Add MS 72407

TRUMBULL PAPERS. Vol. CLXVI (ff. 158). Tracts and papers relating to domestic affairs, etc.; 1550-1633, n.d. Partly copies, early 17th cent. Partly Latin. Included are papers relating to Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (ff. 6-23; and see also below Add. 72408-72411), Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (ff. 32-49), and the Overbury trial (ff. 55-91v). From Misc. I/70 [Feb. 1599], XLVIII and Add. 7, 13, 15, 16, 19, 20, 37, 40.

includes:

• f. 1 Stephanus Colossaeus: Antonius Grymontius, MD: Letter to Antonius Grymontius of Stephanus Colossaeus: 1550: Lat.: Signed.
• ff. 3-4 Reginald Pole, Cardinal; Archbishop of Canterbury 1555: Account of his address to Parliament rel. to return of England to papal obedience: 1554: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 4-5v Philip and Mary I of England: England; Parliament: Account of decree and supplication of Parliament to Philip and Mary, rel. to return to papal obedience: 1554: Lat.: Copy.
• ff. 6-23 Philip II of Spain: Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex: Letters and papers of and rel. to Robert Devereux: 1594-1601: Copies.
• f. 24 Court of Wards and Liveries: James I of England: LAW CIVIL: Tract in support of the royal prerogative concerning wardship: circa 1604: Copy, imperfect.
• ff. 32-49 Treasury: Robert Cecil, Viscount Cranborne; 1st Earl of Salisbury: James I of England: Papers of and rel. to Robert Cecil: circa 1604-1612: Copies.
• ff. 55-93v Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset: Sir Thomas Overbury, the elder: Frances Carr, formerly Howard; wife of Robert, Earl of Somerset: Letters and papers rel. to trial for the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury: 1615-1616: Partly Fr.: Copies.
• ff. 96-127 James I of England: Speeches and answers to Parliament: 1621-1623: Copies.
• ff. 129-145 passim Charles I of England: Speeches and answers to Parliament: 1625-1628: Copies.
• f. 146 George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham: War: Anonymous tract on the art of warfare addressed to George Villiers: circa 1623-1628.