. John Hampden to Col. Bulstrode and others commanding Parliamentary troops: " The army is now at North Hampton, moving every day nearer to you. If you disband not, wee may be a mutual succour each to other; but if you disperse, you make yourselves and your country a pray"; Northampton, 31 Oct. [1642]. Printed in Lord Nugent's Memorials of J. Hampden. f 49.

36. The same to the same, enclosing the above letter, which had been delayed: " We cannot be ready to march till to-morrow, and then I beleeve wee shall. . . . You shall do mee a favour to certify mee what you heare of the Kings forces, for I beleeve your intelligence is better from Oxford and those parts then ouris can be"; Northampton, 1 Nov. 1642. f 51.

37. Request of Charles I., by the advice of the members of both Houses assembled at Oxford, for a contribution of £20 towards a loan of £100,000, " to resist and suppress all such of our subjects of Scotland as have in a hostile manner already entered or shall hereafter enter into this Kingdom"; 14 Feb. 1643 [4]. Printed form, with the amount in writing. Signed at the head; and at the foot are signatures of Sir Edward Littleton, Lord Keeper, and Sampson Eure, Speaker of the Commons at Oxford. Addressed to Robert Drue, of " the Devizes," Wilts, and endorsed with a receipt for the £20 signed by Sir John Penruddook, Sheriff of Wilts. f. 53.

38. Similar request for a loan of £40, addressed to [Richard] Wise, of Totnes, Devon, Esquire. Signed, as above. With receipt, 18 Apr. 1644, signed by Sir John Acland, Sheriff of Devon. f 54.

39. Oliver Cromwell to Richard Maijor, Esq., of Hursley, on the subject of the marriage of Richard Cromwell to Dorothy, daughter of the latter, explaining that he had not been able to be with them before, for " truly my aged mother is in such a condition of illnesse that I could not leave her with satisfaction," but trusting to come on the following Monday, to be present for the sealing of the deeds. " My occasiones cause theise affaires to goe in such a hurrye unbefittinge the wayte of them." Dated 28 April, 1649. Holograph, signed " your affectionate freind and servant, O. Cromwell." f 56.

40. Oliver Cromwell to Major Butler, " att his quarters in Northampton sheire or elsewhere," desiring him to detach a troop for service in Ireland, including in it, in agreement with Capt. Stirke, " soe many of both your troupes as are most willinge for Ireland," and to march with his own troop into SuffoIk to take command of Col. Harrison's regiment, which is to stay in England. Dated 31 May, 1649. Holograph, signed " your very affectionate freind, O. Cromwell." f 58.

41. Warrant from Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector, to Gualter Frost, " Treasurer for the Councells Contingencies," for the payment of salaries to certain officers, for the quarter ending 31 Dec. 1654; Whitehall, 1 Jan. 1654 [5]. Signed " Oliver P." Followed by a list of the officers with the amount due to each, and their signatures, in a tabulated form, for the receipt of their salary, 13 Feb. 1654/5. Among the recipients are John Thurloe, Secretary of State, £200; Gualter Frost, £100; John Milton, Latin Secretary, £72 4s. 7 1/2d.; and Philip Meadowes, Latin Secretary, £50. ff. 60, 61.

42. Charles II. to John Dormer, of Lee Grange, co. Bucks, requesting a loan of £100, " which I will repay to you as soone as I am able " ; Antwerp, 1 Aug. 1658. Signed, '" Your affectionate frinde Charles R. "; with signet. With acknowledgment by Major Nicholas Armorer of receipt of this sum on behalf of the king, 20 June, 1659. f. 62.

43. Warrant from Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector, to the Commissioners of the Treasury for the payment to Gualter Frost, " Treasurer for the publique contingencies," of £3000 " on accompt for our affaires in Flaunders"; n. d. [30 Dec. 1658-5 Jan. 1658/9]. Signed " Richard P." Vellum. f. 63.

44, 45. Warrants from the "Parliament of the Commonwealth of England " appointing Edmund Ludlow to be (1) " Commander-in- Cheife " and (2) " Lieut. Generall of the Horse and Comm. in Cheife " of the Army in Ireland, and ordering him to make his " present repaire " thither; Westminster, 9, 12 July, 1659. Signed by W[illia]m Lenthall, Speaker. Vellum. ff. 64, 65.

46. Commission from Charles Fleetwood, Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the Commonwealth, appointing Col. William Botelar " Collonell of a regiment of Horse and captaine of a troope of the same, raised and to be raised " in cos. Northampton, Rutland, Bedford, and Huntingdon; Wallingford House, 7 Nov. 1659. Signed; with seal. Vellum. f. 67.

47. Certificate, from Col. John Jones, of the names of the " Commission officers " elected by the Regiments in Ireland to be " Members of the Generall Councill of the Officers of the Army and Navy "; 10 Dec. 1659. Signed; with seal. Vellum. f 68.

48. Commission from the Council of State (of Jan. 1660) to John Ferrers as Captain of a troop of Militia Horse in co. Derby; Whitehall, 20 Apr. 1660. Signed by Arthur Annesley, President (afterwards Earl of Anglesey), Anthony Ashley Cooper (afterwards Earl of Shaftesbury), Sir John Evelyn, etc. Printed form. Vellum. f 70.

49. Charles II. to some person unnamed, thanking him for his devotion, and referring to the prospects of a restoration: "You see by my declaration how fraixkly I desire to proceede, and therfore I ani sure you and your frindes will have that interest in the rest, that nothing shall be expected from me, that may not consist with my honour. . . . . I must not forbeare to tell you that it is not possible you can be without such a manifestation of my kindness to you, as I shall make it evident to all men that I am very heartily your affectionate frinde, Charles R."; Brussels, 12 April, 1660. Holograph; with signet. f 71.

50. James, Duke of York, to some person unnamed, assuring him of the " particular sense " he has of his loyalty, and hoping " by the help of God and the affection of our countrymen to be able ere long to give you more effectual assurances of it, and of my being your affectionat friend, James"; Breda, 19 April, 1660. Hologr. f. 73.

51. Mary [daughter of Charles I.] to her aunt Christina, Dowager Duchess of Savoy, thanking her for her sympathy on the occasion of the death of her brother [Henry, Duke of Gloucester, ob. 13 Sept. 1660], and for her congratulations on the restoration of Charles II.; Whitehall , 27 Dec. 1660. French. Signed. f. 74.

52. Instructions from James, Duke of York, as Lord High Admiral, to Horatio, Lord Townshend, Vice-Admiral of co. Norfolk, relative to the impressment of seamen; Whitehall, 6 Jan. 1664/5. Signed. f. 76.

53. Charles II. to Charles Emanuel II., Duke of Savoy, acknowledging the polite messages sent by the latter on his (the duke's) marriage (in May, 1665), and expressing his affection to him and his house; Oxford, 30 Nov. 1665. Signed ; with signet-seal. f 78.

54. Order of Charles II. to Horatio, Lord Townshend, as Lord Lieutenant of the city of Norwich, directing him, in accordance with an address of both Houses of Parliament, to cause all Popish Recusants to be "so disarmed as to remove all apprehensions of their possibility to disturbe the publique peace"; Whitehall, 24 Nov. 1666. Signed. f 80.

55. Order of Charles II. to Sir Stephen Fox, Paymaster General of the Forces, to pay certain sums to Richard Kent, for money disbursed by him for the cleaning of Scotland Yard, etc.; Whitehall, 24 Sept. 1670. Signed. f. 82.

56. Charles II. to Sir George Downing, Minister at the Hague, censuring him for following his own private opinions instead of his instructions, and indicating his policy with regard to France and Holland:-" I haue thought fitt to send you my last minde upon the hinge of your whole negotiation, and in my owne band, that you may likewise know it is your part to obey punctually my orders, instead of putting your selfe to the trouble of finding reasons why you do not do so. . . . I am entierly secure that France will ioine with me acgainst Holland, and not seperate from me for any offers Holland can make to them. . . . . Upon the whole matter you must alwaies know my minde and resolution is not only to insist upon the haveing my flag saluted even on there very shoare (as it was alwaies practised), but in haveing my dominion of these seas asserted. . . . Notwithstanding all this, I would have you use your skill so as to amuse them that they may -not finally despaire of me, and thereby give me time to make my selfe more ready and leave them more remisse in there preparations "; Whitehall, 16 Jan. o.s. 1671/2 Hologr. Endorsed with a note by T. Watkins that it was found among " Mr. Richards' Papers ... after his death." f. 84.

57. The Privy Council to Horatio, Lord Townshend, Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk, calling upon him to take steps for impressing seamen; Whitehall, 14 April, 1672. Signed by Lord Keeper Bridgeman, the Duke of Ormonde, the Earls of Bridgewater, Craven, Sandwich and Carlisle, and others. f. 86.

58. Order from James, Duke of York, Lord High Admiral, to Horatio Lord Townshend, Vice-Admiral of Norfolk, to impress five hundred men from that county; St. James's, 9 June, 1673. Signed. f 88.

59. Charles II. to the guardians and trustees of Sir Roger Cave, requiriiig them to pay, out of the proceeds of the monthly tax collected by Sir Thomas Cave, deceased, as a deputy Lieutenant of co. Northampton, the sum of £245 to Viscount Cullen, in completion of a sum due to him for expenses incurred in the king's service; Whitehall, 7 June, 1676. Signed; with paper seal f. 90.

60. Order of Charles II., giving leave to Lord Wharton, prisoner in the Tower, to go to his house in Buckinghamshire, on account of his health, till 21 May, and then to return, "in order to give the House of Peeres such satisfaction as they shall thinke fitt "; Newmarket, 20 April, 1677. Holograph, signed " C. R." f. 92. Enclosed in a letter from Henry Thynne [Clerk of the Privy Seal] forwarding it to the Earl of Northampton, as Cousta'ble of the Tower, " who, I presume, will give your commands according to the signification of his Majesty's pleasure, which is written all with his own hand, and I suppose will be thought by your Lordship as authentique as if it had been more in forme"; Whitehall, 21 April, 1677. f. 93.

61. John Graham, of Claverhouse [Viscount of Dundee, 1688] to [George Livingston] Earl of Linlithgow, Commander-in-Chief in Scotland, giving an account of the skirmish with the Covenanters at Drumclog, and ending, "What theses rogues will doe next I know not, but the contry was floking to them from all hands. This maybe counted the begining of the rebelion in my opinion "; Glasgow, 1 June, 1679. Holograph. See Sir Walter Scott's Old Mortality, chap. xvii. f 95.

62. The Navy Commissioners to the Executive of the Ordnance Office; Navy Office, 10 Feb. 1701[2]. Signed by Daniel Furzer, Surveyor, Charles Sergison, Dennis Lyddell, Sir Cloudesley Shovell, and others. f. 97.

63. Queen Anne to the Marquis of Tweeddale, Lord High Commissioner for the Scotch Parliament of 1704, referring to the refusal of that parliament to accept the Protestant succession in England: " I am sory to heare by yours of the l8th the disapointment we have mett with in the settlement of the Protestant succession, which I had soe earnestly recommended to the parliament of Scotland; ... in case they delay " the Cess " or clogg it with any unreasonable demands, I think, as you seem to do, that it will be best to adjourn them till they shall be in a better temper Windsor, 24 July, 1704. Holograph, signed " Anne R." f 98.

64. [Henry Howard, Earl of ] Bindon, Deputy Earl Marshal, to Peter le Neve, Norroy King of Arms, on matters Conneeted with his office; Shitfield, 14 July, 1707. f. 99.

65. S[idney] Godolphin, Governor of Scilly, to -, recommending Thomas Smith for the office of Master Gunner there; Whitehall, 4 May, 1714. f. 100.

66. Commission from George I. to John Barnes as Major of a regiment of Invalids commanded by Col. Edmund Fielding; Herrenhausen, 6 Sept. 1720. Signed. Vellum. f 101.

67. Warrant from George I. to Thomas Parker, Earl of Macclesfield, Lord Chancellor,to affix the Great Seal to four Instruments containing the ratifications of a treaty with Prussia signed at Charlottenburg, 10 Oct.; Göhrde, 14 Oct. 1723. Signed; with seal. Countersigned by [Charles Townshend, Viscount] Townshend, Secretary of State. f. 103.

68. Sir Robert Walpole to -, in favour of Richard Plummer, elected in the following month M.P. for St. Mawe's, Cornwall; 4 Apr. 1734. f 104.

69. Frederick, Prince of Wales, to [William Anne Keppel] Earl of Albemarle, Colonel of the 29th Foot, etc., recommending an officer, and concluding, " Of few people I should like to receive an obligation, but I should like to receive it of one whom I love as well as Lord Albemarle "; Kensington, 1 Sept. 1736. Holograph. f. 105.

70. Attestation by Ministers of State, nobility, and bishops of the marriage of Princess Mary, fourth daughter of George II., to Prince Frederic of Hesse Cassel (represented by the Duke of Cumberland as proxy), solemnised in the royal chapel of St. James's, 8 May, 1740. Signed by Jo[hn Potter, Archbishop of] Cant[erbury]; [Philip Yorke, Baron] Hardwicke, C[hancellor]; [Spencer Compton, Earl of] Wilmington, P[resident of the Council], and very many others. Vellum. f. 107.

71. Warrant from Prince James Edward Stuart, son of James II., to - Waters for a payment of £300 to Colonel Obryen; Rome, 5 April, 1743. Signed " James R. " f. 109.

72. Passport from Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, for John Owen, carrying despatches to Prince Scherbatow, Russian Minister in England; Moscow, 26 Aug. 1744. Signed by Alexander, Count Bestucheff Rjumin; with imperial seal. Russian, with German translation. f. 110.

73. Warrant of Field Marshal George Wade for payment of wages to Richard Thompson, Provost Marshal; Newcastle, 30 Dec. 1745. f 112.

74. William, Duke of Cumberland, to Sir John Ligonier, acknowledging the present of a sword, and referring to the battle of Culloden [on 16 April]: " Would to God the enemy had been worthy enough for our troops. Sure never wore soldiers in such a temper. Silence and Obedience the whole time, and all our manoeuvres were perform'd without the least confusion. I must own that [you] have hit my weak side when you say that the honour of our troops is restored; that pleases beyond all the honours done me." The rest of the letter refers to the sending of troops to Flanders. Dated, Inverness, May, 1746. Holograph. f. 113.

75. William, Duke of Cumberland, as commander-in-chief of the army in Holland, to the Earl of Albemarle, probably referring to a threatened attack on Breda :-"In case there should be the least likelihood of the town's being besieged, you should immediately move out all the British troops into the field to camp, but not leave one single man of His Majesty's troops for the defence of the town "; Hague, 5 April, n.s., 1748. Signed. f 115.

76. Lieut.-General G[eorg] W[olrath] von Kröcher, Prussian Governor of Gelderland, and others, Councillors of War, to Lieut.-General the Earl of Albemarle, complaining of damage done by English troops in Gelderland; Gueldres, 7 May, 1748. Fr. Signed. f 117.

77. Note by [Frederick, Prince of Wales] to " Mr. Nugent," with the endorsement " concerning Coll. [Charles] Powlet [Paulet], now M[arquis] of Winchester, being made his Groom"; [1745-1751]. Holograph, unsigned. f. 119.

78. Licence from George II. to the Earl of Albemarle, though in commission as Lord Justice, to be absent from the Kingdom during the royal pleasure as ambassador to France; St. James, 25 March, 1752. Signed; with seal. f. 120.

79. George II. [to Lord Albemarle?], referring to a proposal to bring some person into his service, who must be deelined on account of his religion; St. James, 27 March, 1753. Fr. Hologr. f. 122.

80. Frederic II., of Prussia, to George II., announcing the marriage of the Princess Frederica Dorothea Sophia, daughter of Frederic William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, with Prince Frederic Eugene of Würtemburg (Duke in 1795); Berlin, 30 Nov. 1753. Signed.. f. 123.

81. Specimen of one of the stamps which were to have been used in America in accordance with the Stamp Act of 1765. f. 125.

82. George III. to [John Montagu] Eai.l of Sandwich, Secretary of State [Sept. 1763-July, 1765], approving of alterations proposed in the treaty with Russia, and on other subjects; n. d. Holograph. ff. 127, 129, 130, 131.

83. Recommendations for Scotch appointments, signed by T. S. Mackenzie, Clerk to the Privy Seal for Scotland, with a note by the Earl of Sandwich that the business must be dispatched without loss of time, and an answer by George III., saying that " having been blooded, this box is but just delivered to me," and commanding the necessary documents to be prepared; March, 1765. f 133.

84. Charles [Nicholas Alexander, Count d'Outremont], Prince Bishop of Liége, to the Earl of Sandwich, English Secretary of State, calling his attention to the memoir presented by Sieur de Roussel his minister, praying for payment for the supplies furnished by the Liégeois to the British troops during the war terminated by the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748; Liége, 2 June, 1765. Signed. Fr. f. 134.

85. Princess Amelia, daughter of George II., to Lady Sophia Egerton [daughter of Henry Grey, Duke of Kent]; Gunnersbury, 25 Aug. [1768]. Holograph. f. 136.

86. Robert Murray Keith, Ambassador at Copenhagen, to [Adolf Siegfried, Graf von der] Osten, Danish Secretary of State, on the health of the Queen of Denmark [Caroline Matilda, sister to George III., wife of Christian VII.]; Copenhagen, 24 Jan. 1772 [i.e. 6 days after her condemnation to imprisonment at Zell]. Fr. f. 137.

87. Passport from Louis XVI. for an English ship (name left blank), in virtue of the preliminaries of peace; Versailles, 6 March, 1783. Signed; with seal. On the back is a printed mandate for observance, signed by L[ouis] J[ean] M[arie] de Bourbon, [Due de Penthièvre], Admiral of France. f 139.

88. George III. to [Francis Godolphin-Osborne] Duke of Leeds, acknowledging a note, and authorising an appointment; Windsor, 28 April, 1789. Signed " G. R." f 140.

89. Louise de Stolberg, Countess of Albany, widow of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, to Thomas Astle, thanking him for his kindness; [24 May, 1791]. Followed by a genealogy of the house of Stolberg from Thomas Bruce, Earl of Ailesbury, 1685-1741, derived (according to a note in Astle's hand) from a herald at Brussels, 1792; and a genealogy of Prince Chai-les Edward, through his mother, from John Sobieski, king of Poland (ob. 1696). ff. 141, 143.

90. Princess Amelia, daughter of George III., to Mrs. Bingley, in reference to the illness of Miss [Amelia] Goldsmith; [1807-1810]. f 145.

91. Edward, Duke of Kent, to the Earl of Banbury [i.e. Gen. William Knollys, claimant of the earldom], in reference to his claim before the House of Lords; Kensington Palace, 12 June, 1810. Signed. f 147.

92. Louis XIV. to his uncle [Charles de Lorraine], Due d'Elbeuf, Governor and Lieut.-General in Picardy, Artois, etc., announcing the release of the Seigneur de Beaumont Harancour from the Bastille, and desiring that he may be re-established in his castle of Sut.fontaitie in Picardy; Paris, 19 Feb. 1644. Signed. Fr. f. 148.

93. [Giulio], Cardinal Mazarin, to Bernard Du Plessis Besançon, French Ambassador at Venice, on the journey of Cardinal Antonio [Barberini?] to Modena and Florence; Paris, 3 Jan. 1658. Signed. Fr. f 149.

94. Warrant from Louis XIV. to - de Besmaux, Governor of the Bastille, to allow the Countess de Bussy access to her husband, Roger, Count de Bussy-Rabutin, a prisoner, and also to permit his servants to attend him; Paris, 9 Jan. 1666. Signed. Fr. Endorsed: " Taken at the demolition of the Bastile and sent to Mr. Townley, and by him presented to me. T. Astle." f. 151.

95. Acquittance from Jean Baptiste Colbert [Marquis de Seignelay], French Secretary of State, for a quarter's salary; Paris, 19 Nov. 1671. Printed form; signed " Colbert." Vellum. f 152.

96. [Jean Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de] Seignelay, French Minister of State, on behalf of Louis XIV., to - de Besmaux, Governor of the Bastille, asking for a daily report of the conduct of the Chevalier Louis de Rohan and his accomplices: St. Germain[-en- Laye], 21 Nov. 1674. Hologr. Fr. f 153.

97. Warrant from Louis XIV. to - de Besmaux, Governor of the Bastille, to admit the commissioners and others charged with the execution of the sentence on the Chevalier Louis de Rohan [executed 27 Nov.]; St. Germain-en-Laye, 26 Nov. 1674. Signed. Fr. f. 155.

98. Mandate from Louis XIV. to the Sieur Sature, advocate at Montauban, to betake himself to Clermont in Auvergne and remain there during the king's pleasure; Versailles, 10 Dec. 1701. Signed. Fr. f.156.

99. Signatures of Louis XIV. and of [Jérôme] Phélypeaux, [Comte de Pontehartrain]; Versailles, 31 Dec. 1712. f 158.

100. Leopold [Joseph Charles, Duke of Lorraine], to [William Anne Keppel] Earl of Albemarle; Luneville, 3 July, 1718. Fr. f. 159.

101. Louis, Due d'Orléans, to [Jacques Philippe Auguste de la Tour], Marquis de La Charce; Paris, 21 Jan. 1746. Fr. Signed. f 161.

102. Signature of Louis XVI.; Versailles, 3 Jan. 1778. f 162.

103. Signature of William V., Prince of Orange; 1787. f 163.

104. Extract from the Registers of the Committee of Public Safety, directing [Louis Antoine] St. Just and [Philippe François Joseph] Le Bas to repair to the Army of the North " pour y suivre les vües du Comité de Salut Public"; 10 Floréal, an 2 [29 April, 1794]. Signed by [Jacques Nicholas] Billaud-Varenne, [August Bon Joseph de] Robespierre, and [Bertrand] Barère [de Vieuzac]. Fr. f 164.

105. [Napoleon] Bonaparte, as First Consul, to [General Alexandre Berthier], Minister of War, asking what battalion has recently embarked for San Domingo; Saint Cloud, 16 Frimaire, an 11 [7 Dec. 1802]. Fr. Signed. f. 165.

106. Ferdinand M[arie], Duke of Bavaria [?son of the Elector Maximilian, b. 1699, d. 1738], to Lord -; 15 Mar., n. d. Fr. f. 166. Paper; ff. 166. xivth-xixth centt. Folio.

includes:

• f. 1 Edward III of England: Letter to, from the Doge of Venice: 1375.
• f. 1 Flanders: Safe-conduct for ships to, from Venice: 1375.
• f. 1 Andrea Contarini; Doge of Venice: Letter to Edward III.: 1375.: Lat.
• ff. 1-137 England General Chronicles and History: Miscellaneous historical letters: 1375-1772.
• f. 2 Prussia: Complaint of the treatment of Prussian merchants in England: 1393.
• f. 2 Orders Military. Teutonic Order: Letter from the Master-General to Richard II.: 1393.: Lat.
• f. 2 Nicolas Stocket: Reference to treaty made by, as English Ambassador, with Prussia: 1393.
• f. 2 Richard II of England: Letter to, from the Master of the Teutonic Knights: 1393.
• f. 2 Walter Sibile: Ref. to treaty made by, as English ambassador, with Prussia: 1393.
• f. 2 Fr Conrad de Wallenrode, Master-General of the Teutonic Knights: Letter to Richard II.: 1393.: Lat.
• f. 2 Thomas Graa: Reference to treaty between England and Prussia made by: 1393.
• f. 3 Paul Kengiard, Citizen of Bruges: Injuries done to, by Englishmen: 1402.
• f. 3 John Willes, Citizen of Bruges: Injuries done to, by Englishmen: 1402.
• f. 3 Henry IV of England: Letter to the Privy Council, from the Burgomasters, etc., of Bruges: 1402.
• f. 3 Bruges: Complaint from the Burgomasters, etc., of, to the Privy Council of England: 1402.: Lat.
• f. 4 Henry IV of England: Letter to, from the Master of the Teutonic Knights: 1403.
• f. 4 Fr Conrad de Jungingen, Master-General of the Teutonic Knights: Letter to Henry IV.: 1403.: Lat.
• f. 4 Orders Military. Teutonic Order: Letter from the Master-General to Henry IV.: 1403.
• f. 6 Bruges: Letter from the Hanse merchants of, to Henry IV.: 1404.: Lat.
• f. 6 Henry IV of England: Letter to, from the Hanse merchants at Bruges: 1404.
• f. 6 Bayonne, France: Vessel taken by the Commonalty of: 1404.
• f. 6 Jacob Bodeker, of Stettin: Vessel taken from, at Bayonne: 1404.
• f. 6 Hanseatic League: Letter from the merchants at Bruges to Henry IV. of England: 1404.
• f. 7 Henry V of England: Letter to the representatives of the Count of Holland: [1410-14].: Contemp. copy.
• f. 7 William VI, Counts of Holland: Letter to his representatives, from the King of England: 1410-14.: Contemp. copy.
• f. 8 James I of Scotland: Letter to, from Henry VI.: 1427.
• f. 8 Henry VI of England: Letter of his Council to James I. of Scotland: 1427.: Lat.
• f. 9 Molchun Poerter, of Calais: Capture of a vessel from: 1435.
• f. 9 City of Hamburg: Letter from the Consuls of, to Henry VI.: 1435.: Lat.
• f. 9 Michael Schotte, of Calais: Capture of ship commanded by: 1435.
• f. 9 Henry VI of England: Letter to, from the Consuls of Hamburg: 1435.
• f. 10 Hugh Clederowe, of Kingston-on-Hull: Seizure of his ship in Norway: 1447.
• f. 10 Norberne, Norway: Seizure of English ship by the Governor of: 1447.
• f. 10 Christopher III of Denmark: Letter to, from Henry VI.: 1447.: Lat.
• f. 10 Henry VI of England: Letter to Christopher III. of Denmark: 1447.: Lat.: Copy.
• f. 11 Cinque Ports: Appointment of Henry, Duke of York, to be Warden: 1495.
• f. 11 Henry VII of England: Letter to the Mayor, etc., of the Cinque Ports: 1495.
• f. 11 Henry VIII of England: Appointment of, when Duke of York, as Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports: 1495.
• f. 11 Dover: Appointment of Henry, Duke of York, to be Constable: 1495.
• f. 12 Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal; Archbishop of York: Request of the French King concerning his journey to Abbeville: 1527.
• f. 12 Jean Joachim de Passano, Sieur de Vaulx; French Ambassador at Venice and in England: Letter to, from Francis I.: 1527.
• ff. 12, 13 Francis I of France: Letters to his Ambassadors in England: 1527, 1528.
• f. 13 Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec: Account of successes of, over the Imperialists: 1528.
• f. 13 Italy: Account of Vicomte de Lautrec's successes in: 1528.
• f. 13 Jean Du Bellay, Bishop of Bayonne, Ambassador to England: Letter to, from Francis I.: 1528.
• f. 13 Charles de Morette, Sieur; Ambassador in England: Letter to, from Francis I.: 1528.
• f. 13 Melfi, Italy: Account of the taking of: 1528.
• f. 14 County of Cornwall: Censure of the Justices of: circ. 1537.
• f. 14 Sir Thomas Arundell, JP: Letter to, from Henry VIII.: circ. 1537.
• f. 14 Henry VIII of England: Letter to Sir T. Arundel: circ. 1537.: Signed, with stamp.
• f. 16 William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester: Letter of Edward VI. signed by: 1549.
• f. 16 Henry Grey, Marquis of Dorset; Duke of Suffolk (1551): Letter of Edw. VI. signed by: 1549.
• f. 16 John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford: Letter of Edw. VI. signed by: 1549.
• f. 16 Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich: Letter of Edward VI. to the Bishops signed by: 1549.
• f. 16 John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland: Letter of Edw. VI. signed by: 1549.
• f. 16 Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury: Letter of Edw. VI. signed by: 1549.
• f. 16 Edward VI of England: Circular letter to the Bishops on public worship: 1549.: Signed.
• f. 16 Thomas Goodrich, Bishop of Ely: Letter of Edward VI. signed by: 1549.
• f. 16 Edward VI of England: Order for use of Prayer Book, defacing of missals, etc.: 1549.
• f. 16 Common Prayer, Book of: Letter of Edward VI. and his Council enjoining its use: 1549.
• f. 16 Henry Fitz-Alan, Earl of Arundel: Letter of Edw. VI. signed by: 1549.
• f. 18 Mint, The: Order of Qu. Mary conc. the management of: n.d.
• f. 18 Mary I of England: Order to the officers of the Mint: n.d.: Signed.
• f. 19 Gonsalvus Perezius: Warrant of Philip II. countersigned by: 1555.
• f. 19 Dominico d' Orbea, Treasurer of Philip II. of Spain, in England: Warrant to, from Philip: 1555.
• f. 19 Mary I of England: Warrant from Philip of Spain, as King of England, to his Treasurer: 1555.: Signed.
• f. 19 Edward Randolf, Colonel: Pension to, from Philip II.: 1555.
• f. 20 Mary I of England: Warrant for payment: 1558.: Signed, with signet seal.
• f. 20 Nicholas Brigham, Teller of the Exchequer: Warrant for payment to: 1558.
• f. 20 George Bredyman, Groom of the Privy Chamber: Warrant to, from Qu. Mary: 1558.
• f. 21 Mary of Scotland: Letter of Sir W. Cecil to her secretary: [1561-3].
• f. 21 William Maitland, of Lethington; ambassador to England: Correspondence with Sir W. Cecil: 1561-1566.
• f. 21 Sir William Cecil, Baron Burghley 1571; Lord Treasurer 1572: Letter to W. Maitland: 1561-3.
• f. 21 John Rykhault: Reference to: 1561-3.
• f. 21 Captain Berry: Arrest of: [1561-3].
• f. 21 Thomas Randolph, Resident in Scotland: Letter of Sir W. Burghley to W. Maitland enclosing letters from: 1561-3.
• f. 22 Roger Oliver, Groom of the Litter: Order for livery of crimson velvet, etc., to: 1564.
• f. 22 Sir John Fortescue, Chancellor of the Exchequer: Orders to, as Master of the Great Wardrobe: 1564, 1574.
• f. 22 Elizabeth I of England: Warrants to the Master of the Great Wardrobe: 1564, 1574.: Signed.
• f. 23 Sir Nicholas Throckmorton: Letter to, from W. Maitland: 1568.
• f. 23 William Maitland, of Lethington; ambassador to England: Letter to Sir N. Throgmorton: 1568.
• f. 25 Mary of Scotland: Letter of Qu. Elizabeth conc. the Earl of Shrewsbury's custody of: 1574.
• f. 25 George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury: Letter to, from Qu. Elizabeth: 1574.
• f. 25 Elizabeth I of England: Letter to the Earl of Shrewsbury: 1574.
• f. 27 Jean Nau, Secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots: Letter to Sir F. Walsingham: 1586.
• f. 27 Sir Amias Paulet, Governor of Jersey; keeper of Mary, Queen of Scots: Reference to his custody of Queen Mary: 1586.
• f. 27 Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary of State: Letter to, from J. Nau: 1586.
• f. 27 Mary of Scotland: Letter from J. Nau, her private secretary, to Sir F. Walsingham: 1586.
• f. 29 James I of England: Warrant to the Master of the Great Wardrobe: 1603.: Signed, with signet seal.
• f. 29 George Home, 1st Earl of Dunbar; Treasurer of Scotland: Warrant to, from James I.: 1603.
• f. 29 Robert Tias: Warrant for his livery as Clerk of the Wardrobe: 1603.
• f. 30 Charles Gosling: Letter to, from Lady A. Stuart: 1609.
• f. 30 Margaret Chaterton: Letter conc. her marriage with W. Cavendish: 1609.
• f. 30 William Cavendish, Earl of Devonshire (1625): Letter conc. his contract of marriage with M. Chaterton: 1609.
• f. 30 Lady Arabella Stuart: Letter to C. Gosling: 1609.
• f. 32 James I of England: Letter to Lord Zouch: 1621.
• f. 32 Edward la Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche: Letter to, from James I.: 1621.
• f. 34 Sir William Segar, Garter King of Arms: Warrant for delivery to, of robes, etc., for the coronation: 1625.
• f. 34 Ceremonials: Delivery of robes, etc., to Garter, for the coronation of Charles. I.: 1625.
• f. 34 William Feilding, Earl of Denbigh: Warrant to, as Master of the Great Wardrobe: 1625.
• f. 34 Charles I of England: Warrant to the Master of the Great Wardrobe: 1625.: Signed, with signet seal.
• f. 35 Thomas Malet, Justice of the King's Bench (1641): Appt. as Solicitor-General to the Queen, with a signed acknowledgment: 1626.
• f. 35 Charles I of England: Appointment by Qu. Henrietta Maria of a Solicitor General: 1626.: Signed.
• f. 35 Robert Aiton, Secretary to Qu. Henrietta Maria: Warrant signed by: 1626.
• f. 37 Frederick V; Elector Palatine of the Rhine; King of Bohemia: Letter from Elizabeth his wife to Lord Northampton: 1630-1640(?).
• f. 37 Spencer Compton, Earl of Northampton: Letter to, from Elizabeth, Qu. of Bohemia: [1630-40].
• ff. 39, 40 Sherrington, Buckinghamshire: Letters conc. the bridge at: 1630, 1634.
• ff. 39, 40 Sir William Andrewes, of Lathbury: Letters to, from J. Hampden: 1630, 1634.
• ff. 39, 40, 49, 51 John Hampden: Letters to Sir W. Andrewes, Col. Bulstrode, etc.: 1630, 1634, 1642.
• f. 42 Charles I of England: Letter to the Diet of Poland: 1635.: Lat.: Signed.
• f. 42 Ladislas VII of Poland: Letter to the Diet, from Charles I.: 1635.
• f. 44 Great Kimble, Buckinghamshire: Return of those refusing to pay ship-money in: 1636.
• f. 44 Peter Aldridge: Assessor of ship-money in Gt. Kimble, co. Bucks.: 1636.
• f. 44 Thomas Lane: Name on list of those refusing to pay ship-money: 1636.
• f. 44 Charles I of England: Return of those refusing to pay ship-money in Gt. Kimble: 1636.
• f. 44 Ship-money: Return of those refusing to pay, in Gt. Kimble: 1636.
• f. 44 John Hampden: Return of, as refusing to pay ship-money: 1636.
• f. 45 Ship-money: Warrant for levy of arrears of, in co. Bucks: 1636.
• f. 45 Sir Dudley Carleton, Clerk of the Council: Warrant signed by: 1636.
• f. 45 Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry: Warrants signed by: 1629, 1636.
• f. 45 Sir Francis Windebank, Principal Secretary of State: Warrant signed by: 1636.
• f. 45 Charles I of England: Council warrant for levy of arrears of ship-money: 1636.
• f. 45 Edward Barret, Baron Barret of Newburgh; Chancellor of the Exchequer: Warrant signed by: 1636.
• f. 45 Sir Thomas Edmondes, diplomatist: Signature to warrant: 1636.
• f. 45 William Cecil, Earl of Salisbury: Warrants signed by: 1629, 1636.
• f. 45 County of Buckingham: Warrant to levy arrears of Ship-money in: 1636.
• f. 45 William Juxon, Archbishop of Canterbury: Warrant signed by: 1636.
• f. 45 William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury: Warrant signed by: 1636.
• f. 45 Francis Cottington, 1st Baron Cottington: Warrant signed by: 1636.
• f. 47 Richard Grenville, Sheriff of Bucks (ob. 1665): Endorsement on a letter of Sir E. Hyde: 1642.
• f. 47 Anne Sophia Dormer, wife of Robert, Earl of Carnarvon: Letter to, from Sir E. Hyde: 1642.
• f. 47 Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon: Letter to Lady Carnarvon: 1642.
• ff. 47-58 Charles I of England: Letters referring to the Civil War: 1642-1649.
• ff. 49, 51 Colonel Bulstrode: Letters to, from J. Hampden: 1642.
• f. 53 Sir John Penruddock, Sheriff of Wilts: Receipt for contribution to Royalist loan: 1644.
• f. 53 Robert Drue, of Devizes, county Wiltshire: Application to, by Charles I., for a loan: 1644.
• ff. 53, 54 Sir Edward Lyttelton, Solicitor-General, afterwards Lord Keeper: Letters of Charles I. signed by: 1644.
• ff. 53, 54 Sampson Eure, Speaker of the Commons at Oxford: Demand for loan signed by: 1644.
• ff. 53, 54 Charles I of England: Requests for loans: 1644.: Signed.
• f. 54 Sir John Acland, Sheriff of Devon: Receipt for contribution to Royalist loan: 1644.
• f. 54 Richard Wise, of Totnes: Request to, for loan to the King: 1644.
• f. 56 Oliver Cromwell of England: Letter to R. Maijor: 1649.: Hologr.
• f. 56 Richard Major, of Hursley: Letter to, from O. Cromwell: 1649.
• f. 56 Richard Cromwell of England: Letter of O. Cromwell conc. his marriage with Dorothy Maijor: 1649.
• f. 58 Oliver Cromwell of England: Letter to Major Butler: 1649.: Hologr.
• f. 58 Butler, Major: Letter to, from O. Cromwell: 1649.
• ff. 60, 61 Philip Meadowes: Warrant for payment to, as Latin Secretary, with receipt: 1655.
• ff. 60, 61 Oliver Cromwell of England: Warrant for payment of salaries: 1655.: Signed.
• ff. 60-63 Gualter Frost, Treasurer to Council of State: Warrants for payment to: 1655-1659.
• f. 61 John Thurloe, Secretary of State: Receipt for salary: 1655.
• f. 61 John Milton: Receipt for salary, as Latin Secretary to Cromwell: 1655.
• f. 62 John Dormer, of Lee Grange, county Buckinghamshire: Application to, by Charles II., for a loan: 1658.
• f. 62 Sir Nicholas Armorer, Major: Receipt for loan to Charles II.: 1659.
• f. 62 Charles II of England: Request for a loan from J. Dormer: 1658.: Signed.
• f. 63 Flanders: Warrant of R. Cromwell on account of affairs in: 1658-9.
• f. 63 Richard Cromwell of England: Warrant to the Treasury: [1658-1659].: Signed.
• ff. 64, 65 Edmund Ludlow, Lieutenant -General: Warrants to, and instructions, an Commander-in-Chief, etc., in Ireland for the Parliament: 1659.
• ff. 64, 65 William Lenthall, Speaker of the House of Commons: Warrants signed by: 1659.
• f. 67 Colonel William Botelar: Commission to: 1659.
• f. 67 Charles Fleetwood, Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the Commonwealth: Commission to Col. W. Botelar: 1659.
• f. 68 Army; England: Officers elected by the regiments in Ireland on the General Council: 1659.
• f. 68 John Jones, Colonel: Certificate signed by: 1659.
• f. 70 John Ferrers: Commission to, as Capt. of Militia in co. Derby: 1660.
• f. 70 Sir John Evelyn, member of Council of State: Militia commission signed by: 1660.
• f. 70 Colonel Herbert Morley, member of Council of State: Militia Commission signed by: 1660.
• f. 70 Colonel John Birch, Member of the Council of State: Militia commission signed by: 1660.
• f. 70 Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey: Commission signed by, as President of the Council: 1660.
• f. 70 Sir Gilbert Gerard, 1st Baronet; of Fiskerton: Commission signed by, as member of the Council of State: 1660.
• f. 70 Sir John Potts, 1st Baronet: Militia Commission signed by: 1660.
• f. 70 John Crew: Militia commission signed by, as Member of Council of State: 1660.
• f. 70 Sir John Holland, 1st Baronet: Militia Commission signed by: 1660.
• f. 70 Sir William Lewis, Baronet Member of the Council of State: Militia Commission signed by: 1660.
• f. 70 Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury: Commission signed by: 1660.
• f. 71 Charles II of England: Letter to -, on the prospects of his restoration: 1660.: Hologr.
• f. 72 Sir Stephen Fox: Order to, as Paymaster General: 1670.
• f. 73 Victor Amadeus I; Duke of Savoy: Letter to Christina his wife from the Princess of Orange: 1660.
• f. 73 James II of England: Letter, as Duke of York, to -: 1660.: Hologr.
• f. 74 William II, Princes of Orange: Letter from Pr. Mary his widow to the Duchess of Savoy: 1660.: Fr.
• ff. 76, 80, 86, 88 Horatio Townshend, Baron Townshend: Instructions to, as Lord Lieutenant, etc., of co. Norfolk: 1665-1673.
• ff. 76, 86, 88 Navy; England: Instructions, etc., as to impressment of seamen: 1665-1673.
• ff. 76, 88 James II of England: Orders, as Lord High Admiral, for impressment of seamen: 1665, 1673.
• f. 78 Charles II of England: Letter to the Duke of Savoy: 1665.: Signed.
• f. 78 Charles Emmanuel II; Duke of Savoy: Letter to, from Charles II.: 1665.
• f. 80 Charles II of England: Order to the Lord Lieutenant of Norwich conc. Popish recusants: 1666.: Signed.
• f. 80 Roman Catholics: Order for disarming Popish Recusants: 1666.
• f. 82 Charles II of England: Order to the Paymaster-General: 1670.: Signed.
• f. 82 Richard Kent, Receiver General of Excise: Order for payment to: 1670.
• f. 84 Louis XIV of France: Policy of Charles II. towards: 1672.
• f. 84 Netherlands, United Provinces: Policy of Charles II. towards: 1672.
• f. 84 Sir George Downing, English Ambassador at the Hague: Letter to, from Charles II.: 1672.
• f. 84 Charles II of England: Letter to Sir G. Downing: 1672.: Hologr.
• f. 84 T- Watkins: Note on a letter of Charles II.: 1672.
• f. 86 William Craven, Earl of Craven: Council letter signed by: 1672.
• f. 86 Sir Orlando Bridgeman, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Lord Keeper (1667): Council letter signed by: 1672.
• f. 86 Admiral Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich: Council letter signed by: 1672.
• f. 86 Sir John Trevor, Secretary of State; son of Sir John Trevor: Privy Council letter signed by: 1672.
• f. 86 James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde: Council letter signed by: 1672.
• f. 86 Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle: Couucil letter signed by: 1672.
• f. 86 Sir Robert Carr, Baronet; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster: Privy Council letter signed by: 1672.
• f. 86 John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater: Council letter signed by: 1672.
• f. 90 Sir Thomas Cave: Payment of tax collected by, in co Northampton: 1676.
• f. 90 Charles II of England: Letter to Sir R. Cave's trustees: 1676.: Signed.
• f. 90 Sir Roger Cave, 2nd Baronet: Order to his guardians, from Charles II.: 1676.
• f. 92 Charles II of England: Licence to Lord Wharton to leave the Tower: 1677.: Hologr.
• f. 92 Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton: Warrant for big release from the Tower for a month: 1677.
• f. 92 Brian Cockayne, 2nd Viscount Cullen: Expenses in the King's service: 1677.
• f. 93 James Compton, Earl of Northampton: Letter to, as Constable of the Tower, from H. Thynne: 1677.
• f. 93 Henry Frederick Thynne, Secretary to H Coventry, Secretary of State: Letter to Lord Northampton: 1677.
• f. 93 Antonio Barberini, Cardinal: Letter on his journey to Modena, etc.: 1658.
• f. 95 George Livingston, 3rd Earl of Linlithgow; Commander-in-chief in Scotland: Letter to, from J. Graham, of Claverhouse: 1679.
• f. 95 Drumclog, Lanarkshire: Account of the skirmish at, by Graham of Claverhouse: 1679.
• f. 95 John Graham, 1st Viscount Dundee; of Claverhouse: Letter to Lord Linlithgow: 1679.: Hologr.
• f. 97 Dennis Lyddell: Navy Commissioners' letter signed by: 1702.
• f. 97 Daniel Furzer, Surveyor of the Navy: Navy Commissioners' letter signed by: 1702.
• f. 97 Admiral Sir Clowdisley Shovell: Navy Commissioners' letter signed by: 1702.
• f. 97 Charles Sergison, Navy Commissioner: Letter to the Ordnance Office: 1702.
• f. 98 John Hay, 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale: Letter to, as Lord High Commissioner for the Scotch Parliament, from Queen Anne: 1704.
• f. 98 Anne of England: Letter to the Marquis of Tweeddale: 1704.: Hologr.
• f. 99 Peter Le Neve, Norroy King of Arms: Letter to, from Lord Bindon: 1707.
• f. 99 Henry Howard, Earl of Bindon; Earl of Suffolk (1709), Deputy Earl Marshal: Letter to P. Le Neve: 1707.
• f. 100 Colonel Sidney Godolphin, Governor of Scilly: Letter to -: 1714.
• f. 100 Thomas Smith: Recommendation of, to be Master Gunner in Scilly: 1714.
• f. 101 John Barnes: Commission to, as Major: 1720.
• f. 101 Edmund Fielding, Colonel: Reference to his regiment of Invalids: 1720.
• f. 103 Thomas Parker, 1st Baron Parker; 1st Earl of Macclesfield: Warrant to, for ratification of a treaty with Prussia: 1723.
• f. 103 Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend: Warrants signed by: 1720, 1723.
• f. 103 George I of England: Warrant for ratification of a treaty with Prussia: 1723.: Signed.
• f. 103 Frederick William I of Prussia: Warrant of George I. for ratification of a treaty with: 1723.
• f. 104 Richard Plummer, MP for St Mawes: Letter in favour of: 1734.
• f. 104 Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford; Prime Minister: Letters to -: 1721, 1734.
• f. 105 Frederic Louis, Princes of Wales: Letter to Lord Albemarle: 1736.
• f. 105 William Anne Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle; KG; Ambassador to France: Letter to, from Frederic, Prince of Wales: 1736.
• f. 107 Hesse-Cassel, Landgraves of. Frederick II: Attestation of his marriage, when Prince, to Princess Mary of England: 1740.
• f. 107 Hon Spencer Compton, Speaker, Earl of Wilmington (1730): Witness to marriage of Princess Mary: 1740.
• f. 107 Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke: Witness to marriage of Princess Mary: 1740.
• f. 107 George II of England: Attestation of the marriage of his daughter, Princess Mary: 1740.
• f. 107 John Potter, Archbishop of Canterbury: Witness to marriage of Princess Mary: 1740.
• f. 109 Prince James Francis Edward Stuart,; the 'Old Pretender': Warrant: 1743.: Signed.
• f. 109 Colonel Obryen: Warrant for payment to: 1743.
• f. 109 Waters: Warrant to, from Pr. James Edward Stuart: 1743.
• f. 110 Elizabeth; Emperor of Russia: Passport for J. Owen: 1744.
• f. 110 Alexis Petrovitch Bestucheff Rjumin, Count; Russian Resident in London, afterwards Chancellor of Russia: Signature to passport: 1744.
• f. 110 John Owen: Passport for, from Russia to England: 1744.
• f. 110 Scherbatow, Prince; Russian Minister in England: Passport for carrier of despatches to: 1744.
• f. 112 George Wade, Field-Marshal: Warrant for payment: 1745.
• f. 112 Richard Thompson: Payment to, as Provost Marshal: 1745.
• f. 113 Culloden, Inverness-shire: Reference to the battle, in letter of the Duke of Cumberland: 1746.
• f. 113 William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland; son of George II: Letter to Sir T. Ligonier: 1746.
• f. 113 Sir John Ligonier, Earl Ligonier (1766): Letter to, from William, Duke of Cumberland: 1746.
• f. 115 William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland; son of George II: Letter to Lord Albemarle: 1748.
• f. 115 William Anne Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle; KG; Ambassador to France: Letter to, from the Duke of Cumberland: 1748.
• f. 117 Gelderland, the Netherlands: Damage done by English troops in: 1748.
• f. 117 Lieutenant-General Georg Wolrath von Kröcher, Prussian Governor of Gelderland: Letter to Lord Albemarle: 1748.
• f. 117 William Anne Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle; KG; Ambassador to France: Letter to, from the War Council of Gelderland: 1748.
• f. 119 Colonel Charles Paulet, Marquis of Winchester (1754): Note on his appointment as Groom to the Pr. of Wales: 1745-51.
• f. 119 Nugent: Note to, from Frederick, Prince of Wales: [1745-51].
• f. 119 Frederic Louis, Princes of Wales: Note to - Nugent: [1745-51].
• f. 120 George II of England: Leave of absence to Lord Albemarle: 1752.: Signed.
• f. 120 William Anne Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle; KG; Ambassador to France: Leave of absence from England, while Lord Justice: 1752.
• f. 122 William Anne Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle; KG; Ambassador to France: Letter to (?), from George II.: 1753.
• f. 122 George II of England: Letter to Lord Albemarle (?): 1753.: Hologr.
• f. 123 Frederick II of Prussia: Letters to George II.: 1751, 1753.: Fr.: Copy and Signed.
• f. 123 Frederic Eugene; Duke of Würtemburg: Marriage of, when Prince, to Princess Frederica of Brandenburg-Schwedt: 1753.
• f. 123 Brandenburg-Schwedt, Margrave of. Frederic William: Marriage of his daughter Frederica to Pr. Frederic Eugene of Würtemburg: 1753.
• f. 123 George II of England: Letters to, from Frederic the Great: 1751, 1753.: Fr.
• f. 125 British America, and United States: Specimen of Stamp for: 1765.
• f. 125 Stamp Act, The: Specimen of stamp for America: 1765.
• ff. 127, 129, 130, 131 George III of England: Letters to Lord Sandwich: 1763-5.: Hologr.
• ff. 127, 129, 130, 131 John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich: Letters to, from George III.: 1763-5.
• f. 133 Kingdom of Scotland: Recommendations for Scotch appointments: 1765.
• f. 133 John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich: Note on Scotch appointments: 1765.
• f. 133 Hon James Stuart Mackenzie, 2nd son of James, 2nd Earl of Bute, Keeper of the Privy Seal for Scotland: Recommendations for appointments signed by: 1765.
• f. 133 George III of England: Note on recommendations to Scotch appointments: 1765.
• f. 134 Liege, Belgium: Request for payment of supplies to British troops in: 1765.
• f. 134 John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich: Letter to, from the Prince Bishop of Liége: 1765.
• f. 134 Charles Nicholas Alexandre d' Outremont, Count; Prince Bishop of Liége: Letter to Lord Sandwich: 1748.: Fr.
• f. 136 Lady Sophia Egerton, daughter of Henry, Duke of Kent: Letter to, from Princess Amelia: 1768.
• f. 136 George II of England: Letter from Princess Amelia to Lady S. Egerton: 1768.
• f. 137 Robert Murray Meith, Ambassador to Russia, etc: Letter to Count van der Osten: 1772.: Fr.
• f. 137 Count Adolph Siegfried von der Osten,; Danish Secretary of State: Letter to, from R. M. Keith: 1772.
• f. 137 Christian VII; King of Denmark: Letter of the English Ambassador on Qu. Caroline Matilda's health: 1772.
• f. 139 Louis XVI of France: Passport for an English ship: 1783.: Signed.
• f. 139 b Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duc de Penthiévre: Signature to passport: 1783.
• f. 140 Francis Godolphin Osborne, Marquess of Carmarthen; 5th Duke of Leeds: Letter to, from George III.: 1789.
• f. 140 George III of England: Letter to the Duke of Leeds: 1789.: Signed.
• f. 141 Thomas Astle, ob. 1803: Letter to, from Princess Louise of Stolberg: 1791.
• f. 141 Louise Maximiliana Carolina Stuart, Princess of Stolberg; Countess of Albany, wife of the Young Pretender: Letter to T. Astle: 1791.
• f. 143 Stolberg family: Genealogy: 1792.
• f. 143 Thomas Bruce, Lord Bruce, Earl of Elgin and of Ailesbury (1685): Genealogy of the house of Stolberg from: 1792.
• f. 143 John III, Sobieski; King of Poland: Genealogy of Pr. Charles Edward Stuart from: 18th cent.
• f. 144 b Prince Charles Edward Stuart,; the Young Pretender: Genealogy of, from John Sobieski: 1792.
• f. 145 Mrs Bingley: Letter to, from Princess Amelia: [1807-10].
• f. 145 George III of England: Letter of Pr. Amelia to Mrs. Bingley: [1807-10].
• f. 145 Amelia Goldsmith: Letter of Pr. Amelia on the illness of: [1807-10].
• f. 147 Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent; 4th son of George III: Letter to Lord Banbury: 1810.
• f. 147 General William Knollys, self-styled Earl of Banbury: Letter to, on his claim to the Earldom: 1810.
• f. 148 Beaumont Haraucour, Seigneur de: Note of his release from the Bastille: 1644.
• f. 148 Louis XIV of France: Letter to the Due d'Elbeuf: 1644.: Signed.
• f. 148 Charles de Lorraine, Duc d'Elbeuf; Governor of Picardy, etc: Letter to, from Louis XIV.: 1644.
• f. 149 Bernard Du Plessis Besançon, French Ambassador at Venice: Letter to, from Card. Mazarin: 1658.
• f. 149 Giulio Mazarin, Cardinal 1641: Letter to B. Du Plessis Besançon: 1658.: Signed.
• f. 151 Roger Bussy-Rabutin, Count: Warrant for treatment of, when prisoner in the Bastille: 1666.
• f. 151 Roger Rabutin, Comte de Bussy: Warrant for treatment of, when Prisoner in the Bastille: 1666.
• ff. 151, 155 Louis XIV of France: Warrants to the Governor of the Bastille: 1666, 1674.
• ff. 151, 155 de Besmaux, Governor of the Bastille: Warrants to, from Louis XIV.: 1666, 1674.
• ff. 151-155 City of Paris: Warrants, etc., relating to prisoners in the Bastille: 1666-1674.
• f. 152 Jean Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Seignelay French Secretary of State: Acquittance for salary: 1671.
• f. 153 Jean Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Seignelay French Secretary of State: Letter to the Governor of the Bastille: 1674.
• f. 153 de Besmaux, Governor of the Bastille: Letter to, from the Marquis de Seignelay: 1674.
• ff. 153, 155 Louis de Rohan, Chevalier: Letter, etc., relating to his imprisonment and execution: 1674.
• f. 156 Louis XIV of France: Mandate to Sieur Sature: 1701.: Signed.
• f. 156 Sieur Sature,; Advocate at Montauban: Mandate to, from Louis XIV.: 1701.
• f. 158 Louis XIV of France: Signature: 1712.
• f. 158 Jérôme Phélypeaux, Comte de Pontchartrain; Secretary of State: Signature: 1712.
• f. 159 William Anne Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle; KG; Ambassador to France: Letter to, from the Duke of Lorraine: 1718.
• f. 159 Leopold Joseph Charles; Duke of Lorraine: Letter to Lord Albemarle: 1718.
• f. 161 Orléans, Louis, Duc d', son of Charles V of France: Letter to the Marquis de La Charce: 1746.: Fr.
• f. 161 Jacques Philippe Auguste de La Tour, Marquis de la Charce: Letter to, from the Duc d'Orléans: 1746.
• f. 162 Louis XVI of France: Signature: 1778.
• f. 163 William V, Princes of Orange: Signature: 1787.
• f. 164 Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac: Order signed by: 1794.
• f. 164 August Bon Joseph de Robespierre: Order signed by: 1794.
• f. 164 Philippe François Joseph Le Bas: Directions to, to repair to the army of the North: 1794.
• f. 164 Louis Antoine St. Just: Directions to, to repair to the Army of the North: 1794.
• f. 164 France; Sovereigns of, and Transactions in particular reigns. Republic: Directions of the Committee of Public Safety to St. Just and Le Bas: 1794.
• f. 164 Jacques Nicholas Billaud-Varenne: Order signed by: 1794.
• f. 165 Napoleon I of France: Letter, as First Consul, to the Minister of War: 1802.: Fr.: Signed.
• f. 165 General Alexandre Berthier, Minister of War: Letter, to, from N. Bonaparte: 1802.
• f. 166 Ferdinand Maria; Duke of Bavaria: Letter to Lord -: n.d.