Egerton MS 3383

LEEDS PAPERS. Vol. LX (ff. 137). Tracts, etc.; 1637-1694:-

(1) Information brought by Sir John Bankes, Attorney-General, in the Star Chamber against John Bostwick, Henry Burton, William Prynne and others, accused of the publication of seditious libels; 11 Mar. 163⁶/₇. Other copies are in Harley MS. 6867, ff. 136-143, and Add. Ms. 11308, ff. 97-109b. A fragment of an abbreviated version is in Add. MS. 29606, f. 62. ff. 1-15.

(2) 'A Narration. . . by way of a Lettre to a freind' of proceedings in the trial of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, in Westminster Hall, and of his execution; 1641. A variant version, lacking the speech of George Digby, Lord Digby (2nd Earl of Bristol 1653), on 21 Apr. 1641 (ff. 54-55b), is in Add. MS. 30336 and was first printed as A Briefe and Perfect Relation of the Answeres and Replies of Thomas, Earle of Strafford, 1647. Lord Digby's speech was printed as The Lord Digby his last speech against the Earle of Strafford, 1641. Other accounts of the trial are in:- (a) Add. MSS. 15567, ff. 30-33, and 35838, ff. 163-177 (by the Duke of Manchester);-(b) Add. MS. 41688 (notes of the proceedings, 5-13 Apr. 1641);-(c) Harley MSS. 2233 and 4889, ff. 132-170, Add. MS. 25275, ff. 1-47 (articles of the impeachment and answers under examination);-(d) Lans. MS. 209, ff. 90-99b, and Add. MS. 47145, ff. 47-89b. On f . 56 is an epitaph on Strafford, on which see the description of Eg. MS. 3366, f. 68b. Owned by Sir Edward Osborne, 1st Bart. (see note on f. 57b). ff. 16-57.

(3) Two tracts relating to parliamentary proceedings in 1675:- (a) 'A Letter from a Person of Quality to his friend in the Country', against the Test Bill, probably by Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury. First printed with the same title in 1675. ff. 59-68b;-(b) Speech in the Lords by Shaftesbury, conceming the case of Dr. Thomas Sherley al. Shirley, differing in arrangement from the version in Harley MS. 5277, ff. 72-78, first printed in Two Speeches, 1675, pp. 2-16; 20 Oct. 1675. f. 69-72b. At the beginning (f. 58) is a note 'For Sir Oliver St George [1st Bart.], Janr. 2d. 167⁶/₇. ff. 58-72b.

(4) 'A Letter to a Person of Quality in Holland': a tract on political affairs in England, critical of the activities of the 1st Duke of Leeds and Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham; 26 Dec. 1690, with a postscript (ff. 97b-107), 5 Jan. 169⁰/₁ . Written in three hands. Imperfect (according to a contemporary pagination) by the loss of eight leaves after f. 103b. A note by the 1st Duke of Leeds on f. 73 attributes the work to Robert Ferguson, conspirator, 'with the assistance of ' Major John Wildman (knt. 1692). ff. 73-107.

(5) Letter from John Browne al. Brown, Surgeon-in-Ordinary to William III, to the 1st Duke of Leeds, containing comments on the report by the Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal on Browne's dismissal in 1691 from St Thomas's Hospital; circ. 1692. ff. 108-115.

(6) 'A Discourse touching the Decay of our Navall Discipline', by Sir Henry Sheres al. Sheeres al. Shere, Surveyor of the Ordnance; 1694. Copy. ff. 116-137.

Bookplates and Book-stamps: Osborne (George William Frederick), 6th Duke of Leeds; d. 1838.

includes:

• ff. 1-15 John Bastwick, physician and controversialist: Information in the Star Chamber against: 1637.
• ff. 1-15 Court of Star Chamber: Information against J. Bastwick, H. Burton, W. Prynne, etc.: 1637.
• ff. 1-15 Henry Burton, Independent minister: Information in the Star Chamber against: 1637.
• ff. 1-15 William Prynne, MP; pamphleteer: Information in the Star Chamber against: 1637.
• ff. 1-15b Sir John Bankes, Attorney-General and (1640) Chief Justice of Common Pleas: Information to the Star Chamber against J. Bastwick, H. B. Clarke, W. Prynne and others: 1637.: Copy.
• ff. 16-58 b Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford 1640: Reports of his trial: 1641.
• f. 56 Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford 1640: Epitaph on: 17th cent.
• f. 56 Epitaphs: On Lord Strafford (d. 1641): 17th cent.
• ff. 58-68b Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury: Tract, 'A Letter from a Person of Quality to his friend in the Country': 1675.
• ff. 69-72b Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury: Speech in the Lords on Dr Shirley's case: 1675.
• ff. 69-72b Political Tracts: 'A Letter from a Person of Quality to his friend in the Country', by Lord Shaftesbury: 1675.
• ff. 73-107 Political Tracts: 'A Letter to a Person of Quality in Holland', attrib. to R. Ferguson: 1691.: Imperf.
• ff. 73-107b Robert Ferguson, 'The Plotter': Tract attrib. to, 'A Letter to a Person of Quality in Holland': 1691.: Imperf.
• ff. 74-107 b John Wildman, Postmaster-General; Knight 1692: Tract attrib. to, 'A letter to a Person of Quality in Holland': 1691.: Imperf.
• ff. 108-115b John Browne, Surgeon-in-Ordinary to William III: Letter to Lord Carmarthen: [1692?].
• ff. 116-137 Navy; England: 'A Discourse touching the Decay of our Navall Discipline', by Sir H. Sheres: 1694.: Copy.
• ff. 116-137 Political Tracts: Sir H. Sheres, 'A Discourse touching the Decay of our Navall Discipline': 1694.: Copy.
• ff. 116-137 Sir Henry Sheres, alias Sheeres alias Shere; Surveyor of the Ordnance: 'A Discourse touching the Decay of our Navall Discipline': 1694.: Copy.