Add MS 38139

HISTORICAL collections of Sir Peter Manwood, of Hackington co. Kent (son of Sir Roger Manwood, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, 1578-1592), Sheriff of Kent 1602, K.B. 1603, d. 1625: consisting mainly of transcripts and translations of state papers, 1564-1618 especially for the years 1603-1605. Most of the documents are marked as "examinat." or "examined," and to many of them notes in Manwood's hand are appended or prefixed (see especially ff. 192, 201 b, artt. 9 (w), 32 below). The contents are: 1. Irish affairs: (a) "The Lord Montioy [Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy, Lord Deputy] to the Counsell . . . . Sent by Sir Oliuer St. John," reporting briefly the course of events in Ireland since his appointment (on 28 Feb. 1599}; 5 May, 1[602]. f. 1 ; (b) "The coppie of a sedicious lybell sent by [Hugh O'Neill, Earl of] Tyrone to the lordes and gentlemen of the Palle in Ireland," threatening them with spoliation unless they side with him against the English; 15 Nov. 1599. f. l0b; (c) Letters patent appointing Charles [Blount], Earl of Devonshire, Lord-lieutenant, his deputy Sir Arthur Chichester, Donough [O'Brien], Earl of Thomond, and others as commissioners for settling disputes as to lands in Ulster, etc. Westminster, 19 July, 3 Jas. I [1605]. f. 240.

2. Trial and execution (31 July, 1602) of Cliarles de Gontaut, Due de Biron, Maréchal de France: (a) The "five especiall poyntes" charged against him, with his answers, and the sentence of the court. f. 3 b; (b) "A trew discours of all the proceedinges aboute the pronounc[ement] of the sentence . . . . together with the execucion of the same." f. 6 ; (c) "The Frence Kinge to the Duk of Bouillon [Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne]"; Fontainebleau, 18 Nov. 1602 (for the original see Lettres Missives de Henri IV, v, 1850, p. 696). f. 9 ; (d) "The Duke of Bouillones two lettres to the Frenche Kinge," Turenne, 20 Nov., Ceil, ult. Nov., 1602, and "the articles wherwith the Duke of Bouillon is charged." f. 9 b; (e) "The supplicacion of my Lord of Biron his frendes to the Kinge, and the Kinges aunsswer to yt [18 June, 1602, see Histoire de la vie . . . du Mareschal de Biron, in Cimber and Danjou, Archives curieuses, ser. i, vol. xiv, 1837, p. 113]. f. 18 b ; (f) Report of Biron's execution; Paris, 31 July, 1602. f. 19.

3. Church history : (a) Commission for ecclesiastical causes to John [Whitgift], Archbishop of Canterbury, Sir John Puckering, Lord Keeper, and others; Kew, 23 Sept. 37 Eliz. [1595]. f. 11 b; (b) "A prayer sett forth by authority to be vsed for the prosperous sucess of her Ma^ties forces and nauie," 1596, noted by Manwood as "exsam. per y^e printed coppy" [1596, reprinted by W. K. Clay, Liturgical Services, etc., Parker Soc., 1847, p. 665]. f. 16b; (c) Letter from John Burges [Town Preacher at Ipswich, 1592-1602, see J. Wodderspoon, Memorials of Ipswich, 1850, p. 371] to [Archbishop Whitgift ?], complaining of unjust accusations, and a record of his resignation, 23 June, 1602. f. 19 b ; (d) "A course to restraine ouer hastie excomumicacions in ecclesiasticall courtes"; [1605?]. f. 19 b ; (e) "A noate of such thinges as shalbee reformed," touching absolution, confirmation, etc. [Jan. 1604]. Printed by E. Cardwell, History of Conferences, 1840, p. 141. f. 24; (f) Lampoons, viz. on Whitgift, beg,. "The prelates pope, the canonistes trope" [1604], characterized by Manwood as "a lewde writinge made of y^e most wourthest and exsellentest man that ever governed y^e church" ; and on a proposal to substitute another name for preaching, beg. "Six of the greatest sexe and purest sect" (cf. Harley MS. 6913, f. 55, Add. MSS. 10309, f. 148, 25707, f. 126). f. 58 ; (g) Royal licence to the Convocation of the province of Canterbury to make canons and constitutions; Westminster, 25 June, 2 Jas. I [1604]. Cf. Wilkins, Concilia, iv, pp. 379, 426. f. 62 b ; (h) Royal proclamation, enjoining uniformity on the clergy; Oatlands, 16 July, 1604 (printed in A Booke of Proclamations, 1609, p. 76). f. 70 b; (i) R[ichard Bancroft, Archbishop of] Canterbury, two letters to the bishops, for the ejection of nonconforming clergymen; Lambeth, 18 Dec. (22 Dec. in Wilkins, iv, pp. 408, 409), 1604. ff. 103, 103b ; (k) Matthew [Hutton, Archbishop of] York, to [Robert Cecil,] Lord Cranborne, urging that Papists rather than Puritans should be repressed, and deprecating the King's lavishness and love of hunting; Bishopthorpe, 18 Dec. 1604 (printed in Strype, Life of Whitgift, Oxford cd., 1822, iii, p. 420). Cf. Egerton MS. 2877, art. 82, etc. f. 181 ; (l) James I to John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, requiring certificates as to the number of parish churches and supply of clergy in the several dioceses; Wilton, 29 Oct. 1603 (cf. Cal. of State Papers, Domestic, under date 26 Oct. 1603). f. 183; (m) Decree of Archbishop Whitgift for augmenting the stipend of the vicarage of Hackington, co. Kent, to make up for the loss of offferings to the image of St. Stephen; Lambeth, 13 Dec. 1588 (see Hasted's Kent, iii, p. 600, Strype's Whitgift, i, p. 542). Followed by his letter of admission to Valentine Maye as, vicar in place of Richard Cost, deceased; 11 Jan. 1594[5]. ff. 187b, 188b; (n) [Robert Cecil, Viscount Cranborne] to [Archbishop Hutton], in answer to his letter [of 18 Dec. 1604, see (k) above] ; n. d. (printed in Strype, Annals, iv, p. 545). f. 194 ; (o) Declaration to the Lords of the Council, [by Edmund Campion the Jesuit], of the causes of his coming into England; [1580]. Printed by R. Simpson, Edmund Campion, 1867, p. 159. f. 202 b; (p) [James Pilkington, Bishop of Durham] to [the Earl of Leicester], on behalf of the clergy who refuse to wear the prescribed vestments; "Awbande" [Auckland], 25 Oct. 1564 (printed in Strype, Parker, iii, p. 69; original in Lansdowne MS. 7, f. 212). f. 245; (q) Laurence Humphrey to [the Bishops] on the same subject, protesting against the introduction of Popish practices; [May, 1565?]. Another copy is in the Public Record Office (see Cal. S. P. Dom. 1547-1580, p. 253). f. 246; (r) "A brief summe of all the parishes, impropriacions, preachers, communicantes, and recusantes eertefled within the seuerall dyoceses of both the prouinces of Canterbury and Yorke. Anno 1603." Note by Manwood at the end, "exam. with y^e roole vnder y^e most excellent Arch[bishop's] owne hande which I have." f. 254 b; (s) "An oration or sermon of Pope Sixtus V of the murther and death of Henry the 3. the French Kinge. Made at Rome in the Consistorie of Fathers the 11^th of September in the yeare 1589." The Latin text, as well as French or English translations, has often been printed, e.g. in Harangue pretendue par ceux de la Ligue, etc., 1589, Antisitus, 1590, and Harleian Miscellany, vii, 1811, p. 122. f. 260.

4. "Sir Anthony Sherly to Ma^r Bacon and y^e Earle [of Essex]," viz. (a) "The commandment of Shaw Greate Sophir of Persia," declaring his dominions open to Christians (printed in A True Report or of Sir A. Shierlies Journey, 1600). f. 15 : (b) "The commission of Shawe Greate Sophir of Persia," i.e. the Shah's letters of credence for Sherly (printed ib.). f. 15 b; (c) Abstracts of letters from Sherly to Bacon and Essex; [1599]. f. 15 b.

5. "Lawes and ordinances sett downe by Roberte [Dudley,] Earle of Leycester, the Queenes Maiesties leiutenant and captaine generall of her armie and forces in the Lowe Countries: meete and fitte to be obserued by all such as shall serue her Ma^tie vnder him in the sayd countries"; [1586, see endorsement of another copy in Add. MS. 30170, f. 35]. Printed by C. Barker, London, [1586]; a somewhat different version, based on a Leyden edition of 1586, is in T. Digges, Stratioticos, 1590, p. 275. f. 16 b.

6. "A Proclamacion made by Yorke and Somerset Heraldes in London, xiiij of Marche 1603[4]," for the royal visit to the city. f. 20.

7. "Modus tenendi Parliamentum." f. 20 b.

8. Parliamentary history, consisting mainly of extracts from the Lords' and Commons' Journals. (a) James I's speech at the opening of Parliament; 19 Mar. 1 Jas. I. [1603/4 ]. Two copies of a different report from that printed by R. Barker, 1604, and in Commons' Journals, i, p. 142. ff. 24 b, 230 b ; (b) Notes of debates, etc., about the proposed Union with Scotland, including (i) Note, in Manwood's hand, of a debate in the Commons on altering the King's style [Apr.-May, 1604]. f. 27b; (ii) "An Act for instilinge our souereigne lord Kinge James Kinge of Britaine" [21 Apr. (?) 1604]. f. 32 ; (iii) "Obiections against the change of the name of ye stile of England and Scotland into the name or stile of Great Brittaine" (Commons' Journ., 27 Apr. 1604). f. 35 ; (iv) The King's letter to the Commons (ib. I May, 1604). f. 36; (v) Proposed petition from Parliament to the King, for a change in the royal style and for the appointment of commissioners to treat of union (ib. 23 Apr. 1604). f. 36 b; (vi) "Sir Frances Bacons report of y^e 13 obiections" to union (ib. 25 Apr. 1604). f. 37 ; (vii) Sir Edwin Sandys' speech on the same subject (ib. 26 Apr, 1604). f. 37 b; (viii) Names of Commissioners selected by the Commons, and by the Lords (ib. 12 May, Lords Journ., 10 May, 1604). f. 44 ; (ix) An early draft, and the final text (as in Statutes of the Realm, vol. iv, pt. ii, p. 1018), of the Act (1 Jac. I, c. 2) appointing commissioners to treat of the, union; [May-June, 1604]. ff. 49, 67 ; (x) Act of the Scottish Parliament, for the same purpose ; Perth, 11 July, 1604 (printed in Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland, iv, p. 263). f. 102 ; (c) Articles agreed on by the Committee of the Commons for matters of religion to be discussed in conference with the Lords (Com. Journ., 5 May, 1604). f. 38 b; (d) Debate concerning the Speaker's rights and duties with regard to bills; 23 May, 1604 (ib. i, p. 223). f. 54 b; (e) Points to be discussed in a conference with the Lords touching tenures and wardships (ib. 26 May, 1604). f. 55 ; (f) Report [by Sir Edwin Sandys] on the bill for free trade (ib. 21 May, 1604). f. 59; (g) James I's letter to the House of Commons, refusing a subsidy (ib. 26 June 1604); "wrytten oute of y^e printed coppy" (cf. Cal. State Papers, -Dom. 1603-1610, p. 125). f. 64 b; (h) "A noate of all suche Billes as haue past both the howses of Parliament at this present session;" 7 Jul. 1604. At the end, "I did read theis articles to y^e Kinge in the last daie of the Parliament, and Sir Tho: Smith, knight, Clerke of y^e Parliament, did answer the Kinges royall assent," etc. f. 82; (i) Names of knights of shires, citizens, burgesses, and barons of the Cinque Ports, coming to the Parliament summoned at Westminster, 19 Mar. 1 Jas. I [1603/4]. f. 89; (k) Warrant for the issue of writs for a Parliament to meet on 19 Mar. [l603/4]. f. 106 b; (l) Form of indenture between the mayor, etc., of a borough and the sheriff of the county, for the election of a burgess; 6 Mar. [l603/4]. f. 106 b; (m) Writ to the Sheriff of co. Bucks to hold elections; Westminster, 31 Jan. I Jas. 1 [1603/4]. f. 107 ; (n) Writ to the Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports, for the further prorogation of Parliament to be proclaimed; Westminster, 24 Aug. 6 Eliz. [1564]. With return dated Dover Castle, 1 Oct. 1564. f. 198; (o) Notes of the summoning of parliaments by writ, with forms of writs of summons, prorogation, etc., 13 Edw. III-7 Hen. VI. f. 199; (p) "Proiects touchinge recusants submitted to further consideracion" ("by y^e Lords" in margin), and "Articles agreed vpon for the framinge of an Act of Parliament for the better preuentinge of all Popishe practizes against the kinges Ma^tie etc. ("by y^e howse of Commons" in margin); [Mar.-Apr. 1606; afterwards embodied in the two acts 3 Jac. I, capp. 4, 5]. ff. 255 b, 256 b; (q) "A prayer of the lower howse of Parliament" and "A prayer for the Parliament" : two different versions of the prayer introduced on 23 Mar. 1603/4 (Com. Journ. i, p. 150). ff. 265, 265 b.

9. Commissions, appointments, etc.: (a) to Robert [Devereux, 2nd] Earl of Essex, as commander of the forces sent to Normandy; Greenwich, [21] July, 1591. f. 27; (b) to the same, as lieutenant and governor-general of Ireland; Westminster, 8 [for 12, cf. Rymer's Fædera] Mar. 41 Eliz. [1598/9]. f. 28; (c) to George [Clifford, 3rd] Earl of Cumberland, as warden of the west and middle marches, etc. ; [Westminster, 8 June, 1603, cf. Rymer]. f. 39; (d) to Sir Richard Leveson, as lieutenant of the Admiralty; Westminster, 10 Apr. 2 Jas. I [1604]. f. 52 ; (e) Creation of Mary Fane as Baroness Le Despencer: Westminster, 25 May, 2 Jas. 1 [1604]. f. 53; (f) Appointment of Sir Robert Sydney as governor of Flushing; Westminister, 22 Apr. 1 Jas. I [1603]. f. 53 b; (g) Commission to Lewis [Stuart, 2nd] Duke of Lennox, Thomas [Sackville], Lord Buckhurst, Charles [Howard], Earl of Nottingham, Thomas [Howard], Earl of Suffolk, Edward [Somerset, 4th] Earl of Worcester, and Lord Henry Howard, to exercise the office of Earl Marshal; Westminster, 4 Feb. 1 Jas. I [1603/4]. For a later commission to the same, dated 5 Feb. 1604/5, see Rymer's Fædera. f. 54 ; (h) Letters patent for certain specified fees to be paid to the heralds and other officers of arms by all persons receiving knighthood; Westminster, 31 May, 2 Jas. I [1604]. f. 55; (i) Warrant for letters patent confirming Robert Cecil in the title of Baron Cecil of Essendon and the offices of Master of Wards and Liveries and Keeper of the Privy Seal; Hampton Court, 5 Aug. 1 Jas. I [1603]. f. 56 ; (k) Creation of Sir Robert Cecil as Baron Cecil of Esssendon; 30 May, 1 Jas. I [1603]. f. 57 b; (l) Creation of Sir George Home ("Howme") as Baron Home of Berwick in the Scottish peerage; [7 July, 1604]. f. 65 ; (m) Appointment of Sir Richard Leveson as captain general and admiral of certain ships of war against the King of Spain; Westminster, 2 Mar. 44 Eliz. [1601/2] (cf. Cal. S. P. Dom., under date 16 Feb.). f. 66 ; (n) Commission to Thomas [Egerton], Lord Ellesmere, Lord Chancellor, Thomas [Sackville], Earl of Dorset, Lord Treasurer, and 22 others, to put in foree the laws for the banishment of Jesuits and seminary priests; Hatfield, 5 Sept. 2 Jas. I [1604] (printed in Rymer's Fœdera). f. 72; (o) Creation of Robert Cecil, Baron Cecil of Essendon, as Viscount Cranborne; Westminster, 20 Aug.

2 Jas. I [1604]. f. 73 b; (p) Creation of Prince Charles as Duke of York; [6 Jan. 1604/5, see Rymer]. f. 178 ; (q) Commission to Sir Peter Manwood, Mayor, and four Aldermen, of Canterbury, to inquire as to the estates of Joseph Colff, late of Canterbury; Westminster, 2 Jan. 2 Jas. I [1604/5]. f. 178b ; (r) Commission to Lord Chancellor Ellesmere and others, to compound with persons in possession of assart lands, wastes, or purprestures within the royal forests; Westminster, 22 Nov. 2 Jas. I [1604]. f. 179 ; (s) Creation of Sir Edward Wotton as Baron Wotton of Marley; Westminster, 13 May, 1 Jas. I [1603]. f. 181 b; (t) Commission to Lord Chancellor Ellesmere and others, to receive surrenders of leases of crown lands, etc. ; Westiilinstcr, 2 Mar. 2 Jas. I [l604/5]. f. 189 (u) Writ to Sir Christopher Wraye, one of the Justices of the Queen's Bench, appointing him Chief Justice; Westminster, 8 Nov.

16 Eliz. [1574]. f. 191 b; (v) Appointment of William Ayloffe, serjeant-at-law, as a Justice of the Queen's Bench; Westminster, 3 Feb. 20 Eliz. [1577/8]. f. 191 b ; (w) Grant of free warren at Hackington, co. Kent, to Peter Manwood, son and heir apparent of Sir Roger Manwood, Chief Baron of the Exchequer; [1578-1592]. "exam. with y^e, coppy of my fathers hande" (note by P. Manwood). f. 192; (x) Appointment of Roger Manwood, serjeantat-law, (i) as a Justice of the Common Pleas; Westminster, 14 Oct. 14 Eliz. [1572], (ii) as Chief Baron of the Exchequer; Richmond, 17 Nov.

21 Eliz. [1578]. f. 198 b; (y) Commission to Edward [Somerset, 4th] Earl of Worcester, Lord Lieutenant of co. Monmouth, to enforce the laws against Papists there and in the adjoining counties; Westminster, 21 June, 3 Jas. I [1605]. f. 233; (z) Appointment of Robert [Cecil], Earl of Salisbury, as Lord Lieutenant of co. Hertford; Westminster, 27 June, 3 Jas. I [1605]. f. 244.

10. Project for the conquest of Morocco, addressed to the King [James I] by Captain Henry Roberts, formerly "sworne seruante squier to y^e bodye" to Queen Elizabeth, and her agent with "the Kinge of Marockas" for 31 years [1585-8, see Hakluyt's Voyages, 1589, p. 237]; with a petition for a pension or a Poor Knight's place at Windsor; n. d. f. 33.

11. "The diuine prouidence in ye misticall and reall vnyon of England and Scotland both by nature and other coherences, with motiues for reconcilinge such differences as may now seeme to hinder the same" : a treatise in favour of the Union; [1604, before 20 Oct.]. f. 42.

12. "The coppie of a lettre sent to the Kinge by Sir Walter Rawleigh"; [28 Oct. 1618, the night before his death]. Printed in The Arraignment of Sir W. Rawleigh, 1648, p. 35. f. 45.

13. Letter from "J. A." [John Atkinson ?] to Lord - [Robert Cecil, Lord Cecil ?], advocating friendship with Holland and Zealand, and deprecating a peace with Spain; [1603-4]. Cf. Add. MS. 34219, Cal. S. P. Dom. 1603-1610, p. 18, and art. 40 below. f. 46.

14. Form of general pardon [by James I], dated Westminster, 24 July, anno 1 [1603] (printed in Rymer's Fœdera); preceded by a petition for its issue to all (except Robert Craforth, Patrick Gowrye, and Gowry, persons born in Scotland) who sue for it within a year. f.50.

15. Petition for the confirmation of letters patent of 13 May [1604], granting to the Earls of Nottingham and Suffolk, Sir John Leveson, and Sir John Trevor, the manor of Cobham, co. Kent, and other estates forfeited by [Henry Brooke,] Lord Cobham, on his attainder, in trust for his wife the Dowager-Countess of Kildare; [1604]. f. 63 b.

16. Letter from the Sultan of Turkey [Mohammed III?] to "Radulphus," King of Hungary [the Emperor Rudolph III, threatening invasion; Constantinople, "of our natiuity the 18 and of our reigne the second" [1596?]. Another copy, but with a different date, is in Egerton MS. 2877, f. 175. f. 64.

17. Heraldic notes, etc., viz. : (a) Rules of precedency for knights, with suggestions for remedying the prevalent confusion. f. 68 ; (b) Table of precedency from dukes to knights' sons. f. 69 ; (c) The order of the Bathe as it was vsed of oulde." f. 69 b; (d) The names of suche as are appointed to bee knightes of the Bathe at y^e creacion of the Duke of Yorke," with a note by Manwood: "The makinge of y^e knightes of ye Bathe was att ye Courte att Whythall the vth day of Janvarie 1604 [5] . . . The Duke the King his second sonn was the nexte day created Duke of Yorcke." f. 107 b; (e) Judgement of the Commissioners "for the hearinge and determininge of Marshall causes" (cf. art. 9 (g) above), awarding the barony of Dacre to Margaret, wife of Sampsou Lennard of Herstmonceaux, co. Suss.; 8 Dec. 2 Jas. [I, 1604]. f. 182 b ; (f) "The humble peticion of the Viscount Mountague" [Anthony Browne, cr. Viscount Montagu 1554, d. 1592], that Sir Edward Mountague [knighted 1568] be called to show cause why he bears the arms of John, Marquess Mountague, with Sir Edward Mountague'' answer; n. d. f. 185 b ; (g) Names of noblemen, etc., who were at the tilt before the King and Queen at Greenwich, 24 Mar. 1605. f. 192; (h) List of the 26 knights of the Garter; 16 May, 1605. f. 197; (i) "The nobilitie of Scotland presently lyvinge anno domini 1585, with their surnames, alyances, and places of aboad." f. 247 b; (k) "The seuerall creacions of the nobility of England," i.e. the names of the sovereigns by whom they were created; 14 Feb. 1605. f. 259 b; (l) "The coppie of a challenge proclaymed by sounde of trumpett before y^e court gate at Greenewitche," 1 June 1606 (see J. Nichols, Progresses of James I, ii, 1828, p. 49). f. 266 b.

18. Royal Proclamations, viz. (a) "The proclamation vppon the peace with Spayne and the Archdukes; whearevnto the people made noe maner of signe of ioy their way, or in any soeuer, as I have hearde them say which weare presente att itt" (Manwood's note); Whitehall, 19 Aug. 1604. Another copy is in Lansdowne MS. 139, f. 5 (see R. Steele, Tudor and Stuart Proclamations, i, 1910, no. 999). f. 70; (b) appointing the first meeting of the Commissioners for the Union; Windsor, 15 Sept. 2 Jas. I [1604]. Printed by R. Barker, 1604, and in A Booke of Proclamations, 1609, p. 80; Steele, no. 1001. f. 75; (c) "The proclamation for y^e Kinges style of Great Bryttayne"; Westminster, 20 Oct. 2 Jas. I [1604]. Printed by Barker, 1604, and Booke of Procl., p, 82; Steele, no. 1003. f. 75b; (d) "A proclamation conserninge leases and assertes"; [Westminster, 17 Feb. 1604]. Imperf. at beg. and end. Printed by Barker, 1604[5], and Booke of Procl., p. 95; Steele, no. 1009. f. 183 b ; (e) contradicting a rumour of an accident to the King's person ; Westminster, 22 Mar. 1605 [6].Printed by Barker, 1605[6], and Booke of Procl.,p. 122; Steele, no. 1030. f.266b.

19. "The articles of peace concluded betwixt the Kinges of England and Spaine, to bee obserued and kept by their subiectes throughe all their domynions," [Aug. 1604, see art. 22 below] : a brief summary, perhaps of a preliminary draft. f. 71 b.

20. Letter from the Syndics and Council of Geneva to [Cecil ?], introducing their deputy "the lord of Soully" [Jacob Anjorrant, seigneur de Soully], and asking him to support their appeal to the King for help 1603]. f . 74b.

21. "Nomina omnium illarum personarum qui quadraginta libratas terre vel redditus et vltra per annum in manubus suis vel ad eorum vsum in manubus feofatorum habent et per tres annos sic h[ab]uerunt in balliua mea [sc. in co. Kent], et milites non sunt." At the end, "Petrus Manwood Ar. Vic."; [l602-3]. f. 77.

22. "Capita fœderis inter Regem Angliæ Jacobum primum et Regem Hispaniarum Phillippum 3. et Archiduces Albertum et Isabellam Claram Eugeniam : 18 Augusti 1604, stilo vetere" : the text of the articles (cf. Rymer's Fædera). f. 78.

23. The same in English, "translated by Mr. Knolles for mee" [Sir P. Manwood]. f. 84.

24. "The humble peticion of the poore distressed prisoners" in the White Lion gaol [Southwark], London; n. d. f. 101 b.

25. Documents relating to Anne of Denmark, the Queen-consort: (a) List of persons appointed to be of her council, with form of appointment dated Wilton, Dec. 1603. f. 104 b; b) Instructions for the better ordering of her revenue; Whitehall, 9 Aug. 1604. f. 105b; (c) "An establishment of ordinarie wages and fees yearely allowed" by her to the officers of her household; Whitehall, 9 Aug. 1604. f. 186.

26. "Liber Pacis. Anno 2 et 38 Regis Jacobi, 1604. Howe the Judges doe ryde in theire seuerall circuites and in what shires" ; followed by a list of justices of the peace for the several counties of England and Wales. fr. 108, 108 b.

27. Letter of advice from [Sir] Thomas Egerton, [Lord Keeper], to [Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of] Essex, with the latter's reply; [15, 18 Oct. 1598]. Printed in Cabala, 1654, pt. ii, p. 27, etc. Other copies are in Stowe MSS. 151, f. 2 b, 275, f. 15, etc. fr. 184, 184 b.

28. Lampoon on Sir Walter Raleigh, in 16 6-line stanzas. Printed by J. 0. Halliwell, Poetical Miscellanies (Percy Soc., 1845), p. 15. Other copies are in Harley MSS. 3910, f. 14, 6947, f. 212, and Add. MS. 22601, f. 64. Probably written soon after his condemnation in Nov. 1603, see T. N. Brushfleld, Bibliography of Sir W Ralegh, 1908, p. 147. Beg. "Watt I watt well thy overweeninge witt." f. 192b.

29. Robert Cecill [Baron Cecil, Secretary of State], letter to Sir Thomas Fane, Lieutenant of Dover Castle, giving him leave to withdraw thence "by reason of the infeccion," provided that he appoints a substitute; Woodstock, 20 Sept. 1603. f. 193 b.

30. Collections relating to the topography of Canterbury and its neighbourhood ; including a perambulation of the liberty and franchise of Canterbury, and two copies (fr. 196, 196 b) of a perambulation [made in 1271] of the franchise of Fordwich. f. 195.

31. "The Five Portes and their members, as they bee in the Reed Booke in the Exchequer, fo. 196, and out of Domesdaye" (cf. The Red Book o the Exchequer, ed. H. Hall, Rolls series, vol. ii, 1896, p. 715). f. 201 b.

32. "The coppy of my admyttance in the Inner Temple" : admission of Peter Manwood, 25 Nov. 26 Eliz. [1583]. f. 201 b.

33. "Calculus nominum successionum et regnorum Anglie Regum," William I-Elizalbeth: mnemonic Latin verses. f. 202.

34. "The peace made betweene the Emperour and the French Kinge": abstract of the treaty of Madrid, 14 Jan. 152. f. 203 b.

35. Notes concerning the trial of Sir Walter Raleigh and others, including a letter (writer's name obliterated), dated Winchester, 19 Nov. 1603, giving a brief account of the arraignment. f. 204.

36. "A brief out of the rightes of the Coronacion called Liber Regalis": the order of the coronation of James I, and Anne of Denmark, 25 July, 1603. Printed from a Lambeth MS. by J. Wickham Legg, The Coronation Order of King James I, 1902. At the end, "Exa[m]i[n]ed by M^r James Hathway and my sealf Wal : Drurye." f. 205.

37. Report of a Commission on a project for improving the haven at Sandwich; 30 Sept. 1574. f. 217b.

38. The Council to Lord , requiring him bo pay £120, on account of subsidy, to Morgan Colman, Esq., at York House near Charing Cross; "from the Courte," 14 Oct. 1598. f. 218 b.

39. List of nobles, with the value of their lands and the tax (one-fifth) thereon ; [1598-1600]. f. 219.

40. A treatise urging that the Queen should continue the war with Spain and the alliance with the United Provinces; [1596-1603]. Unfinished. Cf. art. 13 above. f. 220b.

41. "Thearle of Arondell his lettre written vnto the Queenes Ma^tie with his owne hand," explaining his reasons for flight; [Apr. 1585]. Printed in Charles Dodd's Church History of England, 1737-42, ii, p. 297, and The Lives of Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel, and his Wife, ed. the Duke of Norfolk, 1857, p. 31. Another copy is in Add. MS. 33594, f. 216. f. 227 b.

42. "A replicacion against y^e clayme of the Duke of Yorke": denying the right to the crown claimed by Richard, Duke of York, and his son Edward [IV] "nowe occupying eye crowne." Sir John Fortescue is cited as, "y^e ould knight . . . exiled"; [1461-1471]. Taken "out of a great booke of ye recordes of state pertayninge to ye Counsell." f. 234.

43. "A copie [or rather, translationj of a lettre" from Philip [II] of Spain to Frederic [II] of Denmark, "deliuered to her Ma^tie at Greenwich y^e 25 of Januarye 1586[7] by William Roñwense [for Henrik Ramel ?] gent. sent from the saide K. of Denmarke unto her Maiestie," concerning Frederic's offer to mediate between Spain and the Netherlands; Escurial, 22 July, 1586. A German translation is in Cotton MS. Galba C. ix, f. 315. f. 235.

44. Indenture between John Rooe, vicar of St. Stephens, Hackington, near Canterbury, and Michael Boneversall, carver, of Heth [Hythe], for the making of a new rood-loft for Hackington church, like that lately set up in the Holy Cross church, Westgate, Canterbury; 6 Oct. 11 Hen. VIII [1519]. f. 236.

45. Latin hexameters recording the foundation of Walden abbey, co. Essex, by Geoffrey de Mandeville, Earl of Essex, in 1136, and the penalties inflicted on his son William (sic) by King Stephen. f. 236 b.

46. Chronicle of the families of Mandeville and "Bonum" [Bohun], Earls of Essex and Hereford, to 1409, with notes of benefactions to Walden abbey, etc. Lat. "Examined by Mr Hathwaye and my sealf Wal: Drurye." Another copy is in Arundel MS. 51, ff. 16-18 b, "copied out of an old parchment roule in the bands of M^r Christopher Bird of Walden" in 1600. f. 237.

47. "A lettre to y^e Mayster of Gray" [from Walsingham], urging reasons to dissuade the King of Scotland from going to war with England because of his mother's execution; [Feb.-Mar., 1587]. Printed in Strype, Annals, iii, pt. i, p. 548. Otber copies are in Cotton MS. Julius F. vi, f. 66, Harley MS. 2194, f. 43, and Add. MS. 12520, f. 62 b, the last two bearing Walsingham's name; an abstract in Sloane MS. 3199, f. 112, has been printed in Letters and Papers relating to Patrick, Master of Gray (Bannatyne Club, 1835), p. 135. f. 249.

48. Two letters from John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, to [Edward Seymour,] Earl of Hertford, declaring the marriage of his son [Edward], Lord Beauchamp, to be valid, and urging a reconciliation; n. d. [1585], Lambeth, 4 Nov. 1585. ff. 251 b, 252.

49. T[homas Sackville, Lord] Buckhurst, to Queen Elizabeth, describing his negotiations with Andrea Dilo [de Loo] for peace between Spain and the Netherlands on a basis of religious toleration; The Hague, 18 June, 1587. f. 252 b.

50. The Council to the justices of the peace for Kent, bidding them prepare estimates and open a subscription list for a scheme to make the river [Stour] navigable from Canterbury to Fordwich ; Starchamber, 15 June, 1592 (See Acts of the Privy Council, 1591-1592, p. 535). f. 254.

51. Anecdote of the furtive kindness of Arcesilaus, from Plutarch, De Adulatore et Amico, cap. 22. f. 254 b.

52. Instructions to John [Kemp], Archbishop of York, etc., ambassadors sent to the Marches of Calais to treat for peace with France; Langley, 30 Aug. 17 [Hen. VI, 1439]. Followed by a statement of reasons why the King should not accept the terms offered. Both printed in Proceedings and Ordinances of the Privy Council, v, p. 388. f. 262 b.

53. Proclamation by Leonardo Donato, Doge of Venice, denouncing as invalid the excommunication of the Venetian Republic issued by Pope Paul V on 17 Apr. last; 6 May, 1606. "Imprinted by Ramphazzotto [Rampazetto], printer to his Highnes" [in Lat. and ltal., 1606]. f. 267. Paper; ff. ii + 267. 14 in. x 9 in. Circ. 1618-1625. Bookplate of arms of Rogers Ruding, the numismatist (d. 1820). Belonged afterwards to Benjamin Heywood Bright (sale-cat. 1844, lot 133) and to Sir Thomas Phillipps (no. 11754, sale-cat. 1911, lot 673).

Rogers Ruding, d 1820 numismatist: Bookplate of arms.

England General Chronicles and History: Historical collections of Sir P. Manwood: 1564-1618.

Bookplates: Ruding (Rogers) d 1820.

Peter Manwood, of Hackington, Sheriff of Kent, KB 1603: Historical collections: circ. 1618-1625.

includes:

• f. 1 Charles Blount, Baron Mountjoy; Earl of Devonshire: Ietter to the Privy Council: [1602].: Copy.
• f. 1 Sir Oliver St. John, Viscount Grandison 1623; Baron Tregoz 1626: Named as bearer of State letter: 1602.
• f. 1 Ireland: Lord Deputy Mountjoy's report of events in: 1600-1602.: Copy.
• ff. 3 b-10, 18 b, 19 Charles de Gontaut, Duc de Biron: Papers conc. trial and execution of: 1602.
• ff. 9, 9 b Henry IV of France: Correspondence with the Due de Bouillon: 1602.: Transl.
• ff. 9, 9 b Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duc de Bouillon: Correspondence with Henri IV: 1602.: Transl.
• f. 10 b Ireland: "Sedicious lybell" sent by Tyrone to the lords and gentry of the Pale: 1599.
• f. 10 b Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone: "Sedicious lybell " to the lords and gentry of the Pale: 1599.: Copy.
• f. 11 b Sir John Puckering, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal: Commission to, for ecclesiastical causes: 1595.: Copy.
• f. 11 b John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury: Commission to, for ecclesiastical causes: 1595.
• ff.11 b-259 passim England, Ecclesiastical History: Papers rel. to: temp. Eliz.- Jas.1.
• f. 15 Persia: Report of Sir A. Sherly's mission to: 1599.
• f. 15 b Anthony Bacon: Letter to (?), from Sir A. Sherly: 1599.: Abstract.
• f. 15 b Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans: Letter to (?), from Sir A. Sherly: 1599.: Abstract.
• ff. 15-16 b Sir Anthony Sherly: Letters and papers conc. his mission to Persia: 1599.: Copies.
• f. 16 Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex: Letter to, from Sir A. Sherly: 1599.: Abstract.
• f. 16 b Army; England: Lord Leicester's ordinances for his troops in the Low Countries: 1586.
• f. 16 b Prayers: Prayer for army and navy: 1596.
• f. 16 b Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester: Military ordinances: 1586.
• f. 16 b Netherlands, United Provinces: Lord Leicester's ordinances for his troops in: 1586.
• f. 18 b Henry IV of France: Petition on behalf of Biron to, with answer: 1602.: Transl.
• f. 19 b John Burges, Town Preacher at Ipswich: Letter to Abp. Whitgift: 1602 (?).: Copy.
• f. 19 b John Burges, Town Preacher at Ipswich: Record of his resignation: 1602.
• f. 20b England; Parliament: Modus tenendi Parliamentum: [14th cent.] ; 17th cent.
• ff. 20, 70, 75, 75 b, 183 b, 266 b James I of England: Proclamations: 1604-1606.
• ff. 24 b, 230 b James I of England: Speech at the opening of Parliament: 1604.: Two copies.
• ff. 24b - 265b passim England; Parliament: Notes and extracts of Acts of, and reports of proceedings in, etc.: 1604.
• f. 27 Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex: Appointment of, as commander of force sent to Normandy: 1591.: Copy.
• ff. 27, 28, 66, 191 b, 192, l98 b Elizabeth I of England: Commissions, appointments, etc.: 1572-1602.: Copies.
• ff. 27 b-102 passim Scotland: Notes of debates, etc., conc. union with England: 1604.
• ff. 27 b-102 passim James I of England: Notes; of debates, etc., conc. union with Scotland: 1604.
• f. 28 Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex: Appointment of, as Lieutenant and Governor-General of Ireland: 1599.: Copy.
• f. 33 Captain Henry Roberts, formerly agent in Morocco: Project for conquest of Morocco, with petition for a pension temp. Jas.1.: Copy.
• f. 33 Morocco, North Africa: Project for conquest of: temp. Jas. I.
• ff. 36, 64 b James I of England: Letters to the Commons: 1604.: Copies.
• f. 37 Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans: Report on objections to union with Scotland: 1604.: Copy.
• ff. 37 b, 59 Sir Edwin Sandys: Speeches in Parliament: 1604.
• f. 39 George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland: Appointment of, as Warden of West and Middle Marches: 1603.: Copy.
• ff. 39-244 passim James I of England: Commissions, appointments,etc.: 1603-1605.: Copies.
• f. 42 Political Tracts: Tract in favour of union betw. England and Scotland: 1604.
• f. 45 James I of England: Letter to, from Sir W. Raleigh: 1618.: Copy.
• f. 45 Sir Walter Raleigh: Letter to James I: 1618.: Copy.
• f. 46 Political Tracts: J[ohn ?] A[tkinson ?], letter to Lord [Cecil ?], advocating friendship with Holland: [1603-4].
• f. 46 Netherlands, United Provinces: Letter advocating English friendship with Holland and Zealand: [1603-4].
• f. 46 Sir Robert Cecil, Baron Cecil of Essendon 1603; Viscount Cranborne 1604, Earl of Salisbury 1605; Secretary of State: Letter to (?), from J- A-: 1603 (?).
• f. 46 J- A- [John Atkinson?]: Letter to Lord [Cecil ?]: 1603 (?).: Copy.
• ff. 46, 220 Philip IV of Spain: English tracts urging, war with: [1596-1603]-temp. Jas.
• f. 50 - and Patrick Gowry, natives of Scotland: [William and Patrick Ruthven, sons of William, Earl of Gowrie?] , excepted from general pardon: 1603.
• f. 50 Robert Craforth, native of Scotland: Excepted from general pardon: 1603.
• f. 50 James I of England: Form of general pardon, with petition for its issue: 1603.: Copy.
• f. 53 Mary Fane: Creation of, as Baroness Le Despencer: 1604.: Copy.
• f. 53 b Sir Robert Sydney, Viscount Lisle 1603; Earl of Leicester 1618: Appointment as Govemor of Flushing: 1603.: Copy.
• ff. 53, 57 b, 65, 73 b, 178, 181 b Peerage: Creations of peers: 1603-1605.: Copies.
• f. 54 Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester: Commission to, for office of Earl Marshal: 1604.: Copy.
• f. 54 Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham: Commission to, for office of Earl Marshal: 1604.: Copy.
• f. 54 Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk: Commission to, for office of Earl Marshal: 1604.: Copy.
• f. 54 Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton: Commission to, for office of Earl Marshal: 1604.: Copy.
• f. 54 Lewis Stuart, 2nd Duke of Lennox: Commission to, for office of Earl Marshal: 1604.: Copy.
• ff. 54, 72 Thomas Sackville, 1st Baron Buckhurst; 1st Earl of Dorset: Commissions to, for office of Earl Marshal, and for enforcing the laws against Jesuits; and seminary priests: 1604.: Copies.
• f. 55 Heralds's College: Fees payable to, by newly made knights: 1604.
• f. 55 Knights: Fees payable on receiving knighthood: 1604.
• f. 56 Sir Robert Cecil, Baron Cecil of Essendon 1603; Viscount Cranborne 1604, Earl of Salisbury 1605; Secretary of State: Confirmation to, of titles and offices: 1603.: Copy.
• f. 57 b Sir Robert Cecil, Baron Cecil of Essendon 1603; Viscount Cranborne 1604, Earl of Salisbury 1605; Secretary of State: Creation of, as Baron Cecil of Essendon: 1603.: Copy.
• f. 58 Political and Satirical Poems: Lampoon on a proposal to substitute another name for preaching: temp. Jas.1.
• f. 58 Political and Satirical Poems: Lampoon on Abp. Whitgift: 1604.
• f. 58 John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury: Lampoon on: [1604].
• f. 63 b Henry Brooke, 8th Baron Cobham: Petition for settlement of forfeited estates of, in favour of his wife: 1604.
• f. 63 b Sir John Leveson: Petition for appointment of, as trustee for Lord Cobham's forfeited estates: 1604.: Copy.
• f. 63 b Cobham, Kent: Petition for settlement of the manor of: 1604.
• f. 63 b Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk: Petition for appointment of, as trustee for Lord Cobham's forfeited estates: 1604.
• f. 63 b Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham: Petition for appointment of, as trustee for Lord Cobham's forfeited estates: 1604.
• f. 63 b Frances Fitzgerald, widow of Henry, 12th Earl of Kildare; wife of Henry Brooke, 8th Baron Cobham: Petition for settlement of her husband's forfeited estates on: 1604.
• f. 63 b Sir John Trevor: Petition for appointment of, as trustee for Lord Cobham's forfeited estates: 1604.: Copy.
• f. 64 Turkey, Sultans of. Mahommed III (?): Letter to the Emperor Rudolph II: [1596 ?].: Transl.
• f. 64 Rudolph II; Emperor of Germany: Letter to, as King of Hungary, from the Sultan of Turkey: 1596 (?).: Transl.
• f. 65 George Home, 1st Earl of Dunbar; Treasurer of Scotland: Creation of, as Baron Home of Berwick: 1604.: Copy.
• ff. 66, 52 Sir Richard Leveson: Appointment of, as Captain-General and Admiral, 1602, and as Lieutenant of the Admiralty: 1604.: Copies.
• f. 68 Knights: Rules of precedency for, with suggested amendments: circ. 1604.
• ff. 68-266 b passim Heraldry: Rules of precedency and other heraldic notes: 1604-1606.
• f. 69 b Orders Military. Bath: "The order of the Bathe as it was used of oulde": circ. 1604.
• f. 70 Philip IV of Spain: English proclamation on the peace with: 1604.
• ff. 70, 75, 75 b, 183 b, 266 b Proclamations: Copies of: 1604-1606.
• ff. 71 b, 78, 84 James I of England: Articles of peace with Spain,: 1604.: Lat.: Copy with transl.
• ff. 71 b, 78, 84 Philip IV of Spain: Articles of peace with England: 1604.: Lat., with transl.
• ff. 72, 179, 189 Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Ellesmere; 1st Viscount Brackley: Commissions to: 1604, 1605.: Copies.
• ff. 72, 233 Roman Catholics: Commissions for enforcing the laws against: 1604, 1605.: Copies.
• f. 73 b Sir Robert Cecil, Baron Cecil of Essendon 1603; Viscount Cranborne 1604, Earl of Salisbury 1605; Secretary of State: Creation of, as Viscount Cranborne: 1604.: Copy.
• f. 74 b City of Geneva: Letter from the Syndics and Council to [Lord Cecil ?]: 1603.: Transl.
• f. 74 b Jacob Anjorrant, Seigneur de Soully; Geneve Deputy to England: Letter of recommendation for: 1603.
• f. 74 b Sir Robert Cecil, Baron Cecil of Essendon 1603; Viscount Cranborne 1604, Earl of Salisbury 1605; Secretary of State: Letter to (?), from the Syndics and Council of Geneva,: 1603.: Copy in Engl.
• f. 75 b Great Britain: Proclamation for the King's style of: 1604.
• f. 77 Knights: List of Kentish landowners who have not received knighthood: 1602-3.
• f. 77 County of Kent: Names of owners of forty librates who are not knights: 1602-3.
• f. 84 Knolles: Treaty between England and Spain translated by: 1604.
• f. 89 England; Parliament: List, of members: 1584, 1586.
• f. 101 b Southwark, Surrey: Petition of prisoners in the White Lion gaol: circ. 1604 (?).: Copy.
• ff. 103, 103 b Richard Bancroft, Bishop of London (1597) and Archbishop of Canterbury (1604): Letters to the bishops for ejection of non-conformists: 1604.: Copies.
• ff. 104 b, 105 b, 186 Household, Royal: Papers rel. to the Queen's Household: 1603-1604.
• ff. 104 b, 105 b, 186 James I of England: Papers rel. to the Queen's household: 1603-1604.
• f. 106 b England; Parliament: Forms of warrant, indenture, and writ for elections: 1604.
• f. 107 County of Buckingham: Writ to the Sheriff of, for Parliamentary elections: 1604.: Lat.: Copy.
• f. 107 b Orders Military. Bath: Names of knights made with the Duke of York: 1605.
• f. 108 Law OF ENGLAND: Liber Pacis: list of justices of the peace, with plan of judges' circuits: 1604.
• f. 108 Justices of the Peace: List of, for the several counties of England and Wales: 1604.
• f. 178 Charles I of England: Creation of, as Duke of York: 1605.: Copy.
• f. 178 b Joseph Colff, late of Canterbury: Commission of inquiry as to estates of: 1605.: Copy.
• f. 178 b Peter Manwood, of Hackington, Sheriff of Kent, KB 1603: Commission to, as Mayor of Canterbury: 1605.: Copy.
• f. 179 Forests: Commission for compounding with owners of assart lands in the royal forests: 1604.
• f. 181 b Sir Edward Wotton: Creation of, as Baron Wotton of Marley: 1603.: Copy.
• ff. 181, 194 Matthew Hutton, Archbishop of York: Correspondence with Lord Cranborne: 1604, n.d.: Copies.
• ff. 181, 194 Sir Robert Cecil, Baron Cecil of Essendon 1603; Viscount Cranborne 1604, Earl of Salisbury 1605; Secretary of State: Correspondence with Archbishop Hutton: 1604, n.d.: Copies.
• f. 182 b Margaret Lennard, wife of Sampson Lennard, of Herstmonceaux: Barony of Dacre awarded to: 1604.
• f. 182 b Barony of Dacre: Award of, to M. Lennardl: 1604.: Copy.
• f. 183 John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury: Order to, for certificates as to churches and ministers in each diocese: 1603.
• f. 183 b Leases and Assarts: Proclamation concerning: 1605.
• ff. 184, 184 b Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex: Correspondence with Sir T. Egerton: 1598.: Copies.
• ff. 184, 184 b Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Ellesmere; 1st Viscount Brackley: Correspondence with Lord Essex: 1598.: Copies.
• f. 185 b Anthony Browne, Viscount Montagu: Petition v Sir E. Mountague: [1568-1592].
• f. 185 b Sir Edward Mountague: Suit v. Lord Montagu: [1568-1592].
• f. 187 b Hackington, Kent: Decree for augmenting - Vicar's stipend: 1588.
• f. 187 b John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury: Decree of, for augmenting Vicar's stipend at Hackington: 1588.: Copy.
• f. 188 b Hackington, Kent: Admission of Vicar: 1595.
• f. 188 b Valentine Maye: Admission as Vicar of Hackington: 1595.
• f. 188 b John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury: Admission of V. Maye as Vicar of Hackington: 1595.: Copy.
• f. 188 b Richard Cost, Vicar of Hackington: Admission of his successor: 1595.
• f. 189 Crown lands: Commission for receiving surrenders of leases of: 1605.: copy.
• f. 191 b Sir Christopher Wraye, Justice of QB: Appointment as Chief Justice: 1574.: Copy.
• f. 191 b William Aylofre, Serjeant-at-law: Appointment of, as Justice of the Queen's Bench: 1578.: Copy.
• f. 192 Tournaments: Names of those who tilted before the King and Queen at Greenwich: 1605.
• f. 192 Greenwich, Kent: Names of those who tilted before the King and Queen at: 1605.
• f. 192 Peter Manwood, of Hackington, Sheriff of Kent, KB 1603: Grant to, of free warren at Hackington: [1578-1592].: Copy.
• f. 192 Hackington, Kent: Grant of free warren at: [1578-1592].
• f. 192 b Sir Walter Raleigh: Lampoon on: circ. 1603-1604.
• f. 192 b Political and Satirical Poems: Lampoon on Sir W Raleigh: circ. 1603-4.
• f. 193 b Sir Thomas Fane, Lieutenant of Dover Castle: Letter to, from Lord Cecil: 1603.: Copy.
• f. 193 b Sir Robert Cecil, Baron Cecil of Essendon 1603; Viscount Cranborne 1604, Earl of Salisbury 1605; Secretary of State: Letter to Sir T. Fane: 1603.: Copy.
• f. 195 Canterbury, Kent: Topographical notes, including a copy of an old perambulation: early 17th cent.
• ff. 196, 196 b Fordwich, Kent: Perambulation of the franchise of, 1271. Fr. Two copies: 17th cent.
• f. 197 Orders Military. Garter: List of knights: 1605.
• f. 198 Cinque Ports: Writ to Warden, with return: 1564.: Copies.
• f. 198 England; Parliament: Writ for proclaiming a prorogation, with return: 1564.: Copies.
• f. 198 Dover: Writ to the Constable of Dover Castle, with return: 1564.: Copies.
• f. 198 b Roger Manwood, serjeant-at-law, Knight 1578: Appointments of, as Justice of C.P., 1572, and Chief Baron of the Exchequer: 1578.: Copies.
• f. 201 b Peter Manwood, of Hackington, Sheriff of Kent, KB 1603: Admission, of, to the Inner Temple: 1583.: Copy.
• f. 201 b Cinque Ports: List of, etc., from the Red Book of the Exchequer, 1293. Copy: 17th cent.
• f. 202 Poetry: Mnemonic verses on the succession of English sovereigns. Will.1Eliz.: 17th cent.: Lat.
• f. 202 William I of England: Mnemonic verses on the succession of sovereigns: Will.1Eliz. ; 17th cent.: Lat.
• f. 202 b Saint Edmund Campion: Declaration to the Council: 1580.: Copy.
• f. 203 b Madrid Treaty of, 1526: Abstract: 17th cent.
• f. 203 b Charles V; Emperor of Germany: Abstract of the treaty of Madrid 1526: 17th cent.
• f. 203b Francis I of France: Abstract of the treaty of Madrid: 1526; 17th cent.
• f. 204 Sir Walter Raleigh: Notes conc. trial of: 1603.
• f. 205 Liber Regalis: Extract from: early 17th cent.
• f. 205 James I of England: Order of coronation of the King and Queen: 1603.
• f. 205 Coronations: Order of coronation of James I and Anne of Denmark: 1603.
• ff. 205, 237 James Hathway: Transcripts examined by: circ. 1603.
• ff. 205, 237 Walter Drurye: Transcripts certified by: circ. 1603.
• f. 217 b Sandwich, Kent: Report on project for improving the haven: 1574.
• f. 218 b Privy Council, The: Letter to Lord, demanding payment of subsidy: 1598.: Copy.
• f. 218 b Morgan Colman: Privy Council letter for payment of subsidy to be made to: 1598.: Copy.
• f. 219 Peerage: List of nobles, with value of their lands and tax thereon: [1598-1600].
• f. 219 Taxes: List of nobles, with value of their lands and subsidy tax thereon: [1598-1600].
• f. 220 b Political Tracts: Tract urging war with Spain and alliance with the Netherlands: [1596-1603].: Imperf.
• f. 227 b Elizabeth I of England: Letter to, from Lord Arundrel: 1585.: Copy.
• f. 227 b Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel: Letter to Qu. Elizabeth: 1585.: Copy.
• f. 233 Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester: Commission to, as Lord Lieut. of co. Monm., to enforce the laws against Papists: 1605.: Copy.
• f. 234 Edward IV of England: Replication against the claim of, [1461-1471]. Copy: 17th cent.
• f. 234 York, Richard, 3rd Duke of, d. 1460: Replication against the claim of,: [1461-1471] 17th cent.: Copy.
• f. 234 Privy Council, The: Argument against the claim of Edward IV transcribed from records of: 17th cent.
• f. 234 Sir John Fortescue, Chief Justice of the King's Bench: Referred to, as in exile: [1461-1471].
• f. 235 Frederic II; King of Denmark: Letter to, from Philip II of Spain: 1586: Transl., 17th cent.
• f. 235 Michael Boneversall, carver, of Hythe: Indenture for rood-loft at Hackington, 1519.: 17th cent.: Copy.
• f. 235 Canterbury, Kent: Reference to rood-loft lately set up in Holy Cross Church, Westgate: 1519; 17th cent.
• f. 235 John Rooe, Vicar of St Stephens, Hackington: Indenture for a new roodloft, 1519.: Copy 17th cent.
• f. 235 Hackington, Kent: Indenture for a new rood-loft, 1519. Copy: 17th cent.
• f. 235 William Roñwense [for Ramel (Henrik)?], Danish Ambassador to England: Note of delivery of letter to Qu. Elizabeth by 1587: 17th cent.
• f. 235 Elizabeth I of England: Note of delivery of letter to: 1587.
• f.235 Philip II of Spain: Letter to Frederic II of Denmark, 1586.: 17th cent.: Transl.
• f. 236 b Walden Abbey; Essex: Verses recording foundation of: 17th cent.: Lat.
• f. 236 b Poetry: Hexameters on the foundation of Walden Abbey in 1136 etc. ;: 17th cent.: Lat.
• ff. 236 b-239 Mandeville family; Earls of Essex: Chronicles of, 12th-15th centt.: 17th cent.: Lat.
• ff. 237-239 Bohun family; Earls of Hereford and Northampton: Chronicle of 13th-15th cent: 17th cent.: Lat.
• ff. 237-239 Walden Abbey; Essex: Notes of benefactions to: 17th cent.: Lat.
• f. 240 Ireland: Commission for settling disputes as to lands in Ulster: 1605.: Copy.
• f. 240 Charles Blount, Baron Mountjoy; Earl of Devonshire: Commission to, for settling disputes conc. lands in Ulster: 1605.
• f. 240 Sir Arthur Chichester, Baron Chichester 1613; Deputy to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland: Commisssion to, for settling disputes as to lands in Ulster: 1605.
• f. 240 Donough O'Brien, Earl of Thomond: Commission to, for settling disputes as to lands in Ulster: 1605.
• f.244 Sir Robert Cecil, Baron Cecil of Essendon 1603; Viscount Cranborne 1604, Earl of Salisbury 1605; Secretary of State: Appointment of, as Lord-Lieutenant of co. Hertf.: 1605.: Copy.
• f. 245 Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester: Letter to, from Bp. Pilkington: 1564.: Copy.
• f. 246 Laurence Humphrey, DD; President of Magdalen College, Oxford: Letter to the Bishops: 1565 (?).: Copy.
• f. 247 b Scotland: Nobility of, now living: 1585.
• f. 247 b Peerage: Nobility of Scotland now living: 1585.
• f. 249 Elizabeth I of England: Letter from Walsingham (?) to the Master of Gray, deprecating war with Scotland: 1587.: Copy.
• f. 249 Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary of State: Letter from (?), to the Master of Gray: 1587.: Copy.
• f. 249 Scotland: Letter to the Master of Gray, deprecating war with England: 1587.: Copy.
• f.249 Patrick Gray, 6th Baron Gray 1608; Master of Gray: Letter to, from Sir F. Walsingham (?): 1587.: Copy.
• ff. 251 b, 252 John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury: Letters to Lord Hertford: 1585.: Copies.
• ff. 251 b, 252 Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford: Letters to, on the validity of the marriage of his son Edward, Lord Beauchamp, from Abp. Whitgift: 1585.: Copies.
• f. 252 b Andrea de Loo, Spanish agent: Letter of Lord Buckhurst on his negotiations with: 1587.: Copy.
• f. 252 b Netherlands, United Provinces: Letter from Lord Buckhurst to Qu. Elizabeth on his negotiations for peace betw. Spain and: 1587.: Copy.
• f. 252 b Thomas Sackville, 1st Baron Buckhurst; 1st Earl of Dorset: Letter to Qu. Elizabeth: 1587.: Copy.
• f. 252 b Philip II of Spain: Letter of Lord Buckhurst on the negotiations for peace betw. the Netherlands and: 1587.: Copy.
• f. 252b Elizabeth I of England: Letter to, from Lord Buckhurst, on his negotiations for peace betw. Spain and the Netherlands: 1587.: Copy.
• f 254 Fordwich, Kent: Scheme for improving the river at: 1592.
• f. 254 County of Kent: Privy Council letters to the Justices in: 1585, 1592.: Copies.
• f. 254 Canterbury, Kent: Scheme for improving the river at: 1592.
• f. 254 Privy Council, The: Letter to the Justices in Kent: 1592.: Copy.
• f. 254 River Stour, Kent: Scheme for improving: 1592.
• f. 254 b Plutarch: Anecdote from: 17th cent.
• f. 254 b Arcesilaus: Anecdote of, from Plutarch: 17th cent.
• f. 259 b Peerage: List of English nobles: 1605.
• f. 260 Henry III of France: Oration of Sixtus V on the murder of: 1589.: Engl. transl.
• f. 260 Sixtus V; Pope: Oration on the murder of Henri III: 1589.: Transl.
• f. 262 b Calais, France: Instructions to ambassadors sent to, 1439. Copy: 17th cent.
• f. 262 b John Kemp, Archbishop of York: Instructions to, as Ambassador to Calais, 1439. Copy: 17th cent.
• f. 262 b Henry VI of England: Instructions to ambassadors sent to Calais, 1439. Copy: 17th cent.
• f. 262 b Charles VII of France: Instructions to English Ambassadors sent to treat for peace with, 1439. Copy: 17th cent.
• ff. 265, 265 b Prayers: Prayers for use in Parliament: 1604.
• f. 266 b James I of England: Denial of rumoured accident to: 1606.
• f. 266 b Greenwich, Kent: Challenge proclaimed before the Court gate at: 1606.
• f. 266 b Tournaments: Challenge proclaimed before the Court gate at Greenwich: 1606.
• f. 267 Paul V; Pope: Protest against his excommunication of Venice: 1606.: Transl.
• f. 267 Leonardo Donato; Doge of Venice: Proclamation against excommunication: 1606.: Transl.