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Stowe MS 221
- Record Id:
- 040-001953015
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001952775
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000493.0x0002f3
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165173993.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe MS 221
- Title:
- Letter of James II to the Grand Vizier Azem, announcing the recall of James Brydges, 8th Baron Chandos, Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire; Windsor, 30 September, 1685
- Scope & Content:
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Contents:
A letter of James II (r. 1685-1688), King of England, Scotland, and Ireland to the Grand Vizier Azem, announcing the recall of James Brydges (b. 1642, d. 1714), 8th Baron Chandos, as English Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, and the appointment of Sir William Soame (b. c. 1645, d. 1686), 1st Baronet, to succeed him; Windsor, 30 September 1685.
Sir William Soame later died at Malta on his voyage out to take up the position, and James Brydges continued at Constantinople until his recall to England in 1688 (see the letter-book of James Brydges, now Stowe MSS 219-220).
Signed: 'Your affectionat freind James R.'
Endorsed: 'To the / High Illustrious / and Excellent / Lord the Vizier / Azem'.
Decoration:
Illuminated by Gideon Royer, employed by the Secretary of State as 'Embellisher of letters to Eastern Princes' (c. 1669-1704).
Large decorated initials in gold, with cadels in black ink, and a three-sided foliate border in colours and gold, including the Royal arms of James II.
Endorsement in gold and black ink, framed in red.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Stowe Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001952775
036-001952833
037-001952918
040-001953015 - Is part of:
- Stowe Ms 1-1085 : Stowe Manuscripts
Stowe MS 54-310 : CLASS IV.HISTORY.
Stowe MS 132-267 : SECT. V. - STATE PAPERS, DIPLOMATIC AND POLITICAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS.
Stowe MS 221 : Letter of James II to the Grand Vizier Azem, announcing the recall of James Brydges, 8th Baron Chandos, Ambassador to the… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001952775[0004]/036-001952833[0005]/037-001952918[0053]/040-001953015
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Stowe Ms 1-1085
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 leaf
- Digitised Content:
- https://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100165173993.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1685
- End Date:
- 1685
- Date Range:
- 30 Sep 1685
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Dimensions: 660 x 815 mm.
Foliation: f. 1.
Script: 17th-century italic.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Windsor, England.
Provenance:
James Brydges (b. 1642, d. 1714), 8th Baron Chandos and English ambassador to the Ottoman Empire.
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.
Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos; sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham.
Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.
Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883.
- Publications:
- Catalogue of the Stowe Manuscripts in the British Museum, 2 vols (London: British Museum, 1895-1896), I, p. 287, no. 221. Richard Scott Morel, 'Words of Majesty: A Brief History of Royal Correspondence between England and Asia, 1600-1858', Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 90:1:312 (June 2017), 1-27 (at 10-11, image 4).
- Exhibitions:
- Gold, British Library, London, 20 May 2022 - 2 October 2022
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)