Add MS 78274

EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CVII (ff. 150). Correspondence of Richard Evelyn of Wotton (d. 1640), father of the diarist. Most letters have suffered damage from damp, with some loss of text.

1. f. 1. Memoranda by Richard Evelyn of family births, marriage and deaths, with a note of his death added by his son George; 1613-1640.

2. ff. 2-86. Correspondence with his eldest son George, and his tutor at Oxford, William Hobbs; 1633-1640. Including a few retained [italics]drafts[/italics] and [italics]copies[/italics] of Richard Evelyn's letters. See also letter of June 1634, Add. MS 15948, f. 2.

3. ff. 87-89. Letters from Edward Snatt, schoolmaster at Lewes, concerning his second son, John; 1637.

4. ff. 90-117. Correspondence with George Bradshaw, tutor to John Evelyn at Balliol College, and with his father, Nicholas Bradshaw; 1637-1640. Including a few retained [italics]drafts[/italics] from Richard Evelyn, one to John, 1640. Letters to John from his father, 1635-1640, are in Add. MS 78302 below.

5. ff. 118-123. Letters from his youngest son, Richard junior; 1640. Partly [italics]Latin[/italics].

6. ff. 124-148. Letters on business and estate matters to and from Richard Evelyn; 1609-1639, n.d.

7. ff. 149-150. [italics]Draft[/italics] letter from Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Evelyn (afterwards wife of Edward Darcy), to a female relation, concerning fashion; 1630.