Add MS 12097

AUTOGRAPHS OF STATESMEN AND NOBBLEMEN, viz. Letter from Thomas Crumwell, Master of the Rolls, (afterwards Earl of Essex,) to the Earl of Cumberland, [Henry Clifford, first earl,] relative to the suppression of riotous assemblages, dat. 18 June, [1536? ]-Letter from Robert [Devereux], Earl of Essex, to -, requesting the loan of £300, dat. York House, 31 July, 1588 ;-Letter from William [Cecil], Lord Burghley, to Mr. Edward Griffin, of Bingley, on private affairs, dat. Hampton Court, 16 Dec. 159,-';-Letter from Philippe de Mornay, Seigneur de Illessis Marly, to his wife, [Charlotte Arbateste,] partly in Cipher, dat. Chasteleraut, 2 Feb. 1598;-Letter from Robert Cecil (afterwards Earl of Salisbury,) to Sir Edward Hoby, dat. [as endorsed] 21 March, 160' ;-Recipe to preserve beef at sea, in the handwriting of Sir Walter Ralegh ;-Signature of Maximilian de Bethune, Marquis de Rosny, [Duc de Sully,] as Grand Master of the Artillery, to a Commission in favor of the Sr. de la Jaille, dat. Paris, 7 Jan. 1620 on parchment;-Letter from [Thomas Wentworth] Viscount Wentworth (afterwards Earl of Strafford) to his sister, dat. Dublin, 30 April, 1638;-Letter from Edward Hyde (afterwards Earl of Clarendon) to the President and Deputies of the Council of the Admiralty of Zealand, requesting that his goods might pass free of duty, dat. Antwerp, 5 Sept. 1651 in French --Letter from the Cardinal Mazarin to Monsr. Du Plessis Besançon, Ambassador of France at Venice, respecting permission to purchase stores and arms, dat. Paris, 1 Feb. 1658;-Letter from the Privy Council of Charles II. to the Duke of York, Lord High Admiral, relative to tlhe payment of £6000 to the Earl of Sandwich, Admiral of the fleet then equipped, dat. 14 June, 1661 ;-Letter from Prince Rupert to Sir Wm. Coventry, secretary to the Duke of York, containing news of the fleet, dat. R. Charles, 19 Sept. 1666 ;-Letter from the same to Sir Edward Spragge on board the Prince, dat. Whitehall, 3 April, 1673;-Letter from Sir George Geffreys (Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, afterwards Lord Geffreys of Wem) to John Rusby, Mayor of Pomfrett [Pontefract], relative to the renewal of the charter of that place, dat. London, 16 Sept. 1684 ;-Letter from Samuel Pepys to -------- , respecting the designed establishment of Sir William Boreman's Mathematical School at Greenwich, dat. 10 Oct. 1685 ;--Letter from John, Lord Somers, Lord High Chancellor, to King William III., containing remarks on the Attorney General's report on the circumstances of the persons charged with conspiracy against the King, dat. 27 April, 1697. Folio. [12,097.]

George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem: Letter to J. Rusby: 1684.

Maximilien de Béthune, Duc de Sully: Signature, as Grand Master of the artillery: 1620.

William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Lord Treasurer: Letter to Ed. Griffin: 1592.

Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury: Letter to Sir Ed. Hoby: 1602/3.

William III and Mary II of England: Letter to the King from Lord Chancellor Somers: 1697.

Sir Edward Griffin: Letter to, from Lord Burghley: 1592.

Henry Clifford, Earl of Cumberland: Letter to, from Th. Crumwell: 1536.

Sir William Coventry, Secretary to the Duke of York: Letter to, from Prince Rupert: 1666.

Thomas Crumwell, Master of the Rolls, afterwards Earl of Essex: Letter to the Earl of Cumberland: 1536.

Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex: Letter to -, requesting a loan of money: 1588.

James II of England: Letter from the Privy Council to him as Lord High Admiral: 1661.

Sir Edward Hoby: Letter to, from Lord Salisbury: 1603.

Du Plessis Besançon, Ambassador of France at Venice: Letter to, from Card. Mazarin: 1658.

Henry Ireton, regicide: Letter to the Treasurers at War, 1650; with a receipt for money from his brothers Clement and John: 1651.

Council of the Admiralty of Zealand: Letter to, from Lord Clarendon: 1651.

Giulio Mazarino, Cardinal: Letter to M. Du Plessis Besançon: 1658.

Philippe de Mornay, Sieur du Plessis-Marly: Letter to his wife Charlotte Arbaleste: 1598.

Privy Council, The: Letter to the Duke of York, Ld. High Admiral: 1661.

Sir Walter Ralegh, alias Raleigh; military and naval commander; author: Recipe to preserve beef at sea, said to be in his handwriting.

Rupert, Prince; Count Palatine of the Rhine: Letter to Sir W. Coventry: 1666.

Rupert, Prince; Count Palatine of the Rhine: Letter to Sir Ed. Spragge: 1673.

John Rusby, Mayor of Pontefract: Letter to, from Sir G. Jeffreys: 1684.

Samuel Pepys, diarist: Letter respecting Sir W. Boreman's mathematical school at Greenwich: 1685.

Thomas Wentworth, Viscount Wentworth; Earl of Strafford: Letter to his sister: 1638.

Henry Weston, of Ockham, county Surrey: Letter to from Oliver Cromwell: 1653.

John Somers, Baron Somers 1697: Letter to William III.: 1697.

Sir Edward Spragg: Letter to him, from Prince Rupert: 1673.

Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon: Letter to the Council of the Admiralty of Zealand: 1651.