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Harley MS 384

Record Id:

040-002046212

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

040-002046212

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000596.0x000321

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Harley MS 384

Title:

Correspondence of Simonds D’Ewes with his wife's family and his cousins

Scope & Content:

Letters written by the cousins and relatives by marriage of Simonds D'Ewes, chiefly to himself. Includes a few earlier family letters of the Clopton, Symonds and Waldegrave families. The letters show signs of original folds, addresses and broken wax seals.

Contents:

ff. 1-18: Letters from his sister-in-law Ann Aston, of Risley, 1642-1646 and undated.
f. 19: Letter from his wife's nephew Willoughby Aston, undated.
ff. 20-28: Letters from his wife's grandmother Ann Barnardiston, 1628-1640 and undated.
ff. 29-46: Letters from Arthur Barnardiston, 1626-1640 and undated.
ff. 47-59: Letters from Giles Barnardiston, 1639-1646.
ff. 60-69: Letters from Nathaniel Barnardiston, 1627-1640 and undated.
ff. 70-115: Letters from his wife's aunt, Hannah Brograve, 1624-1642 and undated.
ff. 116-118: Letters from Elizabeth Baylie, 1639 and undated.
ff. 119-120: Letter from Alice Clarke, 1627.
ff. 121-136: Clopton family letters, 1581-1593 and undated.
ff. 137-138: Letter from William Clopton, 1633.
ff. 139-140: Letter from Martha Clopton, 1638.
ff. 141-144: Letters from Thomas Clopton, 1641 and undated.
ff. 145-146: Letter from Walter Clopton, 1642.
f. 147: Letter from John Clopton, 1645
ff. 148-149: Letters from [Cooke?], undated.
f. 150: Letter from Abigail Darcy, 1649/50.
ff. 151-152: Letters from Conyers Darcy, 1644-1649.
ff. 153-155: Letters from Elizabeth Denton, 1641 and undated.
ff. 156-157: Letter from John Eliot, undated.
f. 158: Clopton family letter, 1588.
f. 159: Letter from William Freeman, 1607.
f. 160: Letter from William Lambe, 1630.
f. 161: Letter from Charles Lathum, 1639.
ff. 162-166: Letters from George Lathum, 1630.
ff. 167-172: Letters from Ralph Lathum, 1635-1636.
ff. 173-176: Letters from Thomas Lathum, 1628.
ff. 177-178: Letter from William Lathum, undated.
f. 179: Letter from William Le Neve, Clarencieux, 1638.
ff. 180-181: Letters from Henry North, 1639.
ff. 182-183: Letters from his uncle John Potts, 1642.
ff. 184-185: Letter from Dorothye Rokewoodde, undated.
f. 186: Letter from Elizabeth Scott, undated.
f. 187: Letter from John Smith, undated.
ff. 188-191: Letters from William Springe, 1632 and undated.
ff. 192-197: Letters from Richard Stephens, 1629-1639.
ff. 198-200: Letters from Susan Stuteville, 1622 and undated.
ff. 201-208: Letters from Martin Stuteville, 1624-1639.
ff. 209-214: Letters from John Stuteville, 1639-1649.
f. 215: Letter from Thomas Stuteville, 1649.
f. 216: Letter from Richard Symonds, 1604.
f. 217: Letter from Thomas Symonds, 1605.
ff. 218-223: Letters from Thomas Symonds, 1637-1639.
f. 224: Letter from Allice Symonds, 1637.
ff. 225-228: Letters from William Symonds, 1620-1627.
ff. 229-231: Letters from Elizabeth Tracy, 1627-231.
ff. 232-235: Letters from John Tracy, 1632-1636.
ff. 236-238: Letters from William Waldegrave, 1580-1593.
f. 239: Letter to William Waldegrave from his grandson, Cambridge, 1607.
ff. 240-245: Letters from Margaret Webb, 1621-1629.
ff. 246-248: Letters from Francis Willoughby, 1642-1647.
ff. 249-250: Letter from Katherine Willoughby, undated.
ff. 251-265: Letters from Henry Willoughby, 1642-1647.
f. 266: Letter from unidentified correspondent (signature and some text cancelled), 1649.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Harley Collection

Hierarchy Tree:

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002045828
040-002046212

Is part of:

Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts

Harley MS 384 : Correspondence of Simonds D’Ewes with his wife's family and his cousins

Hierarchy:

032-002045828[0383]/040-002046212

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 volume

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1580

End Date:

1649

Date Range:

1580-1649

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Paper.

Dimensions: 135-336 x 150-205 mm.

Foliation: 266 folios.

Binding: British Museum binding.

Custodial History:

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

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 under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library.

Finding Aids:

A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), vol. 1, no. 384.

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

A G Watson, The Library of Sir Simonds D'Ewes (London: British Museum, 1966), p. 218.

Publications:

Selected letters published in: The Autobiography and Correspondence of Sir Simonds D'Ewes, ed. J O Halliwell, volume 2 (1845).

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

D’Ewes, Simonds, 1st Baronet, diarist and antiquary, 1602-1650,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000083393524,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/12656415