Add MS 38856

HODGKIN PAPERS. Vol. XI (ff.200). The contents relate to: (A) Religion, chiefly in connexion with Roman Catholics and dissenters; (B) Life in London prisons for debt; (C) Literature, viz.: A. 1. Bond in £200 to the Crown by Richard Black of Iden, co. Suss., veoman, Francis Hill of St Andrews Holborn, yeoman, and Thomas Blake of Tyam in the parish of Bridgwater, co. Som., yeoman, as surety for the payment of £40 and fulfilment of his penance by the said Richard Black, convicted of incest before the Commissioners for Causes Ecelesiastical ; 19 Sept. 1594. Lot 89. f. 1.

2. Letter from Hen[ry Constable, 1st Viscount] Dunbar to John Kirton, his servant, at Burton Constable, chiefly relative to the agitation for maintenance of the penal laws against Papists; [Apr.?, 1624]. H.M.C., p. 42. Lot 128. f. 3.

3. Examination of Abigail Robinson of Tyringham, co. Bucks., before Anthony Tyringham, clerk, J. P. for co. Bucks., concerning a suspected priest, Thomas Johnson, al. Bentley: 8 Nov. 1625. Lot. 140. f. 6.

4. (a) Examination of Robert Barry and John Bayes, Irish Roman Catholics, late soldiers in the French Service, by Thomas Elsicke, bailiff of Seaford, and other commissioners; 3 May, 1626. f. 8; (b) Letter from the examinants forwarding the results to the Duke of Buckingham, Warden of the Cinque Ports; Seaford, 4 May, 1626. f. 13; (c) Letter from E[dward, 1st Viscount] Conway, Secretary of State, to Sir Randulph Crew, Lord Chief Justice, instructing him to give the two men the oath of allegiance and dismiss them; 26 May, 1626, with an autograph note of Crew's certifying that this has been done. f. 15. H.M.C., p. 289. Lot 142.

5. (a) Orders addressed to the ministers, churchwardens, and constables of various Middlesex parishes, to present the names of popish recusants at the next Sessions of the Peace held at Hicks Hall; 5, 6 Dec. 1640. Signed, the first (f. 19) by Jacob Bloome, the rest by Rich[ard] Partridge. The parishes in order are Northall [Northaw], Harefield, Hillingdon, Ickenham, and (31 Dec., f. 37) St. Martin's in the Fields. f. 18; (b) Returna of the various parishes, signed by the minister, churchwardens, and constables; 7 Dec. 1640-4 Jan. 1642. The parishes are Northall (f. 19), Hillingdon, Ickenham, Laleham, Norwood, Hanwell (two), Harlington, Hornsey, Stoke Newington, Friern Barnet, Cowley, Acton, St. Martin's in the Fields, Hayes or Heese, Edmonton, Harefield, Uxbridge, Hampstead, Sunbury, Littleton, Teddington, Harmondsworth, Kensington, Cranford, Willesden; few of them have any names to report. f. 24. Lot 537.

6. Proclamation by the Assembly of the Confederate Catholics of Ireland in respect to the enhancement of the values of coin and the coinage of silver and copper; Kilkenny, 15 Nov. 1642. Original certified copy signed by Hugo [O'Reilly,] Archbishop of Armagh, Jo[hn Burke,] Bishop of Clonfert, [Richard Butler, 3rd Viscount] Mountgarrett, and other Confederate leaders. For the coins so minted cf. The Connoisseur, Sept. 1908, p. 47. Lot 173. f. 60.

7. Petition of Richard Baylie, D.D., Dean of Salisbury, etc., to the Committee for the Sequestration of estates of Delinquents at Goldsmith's Hall to make good his composition for £60 rent reserved on a lease of the parsonage of Llanbister, co. Radnor, and included in the £250 rent compounded for, with orders of the Radnor and Herefordshire Committee; 29 Jan., 23 May, 1647. Copies. Lot 492. f. 64 b.

8. Letter of R[ichard] Langhorne, (executed for complicity in the Popish Plot, 1679), to Dorothy Fenwyck; 3 Nov. 1654. Followed by an engraved portrait, 1802. Lot 277. f. 66.

9. Letter from the Privy Council to the Justices of the Peace for co. Devon relating to the treatment of Quakers ; Whitehall, 10 Nov. 1657. Signed by He[nry] Lawrence, President. Enclosed is a copy of the grievances sent by the Devonshire Quakers to the Privy Council. Lot 282. f. 69.

10. "A doore of hope opened in the valley of Achan," etc., a Fifth Monarchy manifesto against the wickedness of the age; circ. 1659. H.M.C., p. 299. Lot 284. f. 78.

11. Orders of the House of Lords: (a) conferring indemnity on Marmaduke, Lord Langdale, and other peers, with their households, accused of recusancy; 1 Feb. 166617]. Copy. Lot 537. f. 81 ; (b) removing papists ten miles from London; 19 Jan. 1673[4]. H.M.C., p. 312. Lot 315. f. 84.

12. Orders in Council: (a) for the more vigorous prosecution of papists; 24 Jan. 1679[80]. Signed by [Heneage] Finch, Lord Chancellor, (1st Earl of NottiDgham, 1681) and nine others. f. 87 ; (b) to the Justices of Middlesex to proceed against Robert [Carey,] Lord Hunsdon, for refusing the oath of supremacy; 18 Feb. 1679[80]. f. 90. Signet seals. Lot 537.

13. Treasury orders signed by the Secretary, Hen[ry] Guy, to Sir Robert Howard, Auditor of the Exchequer, relating to the issue of money from recusants' estates; 21 Nov., 5 Dec. 1681. Lot 537. f. 92.

14. Information at the prosecution of Capt. George Hilton, given by John Browne of St. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, and Eleanor Shaftoe of Stoke Newington, touching an unlawful conventicle in the house of Thomas Spencer at Stoke Newington; 14 Apr. 1686. Lot 361. f. 97.

15. (a) Letter of Obadiah Walker, Marter of University College, Oxford, to Dr. Dudley Loftus, jurist and orientalist, of Dublin, relative to his religious views; 14 Apr. 1686. Lat. f. 99 ; (b) Docquet of the Royal dispensation to Obadiah Walker, Master, Nathaniel Boyce, Thomas Deane, fellows, of University College, and John Bernard, fellow of Brasenose College, absolving them from attendance in the Church of England, etc. ; May, 1686. f. 102. Lot 361.

16. (a) Memoranda of the evidence given by Richard and Mary Draycott and others before John Ward, J.P., concerning John Blancho, al. White, reputed priest or Jesuit; 18 Oct. 1689. f. 103 ; (b) Lists of books found in Blancho's possession and partly returned with notes by Stephen Buck and John Blanco; 1, 8 Apr. 1690. f. 107. H.M.C., p. 329. Lot 376.

17. Information of Margaret Meclanan of St Andrew's Holborn, before Thomas Smith, J.P. for Middlesex, that John Williams, al. Father Welden, is an Irish popish priest; 3 May 1691. Lot 537. f. 108.

18. Letter from Anth[ony Dopping, Bishop of] Meath to Sir John Skeffington, 2nd Viscount Massereene, concerning proceedings against [Thomas Hacket,] Bishop [of Down and Connor], etc.; 2 Mar. 1693[4]. H.M.C., p. 79. Lot 440. f. 110.

19. Letter from John Eade to Sir Robert Rich, 3rd Bart. of Roos Hall co. Suff., relating his attitude to the Independents; 18 Apr. 1697. Lot 453. f. 112.

20. Invitation in the hand of Rich[ard] Gilpin, M.D., Congregationalist minister at Newcastle-on-Tyne, to Timothy Manlove, to come as his assistant; Newcastle, 22 Mar. 169⁸/₉. Signed by many members of the congregation. Followed by an engraved portrait of Manlove. Lot 456. f. 114.

21. Informations against Mr. Cummerford, suspected priest, by (a) Michael Harrold of Hills Alley in Long Acre, barber; 20 Apr. 1700. f. 119; (b) William Miniter, gent., lodging near Little Turnstile in Holborn; 20 Apr. 1700. f. 120. Lot. 537.

22. "The declaration of fidelity and subscription of a profession of the Christian belief to be subscribed by dissenters according to the statute of 1 William and Mary." signed by Richard Claridge, a famous Quaker minister, George Harris, and two Justices for Middlesex; 20 Mar. 170⁷/₈. Lot 462. f. 121.

23. Letter from the Privy Council to the Duke of Newcastle, Keeper of the Rolls for co. Middlesex, relating to the putting in execution the laws against papists and other dissenters; 9 May, 1722. Lot 537. Copy. f. 123.

B. Papers relative to abuses in London prisons for debt, 1649-1719. Lot 537.

24. "Abuses discovered whereby the creditors are meerly cheated", etc.: a printed broadsheet dealing with abuses in the law about debtors, by W. G. [perhaps William Gery of Gray's Inn]; [ 15 June, 1649, see a copy in the Thomason collection, press-mark 669 f. 14, no. 41]. f. 127.

25. Report of Samuel Blackerby, John Pery, Joseph Short, Thomas Hall, and Morgan Ryan, Justices of the Peace for Middlesex, about abuses suffered by the poor debtors in Newgate; 1 Aug. 1702. f. 128.

26. Examination of (a) John Eston, (b) Lambertus Carter, prisoners for debt in Newgate, before Justices of the Peace, relative to the abuses in the prison; 26, 28 July, 1707. ff. 131, 134.

27. Petition to the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, and the rest of the Justices, by the poor prisoners in Clerkenwell Prison, for relief or release under the General Pardon; 4 May, 1709. Twelve signatures. f. 137.

28. (a) Petition from the prisoners in New Prison to the Duke of Bedford, Keeper of the Rolls for Middlesex, against the abuses of Mr. Boreman, keeper of the prison. f. 140; (b) Letter from [Wriothesley Russell, 5th Duke of] Bedford to [the Justices of the Peace] concerning the above petition; 16 July, 1709. f. 143.

29. Information of James Magrath, a prisoner for debt in the Gatehouse, Westminster, relative to the conduct of George Milton, another prisoner ; followed by an information of George Howard, also a prisoner, on the same subject; 29 June, 1711. f. 146.

30. Petition of Mary Pitt, prisoner in the Gatehouse, to Thomas Medlicott, J.P. for Westminster, and other Justices against her ill treatment; 29 June, 1711. f. 149.

31. Report of the Visiting Justices on the abuses committed in the Gatehouse Prison; 8 Jan. 1719[20]. f. 152.

C. Literary and miscellaneous collections, viz.: 32. Poem entitled "Upon a recovery from sickness to health", beg. "[Oh n]ow that oblivions cave" in 28 stanzas of 6 verses; 17th cent. f. 157.

33. Letter ridiculing the newly founded Philosophical Society of Dublin; circ. 1684. Ut 492. f. 158.

34. Letter from [James Bonnell, Accountant-General of Ireland, d. 1699] to John Strype, the ecclesiastical historian, touching belief in spirits ; late 17th cent. Seal of arms. Lot 340. f. 162.

35. Drafts of essays by Sir Richard Bulstrode, written in his old age, viz. "Of books and reading" ; "Of old age", differing considerably from the version in Miscellaneous Essays, p. 376 (ed. 1715); "Of fame", with a note by his son Whitelocke Bulstrode; "Of friendship"; circ. 1700. Lot 492. f. 167.

36. Satirical poem on the disputes in the Scots Parliament about the Act of Security, etc., beg. "Our senate has had many firy debate," in 14 stanzas of 3 verses with the refrain "He's wiser than I that can tell" ; circ. 1705. Lot 376. f. 171.

37. "The Life and Death of Mirry Archie, late mountebank off Edinburgh, to the tune of Habb. Symson's dead," a satirical poem on Dr. Archibald Pitcairne, a famous Edinburgh doctor, said in a note by E. B s to he by Dr. [Edward] Isaac. Beg. "The good Toun now may say alace" ; 11 Jan. 1709. Lot 462. f. 173.

38. Letter from David Randie to Bryan Fairfax, Commissioner of the Customs, giving particulars of the prices of books he was commissioned to buy" ; Hague, 2 Nov. 1725. H.M.C., p. 349. Lot 488. f. 177.

39. "A Catalogue of a curious collection of valuable Books consisting chiefly of Humour and Satyr", etc.: a list of 58 fictitious books, appropriately dedicated to or written by prominent politicians, the initials of whom are given; circ. 1732. Lot 488. f. 178.

40. "Conjectures sur la generation de l'homme contre les ovipares et les vermicules Par M. [Jacques] Gautier [d'Agoty], Pensionaire du Roy", with the autograph approbation of [Jean Baptiste Nicolas] Boyer, Médecin Ordinaire du Roy, 12 Aug. 1759. Is this La Zoogénie, ou génération des animaux, 1750, of the same author ? Lot 492. f. 181.

41. Cuttings from The European Magazine, 1786-1787, relating to Sir Watkin Winiams Wynn's Theatre at Wynnstay, co. Denb., with engravings of admission tickets. Lot 492. f. 189.

42. (a) Advertisement to the fifth number of Irish Melodies by T[homas] M[oore]; Mayfield Cottage, Ashbourne, [27] Sept. 1813. f. 196; (b) Drafts of "'Tis when the cup is smiling", No. 4 National Airs, 1822, in Moore's autograph, followed by Sir Henry Rowley Bishop's autograph setting of the same as a duet. Lot 523. f. 198.

includes:

• f. 1 Francis Hill, yeoman, of St. Andrews, Holborn: Bond: 1594.
• f. 1 Court of High Commission: Bond for payment of fine, etc., inflicted by: 1594.
• f. 1 Richard Black, of Iden, county Sussex, yeoman: Bond on conviction before the High Commission: 1594.
• f. 1 Thomas Blake, of Tyam in Bridgewater, yoeman: Bond: 1594.
• ff. 1-125 England, Ecclesiastical History: Papers rel. to ecclesiastical offences, Roman Catholics and Dissenters: 1594-1722.
• f. 3 Henry Constable, Viscount Dunbar: Letter to J. Kirton: 1624.
• f. 3 John Kirton, servant of Viscount Dunbar: Letter to, from his master: 1624.
• ff. 3-125 Roman Catholics: Papers rel. to Recusants, Dissenters, etc.: 1624-1722.
• f. 6 Reverend Anthony Tyringham, JP: for co. Bucks. Examination by: 1625.: Signed.
• f. 6 Abigail Robinson, of Tyringham, county Buckinghamshire: Examination of: 1625.
• f. 6 Thomas Johnson, alias Bentley; suspected priest: Evidence concerning: 1625.
• f. 8 John Bayes, Irish Catholic: Examination of: 1626.
• f. 8 Robert Barry, Irish Catholic: Examination of: 1626.
• f. 9 Samuel Hide, jurat of Seaford: Examination of Irish Catholics by: 1626.
• f. 9 Robert Hide, Vicar of Seaford: Examination of Irish Catholics by: 1626.
• f. 9 Thomas Elsicke, Bailiff of Seaford: Examination of Irish Catholics by: 1626.
• f. 13 George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham: Letter to, from T. Elsicke, etc.: 1626.
• f. 15 Ranulphe or Randolph Crew, or Crewe; of Crewe Hall, county Cheshire; Knight 1614, Chief Justice of KB 1625: Letter to, from Lord Conway, with draft of reply,: 1626.
• f. 15 Sir Edward Conway, Baron Conway 1625; Viscount Conway 1627: Letter to Sir R. Crew: 1626.
• f. 19 Jacob Bloome, JP for Middlesex: Order signed by: 1640.
• f. 19 Northall, Middlesex: Order to return Papists, with reply: 1640.
• f. 19 Henry Snape, Curate of Northall: Return of Papists signed by: 1640.
• ff. 20, 44 Harefield, Middlesex: Order for return of Papists, with the return: 1640.
• ff. 20-23 Richard Partridge, JP: for Middlesex. Orders signed by: 1640.
• f. 21 Hillingdon, Middlesex: Order for return of Papists, with reply: 1640.
• f. 21 b Richard Bourne, Vicar of Hillingdon, county Middlesex: Return of Papists by: 1640.
• f. 23 Ickenham, Middlesex: Order for return of Papists, with return: 1640.
• f. 23 b Andrew Clare, Rector of Ickenham: Return of Papists signed by: 1640.
• f. 24 Laleham, Middlesex: Return of Papists: 1640.
• f. 24 Thomas White, Minister of Laleham: Return of Papists signed by: 1640.
• f. 26 Norwood, Middlesex: Return of Papists: 1640.
• f. 26 Philip Laidger, Curate of Norwood: Return of Papists by: 1640.
• ff. 28, 49 Jonas Cooke, Parson of Hanwell: Returns of Papists signed by: 1640, 1641.
• ff. 28,49 Hanwell, Middlesex: Returns of Papists: 1640, 1641.
• f. 29 Matthew Benet, Minister of Harlington, county Middlesex: Return of Papists by: 1640.
• f. 29 Harlington, Middlesex: Return of Papists: 1640.
• f. 30 Hornsey, Middlesex: Return of Papists: 1640.
• f. 30 Thomas Lant, Rector of Hornsey: Return of Papists signed by: 1640.
• f. 32 Stoke Newington, Middlesex: Return of Papists: 1640.
• f. 32 William Heath, Rector of Stoke Newington: Return of Papists signed by: 1640.
• f. 33 Roger Urmeston, Minister of Friern Barnet: Return of Papists signed by: 1640.
• f. 33 Barnet, Friern, Middlesex: Retum of Papists: 1640.
• f. 35 Acton, Middlesex: Return of Papists: 1640.
• f. 36 Cowley, Middlesex: Return of Papists: 1640.
• f. 36 Thomas Haymes, Curate of Cowley: Return of Papists: 1640.
• f. 37 London, England: Order for return of Papists in St. Martin's in the Fields, with reply: 1640.
• f. 40 Hayes, Middlesex: Return of Papists: circ. 1640.
• f. 41 Edmund Reeve, Vicar of Hayes: Return of Papists: circ. 1640.
• f. 42 Edmonton, Middlesex: Return of Papists: circ. 1640.
• f. 42 William Moffet, Vicar of Edmonton: Return of Papists: circ. 1640.
• f. 44 John Pritchett, Minister of Harefield: Return of Papists: circ. 1640.
• f. 45 Uxbridge, Middlesex: Retum of Papists: circ. 1640.
• f. 46 Reverend John Sprinte, of Hampstead: Retum of Papists by: circ. 1640.
• f. 46 Hampstead, Middlesex: Return of Papists: circ. 1640.
• f. 47 Sunbury, Middlesex: Return of Papists: circ. 1640.
• f. 47 Robert Pouell, Curate of Sunbury: Return of Papists by: circ. 1640.
• f. 50 Edward Westley, Rector of Littleton: Return of Papists by: circ. 1640.
• f. 50 Littleton, Middlesex: Return of Papists: circ. 1640.
• f. 51 John Platt, Curate of Teddington: Return of Papists: circ. 1640.
• f. 51 Teddington, Middlesex: Retum of Papists: circ. 1640.
• f. 52 Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Return of Papists: 1641.
• f. 53 Emmanuel Hodges, Vicar of Harmondsworth: Return of Papists by: 1641.
• f. 54 Kensington, Middlesex: Return of Papists: 1641.
• f. 58 Henry Ashwood, Minister of Cranford: Return of Papists: 1642.
• f. 58 Cranford, Middlesex: Return of Papists: 1642.
• f. 59 Willesden, Middlesex: Retum of Papists: circ. 1641.
• f. 60 Geoffrey Browne, Irish Confederate leader: Proclamation signed by: 1642.
• f. 60 Ireland: Proclamation by the Assembly of Confederate Catholics, conc. coinage: 1642.
• f. 61 Coinage: Proclamation by Irish Confederate Catholics rel. to: 1642.
• f. 61 b Richard Belling, Secretary to the Irish Confederate Council: Signature: 1642.
• f. 61 b Hugh O'Reilly, RC Archbishop of Armagh: Proclamation of Irish Confederates signed by: 1642.
• f. 61 b George Cumin: Proclamation of Irish Confederates signed by: 1642.
• f. 61 b Nicholas Plunkett: Proclamation Irish Confederates signed by: 1642.
• f. 61 b Gerald Fenell: Proclamation of Irish Confederates signed by: 1642.
• f. 61 b John Burke, Bishop of Clonfert: Proclamation of Confederate Catholics signed by: 1642.
• f. 61 b Patrick Darsy: Proclamation of Irish Confederates signed by: 1642.
• f. 61b Richard Butler, 3rd Viscount Mountgarret: Proclamation of Irish Confederates signed by: 1642.
• f. 64 b Richard Baylie, DD, Dean of Salisbury: Petition to the sequestration committee: 1647.: Copy.
• f. 65 Llanbister, Radnorshire: Sequestration papers rel. to parsonage of: 1647.
• f. 67 Richard Langhorne, of the Inner Temple: Letter to D. Fenwyck: 1654.
• f.67 Dorothy Fenwyck: Letter to, from R. Langhome: 1654.
• f. 68 Richard Langhorne, of the Inner Temple: Portrait of: 1802.: engr.
• f. 68 Art. Portraits: R. Langhorne d 1679: 1802.: Engr.
• ff. 69-125 Nonconformists: Papers rel. to: 1657-1722.
• ff. 69-77 Quakers: Papers rel. to grievances of, in Devonshire: 1657.
• f. 71 Henry Lawrence, President of the Council of State: Signature: 1657.
• f. 73 Devonshire: Grievances of Quakers in: 1657.
• f. 75 b Isaac Sharp, Quaker: Letter to J. E. Hodgkin: 1896.
• f. 78 Fifth Monarchy Men: Manifesto by: circ. 1649.
• f. 81 Marmaduke Langdale, Baron Langdale: Indemnity for recusancy: 1667.
• f. 82 England; Parliament: Order of indemnity for recusant peers: 1667.
• f. 85 John Browne, Clerk of the Parliaments: Signature: 1674.
• f. 85 England; Parliament: Order removing Papists from London: 1674.
• f. 88 b Henry Coventry, Secretary of State: Signature as Privy Councillor: 1680.
• f. 88 b Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey: State papers signed by: 1673, 1680.
• f. 88 b Sir John Ernle, Chancellor of the Exchequer: Signatures as Privy Councillor, etc.: 1677, 1680.
• f. 88 b Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester: Signature as Privy Councillor: 1680.
• f. 88 b John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater: Signature as Privy Councillor: 1680.
• f. 88 b Arthur Capel, 1st Baron Capel (1641): Signature as Privy Councillor: 1680.
• f. 88 b Sir Philip Lloyd, Clerk of the Council: Signature: 1680.
• f. 88 b John Maitland, 2nd Earl and Duke of Lauderdale; Secretary of State for Scotland: Signature: 1680.
• f. 88 b Francis North, 1st Baron Guilford: Signature as Privy Councillor: 1680.
• f. 88 b Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham 1681: 1681. Signature: 1680.
• f. 91 Sir John Nicholas, KB: Signatures, as Clerk to the Council: 1664-1680.
• f. 91 Robert Carey, 6th Baron Hunsdon: Order against, for refusing oath of supremacy: 1680.
• ff. 93, 95 Henry Guy, politician: Orders signed by: 1681.
• ff. 93, 95 Sir Robert Howard, dramatist: Warrants to, for various payments: 1681-1697.
• f. 98 Stoke Newington, Middlesex: Information of a conventicle at: 1686.
• f. 98 Captain George Hilton: Information at the prosecution of: 1686.
• f. 98 Thomas Spencer, of Stoke Newington: Information of a conventiele at his house: 1686.
• f. 99 Obadiah Walker, Master of University College, Oxford: Letter to Dr. Loftus: 1686.: Lat.
• f. 99 Dudley Loftus, jurist and orientalist: Letter to, from O. Walker: 1686.: Lat.
• f. 102 John Bernard, fellow of Brasenose Collge, Oxford: Dispensation to: 1686.
• f. 102 Obadiah Walker, Master of University College, Oxford: Dispensation to: 1686.
• f. 102 Thomas Deane, Fellow of University College, Oxford: Dispensation to: 1686.
• f. 102 Nathaniel Boyce, Fellow of University College, Oxford: Dispensation to: 1686.
• f. 103 John Blancho, alias White; reputed priest: Papers rel. to his arrest: 1689, 1690.
• f. 105 b John Ward, JP: for Middlesex. Signature: 1689.
• f. 107 Stephen Buck: Note by: 1690.
• f. 107 John Blancho, alias White; reputed priest: Note of receipt by: 1690.
• f. 108 Margaret Meclanan, widow, of St. Andrew's, Holborn: Deposition: 1691.
• f. 109 John Williams, alias Welden; reputed Irish priest: Information against: 1691.
• f. 109 Thomas Smith, JP for Middlesex: Signature: 1691.
• f. 110 Thomas Hacket, Bishop of Down and Connor: Letter conc. proceedings against: 1694.
• f. 111 John Skeffington, 2nd Viscount Massereene: Letter to, from the Bp. of Meath: 1694.
• f. 111 Anthony Dopping, Bishop of Meath: Letter to Lord Massereene: 1694.
• f. 112 Sect of Independents: Letter of J. Eade concerning: 1697.
• f. 112 Robert Rich, 2nd Baron Rich: Letter to, from J. Eade: 1697.
• f. 113 John Eade: Letter to Sir R. Rich: 1697.
• f. 114 Reverend Timothy Manlove: Call to, by Congregationalists at Newcastle: 1699.
• f. 114 Sect of Independents: Invitation to T. Manlove to be assistant-minister at Newcastle: 1699.
• f. 114 Richard Gilpin, nonconformist minister: Invitation to T. Manlove: 1699.
• f. 114 Newcastle upon Tyne, county Northumberland: Call by Congregationalists to Rev. T. Manlove: 1699.
• f. 117 Art. Portraits: Timothy Manlove d 1699.: Engr.
• f. 117 Reverend Timothy Manlove: Portrait of: 18th cent.: Engr.
• f. 119 Michael Harrold, barber: Information by: 1700.
• ff. 119, 120 Cummerford, suspected priest: Informations against: 1700.
• f. 120 William Miniter: Information by: 1700.
• f. 121 Quakers: Profession of loyalty and Christian belief tendered to: 1708.
• f. 122 Henry Hare, 2nd Baron Coleraine: Signature: 1708.
• f. 122 W. Smithson, JP for Middlesex: for Middlesex. -Signature: 1708.
• f. 122 Richard Claridge, Quaker minister, of Tottenham: Signature: 1708.
• f. 122 George Harris, Quaker: Signature: 1708.
• f. 123 Thomas Pe1ham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle; Prime Minister: Privy Council letter to, as Keeper of the Rolls for Middlesex: 1722.: Copy.
• f. 127 Political Tracts: W. G[ery ?], Abuses discovered whereby creditors are merely cheated: 1649.: Printed.
• f. 127 W- G- William Gery]: "Abuses discovered in the law of debtors: 1649.: Printed.
• ff. 127-156 London Secular Institutions. Prisons: Papers rel. to abuses in prisons for debt: 1690-1720.
• ff. 127-156 b Debtors: Papers rel. to abuses in London prisons for: 1649-1719.
• f. 130 Joseph Short, JP for Middlesex: Signature: 1702.
• f. 130 Thomas Hall, JP for Middlesex: Signature: 1702.
• f. 130 Samuel Blackerby, JP of Middlesex: Signature: 1702.
• f. 130 Morgan Ryan, JP for county Middlesex: Signature: 1702.
• ff. 130, 132 b, 135 b John Pery, JP for Middlesex: Signatures: 1702, 1707.
• f. 132 John Eston, debtor in Neugate: Examination of: 1707.
• f. 132 b Roger Smith, JP for Middlesex: Signature: 1707.
• ff. 132 b, 135 b J- Crosbie, JP for Middlesex: Signatures: 1707.
• ff. 132 b, 135 b Benjamin Hilton, J P for Middlesex: Signatures: 1707.
• ff. 132 b, 135 b Richard Browne, JP for Middlesex: Examinations of prisoners signed by: 1707.
• f. 135 b Lambertus Carter, debtor in Newgate: Examination of: 1707.
• f. 141 Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford: Petition to, from prisoners in Newgate: 1709.
• f. 144 Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford: Letter of, directing enquiries into above: 1709.
• f. 146 George Milton, debtor in the Gatehouse prison: Informations concerning: 1711.
• f. 147 James Magrath, debtor in the Gatehouse prison: Information by: 1711.
• ff. 147 b, 148, 150 T- Boteler, JP, of Westminster: Signature: 1711.
• ff. 147 b, 148, 150 Thomas Railton, JP: Signatures: 1711.
• ff. 147 b, 148, 150 Charles Delafaye, Under Secretary of State: Signatures: 1711.
• f. 148 George Howard, debtor in the Gatehome prison: Information by: 1711.
• f. 149 Mary Pitt, prisoner in the Gatehouse: Petition to the Westminster Justices: 1711.
• f. 156 b John Leacroft, JP for Westminster: Signature: 1720.
• f. 156 b G- Sheldon, JP for Westminster: Signature: 1720.
• f. 156 b Alexander Chocke, JP, of Westminster: Signature: 1711.
• f. 156 b Thomas Colthurst, of Gray's Inn: Signature: 1711.
• f. 156 b Nathaniel Blackerby, JP, of Westminster: Signature: 1702.
• f. 156 b Thomas Burdus, JP: Signature: 1711.
• f. 157 Poetry: "Upon a recovery from sickness to health ": 17th cent.
• f. 158 County of Dublin: Letter ridiculing, the Philosophical Society: circ. 1684.
• f. 165 John Strype, historian: Letter to, from J. Bonnell: late 17th cent.
• f. 165 James Bonnell, Accountant-General of Ireland: Letter to J. Strype: late 17th cent.
• f. 167 Sir Richard Bulstrode, Envoy at Brussels: Drafts of essays: circ. 1700.
• f. 168 Whitelocke Bulstrode: Note by: circ. 1711.
• f. 171 Scotland: Verses on the Act of Security: circ. 1705.
• f. 171 Political and Satirical Poems: Verses on the Scots Act of Security: circ. 1705.
• f. 173 Archibald Pitcairne, d 1713 physician and poet: "The Life and Death of Mirry Archie," satire on: 1709.
• f. 173 Edward Isaac, MD, of Edinburgh: Satire on Dr. A. Pitcairne attrib. to: 1709.
• f. 173 Political and Satirical Poems: 'The Life and Death of Mirry Archie " : satire on Dr. A. Pitcairne: 1709.
• f. 174 E- B-s: Note by: 1709.
• f. 177 Brian Fairfax, the younger; Commissioner of Customs: Letter to, from D. Randie: 1725.
• f. 177 David Randie: Letter to B. Fairfax: 1725.
• f. 178 Political Tracts: A Catalogue of valuable Books list of fictitious titles satirizing politicians: circ. 1732.
• f. 181 Jacques Gautier d'Agoty, Pelt sionnaire du Roi: Conjectures sur la génération de l'homme: 1750 (?).
• f. 188 Jean Baptiste Nicolas Boyer, Médecin Ordinaire du Roi: Imprimatur by: 1750.
• ff. 189-194 Wynnstay, Denbighshire: Cuttings from the European Magazine rel. to theatre at: 1786, 1787.
• f. 196 Thomas Moore, poet: Advertisement to Irish Melodies, no. v: 1813.: Autogr.
• f. 198 Thomas Moore, poet: Song, "'Tis when the cup is smiling," with melody: 1822.: Autogr. draft.
• f. 199 Sir Henry Rowley Bishop, composer: Duet: 1822.: Autogr.
• f. 200 James Power, music publisher: Signature: circ. 1822.