Stowe MS 1058

TRANSCRIPTS Of various documents, made by Dr. Zachary Grey, of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, Vicar of St. Peter's and St. Giles' in Cambridge, and Rector of Houghton Conquest, co. Bedford (ob. 1766). At the beginning are inserted four original documents, viz.:-(a) Certificate of induction of Dr. Robert Moss to the rectory off Gilston al. Gedleston, co. Hertf., on 29 Dec. 1714 (Moss, who was Dean of Ely 1713-1729, was connected with Grey by marriage: see Nichols, Lit. Anecd. i. 664, ii. 548). f. 1;-(b) Promissory note signed by Moss, and witnessed by Grey, 13 Apr. 1721 (with acquittance on back, 28 May, 1724). f. 3;-(c) Regulations for funerals in the parishes of St. Peter and St. Giles, Cambridge, 22 and 25 Apr. 1726. ff. 4, 5. The transcripts are as follows:-

1. English state papers and letters, 1641-1660; from the MS. Collections of Dr. Philip Williams, President of St. John's College, Cambridge,and Public Orator 1730-1741. f.6. The most important are printed by Grey in the appendices to his Examination of vols. 3 and 4 of Neal's History of the Puritans, 1737-9; and other letters were transcribed by him from Williams's collection for Francis Peck, and printed by the latter in Desiderata Curiosa, vol. ii., 1779, pp. 345-490. Williams's collection appears to have belonged originally to his grandfather, John Nalson (see Desid. Cur., pref. to vol. ii.); and according to Nichols, Lit. Anecd., vol. viii., p. 415 "Mr. Cole of Ely possessed the MSS. of Dr. Williams [after the latter's death], which afterwards came into the hands of his brother Charles Nalson Cole." The collection seems to have contained a large number of originals, together with some copies (see f. 131 b), and to have consisted of at least twenty-three volumes. For other transcripts from it, made respectively by Grey and by T. Baker, see Cat. of MSS. in Cambridge Univ. Library, vol. ii. (1857), p. 282-5, vol. v. (1867), pp. 398-403; and see also above, No. 1057.

2. Extracts from "Woodwards Register," relating to the diocese of Lincoln in the 17th cent. f. 137.

3. Detailed catalogue of vols. i.-x. of Dr. Williams's collection (see above). f. 168.

4. A miscellaneous collection of extracts, chiefly from the Baker MSS., and relating mainly to the history of Cambridge. f. 202. They include:-(a) Extracts from "Alderman Newtons book" (now Harley MSS. 4115, 4116). ff. 202-220;-(b) "A Poem-on y^e cutting down a tree in Trinity Walks." f. 221;-(c) Letters from Elizabeth, James I. and Charles II. f. 224;-(d) Letters to Archbishop Hutton from Archbishops Grindal, Whitgift and Matthews, and from Richard Vaughan, Bishop of Chester; 1577-1600. f. 234. Some of these extracts from Baker's MSS. are printed in Peck, Desid. Cur., and elsewhere (see Cat. of MSS. in Camb. Univ. Libr., v. pp. 368, etc.). Paper, ff. 250. XVIIIth cent. Folio.

England; Commonwealth: State papers and letters: 1649-1660.: Copies.

Philip Williams, President of St. John's College, Cambridge: Transcripts from the collections of: 18th cent.

Zachary Grey, Church of England clergyman: State papers, etc., transcribed by: 18th cent.

Charles I of England: State papers and letters: 1641-1660.: Copies.

includes:

• f. 1 Robert Moss, DD: Certificate of induction, as Rector of Gilston: 1715.
• f. 3 Robert Moss, DD: Promissory note: 1721.
• f. 3 b Abraham Fromanteel: Receipt signed by: 1724.
• ff. 4, 5 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Regulations for funerals in the parishes of SS. Peter and Giles: 1726.
• f. 137 See of Lincoln: Woodward's Register: 17th cent.: Extr.
• f. 202 Reverend Thomas Baker, Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge: Extracts from the MSS. of: 18th cent.
• f. 202 Lancelot Newton, Registrary of Cambridge: Extracts from the collections of: 18th cent.
• f. 202 University of Cambridge: Collections relating to: 17th-18th centt.
• f. 202 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Collections for the history of: 18th cent.
• f. 221 Poetry: "On ye cutting down a tree in Trinity walks ": 18th cent.
• f. 224 County of York: Letter from Qu. Elizabeth, for troops to be raised in: 1598.
• ff. 225, 226 Matthew Hutton, Archbishop of York: Letters to, from Qu. Elizabeth: 1599, 1601.
• ff. 225, 226 Elizabeth I of England: Letters to the Archbishop of York: 1599, 1601.: Copies.
• f. 227 James I of England: Letter to the Archbishop of York: 1603.: Copy.
• ff. 227, 234-240 b Matthew Hutton, Archbishop of York: Letters to: 1577-1603.
• f. 228 James I of England: Letter to Pr. Charles and the Duke of Buckingham: [1623].: Copy.
• f. 230 Charles I of England: Letter, when Prince, to the Pope: [1623].: Lat.: Copy.
• f. 230 Gregory XV; Pope: Letter to, from the Prince of Wales: 1623.: Lat.
• f. 232 Charles I of England: Letter to the Duke of Buckingham: 1626.: Copy.
• f. 232 George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham: Letter to, from Chas. I.: 1626.
• f. 233 Charles II of England: Letters to Lord Clarendon: [1661], 1662.: Copies.
• f. 233 Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon: Letters to, from Chas. II.: [1661], 1662.
• f. 234 Edmund Grindal, Archbishop of Canterbury: Letters to M. Hutton: 1577-82.: Copies.
• ff. 234 b-237, 239 John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury: Letters to M. Hutton: 1583-1600.: Copies.
• ff. 237 b-239 Tobias Matthew, Bishop of Durham, afterwards Archbishop of York: Letters to M. Hutton: 1590-94.: Copies.
• f. 240b Richard Vaughan, Bishop successively of Bangor, Chester and London: Letter to Archbishop Hutton: 1600.: Copy.
• f. 242 Sherborne, Dorset: The curse of Sherborne Castle: 18th cent.
• f. 244 Michael Richards, General: Epitaph: 1722.
• f. 244 James Craggs, senior, Postmaster-General: Epitaph: 1721.
• f. 248 University of Oxford: Number of students, etc., in the several colleges: 1733.