Add MS 36651

REDESDALE PAPERS. Vol. XIII. Miscellancous Papers, including:-

1. " A trew inventorie of all the goods and chatelles of Johane Freeman, late of Battford in the dioces of Gloouc., deceased, taken and prysed " (20 May, 1602). f. 1.

2. Legal opinion 'by Sir Francis Pemberton, Chief Justice of the King's Bench 1681, of the Common Pleas 1683 (but removed in the same year); n. d. [post 1683]. Autogr. f. 3.

3. Notes of birth of Thomas Edwards' children, 1682-1693. f. 3.

4. " The state of the revenue of Ireland in the year of our Lord 1693 with the antient and present method of collecting, and accounting for the several branches of it, the reasons of the change and a view of the whole for eleven years last past at the top is added "by the Lord Cheif Baron Hely." Sir John Hely was Chief Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland 16990-1695, Cheif Justice of the Common Pleas in Ireland 1695-1701. f. 7.

5. Note-book of Richard Freeman, Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1707-1710, chiefly legal; partly in short-hand. lt contains 'Dotes (f. 35) of a speech to the Lord Mayor of Dublin, 30 Aug. 1707, and of the Lord Lieutenant's speech to Parliament 24 Oct. 1707, and also (f. 38) " Some observations out of my Lord of Essex' [Arthur Capell, 1st Earl, Lord Lieutenant 1672-1677] letters which I had from Dr. Stone "; taken from the Essex Papers (Stowe MS. 215). f. 27.

6. Inventory of books at Redland [in Westbury on Trim, co. Glouc.', 4 Oct. 1717. f. 40.

7. Medical recipes, especially against plague, 1717-1740 and n. d., with a note on growing celery. f. 44.

8. Law Reports, Chancery and Exchequer cases, 1718-1724. f. 87.

9. Inventories: (a) "Of the plate late of the right honourable Charles Williain [Howard, 7th] Earle of Suffolke and [2nd Earl of] Bindon," 16 and 20 July, 1722, with note, " all this plate is marked with the Lady Thomond's arms." The seventh Earl's stepmother [Henrietta, 2nd wife of Henry Howard, 6th Earl] was widow of Henry Horatio O'Brien, styled Lord O'Brien, son of Henry, 6th Earl of Thomond. f. 109 ;-(b) " A particular of the plate mark'd with the Lady Thomond's crest or armes remaining in the hands of Thomas Edwards, Esq., for the use of Sir John Smyth, being all the plate of the late Earle which came to the hands of Sir John Smyth besides what was taken in execution by the sheriffe of Bristolle." f. 111 ;-(c) Of linen at Bristol and Redland after the decease of Mrs. Jane Edwards, 13 Mar. 173. f. 112.

10. Affidavit by Joseph Wilks, of Winderton in Lower Brailes, co. Warw., concerning a conspiracy there; sworn 6 Oct. 1736. f. 114.

11. Papers relating to the expenses of rebuilding of chambers in Elm Court in the Temple, 27 Nov. 1741. f. 115.

12. Fees payable to the Master of the Rolls, endorsed " this is of the hand of Banaster a clerk in the Petty Bag office and was probably prepared for Sir T[homas] S[ewell] on his appointment to be Master of the Roll s " (1764). f. 119.

13. Poetic compositions by the first Lord Redesdale, translations from Horace, etc. f. 124.

14. Letter of the first Lord Redesdale to [John Scott, Lord Eldon], Lord Chancellor, about Irish affairs, probably intended for publication; Dublin, Jan. 1804. Copy. f. 137.

15. Notes on alienage, " written in 1809," by the first Lord Redesdale. Autogr. f. 163.

16. Theological essay by the first Lord Redesdale. Autogr. f. 195.

17. Copy of a letter of Thomas Tanner, the antiquary, dated 10 July, 1722 (Add. MS. 22934, f. 3). f. 211.

18. Petition of Charles Short, barrister, to the House of Lords for compensation for loss of fees as Clerk of the Rules in King's Bench; [.post 1823]. f. 212. Paper; fr. 215. Folio.

includes:

• f. 1 Inventories: J. Freeman: 1602.
• f. 1 Joan Freeman, wife of John Freeman, of Batsford: Inventory of goods: 1602.
• f. 3 Sir Francis Pemberton, Serjeant-at-law, Lord Chief Justice successively of the King's Bench and Common Pleas: Legal opinion: 1683.
• f. 5 Thomas Edwards: Births of children of: 1682-1693.
• f. 7 Sir John Hely, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in Ireland: State of the revenue of Ireland: 1693.
• f. 7 Ireland: State of the revenue: 1693.
• f. 7 Political Tracts: State of the revenue of Ireland: 1693, etc.
• f. 7 Revenue: State of the revenue of Ireland: 1693.
• f. 27 County of Dublin: Speech to the Lord Mayor by the Lord Chancellor: 1707.
• f. 27 Richard Freeman, Lord Chancellor of Ireland (1707-1710): Note-book: 1707.
• f. 35 b Parliament; Ireland: Lord Lieutenant's speech: 1707.
• f. 40 Westbury on Trim, Gloucestershire: Inventory of books at Redland in: 1717.
• f. 40 Catalogues of Libraries, etc: Books at Redland, co. Glouc.: 1717.
• f. 44 Recipes: Medical: 1717-1740, n.d.
• f. 87 Law OF ENGLAND: Law Reports, some Chancery and Exchequer cases: 1718-1724.
• f. 109 Inventories: Plate of the 7th Earl of Suffolk: 1722.
• f. 109 Charles William Howard, 7th Earl of Suffolk: Inventory of plate: 1722.
• f. 109 O'Brien, Earls of Thomond: Plate belonging to the 7th Earl of Suffolk with " Lady Thomond's " arms: 1722.
• f. 112 Jane Edwards, widow of T Edwards: Deeds relating to her husband's will, etc,: 1728, 1734.
• f. 114 Brailes, Warwickshire: Papers relating to: 1633-1765.
• f. 114 Joseph Wilks, of Winderton in Lower Brailes, county Warwickshire: Affidavit: 1736.
• f.115 London, England: Expense of rebuilding chamber in Elm Court,Temple: 1741.
• f. 119 Rolls, Court of: Fees of the Master: 1764.
• f. 119 Banaster, clerk in the Petty Bag Office: Fees payable to the Master of the Rolls: 1764.
• f. 124 John Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale; Lord Chancellor of Ireland: Poetical compositions by: 18th-19th cent.
• f. 124 Poetry: Compositions of the lst Lord Reddesdale: early 19th cent.
• f. 137 John Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale; Lord Chancellor of Ireland: Letter to Lord Eldon on Irish affairs: 1804.
• f. 163 John Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale; Lord Chancellor of Ireland: Notes on alienage: 1809.
• f. 195 John Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale; Lord Chancellor of Ireland: Theological essay: n.d.
• f. 211 Thomas Tanner, Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, afterwards Bishop of St. Asaph: Letter to O. Beauvoir: 1722.: Copy, 19th cent.
• f. 212 Charles Short, Clerk of the Rules in King's Bench: Petition to the House of Lords: 19th cent.