Stowe MS 250

OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS of intercepted Jacobite correspondence, to which are added copies of letters addressed to the Secretary of State by the English Ambassadors in France, Italy, etc., on the plots of the Jacobites; April - August, 1722. The earlier letters contain much information concerning the various Jacobite leaders, the Duke of Ormonde, Lord Lansdowne, Gen. Dillon, the two Kellys, the Earl of Mar, and others, the projected invasion of England from Spain under Ormonde, etc.; but they more especially show the part played by Bishop Atterbury and his relations with the Pretender. All the above persons are alluded to under fictitious names, but in most cases the real names are given, with other notes, in the margin. The Pretender himself has five or six pseudonyms, but is generally " Mr. Jackson " ; Atterbury is known as " Mr. T. Illington " and " Mr. T. Jones," Lord Oxford is referred to as " Nestle " ; and the letters from 10 May to 5 July contain several allusions to the attempts of the Jacobites to induce him to take an active part in their plans. On f. 53, John Semple, in a letter to Francis Semple, gives the details of an intended rising in London on the night of the Duke of Marlborough's funeral, viz. 9 August. ff. 62-72 contain extracts and copies of letters already given earlier in the volume. In the latter part of the volume, letters from Sir Luke Schaub, English Minister at Paris, Thomas Crawford, Secretary to the Embassy at Paris, [Henry ?] Davenant, Envoy at Genoa (who writes from Rome), Col. Stanhope, Ambassador at Madrid, and others, to Lord Carteret, Secretary of State, show the serious nature of the intended expedition from Spain. It was known (f. 75) that the Pretender had had a conference with the Pope on the subject, that arms and soldiers, principally from Ireland, were being collected, and that ships of war, manned and officered by Irish Jacobites, were ready to sail from Cadiz and other Spanish ports so soon as news should be received from England that everything was ripe for a simultaneous insurrection there. A letter from Stanhope, 8 June, reports (f. 83) that Ormonde " intends speedily to pass into England with a great number of Irish officers now in the service of his Catholick Majesty, in order to put himself at the head of the rebels there," that Capt. Morgan with three ships of "thirty odd guns " was to transport 12,000 arms into England, together with Ormonde, and " that the place for landing is most certainly either Bristol, Milford, or Highlake " [perhaps Hoylake, co. Chest.]. Stanhope's next letter, however, 15 June (f. 84), breaks off to say that news is just brought "that the design for passing into England is for the present at least entirely laid aside, the late discovery there of the conspiracy having disappointed all measures." But though the King of Spain, about the end of June, at the instance of Col. Stanhope, forbade Irish officers and other suspected Jacobites to quit Spain without special licence, it is evident from letters [of Sir Anthony Wescombe] from Corunna and Bilboa in July and August, that active preparations were still being carried on at the various ports. The contents of the volume are printed, with some omissions (more particularly of compromising names, etc.), and without the marginal notes, in the Appendices, and partly in the body, of the " Report from the Committee appointed by the House of Commons to examine Christopher Sayer and others," reported 1 Mar. 1722/3 (Reports from Committees, vol. i. 1803, p. 99). See also Howell's State Trials, vol. xvi., col. 323. Paper; ff. 98. Belonged to Thomas Astle, " E MSS. Macclesfield," [sc. Thomas Parker, l^st Earl of Macclesfield, Lord Chancellor in 1722]. Folio.

George Granville, Baron Lansdowne: Correspondence, and references to, under Jacobite pseudonyms: 1722.

Reverend James Kelly: References to, under Jacobite pseudonyms: 1722.

Francis Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester: Letters of, and references to, under various Jacobite pseudonyms: 1722.: Copies.

Dennis Kelly, Captain: References to, under Jacobite pseudonyms: 1722.

Arthur Dillon, General: Correspondence and ref. to, under various Jacobite pseudonyms: 1722.

Philip V of Spain: Correspondence conc. the intended invasion of England by: 1722.: Copies.

Prince James Francis Edward Stuart,; the 'Old Pretender': Official transcripts of intercepted Jacobite correspondence: 1722.

Prince James Francis Edward Stuart,; the 'Old Pretender': Jacobite references to, under various pseudonyms: 1722.

John Erskine, Earl of Mar: Correspondence, and Jacobite references to, under pseudonyms of Musgrave, Motfield, Graham and Baxter: 1722.: Copies.

George I of England: Jacobite references to, under various pseudonyms: 1722.

James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde: Information conc. his intended invasion of England from Spain: 1722.

includes:

• f. 4 John Murray, of Broughton, Secretary to the Young Pretender: Jacobite ref. to, under pseudonym of Mrs. Mason: 1722.
• ff. 4, 8 b, 9 b, 12 b, 13, 21, 39 b, 68 b James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde: Jacobite references to, under pseudonyms of Uncle Tim, etc.: 1722.
• ff. 4 b, 95 b Halstead, Captain: Jacobite ref. under pseudonym of Roger Nowell: 1722.
• ff. 5b, 13b, 15, 18b, 29b, 32b, 36, 42b, 47, 69b James Talbot, Irish Officer in the Spanish Service: Jacobite references to, under pseudonym of Crow: 1722.
• ff. 9, 18, 19, 23, 25, 31 b, 39, 67 b Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford: Jacobite ref. to, under pseudonyms of Hacket and Nestle: 1722.
• f. 10 Nicholas Wogan: Jacobite reference to, under pseudonym of Roland, or Xoland: 1722.
• f. 10 b Charles Wogan, Jacobite: Reference to: 1722.
• ff. 10 b, 11 b, 18, 19 b, 30, 45 b Sir Constantine Phipps: Jacobite reference to, under pseudonym of Repney: 1722.
• f. 11 b Cochran, of Kilmarnock: Jacobite reference to, under pseudonym of Thos. Calderwood: 1722.
• ff. 11, 21 b, 35 b, 36, 43, 45 b, 46, 47 b, 52 b Thomas Carte, historian: Jacobite references to, under pseudonyms of Thomas, Trotter and Geo. Williams: 1722.
• ff. 14 b, 24b, 31, 31 b, 36 b, 37, 38, 47 b Philip V of Spain: Jacobite ref. to, under pseudonyms of Hope, Lacey and Dennis: 1722.
• ff. 14 b, 31 b, 48 Peter the Great; Emperor of Russia: Jacobite references to, under pseudonyms of Smith, and Dean al. Dane: 1722.
• ff. 14 b, 31, 31 b, 36 b, 37, 38, 38 b, 47 b, 48 Philippe II Orléans, Duc d'; Regent of France: Jacobite references to, under pseudonyms of Prince and Steel: 1722.
• ff. 16, 21 b, 26 Colin Campbell, of Glanderville: Jacobite references to, under pseudonyms of Collins, Glan and Rob. Browne: 1722.
• ff. 18 b, 19 b, 23 b, 24 b, 36, 38 Francis Macnamara: Jacobite ref. to, under pseudonym of Jas. Rogers: 1722.
• ff. 24 b, 31 John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough: Jacobite reference to, under pseudonym of Laving: 1722.
• f. 25 Charles Spencer, Earl of Sunderland; Secretary of State: Jacobite ref. to, under pseudonym of Ribbon: 1722.
• ff. 25 b, 48 James Fitz-James, 1st Duke of Berwick d 1734: Jacobite reference to, under pseudonym of Ash: 1722.
• f. 26 Walter Grahame: Jacobite ref. to, under pseudonyms of Houston and Hy. Blair: 1722.
• f. 31 Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend: Jacobite ref. to, under pseudonym of Dackers: 1722.
• f. 31 Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford; Prime Minister: Jacobite references to, under pseudonym of Usman: 1722.
• ff. 32, 47 b, 48 Charles VI; Emperor of Germany: Jacobite reference to, under the pseudonym of Gamsted: 1722.
• f. 34 Christopher Glascock: Jacobite ref. to, under pseudonym of Christy: 1722.
• ff. 38, 38 b, 47 b Lestril; Jacobite pseudonym for the Whig Ministry: : 1722.
• f. 40 Francis Semple: Jacobite ref. to, under pseudonym of Easy: 1722.
• f. 47 b Quilam Jacobite pseudonym for the Parliament: MS: 1722.
• f. 53 London, Parishes. St. Mary Aldermary: Account of an intended Jacobite rising in: 9 Aug., 1722.
• ff. 73-98 John Carteret, Baron Carteret and (1744) Earl Grenville: Letters to, from Sir L. Schaub, etc.: 1722.: Copies.
• ff. 73-98 passim Sir Luke Schaub, Secretary to the Embassy at Vienna; Private Secretary to Lord Stanhope at Paris: Letters to Lord Carteret: 1722.: Copies.
• ff. 74 b, 81 b, 86 b Henry D'Avenant, Envoy to Frankfort and Genoa: Letters to -: 1722.: Extracts.
• ff. 78, 79 b, 80, 82, 85, 97, 97 b Thomas Crawfurd, Secretary to the English Embassy at Paris: Letters to Lord Carteret, etc.: 1722.: Copies.
• ff. 83, 84 Colonel William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington: Letters to -: 1722.: Extracts.
• ff. 87 b-96 b Sir Anthony Wescombe: Letters to -: 1722.: Copies.