Add MS 34727

WEST PAPERS. Vol. I. (ff. 289). Miscellaneous letters, mostly original, of interest historically or otherwise; 1532-1734. The names of all the writers are given in the index. Among them are:-

1. John Fox, the Martyrologist, to Sir [William] Cecil, Sec. of State, asking licence to print his Tables of Grammar; "Raptim ex officina typographica," [May, 1551]. Lat. Endorsed by Strype. f. 2.

2. John [Whitgift, Archbishop of] Canterbury, to Lord Burghley, concerning [Robert] Beale's conduct with regard to "the booke which he delivered unto mee" [A book respecting ceremonies, etc., 1584]; Lambeth, 6 May, 1584. Signed. Endorsed by Burghley and Strype (see Strype's Whitgift, vol. I. bk. iii, chap. v. p. 147). f. 4.

3. [Sir] John Haryngton [Harington] to [Henry,] Prince [of Wales], in answer to a letter from him of 28 Apr.; no date [circ. 1610]. Lat. f. 8.

4. The Privy Council to Sir William Bond at Highgate for "some provision for one nightes lodging for the la. Arbella [Stuart] in respect that she cannott conveniently recover Barnett"; Whitehall, 15 Mar. 1610[1]. Contemp. copy. f. 10.

5. The Privy Council to Sir James Croft to assist the Bishop of Durham, to whom "his Mat^y hath committed the La. Arbella Seymoure [Stuart] . . . forasmuch as she . . . still refuseth to yield hir selfe to any remove [from Highgate] further then she shall be forced by the strength of mens hands"; Whitehall, 20 Mar. 1610[1]. Contemp. copy. f. 12.

6. [Sir] William Monson [Admiral of the Narrow seas] to the Earl of Salisbury, Lord Treasurer, "to let your ho: knowe that thear is taken in the barke with my Ladie Arbella [Stuart] as passenger the french poast," and to ask for instructions; "aboard the Adventure," 6 [June, 1611]. Signed. Seal of arms. Endorsed with the times at the various stages from Sandwich (almost 8 o'clock at night) to London (7 in the morning of 7 June). f. 14; -to the same: "we . . . can geve noe knowledg of Mr. Seamers [William Seymour] landing . . . My Lady [Arbella] and her woman we bring in one barge"; Gravesend, 8 June, [1611]. Signed. f. 16.

7. [Philippe de Mornay, Seigneur] du Plessis[-Marly], to [Henry,] Prince of Wales, presenting his book [Mysterium iniquitatis seu historia papatus, Salmurii, 1611], and urging resistance to papal pretensions; Saumur, 8 July, 1611. Fr. Seal of arms. f. 18.

8. [Sir] Henry Wotton to Sir Edmund Bacon, Bart., his nephew, with court-news: "My Ladie Elizabeth and the Count Palatine . . . at length on Sunday last . . . did putt to sea, some 8 dayes after a booke had been printed and published in London of her intertaynment at Heidelberge, so nimble an age it is"; London, 29 Apr. 1613. Printed (with the other letters here) in Sir H. Wotton's Letters to Sir E. Bacon, 1661. f. 25;-narrating the journey of "my Ladie Elizabethe"; 18 June, [1613]. Imperf. f. 25;-concerning the King of Spain's affairs in Italy; . . . 1629. f. 53;-

concerning a duel between [Col. George] Goring and [Basil Feilding,] Viscount Feilding, etc.; [18 Apr. 1633]. Incomplete.

59;-counselling him as to his health, etc.; . . . 1638. f. 65;-

touching the losse of Friends," etc.; n. d. Contemp. copy. f. 67.

9. Fr[ancis] Junius [afterwards librarian to the Earl of Arundel] to Gerard [John] Vossius, his sister's husband, concerning bookhunting: "sed hic in Anglia vix aliud quam Angliam, hoc est Anglicorum librorum maximum numerum, invenio"; London, 4 Feb. 1614[5]. Lat. f. 26;-to the same; Middelburg, 20 Oct. 1615, Paris, 12 Aug., 18 Sept., 1620. Lat. ff. 27, 38, 39;-to the same, with mention of Ussher, Selden and other scholars; in "ædibus Arundelianis," 6 May., 1630. Lat. f. 55;-to the same, concerning the breach of his relations with the family of the Earl of Arundel; Paris, . . . 1631. Lat. Seal of arms. f. 58;-to the same; "in ædibus Arundellianis," 4 Mar. 1633[4]. Lat. f. 60.

10. [Sir] Fr[ancis] Bacon, Lord Chancellor, to [Francis Knyvett] Baron Knyvett, to appear in the Chancery to answer the bill of Elizabeth, widow of Sir Richard Martyn; York house, 5 Mar. 1617[8]. Signed. f. 28.

11. T[homas] Lorkin to Sir Thomas Puckering, Bart. [with whom he travelled 1611-1613], with news of the court and of the manner of the creation of Lord Verulam; London, 21 July, 1618. f. 31; -to the same, with news of the court; London, 13 Oct. 1618 [circ. Oct. 1618]. ff. 33, 35;as secretary to the embassy at;-

Paris, to the same, concerning "letters from the Grand Signior to the K. of Bohemia and Prince of Orange," offering aid against the Emperor; Senlis, 11 Sept. 1623, N.S. f. 49.

12. The King to the Privy Council, to be "satisfied of suche things he [Sir Edward Coke] promised unto us upon the marriadge of Sir John Villers [Villiers, Viscount Purbeck, 1619] and his daughter, and that the Ladie Hatton [Sir E. Coke's wife] be noe loser . . . in signeing to Sir Robert Riche and Sir Christopher Hatton"; [1617- 1619]. Contemp. copy. f. 37.

13. John Williams, Bishop of Lincoln, Lord Keeper, to the Lord Admiral [George Villiers, Marquis, and, in 1623, Duke of Buckingham], concerning "that excellent peece of Mercye, which his M^tie, . . . is about to expresse in the E. of Southampton"; Westminster College, 2 Aug. 1621. Seal of arms. f. 40;- to [Henry Wriothesley] Earl of Southampton, concerning the same matter; 2 Aug. 1621. Enclosed in the preceding. f. 42;-to the Lord Admiral, "My paines . . . are restles and endeles, but under earth and out of his M^tyes sight . . . Onely my L. Marshall hathe dealt . . . to make a Faction to disgrace the poore L. Keeper," etc.; 21 Sept. 1622. Seal of arms. f. 43;-to the same, concerning the Council's request to the King, to postpone Irish suits till the return of the Irish Committee, as an infringement of prerogative, etc.; Westminster College, 12 Oct. 1622. Signed. f. 45 ;-to the same, "of the course held with our Recusants" [in view of the Spanish match], and of the plan of action with regard to "D^r. [William] Bushopp, the newe Bpp. of Calcedon"; Nonsuch, 30 Aug. 1623. f. 47.

14. Robert Dixon to Sir Richard Brawne, concerning occurrences in the House of Commons on 2 Mar.; 4 Mar. 1628[9]. f. 51.

15. Letter of instructions from the Privy Council to the Sheriff of co. Warwick for collecting ship-money; Whitehall, 12 Aug. 1635. Contemp. copy. f. 61.

16. J[ohn] G[reaves], orientalist, to [a fellow of Merton College, Oxford?] and to [Airchbishop Laud], concerning his visit to Constantinople; [Mar.-June, 1638]. Drafts. ff. 63, 64.

17. [Sir] E[dward] H[yde], [afterwards 1st Earl of Clarendon,] to his wife during his embassy to Spain (9 letters); 3 Sept. [1649]-5 Dec. 1650. ff. 74-80, 83-85.

18. [Col.] G[ervase] Holles to Lord - reproaching him with his conduct in the matter of the execution of [Arthur Capel,] Baron Capel; Rotterdam, 20 Mar. 1650. Draft. f. 81.

19. "Consules . . . Cantonum Helvetae Evangelicorum" to the English Parliament, urging the conclusion of peace with the Dutch; Zurich, 24 Dec. 1652. Lat. Endorsed "Duplicate of the Switzer's Lettre read 1 Feb. 1652[3]." f. 90.

20. Gerard Langbaine [the elder], to John Selden: "I cannot yet see the bottome of the bagge which belongs to Eutychius," etc. [E. Pocock's Contextio gemmarum sive Eutychii annales, Oxford, 1654, etc., for which Selden found the funds and the profits of which be left to Langbaine and Pocock]; Queen's College, [Oxford], 20 Mar. 1653[4]. Seal of arms. f. 93.

21. Edw[ard] Hyde, Lord Hyde, Lord Chancellor, to [George Villiers, 2nd] Duke of Buckingham: "I do assure you, if I know the kinge, he hath greate kindnesse for you"; Worcester house, 24 Feb. [1661]. f. 102.

22. [Sir] Jo[hn] Werden, Envoy to Sweden, to Sir Charlesconcerning mines in Sweden; Stockholme, 9 Dec. 1671. f. 104.

23. Copy of an unsigned letter from an English agent at Middelburg [in the Isle of Walcheren] concerning a proposal for "the annexion 6 May of it to the [English] crowne as Wales is "; 6 May/26 April, 1673. Followed by a report by the same (?) on the defences of Walcheren, etc. ff. 110, 111.

24. Nine letters from officers and others to Prince Rupert, with one to Hartgill Baron, his secretary, concerning naval matters; 7 May- 14 Dec. 1673, n. d. f. 115-130.

25. [Carlo Emanuele d'Este], Marquis de Borgomanero, Spanish ambassador, to Charles II., expressing his master's desire "to enter into a strict and firm alliance with your Ma^tie" against France; London, 5 June, 1677. Translation. f. 148.

26. [Sir] J[oseph] Williamson [Secretary of State,] to Prince Rupert, concerning the negotiations at Nymegen and the Hague; 1 Aug. 1678. f. 150.

27. "Cormacus S. Ciarani successor," to D. Michael O'More, S.T.D., Paris, concerning the state of Ireland, mentioning the suceessful defence by the Irish of a town unnamed [the description seems to apply exactly to the siege of Limerick in Aug. 1690]; Dublin, 24 Apr. 1690 (sic). Irish, with Latin translation. f. 159.

28. Baron [Gottfried Wilhelm von] Leibnitz to - concerning the publication of Vol. I. of his Codex juris gentium diplomaticus; [1693 ?]. Fr. f. 165.

29. News-letters to [Henry] Davenant [Envoy at Frankfort] from other British envoys, etc.: (a) E[dmund] Poley; Hanover, 4 Jan. 1703, 3 Feb., 4 Aug. 1704. ff. 171, 190, 204-206;-(b) Ja[mes] Dayrolle; Hague, 14 Apr.-20 Nov. 1703, 17 Mar.-6 Nov. 1705, 24 Apr. 1708. ff. 173, 174, 183-187, 212-225, 256;-(c) C[harles] Whitworth [(1720) Baron Whitworth]; Ratisbon and Vienna, 30 Aug., 24 Nov. 1703, 8 Mar.-15 Nov. 1704. ff. 177, 188, 193, 195, 202, 210;-(d) Ad[am] Cardonnel, secretary to the Duke of Marlborough; 5 Feb.-3 Oct. 1704. ff. 192, 197-199, 209;-(e) [Walter Chetwynd, 1st Viscount] Chetwynd; Turin, 5 July, 1704. f. 200; -(f) [Thomas Wentworth, 3rd Baron] Raby; Berlin, 27 Sept. 1704. f. 207;-(g) Marquis [Ferdinand] Paleotti; Dusseldorf, 24 Feb. 1707. f. 238;-(h)-Broun; camp at Philippsburg,, 8 Aug. 1707. f. 240;-(i) H[erman] Olmius; London, 2 Sept. 1707. f. 242;-(k) A[braham] Stanyan; Bern, 3 Mar. 1708. f. 246;-

(1) [Georg Heinrich], Baron von Goertz; Hanover, 12, 30 Mar. 1708. ff. 248, 250;-(m) C . . . Cole; Venice, 30 Mar., 27 Apr. 1708. ff. 252, 258;-(n) Sir Philip Meadows; Vienna, 11 Apr. 1708. f. 254;-(o)-; camp at Terbanck, 4 June, 1708. f. 260.

30. Correspondence of [Françoise d'Aubigné,] Marquise de Maintenon, and [Anne Marie Orsini] Princesse des Ursins; 24 June-25 July, 1706. Copies. ff. 227-235.

31. Thomas Beaven, junior, to the Quakers at their monthly meeting to be held at Warminster, co. Wilts, 8 Nov., on leaving their Communion, taunting them with violating liberty of conscience in forcing upon members the non-payment of tithes and other peculiarities; Melksham, 12 Oct. 1706. f. 236.

32. R[ichard] R[awlinson] to John Hare, Richmond Herald, concerning his "design of the Eton fellows," etc.; Oxford, 2 Mar. 171 5/6 f. 266.

33. Stanislas [Leczinski], King [of Poland], to a friend, concerning his escape from Dantzig, with a brief narrative of the siege; July, 1734. Fr. Copy. f. 276. Folio.

includes:

• f. 1 Clement West, Priest: Memorial to the Privy Council (?): 1532.
• f. 2 John Fox, Martyrologist: Letter to Sir W. Cecil: 1551.: Lat.
• ff. 2, 4 Sir William Cecil, Baron Burghley 1571; Lord Treasurer 1572: Letters to, from J. Fox and Abp. Whitgift: 1551, 1584.
• f. 4 Robert Beale, Clerk to the Privy Council: Dispute of, with Archbishop Whitgift: 1584.
• f. 4 John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury: Letter to Lord Burghley: 1584.
• f. 6 Hampden Paulet: Appointment of, to "take charge" of Portsmouth, etc.: 1597.
• f. 6 William Paulet, 3rd Marquis of Winchester: Signature, as Joint Lieutenant of co. Southt.: 1597.
• f. 8 Sir John Harington: Letter to the Prince of Wales: [1610].: Lat.
• f.8 Henry, Princes of Wales: Letter to, from Sir J. Harington: [1610?].: Lat.
• ff. 10, 12 James I of England: Letters from the Council concerning the custody of Lady Arabella Stuart: 1611.
• ff. 10-16 Lady Arabella Stuart: Letters concerning the custody and attempted escape of: 1611.
• ff. 14, 16 Robert Cecil, Viscount Cranborne; 1st Earl of Salisbury: Letters to, from Sir W. Monson: 1611.
• ff. 14, 16 Sir William Monson: Letters conc. the capture of Lady Arabella Stuart: 1611.
• f. 18 Philippe de Mornay, Sieur du Plessis-Marly: Letter to Henry, Prince of Wales: 1611.: Fr.
• f. 18 Henry, Princes of Wales: Letter to, from P. de Mornay, Seigneur du Plessis-Marly: 1611.: Fr.
• ff. 23, 25 Bohemia, King of. Frederic, Elector Palatine: Letter conc. the journey of his wife Elizabeth from England: 1613.
• ff. 23, 25, 53, 59, 65, 67 Sir Edmund Bacon, Baronet: Letters to, from his uncle, Sir H. Wotton: 1613-1638.
• ff. 23, 25, 53, 59, 65, 67 Sir Henry Wotton: Letters to his nephew Sir E. Bacon: 1613-1638.
• ff. 26, 27, 38, 39, 55, 58, 60 Francis Junius, Librarian to Lord Arundel: Letters to G. J. Vossius: 1615-1634.: Lat.
• ff. 26, 27, 38, 39, 55, 58, 60, 68-72 Gerard John Vossius, Professor at Leyden: Letters to, from F. Junius and others: 1615-1646.: Lat.
• f. 28 Thomas Knyvett, Baron Knyvett: Letter to, from Sir F. Bacon: 1618.
• f. 28 Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans: Letter to Lord Knyvett: 1618.
• f. 29 Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford (1640): Letter to the President of the North: 1618.: Signed.
• f. 29 Thomas Heber: Letter as J. P. for W. R., co. York, to the President of the North: 1618.
• f. 29 Thomas Wentworthe: Letter, as J.P. for W.R., co. York, to the President of the North: 1618.: Signed.
• f. 29 County of York: Letter from justices of the W.R. to Lord Mulgrave, President of the North, against informers and " broggers": 1618.
• f. 29 Sir Richard Beaumont, JP for West Riding of Yorkshire: Letter to the President of the North: 1618.: Signed.
• f. 29 Edmund Sheffield, 3rd Baron Sheffield; 1st Earl of Mulgrave 1626: Letter to, from the justices of the W.R., co. York: 1618.
• f. 29 Sir Francis Wortley, 1st Baronet; son of F Wortley: Letter, as J.P. for W.R., co. York, to the President of the North: 1618.
• f. 31 Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans: Account of his creation as Baron Verulam: 1618.
• ff. 31, 32, 35, 49 Sir Thomas Puckering, 1st Baronet: Letters to, from T. Lorkin: 1618, 1623.
• ff. 31, 33, 35 James I of England: News - Letters from the Court by T. Lorkin: 1618.
• ff. 31, 33, 35, 49 Thomas Lorkin: Letters to Sir T. Puckering: 1618, 1623.
• f. 32 George Meriton, Dean of York: Letter to, from Archbishop T. Matthews: 1618.
• f. 32 Tobias Matthew, Bishop of Durham, afterwards Archbishop of York: Letter to the Dean of York: 1618.
• f. 37 John Villiers, Viscount Purbeck: Letter from James I. to the Council conceruing the marriage of: [1617-1619].: Copy.
• f. 37 Elizabeth Coke, Lady Hatton, wife Of Sir Edward, Lord Chief Justice: Letter from James I. to the Council conc. the Hatton estates inherited by: [1617-1619].: Copy.
• f. 37 James I of England: Letter to the Council concerning Lady Hatton: [1617-1619].: Copy.
• f. 40 Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton: Letter from Bishop Williams on the case of: 1621.
• ff. 40, 43, 45, 47 John Williams, Bishop of Lincoln; Lord Keeper: Letters to the Duke of Buckingham: 1621-1623.
• ff. 40, 43, 45, 47 George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham: Letters to, from Bishop Williams: 1621-1623.
• f. 42 John Williams, Bishop of Lincoln; Lord Keeper: Letter to Lord Southampton: 1621.
• f. 42 Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton: Letter to, from Bishop Williams: 1621.
• f. 47 William Bishop, R C Bishop of Chalcedon: Letter of the Lord Keeper on the treatment of: 1623.
• f. 47 Roman Catholics: Letter of the Lord Keeper concerning pardons to recusants, etc.: 1623.
• f. 49 Turkey, Sultans of. AMURATH IV: Offer of aid by, to the King of Bohemia and Prince of Orange: 1623.
• f. 51 England; Parliament: Letter concerning occurrences in the Commons on 2 Mar. 1629.
• f. 51 Robert Dixon: Letter to his son-inlaw, Sir R. Brawne: 1629.
• f. 56 Sir Robert Harley, Master of the Mint and Master of the Game: Complaint by, of disorder in Bringwood Forest: 1630.
• f. 56 Charles I of England: Letter of reprimand to the Council in the Marches of Wales: 1630.: Copy.
• f. 56 Bringwood Forest: Letter on disorder in: 1630.: Copy.
• f. 56 Wales: Reprimand to the Council in the Marches: 1630.
• f. 61 Shipmoney: Letter from the Council to the sheriff of co. Warwick on the levying of: 1635.: Copy.
• f. 61 Charles I of England: Letter from the Council to the Sheriff of co. Warw., concerning Ship Money: 1635.: Copy.
• f. 63 John Greaves, Orientalist: Letter to -: 1638.: Draft.
• ff. 63, 64 City of Constantinople: Letters of J. Greaves conc. his visit to: 1638.
• f. 64 William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury: Letter to, from J. Greaves: 1638.
• f. 64 John Greaves, Orientalist: Letter to Archbishop Laud: 1638.: Draft.
• f. 68 Benedict Bahrius: Letter to G. J. Vossius: 1645.: Lat.
• f. 70 Isaac Gruter: Letter to G. J. Voss: 1645.: Lat.
• f. 71 Friedrich Lindenbrog, Philologist; Canon of Hamburg: Letter to G. J. Vossius: 1645.: Lat.
• f. 72 Eleazar Duncon: Letter to G. J. Vossius: 1646.: Lat.
• ff. 74-80, 83-85 Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon: Letters to his wife: 1649, 1650.
• f. 81 Gervase Holles: Letter to Lord -: 1650.
• f. 86 Henry Hammond, DD: Letter. to, from P. Gunning: circ. 1651.
• f. 86 Peter Gunning, Bishop of Ely: Letter to Dr. H. Hammond: circ. 1651.
• f. 88 Gilbert Sheldon, Bishop of London and (1663) Archbishop of Canterbury: Letter to, from B- P-: 1651.
• f. 90 England; Commonwealth: Letter to the Parliament, from the Cantons of Switzerland: 1652.: Lat.
• f. 90 Switzerland: Letter from the Cantons to the Parliament of England: 1652.: Lat.
• f. 93 Gerard Langbaine, Provost of Queen's College, Oxford: Letter to J. Selden: 1654.
• f. 93 John Selden: Letter to, from Dr. G. Langbaine: 1654.
• f. 95 Denton, Huntingdonshire: Letter from Sir T. Cotton on "lockspitting" the fens at: n.d.
• f. 95 Sir Thomas Cotton, 2nd Baronet; of Conington: Letter to -: n.d.
• f. 96 Godfrey Goodman, Bishop of Gloucester (1624-1640): Letter to Sir T. Cotton: 1654.
• f. 96 Sir Thomas Cotton, 2nd Baronet; of Conington: Letter to,from Dr. G. Goodman.: 1654.
• f. 98 Sir Henry Puckering, Baronet; formerly Newton: Letter to, from J. Duport: 1658.
• f. 98 James Duport, Regius Professor of Greek, Cambridge: Letter to Sir H. Puckering: 1658.
• f. 100 Thomas Willis, MD: Letter to: [1660-1676].: Lat.
• f. 102 Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon: Letter to the Duke of Buckingham: 1661.
• f. 102 George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham: Letter to, from Lord Chancellor Hyde: 1661.
• f. 104 Sir John Werden, 1st Baronet: Letter, is Envoy to Sweden, to Sir Charles: 1671.
• ff. 104-109 Mines: Account by Sir J. Werden of silver, copper, iron mines in Sweden: 1671.
• f. 110 Walcheren, Zealand: Proposed nexation of, by England: 1673.
• f. 110 Netherlands, United Provinces: Letter concerning proposed aunexition by England of the Island of Walcheren: 1673.
• f. 115 Sir John Tippetts, Surveyor of the Navy: Letter to the Navy Board: 1673.: Copy.
• ff. 115-130, 150, 154 Rupert, Prince; Count Palatine of the Rhine: Letter, etc., to: 1673 - 1679.
• f. 116 John Rudd: Letter to Prince Rupert: 1673.
• f. 117 Augustus Lhostein, Captain of. HMS ' Anthelope.': Letter to Prince Rupert: 1673.
• f. 119 Navy; England: Accounts of the fight with the Dutch near the Texel: 1673.
• f. 121 Sherburn House Hospital; Durham: Proposed re-constitution of: 1673.
• f. 123 Antigua, West Indies: Account of attack on, by the Indians: 1673.
• ff. 123, 154 Henry Fearmer: Letters to Prince Rupert: 1673, 1679.
• f. 125 Arnolt Cooper: Letter to Prince Rupert: circ. 1673.
• f. 127 Nathaniel Darell: Letter to Prince Rupert: circ. 1673.
• f. 130 John Harman: Letter to Prince Rupert: circ. 1673.
• f. 132 Boislabé, Secret agent at Paris(?): Letter to -: 1674.: Fr.
• f. 134 Jacques Cappel, French Protestant scholar: Letter to Dr. T. Gale: 1674.: Lat.
• ff. 135-147 Edward Coleman, Conspirator: Letter to Père La Chaise: 1675.: Fr.: Copy.
• ff. 135-147 François d' Aix, Père La Chaise: Letter to, from E. Coleman: 1675.: Fr.: Copy.
• f. 148 Charles II of Spain: Letter to Charles 11. of England from the Spanish ambassador: 1677.: Transl.
• f. 148 Charles II of England: Letter to, from the Spanish Ambassador on an Alliance against France: 1677.: Transl.
• f. 148 Carlo Emanuele d' Este, Marchese di Borgomanero, Spanish Ambassador in England: Letter to Charles II.: 1677.: Transl.
• f. 150 Sir Joseph Williamson: Letter to Prince Rupert: 1678.
• f. 150 Charles II of England: News concerning the negotiations at Nymegen and the Hague: 1678.
• f. 151 Peter Gunning, Bishop of Ely: Letter to, from R. Hill: circ. 1678.
• f. 151 Richard Hill, of St. John's College, Cambridge: Letter to Bishop Gunning: circ. 1678.: Lat.
• f. 152 Henry Coventry, Secretary of State: Letter to T. Mariett.: 1679.
• f. 154 Algiers, Africa: Proposals for attacking: 1679.
• f. 155 Frances Colepeper, wife of Colonel Thomas Colepeper: Reply to petition of: 1680.
• f. 155 James II of England: Reply to petition of Frances Colepeper for protection: 1686.
• f. 157 William Penn: Letter to, from T. Mariett: 1688 (?).
• f.157 Thomas Mariett: Letter to W. Penn: 1688.
• f. 159 Michael O'More, STD,Paris: Letter to: 1691(?).: Erse with Lat. transl.
• f. 159 Cormac, Successor of S Ciaran: Letter to Dom. M. O'More: 1691 (?).: Erse with Lat. translation.
• f. 163 Erhard Weigel, Professor of Mathematics at Leipsic: Letter to, from Dr. T. Gale: 1692.: Lat.
• f. 163 Dr Thomas Gale, Secretary of the Royal Society: Letter to E. Weigel: 1692.: Lat.
• f. 165 Baron Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibnitz, d 1716, German philosopher and mathematician: Letter to -, on his Cudex juris gentium diplomaticus: 1693(?).: Fr.
• f. 167 James Vernon, the elder; Secretary of State: Letter to the Mayor of Rochester: 1696.
• f. 168 Peter Le Neve, Norroy King of Arms: Letter to: early 18th cent.(?).
• f. 169 Thomas Guidott, MB: Letter to P. Le Neve: 1701.
• f. 170 Elizabeth Hare, 3rd wife of Henry, 2nd Baron Coleraine: Letter to P. Le Neve, with arms: 1702.
• ff. 171, 190, 204, 205, 206 Edmund Poley, Envoy to Hanover, Zell and Wolffenbüttel: Letters to H. Davenant: 1703, 1704.
• ff. 171-260 passim Henry Davenant, English Envoy at Frankfort: Letters to: 1703-1708.
• ff. 173, 183, 187, 214, 217-225, 256 James Dayrolle, Resident at The Hague: Letters to H. Davenant: 1703-1708.: Fr. and Eng.
• ff. 174, 185, 212 James Dayrolle, Resident at The Hague: Letters to - Zollicoffre: 1703, 1705.: Fr.
• ff. 175, 179, 181, 182 Emanuel Timone: Correspndence with Dr. Covel: 1703.: Ital.
• ff. 175,179,181,182 John Covel, alias Covell alias Colvill; Master of Christ's College, Cambridge: Correspondence with E. Timone: 1703.: Ital.
• ff. 177, 188, 202, 210 Charles Whitworth, Baron Whitworth (1720); Envoy at Ratisbon, Vienna and St Petersburg: Letters to H. Davenant: 1703, 1704.
• ff. 192, 197, 198, 199, 209 Adam Cardonnel, Secretary to John, 1st Duke of Marlborough: Letters to H. Davenant: 1704.
• ff. 193, 195 Charles Whitworth, Baron Whitworth (1720); Envoy at Ratisbon, Vienna and St Petersburg: Letters to - Zollicoffre: 1704.
• f. 200 Walter Chetwynd, 1st Viscount Chetwynd (1717); Envoy at Turin: Letter to - Zolicoffre: 1704.: Fr.
• f. 207 Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford 1640: Letter, as Envoy at Berlin, to H. Davenant: 1704.
• f. 211 Adam Cardonnel, Secretary to John, 1st Duke of Marlborough: Letter to - Zollicoffre: 1704.: Fr.: Imperf.
• f. 216 Edward North: Letter to his son: 1705.
• ff. 227-235 Anne Marie Orsini, née de la Trémoille, Princesse des Ursins, wife of Flavio Orsini, Duke of Bracciano: Correspondence with Mad. de Maintenon: 1706.: Fr.: Copies.
• ff. 227-235 Françoise d' Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon: Correspondence with the Princesse des Ursins: 1706.: Fr.: Copies.
• f. 236 Thomas Beaven, junior: Letter to the Quaker meeting at Warminster, on leaving their communion: 1706.
• f. 236 Quakers: Letter from T. Beaven to the meeting at Warminster on leaving their Communion: 1706.
• f. 238 Ferdinand Paleotti, Marquis: Letter to H. Davenant: 1707.: Fr.
• f. 242 Herman Olmius: Letter to H. Davenant: 1707.
• f. 244 Matthew Hutton, Rector of Aynho, Antiquary: Letter to G. Holmes: 1707.
• f. 246 Abraham Stanyan, Resident at Berne: Letter to H. Davenant: 1708.
• ff. 248, 250 Baron Georg Heinrich von Goertz: Letters to H. Davenant: 1708.: Fr.
• ff. 252, 258 C- Cole: Letters to H. Davenant: 1708.
• f. 254 Sir Philip Meadows: Letter, as Envoy at Vienna, to H. Davenant: 1708.
• f. 260 Terbanck, Louvain, Belgium: Letter from the camp at: 1708.
• f. 262 Frederic Augustus I; King of Poland: Letter to Count Poniatowski against submission to: circ. 1709.: Fr. translation.
• f. 262 Jean de Solohub, Grand Trésorier de Lithuanie: Letter to Comte de Ponia towski: circ. 1709.: Fr. transl.
• f. 264 County of Surrey: Instructions by the Privy Council concerning impressment in: 1711.
• f. 266 Richard Rawlinson, FRS: Letter to J. Hare: 1716.
• f. 267 Edmund Gibson, Bishop of Lincoln and (1720) of London: Letter to G. Holmes: 1717.
• f. 268 Thomas O'Duinn: Letter to T. O'Sullivan: 1719.
• f. 268 b Ireland: Letter from Domnal O'Neill, king of Ulster, about the English 1316.: 18th cent.: Lat.: extract.
• ff. 270-274 Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos: Letters to J. West: 1723, 1724.
• f. 276 Stanislas Leczinski; King of Poland: Letters to a friend concerning his escape from Dantzig: 1734.: Fr.: Copies.
• f. 284 City of Dantzic: Accounts of the siege: 1734.
• f. 284 Stanislas Leczinski; King of Poland: Brief narrative of the siege of Dantzig: 1734.: Fr.