Add MS 42075

HAMILTON AND GREVILLE PAPERS. Vol. IX (ff. 89). Letters and papers rel. to Dover and the Cinque Ports (cf. Add. MS. 40717, art. i, where the descent of these papers is explained); 16th cent.-1759. The most noteworthy are:-(1) Letters and papers, mainly copies, rel. to Dover harbour; 1 Apr. 1609-22 Jan. 1734. Included (ff. 24-29) is a copy of A Discourse of Sea Ports, an abridgement made in 1696 by Sir Henry Shere al. Sheers of a tract attributed by him (f. 29b) to Sir W. Raleigh or Sir Dudley Digges, though actually the work of Thomas Digges; this is followed (ff. 29b-34) by a narrative, by Shere himself, of his attempts to interest Charles II in the repair of Dover harbour. Both abridgement and narrative are also found in Sloane MS. 3828, ff. 181-188b, and were printed by Shere in 1701. The present MS. contains certain cancelled passages which are not found either in Sloane MS. 3828 or in the printed edition. For the full text of Digges's tract see Archaeologia, xi, 1794, pp. 212-254. Included also are papers of Capt. J[ohn] Perry rel. to various constructions in the harbour, 1724. On Perry's work at Dover see Archaeologia, lxxii, 1922, pp. 212-213. ff. 1-60b;-(2) A custumal of Folkestone, co. Kent, 16th cent., with title 'Thease byn the vsages lawes ffranchesyes that the barrons off ffolkestone clayme & vse to holde'. For similar documents see Mary Bateson, Borough Customs (Selden Society Publications 18), i, pp. xviii-lvi and, for custumals of other Cinque Ports towns, K. M. E. Murray, Constitutional History of the Cinque Ports, 1935, pp. 251-26o. ff. 61-66.- (3) Contemporary copy of Letters Patent from Charles [Howard], 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham, Lord High Admiral, granting the appointment of Vice-Admiral of Kent to William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports; 4 Aug. 1585. Latin. ff. 68-82.

Cinque Ports: Letters and papers rel. to Dover and the Cinque Ports: 16th cent.-1759. Partly Lat.

includes:

• ff. 1-60b Dover: Letters, papers and plans mainly rel. to the harbour: 1609-1734.: Partly copies.
• ff. 9-22 b See of Canterbury: Survey of manors, etc., in Dover bel. to: 1616.: Copy.
• f.23 Charles II of England: Petition to, from the wardens, etc., of Dover Harbour: n.d.: Copy.
• ff. 24-29 Thomas Digges, d 1595 mathematician and engineer: 'A Discourse of Sea Ports', as abridged by Sir H. Shere: 1696.: Copy.
• ff. 24-34 Sir Henry Shere, alias Sheers; engineer at Tangier: 'A Discourse of Sea Ports' abridged by, and narrative rel. to repairs of Dover harbour: 1696.: Copy.
• f. 36 Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset: Letter to, from J. Perry: 1723.: Signed.
• f.36 Captain John Perry, engineer: Letter to the Duke of Dorset: 1723.: Signed.
• f. 43 Captain John Perry, engineer: Letter to Commissioners for the repair of Dover Harbour: 1724.: Signed.
• ff. 45, 46 Maps and Plans: Proposed breakwater in Dover harbour, by J. Perry: 1724.
• ff. 45, 46 Captain John Perry, engineer: Plan of proposed breakwater in Dover harbour: 1724.
• ff. 47, 50 Robert Wellard, Town Clerk of Dover: Letters to Sir B. Dixwell: 1724.
• f. 49 Captain John Perry, engineer: Letter to Sir B. Dixwell: 1724.: Signed.
• ff. 51b, 52 Maps and Plans: Dover harbour: 1724.
• ff. 53-58b Henry Matson, wine merchant, of Dover: Agreement betw. the Warden and Assistants of Dover harbour and the residuary legatees of: 1734.: Copy.
• ff. 61-66 Folkestone, Kent: Custumal: 16th cent.
• ff. 61-66 Custumals: Folkestone: 16th cent.
• f. 68 William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham: Letters patent as Vice-Adm. of Kent: 1585.: Lat.: Copy.
• ff. 68-82 Court of Admiralty: Appointment of Lord Cobham as Vice-Admiral of Kent: 1585.: Lat.: Copy.
• ff. 68-82 County of Kent: Appointment of Lord Cobham as Vice-Admiral of: 1585.: Lat.: Copy.
• ff. 68-82 Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham: Letters patent of, appointing Lord Cobham Vice-Admiral of Kent: 1585.: Lat.: Copy.
• f.83 Edward la Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche: Letter to J. Herdson: 1619.
• f. 87 Winchelsea, Sussex: Schedule of monies rated in, for a grant in aid: 1702.
• f. 88 Rye, Sussex: Schedule of monies rated in, for a grant in aid: 1702.
• f. 89 Sandwich, Kent: List of constables and deputies: 1759.