Add MS 38091 O

O. Historical letters and papers relating chiefly to the Palatinate and Bavaria, 1504-1682, viz.:-(a) "Extraict de la guerre Bauariene ...de l'an 1504, et de la Transaction finale de deux lignes avec la cession du Duché et terres de Neubourg à la maison Palatine electorale d'alors en l'an 1505." f. 211;-(b) Letter from the Protestant Princes, [John,] Duke of Deuxponts [Zweybräcken], [Joachim Ernest,] Margrave of Anspach, [John Frederick,] Duke of Würtemberg, and [George Fredeirck,], Margrave of Baden[-Durlach], to [James I.], on the embassy of Sir Albertus Morton ; circ. 1620. f. 213;-(c) Sir Francis Cottington, awbassador to Spain, to [Dudley Carleton,] Viscount Dorchester; 4 Aug. 1630. Extr. f. 215;--(d) Declaration of Louis XIII. in favour of Card. Richelieu after the removal of the Queen Mother and Duke of Orleans from the Court; 25 May, 1631. Printed in Mercure Françoise, xvii., p. 187. Copy. f 217;-(e) Treaty between France and Savoy signed at Mirefleur, 17 Oct. 1631. Copy. f. 221;-

(f) "The proposition of the vse of the Prince Elector's presence at Hamburgh, or any place neare the sea, where the generall treatye shalbe dessigned in Germany "; [1637 ?]. f. 223;-(h) [Francis Cottington, Baron Cottington?] to Charles Louis, son of Frederick V., Elector Palatine, imprisoned in France, giving the king's views and intentions on the matter; Westminster, 22 Nov. 1639. Copy. f. 227;-(h) Undertaking given by the same Prince [Charles Louis] to Comte de Chavigny on his release; Bois de Vincennes, 13.Mar. 1640. Copy. f. 229;-(i) Instructions for Joseph Avory, the King's agent to the Elector of Brandenburg, 24 Jan. 1641[2]. Copy. f. 231;-(k) Grant by William, Prince of Orange, to Christoff Charles of the reversion, on the death of Adrian van Elst, of the office of "Receveur de la Baronnie de Breda"; La Haye, 21 Dec. 1647. Copy. f. 233;-(l) "Conditions du Marriage receché par le tresillustre Due d'Aveiros" with a sister of the Elector Palatine; n. d. f. 234;-(m) G[eorge] Wiseheart [Bishop of Edinburgh 1662] to Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia, in favour of a cousin bearing a petition to Court, "It is but a leter recommendatorie to Abbot [Walter] Montague from His Highnesse the Duke of Yorke"; Newcastle, 2 Oct. 1661. f. 236;-(n) Sophia, Electress of Hanover, to "Madame Hewes" [Margaret Hughes, actress, and mistress of Prince Rupert], who had sent her some shoes; Hanover, 26 Juin/6 Juilliet, 1682. f. 238;-(o) George Louis, Electoral Prince of Hanover [afterwards George I.], to "Madame Huis" [Marg. Hughes]; Hannover, July, 26 Oct. 1682. In the second letter he sends compliments to le Prince Robert " [Rupert]. ff. 240,242;-

(p) [Arthur Forbes, Viscount] Granard, to "Madame O Hueth" (in the body of the letter "O Heues," sc. Hughes), sending her pedigree ; Dublin, 10 Nov. 1682. f. 244.