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Harley MS 7009
- Record Id:
- 040-002052863
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002052863
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000935.0x00021a
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100166884325.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 7009
- Title:
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Miscellaneous papers addressed to Prince Henry, 1610-1612
- Scope & Content:
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Miscellaneous petitions, proposals and projects addressed to Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (1594–1612). Volume 3 of Harley MSS 7007-7009.
ff. 1r-2v: Brief list of the yearly pensions paid by Prince Henry. With notes of some occasional expenses. 1610-1612.
ff. 3r-4v: Record of several petitions sent to Prince Henry, from Monsieur de Caulx, Constantino de Ferni, one Mr. Smeeth, one Jocky, and ‘The poor warders’. No date.
ff. 5r-5v: List of gentlemen in ordinary. 19 December 1610.
ff. 6r-7v: List titled ‘A note of some particulars to receive order’. No date.
f. 8r-8v: List of grants awarded by Prince Henry. January 1611.
ff. 9r-11v: Petition of Edward Helwis, aged fourscore and fourteen. For encouragement to discover some military engines that may prove of great use and service. With a note on their force and nature (f. 9r).
ff. 12r-13v: Proposal for a project to make farthing tokens from copper. No date.
ff. 14r-15v: Petition of Sir William Slingsby. For furnaces which save fuel, with objections against the propositions of some French men. 1610.
ff. 16r-17v: Calculation showing how an invention for making iron from pit or sea coal would be worth 380 thousand pounds per year, with no further charge. 1611.
ff. 18r-19v: Details of a project concerning ordnance for sea and land. No date. French.
ff. 20r-29v: Petitions and projects concerning the forfeitures of recusants. 1610-1611.
ff. 30r-32v: Project concerning salt. No date.
ff. 33r-51v: Proposals concerning ship-building, with estimates of the cost of fitting out ships for Prince Henry’s service. 1610-1611.
ff. 52r-53v: Project of the Sieur Gouget, concerning lead and silver mines. July 1610.
ff. 54r-55v: Details of a project concerning silver. April 1612.
ff. 56r-57v: Petition for raising money from tin. No date.
ff. 58r-62v: Account of a voyage to Virginia in the West Indies in three ships: the De la War Admiral; the Blessing of Plymouth Vice Admiral; and the Hercules of Rye Rear Admiral. 7 July 1610.
ff. 63r-71v: A project for the plantation of Tyrone, Colerain, Donegal, Fermanagh, Armagh and Cavan. No date.
ff. 72r-77v: Papers concerning the King’s title to the lands owned by Thomas Butler, Earl of Ormond, and Sir Thomas Cheyne. No dates.
ff. 78r-84v: Notes concerning the rents of Chester, Wales, and Cornwall. No date.
ff. 85r-86v: Letter to Prince Henry, concerning the Marches of Wales. Ludlow Castle, 1 June 1611.
ff. 87r-91v: Petition of one Montalbotto to Prince Henry. 1612. Italian.
ff. 92r-93v: Petition of Johan Browning to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 94r-95v: Petition of Anne Benbury to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 96r-97v: Petition of John Allen to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 98r-99v: Petition of Christopher Awbrey and Janes Martin, gentlemen, to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 100r-101v: Petition of Claude Bennet, yeoman of the Princes races, to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 102r-102*v: Petition of William Bradshaw to Prince Henry. No date.
f. 103r-103v: Petition of Francis Buckland, gentleman of Westharptry, Somerset, to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 104r-105v: Petition of Henry Burton to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 106r-107v: Petition of Henry Claper to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 108r-108v: Petition of Katherine Cater, widow, to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 109r-109v: Petition of Brian Case, to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 110r-111v: Petition of Bryan Connell, footman, to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 112r-113v: Petition of William Coverley, yeoman of the Prince’s pantry, to Prince Henry. No date.
f. 114r-114v: Petition of Richard Dodsworth, yeoman of the Prince’s buckhounds, to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 115r-116v: Petition of John Doughty, clerk, and George Stoford, gentleman, to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 117r-118v: Petition of Jeffrey Duppa, brewer, to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 119r-120v: Petition of Sir Richard Egerton to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 121r-121v: Petition of George Fairebairne to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 122r-123v: Petition of Alphonsus Fowle to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 124r-124v: Petition of Raphe Gape to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 125r-126v: Petition of Walter Garland to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 127r-128v: Petition of Elizabeth Graye to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 129r-130v: Petition of George Griffyn to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 131r-132v: Another petition of George Griffyn to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 133r-134v: Petition of Ryce Griffen, footman of the Prince, to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 135r-136v: Petition of Richard Gwynn, huntsman, to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 137r-138v: Another petition of Richard Gwynn, huntsman, to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 139r-140v: Petition of Robert Hammond, groom of the Prince’s Privy Chamber, to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 141r-142v: Petition of James Hedeley, servant of the Prince, to the Prince. No date.
ff. 143r-144v: Petition of John Hodder to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 145r-145v: Petition of John Hunt, servant to the Prince’s attorney, to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 146r-147v: Petition of Katherine Johnson, widow, to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 148r-149v: Petition of Richard Jones, footman of the Prince, to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 150r-151v: Petition of Henry Knollys, servant of the Prince, to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 152r-153v: Petition of John Lee, yeoman of the Prince’s Buttery, to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 154r-155v: Petition of John Lumley, servant of the Prince, to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 156r-157v: Petition of Richard Manley, servant of the Prince, to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 158r-159v: Petition of Henry Maynwaringe, and his son Hugh, to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 160r-161v: Petition of John Meaker, of Somerset, to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 162r-163v: Petition of Marie Moore to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 164r-165v: Petition of Robert Murrey, page of the Prince’s Bed Chamber, to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 166r-167v: Petition of William Mussell, and his son Thomas, to Prince Henry. No date.
f. 168r-168v: Petition of the merchant discoverers of the Northwest Passage to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 169r-170v: Petition of the inhabitants of Ockingham to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 171r-171v: Petition of Christopher Palmer to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 172r-173v: Petition of William Pitts, yeoman of the Prince’s Ewery, to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 174r-174v: Petition of Thomas Price, yeoman of the Prince’s Chamber in Ordinary. No date.
ff. 175r-176v: Petition of Henry Prichard. Endorsed at Richmond, 7 July 1612.
ff. 177r-178v: Petition of Lewis Rogers to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 179r-179v: Petition of Robert Stickland to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 180r-181v: Petition of Thomas Tylley and Henry Phillips, servants to the Prince, to Prince Henry. Endorsed at St. James’s Palace, 2 March 1611.
f. 182r-182v: Petition of Charles Waldegrave to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 183r-184v: Petition of Lewes Watkins to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 185r-186v: Petition of Sir Richard Weston to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 187r-187v: Petition of David Williams, gentleman, to Prince Henry. No date.
ff. 188r-188v: Petition of the workmen, pewterers, and hammermen. No date.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-002052863", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Harley MS 7009: Miscellaneous papers addressed to Prince Henry, 1610-1612" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002052863 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 7009 : Miscellaneous papers addressed to Prince Henry, 1610-1612 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[7019]/040-002052863
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100166884325.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
French
Italian - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1610
- End Date:
- 1612
- Date Range:
- 1610-1612
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- England.
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 345 x 250 mm.
Foliation: ff. xiii + 188.
Binding: British Museum. Post-1600.
Script: Secretary, italic.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England.
Provenance:
Adam Newton (d. 1630), tutor to Prince Henry: former owner.
Sir Henry Puckering (1618-1701): former owner.
George Paul (d. 1714), fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge: former owner.
Unnamed landlady of George Paul (d. 1714): 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:
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A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1808), vol. 3, p. 498.
Thomas Birch, ed., The Life of Henry, Prince of Wales (London: A. Millar, 1760).
Roy Strong, Henry, Prince of Wales, and England's Lost Renaissance (New York: Thames and Hudson, 1986).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)