Add MS 69392

DROPMORE PAPERS (SERIES II). Vol. CCCLV.

1. Miscellaneous correspondence; [1512?]-1784, n.d.

2. Political and miscellaneous papers; [after 1538]-1868, n.d. Including a late 16th-cent. copy of the submission to Henry VIII by the Prior, Subprior and eleven monks of the Cluniac monastery of St. Andrews, Northampton, 1 March 1538.

3. Anonymous journal of a visit to France, including Paris; 12 Sept-7 Oct. 1815. The hand resembles that of Thomas Frankland Lewis M.P., grandson of Sir Thomas Frankland; with corrections in a second hand.

includes:

• f. 1 William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy; Chamberlain to Queen Catherine: Henry VIII of England; Catherine of Aragon: Letter to Queen Catherine of Aragon from 4th Lord Mountjoy: [1512?].
• f. 2 Sir Edm[und?] Jennings: Interrogation of, by a Parliamentary Commission: [1688-1689?].
• f.2 Sir Edm[und?] Jennings: Interrogation of, by a parliamentary commission: [1688-1689]: Copy?.
• f.2 Sir Edm[und?] Jennings: Interrogation of, by a Parliamentary Commission: [1688-1689?]: Copy.
• in art. 2 Orders; Religious. Cluniacs: Surrender of Cluniac House of St Andrews Northampton to Henry VIII: [1538]: Copy.
• art. 3 Voyages and Travels: Thomas Frankland Lewis, MP: Diaries and Memoranda: Journal of visit to France by [T. F. Lewis?]: 1815.
• ff. 11-12r Italy General: Anon. account of a journey from Rome to Loretto,Bologna, Padua and Venice: 1706.
• ff. 18-25r Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon: Nonconformists: Letters of Selina, Countess of Huntingdon to Lady Hertford: 1718?.
• ff. 26-34r Charles Lyttelton, DD; FRS; Bishop of Carlisle: Wales: George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton: Letter, describing a visit to Shropshire and North Wales, to his brother, Charles, Bishop of Carlisle, from Lord Lyttelton: 1755: Copy.
• ff. 42-45r Town of Northampton: Henry VIII of England: Orders Religious. Benedictines: Submission of St Andrew's monastery, Northampton, to Henry VIII: 1538: Copy.
• ff. 46-54r Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel: Letter to Queen Elizabeth, when he departed the realm of England: 1585: Copy.
• ff. 55-61 Ireland: James I of England: Sir Robert Jacob, Kt., Solicitor-General of Ireland: Account of the progress of the plantation of Ulster, by Sir Robert Jacob: 1614: Copy?.
• ff. 55-61r Ireland: James I of England: Sir Robert Jacob, Kt., Solicitor-General of Ireland: Account of the progress in the plantation of six counties in Ulster: 1614: Copy.
• ff. 62-63r Sir Thomas Monson, 1st Baronet: Proceedings at his trial: 1616: Copy.
• ff. 67-70r Charles II of England: Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon: Addresses to the Duke and Duchess of York, by Lord Clarendon: 1671: Copies.
• f.70 Arthur Onslow, Speaker of the House of Commons: Sir John Eyles, Baronet: Reprimand of Sir J.Eyles by the Speaker, with Eyles' reply: [1732]: Copy.
• f. 73 County of Dublin: William III of England: Address of the Protestant Lords and Gentlemen of Dublin to William III, on the death of Queen Mary: 1694: Copy.
• ff. 75-76r England; Parliament: Anon. speech in the House of Commons, rel. to a tax on land, etc.,: [1692-1702]: Copy.
• f. 79 Sir John Eyles, Baronet: Reprimand to, from the House of Commons, and his speech in reply: [1732]: Copy.
• ff. 82-85r Sir William Lee, Kt., Chief Justice of the King's Bench: Legal opinion of, in the case of Robert Fleetwood, etc.,: [1737-1754]: Copy.
• f. 86 Funerals: Sarah Cornwell, of Melton Constable, county Norfolk: Sir Jacob Astley, 3rd Baronet: Certificate of burial in wool of Sarah Cornwell, Spinster, of Melton Constable: 1758: Signed by Sir Jacob Astley.
• ff. 87-88 George III of England: Mock City address to, purportedly from the Lord Mayor and Corporation of London, with a reply: 1762: Copy.
• f. 91 Slaves, Slave Trade: Lagos, Nigeria: Note of a charitable scheme, in part to free slaves at Lagos, 1865: 1868.
• ff. 93-113v Voyages and Travels: Anon. journal of a journey to Paris and northern France: 1815.