Add MS 38861

PRIVY COUNCIL Memoranda, 1540-1718, chiefly in the hand of Edward Southwell, but some in that of his father, Sir Robert Southwell. Both father and son held in succession the offices of Clerk of the Council and Secretary of State for Ireland. A companion volume is Add. MS. 35,107. The contents include: 1. Order of Council instituting a clerkship and nominating [Sir] William Paget to the office; 10 Aug. 1540. Copy. f. 1.

2. "Rules to be observed in Councills and Committees" ; 20 Feb. 1627[8]. f. 3.

3. Lists, with memoranda, of Clerks of the Council, 1649-1695. f. 7.

4. (a) Warrants for the appointment as Clerk of the Council of (a) Sir Robert Southwell; 14 Sept. 1664. f. 12 ; (b) William Bridgeman, 17 Jan. 169²/₃. f. 59 ; (c) Edward Southwell; 14 May, 1699. f. 76. Copies.

5. Original Orders in Council on the admission as clerks of (a) Sir Robert Southwell; 28 Sept. 1664. f. 14; (b) Edward Southwell, as Clerk Extraordinary, 30 Mar. 1693. f. 61 ; (c) the same, as Clerk in Ordinary; 18 May, 1699. f. 78. With signets.

6. Order of Council regulating the claims of the King and the Lord Admiral to prizes of war 6 Mar. 166⁵/₆. Copy. f. 16.

7. Order appointing standing committees of the Council : for Foreign Affairs; Admiralty and Navy; Trade; and Complaints and Grievances; 12 Feb. 1667[8]. Copy. f. 18.

8. Copies of (a) Order of Council for hearing the petition of the Clerks of the Council against the reversion of their office to Sir Thomas Dolman and William Bridgeman; 22 Mar. 167⁵/₆. 22; (b) Petition of the same Clerks; 17 May, 1676. f. 24.

9. Order of Council settling points of law relative to papists: 17 Jan. 167⁸/₉ . Copy. f.26.

10. Minutes of the Council; 28 Sept. 1688-5 Mar. 1693. ff. 28-45.

11. Memorial by Sir R. Southwell to [Daniel Finch], E[arl] of N[ottingham], Secretary of State, on the duties of that office; 6 Mar. 1688 f. 46.

12. Order of Council to prepare 300 gold and 1200 silver medals for the King's coronation; 12 Mar. 168⁸/₉. Copy. f. 52.

13. Letter to Sir R. Southwell from [Philip Savage, Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland, 1695] relative to the Secretary for Ireland's fees ; 28 May, 1690. f. 55.

14. Notes by Edward Southwell, "How to Cultivate my Interest against an Opportunity shall happen," etc. ; 9 Apr. 1693. f. 64.

15. "Extract from the Council Books of the several Lords Justices appointed in K. William's Reign," 1695-1701. f. 68.

16. List of bills approved in Council sent back for debate in the Irish Parliament; 1703, 1704. f. 80.

17. Lists of Privy Councillors "continued to be summoned" and "omitted to be summoned," etc.; 20 May, 1707-1 Oct. 1714. ff. 84, 86, 89, 91, 93.

18. Order of Council for the ratification of the Peace of Utrecht and the Treaty of Commerce with France; 7 Apr. 1713. Copy. f. 88.

19. Letter of Margaret Baliol to [the Earl of Nottingham, President of the Council], asking for the restitution of the papers belonging to the family of Peter Baliol, for whom she acts as trustee, and enclosing an abstract of the documents ; 11 Nov. 1714. f. 97.

20. Petition of [Peter] Sonmans in the dispute with [Joseph] Ormston concerning lands in East New Jersey; circ. 1718. f. 100.

21. (a) Oaths of various officials. ff. 102-112; (b) Fees of various officials. f. 114.

22. Miscellaneous memoranda: (a) "Some mixt notes" on Council business. f. 121; (b) "Business for a Secretary." f. 123; (c) "Of Sutes and Negotiatings and Wayes that Some Men use to obteyne their Ends." f. 126 ; (d) "Some Account of the Secretary of States Allowances (by Mr. Pescott)." f. 130 ; (e) "Cogitanda." f. 132; The last two are in Sir R. Southwell's hand. Paper; ff. ii + 133. From the Southwell Collection, marked "Lot 487" (cf. Add. MS. 35107). Phillipps MS. 10,041 (sale-cat. 1897, lot 161). Hodgkin sale-cat., lot 1267.

Privy Council, The: Miscellaneous memoranda 1540-circ. 1718, Southwell and E. Southwell; 17th and 18th centt.: 1540-18th centt.

Edward Southwell: Privy Council memoranda in his hand.

includes:

• f. 1 William Paget, 1st Baron Paget; Lord Privy Seal: Appointment as Clerk of the Council: 1540.
• ff. 12, 14 Sir Robert Southwell: Appointment and admittance as Clerk of the Council: 1664.
• ff. 14, 78 Sir John Nicholas, KB: Signatures, as Clerk to the Council: 1664-1680.
• f. 16 Navy; England: Council order rel. to prizes: 1666.: Copy.
• f. 24 Sir Philip Lloyd, Clerk of the Council: Petition: 1676.
• f. 24 Sir John Nicholas, KB: Petition to the King: 1676.: Copy.
• f. 24 Sir Edward Walker, Knight and Garter King of Arms 1645: Petition to the King, as Clerk of the Council: 1676.: Copy.
• f. 24 Sir Robert Southwell: Petition, as Clerk of the Council: 1676.
• f. 26 Roman Catholics: Council order rel. to: 1679.: Copy.
• f. 41 Army; England: Privy Council minutes on raising the militia: 1690-1692.
• f. 44 Navy; England: Council minutes on impressing: 1689-1693.
• f. 53 Duchy of Lancaster: List of Chancellors: 1688-1716.
• f. 55 Philip Savage, Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland: Letter to Sir R. Southwell: 1690.
• f. 57 Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton: Oath as Privy Councillor: 1690.
• f. 59 William Bridgeman: Warrant for, appointment as Clerk of the Council: 1693.: Copy.
• f. 61 William Bridgeman: Signature, as Clerk of the Council: 1693.
• ff. 61, 72-78 Edward Southwell: Papers rel. to his appointment as Clerk of the Council: 1693-1699.
• f. 82 b James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde: Letter to the Lords Justices of Ireland: 1707.: Copy.
• f. 95 Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham Earl of Winchilsea 1729: Oath as Privy Councillor: 1714.
• f. 97 Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham Earl of Winchilsea 1729: Letter to, from M.Baliol: 1714.
• f. 97 Margaret Baliol: Letter to the President of the Council: 1714.
• f. 100 Joseph Ormston: Suit v. Sonmans: circa 1718.
• f. 100 Peter Sonmans: Suit v. Ormston,: circa 1718.
• f. 100 New Jersey: Suit conc. lands in: circ. 1718.
• f. 116 Army; England: Fees on commissions: circ. 1700.
• ff. 126-133 Sir Robert Southwell: Memoranda in his hand.