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Harley MS 378

Record Id:

040-002046206

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040-002046206

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Harley MS 378

Title:

Simonds D’Ewes’ correspondence drafts, papers relating to the Long Parliament, and loan records

Scope & Content:

Collection of separate papers of Simonds D’Ewes, now bound together in a folio volume. Chiefly 1640s. Includes papers relating to the Long Parliament during the reign of Charles I, drafts of letters from Simonds D’Ewes, in Latin unless otherwise stated (ff. 25-111), and some documents relating to the loan or sale of books, charters, seals and medals (ff. 112-138. Some items are written on the versos of draft papers by Simonds D’Ewes (ff. 1-5).

Contents:

f. 1: Petition of John Griffith of Lynne to the House of Commons on his imprisonment by the Lords.

f. 2: Copy of a letter sent by both Houses of Parliament to the Duke of Lorraine; upon the account of Mr Fortescue, his Resident in England. French.

f. 3: Copy of a letter probably from Sir Simonds D’Ewes to the Earl of Manchester, on behalf of John Stuteville. Dated 2 September 1644.

f. 4: List of names headed ‘A Note of all the Comanders & Officers in the Counties of Warwick & Stafford under the command of the Right Hon[ora]ble the Earle of Denby’.

f. 5: Letter from an unidentified writer to the Sequestrators in Suffolk, for restoring Thomas Knyvet of Ashwell Thorpe, Norfolk, to his estate. A note in a modern hand at the head of the folio states that: ‘The original of this letter of the Earl of Manchester is in SP Interregnum, vol. 128’.

f. 6: List of army quarters headed: ‘A List of the severall Quarters of Sir Will. Wallers Army in his March towards the Kings Army, & in pursuite of it, from the 23 of May 1644 to the last of July’.

f. 7: ‘Warrant of the Committee for Sequestration of Delinquents Estates, to Sir Simonds D’Ewes and Laurence Whittaker, for searching after goods belonging to Catholics, concealed in the house of one Morgan, a Catholic in Holborn, London. Headed ’20 Octob 1643 Att the Committee of Lords & Comons for sequestration of Delinqts estates’.

ff. 8-9: Draft of an ordinance of Parliament, to pay first fruits, etc.

f. 10: Unjust proceedings against Daniel Harvey by several Committees. Account of events of 1643-1644.

ff. 11-11*: Document pledging protection of Signior Nathaniell Archbishop of Sancta Mavera Lucatha, repairing to the King’s Court at Oxford, signed by Will. Lenthall, Speaker to the House of Commons, 15 Sept. 1643.

f. 12: Account of the Taxes paid, or allowed to the Tenants at Stow Langtoft, 1647/8.

f. 13: Printed receipt for one hundred pounds, freely given by Sir Simonds D’Ewes for defence of the Parliament and Kingdom. Dated 8 December. 1642.

ff. 14-15: Petition of John Bunne of Stow-Langtoft to the House of Commons, against Sir Simonds D’Ewes.

f. 16: Petition of the inhabitants of Walsham, Suffolk, to the Committee for Sequestrations.

f. 17: Motion to seal a case between plaintiff and defendant. Headed: ‘Motion for the Seale one Thursday next the 25th July A.D. 1645’.

f. 18: Copy of the Letter sent by the Lords and Commons to Charles LodowIcke, Count Palatine of the Rhine, upon his arrival. Dated 3 April, 1644.

ff. 19-22: Brief of 14 Edward II about the origins of Dover Castle and the canons residing there. Headed ‘Brevia Regis, de Anno decimo quarto Edv[ard]i Se[con]di [i.e. 14 Ed. II, 1320/1] Du Chastell de Doure coment il feust comence et establie; et des Chanoignes qui illocques estoient jadys’.

ff. 23-24: Rough draft of the Letters Patents of Louis Count Egmont, etc. whereby he grants to Sir Simonds D’Ewes and his heirs, the Territory of Kelsel, etc. in Gelderland, whenever he or his Family should recover that Country with the County of Zutphen, out of Spanish control. Dated London, 19 October 1642.

ff. 25, 26, 28: Three letters from Simonds D’Ewes to John Jefferys. Dated 1641, 30 October 1623, and 21 October 1623, respectively.

f. 27: Letter from John Jefferys to Simonds D’Ewes.

f. 29r: Letter from Simonds D’Ewes to Sir William Spring.

f. 29v: Letter from Sir William Spring to Simonds D’Ewes. In English.

ff. 30-31. Two letters from Simonds D’Ewes to his brother Richard D’Ewes

f. 32. Letter from Simonds D’Ewes to an unidentified recipient. 14 April 1632.

f. 33: Letter from Simonds D’Ewes to Sir Edward Peyton.

f. 34: Letter from Simonds D’Ewes to Edmund Calamy, theologian, Bury St Edmunds.

ff. 35, 39, 44, 69: Five letters from Simonds D’Ewes to Richard Danford, Rector of Stow-Langtoft

f. 36r: Letter from Simonds D’Ewes in reply to Michael Pipple’s letter on f. 36 verso. 21 April 1637.

f. 36r: Letter from Simonds D’Ewes to John Crandon, preacher at Hawchurch, Dorset.

f. 36v: Letter from Michael Pipple to Simonds D’Ewes. 28 March 1637. D’Ewes draft reply (listed above) is on the recto, along with a draft letter to John Crandon.

f. 37: Copy of a letter to Monsieur de Thou awaiting justice in Paris, written by his son. With a note by Simonds D’Ewes dated 16/26 December 1637.

f. 40: Letter from Simonds D’Ewes to Salter, priest at Great Bromley, Essex. Dated Stowhall 18/28 December 1638.

f. 41: Letter from Simonds D’Ewes to an unidentified recipient. Dated Stowhall, 8 Calends February 1638.

ff. 42, 50v: Three letters from Simonds D’Ewes to Francis Comins, Aldbury, Hertfordshire. 1639/40.

ff. 43, 48, 56: Three letters from Simonds D’Ewes to Richard Montagu, Bishop of Norwich. 1639-1640.

ff. 44*, 55: Two letters from Simonds D’Ewes to Thomas Eden, Professor of Law and Moderator of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. 1639-1640.

ff. 45, 49, 96: Three letters from Simonds D’Ewes to Patricius Junius, Royal Librarian. 1639/40-1646/7.

ff. 46, 47, 52r, 62: Seven letters from Simonds D’Ewes to James Ussher, Bishop of Armagh. 1639-1642/3.

f. 51: Letter from Simonds D’Ewes to his dear friend and relation John Knyvet, Brockley, Suffolk. 1640.

ff. 54, 57, 61: Three letters from Simonds D’Ewes to John Davies, Doctor of Divinity. 1640-1641.

ff. 55r, 55v: Two letters from Simonds D’Ewes to Mr Traill. 1640.

ff. 58, 59: Two letters from Simonds D’Ewes to Antão de Almada, Lord Ambassador of his Highness Prince John, King of Portugal, to the King of Great Britain. 1641-1642.

f. 60: Letter from Simonds D’Ewes to Lord Antão, London. 1641

ff. 63v-65v, 65v-68r, 77v-78r, 78r-78v, 79r, 79v, 80r-80v, 81r-81v, 81v-82r, 87r-87v, 87v: 11 letters to John de Laet, Leiden. 1643-1645.

f. 71: Letter from Simonds D’Ewes to John Garnon, Doctor of Divinity, rector of Glemsford, Suffolk. 4 Ides September 1644.

f. 72: Letter from Simonds D’Ewes to William Watson, Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire. 1644.

f. 73: Letter from Simonds D’Ewes to Robert Meade, Felsham, Suffolk. 1644.

ff. 75, 88, 89v, 97: Five letters from Simonds D’Ewes to Prince Louis, Duke of Guelders, etc. 1644-1647.

f. 75v-76r: Letter from Simonds D’Ewes to David Sibbald, Scottish theologian. 1644/5.

ff. 76, 94, 95: Three letters from Simonds D’Ewes to Anna Maria van Schurman, Utrecht.

f. 76v: Letter from Simonds D’Ewes to André Rivet (Andreas Rivetus), Hague.

f. 83: Letter from Simonds D’Ewes to his relative Henry Leigh, Emmanuel College, Cambridge. 1646.

f. 84: Letter from Simonds D’Ewes to the theologian Thomas Micklethwaite, White Roding, Essex. 1645.

f. 85: Letter from Simonds D’Ewes to his relation Edward Leigh Esquire, Stafford.

f. 86: Letter from Simonds D’Ewes to Christian Ravius, Leiden. 1645.

f. 91: Two letters from Simonds D’Ewes to Prince Philip of Egmont, Prince of Gavre, etc. Liège. 1645-1646.

f. 92: Letter from Simonds D’Ewes to his relation, Henry Laurence Esquire, Arnhem, Guelders. 1645.

f. 93: Letter from Simonds D’Ewes to Prince William of Nassau, Prince of Orange, Hague. 1644/5.

f. 98: Letter from Simonds D’Ewes to Thomas Knyvet junior. 1647.

f. 99: Letter from Simonds D’Ewes to Henry Earl of Holland in Lincolnshire, etc. 1647/8.

f. 100v, 101, 101v: Three letters from Simonds D’Ewes to William Hall, priest of St Bartholomew the Less. 1647/8.

f. 101: Letter from Simonds D’Ewes to William Sandford, White Roding, Essex. 1648/9.

f. 103: Letter from Simonds D’Ewes to Montague Bertie, Earl of Lindsey, Lincolnshire. 1648.

f. 104v: Letter from Simonds D’Ewes to Prince James Stuart, Duke of Richmond and Lennox. 1648.

f. 105: Two letters from Simonds D’Ewes to Seth Wood, Melford, Suffolk. 1644, 1648.

f. 105: Letter from Simonds D’Ewes to Lucy, wife of Ferdinando Hastings, Earl of Huntingdon. 1649.

f. 108: Letter from Simonds D’Ewes to the theologian Alexander Levingstone. 1649.

ff. 108v-109r: Letter from Simonds D’Ewes to Nicolaas Heinsius. 1649.

f. 110: Letter from Richard D’Ewes.

f. 111: Letter from William Beeston

ff. 112-118: Part of a small index of coins of Roman emperors

ff. 119-138: Notes about the borrowing or lending of books, charters, etc., including:

f. 119: Simonds D’Ewes Bond of £100 for borrowing Sir Thomas Cotton’s Book of Saxon Charters, (viz August II) which was not executed, since Sir Thomas refused to lend it.

f. 121: Sir Henry Spelman’s Receipt, upon Sir Simond’s restoring his book of Ramsey Abbey to him.

f. 124: Thomas Coke’s Receipt for Simonds D’Ewes returning three ternions of the Little Black Booke of the Exchequer.

f. 128: Patrick Young’s Receipt, upon Simonds D’Ewes restoring one of Mr Ravius’s Greek MSS (uncertain whether lent out from the Kings Library, or upon borrowing it from Sir Simonds).

f. 130: Patrick Young’s Notes upon his borrowing two Greek MSS of Simonds D’Ewes.

f. 131: Certificate of the sale of the Earl of Winchelsea’s medals and antique stones (formerly the property of Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundell) to Thomas Hall. By Sir William Waller, and Thomas Walker, the Earl of Winchelsea’s executors, 22 May 1646.

f. 132: Valuation of the last above-mentioned Medals etc. 21 May 1646.

f. 134: Patrick Young’s claim of a MS by him lent out of the King’s Library to Sir Henry Spelman, being a Latin translation of the Laws of the Anglo-Saxon Kings.

f. 135: Receipt of Thomas St George and of the Lady Mary St George (written by Sr Will Dugdale) about certain Charters, Seals, and Medals, restored by Simonds D’Ewes.

f. 138: Sir Francis Carew’s receipt for a box of Charters lent by him to Simonds D’Ewes.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Harley Collection

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

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Is part of:

Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts

Harley MS 378 : Simonds D’Ewes’ correspondence drafts, papers relating to the Long Parliament, and loan records

Hierarchy:

032-002045828[0377]/040-002046206

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 volume

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English
French
Latin

Scripts:

Undetermined

Start Date:

1600

End Date:

1649

Date Range:

1st half of the 17th century

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Paper.

Dimensions: 330 x 240 mm.

Foliation: 1-11, 11*, 12-44, 44*, 45-138 folios. Folio 8 folded. Total 140 folios.

Binding: British Museum binding, 1967. Old covers pasted inside front and back boards.

Custodial History:

The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (1661-1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and Edward Harley (1689-1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts.

Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta Cavendish, née Holles (1694-1755) during her lifetime and thereafter to their daughter, Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (1715-1785), duchess of Portland; the manuscripts were sold by the Countess and the Duchess in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library.

Former owner: Sir Simonds D’Ewes (1602-1650).

Finding Aids:

A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), I (1808), no. 378.

Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani: A Study of the Sources of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1972), p. 131.

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Archives and Manuscripts

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