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Harley MS 1769

Record Id:

040-002047600

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

040-002047600

MDARK:

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Harley MS 1769

Title:

English political tracts

Scope & Content:

Collection of tracts on parliamentary matters during the 1620s-1640s. Separate items in several hands bound together. Flyleaf pencil inscription: ‘Given by Dr Hickes’ (George Hickes).

Contents:

ff. 1-6: Accusation and impeachment of John Finch, 1st Baron Finch Keeper of the Great Seal, by the Commons.

ff. 7-8: Bill preferred in Parliament against Archbishop Laud by the Fellows of Merton College, Oxford.

f. 9: Articles preferred in Parliament against Secretary Windebanke, 1640.

ff. 10-15: Articles of a minister to the House of Commons against Dr Peirce, Bishop of Bath and Wells.

ff. 16-41: Petitions to the House of Commons by Dr John Bastwick, Henry Burton, and John Prynne. 1640.

f. 42: Sir George Ratcliffe’s charge or impeachment, 29 December 1640.

ff. 43-44: Articles of the Commons assembled in Parliament against Thomas Earl of Strafford.

ff. 45-46: Earl of Strafford’s second charge in the House of Commons, 5 December 1640.

f. 47: Petition of the Earl of Strafford to the House of Lords.

ff. 48-51: The King’s letter to the Lords on behalf of the Earl of Strafford; sent by the Prince, and its reception.

ff. 52-59: Description of the Earl of Strafford, in a letter sent by a city gentleman to his friend in the country, before his condemnation.

ff. 60-82: Part of the Earl of Strafford’s answer (articles 22-25 only).

f. 83: List of those in the House of Commons who voted for the Earl of Strafford, and against the Bill of Attainder, 1641.

ff. 85-100: Opinion of Pierre du Moulin (1601-1684) on episcopacy, expressed to one of the members of Parliament for Lancashire), 1640.

ff. 101-104: Report of the Judges’ answers to the House of Commons, by the 26 gentlemen appointed to examine the judges on ship-money.

ff. 105-115: 'Argument Concerning Ship Money' by George Croke. April 1638.

ff. 116-127: Brief relation of passages and speeches in the Star-Chamber, 14 June 1637, at the censure of John Bastwick, Henry Burton and William Prynne, by an eye witness.

f. 128: The King’s speech in Parliament, 1623.

f. 129: Declaration of the House of Commons on the Palatinate, 4 June 1620.

ff. 130-155: Voluntary confession of John Browne, a Catholic priest, prisoner of the Gate House, twice examined by a Committee of Six from the House of Commons.

ff. 156-176: Remonstrances of the House of Commons:

First remonstrance of the House of Commons (ff. 157-171).
Second remonstrance of the House of Commons (ff. 172-176).

ff. 177-204: Occurrences in the House of Commons relating to pardons granted to Bishop Montague, Doctors Cousins, Sibthorpe, and Mainwaring; on Acton, sheriff of London, being sent to the Tower for prevaricating with a committee of the House of Commons, and precedent offered by Mr Selden; with Sir Richard Grosvenor’s speech at the Committee of Religion, to Mr Pym in the chair; and some other matters.

f. 205r: Speech of King Charles I, when dissolving Parliament. Followed by the vow of the House of Commons about the Articles of Religion.

f. 205v-206r: Protestations of the House of Commons against Catholicism, Arminianism, and the payment of tonnage and poundage, before being granted by Parliament. Followed by notes on the Farmers of the Customs confiscating property by virtue of the King’s letters patents without parliamentary sanction.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Harley Collection

Hierarchy Tree:

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002045828
040-002047600

Is part of:

Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts

Harley MS 1769 : English political tracts

Hierarchy:

032-002045828[1771]/040-002047600

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:

1620

End Date:

1649

Date Range:

1620s-1640s

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Paper.

Dimensions: 315 x 200 mm.

Foliation: 206 mm.

Binding: Post-1600 quarter leather binding, with marbled boards.

Custodial History:

Former owner: George Hickes (1642-1715) (Wright, Fontes Harleiani, p. 189).

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.

Finding Aids:

A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), II (1808), no. 1769.

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. 189.

Publications:

Manuscript Pamphleteering in Early Stuart England (online) https://mpese.ac.uk/m/BL_Harley_MS_1769.html (Accessed 8 September 2023):

f. 83r: 'A Catalogue of the Earl of Strafford's Friends, Who Voted Against the Bill of Attainder (1641)'
ff: 85r-100: 'Opinion to One of the Knights of the Parliament for Lancashire concerning Episcopacy ' by Pierre Du Moulin.
ff. 105r-115: 'Argument Concerning Ship Money' by George Croke.
ff. 116x-117: 'A Brief Relation of Certain Special and Most Material Passages and Speeches in the Star Chamber Occasioned and Delivered June the 14th 1637 at the Censure of Those Three Worthy Gentlemen Dr Bastwicke, Mr Burton and Mr Prynne'.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)