Stowe MS 743

Vol. i. (ff. 164). 1570-1640.

1. Edward Dering, Puritan divine, to Archbishop Parker; 5 Sept. 1570. Latin. Followed by an English translation. f. 1.

2. Jo- Astyll to his "good bedfellowe" Anthony Dering, on the death of the latter's wife Mary [dau. of Sir Henry] Goring; [1588]. f. 1 2.

3. Richard Dering to his brother-in-law Roger Twysden; Pluckley, 13 Sept. 1599. With a note below by R. Twysden. f. 14.

4. T[homas Sackville, Baron] Buckhurst [Earl of Dorset, 1603] to Lord Cobham, relating to the goods of a "French barke lately cast away at Seaforde"; Sackville House, 18 Jan. 1602 [3]. f. 16.

5. [Sir] Edward Coke, Attorney-General, to Sir Nathaniel Bacon, Knt., referring to a suit of his "cosin Paston"; Godwick, 2 Sept. 1604. f. 18.

6. H[enry Howard, Earl of] Northampton (a) to Sir Thomas Waller, Knt., Lieutenant of Dover Castle, instructing him to take steps that, the Cinque Ports be put "in redynes ... to resiste and withstaunde the affronte and injurie of the French nation that irregulerly (in contempte of all former orders and constitucions) come yearely armed with shotte and sondrey sortes of weapons and doe peremptorily attempte and undertake to make a trade of Fishinge in the Sowe and other places upon the easterne coast of this Kingdome," etc. Northampton House, 2 Dec. 1608. Followed by a draft of warrant for impressing men, 20 Dec. 1608. ff. 20, 22;-(b) to the same: " Your discreete cariage of this buisnes moved by Heydon out of presumption and not of ignorance is suiteable to all other your actions. I must admitt of no innovacions . . . I will teach him to know the Lord Warden, and himself to be Captain of Sandowne Castle by my favour. and that his power there extendeth not to remove the meanest souldiour in the Garison, but uppon due conviction of the party before me for crymes expellable by the ordinances first instituted for the governement of those Fortes," etc.; Northampton House, 26 Feb. 1611 [2]. f. 26.

7. [Sir] Thomas Brudenell, Bart. [Earl of' Cardigan, 1661] to Sir William Twysden, Bart., on a petition relating to the dignity of Baronet; Deene, 5 Jan. 1611 [2]. f. 24.

8. John Copley, a convert "from Papall superstitions," to Archbishop Abbot; [1618]. f. 28.

9. G[eorge Villiers, Marquis and Duke of ] Buckingham (a) to [James Hay], Viscount Doncaster, Ambassador to [Germany], on the latter's expected return; Hampton Court, 26,Sept. [1619]. Holograph. f.30 -(b) to Sir John Hippesley, enclosing a copy of Privy Council letters authorising an allowance to John Withers and Samuel Healinge, two of the officers that came from beyond the seas, if they should be willing to continue their. employment of exercising the trained bands of the Cinque Ports; Whitehall, 29 June, 1626. Signed. f. 70.

10. [Sir] George Goring [Earl of Norwich, 1644] to the Marquis of Buckingham, expressing his devotion, etc.; London, 30 Mar.. 1622. f. 32.

11. William Woodward to John Shotbolte, on the right of Sir John Butler to the Earldom of Wiltshire; 18 Jan. 1622 [3]. f. 35. Followed by (a) "Woodward's propositions for Buttlers lands in England," written on the back of a letter, relating to Knights' service, etc. f. 37;-and (b) Paper relating to butlerage on imported wines, endorsed "Dr. Woodward's Butlerage" and, on the back, five couplets of a love poem. f. 38.

12. [Sir] George Paule to the Marquis of Buckingham in Spain; Lambeth, 24 Mar. 1622 [3]. f. 39.

13. George [Mountain, Bishop of] London, to the same, reminding him of his promise to take him to sea with him: "I have a great desire to play the King of Great Brittaynes Almner in Madrid and to cast away two or three hundred poundes in the streetes there for the honor of the Prince his Highness," etc.; London, 30 Mar. 1623. f. 41.

14. Thomas Fotherley to the "Lord Highe Admirall [Buckingham] . . . at Madrid"; Westminster, 30 Mar. 1623. f. 42.

15. [Sir] Robert Heath [Attorney General, 1625] to the same, expressing his devotion: "Some of your Lordships affaires committed to my trust, and communicated to me for your service, doe chill in your absence; my hope is only to preserve them, not to perfect them till your retourn"; 9 Apr. 1623. f. 44.

16. Theo[philus Howard, Earl of] Suffolk (a) to the Marquis of Buckingham; Suffolk House, 9 Apr. [1623?]. f. 46;-(b) as Lord Warden, to the Mayor, Bailiffs and Jurats of the Cinque Ports for a levy of £200; Suffolk House, 28 Feb. 1632 [3]. Endorsed by the Mayors and Jurats, etc. f. 91;-(c) to Sir E. Dering; 21 Dec. 1634. f. 106;-(d) to the same: "I am given to understand you have in your custodie a manuscript called Domesdaye booke and divers other Records and Writings which properly belonges to this Castle, and ought not hence to be removed," etc.; Dover Castle, 3 Nov. 1636. f 122.

17. [Sir] Ro[bert] Aiton [Ayton] to the Marquis of Buckingham, asking support as a candidate for the Provostship of Eton; London, 10 Apr. 1623. f. 48.

18. Phineas Pett, Navy Commissioner, to the same, reporting on the condition of certain of the ships of the Fleet; Chatham, 10 Apr. 1623. f. 50.

19. J[ohn Williams, Bishop of] Lincoln, Lord Keeper, to the same, on a sermon by "our wise and discreet Metropolitan" and its application to the King, etc., the filling up of the Provostship of Eton, vacant on the death of Thomas Murray, his care for the repair of Westminster Abbey, etc.; Westminster College, 11 Apr. 1623. f. 52.

20. J[ohn Egerton, lst Earl of ] Bridgewater, to the same, asking for his favour to "settle" him in the Prince's favour; n.d. [l618- 1623]. f. 54.

21. Privy Council Commission to the Mayor of Dover, Sir Nicholas Tufton, Sir John Hippesley and others, for putting martial law into force amongst the troops at Dover levied for foreign service under Count Mansfeld; Whitehall, 31 Dec. 1624. Signed by G[eorge, Abbot, Archbishop of] Canterbury, J[ohn Williams, Bishop of] Lincoln, Lord Keeper, G[eorge Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, and others. f. 56.

22. [Sir] George Calvert, Secretary of State, (a) to the Duke of Buckingham, presenting him "with a picture perhaps not worthy your acceptation for the workmanshipp, though acceptable enough, I assure myself, for the representation. It is a large table of some 10 foote deepe and some 7 or 8 foot broade, as I take it, contayning a crucifix and 3 other great figures of the blessed Virgin, St. John and St. Mary Magdalene, done by Rubens" [perhaps that described in Smith's Catalogue Raisonné, as Christ on the Cross, 11 ft. 3 in. x 8 ft. 8 in., now in the Louvre] ; n.d. [1623-1624]. f. 58;-(b) as Baron Baltimore [1625], to John Harrison, "in the Crookett friars," London, on business matters; Bristol, 5 Feb. 1627 [8]. f. 76.

23. [Francis Fane, Earl of] Westmorland, to Sir Anthony Dering, Knt., and Sir Edward Dering, Knt., concerning the candidature of his son Mildmay [Fane] Lord Burghersh, and Sir Albertus Morton, Secretary of State, for election to Parliament in co. Kent; Mereworth Castle, 13 Apr. 1625. f. 60.

24. [Henry Rich, Earl of] Holland, to-, stating that he has been commanded by the King to go into the Low Countries, etc.; Salisbury, 10 Oct. [circ. 1625]. f. 62.

25. E[dward Sackville, Earl of] Dorset, to Sir E. Dering, asking him to support Sir Edwin Sandys and Sir Albertus Morton at the election for co. Kent; circ. 1625. f 64.

26. [Sir] John Skeffington to the same, endorsed "about the barenettship"; Skeffington, 30 Mar. [circ. 1630-40]. f. 66.

27. Charles I. to the Vice-Chancellor, etc., of Cambridge University, on the election of the Duke of Buckingham to the Chancellorship; 6 June, a^o 2 [1626]. Followed by a letter of thanks to the same from the Duke, without date. Copies. ff. 68, 69.

28. K[atharine, wife of George Villiers, Duke of] Buckingham, to her cousin [wife of Endymion] Porter; 6 July, s.a. f. 73.

29. Edward Nicholas, Secretary to the Lord High Admiral [Buckingham], to Sir John Hippesley, Knt., Lieutenant of Dover Castle, on the capture of French prizes; 9 Apr. 1627. f. 75.

30. Hen[ricus] Beamontus [Beaumont] to Edward Beaumont; 9 Oct, 1628. Lat. f. 78.

31. P[aul Bayning, Viscount] Bayning, to Sir E. Dering 1st Bait. London, 22 Feb. 1628[9]. f. 79.

32. [Nicholas Tufton, Earl of] Thanet, to Sir E. Dering, Sir Nicholas Gilbourne, Knt., and Nicholas Toke, "concerning the passage of Newenden water through Wittesham Level], and of the benefitt likelye to redounde thereby to the five wateringes and Walland Marsh" ; Tufton House, 2 June, 1631. f. 81.

33. J[ohn] Philipott, Somerset Herald, to Sir E. Dering, on the suit between Bettenham and Copley [cf. letters of Sir E. Dering in this volume]; 3 Oct. 1631. f. 83.

34. [Sir] Edward Hales, Bart., to Sir E. Dering, on elections and other matters relating to Kent; Tunstall, 10 Mar. 1631 [2]-1 Oct. 1640. ff. 85, 96, 112, 142, 147.

35. John Ball to - Dering, on the election of the King of Poland; Warsaw, 17 Nov. [1632]. f. 88.

36. [Philip Herbert, Earl of] Pembroke and Montgomery, (a) to Sir E. Dering and other Justices in Kent, enclosing a copy of a Privy Council letter of 30 June respecting the repayment by a levy to Sir John Hippesley of money advanced by him, when Lieutenant of Dover Castle, for the "repayring and amending of the landingplaces exposed to danger within the Lath of St. Augustines"; Whitehall, 15 Dec. 1632. f. 89;-(b) to Sir E. Dering, requesting his attendance on the King at York: "The armes for yourselfe are to bee russett with guilded nayles or studds after the fashion of a Curassier, those for your servant or servants white and as a Harqobusier"; Whitehall, 3 Feb. 1638 [9]. With a copy of the same, slightly altered. ff. 128, 130.

37. Sir Dudley Digges to Sir E. Dering and Sir Robert Dawe, concerning contributions for "the way at Boughton," co. Kent; Chilham, [1632]. f. 93.

38. [Sir] Simonds D'Ewes to Sir E. Dering, on his MS. collections; Bury St. Edmunds, 7 May, 1633. f. 95.

39. [Sir] Edward Dering, lst Bart (ob. 1644), to (a) Archbishop Laud, on his [the writer's] dispute with - Bettenham and John Copley [vicar of Pluckley] with reference to Pluckley Church; Apr. 1634. Draft. f. 98;-(b) to [Spencer Compton], Earl of Northampton, on the same matter; Surrenden Dering, 26 May, 1634. Draft. f. 100;-(c) in conjunction with Sir Anthony Dering, to Sir John Sedley, Bart., Sir Humphrey Tufton, Knt., and Sir Thomas Culpeper, arbitrators in the above quarrel; 2 Feb. 1634[5]. f. 108;-(d) to [John Tufton, 2nd] Earl of Thanet, explaining his inability to attend the King at York on the ground of ill-health; Surrenden Dering-, 7 Mar. 1638[9]. f. 132;-(e) to Sir John Hippesley [Lieutenant of Dover Castle, M.P. for Dover in 1628, etc.]: "I understand by good proofe that you have . . . reported that I gave you a certeine price for your resignation . . . I did promise mony, and you your secrecy. My part I have payd; would you had discharged yours. The height of malice can do no more then through itt[s] owne sides to wound another, so do you; since itt is more shame for you to sell that which you never payd for, then itt can be for me to purchase what I deserve, had not you been seated there before me"; n. d. Draft. f 134.

40. Sir John Coke, Secretary of State, to Sir E. Dering, Lieutenant of' Dover Castle, stating that "a Holland man of warre hath piratically seased of an English shalop neere Gravelin, which caried over letters, and with the shalop tooke both the letters which were sent over by the post and also the person of an English gentelman and his servant," and requesting him to cause "both ship and captaine to bee arested and staied, if they come into the Road or Towns"; London, 25 June., 1634. f. 101.

41. Commissioners of Privy Council for Pious Uses to the [Sheriff and Justices of co. Kent], respecting the levy of contributions towards the repair of St. Paul's Cathedral; Whitehall, [15] July, 1634, 31 July, 1637. Contemp. copies. ff. 103, 124.

42. Privy Council to the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, to enforce the King's writs for the equipment of a vessel of 800 tons, 250 men, etc.; Whitehall, 24 Nov. 1634. Contemp. copy f 105.

43. Richard Weston [? Sir Richard Weston, Baron of the Exchequer] to the Justices of Peace for Kent, enclosing a copy of a Privy Council letter charging them with "the better execution of His Majesty's printed Booke of Orders"; London, 15 May, 1635. f. 110.

44. Marmaduke Moore to Sir E. Dering; Dover Castle, 31 Aug. 1635. f. 114.

45. W[illiam Laud, Archbishop of] Canterbury, Sir John Lambe [Dean of Arches], Sir Henry Marten [Judge of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury], and Sir Nathaniel Brent [Vicar-General], Commissioners for Ecclesiastical affairs, to Sir E. Dering, commanding him to arrest John Fenner, of Egerton, co. Kent, carpenter or "paylemaker," as "a schismaticall Recusant and a Seperatist from the Church," who "taketh uppon him to preach or expound the Holy Scriptures and to keepe private conventicles," etc.; Lambeth, 19 Jan. 1635 [6]. f. 116.

46. [Thomas Howard, Earl of] Arundel and Surrey, Earl Marshal, to Sir E. Dering, respecting the continued imprisonment of one Francis Jenifer at Canterbury, whom he had ordered to be set at liberty; Arundel House, 23 Mar. 1635 [6]. f. 118.

47. [John Tufton, 2nd Earl of] Thanet, to his brother-in-law Sir E. Dering, asking him to "be pleased to make a Criustian of [i.e. to be sponsor to] his daughter" [18 July, 1636]. f. 120.

48. Fra[nces, wife of Nicholas Tufton, 1st Earl of] Thanet, to her son-in-law Sir E. Dering, recommending "Mr. Carwarden, an able man, . . . to take the face" of her daughter, Elizabeth, Lady Dering; Sylom, 16 Oct. 1636. f. 121.

49. [Sir] John Manwood, Lieutenant of Dover Castle, to Sir E. Dering, concerning one Cheney Eborne, a mutinous soldier; [Dover] Castle, 5 Aug. 1637. f. 126.

50. [Sir] George Sondes [Earl of Feversham, 1676] to (a) Sir Thomas Walsingham, asking for assistance in his candidature as Knight of the Shire [Kent],"theire beinge likelyhood of opposition, Sir Edward Dearinge and some others laboringe in itt, but I hope they will quickly see theire owne weaknesse and soe desist. . . . Wee which have been Shreifes and had such imploymentes in our. offices of Debuty Leiuftenantes had neede be present to justify ourselves the best we can when our actions are questioned, as undoubtedly they will"; Dartford, 9 Dec. 1639. f 136;-(b) to Sir E. Dering, on the same subject; Leese, 4 Mar. 1639 [40]. f. 138.

51. [Sir] John Sedley [Sidley], 2nd Bart., of Great Chart, to Sir E. Dering, promising him and [Norton] Knatchbull his support at the election for Kent, as against Sir Roger Twysden; St. Cleer's in East, 7 Mar. 1639 [40]. f. 140.

52. [Sir] Robert Darell, Knt., to the same, on the Kent election; Calehill, 29 Sept. 1640. f. 146.

53. [Sir] John Culpeper to the same, on their prospects at the election for co. Kent; Hollingbourne, 2, 15, 16, 18 Oct. 1640. ff. 149, 156, 157, 158.

54. Edward Kempe to the same, on election matters; Dover, etc., 1 and [9] Oct. 1640. ff. 150, 153.

55. [Sir] Thomas Peyton, 2nd Bart., of Knowlton, to the same, on the Kent election; 25 Oct. 1640. f 159.

56. Richard Carpenter, vicar of Poling, to [? Sir E. Dering], giving an account of his conversion from the Church of Rome to the Church of England, and his grievances against the Archbishop; [circ. 1635]. f. 163.

includes:

• f. 2 Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury: Letter to, from E. Dering: 1570.
• f. 2 Edward Dering, Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge: Letter to Archbp. Parker: 1570.: Lat.
• f. 12 Jo- Astyll: Letter to A. Dering: 1588.
• f. 12 Mary Dering, daughter of Sir H Goring, wife of A Dering: Death: 1588.
• f. 14 Roger Twysden, ob. 1603: Letter to, from R. Dering: 1599.
• f. 14 Richard Dering: Letter to R. Twysden: 1599.
• f. 16 Thomas Sackville, 1st Baron Buckhurst; 1st Earl of Dorset: Letter to Lord Cobham: 1603.
• f. 16 Sir Edward Coke, Lord Chief Justice: Letters to Sir N. Bacon: 1604, 1605.
• f. 16 Henry Brooke, Baron Cobham: Letter to, from Lord Buckhurst: 1603.
• f. 18 Sir Nathaniel Bacon: Letters to, from Sir E. Coke: 1604, 1605.
• ff. 20, 26 Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton: Letters to Sir T. Waller: 1608, 1612.
• ff. 20, 26 Sir Thomas Waller: Letters to, as Lieut. of Dover Castle, from Lord Northampton: 1608, 1612.
• f. 24 Baronets: Letter relating to the dignity of: 1612.
• f. 24 Sir Thomas Brudenell, Baronet: Letter to Sir W. Twisden: 1612.
• f. 24 Sir William Twysden, Baronet: Letter to, from Sir T. Brudenell: 1612.
• f. 26 John Haydon: Ref. to his conduct as Captain of Sandown Castle: 1612.
• f. 28 John Copley, Vicar of Pluckley: Letter to Archbp. Abbot: 1618.
• f. 28 George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury: Letter to, from J. Copley: 1618.
• f. 30 James Hay, Viscount Doncaster; 1st Earl of Carlisle: Letter to, from the Marquis of Buckingham: 1619.
• f. 30 George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham: Letter to Lord Doncaster: 1619.
• f. 32 Sir George Goring: Letter to the Marquis of Buckingham: 1622.
• ff. 32, 39-54, 58 George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham: Letters to, from Sir G. Goring and others: 1622-1623.
• f. 35 Sir John Butler: Letter on his right to the Earldom of Wiltshire: 1623.
• f. 35 John Battalion, alias Shotbolt: Letter to, from W. Woodward: 1623.
• f. 35 Earldom of Wiltshire: Letter on the right of Sir J. Butler to the: 1623.
• f. 35 William Woodward: Letter to J. Shotbolt: 1623.
• f. 39 Sir George Paule: Letter to the Marquis of Buckingham: 1623.
• f. 41 George Mountain, Bishop of London: Letter to the Marquis of Buckingham: 1623.
• f. 42 Thomas Fotherley: Letter to the Marquis of Buckingham: 1623.
• f. 44 Sir Robert Heath, Chief Justice of King's Bench: Letter to the Marquis of Buckingham: 1623.
• f. 46 Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk; Constable of Dover Castle: Letter to the Marquis of Buckingham: 1623 (?).
• f. 48 Sir Robert Ayton: Letter to the Marquis of Buckingham: 1623.
• ff. 48, 52 Eton College; Berkshire: Letters relating to the vacant provostship: 1623.
• f. 50 Sir Phineas Pett, Naval Commissioner at Chatham: Letter to the Marquis of Buckingham: 1623.
• f. 50 John Williams, Dean of Westminster, Bishop of Lincoln, Lord Keeper, afterwards Archbishop of York: Letter to the Marquis of Buckingham: 1623.
• f. 54 John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater: Letter to the Marquis of Buckingham: [1618-1623].
• f. 56 Sir Julius Cæsar: Privy Council letters signed by: 1608-1624.
• f. 56 Sir John Hippesley: Commission to, for enforcing martial law at Dover: 1624.
• f. 56 Richard Weston, Baron Weston; Chancellor of the Exchequer: Council orders signed by: 1624, 1629.
• f. 56 Thomas Erskine, Earl of Kellie: Council warrant signed by: 1624.
• f. 56 Dover: Commission to the Mayor, for enforcing martial law at: 1624.
• f. 56 Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke; 1st Earl of Montgomery: Council warrant, etc., signed by: 1624, 1629.
• f. 56 Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel and Surrey: Council letter, etc., signed by: 1616, 1624, 1629.
• f. 56 Edward Conway, 1st Viscount Conway; Secretary of State 1623: Council warrants signed by: 1624, 1629.
• f. 56 George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham: Privy Council Commission signed by: 1624.
• f. 56 John Williams, Dean of Westminster, Bishop of Lincoln, Lord Keeper, afterwards Archbishop of York: Privy council commission signed by: 1624.
• f. 56 Army; England: Levy for service under Count Mansfeld: 1624.
• f. 56 George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury: Privy Council commission signed by: 1624.
• f. 56 Sir Nicholas Tufton, Baron Tufton; Earl of Thanet (1628): Commission to, for enforcing martial law at Dover: 1624.
• f. 56 Sir Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester: Council orders signed by: 1624, 1629.
• f. 56 Count Ernst von Mansfeld, d 1626, General: Privy Council commission conc. the troops at Dover under: 1624.
• f. 56 James Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough; Lord Treasurer: Council warrant signed by: 1624.
• f. 58 Sir George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore 1622; Secretary of State: Letter to the Duke of Buckingham: 1624.
• f. 60 Mildmay Fane, Lord Burghersh, Earl of Westmorland (1628): Letter concerning his parliamentary candidature in co. Kent: 1625.
• f. 60 Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmoreland: Letter to Sir A. Dering, and Sir E. Dering: 1625.
• f. 60 Sir Anthony Dering: Letter to, from Lord Westmorland: 1625.
• ff. 60, 64 County of Kent: Letters conc. the election in: 1625.
• ff. 60, 64 Sir Albertus Morton, Secretary of State: Letters rel. to his parliamentary candidature in co. Kent: 1625.
• ff. 60-163 passim Sir Edward Dering, 1st Baronet: Letters to, from Lord Westmorland and others: 1625-42.
• f. 62 Henry Rich, Earl of Holland: Letter to -: circ. 1625.
• f. 64 Edward Sackville, Earl of Dorset: Letter to Sir E. Dering: 1625.
• f. 64 Sir Edwin Sandys: Letter conc. his parliamentary candidature in co. Kent: 1625.
• f. 66 Sir John Skeffington: Letter to Sir E. Dering: circ. 1630-40.
• f. 68 Charles I of England: Letter to the Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge: 1626.: Copy.
• f. 68 University of Cambridge: Letter of Charles I. on the Duke of Buckingham's election to the Chancellorship: 1626.
• f. 69 George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham: Letter on his election to the Chancellorship of Cambridge University: 1626.: Copy.
• ff. 70, 75, 134 Sir John Hippesley: Letters to, from the Duke of Buckingham and others: 1626, 1627.
• f. 73 Katharine Villiers, wife of George, 1st Duke of Buckingham: Letter to - Porter: n.d.
• f. 75 Sir Edward Nicholas, Secretary of State: Letter, as secretary to Lord High Adm. Buckingham, to Sir J. Hippisley: 1627.
• f. 76 Sir George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore 1622; Secretary of State: Letter to J. Harrison: 1628.
• f. 78 Henry Beaumont: Letter to E. Beaumont: 1628.: Lat.
• f. 79 Paul Bayning, Viscount Bayning: Letter to Sir E. Dering: 1629.
• f. 81 Nicholas Toke: Letter to, from Lord Thanet: 1631.
• f. 81 Sir Nicholas Tufton, Baron Tufton; Earl of Thanet (1628): Letter to Sir E. Dering and others: 1631.
• f. 81 Sir Nicholas Gilbourne: Letter to, from Lord Thanet: 1631.
• f. 83 John Philipot, Somerset Herald: Letter to Sir E. Dering: 1631.
• ff. 83, 98, 100, 108 Bettenham: Suit with J. Copley conc. Pluckley church: 1631-1635.
• ff. 83, 98, 100, 108 John Copley, Vicar of Pluckley: Suit with - Bettenham: 1631-1635.
• ff. 83, 98, 100, 108 Pluckley, Kent: Letters on a suit conc. the church: 1631-1634.
• ff. 85, 96, 112, 142, 147 Sir Edward Hales, 1st Baronet: Letters to Sir E. Dering: 1631-1640.
• f. 88 John Ball: Letter to - Dering: 1632.
• f. 89 Sir John Hippesley: Repayment of money advanced by, when Lieut. of Dover Castle: 1632.
• ff. 89, 128, 130 Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke; 1st Earl of Montgomery: Letters to Sir E. Dering, etc.: 1632, 1639.
• f. 91 Cinque Ports: Levy of œ200 from: 1633.
• f. 91 Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk; Constable of Dover Castle: Letter, as Lord Warden, to the Bailiffs, etc., of the Cinque Ports: 1633.
• f. 93 Sir Dudley Digges, MP for Tewkesbury: Letter to Sir E. Dering and Sir R. Dawe: 1632.
• f. 93 Sir Robert Dawe: Letter to, from Sir D. Digge: 1632.
• f. 95 Sir Simonds D'Ewes, Baronet: Letters to Sir E. Dering: 1633, 1637.
• ff. 98, 100, 108, 132, 134 Sir Edward Dering, 1st Baronet: Letters to Archbp. Laud and others: 1634-1639.
• ff. 98, 116 William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury: Correspondence with Sir E. Dering: 1634, 1636.
• f. 100 Spencer Compton, Earl of Northampton: Letter to, from Sir E. Dering: 1634.
• f. 101 Sir John Coke, Secretary of State: Letter to Sir E. Dering: 1634.
• ff. 103, 124 London, Parishes. St. Mary Aldermary: Letters concerning levies for repair of St. Paul's Cathedral: 1634, 1637.
• ff. 103, 124 County of Kent: Levy for contributions for repair of St. Paul's Cathedral: 1634, 1637.
• f. 105 Cinque Ports: Warrant to the Lord Warden, conc. the equipment of a ship: 1634.
• f. 108 Sir Thomas Culpeper: Letter to, from Sir E. Dering: 1635.
• f. 108 Sir Anthony Dering: Letter to Sir J. Sedley and others: 1635.
• f. 108 Sir Humphrey Tufton: Letter to, from Sir E. Dering: 1635.
• f. 110 Richard Weston: Letter to the Justices of Peace for co. Kent: 1635.
• f. 114 Marmaduke Moore: Letter to Sir E. Dering: 1635.
• f. 116 Sir John Lambe, Dean of Arches: Letter to Sir E. Dering: 1636.
• f. 116 Sir Nathaniel Brent: Letter, as Commissioner for Ecclesiastical affairs, to Sir E. Dering: 1636.
• f. 116 John Fenner, of Egerton, county Kent: Order for his arrest as a recusant: 1636.
• f. 116 Sir Henry Marten, Judge of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Letter to Sir E. Dering: 1636.
• f. 118 Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel and Surrey: Letter to Sir E. Dering: 1636.
• ff. 120, 132 John Tufton, Earl of Thanet: Correspondence with Sir E. Dering: 1636, 1639.
• f. 121 Carwarden: Recommended as portrait-painter: 1636.
• f. 121 Frances Tufton, wife of Nicholas, 1st Earl of Thanet: Letter to Sir E. Dering: 1636.
• f. 122 Dover: Letter relating to "Domesdaye Booke" bel. to Dover Castle: 1636.
• f. 122 Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk; Constable of Dover Castle: Letter to Sir E. Dering: 1636.
• f. 126 Sir John Manwood: Letter, as Lieut. of Dover Castle, to Sir E. Dering: 1637.
• f. 128 Sir Edward Dering, 1st Baronet: Description of his arms for attendance on the King at York: 1639.
• f. 136 Sir Thomas Walsingham: Letter to, from Sir G. Sondes: 1639.
• ff. 136, 138 Sir George Sondes, Earl of Feversham (1676): Letters to Sir T. Walsingham and Sir E. Dering: 1640.
• ff. 136-159 County of Kent: Letters on election matters: 1640.
• f. 140 Norton Knatchbull: Promise to support him at the Kent election: 1640.
• f. 140 Sir John Sedley, Baronet: Letters to Sir E. Dering: 1640.
• f. 144 Thomas Asteley: Letter to Sir E. Dering: 1640.
• f. 146 Sir Robert Darell: Letters to Sir E. Dering: 1640, 1641.
• ff. 149, 156, 157, 158 John Culpeper, MP for Kent, Baron Culpeper (1644): Letters to Sir E. Dering: 1640.
• ff. 150, 153 Edward Kempe: Letter to Sir E. Dering: 1640.
• f. 152 William Byng: Letter to Lady Dering: 1640.
• f. 155 John Craige: Letter to Sir E. Dering: 1640.
• f. 159 Sir Thomas Peyton, 2nd Baronet; of Knowlton: Letters to Sir E. Dering: 1640, 1666.
• f. 161 Ralph Minors: Letter to J. Harrison: 1640.
• f. 161 Sir John Harrison, of Balls: Letter to, from R. Minors: 1640.
• f. 163 Richard Carpenter, Vicar of Poling: Letter to -: 1635.