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- 040-002059675
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- 032-002059674
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001215.0x000327
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100147916516.0x000001
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Tresham family correspondence and papers, volume 1
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Volume 1 of papers relating to the Tresham family of Northamptonshire. Correspondence and papers of Thomas Tresham, gentleman and recusant (1543-1605).
ff. 1r-7v Calendar of the Tresham Papers at Rushton Hall. 19th century.
ff. 8r-8v Account of the discovery of the Tresham papers in 1828 at Rushton Hall. 19th century.
ff. 11r-12r Extracts from the Patent Rolls relating to William Tresham, Speaker of the House of Commons; 15 May 18 Hen. VI [1440] -36 Hen. VI [1457-8]. Latin and English. 16th century.
ff. 13r-13v Note of payments to be made by William Tresham; 31 March 1448. Latin.
f. 14r Award to William Vaus and Master Thomas Salesbery, clerk, arbitrators between Isabel, widow of William Tresham, and Thomas Tresham, his son and heir, in full satisfaction of 500 marks for all goods. Sywell, Northamptonshire, 21 October. 1451.
f. 15r Receipt by Isabel, widow of William Tresham, to Thomas Tresham for £20 in part payment of 56 marks for wool and corn. Parchment. Fragment of seal. 1451.
f. 16r Accompt of John Dowe, Rothwell, Northamptonshire. 15th century.
ff. 17r-19v Inventories of plate and furniture of the Tresham family. 15th century.
ff. 20r-21r Correspondence. Letter from Thomas Tresham at Rushton, 20 December 1576.
f. 22r Bond of Edward Dallyson, 1577.
ff. 23r-24r Record of a conference between Merbury, 'preacher at Northampton' and John Aylmer, Bishop of London, in the presence of Sir Owen Hopton, Dr. Lewys, Mr. Recorder and Archdeacon Mullins, High Commissioners, in St. Pauls, 5th December 1578.
ff. 25r-35v Correspondence and papers of Thomas Pounde, S.J., prisoner in the Marshalsea, 7-14 September 1580.
ff. 36r-36v 8. Challenge to a public disputation by James Bosgrave, Ralph Sherwin and other Catholic prisoners in the Marshalsea.
ff. 37r-37v Correspondence. Letters between George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon and Catholic prisoners in the Marshalsea, 1580.
ff. 38r-41v Saint Edmund Campion: Conference in the Tower with Alexander Nowell, Dean of St Paul’s, and William Day, Bishop of Winchester. 1581.
f. 42r Correspondence. Letter from Thomas Tresham to Thomas Ratcliffe, Earl of Sussex. 1581.
ff. 42v-45r Correspondence. Letters between Thomas Tresham and the Privy Council. 1581.
ff. 46r-58v Account of a disputation in the Fleet between Thomas Tresham and Edmund Lillie, Master of Balliol College, Oxford, sent by the Earl of Leicester to dispute with William Catesby, conspirator. 3 September 1581. Followed by two drafts of a letter from Tresham to Lillie on the subject of their conference (f. 52r-58v). 5 September 1581.
ff. 59r-61v Correspondence between Elizabeth Montagu, wife of Sir Edward Montagu, and William Vaux, 3rd Baron Vaux. 1581.ff. 62r-70v Proceedings in the Star Chamber against William Vaux, 3rd Baron Vaux, William Catesby, conspirator, Powdrell, Catholic recusant, Ambrose Griffith, student at Lincoln’s Inn, and his sister-in-law, for contempt in refusing to take an oath whether Campion had visited their houses or not. 15 November 1581.
ff. 71r-71v Correspondence. Letter from Luke Kirbie to Comberford, 1582.
ff. 72r-72v Correspondence. Letters between Thomas Tresham and Sir Christopher Hatton, Vice-Chamberlain: 1582-1591.
ff. 73r-73v Correspondence. Letters between Thomas Tresham and Sir William Cecil, Baron Burghley, Lord Treasurer. 1582.
ff. 74r-74v Account of an interview held by Samuel Cox, secretary to Sir Christopher Hatton, Vice-Chamberlain, with Thomas Tresham. 1582.
f. 75r Correspondence. Letter from Christian Somerset, 1st wife of William, 3rd Earl of Worrcester, to Muriel Tresham, wife of Thomas Tresham. 1582.
f. 76r Petition of Thomas Tresham to the Privy Council. 1582.
ff. 78r-79v Petition addressed to Sir Christopher Hatton. 1582.
ff. 80r-81v Correspondence. Letter from Thomas Tresham to Sir Christopher Hatton. 15 January 1582.
ff. 83r-83v Correspondence. Letters between William Vaux, 3rd Baron Vaux and Farmer, in Thomas Tresham’s hand. 1583.
ff. 84r-85r Correspondence. Letters between Bridget Russell, 2nd wife of Francis, 2nd Earl of Bedford, and Muriel Tresham, wife of Thomas Tresham. 1583.
ff. 86r-86v Correspondence. Letters between Sir Thomas Wilkes, Clerk to the Privy Council, and Thomas Tresham. 1583.
ff. 87r-89v Correspondence. Letters between Elizabeth Somerset, wife of Edward, Lord Herbert and 4th Earl of Worcester, and Muriel Tresham, wife of Thomas Tresham. 1583.
ff. 90r-90v Correspondence. Letters between William Somerset, 3rd Earl of Worcester, and Muriel Tresham, wife of Thomas Tresham. 1583.
ff. 91r-92v Correspondence. Letters between Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Thomas Tresham. 1583.
ff. 93r-94r Correspondence. Letter from Thomas Tresham to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. 1583.
ff. 95r-95v Correspondence. Letter from Thomas Tresham to his cousin Horseman. 1583.
ff. 96r-97v Correspondence. Letter from Thomas Tresham to Lewis Mordaunt, 3rd Baron Mordaunt. 1588.
ff. 98r-99v Arguments for and against a petition from the Catholics to Queen Elizabeth. 1584-1585.
ff. 100r-112v Petition of English Catholics to Elizabeth I of England. 1585. Two copies.
ff. 113r-114v Bond of Hugh Erdeswyke. 1586.
ff. 115r-116v Correspondence. Letter from Thomas Tresham to Robert Brudenell. 1588.
ff. 117r Correspondence. Letter from John Flamstead, servant of Thomas Tresham, to Thomas Tresham. 1588-1596.
ff. 118-119v Correspondence. Letter from Thomas Tresham to Edward Maxey, servant to Sir Francis Walsingham. 1588.
ff. 120r-120v Correspondence. Thomas Tresham to Robert Baud. 1588.
ff. 123r-127v Correspondence. Letters between Thomas Tresham and Edward Maxey, servant to Sir Francis Walsingham. 1588.
ff. 129r-130v Correspondence. Letter from Thomas Tresham to Gilbert Gerrard, Master of the Rolls. 1589.
ff. 131r-133v Tresham family accompts. 1546-1605.
ff. 134r-135v Correspondence. Letter from Thomas Tresham to Harvey, concerning lands at Grendon, Northamptonshire. 1590.
ff. 136r-136v Correspondence. Letter from Muriel Tresham to Sir William Cecil, Baron Burghley, Lord Treasurer. 1590.
ff. 137r-138v Correspondence. Letter from Muriel Tresham to Robert Cecil, Viscount Cranborne, 1st Earl of Salisbury. 1590.
ff. 139r-142v Correspondence. Letter from Thomas Tresham to John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury. 1590.
ff. 143r-144v Correspondence. Letter from Andrew Downes, Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge, to Thomas Tresham. 1590.
ff. 145r-146v Correspondence. Letter from Thomas Tresham to Gascoigne. 1591.
ff. 147r-148v Correspondence. Letter from Muriel Tresham to Richard Culpepper. 1591.
ff. 149r-149v Correspondence. Letter from Thomas Tresham to Maryott. 1591.
ff. 150r-151v Petition of George Baule to the Privy Council. 1591.
ff. 152r-153v Commission to Richard Howland, Bishop of Peterborough, and others to enquire into seminaries, priests and Jesuits in Northamptonshire. 23 November 1591.
ff. 154r-165v Tract on the proclamation of 18 October 1591 against Jesuits. 1591.
ff. 166r-166v Correspondence. Letter from Francis Tresham, conspirator to Anne Tufton, his future wife. 1952.
ff. 167r-168v Correspondence. Letters between Thomas Tresham and Sidley. 1592.
ff. 169r-174v Correspondence. Letters from Thomas Tresham to George Vaux, 2nd son of Lord Vaux. 1592-1593.
ff. 175r-175v Memorandum of receipt of jewels by the wife of William Parker, Baron Monteagle, afterwards 1st Baron Morley and Monteagle, the daughter of Thomas Tresham. 1593.
ff. 176r-177v Correspondence. Letters between Thomas Tresham and John Cheyney, Solicitor to Lord Vaux. 1592-1593.
ff. 178r-180v Correspondence. Letters from Thomas Tresham to George Vaux, 2nd son of Lord Vaux. 1592-1593.
ff. 181r-183v Memoranda of the dispute between Edward Parker, Baron Morley, and Thomas Tresham. 1593-1595.
ff. 184r-185v Correspondence. Letters between Thomas Tresham and William Parker, Baron Monteagle, afterwards 1st Baron Morley and Monteagle. 1593.
ff. 186r-188v Correspondence. Letters between Sir William Cecil, Baron Burghley, Lord Treasurer, from William Vaux, 3rd Baron Vaux. 1593.
ff. 189r-196v Correspondence. Letter from William Vaux, 3rd Baron Vaux, to Sir John Roper. Draft in Thomas Tresham’s hand. 1593.ff. 197r-198v Correspondence. Letters between Ambrose Vaux, 4th son of Lord Vaux, and Thomas Tresham. 1593.
ff. 199r-208v William Vaux, 3rd Baron Vaux, Petition to the Committee of the House of Lords. Draft, with notes in Thomas Tresham’s hand. 1593.
ff. 209r -209v Correspondence. Letters between Thomas Tresham and George Vaux, 2nd son of Lord Vaux. 1592-1593.
ff. 210r-210v Correspondence. Letters between Thomas Tresham and John Cheyney, Solicitor to Lord Vaux. 1592-1593.
ff. 212r-216v Correspondence. Letter from Thomas Tresham to Sir John Puckering, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal. 1593.
ff. 217r-219v Correspondence. Letter from Sir John Roper to William Cecil, Baron Burghley, Lord Treasurer. 1593.
ff. 220r-221v Agreement concerning the debts of William Vaux, 3rd Baron Vaux. 1593.
ff. 222r-223v Correspondence. Letters between Thomas Tresham and Ferdinand Baud. 1593-1605.
ff. 224r-226v Correspondence. Letters between Thomas Tresham and Paget, servant to Sir Thomas Cecil. 1593.
ff. 227r-229v Correspondence. Letters between Thomas Tresham and William Wickham, Bishop of Lincoln. 1593.
ff. 230r-230v Correspondence. Letters between Muriel Vaux, daughter of Lord Vaux, and Muriel Tresham. 1593.
ff. 231r-231v Correspondence. Letters between Thomas Tresham and William Wickham, Bishop of Lincoln. 1593.
ff. 232r-234v Correspondence. Letters from Thomas Tresham to William Vaux, 3rd Baron Vaux. 1593-1594.
ff. 235r-235v Account of ‘Matters necessarie to bee resolved of before consent of sale’. 1593.
ff. 236r-236v Correspondence. Letters from Thomas Tresham to Lady Vaux and to his nephew. 27-30 May 1593.
ff. 238r-238v Correspondence. Letters between Thomas Tresham and John Slynne, servant of Tresham. 1593.
ff. 239r-239v Correspondence. Letters between Thomas Tresham and Edward Watson, Knight. 1593.
ff. 240r-240v Francis Tresham, conspirator, account of sale to Edward Cradock, in Clipston, Northamptonshire. 1593.
ff. 242r-243v Correspondence. Letters between Thomas Tresham and Sidley. 1592.
ff. 244r-244v Correspondence. Letters between Francis Tresham, conspirator, and his father. 1593-1605.
ff. 245r-256v Memoranda of a dispute between Edward Parker, Baron Morley, and Thomas Tresham. 1593-1595.
ff. 257r-278v Papers relating to a suit by Anne Vaux, daughter of Lord Vaux, against her uncle Thomas Tresham. 1594.
ff. 283r-284v Correspondence. Letters between Thomas Tresham the third and his cousin Thomas Tresham. 1595-1605.
ff. 285r-286v Memorandum relating to William Parker, Baron Monteagle, afterwards 1st Baron Morley and Monteagle. 1595.
ff. 287r-288v Correspondence. Letter from Rowland Ridge, servant of Thomas Tresham, to Thomas Tresham. 1596.
ff. 289r-289v Correspondence. Letters from Thomas Vavasor, servant of Thomas Tresham, to Thomas Tresham. 1596, 1605.
ff. 290r-290v Correspondence. Letters between Muriel Tresham and her sister-in-law Mary Vaux, née Tresham; widow of Lord Vaux. 1596.
ff. 291r-292v Correspondence. Letter from Thomas Tresham to his steward George Levens, concerning the Triangular Lodge at Rushton, Northamptonshire. 1596.
ff. 293r-293v Correspondence. Letters between Muriel Tresham and her sister-in-law Mary Vaux, née Tresham; widow of Lord Vaux. 1596.
ff. 294r-295v Correspondence. Letters between Thomas Tresham and his wife Muriel Tresham. 1594-1597.
ff. 296r-296v Correspondence. Letters between Thomas Tresham and his servant John Slynne. 1593-1605.
ff. 297r-297v Draft letter from Thomas Tresham concerning painted work in the Bishop’s gallery, Ely, Cambridgeshire. 1597.
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- Add MS 39828-39838 : TRESHAM PAPERS : correspondence and papers of Sir Thomas Tresham (1543 ?-1605), recusant and builder. The papers were…
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- Start Date:
- 1440
- End Date:
- 1597
- Date Range:
- 1440-1597
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Materials: Paper; parchment.
Dimensions: 311 x 423mm.
Foliation: ff. v + 297.
Binding: Post-1600. British Museum.
Script: Secretary; italic.
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Origin:
England.
Provenance:
Thomas Tresham, gentleman and recusant (1543-1605): former owner.
Thomas Bryan Clarke-Thornhill, diplomat and collector (1857-1934): donor.
- Publications:
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British Museum Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts 1916-1920 (London: British Museum, 1933), pp. 202-04.
Historical Manuscripts Commission, Report on Manuscripts in Various Collections, vol. 3 (London: Printed for His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1904), i-lvii, pp. 1-154.
Godfrey Anstruther, Vaux of Harrowden: a recusant family (Newport: R.H. Johns, 1953).
Alice Dryden, Memorials of Old Northamptonshire (London: Bemrose and Sons, 1903), pp. 129-44.
John Alfred Gotch, The Buildings Erected in Northamptonshire by Sir Thomas Tresham (London: B.T. Batsford, 1883).
Sandeep Kaushik, ‘Resistance, loyalty and recusant politics: Sir Thomas Tresham and the Elizabethan state’, Midland History, 21 (1996), 37–72.
Adrian Morey, The Catholic subjects of Elizabeth I (London: Allen & Unwin, 1978).
John Taylor, A Calendar of Papers of the Tresham Family, of the Reigns of Elizabeth and James I., 1580-1605. Preserved at Rushton Hall, Northamptonshire (London: J.R. Smith, 1871).
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