Stowe MS 750

ORIGINAL LETTERS from lawyers, scholars and others addressed for the most part to Thomas Parker, Lord Chief Justice 1710, Baron Parker 1716, Lord Chancellor 1718, Earl of Macclesfield 1721 (ob. 1732); 1704-1739. A few draft replies of Lord Macclesfield are interspersed (ff. 46, 112, 246, 430, 432). Many of the later letters are recommendations to livings in the Lord Chancellor's gift. The names of all the writers are given in the index. Among the letters are the following, all of which, where not otherwise noted, are addressed to Lord Macclesfield:-

1. George Hickes, Dean of Worcester, (a) on the publication of his Antiqua Literatura Septentrionalis, etc.; 1 June, 1704-6 Apr. 1710. ff. 2-5, 23:-(b) interceding for Rev. Hilkiah Bedford; 4 Oct. 1714. f. 66.

2. [Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of] Peterborough; [23 Feb. 1709-10]. f. 11.

3. [William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of] Devonshire, recommending [Alexander] Denton, M.P. for Buckingham; 10 Mar. 1709-10]. f. 13.

4. Sir James Mountagu, Attorney-General; 12 Mar. 1709 [10]. f. 15:-as Baron of the Exchequer; Warrington, 10 Feb. 1715 [6]. f. 163.

5. J[ohn] Fortescue-Aland al. Fortescue [Sol. General 1714, Baron of the Exchequer 1717, Justice of the King's Bench 1727, etc.], (a) congratulating L.C.J. Parker on his appointment; 12 Mar. 1709 [10]. f. 17:-(b) on business of the Western Circuit; Launceston; 20 Mar. 1710 [1] f. 28:-(c) on his appointment as Solicitor General to the Prince of Wales; 22 Oct. 1714. f. 76:-

(d) that "some of the Gentlemen who are to be call'd Serjeants" . . . will take no degree without your Lordship's consent"; 14 Dec. 1714. f. 88:-(e) on circuit matters, etc.; ff. 98, 214:-(f) on the trial of Jacobite rebels at Carlisle; 8 Dec., 13 Dec. 1716. ff. 222, 223:-(g) describing the difficulties from the rain and snow of his journey to York to hold the Assize, York, 17 Mar. 1716 [7]. f. 249:-(h) on public and legal affairs, etc.; Serjeant's Inn, 30 Apr. 1726-29 Dec. 1730. ff. 416, 418, 424, 428, 445.

6. William Brydges [Serjeant-at-Law, 1715], giving an account of proceedings on the Oxford Circuit; Shrewsbury, 2 Apr. 1710. f. 21.

7. Unsigned letter abusing the Whigs, etc; 30 Sept. 1710. f. 25.

8. W-Cockeroft, with proposals for raising revenue:-Feb.1710[1]. f. 26.

9 . [James Butler, 2nd Duke of] Ormonde, to [Charles Boyle, 4th] Earl of Orrery; Bottisfield, 19 June, [1711]. f. 30.

10. Unsigned letter to the Mayor of Newcastle-on-Tyne, on the presentation by the Duchess of Gordon to the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh, of a medal of the Pretender, on the prosecution of a Presbyterian minister for libelling the Queen and Church at Ormskirk, co. Lane., and other news; London, 26 July, 1711. f. 32.

11. [John Erskine, 6th Earl of] Mar, to the Earl of Orrery; Whitehall, 20 July, 1711. f. 34.

12. William Courtenay, disclosing to the Lord Chief Justice a "scurvy plot and designe contriving against your person honour and intrest by severall gentlemen in the Queen's Bench"; 5 Dec. 1711. f. 38.

13. [Simon Harcourt, Baron] Harcourt, Lord Keeper; 21 Mar. 1711 [2]. f. 40.

14. [Nicholas Leake, Earl of] Scarsdale, asking to be released from his promise to the Queen that he would accept the appointment of Ambassador to Vienna; circ. 1712. f. 42.

15. [William Legge, lst Earl of] Dartmouth, Secretary of State, concerning the release of two French subjects who had come from France without licence; Whitehall, 2, 7 Apr. 1713. With draft of reply, 4 Apr. 1713. ff. 44-48.

16. [Robert Harley, lst Earl of] Oxford, to the Earl of Scarsdale, on the latter's intended embassy to Vienna, etc.; St. James's, 27 Feb. 1713 [4], 19 Apr. 1714. ff. 50, 53.

17. Henry Newton, LL.D., enclosing a treatise; 23 Mar. 1713 [4]. f. 52.

18. Daniel Wilson, concerning the new Commission of Peace for Westmorland: "We have proclaim'd and are still proclaiming the Ellector of Brunswick our King in the severall towns in our county of Westmorland, and are likewise doeing what ever else wee can judge proper for his service to deprive the hopes off the Papists and non Jurors, who off late have been and are still very insolent"; Dallam Tower, near Kendall, 5 Aug. 1714. f. 55.

19. Robert Wilmot, on election and corporation matters at Derby; Derby, 11 Sept. 1714. f. 56.

20. D[avid] Wilkins, asking for L.C. Justice Parker's interest for the Regius Professorship of Hebrew at Oxford; Amsterdam, 21 Sept. 1714. f. 60.

21. John Turton, on Tamworth election; Alrewas, 9 Oct. 1714. f. 68:-Orgreave, 17, 22 Apr. 1714. ff. 256, 258.

22. P- McNeny (a) to Lord Orrery, congratulating him on his appointment as Lord of the Bedchamber, etc.; Brussels, 10 Oct. 1714. f. 70:-(b) to Lord Macclesfield, on the discovery of a Popish Plot, the Cambray Congress, etc.; Brussels, 20 Jan. 1722. f. 408.

23. Bernard Lintott, on his disappointment on not being chosen King's Bookseller; 15 Oct. 1714. f. 72.

24. John Richardson, on the conversion of the Irish Papists; Belturbet, 18 Oct. 1714. f. 74.

25. [Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of] Somerset; 28 Oct. 1714, 10 Feb. 1716-7, 1 Mar. 1723 [4]. ff. 78, 242, 412:-to Sir W. Wyndham; 13 Sept. [1715]. f. 1l9.

26. William Salkeld [Serjeant-at-Law, 1715]; [31 Oct. 1714]. At the head is a note by [Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of] Hardwicke, "my Father practised or studied the law under this Gentleman Serj^t Salkield." f. 80.

27. [Charles Montagu, Earl of] ]Halifax, l^st Lord of the Treasury; 15 Nov. 1714. f. 86.

28. [William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of] Devonshire, on the nomination of a Sheriff for co. Derby; [l 6 Dec. 1714]. f. 89.

29. E- Pepper, on the murder of his brother by the rebels; 14 Jan. 1714 [5]. f. 90.

30. C[harles] Stanhope, Under Secretary of State, enclosing "the Plan of the General Peace, and the papers relating to Tournay"; Whitehall, 2 May, 1715. At the head is a note by the 2nd Lord Hardwicke. f. 100.

31. Sir John St. Leger, Baron of the Exchequer, Ireland, (a) on current topics, practice in the Irish Law Courts, etc.: "We expected to have had a mob up on the Pretenders birthday, but there was not the least appearance here or in any other part of the Kingdom, that we have yet heard of. The arm of the civil power is too strong here, and the magistrates are vigilant and sincere friends to the King. . . . The College indeed is invincibly bad, and nothing but malice and treason within their walls. The collegians, who ramble about this great town to all the infamous places, are the greatest rakes and scownes that ever I heard of," etc.; Dublin, 14 June, 1715. f. 104:-(b) on Irish affairs; Dublin, 22 Nov. 1715, 21 Feb. 1716 [7]. ff. 135, 244.

32. T[homas] Bell, M.A., (a) on affairs at Cambridge; Trinity College, 15 June, [1715]-12 Mar. 1715 [6]. ff. 108, 151-155, 159, 161,

165, 167, 174:-(b) on parish matters, etc.; Liverpool, 3 Dec. 1717, 21 Feb. 1717 [8]. ff. 274, 280.

33. [George Granville, Baron Lansdowne], (a) to Sir William Wyndham, Bart., on the state of political parties in England, etc.: "Our apprehensions here of an invasion are groundless, and yet we proceed as if they were real. Walpole is to be at the head of the Treasury, and his brother Horace Paymaster in Trust. The feuds at Court run high"; 5 Sept. 1715. At the head is the note by the 2nd Lord Hardwicke, "N.B. This is a remarkable letter and clearly treasonable in its meaning" f. 114:-(b) to the same 17 Sept. 1715. f. 123.

34. Francis Webber, Joseph Alloway and others to Sir W. Wyndham, on Minehead election; Minehead, 14 Sept. 1715. f. 121.

35. "The honour and impartiality of the House of' Commons set forth in the case of Sir William Wyndham"; [1715]. Printed. f. 125.

36. Sir Richard Steele, petitioning for the Mastership of the House in succession to Dr. Thomas Burnet; St. James's Street, 3 Oct. 1715. f. 127.

37. Ralph Thoresby, defending Alderman Cookson of Leeds against a charge of disaffection; Leeds, 17 Oct. 1715. f. 129.

38. H[enry] Hatrell, (a) on the Jacobite rioters at Newcastle [under Lyme], the partiality of the Magistrates, etc.; 31 Dec. 1715. f. 139:-(b) on his claim against Ralph Sneyd for an attack on his house in the late riots; 14 Nov. 1717. f. 272.

39. [William Cowper, Baron] Cowper, Lord Chancellor; 4, 5 Jan. 1715 [6]. ff. 141, 143.

40. Edward Wells, D.D., on the question of his taking the oaths; 4 Jan. 1715 [6]. ff. 145.

41. Sir W[illiam] Wyndham, asking for an order for the admission into the Tower of Dr. Friend and Dr.. Chamberlain, to attend his wife Lady Katharine [Seymour] suffering from the small pox Tower, 13 Jan. 1715 [6]. f. 147.

42. [Pierre] Des Maizeaux, on literary matters; London, 18 Jan. 1715 [6]. Fr. At the head is the note by the 2nd Lord Hardwicke, "N.B. De Maizeaux's correspondences were bought by my worthy friend D^r Birch and are now at the [British] Musæum." f. 149.

43. T- Bootle, on the trial and execution of rebels at Liverpool, etc. ; Liverpool, 29 Jan. 1715 [6]. f 157.

44. Sir Thomas Bury, Baron of the Exchequer: (a) "I was yesterday at Grayes Inn Chappel the morning, and there the reader read a note desiring us to pray for the fower persons or Lords (I know not which, for he mumbled it a little) lying under condemnation. And the Clerk set for the Psalm the fower last verses of the 44th Psalm, but begun to sing at the first of the two lines preceding, in Tate and Braddyes version, the first line whereof is 'All slaughter'd or reserv'd like sheep,'" etc.; 27 Feb. 1715 [6]. f. 170:-(b) as Lord Chief Baron; 8 Nov. [1717]. f. 270.

45. F[rancis] Barnard, M.A. [Prebendary of Norwich, 1720], on the progress of Lord Parker's son at Cambridge; Clare Hall, 15 Mar. 1715 [6]. f. 176.

46. Bill of W- Boyer, for cutting Saxon characters, printing, etc. 1715. f. 180.

47. Sir Robert Raymond [Lord Ch. Justice, 1725], declining to enter Parliament; 17 Apr. 1716. f. 181.

48. Arthur Charlett, D.D., Master of University Coll., Oxford, on a robbery of plate at Wadham College; 23 May, 1716. f. 188.

49. S[imon] D[egge] to Rev. Thomas Bell, giving an account of a Town and Gown riot at Cambridge, on 28, 29 May; Clare Hall, 31 May, 1716. f. 194.

50. W[illiam] Moore, (a) thanking L.C. Justice Parker for his recommendation to the post of "Master of the References for England to the Commissioners for the forfeited Estates," etc.; 8 Aug. 1716. A note on the back states that "This Mr. Moore was author of the Chrisis attributed to S^r Rich^d Steele." f. 196:-(b) Kensington, 6 Sept. 1716. f. 204:-(c) relating to the estate of Ecclestone, nr. Prescott, co. Lanc., alleged to have been granted to superstitious uses by Capt. Ecclestone, who became a Jesuit, etc.; Preston, 5 Oct., 19 Nov. 1716. ff. 210, 212:-(d) on the reversion of the office of Clerk of the Pells; 26 Oct. 1717. f. 264:-(e) Essex House, 23 Sept. 1718. f. 290.

51. Benjamin [Hoadley, Bishop of] Bangor; 9 Aug. 1716, 14 Oct. 1719, 7 Sept. 1726. ff. 196, 325, 340.

52. Sir J[ohn] Trevelyan, Bart., to Sir W. Wyndham, relating to the petition against their election [for Minehead, co. Som.]; London, 6 Sept. [1716 ?] f. 202 53. - James Craggs, Postmaster-General, with news; Gen. Post Office, 8 Sept. 1716. f. 206.

54. E[dward] Chandler, D.D., Prebendary of Worcester; London, 22 Sept. 1716. f. 208:-on the expected vacancy in the see of Worcester; Worcester, 26 Jan. 1716 [7]. f. 208:-as Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, concerning the patronage of Elmdon; 30 May, 1719. f 308.

55. Letter submitting extracts of a complimentary poem on George, Prince of Wales, etc.; [Nov. 1716]. f. 215.

56. Robert Price, Baron of the Exchequer, on the trial of rebels: "We have 68 prisoners; they are the better sort of the Scotch Rebells; they are well guarded, and soe are the King's witnesses. All the little pettyfoggers are engaged in the severall quarters of the country to engage jurymen, and soe are the dissenting preachers," etc.; Carlisle, 6, 17 Dec. 1716. ff. 217, 228.

57. R[ichard] Laughton, of Clare Hall, (a) on a College election; Cambridge, 11 Dec. 1716. f. 219:-(b) recommending Rev. John Burman for the living of Harston, co. Leic.; Worcester, 12 Sept. 1719. f 314.

58. L[ancelot] Blackburn, Dean [Bishop in 1717] of Exeter, on the printing of "that infamous libel called Nero y^e Second"; Exeter, 15, 22 Dec. 1716. ff. 224, 234.

59. Robert Tracy, Justice of Common Pleas, on the trial of rebels at Carlisle; Carlisle, 15, 19 Dec. 1716. ff. 226, 230.

60. Farrer Armestrong, giving information concerning "the grand rebell (the pretended generall Forster)" and other Jacobites; Morpeth, 22 Dec. 1716. f. 236.

61. [Robert Sutton, 2nd Baron] Lexington, on a contemplated act of Parliament for a marriage between his daughter Bridget Sutton and Lord John Manners [3rd Duke of Rutland, 1721]; 26 Dec. 1716. f. 238.

62. William Loraine, magistrate, on his relations with the rebels; Kirkhazle, 26 Feb. 171⁶/₇. f. 247.

63. J[ohn] Davies, LL.D., thanking Lord Parker for his influence in procuring for him the mastership of Queen's College, Cambridge; 24 Mar. 1716 [7]. f 252.

64. Sir Francis Molyneux, 4^th Bart., etc., asking advice, as a J.P., "concerning settlements in relation to servants"; Teversall, 13 Apr. 1717. f. 254.

65. William [King, Archbishop of] Dublin; Dublin, - Oct. 1717, 2 Apr. 1729. ff. 266, 437.

66. [John Sutherland, Earl of] Sutherland, recommending Mr. [Marcus] Gibbin for the living of Northfleet; Marlborough Street, 19 Aug. 1718. f. 282.

67. J- Molesworth, to the same effect: "This Gentleman, Mr. Gibbon was turn'd out of a curacy at Gravesend by the Bp. of Rochester for lending his church to the Dutch troops who came to our succour at the time of the Rebellion, in order to their performing their devotions at an hour that did not interfere with the service of the parish"; 19 Aug. 1718. f. 284.

68. William Mitchell to the Duke of -, concerning the Scottish Church and the oath of abjuration; Edinburgh, 22 Nov. 1718. Copy. f. 292.

69. Speech of [George Granville, lst] Baron Lansdowne, against the Occasional Conformity Bill; 19 Dec. 1718. Printed. f. 294.

70. Baron de [Mazarelle] Stavijani, enclosing a list of chemical and other curiosities; London, 17/18 Mar. 171⁸/₉. Fr. ff. 297, 299.

71. [James Stanhope, 1st Earl] Stanhope, on the precedency of the newly-created Dukes of Greenwich, Manchester, and Chandos; Whitehall, 25 Apr. 1719. f. 306.

72. George Parker [2nd Earl of Macclesfield, 1732] to his father, describing his travels in Germany, Italy, etc.; Francfort, Innspruck, Venice, etc., 28 Oct. 1719-7 Sept. 1726. ff. 327-422 passim.

73. Daniel Moore; Venice, 19 July, 1720. f. 348.

74. Edmund [Gibson, Bishop of] Lincoln, to Rev. Matthew Tate, Vicar of Burnham, on Lord Nottingham's reply to William Whiston's letter on The Eternity of the Son of God and of His Holy Spirit; Duke St., Westminster, 11 May, 1721. Copy. Printed in Lipscombe's Buckinghamshire, iii. p. 214, note. f. 372.

75. Lord Macclesfield to the Duke of Devonshire, defending himself from the charge of selling the offices of Masters in Chancery, etc.; 22 May, 1722. Draft. f. 404.

76. Francis [Atterbury, Bishop of] Rochester, to Lord Orrery; Bromley, 13 Aug. 1722. f 409.

77. Z[achary] Pearce, Vicar of St. Martin-in-the-fields, [Bishop of Bangor, 1748]; 13 Sept. 1726. f. 426:-sending "a small parcell of my pamphletts on the miracles" and on the death of Anthony Collins, Deist, "I am told that his dying words were to this effect, 'I have endeavoured to serve true Religion and my, Country, and I hope that I shall go to a place where I shall find others that have done the same'" 17 Dec. 1729. f. 441:-on literary topics; 23 Dec. 1729. f. 443.

78. B[ernard] Mandeville, M.D., on his son's illness; London, 8 Oct. 1726. f. 429.

79. S[arah Churchill, Duchess of] Marlborough; 31 Jan. 1727 [8]. f. 434.

80. William Cartwright, concerning Dr. Mead's MSS.; Aynho, 10 Feb. 1738 [9]. f. 447.

81. Draft of Speech on the disadvantage of a Standing Army, in the hand of J. Fortescue Aland. f. 449. Paper; ff. 451. Purchased (f. 451) by Thomas Astle from W. Heard, 25 Sept. 1767. Folio.

Thomas Parker, 1st Baron Parker; 1st Earl of Macclesfield: Correspondence: 1704-1732.

includes:

• ff. 2-5, 23, 66 George Hickes, DD, Dean of Worcester: Letters to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1704-1714.
• f. 7 Lord James Cavendish: Letter to Sir T. Parker: 1709.
• f. 9 Henry Howard, Earl of Bindon; Earl of Suffolk (1709), Deputy Earl Marshal: Letter to Sir T. Parker: 1709.
• f. 11 Charles Mordaunt, Earl of Peterborough: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1710.
• f. 13 Alexander Denton: Letter recommending him as M.P. for Buckingham: 1710.
• ff. 13, 89 William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire: Letters to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1710, 1714.
• ff. 15, 163 James Montagu, Attorney General: Letters to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1710, 1716.
• ff. 17, 28, 76, 88, 98, 214, 222, 223, 249, 416, 418, 424, 428, 445 John Fortescue-Aland, Baron Fortescue; Baron of the Exchequer, Justice of the King's Bench and of Common Pleas: Letters to Lord Macclesfield: 1710-1730.
• f. 19 Robert Monckton, MP for Aldborough: Letter to Sir T. Parker: 1710.
• f. 21 William Brydges, Serjeant-at-law: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1710.
• f. 25 Political Tracts: Unsigned letter abusing the Whigs: 1710.
• f. 26 W- Cockcroft: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1711.
• f. 30 James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde: Letter to Lord Orrery: 1711.
• f. 30 Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery: Letter to, from the Duke of Ormonde: 1711.
• f. 32 Prince James Francis Edward Stuart,; the 'Old Pretender': Gift of his medal to the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh: 1711.
• f. 32 Ormskirk, Lancashire: Prosecution of a Presbyterian minister at: 1711.
• f. 32 County of Edinburgh: Gift of a medal of the Pretender to the Advocates' Library: 1711.
• f. 32 Newcastle upon Tyne, county Northumberland: Letter to the Mayor, from -: 1711.
• f. 32 Elizabeth Gordon, widow of George, 1st Duke of Gordon: Presents a medal of the Pretender to the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh: 1711.
• f. 34 John Erskine, Earl of Mar: Letter to Lord Orrery: 1711.
• f. 34 Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery: Letter from Lord Mar: 1711.
• f. 38 William Courtenay: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1711.
• f. 40 Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1712.
• f. 42 Nicholas Leake, Earl of Scarsdale: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: circ. 1712.
• ff. 44-48 William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth: Letters, as Secretary of State, to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1713.
• ff. 50, 53 Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford: Letters to Lord Scarsdale: 1713, 1714.
• ff. 50, 53 Nicholas Leake, Earl of Scarsdale: Letters to, from Lord Oxford: 1713, 1714.
• f. 52 Henry Newton, LL.D: Letter, with treatise, to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1714.
• f. 55 Daniel Wilson, MP for Westmorland: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1714.
• f. 56 Derby, Derbyshire: Letter on election and corporation matters at: 1714.
• f. 56 Robert Wilmot: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1714.
• f. 58 George Keith, 10th Earl Marischall: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1714.
• f. 60 David Wilkins, DD, Archdeacon of Suffolk (1724): Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1714.
• f. 62 George Smalridge, Bishop of Bristol 1714: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1714.
• f. 64 Henry Paget, 7th Baron Paget: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1714.
• f. 66 Hilkiah Bedford, d 1724 non-juring divine: Letter in favour of: 1714.
• f. 70 Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery: Appointed Lord of the Bedchamber: 1714.
• f. 70 P- McNeny: Letter to Lord Orrery: 1714.
• f. 72 Bernard Lintott: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1714.
• f. 74 John Richardson: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1714.
• ff. 78, 242, 412 Charles Seymour, Duke of Somerset: Letters to Lord Chancellor Macclesfield: 1714-1724.
• f. 80 Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke: Mem. of his studying law with Serjeant Salkeld: early 18th cent.
• f. 80 William Salkeld, Serjeant-at-Law: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1714.
• ff. 80, 100, 114, 149 Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke: Notes: 18th cent.: Hologr.
• f. 82 Thomas Bruce, Lord Bruce, Earl of Elgin and of Ailesbury (1685): Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1714.
• f. 84 Sir Nathaniel Lloyd, LL.D: Letter to Lord Ch. Jurtice Parker: 1714.
• f. 86 Charles Montagu, 1st Baron; afterwards Earl of, Halifax, Envoy to Hanover: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1714.
• f. 90 E- Pepper: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1715.
• ff. 90, 104, 114, 139, 157, 170, 217, 222, 223, 226, 228, 230, 236, 247 Jacobites: Letters relating to trials, etc., of: 1715-1717, 1746.
• ff. 92, 94 John Chamberlayne, Editor of ' Angliæ Notitia.': Letters to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1715.
• ff. 96, 333 Charles Trimnell, Bishop of Norwich and (1721) of Winchester: Letters to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1715, 1719.
• f. 99 Richard Newport, 2nd Earl of Bradford: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1715.
• f. 100 Charles Stanhope, Under Secretary of State: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1715.
• f. 102 Captain G- Parker: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1715.
• f. 104 County of Dublin: Letter rel. to doings of the collegians at: 1715.
• ff. 104, 135, 244 Sir John St. Leger, Baron of the Exchequer; Ireland: Letters to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1715-1717.
• ff. 106, 110, 137, 200 Hugh Fortescue: Letters to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1715-1716.
• ff. 108, 151-155, 159, 161, 165, 167, 174 University of Cambridge: Letters relating to affairs at: 1715-1716.
• ff. 108, 151-155, 159, 161, 165, 167, 174, 274, 280 Reverend Thomas Bell, MA: Letters to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1715-1716.
• ff. 114, 123 George Granville, Baron Lansdowne: Letters to Sir W. Wyndham: 1715.
• ff. 114, 123 Sir William Wyndham, Baronet: Letters to, from Lord Lansdowne: 1715.
• f. 117 Sir David Dalrymple: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1715.
• f. 119 Charles Seymour, Duke of Somerset: Letter to Sir W. Wyndham: 1715.
• f. 121 Francis Webber: Letter to Sir W. Wyndham: 1715.
• f. 121 Joseph Alloway: Letter to Sir W. Wyndham: 1715.
• ff. 121, 202 Minehead, Somerset: Letters on the election at: 1715, 1716 (?).
• f. 125 Political Tracts: "The honour . . . of the House of Commons set forth in the case of Sir W. Wyndham ": 1715.: Printed.
• f. 125 Sir William Wyndham, Baronet: "The honour .... of the H. of Commons set forth in the case of": 1715.: Printed.
• f. 127 London, Parishes. St. Mary Aldermary: Petition of Sir R. Steele for the Mastership of the Charterhouse: 1715.
• f. 127 Sir Richard Steele: Petition for the Mastership of the Charter-House: 1715.
• f. 129 William Cookson, Alderman of Leeds: Charged with disaffection: 1715.
• f. 129 Ralph Thoresby, antiquary: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1715.
• f. 133 Edward Russell, Earl of Orford: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1715.
• f. 139 Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire: Jacobite riots at: 1715.
• ff. 139, 272 Henry Hatrell: Letters to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1715, 1717.
• ff. 141, 143 William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper: Letters to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1716.
• f. 145 Edward Wells, DD: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1716.
• f. 147 Katharine Wyndham, wife of Sir W Wyndham: Illness of: 1716.
• f. 147 Pierre Des Maizeaux: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1716.
• f. 147 Pierre Des Maizeaux: His correspondence bought by Dr. Birch: 1716.
• f. 147 Sir William Wyndham, Baronet: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1716.
• f. 157 City of Liverpool: Trial and execution of rebels at: 1716.
• f. 157 T- Bootle: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1716.
• f. 169 William Browne: Letter to W. Hawkins: 1716.
• ff. 170, 270 Sir Thomas Bury, Baron of the Exchequer: Letters to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1716, 1717.
• f. 172 Jeffrey Gilbert, Irish Chief Baron of Exchequer: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1716.
• f. 176 Francis Barnard, MA: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1716.
• f. 178 Elizabeth Mohun, widow of Charles, Baron Mohun: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1716.
• f. 180 W- Boyer: Bill for cutting Saxon letters, etc.: 1715.
• f. 181 Robert Raymond, 1st Baron Raymond: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1716.
• ff. 183, 184 John Parker: Letters to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1716.
• f. 186 Sir John Norris, Admiral of the Fleet: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1716.
• f. 188 Arthur Charlett, DD; Master of University College, Oxford: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1716.
• f. 188 Oxford; University of. Wadham College: Robbery of plate at: 1716.
• f. 190 John Smith, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, Scotland: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1716.
• f. 192 Richard Pacey: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1716.
• f. 194 Reverend Thomas Bell, MA: Letter to, from S. Degge: 1716.
• f. 194 Simon Degge: Letter to Rev. T. Bell: 1716.
• f. 194 University of Cambridge: Account of a Town and Gown riot: 1716.
• ff. 196, 204, 210, 212, 264, 290 William Moore: Letters to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1716-1717.
• ff. 196, 325, 340 Benjamin Hoadley, Bishop of Winchester: Letters to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1716-1726.
• f. 197 b Sir Richard Steele: Mem. on the authorship of " The Crisis " attributed to: 1716.
• f. 202 Sir William Wyndham, Baronet: Letter to, from Sir J. Trevelyan: 1716 (?).
• f. 202 Sir John Trevelyan, Baronet: Letter to Sir W. Wyndham: 1716.
• f. 206 James Craggs, senior, Postmaster-General: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1716.
• ff. 208, 240, 308 Edward Chandler, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, and (1730) of Durham: Letters to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1716-1719.
• ff. 210, 212 Ecclestone, Prescott, Lancashire: Letters rel. to property in: 1716.
• f. 215 George II of England: Complimentary poem on, when Prince of Wales: 1716.
• ff. 217, 222, 223, 226, 228, 230 Carlisle, Cumberland: Trial of Jacobite rebels at: 1716, 1746.
• ff. 217, 228 Robert Price, MP, Baron of the Exchequer: Letters to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1716.
• ff. 219, 314 Richard Laughton, Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge: Letters to Lord Macclesfield: 1716, 1719.
• ff. 224, 234 Lancelot Blackburne, Bishop of Exeter (1717), Archbishop) of York (1724): Letters to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1716.
• ff. 224, 234 Libels: Letters on an infamous libel, " Nero the Second ": 1716.
• ff. 226, 230 Robert Tracy, Justice of the Common Pleas: Letters to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1716.
• ff. 232, 268 Sir Thomas Parkyns, 2nd Baronet: Letters to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1716, 1717.
• f. 236 Farrer Armestrong: Letter to Ch. Justice Parker: 1716.
• f. 236 General Thomas Forster, Jacobite: Information concerning: 1716.
• f. 238 Hon Bridget Sutton, daughter of Robert, 2nd Baron Lexington: Proposed marriage with Lord John Manners: 1716.
• f. 238 John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland: Proposed marriage with Bridget Sutton: 1716.
• f. 238 Robert Sutton, 2nd Baron Lexington: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1716.
• f. 247 William Loraine, Magistrate: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1717.
• f. 250 George Neville, 11th Baron Abergavenny: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1717.
• f. 252 John Davies, LLD, Master of Queens' Coll., Cambridge: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1717.
• f. 254 Sir Francis Molyneux, 4th Baronet; of Teversal: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1717.
• ff. 256, 258 Tamworth, Staffordshire: Letter on the election at: 1714.
• ff. 256, 258 John Turton: Letters to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1714.
• ff. 260, 288, 304 Elizabeth Hamilton, wife of James, 4th Duke of Hamilton: Letters to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1717-1718.
• ff. 266, 437 William King, Archbishop of Dublin: Letters to Lord Macclesfield: 1717, 1729.
• f. 272 Ralph Sneyd: Claim against, conc. the Jacobite riots at Newcastle-under-Lyme: 1717.
• f. 278 Wharton Peck, LL.D: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1717.
• f. 282 John Leveson-Gower, Earl of Sutherland: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1718.
• f. 282 Reverend Marcus Gibbin, alias Gibbon: Recommended to the living of Northflect: 1718.
• f. 284 Reverend Marcus Gibbin, alias Gibbon: Account of: 1718.
• f. 284 J- Molesworth: Letter to Lord Chancellor Macclesfield: 1718.
• f. 286 James Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton and Brandon: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1718.
• f. 292 William Mitchell: Letter to the Duke of -: 1718.: Copy.
• f. 294 George Granville, Baron Lansdowne: Speech against the Occasional Conformity Bill: 1718.: Printed.
• ff. 297, 299 de Mazarelle Stavijani, Baron: Letters to Lord Macclesfield: 1719.
• f. 306 Precedency: Letter on the precedency of the Dukes of Greenwich, Manchester and Chandos: 1719.
• f. 306 James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope: Letter to Lord Macclesfield: 1719.
• f. 308 Elmdon, Warwickshire: Letter conc. the patronage of: 1719.
• f. 310 Bennet Sherard, Baron and (1718) Viscount Sherard; 1st Earl of Harborough 1719: Letter to Lord Chancellor Parker: 1719.
• f. 310 John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland: Letter to Lord Chancellor Parker: 1719.
• f. 312 Lord William Manners: Letter to Lord Chancellor Parker: 1719.
• f. 314 Reverend John Burman: Recommendation of, for the living of Harston, co. Leic.: 1719.
• f. 315 Charles Seymour, Earl of Hertford: Letter to Lord Chancellor Parker: 1719.
• f. 317 Sir Robert Marsham, 5th Baronet; 1st Baron Romney 1716: Letter to Lord Chancellor Parker: 1719.
• f. 319 Richard Reynolds, Dean of Peterborough: Letter to Lord Ch. Justice Parker: 1719.
• f. 321 George Montagu, Earl of Halifax: Letter to Lord Chancellor Parker: 1719.
• f. 323 Richard Child, Viscount Castlemaine (1718); Earl Tylney (1731): Letter to Lord Chancellor Parker: 1719.
• ff. 327-422 passim Voyages and Travels: Travels in Europe of George Parker, afterw. 2nd Earl of Macclesfield: 1719-1726.
• ff. 327-422 passim George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield: Letters to his father, describing his travels: 1719-1726.
• f. 337 Hugh Boulter, Archbishop of Armagh: Letter to Lord Chancellor Parker: 1720.
• f. 346 Richard Willis, Bishop of Gloucester: Letter to Lord Chancellor Parker: 1720.
• f. 348 Daniel Moore: Letter to Lord Macclesfield: 1720.
• f. 364 George Verney, 4th Baron Willoughby de Broke: Letter to Lord Chancellor Parker: 1721.
• f. 372 Reverend Matthew Tate, Vicar of Burnham: Letter to, from Bp. Gibson: 1721.
• f. 372 Edmund Gibson, Bishop of Lincoln and (1720) of London: Letter to Rev. M. Tate: 1721.: Copy.
• f. 386 Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Abingdon: Letter to Lord Orrery: 1721.
• f. 408 P- McNeny: Letter to Lord Macclesfield: 1722.
• f. 408 Cambrai, France: Reference to the Congress at: 1722.
• f. 409 Francis Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester: Letter to Lord Orrery: 1722.
• f. 420 John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu: Letter to Lord Macclesfield: 1726.
• ff. 426, 441, 443 Zachary Pearce, Chaplain to George I, afterwards Bishop of Bangor and Rochester: Letters, as Vicar of St. Martin's-in-the-fields, to Lord Macclesfield: 1726, 1729.
• f. 429 Bernard Mandeville, MD: Letter to Lord Macclesfield: 1726.
• f. 434 Sarah Churchill, wife of John, 1st Duke of Marlborough: Letter to Lord Macclesfield: 1728.
• f. 439 Sir John Dutton, Baronet: Letter to Lord Macclesfield: 1729.
• f. 441 Anthony Collins, d 1729 deist: Letter of Z. Pearce on the death of: 1729.
• f. 447 William Cartwright: Letter to Lord Macclesfield: 1739.
• f. 447 Richard Mead, MD: Letter rel. to his MSS.: 1739.
• f. 449 John Fortescue-Aland, Baron Fortescue; Baron of the Exchequer, Justice of the King's Bench and of Common Pleas: Draft of speech in the hand of: 18th cent.