Stowe MS 306

MISCELLANEOUS TRACTS and papers, viz. :-

1. Copy of the Charter granted by Queen Elizabeth to the city of Winchester; 1571. f 1.

2. Extracts from the Journals of the House of Commons referring to questions of' privilege of Members of that House with reference to the jurisdiction of the House of Lords, arising out of the case of Shirley v. Fagg,, etc.; 4 May-9 June, 1675. f. 17.

3. Copy ot' the speech of William Howard, Viscount Stafford, upon the scaffold on Tower Hill, 29 Dec. 1680, " as it was given by his owne hand to a spectator there." f. 37.

4. Copy of " a Speech lately made by a Noble Peere of the Realme," i.e. the Earl of Shaftesbury, on 20 Nov. 1680. The speech, which is an attack on the Duke of York and on the favour shown to Papists by the King, was never delivered, but was published, and was ordered by the Lords to be burnt by the hangman. Printed in Cobbett's Parliamentary History, vol. iv., appendix. f. 39.

5. " Judicature in Parliament": legal opinion on the jurisdiction of Parliament as a judicial body; late 17th cent. f 42.

6. Account of places in the gift of the Lord Steward iii His Majesty's Household, with their value; 18th cent. f. 92.

7. "Cabinet Considerations" on the advisability of building ships for the navy in Ireland, and establishing Royal dockyards in that country; circ. 1783. f'. 97.

8. " An Account of the Constitution, Discipline, course of Education, Profes,sors, and present State of the University of this kingdom [Ireland], and of the improvements made therein of late years, with a suggestion of some particulars necessary to promote its prosperity." Drawn up in Dec. 1787 (cf. f 104 b). f. 100.

9. Description of the geographical position of Cuma and the neighbouring country, with reference to the Vlth book of Virgil's Æneid; 18th-19th cent. With a rough map. f 113. Paper; ff. 123. xviith-xixth centt. Folio.

includes:

• f. 1 City of Winchester: Charter to, from Queen Elizabeth: 1571: Copy, 17th cent.
• f. 17 England; Parliament: Extracts from Commons' Journals on questions of privilege, 1675: 17th cent.
• f. 37 William Howard, Viscount Stafford: Speech on the scaffold: 1680.
• f. 39 Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury: Speech against the Duke of York: 1680.
• f. 42 England; Parliament: Judicature in Parliament, 1626-1628, by John Selden: late 17th cent.
• f. 92 Household, Royal: Places in the gift of the Lord Steward: 18th cent.
• f. 97 Navy; England: Considerations on building ships and establishing dockyards in Ireland: circ. 1783.
• f. 97 Ireland: Considerations on building ships and establishing dockyards in: circ. 1783.
• f. 100 Ireland: Account of the state of the University of Ireland: 1787.
• f. 113 Cuma, Italy: Description of its geographical position: 18th-19th cent.