Add MS 72426

This is a file of the Trumbull papers, which came to the family through Georg Rudolph Weckherlin (1584-1653), government official and poet. Wekherlin came to England with experience of government in Württemberg and active support for Frederick V, Elector Palatine and his wife Elizabeth. He was closely involved with English government, and particularly foreign affairs, from late 1625 onwards, from when he served on the personal staff of a succession of Secretaries of State, starting with Sir Edward Conway. From 1625 he was de fact secretary for the Latin tongue. In the early 1630s he also became secretary interpreter for the German tongue and deputy secretary interpreter for the French tongue. The collection here has many letters to and from Charles I, as well as some papers relating to broader political matters in Northern Europe. The volume includes original letters to Charles I from Cardinal Richelieu (ff. 78r-79v) and Marie de Medici, Queen Mother of France (ff. 82r-83v).

The status of King Charles's letters seems to vary. Some are actually labelled copies (Weckherlin himself attests that ff. 51r-52v is a true copy), and where letters of 1627 and 1636 appear on the same page, there is presumably later copying at work (ff. 48r-49v). But even such copies were generated by a person close to the machinery of royal government, and from the hand of somebody working with these materials throughout- and many of Charles's letters are evidently in Weckherlin's own hand. Many 'copies' are as likely to be drafts, sometimes clearly so where there are emendations, and probably sometimes when the text is clean; at worst they may be 'office copies' of correspondence sent out. The most striking are those copies where the King signed his own name and added the appropriate subscription, the address has been put on, and where there are signs of a seal having been applied (e.g. ff. 84r-85v, 169r-170v). Two (ff. 110r-111r, 112r-113r) are in King Charles's own hand throughout and signed by him.

Contents:

f. 1r: Letter of Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor to King James I, Linz. 24 Mar 1614. A copy, incomplete, with not much more than the opening salutation. In Latin. ff. 1r-2v are all copies in the same hand on the same sheet of paper.

f. 1v: Letter of Philip IV, King of Spain to Charles, Prince of Wales, 10 May 1623. In Latin. Copy. ff. 1r-2v are all copies in the same hand on the same sheet of paper.

f. 2r: Letter of Philip IV, King of Spain to Charles, Prince of Wales, 14 Sep 1623. In Latin. Copy. ff. 1r-2v are all copies in the same hand on the same sheet of paper.

ff. 3r-4v: Letter of King Charles I to Christian IV, King of Denmark, Whitehall, 27 May 1625. In Latin.

ff. 5r-6v: Letter on the Palatinate, ?May 1625. A draft in Latin, perhaps linked to the letter at ff. 3r-4v.

ff. 7r-v: Drafts in French, probably of letters from King Charles I to Louis XIII, King of France, [?May 1625]. The date would be consistent with the mission of 'mon tres fidele tres aimé & Intime Cousin & Conseiller le Duc de Buckingham' to France.

ff. 8r-10v: Letters patent of Christian IV, King of Denmark against George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneberg, 'Wolfferbijti', 2 Mar 1626. Two copies, rough and fair, in Latin. The endorsement on f. 10v calls it a proclamation.

f. 11r: Exemplification of letters patent against George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneberg, 'Wolfferbijti', 9 Mar 1626. Copy. In Latin.

ff. 12r-v: Commission of the City of Hamburg to Adrien van Huysen of Cleverskerken to represent the city over ships detained by the English, 17 Apr 1626. In Latin. Copy.

f. 13r: Letter of King Charles I to the Senate of Hamburg, Palace of Westminster, June 1626. Noted as a true copy, and with signature of Edward Conway. In Latin. The copy in The National Archives, SP 82/6, ff. 38r-v, dates the letter to 26 June.

f. 14: [?July 1626]. Letter address to the States-General of the United Provinces [July 1626?] The letter refers to the time passed for the contract for the supply of 6,000 men, and orders given to Dudley Carleton. In French.

f. 15v: Letter of King Charles I to Louis XIII, King of France, Nonsuch, 18 Aug 1626. In French. Copy. All the letters, ff. 11v-18r are copies in the same hand in one booklet (ff. 15r-22v). See f. 24r for another copy.

f. 16r: Letter of King Charles I to Marie de Medici, Queen Mother of France, Nonsuch, 18 Aug 1626. In French. Copy. All the letters, ff. 11v-18r are copies in the same hand in one booklet (ff. 15r-22v). See f. 23r for another copy.

f. 17r: Letter of King Charles I to Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Orleans, Nonsuch, 18 Aug 1626. In French. Copy. All the letters, ff. 11v-18r are copies in the same hand in one booklet (ff. 15r-22v).

f. 17v: Letter of King Charles I to Marie de Medici, Queen Mother of France, Nonsuch, 21 Aug 1626. In French. Copy. All the letters, ff. 11v-18r are copies in the same hand in one booklet (ff. 15r-22v).

f. 18r: Letter of King Charles I to Louis XIII, King of France, Nonsuch, 21 Aug 1626. In French. Copy. All the letters, ff. 11v-18r are copies in the same hand in one booklet (ff. 15r-22v).

f. 23r: Letter of King Charles I to Marie de Medici, Queen Mother of France, Nonsuch, 18 Aug 1626. In French. Copy. See f. 16r for another copy.

f. 24r: Letter of King Charles I to Louis XIII, King of France, Nonsuch, 18 Aug 1626. In French. Copy. See f. 15v for another copy.

ff. 25, 26r-v, 27v-28v: Letter of King Charles I to the States-General of the United Provinces, Palace of Westminster, 18 Oct 1626. In French and English. ff. 25 and 26r are two copies, both in French. f. 27v is a draft of the letters with corrections, also in French. The hand is the same for all three. f. 28r is the original draft in English.

f. 29r: Letter of King Charles I to the Margrave of Baden (? Georg Friedrich, Margrave of Baden-Durlach), Wesminter 11 Nov 1626. In French. Draft.

ff. 30r-31v: Letters of Christian IV, King of Denmark, to the English Ambassador (f. 30r) and to Horace Vere, Baron Vere of Tilbury, both Stade, 18 Dec 1626. In Latin. Copies.

ff. 32r-33v: Letter of King Charles I to the States-General of the United Provinces, Palace of Westminster, 9 May 1627. In French. A copy signed by Charles (as 'Vostre bon Amy').

ff. 34r-35v: Letter of King Charles I to Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, Palace of Westminster, 9 May 1627. In French. A copy signed by Charles as 'Vostre tres affection Cousin'.

ff. 36r-37v: Letter of King Charles I to the Council of State of the United Provinces, Palace of Westminster, 9 May 1627. In French. A copy signed by Charles as 'Vostre bon Amy'.

ff. 38r-39r: Instructions of King Charles I to Edward Clarke, esquire, emissary to Christian IV, King of Denmark, Ampthill, 23 July 1627. In English. A copy. At the foot appears the name 'Conwaie' (i.e Edward Conway, 1st Viscount Conway).

ff. 40r-41v: Letter of King Charles I to the States-General of the United Provinces, Palace of Woodstock, 5 Aug 1627. In French. Copy.

ff. 42r-v; Letter of Christian IV , King of Denmark, to Edward Clarke as representative of King Charles I, Dalum Castle, Denmark, 26 Sept 1627. In Latin.

f. 43r: Letter of Christian IV , King of Denmark, to Edward Clarke, Dalum Castle, Denmark, 26 Sept 1627. In Latin. Evidently covering letter to ff. 42r-v.

f. 44r: Warrant of King Charles I for Dame Mary Broione, widow of Sir William Broione, knight, Governor of Flushing and of Rammekens Castle, Palace of Westminster, 19 Oct 1627.

f. 45r: Letter of King Charles I to Joachim Ernest, Duke of Holstein, Whitehall, 22 Oct 1627. In French. Copy.

ff. 46r-47v: Letter of Sir Thomas Roe to Christian William, Administrator of Magdeburg, Constantinople, 4/14 Nov 1627. In Latin. The author is inferred from where the letter is sent from and its matter; the recipient comes from the endorsement. From the endorsement this is a copy forwarded by Roe to Vidscount Killultagh (Secretary of State Conway).

ff. 48r-49v; Letter of King Charles I to Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine and Bar, Palace of Westminster, Dec 1627. The letter is f. 48r; the endorsement is f. 49v. In French. Copy.

ff. 49r-v: Letter of King Charles I to Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine and Bar, Hampton Court, 26 May 1636. The letter is f. 49r, the endorsement f. 49v. In French. Copy.

f. 50r: Letter of Christian IV, King of Denmark to King Charles I, 'Cronenburg' (? Kronborg Castle, Helsingor), 4 Feb 1628. In Latin.

ff. 51r-52v: Instructions of King Charles I to John Dalbier, Gentleman of the Privy Chamber, sent on a mission to the Low Countries, Whitehall, 5 Feb 1628. In English. Noted as signed by Conway, and Georg Rudolph Weckherlin attests as a true copy.

f. 53r: Letters of King Charles I to the States-General of the United Provinces, Theobalds, 22 Feb 1628. In French. Copy.

fr. 54r-56v: Letter to King Charles I to Christian IV, King of Denmark, Palace of Westminster, 12 Apr 1628. Letter concerning Sir Donald Mackay, baronet (later 1st Lord Reay), a Scottish officer in Danish service. In Latin. Two copies. The first reads more like a draft of the body of the text; the second is fuller in its formality, has the formal address on the back and has Charles's signature as Christian's brother and most loving nephew.

f. 57r: Letter to Louis Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Montbéliard, Windsor, 16 Sep 1628. The author is not explicitly named, but seems to be a subject of the Duke's: perhaps his emissary to the Court of Charles I?

ff. 58r-v; Letter of Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden to Johannes Drialinsky, his Castle of 'Strasburgum', 20/30 Sep 1628. In Latin. Copy.

f. 59r: Letter of Christian IV, King of Denmark to King Charles I, Copenhagen ('Hafniae'), 18 Oct 1628. In Latin. Copy.

ff. 60r-v: Letter of King Charles I to (?) the Hanseatic League, 4 Dec. 1628. In Latin. Copy.

ff. 61r-62v: Letter of King Charles I to Frederick V, Elector Palatine and King of Bohemia, 12 Jan 1629. In French. A Copy. The endorsement gives the date and notes that the letter was written in the King's own hand.

ff. 63r-65v: Letter of King Charles I to Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine, Palace of Westminster, 12 Jan 1629. In French. Two copies, possibly both drafts; f. 64r has a change made which does not appear in f. 63r; the change is possibly in the hand of Lord President Conway. The letter is a letter of accreditation for Edward Dacres. f. 64r has pasted on the torn edge of another sheet, a sheet which notes: 'Warrt. Collo. Gifford 225li. Ent.'

ff. 66r-67v: Draft of safe conduct under the name of King Charles I for the Deputies of the Dutch East India Company. Endorsed as a 'project ... sent to me by the Amb[assado]rs' 12 Jan 1629. 'me' is possibly Lord President Conway.

f. 68r-69v: Patent of knighthood by Charles I to Peter Paux, son of Sir Adriaen Pauw, Lord of Heemstede, Palace of Westminster, 25 Feb 1629. In latin. A copy. The patent is f. 68r. The document has apparently pasted on from another sheet: down the left margin is a note of £123. 11. 6 owing to Sir Paul Rycaut for his extraordinary disbursements, whilst on f. 69v is a note of Nicholas Darte and Jean Tillier, commissioners come from Brussels.

ff. 70r-71v: Minutes from King Charles I to Frederick V, Elector Palatine and King of Bohemia, and to Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, n.d. [? Mar 1629]. In French. Both recipients are identified in the endorsement, which describes the text as 'Minutes'. The text itself is addressed only to 'mon trescher frere', the King of Bohemia. This is clearly a draft which has been amended in another hand.

f. 72r: Pass signed by Dudley Carleton, 1st Viscount Dorchester, for Jehan Danker and Walter Tunnis, sent into Brabant for falcons by the King's Master Falconer, Whitehall, 23 Mar 1628/29. In French. With seal.

ff. 74r-75v: Letter of King Charles I to Henri, Duke of Rohan, 10 Apr 1629. A copy. date from endorsement.

ff. 76r-v: Letter to (?) Louis XIII, King of France, Whitehall, 27 Apr 1629. In French. Copy. To a royal master.

ff. 77r-v: Letter of King Charles I to Ernest Casimir I, Count of Nassau, Palace of Westminster, 28 Apr 1629. In French. Copy.

ff. 78r-79v: Letter of Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu, to King Charles I, Camp at Privas, 23 May 1629. In his own hand. With seals.

ff. 80r-81v: Letter of King Charles I to the Duke of Württemberg. The letter is addressed to one duke, the 'Administrateur', but the endorsement says it is to the two Dukes of Württemberg. The 'Admimistrateur' is presumably Louis Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Montbéliard, Regent of Eberhard III . The second is either Eberhard or Julius Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Weitlingen.

ff. 82r-83v: Letter of Marie de Medici, Queen Mother of France, to King Charles I, Paris, 28 June 1629. A letter in her own hand. With damaged seals.

ff. 84r-85v: Letter of King Charles I to Christian IV, King of Denmark, Greenwich Palace, 22 July 1629. In Latin. A copy or draft with the King's signature (as Christian's brother and through his sister most loving nephew), with the address on f. 85v and the faint mark where a seal once was.

ff. 86r, 87r-v: Letter of King Charles I to the Consuls and Senate of Basel, Woodstock, 26 Aug 1629. In Latin. Two copies, in the same hand. The second, ff. 87r-v, has the King's signature, as 'Vester bonus Amicus', and verso the address.

ff. 89r-90v: Letter of King Charles I to Christian IV, King of Denmark. A draft. No signature but the address f. 90v.

ff. 91r-v: Letters of the French Ambassador, Oxford, 2 Sep 1629: the first is to M. de Riz, Councillor of State and First President of the Parlement of Rouen, and the second to the 'Lieutenant de Marine' at Rouen. In French. Copy. Attached verso from another sheet, is a note, 'Ord. dr. Intr. Pell'.

f.92r: Attestation by King Charles I upon sacraments before Charles de l'Aubespine, marquis de Châteauneuf, French ambassador, of a treaty of peace with Louis XIII, King of France, 6 Sep 1629.

ff. 93r-94v: Letter of King Charles I to Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, Palace of Westminster, 9 Sep 1629. In Latin. A copy or draft which includes Charles's signature (as brother and loving kinsman), the address, and the mark that a seal was at one point applied.

ff. 95r-98v: Terms of the Truce of Altmark between Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden and Sigismund III, King of Poland, Altmark, 15 Sep 1629. In Latin.

ff. 99r-100v: Declaration of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, concerning the affairs of Italy, Vienna, 26 Sep 1629. Pasted to f. 100v from another sheet is a strip bearing the words: 'Lady Godolphin 100li'.

f. 101r: Note of cargoes of the Oliphant of Amsterdam and the Orange three [sic: presumably Tree]of Dordrecht. the cargoes include fine gold from Guinea, elephants' teeth and pepper. f. 101r is a fragment, pasted inside f. 100r.

ff. 102r-103v: Letter of King Charles I to Henri, Duke of Rohan, Hampton Court, 1 Oct 1629. In French. Copy. '1629' is the date in the text; the dorsement may say '1627' (or a badly written '1629').

ff. 104r-105v: Letter of King Charles I to Christian IV, King of Denmark, 6 Dec 1629. A copy, but with royal signature and address.

ff. 106r-107v: Letter of King Charles I to Christian. Prince-Elect of Denmark, Hampton Court, 19 Dec 1629. A copy, but with royal signature, address, and the trace of a seal once applied.

f. 108r: Letter of King Charles I to Christine, Princess of Piedmont, Palace of Westminster, 31 Dec 1629. In French. No recipient named, but inferred from the content and salutations. Signed by Charles I but no address verso.

ff. 110r-v: Letter of King Charles I to Marie de Medici, Queen Mother of France, n.d. Draft in his own hand and signed by Charles I.

f. 112r: Letter of King Charles I to Louis XIII, King of France, n.d. Draft in his own hand and signed by Charles I.

ff. 114r-v: Letter of credence of King Charles I to Gaston, Duke of Orleans for Sir Isaac Wake, appointed Ambassador to the King of France, Palace of Westminster, Dec 1629.

ff. 115r-116v: Draft of a commission for Sir Dudley Carleton, n.d. [1625]. Also endorsed, 'Treatie at the Hague'. In Latin.

ff. 117r-v: Letter of King Charles I to Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, Westminster, 12 Jan 1630. In French. Copy.

ff.118r-119v: Copy of commission Sir Francis Cottington for a treaty with Spain and restitution of the Palatinate, Palace of Westminster, 8 Mar 16230.

ff. 120r-121v: Pass by Dudley Carleton, Viscount Dorchester, for Jehan Danker, sent into Brabant by the King's Master Falconer, Whitehall, 14 Apr 1630. With seal.

ff. 122r-v: Pass of Isabella Clara Eugenia, Infanta of Spain, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, to [name left blank] into England, Brussels, 29 Apr 1630. In French. From comments, the pass may be for Maurice 'MacSuny', Irish gentleman.

ff. 123r-v: Letter of King Charles I to Ferdinando II de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Palace of Westminster, 21 Apr 1630. In Latin. Noted as 'True copie'.

ff. 124r-125v: Letter of King Charles I to Nicolò Contarini, Doge of Venice, Palace of Westminster, 21 Apr 1630. This copy has the King's signature, the address and the mark where a seal was.

ff. 126r-127v: Letter of King Charles I to Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, Westminster, Apr 1630. In French. Copy.

ff. 128r-v: Letter of Christian IV, King of Denmark to Dudley Carleton, Viscount Dorchester, principal Secretary of State, Glickstaden, (? Glückstadt), 21 May 1630. In Latin. Unconnected, on a strip of paper pasted down one edge; '[illegible] Intr' Pell'.

ff. 129r-130v: Letter of Dudley Carleton, Viscount Dorchester, principal Secretary of State, to Christian IV, King of Denmark, n.d. [1630]. In Latin. A draft. Endorsed as 'Answer to the K. of Denmark's letter'.

ff. 131r-132v: Letter of King Charles I to Christian IV, King of Denmark, Palace of Westminster, 12 May 1630. In Latin. This copy is signed by the King, has an address and the mark where a seal had been attached.

ff. 133r-134v: Letter of King Charles I to Nicolò Contarini, Doge of Venice, Palace of Westminster, 5 Jun 1630. In Latin. This copy has the King's signature and the address.

ff. 135r-136v: Commission of King Charles I to Sir Robert Anstruther as Ambassador to the Electoral Diet, Palace of Westminster, 22 Jun 1630. In Latin. The endorsement notes 'against wch. were taken exceptions by the Emp[er]or for adding the title of Elector and wanting the words submissions et observentia'.

ff. 137r-138v: Letter of King Charles I to Christian IV, King of Denmark, Palace of Westminster, Jun 1630. In Latin. This copy bears the king's signature.

ff. 139r-140v: Draft of letters from King Charles I to Louis XIII, King of France (f. 139r), to Marie de Medici, Queen Mother of France (f. 139v) and to Gaston, Duke of Orleans, the King's brother (f. 140r), Bagshot, 6 Aug 1630. In French. Endorsed as 'Minute for his Ma[jes]ties hand by d'Egrielli and Raimer, to the Fr: K: Q: mother, and Monsr. Dated Bagshot 6. of Aug. 1630'.

ff. 141r-142v: The oath sworn by King Charles I for the peace with Spain, Palace of Westminster, 7 Dec 1630. In Latin.

f. 143r: Letter of King Charles I to the Dutch States-General, n.d. In French. Perhaps as early as c. 31 Jan 1631 (the later pencil suggestion on the document). The letter relates to the appointment of William Boswell as agent to the United Provinces, sending him with Sir Dudley Carleton (Viscount Dorchester's nephew) which better places this letter in the summer of 1632.

ff. 144r-145v; Letter of King Charles I to Louis XIII, King of France, n.d. (A later pencil note suggests Jan 1630/31). In French. A copy or draft. Endorsed as 'en faveur de la ville de Geneve'.

ff. 146r-147v: Drafts of letters of King Charles I to the States-General of the United Provinces and to Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange for the recall of Sir Henry Vane as Ambassador Extraordinary to the Hague and the continuation of Sir Dudley Carleton as Resident, n.d [?c. Jan 1631].

ff. 148r-149v: Letter of King Charles I to Axel Oxenstierna, Chancellor of Sweden on behalf of the Eastland Company to be presented by Mr Theophilus Eaton, Palace of Westminster, 31 Mar 1631. Draft, with emendations in another hand from that of the main text. For another, more complete, version of the same text, see ff. 165r-166v.

ff. 150r-151v: Letter of King Charles I to the Marquis de Fiat (Antoine Coiffier de Ruzé d'Effiat, marquis d'Effiat), Palace of Westminster, Feb 1631. in French. Copy or draft with the name on the back.

ff. 152r-153v: Letter of King Charles I to Charles de l'Aubespine, Marquis de Châteauneuf, Keeper of the Seals of France, Palace of Westminster, Feb 1631. In French. Draft or copy, with name on the back.

ff. 154r, 155r: Letter in Latin to 'Reverende Vir', Westminster, 26 Mar 1631. Two drafts, both amended, of the same letter.

ff. 156r-157v: Copy of safe-conduct of King Charles I for Johann Joachim von Rusdorf, Palatine diplomat, as 'noster minister quorundum negotiorum gerendorum in Germaniam ...', Palace of Westminster, 27 Mar 1631. In Latin. Copy. Endorsement also notes 'with his Ma[jes]ties favour to be renewed'.

ff. 158r-159v: New commission of King Charles I for Sir Robert Anstruther to treat with the Emperor Ferdinand II and his counsellors concerning Frederick V, the Prince Palatine, Palace of Westminster, 27 Mar 1631. In Latin. A draft. Endorsed 'A' and to the descriptive endorsement is added the note: 'This according to the former of yt was sent to Sr. Fr[ancis] Cottington in Sp[ain] leaving out the title of Elector against wch. the Emp[er]or did except so much that he would not admit the commission'.

ff. 160r-161v: Commission of King Charles I for Sir Robert Anstruther to treat with the Princes of the Holy Roman Empire, n.d. [? 27 Mar 1631]. Endorsed as 'B', and with the note 'wth omission of the title of Elector'.

ff. 162r-163v: Pass signed by Dudley Carleton, 1st Viscount Dorchester, for Jehan Danker, sent into Brabant for falcons by the King's Master Falconer, Whitehall, 30 Mar 1631. In French. With seal.

ff. 164r-v: Letter of King Charles I to Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, Palace of Westminster, Mar 1631. Draft.

ff. 165r-166v: Letter of King Charles I to Axel Oxenstierna, Chancellor of Sweden on behalf of the Eastland Company to be presented by Mr Theophilus Eaton, Palace of Westminster, 31 Mar 1631. In Latin. For an earlier draft, see ff. 148r-149v. This copy has the royal signature, the address and the marks of a seal.

ff. 167r-168v: Letter of King Charles I to Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy, Greenwich Palace, 9 May 1631. In French. With the royal signature ('Vostre tres affectionne Frere'), address ('A Monsieur mon frère & cousin Le Duc de Savoye') and a royal seal.

ff. 169r-170v: Letter of King Charles I to Christine, Duchess of Savoy, Greenwich Palace, 9 May 1631. In French. With the royal signature ('Vostre tres affectionne Frere'), address (A Madame ma Soeur La Duchesse de Savoye') and fragments of a royal seal.

ff. 171r-172v: Letter of Ulrich II, Count of East Frisia to King Charles I, 'Gretzylana', 16 Jun 1631. In Latin, with the count's signature, 'Udalricus'.

ff. 173r-174v; Commission of King Charles I to Sir Isaac Wake as Ambassador to Louis XIII, King of France, Greenwich palace, 29 Jun 1631. In Latin. Endorsed as 'Form of Commission pro Equite Isaco Wake Latin minutes & copies'.

ff. 175r-v: Letter of King Charles I to the Archduchess Isabella, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, Greenwich, 3 July 1631. In French. Endorsed as a true copy of the King's letter to the Archduchess on behalf of Emden.

ff. 176r-177v: Letter of Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden to Donald Mackay, 1st Lord Reay, his camp at Webern in the old Brandenburg March, 14 Jul 1631. In Latin. Copy.

ff. 178r-179r: Commission of Gustavus Adolphus to Colonel Arthur Aston for raising a regiment of English soldiers and transporting them to his service, 19 Aug 1631. With Gustavus Adolphus's signature and traces of his seal.

ff. 180r-181v: Commission of King Charles I for Sir Henry Vane as emissary to Denmark, Palace of Westminster, 20 Sep 1631. The text and endorsement spell the saurname as 'Fane'.

ff. 182r-183v: Letters of King Charles I on behalf of Walter Scott, 1st Earl of Buccleuch, to Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, n.d. (ff. 182r-v) and to the Dutch States-General, Westminster 9 Apr 1632 (f. 182v) and St James's, 27 Nov 1631 (f. 183r). In French. Copies.

ff. 184r-185v: Letters for the recall of the Scottish Lord (meaning Walter Scott, 1st Earl of Buccleuch?) to the Dutch States-General, nd. and to Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, n.d. Drafts. According to the endorsements, there was a letter to the lord himself, but it is not amongst the letters here.

f. 186r: Pass signed by Dudley Carleton, 1st Viscount Dorchester, for 'Gulielmus Colus' (? William Cole) in Germany, Palace of Westminster, 20 Dec 1631. In French. With seal.

ff. 188r-v: Letter of soldier to Henrietta Maria, Queen of England, of a soldier begging her intercession with the King for a letter of recommendation to Edward Cecil, Viscount Wimbledon, n.d. [c. 1625-1631]. In French. Endorsed as 'Minutes of l[ett]res under My lord Chancellor'.

f. 189r: 'The king's subscriptions in his Ma[jes]ties owne hand'. Copies of some of the subscriptions to different recipients used by Charles I when he signs in his own name.

ff. 190r-191v: Letter of King Charles I to Gustavus Adolphus, Palace of Westminster, n.d. c. 1628-1632?]. About Sir John Meldrum, army officer. In Latin. Copy.