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TOWNSHEND PAPERS Vol. XVI (ff. 286). Miscellaneous correspondence and papers. The contents are: 1. Letters to George Compton, 4th Earl of Northampton, from his son James [5th Earl, 1727], and his tutor Dr. James Hay, on a tour in the Netherlands, Germany and Italy; 3 June, 1707, N.S.

21 Nov. 1709, N.S. ff. 1-78.

2. A few miscellaneous letters, etc., 25 Apr. 1712-18 Aug. 1715; including letters from (a) Edw[ard] Ashe, [Clerk of the Ordnance], and C[harles Trimnell, Bishop of] Norwich, to Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, on his marriage; 25 July, 18 Aug. 1713. ff. 83, 84;-and (b) Dame Barbara Killigrew (see Add. MS. 5755, ff. 80, 81) to the Lord Treasurer for her half-year's pension; temp. Anne. f. 85. ff. 79-87.

3. "A narrative of Mr. R[oger] A[cherley's] correspondence with the House of Hanover": being chiefly letters and memoirs which passed between him and Godfried Wilhelm von Leibnitz and Baron Bothmer on his proposal in 1712 that the Electoral Prince [afterwards George II] should be called to take his seat in the House of Lords; Aug. 1712-8 Nov. 1714, O.S. ff. 88-110. Followed (ff. 111, 112) by the Queen's Speeches, 6 June, 1712, 2. Mar. 1713[4], and (f. 113) by a copy of The Post Boy, 1-3 July, 1714, all bearing on the same subject. Printed, with MS. notes.

4. Copies of letters of W[illiam] Bromley, Secretary of State, to Sir Benjamin Ayloffe, Governor of the Muscovy Company, the Governor of the Eastland Company, the Attorney-General, etc., on the protection of the Baltic trade against Sweden; 14, 18 June, 1714. ff. 114 -127.

5. Letters to Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, and others, chiefly concerning the Scottish rising and the English riots in 1715, and other Jacobite papers; 28 Sept. 1714-17 Mar. 1737[8]. ff. 128-222. Included are a series of letters of H. Petkum, a political agent, in London in 1715, but later at Hamburg and Aix-la-Chapelle, on Jacobite movements ; and letters of the Duke of Montrose, the Earl of Bradford, the Duke of Douglas, Earl Cowper, Viscount Dupplin, the Earl of Galway, the Earl of Ilay, etc.

6. Autotograph memoranda by George II on the covers of thirty one despatches submitted to him by Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, in reply to notes on the same made by the latter ; n.d., 29 Mar. 1728-15 Dec. 1729. Arranged as found, the majority being undated. ff. 223-254.

7. Papers relating to the settlement of Francklin manor, etc., in Nova Scotia; 1765, 1 Sept. 1767, 25 Mar. 1768. ff. 255-270.

8. Letter from William Greene to Hon. John Townshend, [2nd son of George Townshend, 1st Marquis Townshend ?], on the plans of Tippoo Sahib; Fort St. George, 13 Aug. 1783. ff. 271-286. Paper. Folio. (Townshend sale-cat. 1911, lots 266, 159, 95, 191, 200, 334, 51, 170).

includes:

ff. 1-78 George Compton, 4th Earl ofNorthampton: Letters to, from his son James and his tutor: 1707-1709.
ff. 1-78 passim James Compton, 5th Earl of Northampton: Letters to his father: 1707-1709.
ff. 1-78 passim Dr James Hay, tutor to Lord Compton: Letters to Lord Northampton: 1707-1709.
f. 79 Ashe? Windham: Letter to Martin: 1712.
f. 81 Joshua Beadle: Letter to Lord Townshend: 1713.
f. 83 Edward Ashe, Clerk of the Ordnance: Letter to Lord Townshend: 1713.
f. 84 Charles Trimnell, Bishop of Norwich and (1721) of Winchester: Letter to Lord Townshend: 1713.
f. 85 Dame Barbara Killgrew: Letter to the Lord Treasurer: temp. Anne.
f. 88 Anne of England: Précis of R. Acherley's correspondence with the House of Hanover: 1712-1714.
f. 88 Roger Acherley: Narrative of his correspondence with the House of Hanover: 1712-1714.
ff. 111, 112 England; Parliament: Queen's speeches: 6 June 1712, 2 Mar.1714.: Printed.
ff.111,112 Anne of England: Speeches to Parliament: 1712, 1714.: Printed.
f. 113 Newspapers British: Post Boy: 1-3 July 1714.
f. 114 Anne of England: Letters of W. Bromley on protecting the Baltic trade: 1714.
f. 114 Trade and Commerce: Letters of W. Bromley on protecting the Baltic trade: 1714.: Copies.
f. 114 William Bromley, Secretary of State: Letters on protecting the Baltic trade: 1714.: Copies.
f. 114 Muscovy Company: Letter to, from W. Bromley: 1714.
f. 114 Sir Benjamin Aylofre: Letter to, as Governor of the Muscovy Company: 1714.
f. 124 Eastland Company: Letter to, from W. Bromley: 1714.
f. 128 Alfred Lawson, Collector of Customs at Whitehaven: Information against: 1714.
ff. 128-222 passim George I of England: Letters and papers rel to Jacobite movements: 1714-1722.
ff. 128-222 passim Jacobites: Letters to Lord Townshend and others on Jacobite movements: 1714-1722.
ff. 128-222 passim Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend: Letters to, on Jacobite movements, etc.: 1714-1722.
f. 129 James Graham, 4th Marquis; afterwards 1st Duke of Montrose: Letter to Lord Townshend: 1715.
f. 131 Sir Andrew Fountaine: Letter to Lord Townshend: 1715.
f. 133 Humphrey Prideaux, Dean of Norwich: Letter to the Bp. of Norwich: 1715.
f. 135 John French: Letter to Lord Townshend: 1715.
f. 136 Richard Newport, 2nd Earl of Bradford: Letter to Lord Townshend: 1715.
f. 138 George Parker, of Park Hall, county Staffordshire: Letter to Lord Townshend: 1715.
f. 140 (A.D. 1715) Newsletters From France: Paris: A.D. 1697.
f. 142 Archibald Douglas, Duke of Douglas: Letter to the Duke of Argyll (?): 1715.
f. 144 Peregrine Osborne, Viscount Osborne of Dunblane; Earl of Danby 1689, Marquis of Carmarthen 1694, 2nd Duke of Leeds 1712: Letter on movements of: 1715.
f. 147 Thomas Wylde: Letter to Lord Townshend: 1715.
f. 148 Amsterdam, Holland: Letter conc. English church at: 1715.
f. 148 Reverend Rice Evans, of the English Church at Amsterdam: Letter to Lord Townshend: 1715.
f. 150 Charles Trelawny: Letter to the Bp. of Winchester: 1715.
f. 152 General Thomas Whetham: Letter to the Duke of Argyle: 1715.
f. 154 Fort William, Scotland: Estimate for barracks at: 1715.
f. 156 Samuel Artis: Letter to Lord Townshend: 1715.
ff. 158, 174. (A.D. 1715) Newsletters From Germany: Frankfort-on-the-Main: A.D. 1699.
ff. 160-170, 210-218 Hermann von Petkum, Envoy of the Duke of Holstein-Gottorp to The Hague; alias 'Le Sieur Rivièré': Letters on Jacobite affairs: 1715-1722.: Fr.
f. 172 Paul Lorrain, Ordinary of Newgate: Threatening letter to: 1715.
f. 174 Gullmann, Resident at Frankfort: Letter to - Preverau: 1715.: Fr.
f. 174 Thomas Coke, Baron Lovell; Earl of Leicester: Letter from Frankfort conc., when travelling: 1715.: Fr.
f. 176 Sir Richard Vyvyan, 3rd Baronet: Letter to Lord Townshend: 1715.
f. 178 Sir David Dalrymple, Baronet 1701: Letter to Lord Townshend: 1715.
f. 179 George I of England: Letter conc. proposed statue of: 1715.: Fr.
f. 181 William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper: Letter to Lord Townshend: 1715.
f. 183 George Henry Hay, 7th Earl of Kinnoul: Letter to Lord Foley: 1715.
f. 185 Charles Rigby, of Lancaster: Testimonial by: 1715.
f. 185 Dr Marmaduke Drinkell: Application to be made physician to the prisoners at Lancaster: 1715.
ff. 187, 189 England; Parliament: List of Lords' proxies: 1715.
f. 190 Henry de Massue de Ruvigny, 2nd Marquis de Ruvigny; Earl of Galway: Letter to Lord Townshend: temp. Geo. I.
f. 194 Grey Neville: Surety for G. Ridpath: 1713.
f. 194 Walter Stewart: Surety for G. Rid. path: 1713.
f. 194 George Ridpath, Whig journalist: Appeal by his sureties to the King: aft. 1713.
f. 196 Captain John Kinaston, of Colonel Newton's Regt: Threatening letter to: temp. Geo. I.
f. 198 John Campbell: Memorandum on his pension: temp. Geo. I.
f. 199 Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll: Letter to Lord Townshend: temp Geo. I.
ff. 199-204 William Stewart, Remembrancer of the Exchequer, Scotland: Papers on the increase of his salary: temp. Geo. I.
ff. 201, 203 Margaret Sharp, widow of Sir W Sharp, 1st Baronet: Proposal to stop her pension temp. Geo.I.
f. 204 Freebairn: His patent as King's Printer in Scotland to be void: temp. George I.
f. 205 Antonio Fiorentino: Letter of, on his treatment at Oxford: temp. Geo.1: Ital.
f. 208 Robert Carnegie: Letter to, from Mme. Capon de Bompar: 1720.: Fr.
f. 208 Madame Capon de Bompar: Letter to R. Carnegie: 1720.: Fr.
f. 219 Stephen Poyntz, diplomatist: Letter to G. Tilson: 1729.
f. 221 D- Wolters: Letter to Lord Townshend (?): 1737.: Fr.
ff. 223-254 George II of England: Memoranda on despatches read by: 1728, 1729.: Autogr.
ff. 223-254 Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend: Notes on despatches submitted to the King, with replies: 1728, 1729.
f.255 Nova Scotia, North America: Papers on the settlement of Francklin manor, etc., in: 1765-1768.
f. 271 William Greene, at Fort St. George: Letter to J. Townshend: 1783.
f. 271 Tippoo Sahib: Letter on the plans of: 1783.

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Add MS 38492-38508 : TOWNSHEND PAPERS

Add MS 38507 : TOWNSHEND PAPERS Vol. XVI (ff. 286). Miscellaneous correspondence and papers. The contents are: 1. Letters to George Compton, 4th…

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Acherley, Roger, of Add MS 38507
Anne, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1665-1714
Artis, Samuel
Ashe, Edward, Clerk of the Ordnance
Ayloffe, Benjamin, 4th Baronet, of Braxted Magna, merchant, 1631-1722
Beadle, Joshua, correspondent of Lord Townshend, fl 1713
Bromley, William, Sec of State
Campbell, Archibald, 3rd Duke of Argyll
Campbell, John, of Add MS 38507
Capon de Bompar, Madame
Carnegie, Robert
Coke, Thomas, Baron Lovell, 4th Earl of Leicester, 1880-1949
Compton, George, 4th Earl ofNorthampton
Compton, James, 5th Earl of Northampton
Cowper, William, 1st Earl Cowper, lawyer and politician, c 1665-1723
Dalrymple, David, 1st Baronet of Hailes, lawyer and politician, 1665-1721
Douglas, Archibald, 1st Duke of Douglas, landowner, ?1694-1761
Drinkell, Marmaduke, physician, d 1749
Eastland Company
Evans, Rice, vicar of the English Church in Amsterdam, fl 1715-1719
Fiorentino, Antonio, correspondent, fl 18th century
Fountaine, Andrew, of Add MS 38507
Freebairn, of Add MS 38507
French, John, of Add MS 38507
George I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1660-1727
George II, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1683-1760
Graham, James, 1st Duke of Montrose, statesman, 1682-1742
Greene, William, of Fort St. George, correspondent of Hon John Townshend, fl 1783
Gullmann, -, of Frankfort, diplomat, fl 1715
Hay, George Henry, 7th Earl of Kinnoul
Hay, James, Dr; tutor to Lord Compton
Killgrew, Barbara
Kinaston, John, Captain; of Colonel Newton's Regt
Lawson, Alfred, Collector of Customs at Whitehaven
Lorrain, Paul, Ordinary of Newgate
Massue, Henri, 2nd Marquis de Ruvigny, soldier and diplomat, 1648-1720
Muscovy Company
Neville, Grey
Newport, Richard, 2nd Earl of Bradford
Osborne, Peregrine, Viscount Osborne of Dunblane, Earl of Danby 1689, Marquis of Carmarthen 1694, 2nd Duke of Leeds 1712
Parker, George, of Park Hall, county Staffordshire
Parliament
Petkum, Hermann, Envoy of the Duke of Holstein-Gottorp to The Hague; alias 'Le Sieur Rivièré'
Poyntz, Stephen, diplomatist
Prideaux, Humphrey, Dean of Norwich
Ridpath, George, Whig journalist
Rigby, Charles, of Lancaster
Sharp, Margaret, widow of Sir W Sharp, 1st Baronet
Stewart, Walter
Stewart, William, Remembrancer of the Exchequer, Scotland
Tippoo Sahib
Townshend, Charles, 2nd Viscount Townshend
Trelawny, Charles
Trimnell, Charles, Bishop of Norwich and of Winchester, fl 1721
Vyvyan, Richard, 3rd Baronet
Whetham, Thomas, General
Windham, Ashe?
Wolters, D-
Wylde, Thomas, of Add MS 38507

Places:

Amsterdam, Netherlands
Fort William, Scotland
Nova Scotia, North America