Add MS 70518

These letters are calendared in Historical Manuscripts Commission, Portland Manuscripts, II, 5-64. They form part of a section of miscellaneous manuscripts amongst the Portland Papers, which were originally held at Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire. The Portland Papers were deposited at the British Museum (then as Loan 29) and elsewhere between 1947 and 1967 by the 7th Duke of Portland. In 1987 this was one of 523 volumes of the Portland Papers allocated to the British Library (the papers had been accepted by the Government in 1986 in lieu of Capital Transfer Tax).

How this miscellaneous collection (what HMC calls the General Series) became part of the Portland collection, largely made up from the archives of the Harleys of Brampton Bryan and other families from whom the Dukes of Portland flowed, is not entirely certain. HMC speculates that they were probably collected by Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, or his son Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron (HMC, Portland Papers, II, p. vi), part of the colllection which now form the Harley MSS. There are good grounds for accepting this for at least parts of the volume. Bryson and Evans, 'Seven rediscovered letters of Princess Elizabeth Tudor', Historical Research, 90 (2017), p. 831, n. 8, points to the letters from Princess Elizabeth in this volume having once been in the collection of the antiquarian John Strype (1643-1737), who had acquired the papers of Lord Burghley's secretary, Sir Michael Hickes (1543-1612). Robert Harley acquired some of Strype's papers, and Bryson and Evans note that Elizabeth's letters all bear annotations by the Harley's librarian, Humfrey Wanley (p. 847). Hickes is the likely source for at least some of the other 16th-century manuscripts (including a number addressed to, or endorsed by, Burghley). Wanley's annotations appear on a number of 16th-century manuscripts (only his lengthy notes on the face of the text rather than his endorsements are noted below).

The 17th-century letters include letters relating to a slaving expedition in the Gambia River by the Guinea Company in 1651; letters from Edinburgh by George Hickes, the Anglican divine (and chaplain to the Secretary of State there, the Duke of Lauderdale) in 1677-78, mainly to Simon Patrick; and copies and printed matter relating to the 1688 Revolution. Their provenance before Welbeck is uncertain.

However, one document (ff. 290r-293r), an anonymous account of the Antonine Wall made by a traveller in 1697, has been plausibly ascribed to the scholar John Urry (1666-1715), who had strong connections with Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford, and his library. The same article suggests that the recipient was probably Urry's friend the Herefordshire antiquary William Brome, who forwarded the letter to a third party, possibly Harley, and that it is first reported in Harley's collection (Lawrence Keppie, 'An anonymous traveller', esp. pp. 184-88).

The early 18th-century diplomatic correspondence may well derive from Robert Harley himself or his connections: the William Greg [Gregg] who appears as recipient or likely author for these late letters was Harley's secretary until his discovery, trial and execution in 1708 for passing confidential letters on to the French Minister for War. 'Harley, who had nothing to hide except a carelessly organized office routine, developed a compulsive interest in the Gregg affair' (Alsop, J. D., 'Gregg, William (bap. 1673, d. 1708), conspirator.' Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. January 03, 2008. Oxford University Press. Date of access 16 Jan. 2020, . At the time covered by almost all this correspondence, 1702-1704, Greg was secretary to the envoy, and briefly acted as envoy himself, in Copenhagen. Many of these letters were copies: copies in the same hands, letters running over the same folios and often with notes as to who the letter should be passed on to within the administration or on diplomatic mission abroad. They are probably Greg's own copies and drafts. Some crossings out of a whole or part of a letter (e.g. ff. 295v, 300v) or passages within letters (e.g. ff. 300v-301r) suggest this; a draft to his mother by Greg (ff. 308r-v) is in the same hand and on the same type of paper as the copies of his diplomatic correspondence. Moreover, the hand of most of them matches Greg's known hand and signature (The National Archives, SP 34/9, ff. 122r, 136r-139r). He usually dated new style, though occasionally gave both old style and new style dates. There are also original letters in the volume to Greg. It is likely that the papers here were all in Greg's possession and acquired by Robert Harley.

Alan Bryson and Mel Evans, 'Seven rediscovered letters of Princess Elizabeth Tudor', reprints and discusses four of the letters in this volume by Elizabeth and by Thomas Parry (ff. 8r-14v, 31r-32v) and a fifth calendared in HMC, Portland Manuscripts, II, p. 6, but no longer in this volume and now in private hands. This has helped make certain some of the dates below.

The letters no longer in the volume since the HMC cataloguing are Princess Elizabeth Tudor to Protector Somerset, 10 Feb 1549 (HMC, Portland Manuscripts, 6, and reprinted in Bryson and Evans, 'Seven rediscovered letters', p. 845); and from Mary, Queen of Scots to Lord Burghley, 17 Jan 1573 (HMC, Portland Manuscripts, 13).

Contents:

ff. i recto-viii recto: Loose typescript and printed leaves; correspondence, transcript and offprint relating to letter of 'Jacobus Macput' [Marqutte, ff. 223r-224v].

ff. 1r-2v: Letter of King Henry VIII to Sir John Wallop, Ambassador in France, St Albans, 3 Oct 1540. With Henry's signature. With address (and injunction 'hast post hastpost hast hast cito cito cito', and note that it was received at 6 at night on 6 Oct. A brief, much later slip of paper, a bundle number, has been added, f. 3.

ff. 4r-7v: Instructions of King Henry VIII to John Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Bath and William Knight, Bishop of Bath and Wells, for raising a Forced Loan in Somerset, n.d. [?1542]. with King Henry's wet stamp.

ff. 8r-9v: Letter of Princess Elizabeth to [?Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy of Chirche, Lord Chamberlain], Hatfield, 20 May [1552]. With Princess Elizabeth's signature.

ff. 9r-10v: Letter of Thomas Parry to William Cecil, Hatfield, Friday night, 20 Sep [1549]. Written by the commandment of the Princess Elizabeth. With address to 'Mr Cicil Esquier', which places the letter as 1549 (the other possibility, from day of the week and date of the month, is 1555, by when Cecil is a knight).

ff. 11r-12v: Letter of Princess Elizabeth Tudor to William Cecil, Enfield, 31 Dec 1547. With Elizabeth's signature, and address to Cecil, 'attendinge uppon the Lorde Protector'.

ff. 13r-14v: Letter of Princess Elizabeth Tudor to Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy of Chirche, Lord Chamberlain, Ashridge, 16 Jul 1552. With Elizabeth's signature and with address.

ff. 15r-28r: Statutes of the Order of the Garter as ordained by King Edward VI, [1552]. Copy.

ff. 29r-30v: Summary of the articles of marriage to be made between Queen Mary I and Philip of Spain, concluded at Westminster, 12 Jan 1554.

ff. 31r-32v: Letter of Princess Elizabeth Tudor to Sir William Cecil, Hatfield, 19 Mar 1553. the text says '1553', but cannot be old style for 1554. With Elizabeth's signature, and with address to Sir William Cecil, Secretary to the King's Majesty.

ff. 33r-34v: Warrant of Queen Mary I to Sir Edmund Peckham, Treasurer of the Mint, Richmond, 4 Jun 1554. Signed by Queen Mary. Countersigned by Sir John Gage.

ff. 35r-v: Warrant of Queen Mary I to Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy of Chirche, Guildford, 21 Jun 1554. Signed (or wet stamp) of Queen Mary I. With address and seal.

ff. 36r-v: Order of Queen Mary I and King Philip for solemn mass and Te Deum in churches and the lighting of bonfires to celebrate the re-uniting of England with the rest of Christendom, Westminster Palace, Jan 1555,. Signed by Queen Mary.

ff. 36r-v: Letter of Queen Mary I to Edward Fiennes de Clinton, 9th Baron Clinton and Saye, Bishop's Waltham, 15 Jul 1554. With Queen Mary's signature or wet stamp, and with address.

ff. 37r-v: Letter of Queen Mary I to Sir William Cecil, 31 Jul 1558. With Queen Mary's signature and with address and seal.

ff. 38r-70r: Grant of franchises to the Borough of Ilchester by Queen Mary I and King Philip, 10 Dec 1557.

ff. 71r-72v: Letter of Queen Mary I to Sigismund II Augustus, St James, 2 Jul 1558. In Latin. Signed by Queen Mary and with signature of 'R. Aschamus' in the same hand as the body of the letter. With address.

ff. 73r-74v: Letter of Queen Mary I to Christian III, King of Denmark, Richmond, Aug 1558. In Latin. With address. An unsigned copy.

ff. 75r-76r: Letter of Queen Mary I and King Philip to Pope Paul IV, St James, 31 Oct 1558. In Latin. An unsigned copy (and whatever the body of the text, it would only have been signed by Mary), with address.

ff. 77r-78r: Letter of Queen Mary I and King Philip to Pope Paul IV, St James, 31 Oct 1558. In Latin. An unsigned copy (and whatever the body of the text, it would only have been signed by Mary), with address.

ff. 79r-80r: Letter of Queen Mary I and King Philip to Pope Paul IV, St James, 31 Oct 1558. In Latin. An unsigned copy (and whatever the body of the text, it would only have been signed by Mary), with address.

ff. 81r-82v: Warrant of Queen Elizabeth I to Sir John Mason, Treasurer of the Chamber, Westminster Palace, 6 Jan 1559.

ff. 83r-84v: The answer of Queen Elizabeth I to the Houses of Parliament concerning her marriage, 3 Jan 1559. The date at the head and part of the endorsement are in the hand of Sir William Cecil.

ff. 85r-86v: Letter of Queen Elizabeth I to Charles IX, King of France, 5 May 1565. Concerning matrimony. Copy. In Latin.

ff. 87r-88v: Copy of letter of Philip II, King of Spain to William I (the Silent), Prince of Orange, translated from Spanish into French, Segovia Woods, 1 Aug 1566. With endorsement by Sir William Cecil.

ff. 89r-v: Letter of Catherine de Medici to Mary, Queen of Scots, Orleans, 20 Jul 1569. In French, in Catherine's own hand. With seal, and address.

ff. 91r-v: Letter of John Casimir, Count Palatine to Queen Elizabeth I, 'Diepoltswald' Castle, 7 Aug 1569.

ff. 92r-93v: Letter of Henri de Bourbon, Prince de Condé to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, La Rochelle, 16 Apr 1577. In French. With Condé's signature and with address.

ff. 94r-95v: Letter of Henri de Bourbon, Prince de Condé to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, La Rochelle, 12 Jun 1577. In French. With Condé's signature and with address.

ff. 96r-97v: Letter of 'Maluquo Kinge of Morocus' to Sebastian I, King of Portugal, 'beinge in Affrica ready to fight him, for the recovery of Morucus for Sheriff'. A copy, in English, of a letter in which Maluquo offers to submit himself to King Sebastian A historical note at the end (by Wanley?) identifies the letter as from 1578, and gives a bfrief account of Sebastian's disastrous campaign in Morocco. 'Maluquo' is evidently Abd Al-Malik, Sultan of Morocco, 'Sheriff' Abu Abdallah Mohammed II Saadi, the claimant supported by Sebastian.

ff. 98v-99v: Printed declaration (broadside): A short and generall confession of the Christian Faith and Religion, according to Gods Word, and Acts of our Parliament subscribed by the Kings Majesty and his household, with sundry others, to the glory of God, and good example of all men. at Edenburgh, the twentieth of Iune 1580. and in the fourteenth yeere of his Maiesties Reigne (printed in London for Jonas Man, dwelling in Paternoster Row, at the sign of the Talbot). Not in ESTC.

ff. 100r-101v; Letter of William I (the Silent) Prince of Orange to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, Delft, 16 Feb 1582. In French. The Prince signs as Wille de Nassay [Nassau]. With address.

ff. 102r-103v: Letter of James VI, King of Scots to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, Holyrood House, 23 Apr 1583. With signature address and seal. Humfrey Wanley has added a historical note.

ff. 104r-v: Letter of Henri, King of Navarre to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, Bergerac, 8 May 1585. In French. With signature and address.

ff. 105r-106v: Extracts of conference between Catherine de Medici, Queen Mother of France and Henri, King of Navarre, St Jean, 20 Dec 1586. In French. Endorsement in the hand of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley.

ff. 107r-v: Letter of Henri, King of Navarre to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, Feb 1588. With Navarre's signature and address.

ff. 108r-111v: Letter of John Casimir. Count Palatine to Sir Francis Walsingham, Heidelberg, 5 Jul 1589. In French. With John Casimir's signature and with address.

ff. 112r-113v: Letter of John Casimir, Count Palatine to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, Heidelberg, 30 Sep 1589. In French. With his signature; with address and seal.

ff. 114r-115v: Letter of John Casimir, Count Palatine, to Sir Francis Walsingham, Heidelberg, 8 Jan 1590. in French. With signature and with address.

ff. 116r-v: Letter of Henri IV, King of France, to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, Camp before Chartres, 17 Mar 1591. In French. With signature and with address.

ff. 117r-v: Letter of James VI, King of Scots, to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, Holyrood House, Nov 1591. With signature and with address.

ff. 118r-119v: Letter of Otto, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneberg to William Cecil. 1st Baron Burghley, Harburg, 24 Dec 1591. In Latin. With signature and with address and seal.

ff. 120r-121v: Order of Privy Council to Thomas Hinson, servant to the Earl of Bath, Whitehall, 26 Dec 1591. Copy. To give a general release to the Earl of Bath of all bonds or charges held by Hinson as executor of the Lady Fitzwarren, and secured upon the lands or other goods of the Earl of Bath.

ff. 122r-123v: Letter of James VI, King of Scots, to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, Holyrood House, 13 Jun 1592. In Scots. With signature and with address.

f. 124r:-125v: Letter of Anne Dudley, Countess of Warwick to William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath, 16 Apr 1594. With her signature.

ff. 126r-127v: Letter of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex to William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath, Greenwich, 17 Apr [1594]. With Essex's signature, and probably in his hand throughout, and with address.

ff. 128r-129v: Letter of Emperor Rudolf II to Queen Elizabeth I, Prague, 30 Dec 1595. In Latin. With signature; address and seal.

ff. 130r-131v: Note by William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley on the status in England of Thomas Arundell as a Count of the Empire and whether he should be recognized as an earl in England [?1596]. With historical note added by Humfrey Wanley.

ff. 132r-v: Letter of Henri IV, King of France to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, Traversy, 11 Apr 1596. In French. With signature; address; and endorsement by Burghley.

ff. 133r-v: Letter of introduction by Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury to unknown recipient on behalf of his kinsman Anthony Wingfield, Sheffield Lodge, 10 Oct 1598.

ff. 134r-v: Letter of unknown author to Thomas Hinson, 2 Mar 1600. With address. The letter seems to come from Exeter and is addressed to Hinson at Tawstock by Barnstaple.

ff. 136r-137v: Letter of Sir Robert Cecil to Sir Thomas Parry, Ambassador in France, Wilton, 6 Nov 1603. With signature; address and seal. Badly damaged.

ff. 138r-139v: Letter of Sir Arthur Chichester to William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath, Lord Lieutenant of Devon, Dublin Castle, 10 Mar 1605. In Chichester's hand throughout; with address.

ff. 140r-141v: Letter of Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton to Thomas Hinson, 19 [?] Feb 1611. The day could be 19 or 27. In Northampton's hand throughout; with address and seal.

ff. 142r-143v: Description of the fireworks invented and wrought by the King's Gunners and what was performed on the night of 11 Feb 1613.

ff. 144r-145r: Inventory of goods in Stow Hall and Stowlangtoft delivered to the use of Francis Ashfield, 15 Jun 1613.

ff. 146r-147v: Letter of Sir Dudley Carleton to unnamed recipient, The Spaa, 12/22 Aug 1616. Signed by Carleton and possibly in his hand throughout.

ff. 148r-149v: Letter of the Dutch States-General to George Villiers, Marquess of Buckingham, The Hague, 27 Nov 1618. In French. With address and seal.

ff. 150r-151v: Letter of the Marquis de Tresnel, Seigneur des Ursins to George Villiers, Marquess of Buckingham, Tours, 26 Jun 1619. In French. With signature.

ff. 152r-153v: Letter of M. La Tombe to George Villiers, Marquess of Buckingham, London, 10 Jul 1619. In French. With signature, address and seal.

ff. 154r-155v: Letter of Count de Tillieres to George Villiers, Marquess of Buckingham, London, 23 Sep 1619. in French. With signature and address.

ff. 156r-157v: Letter of Roger de Bellegarde to George Villiers, Marquess of Buckingham, Dijon, 18 Sep 1621. In French. In Bellegarde's hand throughout, with address and seals.

ff. 158r-v: Letter of Francisco Lopez Franco y Feo[?] to Anthony Farnandes Carnaba, Antwerp, 30 Jan 1644. Copy, in English.

ff. 159r-160v: Instructions of King Charles II to Sir John Cochrane, employed as emissary to the Duke of Courland, 21/31 May 1649. With Charles's signature.

ff. 161r-162v: Instructions of King Charles II to Sir John Cochrane, employed as emissary to the King of Poland, 21/31 May 1649. With Charles's signature.

ff. 163r-v: Instructions of King Charles II to Sir John Cochrane, employed as emissary to the towns of Danzig and Courland, 21/31 May 1649. With Charles's signature.

f. 165r: Warrant of King Charles II to kill and deliver to the bearer a brace of bucks, 29 Aug 1649. Signed by the King.

f. 166r: Letter of King Charles II to coded recipient (39 50 102 1200 395 35 28 4 23), St Germain, 29 Aug 1649. With signature, address and seal.

f. 167r: Letter of King Charles II to coded recipient (7 50 105 1200 395 35 28 4 23), St Germain, 31 Aug 1649. With signature, address and seal.

168r-173r: Letter of King Charles II to coded recipient (50 11 500 105 1200 395 53 28 4 23), St Germain, 31 Aug 1649. Five copies, all with signature, address and seal.

ff. 174r-175v: Letter of James, Duke of Courland to King Charles II, 8 [Dec] 1649. In French. With signature, address and seals.

ff. 176r-177v: Letter of Marie Louise, Queen to Poland to King Charles II, Warsaw, 23 Feb 1650. In French. With signature, address and seals.

ff. 178r-179v: Letter of King Charles II to Sir John Cochrane, agent at Danzig, Breda, 7 May 1650. With signature, address and seal.

ff. 180r-183v: Commission for James Pope signed by Rowland Wilson, Maurice Thomson and John Wood, London, 17 Sep 1651. To proceed in the Friendship to the River Gambia on a trading and slaving voyage.

ff. 184r-185v: Commission for Captain john Blake signed by Rowland Wilson, Maurice Thomson and John Wood, London, 17 Sep 1651. To navigate the Friendship to the River Gambia and touch at Cape Verde Islands and such others places as James Pope shall desire, and to assist Pope and the other factors.

ff. 186r-187v: Letter of Captain John Blake to the Guinea Company, at the Guinea Court in Bishopsgate Street, The Downs, 6 Oct 1651. In Blake's hand; with address.

ff. 188r-189v: Letter of Rowland Wilson, John Wood and Samuel Vassall to Thomas Buck, London, 10 Oct 1651. Signatures.

ff. 190r-191v: Commission to Benjamin Haward, Master of the frigate Supply to proceed to the Gambia River and from there to Barbados, London, 9 Dec 1651. Signed by Rowland Wilson, Thomas Walter, Thomas Chamberlain, John Wood and Maurice Thomson.

ff. 192r-193v: Letter of John Ladd to Captain John Blake, London, 1 [or 2] Dec 1651. Addressed to Blake in the 'Gamdo' [Gambia] River.

ff. 194r-195v: Letter of the Guinea Company to James Pope, merchant aboard the Friendship in the Gambia River, London, 9 Dec 1651. Signed by John Wood, Thomas Chamberlain, Maurice Thomson, John Frederick and Thomas Walter. A postscript notes that we have delivered to Mr Haward in a black box our Guinea patent and have obtained the broad seal of the Commonwealth to be affixed to it; also beads for sale. With address and seal.

ff. 196r-197v: Letter of Guinea Company to Mr Francis Soane [Sone], merchant of Barbados, London, 9 Dec 1651. With address and seal. With signatures of Rowland Wilson, John Wood, Maurice Thomson, Thomas Chamberlain, John Frederick and Thomas Walter. with address and seal. Sent to Sone at Barbados by the frigate Supply 'whom God preserve'.

ff. 198r-199v: Letter of the Guinea Company to Captain John Blake (master of the ship Friendship in the Gambia River), London, 9 Dec 1651. With address and seal. Signatories are Rowland Wilson, John Wood, Thomas Chamberlain and Maurice Thomson.

ff. 200r-201v: Letter of John Wood to Benjamin Haward, London, 11 Dec 1651. With address and seal.

ff. 202r-203v: Letter of John Wood to Francis Sone [Soane], merchant in Barbados, London, 11 Dec 1651. With address.

ff. 204r-205v: Letter of William Hingston to Robert Jordan, Governor of Richmond Island in New England, Plymouth, 16 Dec 1651. With signature, address and seal.

ff. 206r-207v: Letter of Thomas Wall to his brother John Wall in the River Gambia, London, 19 Dec 1651. In Thomas Wall's hand throughout. With address and seal. The letter is left with Captain John Blake, commander of the good ship Friendship at Gambia.

ff. 208r-209v: Letter of Captain John Blake to Rowland Wilson and the Company of Adventurers to Guinea, 'Hintan' (or 'Vintan') River in the Gambia River, 15 Feb [1652]. Other named recipients are Samuel Vassall, Maurice Thomson, and the rest of the Company. Signature; address; seal.

ff. 210r-211v: Letter from Captain John Blake to his wife in Rotherhithe, Gambia, 18 Feb 1652. With signature and address.

f. 212r: Address and seal to Rowland Wilson and the Company of Adventurers to Guinea.

ff. 213r-214v: Letter of Samuel Carington to Captain John Blake, Sangragoo, 24 Jan 1652. in Carington's hand and with address. the date is given as 24 Jan 1652 'stilo Romano'.

ff. 215r-216v: Letter of King Charles II to George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, Whitehall, 15 Jan 1661. Signed by King Charles and countersigned by Sir Edward Nicholas. With address and seal.

ff. 217r-218r: Letter of W. Voull to Sir John Cotton (at his house at the high end of Westminster Hall), Saumur, 10 [or 20] Jun 1662. In same hand throughout, with address and seal.

ff. 219r-v: Letter of Louis XIV, King of France, to Monsieur de Turenne (Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne), St Germain-en-Laye, 30 Oct 1672. Copy. In French.

ff. 220r-222r: Letter of John Covel to his 'father' Peter Dent, Constantinople, 4 Apr 1674. Copy.

ff. 223r-224v: Copy of a letter in Latin from a Jesuit, Jacobus 'Macput' [Marquette], to Colonel William Byrd, 4 Aug 1675. The place is given as 'ad Fluvium Convectionis', in latitude 35 degrees and longitude 275 (the endorsement calcukates as 1200 miles west and 2 degrees south of Virginia. In Latin. Copy. Alvord, 'An unrecognised Father Marquette letter', p. 677, argues that the year must be a copy error for 1673.

ff. 225r-v: Letter of George Hickes to unknown recipient, Edinburgh, 9 Aug 1677. In Hickes's hand throughout. [omitted in Portland Manuscripts, II].

ff. 226r-227v: Letter of George Hickes to unknown recipient, Edinburgh, 23 Oct 1677. In Hickes's hand throughout. From the content, the recipient is not Simon Patrick but a friend of his.

ff. 228r-229v: Letter of George Hickes to Simon Patrick (in the cloister of Westminster Abbey), Edinburgh, 20 Nov 1677. In Hickes's hand throughout. With address and seal.

ff. 230r-231v: Letter of George Hickes to Simon Patrick (in the cloister of Westminster Abbey), Edinburgh, 24 Nov 1677. In Hickes's hand throughout. With address and seal. Some-one, either Patrick or Hickes, has added shorthand notes on the address page (f. 231v).

ff. 232r-233v: Letter of George Hickes to Simon Patrick (in the cloister of Westminster Abbey), Edinburgh, 20[?] Dec 1677. In Hickes's hand throughout. With address and seal. The day of the month is damaged; the second digit looks most like an 'o' but HMC, Portland Manuscripts, II, 40, read it as '19'.

ff. 234r-235v: Memorial of the English Ambassador L[aurence] Hyde to the King of Poland, Jan III Sobieski, 1677, with remarks on the memorial.

f. 236r: Letter of George Hickes to unnamed recipient, Edinburgh, 1 Jan 1678. In Hickes's hand throughout. The recipient may be Simon Patrick.

ff. 237r-238r: Letter of George Hickes to named recipient, Edinburgh, 3 Jan 1678. In Hickes's hand throughout. In Hickes's hand throughout. The recipient may be Simon Patrick.

ff. 239r-v: Letter of George Hickes to Simon Patrick (in the cloister of Westminster Abbey), Edinburgh, 24 Jan 1678. In Hickes's hand throughout. With address.

ff. 240r-v: Warrant of King Charles II to the Attorney-General to grant the office of Groom Porter to Thomas Neale, 29 Jan 1678.

ff. 241r-v: Order of King Charles II to henry bennet, Earl of Arlington, to swear in Thomas Neale as Groom Porter, Whitehall, 1 Feb 1678.

ff. 242r-243v: Letter of George Hickes to Simon Patrick (in the cloister of Westminster Abbey), Edinburgh, 14 Feb 1678. In Hickes's hand throughout. With address and seal.

f. 244r: Letter of George Hickes to unnamed recipient, Edinburgh, 9 Mar 1678. In Hickes's hand throughout. In Hickes's hand throughout. The recipient may be Simon Patrick.

ff. 245r-246v: Letter of George Hickes to Simon Patrick (in the cloister of Westminster Abbey), Edinburgh, 14 Mar 1678. In Hickes's hand throughout. With address.

ff. 247r-248v: Letter of George Hickes to Simon Patrick (in the cloister of Westminster Abbey), Edinburgh, 19 Mar 1678. In Hickes's hand throughout. With address.

ff. 249r-250v: Letter of George Hickes to Simon Patrick (in the cloister of Westminster Abbey), Edinburgh, 21 [Mar] 1678. In Hickes's hand throughout. With address.

f. 251r: Letter of George Hickes to unnamed recipient [?Simon Patrick], Edinburgh, 23 Mar 1678. In Hickes's hand throughout.

ff. 252r-253v: Letter of George Hickes to Simon Patrick (in the cloister of Westminster Abbey), Edinburgh, 26 Mar 1678. In Hickes's hand throughout. With address and seal.

f. 254: Letter of George Hickes to unnamed recipient, 4 Apr 1678.In Hickes's hand throughout. In Hickes's hand throughout. The recipient may be Simon Patrick.

ff. 255r-v: Letter of George Hickes to unnamed recipient, 31 [sic] Jun, 1678. In Hickes's hand throughout. In Hickes's hand throughout. The recipient may be Simon Patrick.

ff. 256r-257v: Letter of George Hickes to Simon Patrick (in the cloister of Westminster Abbey), Edinburgh, 13 Jul 1678. In Hickes's hand throughout. With address.

ff. 257r-258v: Grant by King Charles II to Bernard Grenvile of the office of Master of the Swans, July 1683.

ff. 259r-260r: Letter, signed J.W., to unknown recipient, about the Popish and Jesuit threat to England, Utrecht, 30 Jul 1686. The postscript urges the reader, 'When you have Read this, I pray Burn itt'.

ff. 261r-v: Letter of William Penn to Mr Bridgman of Huntingdon, Feb 1688. This is the copy of a letter about purging the Corporation of Huntingdon; the first part may be Penn's instructions, preceding his letter to Bridgman. Bridgman is asked to send his reply to Penn at the White Posts, Charing Cross.

ff. 262r-263v: An account of Mary [of Modena], Queen of England, being brought to bed of the Prince of Wales on 10 Jun 1688. The endorsement gives the source of the account as Mr Dawson.

ff. 264v-265r: Proclamation of James II (printed): By the King, A Declaration.Denouncing the invasion of England by William, Prince of Orange. Given at Court at Whitehall, 6 Nov 1688. Printed London, by Charles Bill, Henry Hills and Thomas Newcomb, Printers to the King [ESTC: R37010, R235266; Wing: J 161].

ff. 266r-267r: Declaration of William, Prince of Orange, Exeter, 10 Nov 1688. Manuscript copy (possibly a draft).

f. 267v: Instructions for military movements by the forces of William, Prince of Orange in Devon (marching to Tiverton), Nov 1688. Possibly a draft. [Omitted in HMC, Portland MSS, II).

ff. 268r-281v: An account of the expedition of William, Prince of Orange to England, 1688. In French.

ff. 282r-283v: Account of the desertions from King James II and ecclesiastical preferments amongst loyal bishops, Whitehall, 15 Nov 1688. Described as a newsletter in HMC, Portland MSS, II, 53.

ff. 284r-285v: Letter of William, Prince of Orange to the Mayor of Bristol, Sherburne, 28 Nov 1688 (f. 284r); with the reply of the Mayor of Bristol to Prince William (f. 284v). Copies.

ff. 286v-287r: Printed declaration (broadside): The Declaration of His Highness the Prince of Orange, concerning Papists not departing from the Cities of London and Westminster, and Ten Miles adjacent. Given at St James’s, 14 Jan. 1689. Printed at London by J. Starkey and A. and W. Churchill, 1689. [ESTC: R18879; Wing W2326].

ff. 288r-289v: Account of the charges laid out in the expedition for England, [1688].

ff. 290r-293r: Account of a journey tracing the Roman wall which runs between the Forth and the Clyde, 1697. A copy: it ends with a note that .my Correspondent never sent mee the remaining part of this Account'.

f. 294r: Letter of [William Greg] to [John] Ellis, Copenhagen, 3 Jan 1703. Copy.

ff. 294v-295r: Letter of [William Greg] to [John] Ellis, Copenhagen, 7 Jan 1702. Copy

ff. 295v, 296r: Two copies (the first crossed out) of letter of [William Greg] to Sir Charles Hedges, Secretary of State, Copenhagen, 10 Jan 1702. The letter reports the death of his master, which is reported in a string of letters by Greg, all Copenhagen, 10 Jan 1702, ff. 296v-297r: to John Ellis, George Stepney, Mr [?Alexander] Stanhope, Monsiur Teinera[?] (in French), Mr Aldersey.

f. 296v: Letter of [William] Greg to Mr Robinson, Copenhagen, 12 Jan 1702. Also on the death of his master.

ff. 297r-298v: Letter of James Vernon, Secretary of State, to William Greg, Whitehall, 13 Jan 1702.

f. 299r: Letter of [William Greg] to Monsieur Hensch [Heusch], Copenhagen, 14 Jan 1702. Copy. In French. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II].

ff. 299r-v: Letter of [William Greg] to [James] Cressett, Copenhagen, 17 Jan 1702. Copy.

f. 300r: Letter of [William Greg] to Mr Aldersey, Copenhagen, 17 Jan 1702. Copy. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II].

f. 300r: Letter of [William Greg] to John Ellis, Copenhagen, 17 Jan 1702. Copy.

f. 300v: Letter of [William Greg] to Mr Robinson, Copenhagen, 26 Jan 1702. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II].

ff. 300v-301r: Letter of [William Greg] to John Ellis, Copenhagen, 28 Jan 1702. Copy. The letter is started, crossed out, and started again. The second, full, version, as a number of crossings out.

ff. 301v: Letter of [William Greg] to John Ellis, Copenhagen, 31 Jan 1702. Copy, with note of others to whom copies are to be sent. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II]

f. 302r: Letter of [William Greg] to James Vernon, Secretary of State, Copenhagen, 4 Feb 1702. Copy, with note of others to whom copies are to be sent. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II].

f. 302v: Letter of [William Greg] to James Cressett, 4 Feb 1702. Copy, with note of others to whom copies are to be sent. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II].

f. 303r: Letter of James Vernon, Secretary of State, to William Greg, Whitehall, 28 Jan 1702.

ff. 304r-305v: Letter of James Cressett to William Greg, Hanover, 27 Jan [1702]. Original. In French.

ff. 306r-307v: Letter of John Durand to William Greg, Stockholm, 29 Jan 1702. Original. With address and seals.

ff. 308r-v: Letter of [William Greg] to his mother [Margaret Marshall?], Copenhagen, 7 Feb 1702. Copy, probably draft.

f.309r: Letter [of William Greg] to Mr Stratford, junior, Copenhagen, 7 Feb 1702. Copy.

ff. 309r-310v: Letter of [William Greg] to James Vernon, Secretary of State, Copenhagen, 11 Feb 1702. Copy, probably draft.

f. 311r: Letter of [William Greg] to John Durand, Copenhagen, 12 Feb 1702. Copy.

ff. 311r-v: Letter of [William Greg] to Mr Stratford, junior, Copenhagen, 17 Feb 1702. With note of passages to be copied to Secretary Vernon. Copy, probably draft. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II].

f. 312r: Letter of [William Greg] to John Durand, Copenhagen, 16 Feb 1702. Copy. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II].

ff. 312r: Letter of [William Greg] to Colonel [?William] Cadogan, Copenhagen, 18 Feb 1702. Copy, probably draft. Note of copy to Mr Aldersey. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II].

f. 312v: Letter of [William Greg] to James Cressett and Mr Stepney , Copenhagen, 18 Feb 1702. Copy, probably draft. Note that copies of the whole for Mr Cressett and Mr Stepney and copies of marked section to Messrs Ellis, Dayrolle and Aldersey.

ff. 313r-v: Letter of William Aldersey to [William Greg], Hamburg, 21 Feb 1702. Copy by William Greg.

ff. 314r-v: Letter of Mr Stepney to [William Greg], Vienna, 10 Feb 1702. Copy of Extracts made by William Greg. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II].

f. 315r: Letter of [William Greg] to James Cressett, Copenhagen, 21 Feb 1702. Copy, probably draft. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II].

f. 315v: Letter of [William Greg] to Monsieur [Ludwig Christoph] Weisbrod, Copenhagen, 21 Feb 1702. Copy, possibly draft. In French.

ff. 315v-316v: Letter of [William Greg] to Mr Aldersey and Mr Weisbrod, Copenhagen, 25 Feb 1702. Copy, probably draft. Copies of whole to Mr Aldersey and Mr Weisbrod, of marked part to Mr Yard and Mr Durand.

f. 316r: Letter of [William Greg] to Monsieur Moulis, Copenhagen, 4 Mar 1702. Copy, possibly draft. In French.

f. 317r: Letter of [William Greg] to Mr Weisbrod, Copenhagen, 4 Mar 1702. Copy, possibly dfaft. Copy of the whole to Mr Weisbrod and of marked section to Mr Aldersey.

f. 317v: Letter of [William Greg] to Mr Aldersey and Weisbrod, Copenhagen, 7 Mar 1702. Copy, probably draft (a lot of crossing out). Copies to Aldersey and Weisbroad noted at the head.

ff. 318r-v: Letter of [William Greg] to James Vernon, junior, envoy to Denmark, Copenhagen, 11 Mar 1702. Copy, probably draft. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II].

f. 319r: Letter of [William Greg] to John Durand, Copenhagen, 11 Mar 1702. Copy. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II].

f. 319r: Letter of [William Greg] to Mr Aldersey, Copenhagen, 11 Mar 1702. Copy. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II].

ff. 319r-v; Letter of [William Greg] to Mr [Robert] Yard, Copenhagen, 13 Mar 1702. Copy. Note of copies of marked part for Mr Aldersey and Mr Weisbrod. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II].

f. 319v: Letter of [William Greg] to James Vernon, junior, Copenhagen, 13 Mar 1702. Copy. With note of copy to Mr Durand. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II].

f. 320r: Letter of [William Greg] to James Vernon, junior, Copenhagen, 13 Mar 1702. Copy, probably draft. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II].

f. 320v: Letter of [William Greg] to Mr [George] Stepney, Copenhagen, 21 Mar 1702. Copy, probably draft. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II].

f. 321r: Letter of [William Greg] to Mr. de Vrigny, Helsingør [Elsinore], 29 Aug 1702. Copy. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II].

ff. 321r-v: Letter of [William Greg] to Mr. de Vrigny, Helsingør [Elsinore], 30 Aug 1702. Copy. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II].

ff. 322r-323v: Letter of John Durand to William Greg, Secretary to Mr Vernon, envoy, Stockholm, 4 Sep 1702. Original, with address and seals.

f. 324r: Letter of [William Greg] to John Durand, Copenhagen, 15 Apr 1702. Copy. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II].

ff. 324r-v: Letter of [William Greg] to William Aldersey, Copenhagen, 22 Apr 1702. Copy.[Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II].

ff. 324v-325r: Letter of [William Greg] to John Durand, Copenhagen, 21 Jun 1702. Copy. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II].

f. 325v: Letter of [William Greg] to Messrs Plantamour, Ellis, Weisbrod, Dayrolle and Durand, Copenhagen, 9 Sep 1702. the recipients named are all those to whom copies to be sent.

f. 326v: Letter of [William Greg] to Mr [George] Stepney, [Charles] Whitworth, Mr Wych [John Wich], Mr [Philip] Plantamour, Mr [John] Ellis, Mr [?Adam de] Cardonel, Mr [James] Dayrolle and Mr Weisbrod, Copengahgen, 16 Sep 1702. Copy. Note at the head that copies of this letter to be sent to all the named recipients. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II].

ff. 326v-327r: Letter of [William Greg] to [George] Stepney, [John] Ellis, [Adam de] Cardonnel and [Ludwig Christoph] Weisbrod, Copenhagen, 19 Sep 1702. Copy. These are the four who are to receive a copy of the whole letter. Others are named who are only to receive part of it.

f. 327v: Letter of [William Greg] to [George] Stepney, Mr [?Alexander] Stanhope, [Charles] Whitworth, Mr Wych [John Wich], [John] Ellis, [Adam de] Cardonnel [Ludwig Christoph] Weisbrod, [Philip] Plantamour and [John] Durand, Copenhagen, 23 Sep 1702. All the names are those who are to receive full copies. Copy, probably draft.

ff. 328r-v: Letter of [William Greg] to [George] Stepney, [Charles] Whitworth, Mr Wych [John Wich], [James] Dayrolle, [Ludwig Christoph] Weisbrod, [John] Eliis, [Adam de] Cardonel, [Philip] Plantamour, [John] Durand, Copenhagen, 15/26 Sep 1702. Copy. Note of copies to all the recipients. Greg gives both old style and new style dates.

f. 328v: Letter of [William Greg] to [George] Stepney, [Charles] Whitworth, Mr Wych [John Wich], [James] Dayrolle, [Ludwig Christoph] Weisbrod, [John] Ellis, [Adam de] Cardonel, [Philip] Plantamour, [John] Durand, Copenhagen, 3 Oct 1702. Copy. Note of copies to all the recipients.

f. 329r: Letter of [William Greg] to [George] Stepney, Mr Wych [John Wich], Philip Plantamour, [Adam de] Cardonnel, [Ludwig Christopher] Weisbrod, [Ellis], [?Alexander] Stanhope, Copenhagen, 7 Oct 1702. Copy. Note of copies to recipients named here.

f. 329v: Letter of [William Greg] to [George] Stepney, [Charles] Whitworth, [John] Ellis, [Adam de] Cardonnel, Copenhagen, 10 Oct 1702. Copy. The recipients receive copy of the whole letter; others are named who only receive part.

ff. 330r-v: Letter of [William Greg] to [George] Stepney, Charles [Whitworth], Mr Wych [John Wich], [Philip] Plantamour , [John] Ellis, [Adam de] Cardonnel, [James] Dayrolle and [Ludwig Christoph] Weisbrod, Copenhagen, 3/14 Oct 1702. Copy, probably draft. The dating gives both old style and new style dating. These recipients are to receive the whole letter; [John] Durand is to receive part.

f. 330v-331r: Letter of [William Greg] to [George] Stepney, [?Alexander] Stanhope, [Charles] Whitworth, [Ludwig Christoph] Weisbrod, [Adam de] Cardonnel, [John] Ellis and [Phiip] Plantamour, Copenhagen, 6/17 Oct 1702. Copy, probably draft. Greg gives both old style and new style dates.

ff. 331r-v: Letter of [William Greg] to [Adam de] Cardonel, [John] Ellis, [James] Dayrolle, etc, Copenhagen, 13/24 Oct 1702. Copy, probably draft. The recipients named evidently received the whole letter; [Ludwig Christoph] Weisbrod part. The letter gives both old style and new style dates. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II]

f. 332r: Letter of [William Greg] to [?Alexander] Stanhope, [George] Stepney, [Charles] Whitworth, [Adam de] Cardonnel and [John] Ellis, Copenhagen, 17/28 Oct 1702. Copy, probably draft. Greg gives both old style and new style dates. These are the recipients who are to receive a copy of the whole letter; Plantamour, Weisbrod and Durand are to receive certain numbered paragraphs.

f. 332v: Letter of [William Greg] to [Philip] Plantamour, Copenhagen, 20/31 Oct 1702. Copy, with both old style and new style dates. Greg notes that 'Returned Mr Weisbrod the Eccho of his news about the victory obtain'd by the Germans on the Rhine together with part of this letter'. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II]

ff. 332v-333r: Letter of [William Greg] to James Dayrolle, Copenhagen, 4 Nov 1702. Copy, probably draft. Noted that copies of part to Plantamour and Weisbrod. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II]

f. 333r: Letter of [William Greg] to [Philip] Plantamour, [James] Dayrolle, [Ludwig Christoph] Weisbrod, Copenhagen, 7 Nov 1702. Copy, probably draft. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II]. These are the recipients who receive copies of the whole letter; Ellis, Cardonnel, Whitworth and Dayrolle only receive part. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II]

f. 333v: Letter of [William Greg] to [George] Stepney, [Charles] Whitworth, [John] Wich, [Philip] Plantamour, [James] Dayrolle, [John] Ellis, [Adam de] Cardonnel and [Ludwig Christoph] Weisbroad, Copenhagen, 11 Nov 1702. Copy, probably draft. named recepients are to receive the whole letter; Mr Tigh to receive part. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II]

f. 334r: Letter of [William Greg] to [George] Stepney, [Charles] Whitworth, [John] Ellis, [Philip] Plantamour, [Ludwig Christoph] Weisbroad and James Dayrolle, Copenhagen, 14 Nov 1702. Copy, possibly draft. Copies to all the recipients named. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II]

f. 334r: Letter of [William Greg] to Mr [John] Robinson, Copenhagen, 16 Nov 1702. Copy. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II]

f. 355r: Letter of [William Greg] to [Philip] Plantamour, Copenhagen, 21 Nov 1702. Copy, possibly draft. Copy of the whole letter to be sent to John Ellis, and part to others named. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II]

ff. 355r-v: Letter of [William Greg] to [James] Dayrolle, Copenhagen, 25 Nov 1702. Copy. A copy of the whole letter to be sent to Dayrolle, of the first paragraph to John Ellis. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II]

f. 336r: Letter of [William Greg] to [George] Stepney, [Charles] Whitworth, [Philip] Plantamour, [John] Ellis, [James] Dayrolle, [Ludwig Christoph] Weisbrod, Copenhagen, 2 Dec 1702. Copy, probably draft. Copies of whole to the named recipients. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II]

f. 336v: Letter of [William Greg] to [George] Stepney, [Charles] Whitworth and John Ellis, Copenhagen, 5 Dec 1702. Copy, probably draft. The recipients named are those to receive copies of the whole letter; part of the letter to be sent to Plantamour, Weisbrod, Dayrolle, Wich and Durand [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II]

ff. 336v-337r: Letter of [William Greg] to [George] Stepney, [Charles [Whitworth] and [John] Ellis, Copenhagen, 12 Dec 1702. Copy, probably draft. These are the recipients of the whole letter; part to Plantamour, Dayrolle, Weisbrod and Wich. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II]

f. 337v: Letter of [William Greg] to [John] Robinson, Copenhagen, 5/16 Dec 1702. Copy, probably draft. A copy is to be sent to Robinson; no other recipient is named.

f. 337v: Letter of [William Greg] to [John] Robinson, Copenhagen, 17 Dec 1702. Copy, possibly draft. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II]

f. 338r: Letter of [William Greg] to [John] Ellis, Copenhagen, 19 Dec 1702. Copy. Copy of the whole to be sent to Ellis; of part to Stepney, Whitworth, Wich, Weisbrod and Dayrolle. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II]

f. 338v: Letter of [William Greg] to [George] Stepney, [Charles] Whitworth, [John] Wich, [Philip] Plantamour, [James] Dayrolle, [Ludwig Christoph] Weisbrod, [John] Ellis, Copenhagen, 23 Dec 1702. Copy, probably draft. Copies to be sent to the named recipients. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II]

ff. 338v-339r: Letter of [William Greg] to Mr Koch, Copenhagen, 26 Dec 1702. Copy. In French. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II]

f. 339r: Letter of [William Greg], Copenhagen, 26 Dec 1702. No recipient named, and letter incomplete (only six lines) and struck out. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II]

f. 339v: Letter of [William Greg] to [George] Stepney, [Charles] Whitworth, [John] Wich, [Ludwig Christoph] Weisbrod, [Philip] Plantamour, [James] Dayrolle and [John] Ellis, Copenhagen, 30 Dec 1702. Copy, probably draft. Copies to be sent to the named recipients. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II]

f. 340r: Letter of [William Greg] to [George] Stepney, [Charles] Whitworth, [John] Wich, [Ludwig Christoph] Weisbrod, [Philip] Plantamour, [James] Dayrolle and [John] Ellis, Copenhagen, 2 Jan 1702/03. Copy, probably draft. Copies to be sent to the named recipients. On f. 341v there are two lines crossed out of a variant of this letter with the same date.

f. 340v-341r: Letter of [William Greg] to [George] Stepney, [Charles] Whitworth, [John] Wich, [Ludwig Christoph] Weisbrod, [Philip] Plantamour, [James] Dayrolle, [John] Ellis, [John] Robinson and Tigh, Copenhagen, 6 Jan 1702[/03]. Copy, probably draft. Copies to be sent to the named recipients.

f. 341r: Letter of [William Greg] to [George] Stepney, [Charles] Whitworth, [John] Wich, [Ludwig Christoph] Weisbrod, [Philip] Plantamour, [James] Dayrolle and [John] Ellis, Copenhagen, 27 Jan 1703. Copy, probably draft. Copies to be sent to the named recipients. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II]

f. 341v: Letter of [William Greg] to [John] Ellis, Copenhagen, 30 Jan 1703. Copy. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II]

f. 342r: Letter of [William Greg] to [James] Dayrolle, [Ludwig Christop] Weisbrod and [John] Wich, Copenhagen, 3 Feb 1703. Copy. Copies of the whole to named recipients; [Philip] Plantamour to receive part. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II]

f. 342v: Letter of [William Greg] to [George] Stepney, [Charles] Whitworth, [John] Wich, [Ludwig Christoph] Weisbrod, [Philip] Plantamour, [James] Dayrolle and [John] Ellis, Copenhagen, 10 Feb 1703. Copy, probably draft. Copies to be sent to the named recipients. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II].

ff. 342v: Letter of [William Greg] to [George] Stepney, [Charles] Whitworth, [John] Wich, [Ludwig Christoph] Weisbrod, [Philip] Plantamour, [James] Dayrolle and [John] Ellis, Copenhagen, 13 Feb 1703. Copy, probably draft. Copies to be sent to the named recipients. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II]

ff. 343r-v: Letter of [William Greg] to [George] Stepney, [John] Wich, [Ludwig Christoph] Weisbrod, [Philip] Plantamour, [James] Dayrolle and [John] Ellis, Copenhagen, 9/20 February 1703. Copy, probably draft. Copies of the whole to be sent to the named recipients and of part to Mr Tigh.

ff. 344r-v: Letter of [William Greg] to [George] Stepney, [Charles] Whitworth, [John] Wich, [Ludwig Christoph] Weisbrod, [Philip] Plantamour, [James] Dayrolle and [John] Ellis, Copenhagen, 24 Feb1703. Copy, probably draft. Copies to be sent to the named recipients. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II]

f. 344v: Letter of [William Greg] to [George] Stepney, [Charles] Whitworth, [John] Wich, [Ludwig Christoph] Weisbrod, [Philip] Plantamour, [James] Dayrolle and [John] Ellis, Copenhagen, 3 Mar 1703. Copy, probably draft. Copies to be sent to the named recipients. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II]

f. 345r: Letter of [William Greg] to [George] Stepney, [Charles] Whitworth, [John] Wich, [Ludwig Christoph] Weisbrod, [Philip] Plantamour, [James] Dayrolle and [John] Ellis, Copenhagen, 6 Mar 1703. Copy, probably draft. Copies to be sent to the named recipients. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II]

ff. 345r-v: Letter of [William Greg] to Grand Veneur, Copenhagen, 10 Mar 1703. Copy. Note that copies of part to Mr Tigh. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II).

f. 345v: Letter of [William Greg] to [George] Stepney, [Charles] Whitworth, [John] Wich, [Ludwig Christoph] Weisbrod, [Philip] Plantamour, [James] Dayrolle and [John] Ellis, Copenhagen, 13 Mar 1703. Copy, probably draft. Copies to be sent to the named recipients. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II]

f. 346r: Letter of [William Greg] to [George] Stepney, [Charles] Whitworth, [John] Wich, [Ludwig Christoph] Weisbrod, [Philip] Plantamour, [James] Dayrolle, [John] Ellis and Captain Biel, Copenhagen, 17 Mar 1703. Copy, probably draft. Copies to be sent to the named recipients. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II]

ff. 346r-v: Letter of [William Greg] to [George] Stepney, [Charles] Whitworth, [John] Wich, [James] Dayrolle and [John] Ellis, Copenhagen, 20 Mar 1703. Copy, probably draft. Copies to be sent to the named recipients. Parts to Paramour and, sent the next post, to Weisbrod. [Not in HMC, Portland MSS, II]

f. 346v: Letter of [William Greg] to [John Wych] and [John] Ellis, Copenhagen, 24 Mar 1703. Copy. Copies of whole to Wych and Ellis, copy of part to Weisbrod.

f. 347r: Letter of [William Greg] to [George] Stepney, [Charles] Whitworth and [James] Dayrolle, Copenhagen, 31 Mar 1702. Copies of whole to Stepney, Whitworth and Dayrolle, and of parts to Wich and Ellis and (sent 3 Apr) Plantamour.

f. 347v: Letter of [William Greg] to [John] Wich, [James] Dayrolle and [Christoph Ludwig] Weisbrod, Copenhagen, 10 Apr 1703. Copy, probably draft. Whole letter to Wich, Dayrolle and Weisbrod; marked part to Stepney, Whitworth, Cardonell, Plantamour and Ellis.

f. 347v: Letter of [William Greg] to [George] Stepney, [Charles] Whitworth, [John] Wich, [Adam de] Cardonel, [Philip] Plantamour, [James] Dayrolle, [John] Ellis, and Mr Oftren, Copenhagen, 14 Apr 1703. Copies for named recipients (Oftern's sent 17 Apr). Copy, probably draft.

f. 348r: Letter of [William Greg] to [George] Stepney, [John] Wich, [John] Robinson, [Philip] Plantamour, [Ludwig Christoph] Weisbrod, James [Dayrolle], [Adam de] Cardonnel, John Ellis, Copenhagen, 21 Apr 1703. Copy, probably draft. Copies to all named recipients.[Not in HMC, Portland Manuscripts, II]

ff. 348r-v: Letter of [William Greg] to [George] Stepney, [Charles] Whitworth and [John Wich, Copenhagen, 21 Apr 1703. Copy, probably draft. Whole of the letter to Stepney, Whitworth and Wich; parts to Robinson, Cardonnel, Ellis, [Louis de] Saan and Dayrolle. [Not in HMC, Portland Manuscripts, II]

f. 349r: Letter of [William Greg] to [John] Wich and [John] Ellis, Copenhagen, 5 May 1703. Copy, probably draft. [Not in HMC, Portland Manuscripts, II]

ff. 349r-v: Letter of [William Greg] to [George] Stepney, [Charles] Whitworth, [James] Dayrolle, [John] Robinson, [Louis de] Saan, Copenhgan, 8 May 1703. Copy, probably draft. Copies of the whole to these named recipients; Wich is to receive part.

f. 349v: Letter of [William Greg] to [George] Stepney, [John] Wich, [John] Robinson, [Charles] Whitworth, [Ludwig Christoph] Weisbrod, James [Dayrolle], [Adam de] Cardonnel, John Ellis, Copenhagen, 15 May 1703. Copy, probably draft. Copies to all named recipients.[Not in HMC, Portland Manuscripts, II]

f. 350r: Letter of [William Greg] to [John] Wich, [John] Ellis, [Charles] Whitworth and [James] Dayrolle, Copenhagen, 19 May 1703. Copy, probably draft. Copies to all those named. [Not in HMC, Portland Manuscripts, II]

f. 350r: Crossed-out draft of beginning of letter by [William Greg], Copenhagen, 26 Mar 1703.

f. 350v: Letter of [William Greg] to [George] Stepney, [Charles] Whitworth, [John] Wich, [John] Ellis, [James] Dayrolle, [Adam de] Cardonnel, Copenhagen, 29 May 1703. Copy, probably draft. Copies to all those named.

f. 351r: Letter of [William Greg] to [John] Wich, [John] Ellis and [James] Dayrolle, Copenhagen, 9 Jun 1703. Copy, probably draft. Copies to all those named. [Not in HMC, Portland Manuscripts, II]

f. 351v: Letter of [William Greg] to [John] Ellis and [James] Dayrolle, Ringsted, 30 Jun 1703. Copy, probably draft. [Not in HMC, Portland Manuscripts, II]

f. 351v: Letter of [William] Greg to [John] Ellis, Odensee, 7 Jul 1703. Copy, probably draft. [Not in HMC, Portland Manuscripts, II]

f. 351v: Letter of [William Greg] to [John] Ellis and [John] Wich, Vejle ['Weile'] in Jutland, 12 Jul 1703. Copy, probably draft. [Not in HMC, Portland Manuscripts, II]

f. 352r: Letter of [William Greg] to unnamed recipients, Randers in Jutland, 21 Jul 1703. Copy. Copy, probably draft. [Not in HMC, Portland Manuscripts, II] f. 352v: Letter of [William Greg] to [John] Ellis, 11 Aug 1703. Copy, probably draft.

f. 352v: Letter of [William Greg] to [George] Stepney, [Charles] Whitworth, [John] Wich, [John] Ellis, [Adam de] Cardonnel, [James] Dayrolle, Copenhagen, 14 Aug 1703. Copy, probably draft. Copies to all those named. [Not in HMC, Portland Manuscripts, II]

f. 353r: Letter of [William Greg] to [George] Stepney, [Charles] Whitworth, [John] Ellis, [Adam de] Cardonnel, [James] Dayrolle, [George] Tilson, Haderslev ['Hadersleben'], 25 Jul 1703. Copy. Copies to all those named. [Not in HMC, Portland Manuscripts, II]

f. 353v: Letter of [William Greg] to [George] Stepney, [Charles] Whitworth, [John] Ellis, [Adam de] Cardonnel, [James] Dayrolle, [George] Tilson, Rendsburg ['Rensburgh'], 31 Jul 1703. [Not in HMC, Portland Manuscripts, II]

f. 354r: Letter of [William Greg] to [John] Robinson, [John] Wich, [Adam de [Cardonnel], [John] Ellis, [James] Dayrolle and [Thomas Wentworth, Baron] Raby, Copenhagen, 13 Oct 1703. Copy. Copies to all those named. [Not in HMC, Portland Manuscripts, II]

f. 354v: Letter of [William Greg] to [John] Wich, Frederiksborg ['Fredericsburgh'], 1 Sep 1703. Copy. Whole of the letter to Wich; part to Stepney, Whitworth and Tilson. [Not in HMC, Portland Manuscripts, II]

f. 354v: Letter of [William] Greg] to [John] Wich, [John] Ellis, [James] Dayrolle, Frederiksborg ['Fredericsburgh'], 4 Sep 1703. Copy. Copies to all those named. [Not in HMC, Portland Manuscripts, II]

f. 355r: Letter of [William Greg] to Mr Tucker, Copenhagen, 8 Sep 1703. Copy, probably draft. [Not in HMC, Portland Manuscripts, II]

f. 355r: Letter of [William Greg] to [John] Wich, [James] Dayrolle and [John] Ellis, Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 11 Sep 1703. Copy, probably draft. Copies to all those named. [Not in HMC, Portland Manuscripts, II]

f. 355r: Date of letter only, Copenhagen, 25 Sep 1703.

f. 355v: Letter of [William Greg] to [John] Wich, [John] Ellis, [James] Dayrolle, Copenhagen, 2 Oct 1703. Copy, probably draft. Copies to all those named. [Not in HMC, Portland Manuscripts, II]

f. 355v: Short letter of [William Greg] to unnamed recipient, Copenhagen, 6 Oct 1703. Probably draft. [Not in HMC, Portland Manuscripts, II]

f. 356r: Letter of [William Greg] to [Thomas Wentworth, 3rd Baron] Raby, [John] Wich, [Charles] Whitworth, [Adam de] Cardonnel, [John] Ellis, [James] Dayrolle, Copenhagen, 27 Oct 1703. Copy, probably draft. Copies to all those named. [Not in HMC, Portland Manuscripts, II]

f. 356r: Letter of [William Greg] to [George] Stepney, [?Alexander] Stanhope, [John] Wich, [Thomas Wentworth, 3rd Baron] Raby, [John] Ellis, Copenhagen, 3 Nov 1703. Copy, probably draft. Copies to all those named. [Not in HMC, Portland Manuscripts, II]

f. 356v: Letter of [William Greg], Copenhagen, 6 Nov 1703. Noted as 'Not Sent'. [Not in HMC, Portland Manuscripts, II]

f. 357r: Letter of [William Greg] to [John] Ellis, Copenhagen, 10 Nov 1703. Copy, probably draft. [Not in HMC, Portland Manuscripts, II]

f. 357r: Letter of [William Greg] to unnamed recipient, Copenhagen, 13 Nov 1703. Copy, probably draft. [Not in HMC, Portland Manuscripts, II]

f. 357v: Letter of [William Greg] to [John] Wich, Copenhagen, 17 Nov 1703. Copy, probably draft. Whole letter to Wich; part sent to Ellis, 20 Nov. [Not in HMC, Portland Manuscripts, II]

f. 357v: Letter of [William Greg] to [Thomas Wentworth, 3rd Baron] Raby, [George] Stepney, [John] Wich, [John] Ellis, [James] Dayrolle, Copenhagen, 24 Nov 1703. Copy, probably draft. Copies to all those named. [Not in HMC, Portland Manuscripts, II]

f. 358r: Letter of [William Greg] to unnamed recipient, Copenhagen, 27 Nov 1703. Two of the three paragraphs are sent to [John] Wich on 1 Dec 1703. [Not in HMC, Portland Manuscripts, II]

f. 358r: Letter of [William Greg] to [Thomas Wentworth, 3rd Baron] Raby, [John] Wich, [John] Ellis, [James] Dayrolle, Copenhagen, 1 Dec 1703. Copy, probably draft. Copies to all those named. [Not in HMC, Portland Manuscripts, II]

f. 358v: Letter of [William Greg] to [John] Wich, Copenhagen, 8 Dec 1703. Copy. [Not in HMC, Portland Manuscripts, II]

f. 358v: Letter of [William Greg] to [John] Ellis, Copenhagen, 11 Dec 1703. Copy, probably draft. [Not in HMC, Portland Manuscripts, II]

f. 359r: Letter of [William Greg] to [John Wich], and [John] Ellis, Copenhagen, 29 Dec 1703. Copy, probably draft. Also copy to [James] Dayrolle, 5 Jan 1704. [Not in HMC, Portland Manuscripts, II]

f. 359r: Letter of [William Greg] to [John] Ellis, Copenhagen, 8 Jan 1704. Copy. [Not in HMC, Portland Manuscripts, II]

f. 359v: Letter of [William Greg] to [John] Ellis, Copenhagen, , 15 Jan 1704. Copy, probably draft. [Not in HMC, Portland Manuscripts, II]

f. 359v: Letter of [William Greg] to [John] Wich, Copenhagen, 29 Jan 1704. Copy, probably draft. [Not in HMC, Portland Manuscripts, II]

ff. 360r-v: Letter of James Vernon [junior] to William Greg, The Hague, 14 Jun 1704. Original.

ff. 361r-362r: Letter of [?James] Dayrolle, The Hague, 24 Jun 1704. Original. In French. The recipient is not given [?William Greg].

ff. 363r-364v: Letter of George Tilson to William Greg, Berlin, 28 Jun 1704. Original.

ff. 365r-366r: Letter of James Vernon to William Greg, London, 30 Jun 1704. Original.

ff. 367r-v: Letter of James Vernon to William Greg, Windsor, 8 Aug 1704. Original.

ff. 368r-369r: Letter of George Tilson to William Greg, Berlin, 9 Aug 1704. Original.

ff. 370r-371r: Letter of George Tilson to William Greg, Berlin, 19 Aug 1704. Original.

ff. 372r-373v: Letter of George Stepney to William Greg, Vienna, 20 Aug 1704. Original.

ff. 374r-375r: Letter of George Tilson to William Greg, Berlin, 26 Aug 1704. Original.

ff. 376r-377v: Letter of George Tilson to William Greg, Berlin, 2 Sep 1704. Original.

ff. 378r-379r: Letter of George Tilson to William Greg, Berlin, 6 Sep 1704. Original.

ff. 380r-386r: 'A short view of what is most memorable since the present King of Denmarks Accession to the Crown, till the latter End of November 1704: together with the Characters of the Royal Family, Favourites & Ministry, shewing the Pretensions, Designs and Dispositions of that Court.' Probably in the hand of William Greg.

ff. 387r-388v: Warrant of Queen Anne confirming the election of James baker as Town Clerk of Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, St James, 11 Nov 1705. Signed by Queen Anne and countersigned by Robert Harley.

ff. 389r-390r: Letter of George Tilson to William Greg, Cleves, 10 Jul 1706. Original.