Add MS 72421

TRUMBULL PAPERS. Vol. CLXXX (ff. 147). Miscellaneous Privy Council papers, including orders, etc., in the Star Chamber; 1603, 1618-1635, n.d. Included are some outsize documents. From Misc. XVIII, XXXVI, XXXVII, XL, XLI and Add. 7, 13, 14, 16, 19, 36-38, 42, 57.

Paper: ff. 147. Viz.:

1. ff. 1-61. Miscellaneous, partly oversize, documents of and directed to the Privy Council; 1603-1635 and n.d. These comprise papers (ff. 1-30) relating to the army, shipping and trade, etc., followed (ff. 31-61) by some petitions, mostly undated. For dated petitions see above, Add. 72416-72419 passim. From Misc. XVIII, XXXVI, XXXVII, XL and Add 4, 7, 13, 14, 16, 37, 38, 42.

2. ff. 62-91. Papers relating to the Privy Council enquiry into the administration of John Kendrick's Charity, Reading; 1624-1631. Some of the papers are in the hand of Sir John Coke, Secretary of State, and others are annotated, etc., by Trumbull, as one of the commisioners appointed to examine the case: see Acts of the Privy Council, 31 May 1631 and 12 July 1632. For the background see E. W. Dormer, John Kendrick of Reading and his Benefactions (1927), and H. M. Appleby, The Kendrick Book (1948). From Add. 42 and 57.

3. ff. 92-109. Orders of the Privy Council sitting in the Star Chamber, 3 Feb. 1625/6-30 Jan. 1634/5. From Add. 36, 37.

4. ff. 110-139. Submissions to the Star Chamber, etc., in the affair of the Countess of Exeter, 1618-1629. From Misc. XXXVI, Add. 7, 19, 36, 37.

5. ff. 140-147. Information exhibited in the Star Chamber by Sir Robert Heath, Attorney General, against Francis, Earl of Bedford, Sir Robert Cotton and John Selden, etc., for publishing a seditious libel; circa 14 Nov. 1629. For the hand of the scribe see Add. 72391 above. From Add. 7.

includes:

• ff. 62-91 England; Privy Council: John Kendrick, of Reading; founder of Kendrick's Charity: Papers of the commission to examine the administration of Kendrick's Charity: 1624-1631.
• ff. 92-147 Court of Star Chamber: Papers of: 1626-1635: Partly copies.
• ff. 110-139 Frances Cecil, 2nd wife of Thomas, 1st Earl of Exeter: Court of Star Chamber: Submissions to the Star Chamber on behalf of of Frances Cecil: 1618-1619: Copies.
• ff. 140-147 Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, 1st Baronet; antiquary: John Selden, MP; lawyer: Sir Robert Heath, Chief Justice of King's Bench: Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford: Court of Star Chamber: Information exhibited in the Star Chamber against Francis Russell against Sir Robert Bruce Cotton against John Selden by Sir Robert Heath: circa 14 Nov. 1629: Copy.