Add MS 78272

EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CV (ff. 75). Papers of George Evelyn, grandfather of the diarist; 1579-1616. Several are endorsed in the hand of his son Richard.

1. f. 1. Letter to George Evelyn from his son Richard; 1587. [italics]Latin[/italics].

2. ff. 2-4. Letters from Laurence Kingston and Stephen Pecke to [Evelyn?]; 1601, 1602.

3. ff. 5- 27. Papers relating gunpowder manufacture, including a `controversie' involving George and John Evelyn and Richard Hill, false evidence laid against George Evelyn, and proposals concerning saltpetre manufacture; 1589-1592, n.d. Formerly damaged by damp, with loss of text.

4. ff. 28-35. Miscellaneous financial papers of George Evelyn, including a general release to him from Richard Johnson, a list of recognizances acknowledged by him, receipts by Edward Gage for a payment of an annuity and a bond of Thomas Bristowe; 1579-1590.

5. ff. 36-39. Record of payments to various individuals, including John and Robert Evelyn, under the Privy Seal; 1602. The excerpt from a 19[superscript]th[/superscript] cent [italics]printed[/italics] sale catalogue attached indicates that this was a later addition to the archive by purchase, probably by William John Evelyn.

6. ff. 40-48. Articles, bonds, etc., in connection with settlements on the marriage of George Evelyn's daughter Katherine to Thomas Stoughton; 1602-1603.

7. ff. 49-57. Will of George Evelyn, 1603, [italics]signed[/italics] by him on every page (formerly Evelyn MS 152), with the definitive sentence of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.

8. ff. 58-75. Releases and receipts arising from the administration of his estate and that of his 2[superscript]nd[/superscript] wife, Joan (Stint), including (f. 71) an elegy on her death in 1613; 1603-1625.