Add MS 41823

MIDDLETON PAPERS. Vol. XXI (ff. i + 125). Three letter-books, now bound in one, containing copies of Lord Middleton's outgoing letters as Secretary of State, viz.:-

(1) Letters to [Thomas] Chudleigh, [Bevil] Skelton and the Marquis d'Albeville, successive British Envoys Extraordinary at the Hague, 23 Sept. 1684-16 Oct. 1688. ff. 1-78b.

(2) Letters to British representatives in 'Germany, Denmark, Sweeden, Muscovy', 30 Sept. 1684-25 Sept. 1688. The names of the addressees are given in the Index to this Catalogue. ff. 79-106b.

(3) 'Inland Plantation. Monmouths rebell': letters rel. to domestic affairs, especially security measures against disaffected persons, Monmouth's rebellion, etc., 17 Oct. 1683-16 Oct. 1688. ff. 107-I25b.

Netherlands, United Provinces: Correspondence of English Envoys at the Hague with successive Secs. of State, etc.: 1683-1688.

Charles Middleton, 2nd Earl of Middleton: Papers of: 1660-1688, n.d.

Owen Wynne, d 1700 LLD; Under-Secretary of State: Correspondence and papers of, in the Middleton Papers.

includes:

• f. 1b Sir James Kennedy, Conservator of Scottish Privileges and Scottish Resident in the Netherlands: Letter to, from Lord Middleton: 1684.: Copy.
• ff. 1-6b Thomas Chudleigh, Envoy Extraordinary at the Hague: Letters to, from Lord Middleton: 1684-1685.: Copies.
• ff. 7-83 passim Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Bevil Skelton, diplomatist: Correspondence with Lord Middleton: 1682-1688.
• f. 10b Abel Tasien d'Allonne, late Secretary of Qu. Mary: Letter to, from Lord Middleton: 1685.: Fr.: Copy.
• ff. 12b, 16, 23 b William III and Mary II of England: Letters to, from Lord Middleton: 1685.: Copies.
• f. 24 Hans Willem Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland: Letter to, from Lord Middleton: 1685.: Fr.: Copy.
• f. 29b Netherlands, United Provinces: Correspondence of the States General with Charles II and James II, and the Sec. of State: 1683-1688.: Fr.
• f. 34 Philip William; Elector Palatine of the Rhine: Letter to, from Lord Middleton: 1685.: Fr.: Copy.
• f. 38 Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland: Correspondence with B. Skelton: 1683-1686.: Partly copies.
• ff. 38, 117 (copies) Hugh Mackay, of Scourie, afterwards General: Correspondence with Lord Middleton: 1685-1688.
• ff. 45-78 b passim (copies) Sir Ignatius White, Baronet; Marquis d'Albeville; English diplomatist: Correspondence with Lord Middleton: 1687-1688.
• f. 75b (copy) Arnold van Citters, Dutch Ambassador to England: Correspondence with Lord Middleton: 1686-1688.: Fr.: Signed.
• f. 80b John Robinson, Bishop of Bristol and (1713) of London: Letter to, from Lord Middleton: 1684.: Copy.
• ff. 81, 83, 97, 97b, 100, 104 Edmond Poley, Resident at Ratisbon, etc: Correspondence with successive Secs. of State: 1682-1688.
• ff. 84-104b passim Sir Gabriel de Sylvius, English Envoy to Denmark: Correspondence with Lord Middleton: 1685-1688.: Fr. and Engl.: Partly copies.
• ff. 88, 89, 99, 101 b, 102b, 106 Sir Peter Wyche, Resident at Hamburg: Correspondence with Lord Middleton: 1685-1688.: Mostly signed or copies.
• f. 89 b Colonel Patrick Gordon, Russian Ambassador to England: Correspondence with Lord Middleton: 1686-1688.: Engl. and (f. 162) Lat.
• ff. 103, 103b, 106b (copies) Nicholas Taaffe, 2nd Earl of Carlingford: Correspondence, as Envoy at Vienna, with Lord Middleton: 1688.
• f. 105b Daniel Butts, Consul at Christiania: Letter to, from O. Wynne: 1688.: Copy.
• f. 108 William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry: Letter to, from Lord Middleton: 1684.: Copy.
• f. 108b Chichester, Sussex: Letter to the Mayor from Lord Middleton: 1684.: Copy.
• f. 108b Great Yarmouth, Norfolk: Letter to the Mayor from Lord Middleton: 1684.: Copy.
• ff. 108, 117b George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem: Letters to, from Lord Middleton: 1684, 1685.: Copies.
• f. 110 Tenterden, Kent: Letter to the Mayor from Lord Middleton: 1685.: Copy.
• f. 110b Samuel Pepys, diarist: Letter to, from Lord Middleton: 1685.: Copy.
• ff. 110, 111, 112b Dover: Letters to the Mayor from Lord Middleton: 1685.: Copies.
• f. 111b Peter Shakerley, Governor of Chester Castle: Letter to, from Lord Middleton: 1685.
• ff. 111, 111 b Southampton, Hampshire: Correspondence of the Corporation with the Sec. of State: 1684-1685.
• f. 112 Ireland: Letter to the Justices General from Lord Middleton: 1685.: Copy.
• f. 112b James Howard, High Sheriff of county Northumberland: Letter to, from Lord Middleton: 1685.: Copy.
• f. 113 John Manners, 9th Earl and (1703) 1st Duke of Rutland: Letter to, from Lord Middleton: 1685.: Copy.
• f. 113b Harwich; Essex: Letter to the Mayor from Lord Middleton: 1685.: Copy.
• f. 114b Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas: Letter to,from Lord Middleton: 1685: Copy.
• ff. 114-119 James Scott, Duke of Monmouth: Letters and papers rel. to his invasion and rebellion, and supporters in the Netherlands, etc.: 1685-1688.: Dutch and Engl.: Partly printed or copies.
• f. 114 (copy) Colonel William Rooke, Sheriff of county Kent: Correspondence with Lord Middleton: 1685.
• ff. 114b, 115, 116b (copies) Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea; d 1689: Correspondence with Lord Middleton: 1685.
• ff. 116, 117b (copies) Richard Lumley, Viscount Lumley 1st Earl of Scarbrough 1690: Correspondence with Lord Middleton: 1685.
• f.116 (copy) Colonel Henry Eve: Correspondence with Lord Middleton: 1685.
• f. 116b (copy) Colonel Richard Norton: Correspondence with Lord Middleton: 1685.
• ff. 120b, 123 (copies) Thomas Windsor Windsor, 2nd Earl of Plymouth; formerly Hickman: Correspondence with Lord Middleton: 1685-1687.
• f. 122 Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Bagot: Letter to, from Lord Middleton: 1685.: Copy.
• f. 122b Coventry, Warwickshire: Letter to the Mayor from Lord Middleton: 1686.
• f. 123 (copy) - John Hartley, of Manchester: Correspondence with Lord Middleton: 1686.
• f. 124 Sir Edmund Andros, Governor of New England: Letter to, from Lord Middleton: 1687.: Copy.
• f.124b Ireland: Letter to the Lord Deputy from Lord Middleton: 1687.: Copy.
• f. 125 Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester: Letter to, from Lord Middleton: 1688.: Copy.
• f. 125b Marmaduke Langdale, 2nd Baron Langdale; Governor of Hull: Letter to, from Lord Middleton: 1688.: Copy.