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Harley MS 6998

Record Id:

040-002052852

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040-002052852

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Harley MS 6998

Title:

Letters and state warrants, 1591-1595

Scope & Content:

Letters and state warrants, from the years 1591-1595. Containing warrants for searching after and apprehending suspected persons, together with examinations and depositions concerning the hearing of mass, recusancy, treason and felony.

ff. 1r-2v: Letter from Edward Donne Lee to Serjeant Puckering and Richard Atkyns. 5 August 1592.

ff. 3r-4v: Report of the examination of Gwentlyan Evor, of Llandawgy, Caernarthen. 25 August 1591.

f. 5r-5v: Report of the examination of David Williams and John Williams of Llandilo. 27 August 1591.

ff. 6r-7v: Questions put to persons suspected of attending mass. No date.

ff. 8r-9r: Report of the examination of Humfrey Johnes. August 1591.

f. 9r: Report of the examination of Rees Apholl, of Llandilo. 24 August 1591.

f. 9v: Report of the examination of Thomas Ap Owen Harry, of Llandilo. 24 August 1591.

f. 10r: Report of the examination of David Williams. 25 August 1591.

f. 10r-10v: Report of the examination of John Williams. 25 August 1591.

ff. 11r-14v: Report of the examination of Thomas Ap Owen, and his wife. 26 August 1591.

f. 15r-15v: Letter from Edward Donne Lee to Serjeant Puckering and Richard Atkyns. 4 September 1591.

ff. 16r-18v: Report of the examination of Hugh Lloyd of Llangyndern. 3 September 1591.

ff. 19r-20v: Report of the examination of John Lewes against Hugh David. 11 May 1592.

ff. 21r-22v: Letter to one Mr Bellamy, from an unknown correspondent. Westminster Churchyard, 30 June 1592.

ff. 23r-23*v: Answers to Mr Topclyffe’s exceptions to the petition in favour of Richard Bellamy and his wife. No date.

ff. 24r-24*v: Letter from Robert Barnes to Sir John Puckering, Lord Keeper. No date.

ff. 25r-26v: Letter from the Privy Council to the Marquess of Dorset. Greenwich, July 1592.

ff. 27r-28v: Confession of George Dingley, alias Thomas Christopher. 23 August 1592.

ff. 29r-30v: List of recusants. No date.

f. 31r-31v: Letter from Richard Topclyffe to Sir John Puckering. Summerby, 20 September 1592.

ff. 32r-34v: Declaration of Ralph Marshall of South Carleton, Nottingham. 19 September 1592.

ff. 35r-36v: Letter from Anthony Anderson to one Mr Downad. Stepney, 28 September 1592.

f. 37r-37v: Letter from Anthony Anderson to Sir John Puckering. [c. 1592].

ff. 38r-39v: Letter from Henry Poole to Sir John Puckering. Kemble, 31 October 1592.

ff. 40r-41v: Copy of a report of the examination of Rochard Byarley. 9 February 1592.

ff. 42r-43v: Letter from Sir John Pakington to Sir John Puckering. [23 July] 1593.

f. 44r-44v: Copy of a report of the examination of John Graye of Preston, Suffolk. 24 April 1593.

f. 45r-45v: Copy of a report of the examination of William Cornwallis of Brome, Suffolk. 24 April 1593.

ff. 46r-47v: Warrant of the Privy Council to all Justices of the Peace. To search for and apprehend suspected persons. St. James’s Palace. 30 March 1593.

f. 48r: Copy of a report of the examination of John Reason. 6 April 1593.

f. 48v: Copy of a report of the examination of Robert Graye of Martyn, Norfolk. No date.

f. 49r: Copy of a report of the examination of Anne Woodhouse. 6 April 1593.

f. 49v: Copy of a report of the examination of Edward Chester. 6 April 1593.

f. 50r: Copy of a report of the examination of Thomas Dawbney, of Sharington, Norfolk. No date.

f. 51r: Copy of a report of the examination of John Robinson, of the Inner Temple. 6 April 1593.

f. 51v: Copy of a report of the examination of William Blundell. No date.

f. 52r-52v: Copy of a report of the examination of Edward Eccleston, of Prescott, Lancashire. No date.

ff. 53r-54v: Copy of a report of the examination of Evan Lloyd. 10 April 1593.

f. 55r: Copy of a report of the examination of John Hewes. 10 April 1593.

ff. 55v-56v: Copy of a report of the examination of Edward Thornbury. No date.

f. 57r-57v: Copy of a report of the examination of Thomas Sleepe. 11 April 1593.

f. 58r-58v: Copy of a report of the examination of Katherine Sleepe. 11 April 1593.

f. 59r: Copy of a report of the examination of Thomas Cabell. 11 April 1593.

f. 59v: Copy of a report of the examination of Robert Goldsmith. No date.

f. 60r-60v: Copy of a report of the examination of James Duffeld. No date.

f. 61r: Copy of a report of the examination of John Thompson. 12 April 1593.

ff. 61v-62v: Copy of a report of the examination of John Freeman. No date.

f. 63r: Copy of a report of the examination of Robert Jackson. 12 April 1593.

f. 63v: Copy of a report of the examination of William Shawe. No date.

f. 64r-64v: Copy of a report of the examination of John Pryce. No date.

f. 65r: Copy of a report of the examination of Ralph Emerson. 17 April 1593.

f. 65v: Copy of a report of the examination of John Collins. No date.

f. 66r-66v: Copy of a report of the examination of George Butler. No date.

f. 67r: Copy of a report of the examination of Thomas Tindale. 17 April 1593.

f. 67v: Copy of a report of the examination of Thomas Lyn. No date.

f. 68r-68v: Copy of a report of the examination of Humfrey Cartwright. No date.

f. 69r: Copy of a report of the examination of William Price. 17 April 1593.

ff. 69v-70v: Copy of a report of the examination of Christopher Roche. No date.

f. 71r: Copy of a report of the examination of William Shornbury. 17 April 1593.

ff. 71v-72v: Copy of a report of the examination of William Cooke. No date.

f. 73r: Copy of a report of the examination of John Jacob. 17 April 1593.

ff. 73v-74v: Copy of a report of the examination of Richard Dowse. No date.

f. 75r: Copy of a report of the examination of Edward Tarry. 18 April 1593.

ff. 75v-76v: Copy of a report of the examination of Robert Lincoln. No date.

f. 77r: Copy of a report of the examination of John Brigg. 18 April 1593.

f. 77v: Copy of a report of the examination of John Lillie. No date.

f. 78r: Copy of a report of the examination of David Ringsted. No date.

f. 78v: Copy of a report of the examination of Christian Ringsted. No date.

f. 79r: Copy of a report of the examination of Robert Parton. 18 April 1593.

ff. 79v-80v: Copy of a report of the examination of Robert Bellamy. No date.

f. 81r: Copy of a report of the examination of Mary Cole. 18 April 1593.

f. 81v: Copy of a report of the examination of John More. No date.

f. 82r-82v: Copy of a report of the examination of Richard Bierley. No date.

f. 83r: Copy of a report of the examination of Walter Blount. 20 April 1593.

f. 83v: Copy of a report of the examination of Robert Page. No date.

f. 84r-84v: Copy of a report of the examination of John Craddocke. No date.

ff. 85r-86v: Copy of a report of the examination of Thomas Alcock. 20 April 1593.

f. 87r-87v: Copy of a report of the examination of Richard Webster. 20 April 1593.

f. 88r-88v: Copy of a report of the examination of Gratian Brownell. No date.

ff. 89r-90v: Copy of a report of the examination of Bridget Strange. 21 April 1593.

f. 91r-91v: Copy of a report of the examination of Robert Goldesborowe. 21 April 1593.

f. 91v: Copy of a report of the examination of Ralph Oldacre. No date.

f. 92r-92v: Copy of a report of the examination of Richard Oldacre. No date.

f. 93r: Copy of a report of the examination of Thomas Sympson. 24 April 1593.

f. 93r-93v: Copy of a report of the examination of Richard Sampson. No date.

ff. 93v-94v: Copy of a report of the examination of Richard Waldern. No date.

ff. 95r-96v: Report of the examination of Thomas Heckey. 6 November 1593.

ff. 97r-100v: Report of the examination of John Whitfield. 6 November 1593.

ff. 101r-105v: Report of the examination of John Whitfield. 6 November 1593.

ff. 106r-107v: Report of the examination of John Whitfield. 7 November 1593.

ff. 108r-109v: Report of the examination of John Whitfield. 7 November 1593.

ff. 110r-111v: Letter from Richard Young to Sir John Puckering. 7 November 1593.

ff. 112r-113v: Declaration of the examination of John Whitfield. 8 November 1593.

ff. 114r-115v: Report of the examination of John Whitfield. 8 November 1593.

ff. 116r-117v: Paper on the examination of John Whitfield. 8 November 1593.

ff. 118r-119v: Paper on the examination of John Whitfield. 16 November 1593.

ff. 120r-121v: Letter from John Whitfield to Sir Joh Puckering, Lord Keeper. 16 November 1593.

ff. 122r-123v: Recognizance of George Whitfield and Hugh Rydley, for the appearance of John Whitfield. St. Albans, 23 November 1593.

ff. 124r-125v: Recognizance of John Whitfield. St. Albans, 23 November 1593.

ff. 126r-127v: Recognizance of John Whitfield. St. Albans, 26 November 1593.

ff. 128r-129v: Report of the examination of John Whitfield. 2nd December 1593.

ff. 130r-131v: Speeches by John Whitfield, concerning Dacres. No date.

f. 132r-132v: Notes concerning the case of John Whitfield. No date.

f. 133r-134v: Questions put to John Whitfield. No date.

ff. 135v-136r: Articles of the indictment of John Whitfield. No date.

ff. 137r-138v: Warrant from the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Lord Keeper to all Justices of the Peace. To search for and apprehend suspected persons. St. James’s Palace, 24 February 1593.

ff. 139r-140v: Letter from Sir John Puckering to Lord Buckhurst. No date.

ff. 141r-144v: Report of the examination of Anthony Browne, Viscount Montagu. 22 May 1594.

ff. 145r-146v: Letter from Sir Thomas Heneage, Vice-Chamberlain, to Sir John Puckering. Greenwich, 1 May 1594.

ff. 147r-148v: Petition of Thomas Gerard, Walter Gifford, Francis Cook, and William Fowler, to Sir John Puckering. Against Edward Kymersley. No date.

ff. 149r-150v: List of servants of Anthony Browne, Viscount Montagu. Delivered to the Privy Council. No date.

ff. 151r-152v: Questions put to Thomas Jackson Senior, Thomas Jackson, and Robert Wimple, concerning Edward Harris. No date.

f. 153r-153v: Copy of a report of the examination of Thomas Jackson Senior, Thomas Jackson, and Robert Wimple.

ff. 154r-155v: Recognizance of the recusant servants of Anthony Browne, Viscount Montagu.

ff. 156r-157v: Letter from Sir Thomas Heneage, Vice-Chamberlain, to Sir John Puckering. Havering, 6 August 1594.

ff. 158r-159v: Deposition of John Dawson. 13 November 1594.

f. 160r-160v: Confession of Thomas Hull. 4 January 1594.

ff. 160v-163v: Extract from the confession of unnamed persons in the Tower. No date.

ff. 164r-167v: List of recusants with the sums paid by them. Michaelmas 1594.

ff. 168r-169v: Letter from R. Lowther to the Bishop of Carlisle. 10 March 1594.

ff. 170r-171v: List of recusants bound over by the Archbishop of Canterbury. No date.

ff. 172r-173v: Warrant from the Privy Council to the Justices of the Peace. To search for and apprehend suspected persons. Whitehall, March 1594.

ff. 174r-175v: Letter from John May, Bishop of Carlisle, to Sir John Puckering. Rose Castle, 21 March 1594.

ff. 176r-177v: Charges against Miles Garrard. No date.

ff. 178r-179v: Petition of Edward Harris to the Privy Council. No date.

ff. 180r-181v: Deposition of James Ritter. 8 April 1595.

ff. 182r-183v: Letter from William Lee to Sir John Puckering. April 1595.

f. 184r-184v: Letter from Richard Topclyffe to the Privy Council. The Marshalsea, Monday in Easter week, 1595.

ff. 185r-187v: Copy of a letter sent by Richard Topclyffe to Queen Elizabeth I. No date.

ff. 188r-189v: Letter from William Lee to Sir John Puckering. 25 April 1595.

ff. 190r-191v: Letter from James Rither to Sir John Puckering. The Fleet, 31 April 1595.

f. 192r-192v: Questions for the prisoners in the Fleet. No date.

f. 193r-193v: Answers given by Thomas Fitzherbert to the questions proposed to him. No date.

f. 194r-194v: Answers given by Patrick Sacheverell to the questions proposed to him. No date.

ff. 195r-196r: Report of the examination of William Harper. 30 April 1595.

f. 196r-196v: Report of the examination of Michael Ryce. No date.

f. 197r-197v: Report by Edward Cockayne of searching suspected houses. 16 June 1595.

f. 198v: Report by Francis Hastings of searching the house of John Palmer. 18 June 1595.

ff. 199r-200v: Letter from Edward Watson to Sir John Puckering. Kettering, 20 June 1595.

ff. 201r-202v: Information delivered by Richard Vennard against Thomas Dymocke and Tristram Cotterill. 7 October [1595].

f. 203r-203v: Letter from Richard Topclyffe to Sir John Puckering. 24 October 1595.

ff. 204r-205v: Letter from Patricius Faranan to Sir John Puckering. No date.

ff. 206r-207v: Report of the examination of Patricius Faranan. No date.

ff. 208r-209v: Letter from John Danyell to Sir John Puckering. 13 November 1595.

ff. 210r-211v: Report of the examination of Patricius Faranan. 29 October 1595.

ff. 212r-213v: Letter from James Parry to Mr Graynge, Attendant to the Lord Keeper. 31 December 1595.

ff. 214r-215v: Letter from Richard Topclyffe to Sir John Puckering. Concerning William Randall. 14 January 1595.

ff. 216r-217v: Letter from Richard Grentham to Sir Robert Cecil. Warwick Lane, London, 15 February [1595].

ff. 218r-219v: Letter from James Parry to Mr Graynge, Attendant to the Lord Keeper. 5 January 1595.

f. 220r-220v: List of priests confined in the castle at Wisbeach. January 1595.

f. 221r-221v: Names of the attendants of the priests listed above. No date.

ff. 222r-223v: Account of the manner of living of the priests above, and the danger arising from the liberty allowed to them. No date.

ff. 224r-225v: Letter from Edward Slegge to Sir John Puckering. 30 January 1595.

f. 226r-226v: Articles ‘upon which Dirigby was to be examined’. No date.

ff. 227r-228v: List of certain conspirators. No date.

f. 229r-229v: Copy of a letter from Richard Topclyffe to Sir John Puckering. No date.

ff. 230r-231v: Visitation of the prisoners in the prisons around London. No date.

ff. 232r-233v: List of priests and suspected people in different counties. No date.

ff. 234r-237v: Notes of evidence against several suspected people. No date.

ff. 238r-239v: List of recusants in several parishes of Lancashire. No date.

ff. 240r-241v: Questions proposed to Thomas Christopher. No date.

ff. 242r-243v: Paper discussing practices of the Pope against Queen Elizabeth I and the realm. No date.

ff. 244r-245v: List of suspected people.

ff. 246r-247v: Information delivered by John Gravet against Reade Stafford. No date.

ff. 248r-251v: Articles against William Bassett. No date.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Harley Collection

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040-002052852

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Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts

Harley MS 6998 : Letters and state warrants, 1591-1595

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Languages:

English

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Latin

Start Date:

1591

End Date:

1595

Date Range:

1591-1595

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Place of Origin:

England.

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Paper.

Dimensions: 345 x 260 mm.

Foliation: ff. xvii + 251.

Binding: Post-1600. British Museum.

Script: Secretary, italic.

Custodial History:

Origin:

England.

Provenance:

Thomas Baker (1656-1740): former owner.

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.

Publications:

A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1808), vol. 3, p. 487.

Cyril E. 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).

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