Add MS 78317

Mostly English, with a number of letters in Latin and French. Note that Evelyn's correspondence as Commissioner for Sick and Wounded Seamen during these years is filed separately in Add MS 78320-78322.

ff. 1-2. Samuel Hartlib [written Sam Hartlib. Polymath], dated 14 April 1660. Former reference 866.

ff. 3-4. Dr Bernard Martin Berenclow [written 'Berenclow', physician], dated Bristol, 16 June 1660. Latin. Former number 166.

f. 5. 'Ric Spencer', dated Orpington, 25 August 1660. Former number 1172.

ff. 6-7. 'DeVaillecomte', dated Paris, 17 September 1660. French. Former number 1332.

ff. 8-9. Samuel Hartlib [written S Hartlib. Polymath], dated London, 14 October 1660. Former number 867.

f. 10. 'Ph Edgcumbe', dated London, 4 October 1660.

f. 11. Samuel Bonnell, dated Dublin, 14 November 1660. Former number 328.

ff. 12-13. Samuel Hartlib [written Sm Hartlib. Polymath], dated Axe Yard, London, 26 November 1660. Former number 868.

ff. 14-15. Elizabeth Puckering [written Eliz Puckering. Formerly Newton], dated Warwick, 28 January 1660. Former number 1042.

f. 16. Robert Heath, dated 29 January 1660. Former number 878. Asks Evelyn to submit a petition to Sir William Coventry, secretary to James, Duke of York, on behalf of one Thomas Short, to recommend him for the position of cook on one of his Majesty's ships.

f. 17. 'Morray', dated Whitehall, London, 6 May 1661. Former number 993.

f. 18. Francis Carter, dated Genoa, 19 July 1661. Former number 464. Concerning preparations to ship Evelyn's order of two chests containing a wide variety of trees and shrubs including orange trees and 'two or three Azerole trees, a noble Fruit & much esteemed in Italie' to England.

f. 19. William Snatt [written Gulielmo Snatt], dated October 1661. Latin. Former number 1164.

f. 20. Francis Carter, dated Genoa, 22 February 1661. Former number 463.

f. 21. Carew Ralegh, dated 25 February 1661. Former number 1120.

f. 22. Sir William Petty [written Wm Petty], dated Gresham College, March 1661. Former number 1092. Apologises for mistaking the day of their scheduled meeting.

f. 23. Peter Pett [naval administrator], dated 4 November 1662. Former number 1086.

f. 24. Henry Oldenburg [written, H Oldenburg. Scientific correspondent and secretary of the Royal Society], dated London, 9 March 1662. Former number 1053.

f. 25. Francis Carter, dated Genoa, 21 March 1662. Former number 465.

f. 26-27. Henry Oldenburg [written H Oldenburg. Scientific correspondent and secretary of the Royal Society], dated London, 21 November 1662. Former number 1052.

f. 28. Henry Oldenburg [written H Oldenburg. Scientific correspondent and secretary of the Royal Society], dated Gresham, 29 April 1663. Former number 1055.

f. 29. Henry Oldenburg [written H Oldenburg. Scientific correspondent and secretary of the Royal Society], dated 16 April 1663. Former number 1054.

ff. 30-31. 'Morillon', dated Norwich, 10 July 1663. French. Former number 995.

f. 32. 'W Pope', dated Paris, 2 September 1663. Former number 1106.

f. 33. Christopher Wase [written Chr Wase. Schoolmaster and classical scholar], dated Tunbridge, 9 September 1663. Former number 1351.

f. 34. Peter Pett [naval administrator], dated Chatham, 10 September 1663.

f. 35. Sir Thomas Browne [written Tho Browne. Physician and author], dated Norwich, 14 October 1663. Former number 450. Concerning trees in Norfolk.

f. 36. 'An Hatton', dated Sheffield, 17 October 1663. Former number 857. Concerning oak trees in Sheffield.

ff. 37-38. Richard Owen, dated London, 17 November 1663. Former number 1064.

f. 39. 'Cdn Richards', dated Cambridge, 3 December 1663. Latin. Former number 1131.

f. 40. Henry Oldenburg [written Oldenburg. Scientific correspondent and secretary of the Royal Society], dated 24 March 1663. Former number 1056.

f. 41. Robert Heath, dated Holborn, London, 15 April 1664. Former number 829.

f. 42. 'W Pope', dated Rome, 23 April 1664. Former number 1107. Advises that Evelyn's nephew is unsuitable for study and should be sent home to his father. Pope asks that Evelyn relay the message to his brother gently, 'so as not to exasperate his father ag[ains]t him'.

f. 43. Robert Heath, dated Holborn, London, 4 June 1664. Former number 880.

f. 44. 'Walt Pope', dated Milan, 20 September 1664. Former number 1108.

f. 45. Sir Robert Moray [written Moray. Army officer and politician. Fellow of the Royal Society], dated Whitehall, London, 22 September 1664. Former number 994.

f. 46. Sir Thomas Clarges [written Tho Clarges. Politician], dated London, 9 December 1664. Former number 469.

ff. 47-48. 'Rich Hunt', dated Wotten, Surrey, 15 December 1664. Former number 936.

f. 49. Charles Howard, dated 18 May 1665. Former number 919. Requests that Evelyn place Mr Peter Brook as a surgeon in the town of Dover, where he would be well-placed to receive and send items from France as well as 'seedes and curiositys' from the East Indies.

f. 50. John Knight [written Knight. Serjeant Surgeon to Charles II], dated Ipswich, 17 June 1665. Former number 474.

ff. 51-54. Four pages of an incomplete letter by an unknown author, dated Salisbury, 2 September 1665. Contains descriptions of the king and queen's leisure activities including hunting, bowling, cards, dancing and listening to philosophical lectures. The author writes that with hunting and bowles, the queen 'is more eager at both exercises then any man I know'.

f. 55. Edward Phillips, dated 10 September 1665. Former number 1096. Mentions the 'terrible calamitie & miserie that hath befallen my native city', possibly referring to the plague outbreak of 1665-6.

ff. 56-57. Lord William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker, [written 'Brouncker', mathematician], dated 'on board the Slothany', 8 September 1665. Former number 372.

ff. 58-59. Sir Phillip Warwick [written Phil Warwick. Politician and historian], dated Oxford, 22 October 1665. Former number 1348.

ff. 60-61. Sir William Coventry [written W Coventry. Politician and secretary to James, Duke of York], dated Oxford, 30 September 1665.

f. 62. Dr Bernard Martin Berenclow [written 'Berenclow', physician], dated Bristol, 2 December 1665. French. Former number 167.

ff. 63-64. Dr Bernard Martin Berenclow [written 'Berenclow', physician], dated Bristol, 8 January 1665. French. Former number 168.

f. 65. 'Waith', dated 20 August 1666. Former number 1337.

f. 66. Phil [?], dated Jersey, 20 December 1666. Former number 66.

f. 67. 'Edw Harley', dated Bramton Castle, 6 March 1666. Former number 880.

f. 68. Henry Herringman, dated London, 25 February 1666. Former number. 901.

f. 69. Sir George Mackenzie [written Geo Mackensie. Lawyer and politician], dated Edinburgh, 5 March 1667. Former number 968.

f. 70. John Evelyn [written Evelyn], dated London, 15 March 1666/7. Draft response written by Evelyn to Sir George Mackenzie's letter of 5 March 1667 [f. 69].

ff. 71-72. Abraham Bosse [written Bosse. Artist and printmaker], dated Paris, 12 June 1667. Former number 367.

f. 73. William Sancroft [written Sancroft. Archbishop of Canterbury], dated London, 10 June 1667. Asks for Evelyn's help to secure a pension to the value of £53 4d per annum owed to the choral vicars of St Pauls, their needs recently increased due to the 'late dreadfull Calamitie by Fire'.

ff. 74-75. Anne Needham, dated London 28 June 1667. Former number 1025.

f. 76. 'Ed Hales', dated Raynton, 9 July 1667. Former number 855.

f. 77. [Illegible?], dated 26 September 1667. French. Former number 1143.

f. 78. Robert Heath, dated 1667. Former number 881.

f. 79. Sir John Kiviet [written Johan Kiviet], dated London, 22/2 November 1667. French. Former number 972.

f. 80. Gabriel Sylvius [written Mr Sylvias], dated Whitehall, London, 15 December 1667. French. Former number 1201.

f. 81. Gabriel Sylvius [written Mr Sylvias], Whitehall, London, [undated]. French. Former number 1200.

ff. 82-83. Sir John Kiviet [written Johan Kiviet], dated Hampstead, London, 1 January 1667/8. French. Former number 973.

f. 84. Sir John Kiviet [written Johan Kiviet], [undated]. French. Former number 971.

f. 85. William Snatt, dated South Malling, 28 January 1667. Former number 1165.

ff. 86-87. Henry Oldenburg [written Oldenburg. Scientific correspondent and secretary of the Royal Society], dated 25 February 1667/8. Former number 1057.

f. 88. Nicholas Gamage, dated 2 April 1668. Former number 836. Requests for tools and materials in order to complete works. Includes an account of the previous week's charges.

f. 89. William Snatt, dated South Malling, 11 May 1668. Former number 1166.

f. 90. Sir Thomas Hanmer [written Tho Hanmer. 2nd Baronet], dated Bettisfield, 20 May 1668. Former number 861.

f. 91. Henry Oldenburg [written Oldenburg. Scientific correspondent and secretary of the Royal Society], dated London 18 June 1668. Former number 1059.

ff. 92-93. 'Ed Hales', dated 2 July 1667. Former number 856.

ff. 94-95. 'R Stokes', dated 'Collen', 4 August 1668. Former number 1181.

f. 96. Dr Bernard Martin Berenclow [written 'Berenclow', physician], dated London, 18 August 1668. French. Former number 169.

ff. 97-98. Thomas Blount, dated Orleton, 18 January 1668.

f. 99. [?] Smith, dated 9 February 1668. Former number 1162. Asks Evelyn to read the author's 'discourse on planting' and to recommend it to Lord Brunkard for patronage.

f. 100. Henry Oldenburg [written Oldenburg. Scientific correspondent and secretary of the Royal Society], dated 17 February 1668/9. Former number 1040.

f. 101. 'W Croone', dated 12 March 1668/9.

f. 102. Henry Oldenburg [written Oldenburg. Scientific correspondent and secretary of the Royal Society], dated London, 28 May 1669. Former number 1058.

ff. 103-104. 'De Laquintinye', dated Paris, 8 June 1669. French. Former number 975.

ff. 105-106. Robert Nanteuil [written Nanteuil. Engraver and portrait draughtsman], dated Paris, 5 October 1669. French. Former number 1018.

f. 107. Peter Pett [naval administrator], dated London, 16 February 1669. Former number 1089.

f. 108. Henry Oldenburg [written Oldenburg. Scientific correspondent and secretary of the Royal Society], dated 28 February 1669. Former number 1061.

f. 109. John Evelyn, dated Sayes Court, Deptford, 11 May 1670. Former number 1506. Copy of a letter from Evelyn to Mr Rob Clayton.

f. 110. Henry Oldenburg [written Hen Oldenburg. Scientific correspondent and secretary of the Royal Society], dated London, 8 July 1670. Former number 1062.

f. 111. William Snatt, dated Lewes, 31 January 1670. Former number 1167.

f. 112. 'E S', dated 7 July 1671. Latin. Former number 1163.

f. 113. 'W Brickman', dated London, 9 September 1671.

ff. 114-115. John Evelyn, dated Sayes Court, Deptford, 27 September 1671. Former number 1505. Draft letter from Evelyn to 'the R. Father Patrick'.

ff. 116-119. John Evelyn, dated 16 October 1671. Former number 1508.

f. 120. Sackville Whittle [written Sackvill Whittle. Physician and surgeon to Charles II], dated 12 April 1673.

f. 121. Dorothy Howard [written D Howard. Maid of Honour to Queen Catherine of Braganza], dated 11 May 1673.

f. 122. Christopher Wase [schoolmaster and classical scholar], dated Oxford, 17 May 1673. Former number 1352.

f. 123. Thomas Good [written Tho Good. Academic and clergyman. Master of Balliol College, Oxford], dated Balliol College, Oxford, 19 July 1673. Former number 851. Informing Evelyn that Good had been unanimously elected Master of Balliol College, Oxford, following the death of Dr Henry Savage, and asking Evelyn to donate to the college.

f. 124. 'Jo Clover', dated Margate, 23 March 1673/4. Features a small sketch of an altar with a book on the verso.

f. 125. 'He Harvey', dated 12 April 1674.

f. 126. John Westbrooke, dated Guildford, 23 June 1674. Former number 1356.

ff. 127-128. Dorothy Howard [written D H. Maid of Honour to Queen Catherine of Braganza], dated 24 August 1674. Former number 920.

f. 129. John Bullack, dated Dover, 22 October 1675. Former number 452.

f. 130. John Bullack, dated Dover, 1 November 1675. Former number 453.

f. 131. James Jeniser, dated 13 December 1675. Former number 947.

f. 132. Samuel Benon, dated Paris, 5 January 1675/6. Former number 154.

ff. 133-134. 'Ja Fraser', dated Paris, 5 January 1675/6. Former number 829.

f. 135. John Evelyn, dated 25 April 1676. Former number 1517.

f. 136. 'Norfolke & Marshall', dated 11 September 1676.

f. 137. 'And Newport', dated London, 24 April 1679. Former number 1030. Asks the value of Parsons Green, due to be sold following the death of Lady Elizabeth Mordaunt.

f. 138. George London, dated Fulham, 5 August 1679. Former number 982.

f. 139. John Evelyn, dated 1 May 1679. Evelyn's draft response to Jane Hyde, Countess of Clarendon's letter of 30 March 1679 [f. 140].

f. 140. Jane Hyde [written Jane Hyde. Countess of Clarendon], dated 30 March 1679.

ff. 141-142. Henry Greene, dated 25 July 1679. Former number 852.

f. 143. 'Tho Weston', dated Parsons Green, 7 August 1679. Former number 1359.

f. 144. Matthew Cock, [undated]. Former number 479.