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Stowe MS 758

Record Id:

040-001953593

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001952775

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000534.0x000125

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ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Stowe MS 758

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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS, Treasury warrants, papers, etc.; 1619- 1818. Amongst them are:-

1. Statement of claims on the Exchequer of Frances, wife of Sir Thomas Savile, and grand-daughter of William, Lord Cobham; circ. 1620.

2. Speech of Algernon Sydney delivered to the Sheriffs on the scaffold; 1683. f. 3.

3. Letter from John Belson to Lord -, on theological matters; circ. 1688. f. 5.

4. Warrants, etc., relating to appointments of officers and other business connected with the Customs in Scotland; 1710-1812. ff. 10-116 passim.

5. Letters, etc., relating to the transactions of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, chiefly relating to the Welsh Bible, etc., and the election of members of the Society; 1747-1815. ff. 13-146 passim.

6. Letter from Martin Joseph Routh, President of Magdalen College, Oxford, to -, acknowleding the receipt of books; Oxford, 6Feb. 1814. f. 126.

7. Dialogue, in verse, between Britannia and Sir Walter Raleigh [by Andrew Marvel]. Printed in his Works, ed. 1776, vol. iii., p. 314. f. 147.

8. "A rare shew, or a Knave in Querpo with his back stript and basely whipt by the taile of a Monster out of Stow Wood," being an answer to "a pamphlet called New News of a strange Monster found in Stow Woods." This is virtually an attack on Sir W. S. [i.e. Sir William Smyth, Bart., of Redclyffe, co. Bucks.], and an exposure of his conduct in securing his election for Buckingham in the second Parliament of Charles II. [1661]. Written after 1675. f. 151.

9. "Paris, a satire," in verse; addressed to the Duke of Buckingham [?John Sheffield, Duke of Buckinghamshire, 1703-21 ]. f. 164. Paper; ff. 167. XVIIth-XIXth centt. Folio.

includes:

f. 1 Sir Alexander Temple: Order in lawsuit of: 1619.
f. 2 Exchequer: Claims of Lady Savile on: circ. 1620.
f. 2 Frances Savile, wife of Sir T Savile: Claims on the Exchequer: circ. 1620.
f. 3 Colonel Algernon Sydney: Speech on the scaffold: 1683.
f. 5 John Belson: Letter to Lord -: circ. 1688.
ff. 10-116 passim Customs and Excise: Papers conc. the Customs in Scotland: 1710-1812.
ff. 10-116 passim Kingdom of Scotland: Warrants, etc., conc. the Customs in: 1710-1812.
f. 12 Francis Drake: Letter to -: 1713.
f. 13 William Rothery: Letter to -: 1718.
ff. 13-146 passim London; SOCIETIES, MISCELLANEOUS. SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE: Letters, etc., rel. to the transactions of: 1747-1815.
ff. 13-146 passim Bible BIBLIOGRAPHY: Transactions of the Soc. for Promoting Christian Knowledge as to the Welsh Bible: 1747-1815.
ff. 13-146 passim Wales: Transactions relating to the Welsh Bible: 1747-1815.
f. 16 Da - Havard: Letter to -: 1748.
f. 17 William Wynn: Letter to Lord -: 1749.
ff. 19, 25 Hugh Jones, Vicar of Gresford: Letters to - Watts: 1749.
f. 20 Joshua Thomas: Letter to -: 1749.
f. 21 Oak - Rees: Letter to W. Watts: 1749.
f. 23 Owen Owen: Letter to -: 1749.
f. 30 Richard Griffith: Letter to -: 1751.
f. 41 Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool: Treasury warrant signed by: 1769.
f. 41 Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton: Treasury warrant signed by: 1769.
ff. 41, 43 George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow: Treasury warrants signed by: 1769, 1770.
f. 43 Jeremiah Dyson: Treasury warrant signed by: 1770.
f. 43 Sir Henry Seton, Baronet: Appointment as collector of the customs and salt duties at Borrowstoness: 1770.
f. 43 Frederick North, Lord North: Treasury warrant signed by: 1770.
f. 46 Nathaniel Curzon, Baron Scarsdale: Letter to -: 1774.
ff. 47, 62 Philip Stephens, Secretary of the Admiralty: Letters to W. Nelthorpe and S. Moyse: 1775, 1786.
f. 49 Em- Potter: Letter to - Hollings: 1778.
f. 51 James Bentham, Canon of Ely; Fellow of Oriel College; Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford: Letter to - Hallings: 1782.
f. 53 Reverend Christopher James Selwyn: Letter to - Hallings: 1784.
f. 56 George Rose, PC; MP: Letter to the Commrs. of Customs, Scotland: 1785.
f. 60 James Hope, 3rd Earl of Hopetoun: Letter to R. Adam: 1786.
f. 64 William Fawkener, Clerk of the council, Secretary to the Committee of Trade, Ambassador to Russia 1790: Council order signed by: 1792.
f. 64 William Fawkener, Clerk of the council, Secretary to the Committee of Trade, Ambassador to Russia 1790: Letter to R. E. Philips: 1792.
ff. 68, 70 Richard Hopkins: Treasury warrants signed by: 1795.
ff. 68-72 John Smyth: Treasury warrants signed by: 1795.
ff. 68-72 John Thomas Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney: Treasury warrants signed by: 1795.
f. 72 Richard Wellesley, Earl of Mornington; afterwards Marquis Wellesley: Treasury letter signed by: 1795.
f. 74 Thomas Carmichael, Earl of Hyndford: Letter to - Robertson: 1795.
f. 78 Charles Long, Baron Farnborough (1826); Secretary to the Treasury, Chief Secretary for Ireland: Letter to the Commissioners of Customs, Scotland: 1799.
f. 86 Maria Brodrick, wife of George, 4th Viscount Midleton: Letter to -: 1807.
f. 88 Reverend Richard Ormerod: Letter to Dr. Gaskin: 1808.
ff. 89, 94, 96 Hon William Eliot: Treasury warrants signed by: 1809.
ff. 89-102 Hon William Brodrick: Treasury warrants signed by: 1809-1810.
ff. 89-94 William Sturges Bourne: Treasury warrants signed by: 1809.
f. 91 William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, Duke of Portland: Treasury letter signed by: 1809.
ff. 96, 100, 102 Spencer Perceval: Treasury warrants signed by: 1809.
ff. 98, 102 John Otway Cuffe, Earl of Desart: Treasury letters signed by: 1810.
f. 104 William Yonge, Archdeacon of Norwich: Letter to Dr. Gaskin: 1810.
ff. 114, 116 Richard Chetwynd, 5th Viscount Chetwynd: Warrants signed by, as Clerk of the Council: 1812.
f. 118 Thomas Dundas, Baron Dundas: Letter to - Ridgeway: 1812.
f. 119 Thomas Cholmondeley, Baron Delamere (1821): Letter to Messrs. Jarrett and Jones: 1812.
f. 126 Reverend Martin Joseph Routh, President of Magdalen College, Oxford: Letter to -: 1814.
f. 128 Richard Valpy, DD: Letter to -: 1815.
f. 129 Reverend George Hulme: Letter to Dr. Valpy: 1815.
f. 130 George Capel, 5th Earl of Essex; afterwards Capel-Coningsby: Letter to - Redway: 1815.
f. 138 Richard Hely Hutchinson, Earl of Donoughmore: Letter to - Ridgway: circ. 1811.
f. 147 Andrew Marvel: Dialogue betw. Britannia and Sir W. Ralegh: 18th cent.
f. 147 Political and Satirical Poems: Dialogue betw. Britannia and Sir W. Ralegh, by A. Marvel: 18th cent.
f. 151 Sir William Smyth, Baronet; of Redcliffe: Satire conc. his election for Buckingham in 1661.
f. 151 Political Tracts: "A rare shew, or a Knave in Querpo," etc.: circ. 1675.
f. 160 Political and Satirical Poems: Dialogue between the spirits, of Lady H. Berkeley and Lord Grey: 18th cent.
f. 164 Political and Satirical Poems: "Paris," addressed to the Duke of Buckingham: 18th cent.
f. 164 John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham: "Paris": a satire, probably addressed to: early 18th cent.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Stowe Collection

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-001952775
036-001953574
040-001953593

Is part of:

Stowe Ms 1-1085 : Stowe Manuscripts
Stowe MS 743-760 : CLASS XVII.PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.

Stowe MS 758 : MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS, Treasury warrants, papers, etc.; 1619- 1818. Amongst them are:- 1. Statement of claims on the Exchequer…

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032-001952775[0017]/036-001953574[0009]/040-001953593

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1 item

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1619

End Date:

1818

Date Range:

1619-1818

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Names:

Belson, John
Bentham, James, Canon of Ely; Fellow of Oriel College; Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford
Bentinck, William Henry Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Portland, prime minister, 1738-1809
Bourne, William Sturges, of Stowe MS 758
Brodrick, Maria, wife of George, 4th Viscount Midleton
Brodrick, William, of Stowe MS 758
Capel, George, afterwards Capel-Coningsby 5th Earl of Essex
Carmichael, Thomas, Earl of Hyndford
Chetwynd, Richard, 5th Viscount Chetwynd
Cholmondeley, Thomas, 1st Baron Delamere, politician, 1767-1855
Cuffe, John Otway, Earl of Desart
Curzon, Nathaniel, Baron Scarsdale
Drake, Francis, of Stowe MS 758
Dundas, Thomas, 1st Baron Dundas, politician, 1741-1820
Dyson, Jeremiah, of Stowe MS 758
Eliot, William, of Stowe MS 758
Exchequer
Fawkener, William Augustus Henry, civil servant and diplomat, c 1750-1811
FitzRoy, Augustus Henry, 3rd Duke of Grafton, Prime Minister, 28 Sep 1735-14 Mar 1811
Griffith, Richard, recipient of a letter, fl 1751
HM Customs and Excise, 1909-2005
Havard, Da -
Hope, James, 3rd Earl of Hopetoun
Hopkins, Richard, of Stowe MS 758
Hulme, George, Reverend
Hutchinson, Richard Hely, Earl of Donoughmore
Jenkinson, Charles, 1st Earl of Liverpool, 1727-1808
Jones, Hugh, Vicar of Gresford
Long, Charles, Baron Farnborough (1826), Secretary to the Treasury, Chief Secretary for Ireland
Marvel, Andrew
North, Frederick, 2nd Earl of Guilford, politician and Prime Minister, 1732-1792
Onslow, George, 1st Earl of Onslow
Ormerod, Richard, Reverend
Owen, Owen, of Stowe MS 758
Perceval, Spencer, of Stowe MS 758
Potter, Em-
Rees, Oak -
Rose, George, PC, MP
Rothery, William
Routh, Martin Joseph, President of Magdalen College, Oxford, 1755-1854
Savile, Frances, wife of Sir T Savile
Selwyn, Christopher James, Reverend
Seton, Henry, Baronet
Sheffield, John, Duke of Buckingham
Smyth, John, of Stowe MS 758
Smyth, William, Baronet, of Redcliffe
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London
Stephens, Philip, Secretary of the Admiralty
Sydney, Algernon, Colonel
Temple, Alexander
Thomas, Joshua
Townshend, John Thomas, 2nd Viscount Sydney
Valpy, Richard, schoolmaster, 1754-1836
Wellesley, Richard Colley, 2nd Earl of Mornington, Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, 1760-1842
Wynn, William, of Stowe MS 758
Yonge, William, Archdeacon of Norwich

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Scotland, Kingdom of, United Kingdom
Wales, United Kingdom