Add MS 72441

TRUMBULL PAPERS. Vol. CC (ff. vii+124). Family and personal correspondence, etc., of William Trumbull the younger; circa 1611-1637, n.d. Partly French. Included are some academic exercises, language-notes and miscellaneous legal papers of uncertain origin. For a series of letters that he wrote to his father and mother, 1616-1634, see above Add. MS 72424. See also above 72330, 72331 for several letters from John Woolley, 1624, 1660. From Misc. XIX and Add. 16, 19, 24, 42, 46, 52. As follows:

1. ff. 1-60. Family and personal correspondence; 1617-1637. From Misc. XIX and Add. 16, 24, 42, 46, 52. Paper: ff. 60. Viz.:

a ff. 1-47. Twenty-four letters from his father William Trumbull the elder, etc.; 1617, 1622-1634. Partly French. Fourteen of these, dated 21 June 1622-26 Sept. 1628, were sent to Trumbull while a Fellow Commoner at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, and the rest, 1 July 1617 and 27 Aug. 1629-12 Nov. 1634, were addressed to him variously at Sedan, Paris and London. From Add. 46, 52.

b. ff. 48-60. Miscellaneous letters addressed to Trumbull while at Oxford, Paris, Geneva and London; 1631-1637. The writers are: (i) Sampson Johnson, fellow student at Magdalen Hall, Oxford; Salisbury, 25 Feb. n.y. [circa 1622-1628]. From Add. 46. f. 48; (ii) Lionel Wake; Antwerp, 27 June 1630. Formerly Misc. XIX/11. f. 50; (iii) William Boswell; Whitehall, 26 Jan. 1630/1. With draft reply of Trumbull on verso. Formerly Misc. XIX/3. f. 52; (iv) Richard Bogan: Two letters; Rouen, 23, 31 Mar. 1631. Formerly Misc. XIX/19, 19a. ff. 53, 54; (v) Jean Beaulieu; London, 4/14 Feb. 1631/2. French. Wih draft reply, in French, on verso. Formerly Misc. XIX/4. f. 55; (vi) L. Blancks; Sedan, 1 Feb. 1631[?/2]. French. Formerly Misc. XIX/34. f.56; (vii) William, 5th Lord Paget; Beaudesert, Oct. 1635. Formerly Misc. XIX/83. f. 57; and (viii) Richard Tylden; Milstead, near Sittingbourne, 6 June 1637. Formerly Misc. XIX/112. f. 59.

2. ff. 61-97. Academic exercises, with notes relating to the French language; 1623-1624, n.d. From Add. 16, 19, 24, 42. Paper: ff. 36.

a. ff. 61-75. Exercises and themes, etc., of Trumbull while a student at Oxford; 1623-1624. Latin and Greek. Imperfect. A single gathering (ff. 61-67) comprises several themes in Latin prose, of which the first is headed with the date of Dec. 1623. The remaining leaves, which are of the same stock, contain part of a commentary on Horace's Odes, Book I (xi-xxxv only), that carries (f. 67) the date 1624 jotted in a different ink at the end. Formerly Add. 16/41.

b. ff. 76-97. Manual of French grammar; circa early 17th cent. Imperfect. Partly French. This work, which carries marginal annotations in a different hand, may have been written for the instruction of the younger Trumbull. It is mainly comprised in two sewn gatherings formed of a single stock of paper, the smaller (ff. 76-82), being found inserted loose in the Italian commonplace-book below, Add. 72462-72464. Formerly Add. 19(19) and Add. 24(4).

3. ff. 98-124. Miscellaneous legal documents of uncertain origin, but mostly temp. William Trumbull the younger; 1611-1653, n.d. From Add. 7, 16, 37, 42, 49. Paper: ff. 27.

a. ff. 98-110. Miscellaneous legal documents, partly relating to the families of Sandys and Barker; 1611-1653, n.d. From Add. 7, 37, 42.

b. ff. 111-116. Letters, mostly addressed to Peter Stowell, Register of the diocese of Rochester, relating to Kentish probates; 1636-1642. From Add. 49. The writers are as follows:-(i) Henry Clerk, sergeant at law, relating to a dispute concerning some family pews in Leybourne Church; Chatham, 7 Nov. 1636. f. 111; (ii) Sir Robert Heath, judge: two letters relating to the administration of the estate of George Dortnoll, deceased; 21 Mar. 1639/40 and 6 Apr. 1640. ff. 113, 114; and (iii) Dr Basil Wood to 'Mr Deane' relating to the disputed will of Richard Towers [of Cliffe]; Doctors' Commons, 29 Apr. 1642. f. 116.

c. ff. 117-124. Notebook of legal precedents in various Courts, to 3 James I [1605-1606]; circa mid-17th cent. Law French. Imperfect at the beginning. Formerly Add. 16/43.

includes:

• ff. 1-47 William Trumbull, the younger; father of Sir W Trumbull: William Trumbull, d 1635 diplomatist: Twenty-four letters to William, his eldest son from William Trumbull: 1617-1634: Partly Fr.
• f. 48 William Trumbull, the younger; father of Sir W Trumbull: Sampson Johnson, DD: Letter to William Trumbull from Sampson Johnson: circa 1622-1628.
• f. 50 William Trumbull, the younger; father of Sir W Trumbull: Lionel Wake, English merchant in Antwerp: Letter to William Trumbull from Lionel Wake: 1630.
• f. 52 William Trumbull, the younger; father of Sir W Trumbull: Sir William Boswell, diplomatist: Correspondence between Sir William Boswell and William Trumbull: 1631: Partly draft.
• ff. 53, 54 William Trumbull, the younger; father of Sir W Trumbull: Richard Bogan: Two letters to William Trumbull from Richard Bogan: 1631.
• ff. 55, 55v William Trumbull, the younger; father of Sir W Trumbull: Jean Beaulieu, French secretary to James I: Letters to William Trumbull from Jean Beaulieu: 1632: Fr.: Partly draft.
• f. 56 William Trumbull, the younger; father of Sir W Trumbull: L. Blanks: Letter to William Trumbull from L. Blanks: 1632: Fr.
• f. 57 William Trumbull, the younger; father of Sir W Trumbull: William Paget, 5th Baron Paget; alias Pagett: Letter to William Trumbull from William Paget: 1635.
• f. 59 William Trumbull, the younger; father of Sir W Trumbull: Richard Tylden, of Milstead, county Kent: Letter to William Trumbull from Richard Tylden: 1637.
• ff. 61-75 University of Oxford: Magdalen College Oxford: William Trumbull, the younger; father of Sir W Trumbull: Themes and exercises while a student at Oxford of William Trumbull: 1623-1624: Lat. and Gr.: Imperfect.
• ff. 68-75 Quintus Horatius Flaccus, poet: William Trumbull, the younger; father of Sir W Trumbull: Commentary on Odes, I, xi-xxxv of William Trumbull: 1624.
• f. 76 French language: Manual of French grammar: circa early 17th cent.: Engl. and Fr.
• ff. 98-114 Sandys family: Barker family: Legal documents partly rel. to Sandys, family and Barker, family: 1611-1653.
• ff. 98-128 Law OF ENGLAND: Miscellaneous legal documents: 1611-1653: Partly Law Fr.
• f. 115 Henry Clerk, Sergeant-at-Law: Peter Stowell, Register of the Diocese of Rochester: Leybourne; Church of SS. Peter and Paul: Letter rel. to a dispute concerning family pews to Peter Stowell from Henry Clerk: 1636.
• f. 117 Sir Robert Heath, Chief Justice of King's Bench: Peter Stowell, Register of the Diocese of Rochester: George Dortnoll: Letter rel to administration of estate of G. Dortnoll to Peter Stowell from Sir Robert Heath: 1640.
• f. 120 Dr Basil Wood, Chancellor of Rochester: Dr Thomas Turner, Dean of Canterbury: Richard Towers, of Cliffe: Letter rel. to disputed will of R. Towers possibly to Dr. Thomas Turner from Dr. Basil Wood: 1642.
• f. 121 Law OF ENGLAND: Notebook of legal precedents in various courts to 3 James I [1605-6]: circa mid 17th cent.: Law Fr.