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Harley MS 7003
- Record Id:
- 040-002052857
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002052857
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000935.0x000214
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100155077153.0x000001
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- Harley MS 7003
- Title:
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A collection of letters, many of them written by, or addressed to, John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester
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A volume of original letters and copies, including correspondence on public foreign and domestic affairs, 1610–1717. A number of the letters are written by, or addressed to, John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester.
ff. 1r–10v: 'A Letter to a person of Honour, Concerning the King's Disavowing the haueing been Married to the Duke of M[onmouth]'s Mother.' 10 June 1610.
f. 11r: Copy of a letter in French from Henrietta Maria to Newcastle, 8 April [1643], York.
ff. 11v–12r: Two copies of letters in French from Henrietta Maria to Newcastle, 20 November [1644], Paris.
f. 12v: Copy of a letter in French from Henrietta Maria to Newcastle, 8 April [1643], York.
f. 13r: Copy of a letter in English from Henrietta Maria to Newcastle, 15 August 1651, Hounslerdyke.
f. 13v: Copies of letters in French and English from Henrietta Maria to Newcastle, 3 June 1653, Paris; 10 November 1658, Paris.
f. 14r: Copy of a letter in French from Henrietta Maria to Newcastle, 3 June 1653, Paris; 10 November 1658, Paris.
f. 15r: Copy of a letter from Henrietta Maria to Newcastle, no cover; missing the beginning.
ff. 15v–16v: Copies of two letters from Henrietta Maria to Newcastle, 16 April 1649, Paris.
f. 16v: Note about the letter on f. 13r.
ff. 17v–18v: Copies of two letters in French and English from Henrietta Maria to Newcastle, 5 April [1644], Oxford.
ff. 19v–21r: Copies of two letters from Henrietta Maria to Newcastle, 10 [September 1643?], Oxford.
f. 21r: Copy of a letter in French from Henrietta Maria to Newcastle, 23 September [1643], Oxford.
ff. 21r–22v: Copy of a letter in French and English from Henrietta Maria to Newcastle, 7 October [1643], Oxford.
f. 23r: Copy of a letter in French from Henrietta Maria to Newcastle, 2 August [1643], Oxford.
f. 23r, f. 24r: Copy of a letter in French from Henrietta Maria to Newcastle, 13 August [1643], Oxford.
ff. 23v–24v: Copy of a letter in French and English from Henrietta Maria to Newcastle, 28 August [1643], Oxford.
f. 24v: Translation into English of the letter on f. 21r.
f. 25r: Copy of a letter in French from Henrietta Maria to Newcastle, 22 February [1644?], Oxford.
ff. 25r–v: Copy of a letter in French from Henrietta Maria to Newcastle, 15 March [1644], Oxford.
f. 26r: Part of a letter in English from Henrietta Maria to Newcastle.
f. 26v: Translations into English of the letter from 2 August [1643] on f. 23r and 13 August [1643] on f. 23r, f. 24r.
f. 27r: Copy of a letter in French from Henrietta Maria to Newcastle, no date.
ff. 27v–28r: Copy of a letter in English and French from Henrietta Maria to Newcastle, no date.
f. 28v: Translations into English of the letters on f. 25r.
f. 29r: Copy of a letter in French from Henrietta Maria to Newcastle, 11 September and 11 October [no year].
ff. 29v–30r: Copies of letters in French with an English translation on the left from Henrietta Maria to Newcastle, 11 October [no year], York.
f. 30v: Copy of a letter in English from Henrietta Maria to Newcastle, no date.
f. 31r: Copy of a letter in French from Henrietta Maria to Newcastle, 3 June [1643], York. Translation into English on f. 40v.
ff. 31v–33r: Copy of a letter in French with an English translation on the left from Henrietta Maria to Newcastle, 18 June [1643], Newark.
ff. 33v–34r: Copy of a letter in French with an English translation on the left from Henrietta Maria to Newcastle, 25 June [1643], Newark.
f. 34v: English translation of the letter on f. 29r.
f. 35r, f. 36v: Copy of a letter in French with an English translation from Henrietta Maria to Newcastle, 28 [no month or year], York.
f. 35r, f. 36r: Copy of a letter in French from Henrietta Maria to Newcastle, 10 May [1643], York.
f. 36v, f. 35v: Translation into English of the above item.
The above letters appear to have originally been arranged in a small volume, and a translation of each letter was written on the page opposite. The original order was disturbed when the sheets were separated for convenience of binding in this volume.
f. 37r: Copy of a letter in Latin from Lady Arbella Stuart to [the King of Denmark], 1607.
f. 37v: Copy of a letter from Lady Arbella to [Queen Anne, wife of James I of England, 1607.]
f. 38r: Copy of a letter from Lady Arbella to [Henry Prince of Wales, 1607].
f. 39v–40r: Copies of letters in French with an English translation on the left from Henrietta Maria to Newcastle, 8 and 9 May [1643], York.
f. 40v: Copy of a letter in English from Henrietta Maria to Newcastle, 3 June [1643], York; translation of the letter on f. 31r.
ff. 41r–v: Original letter from [Sir] Andrew Sinclair to Lady Arbella, no date.
ff. 42r–43v: Draft of a letter from Lady Arbella to Sinclair, no date.
ff. 44r–v: Original letter from Sinclair to Sir John Elphinstone, 24 August 1606, from court.
f. 45r: [Draft of a letter from Lady Arbella to Sinclair, no date.]
f. 46r: [Imperfect letter from Sinclair to Lady Arbella, no date.]
ff. 47r–v: Original letter from Sinclair to Lady Arbella, 24 August 1606, from court.
f. 48r: [Draft of a letter from Lady Arbella to Sinclair, no date.]
f. 49r: [Draft of a letter from Lady Arbella] to Anne Catherine, Queen of Denmark [1607?]
f. 50r: Copy of a letter in Latin from [Lady Arbella] to Christian Fris (or Frier), Chancellor of Denmark [9] February 1607.
f. 51r: Copy of a letter in Latin from Lady Arbella to Christian IV, King of Denmark, 24 October 1606, Hampton; copy of a letter in Latin from Lady Arbell] to Anna Catherine, 24 October 1606, Hampton.
f. 52r: Copy of a letter in Latin from Lady Arbella to Christian Fris (or Frier), Chancellor of Denmark, 24 October 1606, Hampton.
f. 53r: Copy of a letter in Latin from Lady Arbella to Christian IV, King of Denmark, no date.
f. 53v: Copy of a letter from ? to ?, no date.
f. 54r: Copy of a letter in Latin from Lady Arbella to Christian IV, King of Denmark, 15 July 1605, Theobalds.
f. 54v: Copy of a letter in Latin from Lady Arbella to Christian Fris, 15 July 1605, Theobalds.
ff. 55r–56v: Original letter from Lady Isobel Bowes to the Lady Arbella, 5 December 1609, Walton.
ff. 57r–v: Copy of a petition from Lady Arbella to the King (James I), [1610].
ff. 58r–v: Petition from the Lady Arbella to the Lords of Council [1609?]
ff. 59r–60v: Original letter from Sir William Seymour (afterwards Marquis and Earl of Hertford, and Duke of Somerset) to the Lords of Council, 20 February 1609.
f. 61r: Lady Arbella to ? [1609?]
ff. 62r–63v: Abstract of the declaration made by Edward Rodney, upon his examination concerning Lady Arbella's marriage to Seymour [1609?]
ff. 64r–65v: Original letter from Lady Drummond to Lady Arbella [1610?]
ff. 66r–67v: Original letter from Lady Arbella to Lady Drummond [1610?]
ff. 68r–69v: Draft of the above letter.
ff. 70r–v: Letter from Lady Arbella to Lady Drummond [1610?]
ff. 71r–v: Letter from Lady Arbella to Gilbert Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, 16 July 1610, Lambeth.
ff. 72r–73v: Request from the Lady Arbella to Shrewsbury, concerning her servants [1610?]
ff. 74r–v: Request from the Lady Arbella to Shrewsbury, 19 July [1610], Lambeth.
f. 75r: Letter from the Lady Arbella to the Queen, 23 July 1610.
ff. 76r–77v: Copy of a letter from the Lady Arbella to the Queen, 23 July 1610.
f. 78r: Copy of a letter from the Lady Arbella to the Queen [1610?]
ff. 79r–v: Draft of a petition from the Lady Arbella to the King [1610?]
ff. 80r–81v: Copy of the previous item.
ff. 82r–v: Draft of a letter from the Lady Arbella to the King [1609?]
ff. 83r–84v: Another draft of Lady Arbella's petition on ff. 79r–v.
f. 85r: Copy of a letter from the Lady Arbella to the King [1610?]
f. 86r: Copy of a letter from the Lady Arbella to the Lords of Council [1610?]
ff. 87r–88v: Copy of a petition from the Lady Arbella to the King [1610?]
f. 89r: Copy of a petition from the Lady Arbella to the King [1610?]
ff. 90r–v: Draft petition from the Lady Arbella to the Lords of Council [1610?]
ff. 91r–v: Petition from the Lady Arbella to the Lords of Council [1610?]
ff. 92r–93v: Petition from the Lady Arbella to the Lords of Council, concerning her servants [1610?]
ff. 94r–95v: Copy of a royal warrant to the Bishop of Durham, committing the Lady Arbella to his custody, 13 March 1610, Royston.
ff. 96r–v: Another copy of the previous item. N.B. This is also numbered as f. 97.
ff. 98r–99v: Copy of a warrant from the Lords of Council to Sir Thomas Parry, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, ordering him to convey Lady Arbella Stuart to the Bishop of Durham, 15 March 1610, Whitehall.
ff. 100r–101v: Another copy of the above item.
ff. 102r–103v: Copy of a letter from the Lords of Council to Sir William Bond, requesting him to give Lady Arbella a night's lodging, 15 March 1610, Whitehall.
ff. 104r–105v: Draft of a letter from Lady Arbella Stuart to Lord ? [1610?]
f. 106r: Copy of a letter from Moundford to Lord ? [1610?]
ff. 107r–108v: Copy of a letter from [Moundford? to the Bishop of Durham, 1610?]
ff. 109r–110v: Original letter from Frances Bruges, Dowager Lady Chandos to Dr Moundford, [1610?]
ff. 111r–112v: Copy of a warrant from the Lords of Council to Parry, committing the Lady Arbella to his custody, 9 July 1610, Whitehall.
ff. 113r–v: Draft of a petition from [Sir] W[illiam] S[eymoure] (afterwards Duke of Somerset) to the King [1610?]
ff. 114r–115v: Original letter from Shrewsbury to Dr Moundford, 22 March 1610, Whitehall.
ff. 116r–117v: Original letter from Shrewsbury to Dr Moundford, 29 March 1611, Bradforte.
ff. 118r–119v: Original letter from H. Mynors to Sir James Crofts, 28 April 1611.
ff. 120r–121v: Original letter from William James, Bishop of Durham, to Crofts and Mountford, 17 April 1611.
ff. 122r–123v: Original letter from Sir Francis Seymour to the Earl of Hertford, 4 June 1611, Hertford House.
ff. 124r–125v: Original letter from Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, to the Earl of Salisbury, Lord Treasurer, 6 June 1611.
ff. 126r–127v: Original letter from John, Lord Harington of Exton, to Salisbury, 5 June 1611, Kewe.
ff. 128r–129v: Original letter from Griffen Cockell to the Lord High Admiral, 5 June 1611, from aboard the Adventure in the Downs.
ff. 130r–131v: Original letter from [Sir Admiral] William Monson, to Salisbury [6 June 1611].
ff. 132r–133v: Original letter from William Sparrow and William Cage (Bailiffs of Ipswich), to the Earl of Suffolk, Lord Chamberlain, 8 June 1611, Ipswich.
ff. 134r–135v: A true report of the speeches uttered by Robert Hick, gentleman, delivered to the Lords of the Council by Sir George Waldegrave, 10 June 1611.
ff. 136r–v: Information brought to [the Lord Treasuer?] by Waldegrave, 9 June 1611.
ff. 137r–v: Another report of the former item, by James Lancaster, 10 June 1611.
ff. 138r–139v: Original letter from the Lords of Council to Sir William Bowyer, 27 June 1611, Whitehall.
ff. 140r–v: List of people committed to the Tower on occasion of Lady Arbella and William Seymour's escape, 4 and 5 June 1611.
ff. 141r–142v: A note of the jewels Lady Arbella stated to be missing and desired to be enquired after [June 1611?]
ff. 143r–144v: List of people committed by the Lords of the Council on occasion of Lady Arbella's escape, June 1611.
ff. 145r–v: The names of the watermen who assisted her.
ff. 146r–v: Part of a draft petition from the Lady Arbella to the King [1611]
ff. 147r–148v: Copy of a petition from the Lady Arbella to the Lords of Council [1611].
f.149r: Letter from Lady Arbella to Lord ?, whom she calls her cousin [1611].
ff. 150r–151v: Original letter from Lady Arbella to her husband Seymour [1611].
ff. 152r–v: Original letter from Lady Arbella to the Lord Chief Justice of England and the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas [1611].
ff. 153r–v: Draft of a letter from Lady Arbella to the Lord Chief Justice of England and the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas [1611].
ff. 154r–155v: Part of a letter from Lady Arbella to Viscount Fenton [1611?].
ff. 156r–v: Part of a letter from Reverend John Kirshaw, Parson of Ripley to ?, 17 June [16]79, Ripley. Cropped.
ff. 157r–v: Original letter Godfrey Goodman, former Bishop of Gloucester to Thomas Cotton, no date.
ff. 158r–v: Copy of a letter from Lady Elizabeth Compton, afterwards Countess of Northampton, to her husband, no date.
ff. 159r–v: Draft of a letter from ? to ?, no date.
ff. 160r–161v: Original letter from Thomas Mansell to Francis Parry, 14 September 1702, Morgam.
ff. 162r–163v: Original letter from M Bushell to F. Bushell, 14 April [1689?].
ff. 164r–v: Original letter from Daniel Defoe to a gentleman.
ff. 165r–v: Original letter from F. Burghill to Mr Keely [5 June 1702].
ff. 166r–167v: Original letter from [William? Parker] Lord Morley and Monteagle, to the Countess of Kent, no date.
ff. 168r–169v: Original letter from [Henry Rich], Earl of Holland, to ?, 22 August [16_].
ff. 170r–171v: Original letter from Frances [Cecil Countess of] Exeter to the Earl of Bedford, 8 November [16_].
ff. 172r–173v: Original letter from Frances, Countess of Exeter to William Thomas, 12 January 1717, London.
f. 174r: Original letter from James Hayer to ?, 1704.
ff. 175r–176r: Original letter from George Vertue to Charles Christian, 12 August 1721, London.
ff. 177/178r: [Original?] letter from Henry Percy, Earl of Northampton, to ?, [1614?] N.B. This item is numbered as both f. 177 and f. 178.
ff. 179r–180v: Original letter from Robert Boyle to ?, November 1651, Twickenham.
ff. 181r–182r: Copy of a discourse between John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester on his deathbed and Mr Fanshaw, written by William Thomas [1702].
f. 183r: Copy of a letter from Rochester to Dr Burnet, as he lay on his deathbed, 25 June 1680, Woodstock Park.
ff. 185r–186r: Original letter from [Anthony Cary] Lord Falkland to Rochester, 14 November 1675, Paris.
ff. 187r–188v: Title page and contents list, of original letters from Rochester to his wife, mother son, Harry Savile, the Earl of Lichfield, Sir John Warr, and a love letter.
f. 189r: Original, partial letter from Rochester to his wife, 18 October [1679?]
f. 190r: Original, partial letter from Rochester to his wife, no date.
ff. 191r–v: Original, partial letter from Rochester to his wife, no date.
ff. 192r–v: Original, partial letter from Rochester to his wife, no date.
ff. 193r–v: Original, partial letter from Rochester to his mother, 3 August [1665], from the coast of Norway, on board the Revenge.
There is no f. 194 (noted missing 20 January 1992).
f. 195r: Original, partial letter from Elizabeth, the Countess of Rochester to her husband, no date, Cornbury.
ff. 196r–197v: Original letter from Rochester to his wife, no date.
ff. 198r–v: Original letter from Rochester to his wife, no date.
ff. 199r–200v: Original letter from Rochester to his wife, 22 April [no year], Paris.
f. 201r: Original letter from Rochester to his wife, no date. Cropped.
ff. 202r–203v: Original letter from Rochester to his wife, no date.
ff. 204r–205v: Original letter from Rochester to his wife, no date.
ff. 206r–207v: Original letter from Rochester to his wife, no date.
f. 208r: Original letter from Rochester to his wife, no date.
ff. 209r–210v: Original letter from Rochester to his wife, no date.
ff. 211r–v: Original letter from Rochester to his wife, no date.
ff. 212r–213v: Original letter from Rochester to his wife, no date.
ff. 214r–215v: Original letter from Rochester to his wife, no date.
ff. 216r–217v: Original letter from Rochester to his wife, no date.
ff. 218r–219v: Original letter from Rochester to his wife, no date.
ff. 220r–221v: Original letter from Rochester to his wife, no date.
ff. 222r–223v: Original letter from Rochester to his wife, no date.
f. 224r: Original letter from Rochester to his wife, no date.
ff. 225r–v: Original letter from Rochester to his wife, no date.
ff. 226r–227v: Original letter from Rochester to his wife, no date, Newmarket.
ff. 228r–229v: Original letter from Rochester to his wife, no date.
f. 230r: Original letter from Rochester to his wife, no date.
ff. 231r–232v: Original letter from Rochester to his wife, no date.
ff. 233r–234v: Original letter from Rochester to his wife, no date.
ff. 235r–236v: Original letter from Rochester to his wife, no date.
ff. 237r–238v: Original letter from Rochester to his wife, no date.
ff. 239r–240v: Original letter from Rochester to his wife, no date.
ff. 241r–242v: Original letter from Rochester to his wife, no date.
ff. 243r–244v: Original letter from Rochester to his wife, no date.
ff. 245r–246v: Original letter from Rochester to his wife, 20 November [no year].
ff. 247r–248v: Original letter from Rochester to his wife, no date.
ff. 249r–250v: Original letter from Rochester to his son Charles, no date.
f. 251r: Original letter from Rochester to his son Charles, no date.
ff. 252r–253v: Original letter from Rochester to Mr Henry Savile, 8 [no month or year], Adderbury.
ff. 254r–255v: Original letter from Rochester to the Earl of Lichfield, his nephew, 23 December [16]77.
ff. 256r–257v: Original letter from Rochester to Savile, 22 June [no year], Bath.
ff. 258r–259v: Original letter from Rochester to Sir John Warr, no date.
f. 260r: A modern copy of the letter on ff. 254r–255v.
ff. 261r–v: Original letter from Rochester to [his wife?], no date.
ff. 262r–263v: Original letter from Rochester to [his wife?]; a love letter, no date.
ff. 264r–265v: Original letter from Rochester to his wife, no date.
ff. 266r–267v: Ttitle page, Original letters to the Earl of Rochester, from the Lord Buckhurst and the Duke of Buckingham.
ff. 268r–269v: Original letter from Charles (Sackville), Lord Buckhurst, afterwards Earl of Dorset, to Rochester, Saturday 24 [no month or year].
ff. 270r–271v: Original letter from Buckhurst to Rochester, no date.
ff. 272r–273v: Original letter from George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham to Rochester, 19 August [1677?], Clifden.
ff. 274r–275v: Original letter from Buckingham to Rochester, 8 October 1677, Clifden.
ff. 276r–277v: Original letter from Buckingham to Rochester, no date.
ff. 278r–279v: Original letter from Buckingham to Lord Arlington, Secretary of State, 15 August [1670?], St Jermins.
ff. 280r–281v: Original letter from Buckingham to Rochester, no date.
ff. 282r–v: Original letter from Buckingham to Rochester, no date.
ff. 283r–284v: Original letter from Buckingham to Rochester, 11 August 1677.
f. 285r: Original letter from Buckingham to Rochester, no date.
ff. 287r–288v: Original letter from W. Bulkeley to Rochester, no date.
ff. 289r–290v: Original letter from [Sir] Robert Howard to Rochester, 29 August 1672 [Treary? Chamber].
ff. 291r–292v: Original letter from Howard to Rochester, 7 April [no year].
ff. 293r–294v: Original letter from John Dryden to Rochester, no date.
ff. 295r–295*v: Title page, Original Letters To the Earl of Rochester, from Mr Henry Savile and Mr John Muddyman.
ff. 296r–297v: Original letter from Savile to Rochester, 26 January 1670, London.
ff. 298r–299v: Original letter from Savile to Rochester, 16 October 1677, Whitehall.
ff. 300r–301v: Original letter from Savile to Rochester, 15 August 1676, Whitehall.
f. 302r: Original letter from Thomas, Lord Clifford of Chudleigh, afterwards Lord Treasurer, to Rochester, 7 September 1672, Whitehall.
f. 303r: Letter with a seal addressed to the Earl of Oxford, with a note explaining that the following letters are copies of letters which belonged to the Bishop of Rochester. They passed to his son, then to Mr Selwin, who allowed them to be copied.
ff. 304r–304*v: Modern copy of a letter from Rochester to the Bishop of Rochester, 7 October [no year], Cockpitt.
f. 305r: Modern copy of a letter from the Duke of Norfolk to [the Archbishop of Canterbury], 16 November [no year].
f. 306r: Modern copy of a letter from Rochester to the Bishop of Rochester, no date.
ff. 307r–307*v: Modern copy of a letter from Rochester to the Bishop of Rochester, 24 April [no year].
ff. 308r–309v: Modern copy of a letter from Rochester to the Bishop of Rochester, dated 31 July 1701 [a mistake?].
ff. 310r–311v: Modern copy of a letter from William Assheton to the Bishop of Rochester, 18 August 1702.
ff. 312r–312*v: Modern copy of a letter from Charles Hickman to the Bishop of Rochester, no date.
ff. 313r–313*v: Modern copy of a letter from [Sir] Jonathan Trelawney, Bishop of Exeter, to the Bishop of Rochester, 20 July [no year], Trelawney.
ff. 314r–v: Modern copy of a letter from ? to ?, 28 December 1652, Paris. Some cipher. In Mr Conley's hand.
ff. 314v–315r: Modern copy of a letter from ? to ?, 3 May 1653, Paris. Some cipher. Perhaps the same people corresponding as in the former letter.
ff. 315r–v: Modern copy of a letter from Thomas Wentworth (younger son of the 1st Earl of Strafford) to Denis Bruneau, 14 January 1655, Hamburg.
f. 316r: Modern copy of a letter from [L. Nicholas] to Lord Colepeper, 6 September 1658, Bruges.
f. 317r: Modern copy of a letter from Henry Aldrich, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, to the Bishop of Rochester, 18 August 1700, Christ Church.
ff. 318r–v: Original letter from William Whitfield to Mr Beckford, 26 November 1707.
ff. 319r–320v: Original letter from Roger de la Grand to the Marquis of Buckingham, 1 May 1618, Paris.
ff. 321r–v: Copy of a letter from Arabella ? to the Earl of Thanet, no date.
ff. 322r–323v: Original letter from Thomas Ogle to Thomas Colepeper, no date.
ff. 324r–325v: Original letter from William Alington, Lord Alington to Thomas Colepeper, no date.
f. 326r: Original letter from Alington to Colepeper, no date.
ff. 327r–328v: Original letter from Anne Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury to Colepeper, no date.
ff. 329r–330v: Original letter from M[ary Butler], Duchess of Ormond to Colepeper, no date.
ff. 331r–332v: Original letter from Anne (Bourchier), Countess of Bath, to the Earl of Bedford, 19 July 1637.
ff. 333r–334v: Original letter from the Countess of Bath, to Bedford, 21 March [no year], Tavistock.
ff. 335r–336v: Original letter from the Countess of Bath, to Bedford, 29 [March? no year], Tavistock.
ff. 337r–338v: Original letter from the Countess of Bath, to Bedford, 29 [March 1637?], Tavistock.
ff. 339r–340v: Original letter from the Countess of Bath, to Bedford, 5 July [1637?], Tavistock.
ff. 341r–342v: Original letter from the Countess of Bath, to Bedford, 11 August [1637?], Tavistock.
ff. 343r–344v: Original letter from the Countess of Bath, to Bedford, 30 December [1637?], Tavistock.
ff. 345r–346v: Original letter from [Sir] Robert Lovett to Bedford [1637?]
ff. 347r–348v: Original letter from Lovett to Bedford [1637?]
ff. 349r–350v: Original letter from Lovett to Bedford 3 April [no year].
ff. 351r–352v: Original letter from Lovett to Bedford [no date].
ff. 353r–354v: Original letter from Lovett to Bedford [no date].
ff. 355r–356v: Original letter from Lovett to Bedford [no date].
ff. 357r–358v: Original letter from Anne Lovett to the Countess of Bedford [no date].
ff. 359r–360v: Copy of a letter from Anne Lovett to Lord Digby [no date].
ff. 361r–362v: Copy of a letter from Anne Lovett to Bedford, 3 July [no year].
ff. 363r–v: Original letter from Philip (Herbert), Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, to Lord ?, [22?] August [no year], Weston.
ff. 364r–365v: Original letter from Isabella La Warr, Mary Edmondes and Louise Edmondes to Mr Devick, no date.
ff. 366r–367v: Original letter from Ed. Morley to Sir Thomas Puckering, 23 January [1618?], Aldersgate.
ff. 368r–369v: Original letter from John Selden to Dr Samuel Turner, 3 September [no year].
ff. 370r–371v: Original letter from Arthur (Lake) Bishop of Bath and Wells to Sir Adam Newton, 3 July [no year], Wells.
ff. 372r–373v: Original letter from Edmund Ludlowe to Mr Rushworth, no date.
ff. 374r–375v: Original letter from James Howell to Selden, no date.
ff. 376r–377v: Original letter from Henry Spelman to Jeremy Stephens, 31 December 1633, Barbican.
f. 378r: [Original?] letter from H. Broughton to ?, no date.
ff. 379r–380v: Original letter from Richard Cotton to Jeremy Stephens, 31 December 1633, Barbican.
ff. 381r–v: Original letter from Richard Cotton to Jeremy Stephens, 31 December 1633, Barbican.
f. 382r: Original letter from Richard Bayley to [Chief Justice Montague], no date.
ff. 383r–383+v: Original letter from Thomas West, Lord De La Warr to Mr Carter, 27 March [no year], Offington. See Cotton MS Vespasian F XIII f. 112.
ff. 384r–385v: Original letter from Griffith Rice to Sergeant Puckering, Chief Justice of South Wales [1590?]
ff. 386r–387v: Original letter from Walter Vaughan to Sergeant Puckering, 3 March [1590?], London.
ff. 388r–389v: Original letter from Francis Alley to Sergeant Puckering, no date [1590?].
ff. 390r–v: Original letter from Ed. Beley to ?, no date.
ff. 391r–v: Original letter from [PS Clare?] to Mrs Christian Hobson, no date.
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- Harley Collection
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- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1610
- End Date:
- 1717
- Date Range:
- 1610-1717
- Era:
- CE
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 359 x 282 mm.
Foliation: ff. 391 + unfoliated contents list at end + 10 (endleaves).
Binding: British Museum binding.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England and France.
Provenance:
Thomas Baker (1656–1740), nonjuring Church of England clergyman and antiquary; throughout.
Richard Fiddes (1670–1725), chaplain to Robert Harley, 1713–1714.
William Hanbury (1665–1737), one of the trustees of the Cotton library.
George Harbin (d. 1743), chaplain to Bishop Turner of Ely and Viscount Weymouth.
George Holmes (1643–1737) rector of Leyton; ecclesiastical historian.
George Paul (d. 1714), fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge (1704–1714).
Timothy Thomas (1694–1751), chaplain to Robert Harley; owned ff. 172–173, which he gave to the Harley library on 23 November 1722.
Humfrey Wanley (1672–1726), Anglo-Saxon scholar, palaeographer and librarian.
The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and Edward Harley (b. 1689, d. 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 (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime and thereafter to their daughter, Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (b. 1715, d. 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.
- Publications:
- Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808–12), III, p. 496.
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), pp. 60–61, 151, 178–79, 270–71, 327, 341–46.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Aldrich, Henry, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, composer, 1648-1710
Alington, William, 3rd Baron Alington, Constable of the Tower, bef 1641-1685
Anne Catherine, Queen consort of Denmark and Norway, first wife of Christian IV, 1575-1612
Assheton, William, Dr; Chaplain to the Duke of Ormonde
Bennet, Henry, 1st Earl of Arlington
Bond, William, Knight, haberdasher and keeper of Lady Arbella Stuart, c 1567-c 1617
Bourchier, Anne, Countess of Bath, daughter of Sir Robert Lovett, second wife of Edward Bourchier, 17th century
Bowes, Isabel, wife of Sir William Bowes
Boyle, Robert, FRS; physicist and chemist, d 1691
Brydges, Frances, wife of Giles Bruges, Lord Chandos of Audley
Burnet, Gilbert, Bishop of Salisbury, 1643-1715
Cavendish, William, 1st Duke of Newcastle, 1592-1676
Christian IV, of Denmark
Clifford, Thomas, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh
Colepeper, Thomas, Colonel, 1637-1708
Friis, Christian, Chancellor of Denmark, 1581-1639
Harington, John, 1st Baron Harington of Exton, 1539-1613
Henrietta Maria, daughter of Henri IV, King of France; consort of Charles I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1609-1669
Henry, Prince of Wales, 1594-1612
Hickman, Charles, Bishop of Derry
Howard, Robert, Knight, dramatist and politician, 1626-1698
James, William, Bishop of Durham, 1542-1617
Ker, Jane, courtier and wife of Robert Ker, 1st Earl of Roxburghe, c 1585-1643
Lake, Arthur, Bishop of Bath and Wells
Lovett, Robert, d 1643
Parry, Thomas, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Puckering, John, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, 1544-1596,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000058483165
Puckering, Thomas, 1591-1637,
see also http://isni.org/isni/000000005008619X
Rodney, Edward, English politician, son of Sir John Rodney of Rodney Stoke, 1590-1657
Sackville, Charles, Earl of Middlesex, 6th Earl of Dorset (1677)
Savile, Henry, brother of George, 1st Marquis of Halifax, 1642-1687
Selden, John, lawyer and historical and linguistic scholar, 1584-1654,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000109004698
Seymour, William, 1st Marquess of Hertford 1641 and (1660) 2nd Duke of Somerset
Sinclair, Andrew
Spelman, Henry, historian and antiquary, 1563/4-1641
Sprat, Thomas, Archdeacon of Rochester, son of T Sprat Bishop of Rochester
Stephens, Jeremy, Rector of Wotton
Stuart, Arbella, 1575-1615
Talbot, Gilbert, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury, 1553-1616
Trelawney, Jonathan, 3rd Baronet, Bishop of Exeter
Villiers, George, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, 1628-1687
Wilmot, Elizabeth, née Malet wife of John 2nd Earl of Rochester, 1651-1681
Wilmot, John, 2nd Earl of Rochester, 1647-1680 - Related Material:
- Cotton MS Vespasian F XIII, f. 112.