Add MS 35832

This is one of three volumes of Miscellaneous State Papers, Add MSS 35830-35832, covering the period 1425-1625, a subset of the massive collection of Hardwicke Papers in the British Library (Add MSS 35349-36278): Correspondence and collections of the first four Earls of Hardwicke and other members of the Yorke family in the 18th and 19th centuries. The three volumes were evidently collected by Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, who drew on them for his Miscellaneous State Papers: from 1501-1726, 2 Vols (London: Printed for W. Strahan and T. Call, 1778).

The main part of this volume covers the years 1620-1625, the principal events referred to being: (a) the special embassy of Sir Edward Conway and Sir Richard Weston in 1620 to Brussels and elsewhere 'for the diverting of those princes which ar now in armes from making any invasion or doing any hostile act upon the Palatinate' (f. 11r); (b) the journey of Prince Charles and the Duke of Buckingham, in 1623, to Spain, to arrange the match between the former and the Infanta, and the simultaneous efforts of the Spanish Ambassadors at London to secure toleration for the Catholics in England; (c) the negotiations of Sir Robert Anstruther, Ambassador to Denmark, in 1624-1625, to win over King Christian IV. to the Protestant League against the House of Austria, and to allay the mutual jealousies of that King and Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden; (d) the remonstrance made in Feb 1625, by James I, after signing the Articles for the French match, against the new demands of Louis XIII.

Much of the volume relates to Sir Edward Conway - his mission with Sir Richard Weston over the Palatinate in 1620 - and many documents are either copies or drafts of his letters that he wrote or that he received as Secretary of State (from 30 Jan 1623): many of the letters are evidently his routine correspondence, 21 - 26 Feb 1623 and 1 Jan - 28 Feb 1625.

Contents:

ff. 1r-v: Letter of Charles Emanuel, Duke of Savoy, to the Emperor [Matthias], protesting against his decree of 24 Dec. 1614, commanding him to disband his forces and abstain from hostilities in the matter of Montferrat; n.d. English translation. Incomplete.

ff. 2r-v: Declaration of the Archduke Albert, Governor of the Netherlands, addressed to Sir Edward Conway, Lieutenant-Governor of the Brill, undertaking to withdraw his troops from all towns in Juliers, Cleves and other named territories, Brussels, 1 Oct 1615. In French. With address.

ff. 4r-6v: Account of the trial of Richard Weston for the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury, related by an eye-witness,19 Oct. 1615. The author says that he took notes which his servant has since written out in haste. Possibly sent to Sir Edward Conway (the address on f. 3r).

ff. 7r-9r: Dying speech of Sir Gervase Elwes, executed 20 Nov 1615 for the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury. Imperfect.

ff. 10r-v: Commission to Sir Edward Conway and Sir Richard Weston as Ambassadors to the Archdukes [Albert and Isabella] at Brussels and to other Princes of the Empire, 28 June, 1620. In Latin. Signed by King James I. On parchment. With seal.

ff. 11r-12r: Instructions to Sir Edward Conway and Sir Richard Weston as Ambassadors to the Archdukes [Albert and Isabella] at Brussels and to other Princes of the Empire, wherein John Dickenson is appointed their Secretary.

ff. 13r-14v: Warrant for the shipping of six horses for Sir Edward Conway and Sir Richard Weston, Oatlands, 4 Jul 1620. Signed by George Villiers, Marquess of Buckingham. Sealed.

ff. 15r-16v: Letter Giovanni Calandrini and Philip Burlamachi to Sebastian de Neufville, of Frankfort, ordering payment to Sir Edward Conway and Sir Richard Weston of 3333 florins, 7 Jul 1620. In Italian. With address. With a note , in French, by 'Bastiain de Neufville' of the payment of 1000 rix-dollars to them, 26 Aug. 1620.

ff. 17r-19v: Copies of letter of King James I presented by Sir Edward Conway and Sir Richard Weston to John George I, Duke of Saxony, Jun-Jul 1620. In Latin (ff. 17r-18v) and English translation (ff. 19r-v).

ff. 20r-21r: Copies of letter of King James I presented by Sir Edward Conway and Sir Richard Weston to Lothar von Metternich, Elector of Trier, Jun-Jul 1620. In Latin (f. 20r) and English translation (f. 21r).

f. 22r: Copy of letter of King James I presented by Sir Edward Conway and Sir Richard Weston to the Republic of Nuremburg, Jun-Jul 1620. English translation.

ff. 23r-24v: Letter of Albert, Archduke of Austria to King James I, Mariemont, 1 Aug 1620. In French. Copy.

ff. 25r-26v: Reply of Peter Pecquis, Chancellor of Brabant to Sir Edward Conway and Sir Richard Weston, Brussels, 3 Aug 1620. In French. Two copies.

ff. 29r-30v: Letter of Ferdinand II, Emperor, to King James I, Bonn, 14 Aug 1620. In Latin. Copy.

ff. 31r-32v, 33r-34v: Letters of Johann Schweikhard von Kronberg, Archbishop-Elector of Mainz to King James I, Mainz, both 21 Aug 1620. In Latin.

ff. 35r-36v: Letter of the Princes of the Union to King James I, Oppenheim Castle, 24 Aug 1624. In Latin. Copy.

ff. 37r-38v: Letter of Lothar von Metternich, Archbishop-Elect of Trier to King James I, Trier, 25 Aug 1620. In Latin. Copy.

ff. 39r-40v: Letter of the Consuls and Senate of Nuremburg, Nuremburg, 5 Sep 1620. In Latin. Copy.

ff. 41r-42v: Letter of John George I, Duke and Elector of Saxony to King James I, 'Episcopalis Werdie', 19 Sep 1620. In Latin. With signature, address and seal.

ff. 43r-44v: Letter of John George I, Duke and Elector of Saxony to King James I, 'Episcopalis Werdie', 21 Sep 1620. In Latin. With signature, address and seal.

ff. 45r-48v: Letter of John George I, Duke and Elector of Saxony to King James I, Bautzen, 28 Sep 1620. In Latin. Copy.

ff. 49r-50v: Letter of John George I, Duke and Elector of Saxony to King James I, Bautzen, 28 Sep 1620. In Latin. With address and signature.

f. 51r: Letter of Sir Edward Conway, Sir Richard Weston and John Dickinson to John George I, Elector of Saxony, Dresden. 20 Sep 1620. In Latin. Copy.

f. 52r-53v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway, Sir Richard Weston and John Dickinson to John George I, Elector of Saxony, Dresden. 23 Sep 1620. In Latin. Copy.

ff. 54r-v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway, Sir Richard Weston and John Dickinson to John George I, Elector of Saxony, Dresden. 26 Sep 1620. In Latin. Copy.

ff. 55r-56v: Letter of Maximilian, Duke [afterwards Elector] of Bavaria, to Sir Edward Conway and Sir Richard Weston, Prague, 12 Oct. 1620. In Latin. With signature, address and seal.

ff. 57r-58v: Letter of Frederick, King of Bohemia and Elector Palatine, to Sir Edward Conway and Sir Richard Weston, Rakonitz [Rakovnik], 5 Nov/26 Oct. 1620. In Latin. With signature, address and seal.

ff. 59r-60v: Letter of 'Le Baron d'Anholt, sargeant de bataille, general de l'armée du Duc de Bavière' [Johann Jakob, Baron von Anholt] to the same, saying he has sent an escort under 'le sieur de Metternich' to conduct Sir Edward Conway and Sir Richard Weston, English Ambassadors, to Prague; Brandeis, 13 Nov 1620. In French.

ff. 61r-63v: 'Article 25 et 26^me de la Capitulation de I'Empereur' [Ferdinand II ?], with conclusion of Article 43, Frankfort [1620]. In French. Two copies.

ff. 64r-65v: Letter of Frederick, King of Bohemia to Ernst von Mansfeld, Count von Mansfeld Wolfenbüttel, 2/12 Jan 1621. In Dutch. Copy.

ff. 66r-67v: Letter of Ernst von Mansfeld, Count von Mansfeld, to Gabriel, 'King of Hungary and Transylvania' [Gabriel Bethen, Bethlen Gabor], on his devotion to the cause of the King of Bohemia and on his successes in the field, Schlackenwald, 18/28 Jan. 1621. In Latin. Copy.

ff. 68r-69v: Letter of Frederick, King of Bohemia, to Maurice, Prince of Orange Wolfenbüttel, 4/14 Feb 1621. Copy. In Dutch.

ff. 70r-v: List of two infantry regiments 'Walonne et Bourguignone' in the service of the Archdukes, Feb 1621. In French.

ff. 71r-74v: Articles between the Marquis Ambrogio Spinola, Captain-General of the Imperial Army in the Palatinate, and Joachim Ernest, Margrave of Brandenburg[-Anspach], General of the United Protestant Army, and John Frederick, Duke of Wurtemberg, Mainz, 12/2 Apr. 1621. In Latin (ff. 71r-72v) and in English translation (ff. 73r-74v).

ff. 75r-76v: Letter of Sir Horace Vere to Sir Edward Conway, Frankenthal, 6 Apr 1621. In Vere's hand, with address and seal.

ff. 77r-78v: Letter of Sir Richard Weston to Sir Edward Conway, on private matters, 10 Aug 1621.

ff. 79r-81r: Copies of letters, firstly of John Williams, Bishop of Lincoln, Lord Keeper, to the judges, for the enlargement of Papsists now in prison, Westminster, 2 Aug 1622 (f. 79r); secondly of letter George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury to the Bishops, Croydon, 12 Aug 1622 (ff. 79r-v), enclosing the King's 'Directions concerning Preachers', Windsor Castle, 4 Aug 1622.

ff. 82r-83v: Letter of Philip Mainwaring to Sir George Calvert, Secretary of State, 20 Feb 1623. Copy. Giving an account of the journey of Prince Charles and the Duke of Buckingham to Dover on their way to France and Spain.

ff. 84r-85v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway, Secretary of State, to Sir George Calvert, Secretary of State, Newmarket, 21 Feb 1623. Draft. Conveying the King's proposal of the addition to the prayer 'to blesse our gracious Prince Charles' of the words 'prosper his iourney and give him a safe returne'.

ff. 86r-v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to Sir George Calvert, Secretary of State, Newmarket, 21 Feb 1623. Copy. He reports the King's response to letters from Sir Francis Cottington, Secretary [to Prince Charles], and Sir Edward Herbert, and the expected arrival of Ferdinand de Boissehot, Ambassador, from the Archdukes.

ff. 87r-88v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to [Sir Thomas Coventry], Attorney-General, returning a Bill [concerning Oxford] to be communicated to the Lord Keeper and others for their deliberation and advice; and on the delay in the matter of a commission for 'the examinacion of pyraces', Newmarket, 21 Feb 1623.

ff. 89r-90v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to the Lord President [Henry Montagu, Viscount Mandeville], Newmarket, 21 Feb 1623. Copy. That the Privy Council is to meet daily and constantly 'for the dispatch of the great and important busines of Ireland' and other weighty matters, and that none are to repair to the Court to Newmarket without the King's leave.

ff. 91r-92v, 93r: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to the Lord President [Henry Montagu, Viscount Mandeville], [Fulke Greville, 1st Baron] Brooke, the Master of the Rolls [Sir Julius Caesar], Newmarket, 21 Feb 1623. Draft, the third page in Conway's hand (f. 92r). Instructing them to see to the repair of the highways between London and Newmarket, especially at 'Colliers Inne' near Ware.

ff. 94r-v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to Sir George Calvert, Secretary of State, returning a letter from John Digby, 1st Earl of Bristol, and stating that the King will write with his own hand to Prince Charles and the Marquess of Buckingham on the subject of it, Newmarket, 21 Feb. 1623. Copy, possibly draft.

ff. 95r-v, 96v: Minutes of two letters of Sir Edward Conway, both dated Newmarket, 22 Feb 1623: the first the Mayor of Cambridge to provide necessaries at Trinity College for the Archdukes' Ambassador, and the second to Levinus Munck, Clerk of the Signet, to draw a presentation for 'one Mr. Kinge' to Tempsford parsonage, co. Beds.

ff. 97r-98v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to [Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel and Surrey] Earl Marshal, ordering that the 'trained foote' of Middlesex' be exercised, and 'that the Lord Mayor be incited to take especiall care for the well ordering of the Citty', Newmarket, 22 Feb. 1623. Probably draft, signed.

ff. 99r-100v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to [Lionel Cranfield, Earl of Middlesex], Lord Treasurer, as to an application 'in favour of [James Hay] the Earle of Carlile and his succession', Newmarket, 22 Feb. 1623. Copy, possibly draft.

ff. 101r-v: Minute of letter of Sir Edward Conway to Sir George Calvert, 22 Feb 1623.

ff. 102r-104r: Two copies of letter of Sir Edward Conway to [Lionel Cranfield, Earl of Middlesex], Lord Treasurer, Newmarket, 23 Feb 1623. To hasten the passing of a 'royall grace' for Christopher Villiers. One copy and one draft.

ff. 105r-106v: Minutes of letters to royal port officers at Yarmouth, Colchester, Harwich and Ipswich, to open the ports, lately closed by the King's orders; Newmarket, 23 Feb. 1623.

ff. 107r-v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to Sir George Calvert, to prepare a letter in favour of Joannes Baptista Rovidius, Senator of Milan, Newmarket, 26 Feb. 1623. Copy.

ff. 108r-109v: Letter of Sir Tobie Matthew to King James I, sending a picture drawn by himself in black and white, of the Infanta, which he guarantees to be 'like the life', and speaking highly of her mind, of Prince Charles's 'great prudence and invincible temper', and the Duke of Buckingham's 'wise and faithfull diligence', Madrid, 7 Jul 1623. Possibly original, with signature and address.

ff. 110r-112v: Letter of Carlos Coloma, Spanish Ambassador in London, to Sir Edward Conway, enclosing a letter [see ff. 114r-117v] to the King, London, 10 Jul 1623. In French (f. 110r) with English translation (f. 112r).

ff. 114r-117v: Letter of Carlos Coloma and Juan de Mendoza, Marquis de la Hinojosa, the Spanish Ambassadors in London, to King James l., asking that the judges may he ordered to favour as much as possible the King's Catholic subjects, London, 10 Jul 1623. In Spanish (f. 114r) with English translation (f. 116r).

ff. 118r-119v: Letter of Sir Walter Aston, Ambassador in Spain, to Sir Edward Conway, Madrid, 29 Jul 1623. Original, with signature. Stating that Mr [Walsingham] Gresley has arrived with despatches, that the Prince will start for England on 8 Sept., that preparations are being made for 'a feast that the king himself doth make unto the Prince and the Infanta'.

ff. 120r-121v: Letter of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham to King James I, 30 Jul 1623. This is evidently an original; addressed to James as 'Dear Dad and Gossop' and signed 'Steenie'. There is a later note on this letter at the foot of f. 121r. the letter is reprinted in Hardwicke, Miscellaneous State Papers, I, 433.

ff. 122r-123v: 44. [Inigo Velez de Guevata], Conde de Oñate, Spanish Ambassador at Vienna, to Carlos de Coloma, on affairs in the Palatinate, Vienna, 26 July, 2 Aug. 1623. Translations into English. The letters are for Coloma, but the endorsement also notes 'sent by him for his Matie to see'.

ff. 124r-v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to Edward la Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche, Beauliea ['Bewley'], 19 Aug 1623. Warning him that the oath taken by the other Privy Councillors not to 'pursue the Roman Catholickes but by the expresse commandement of his Ma[jes]tie' is shortly to be tendered to him. Copy.

ff. 125r-126v: Letter of John Digby, 1st Earl of Bristol to Sir Edward Conway, Madrid, 20/30 Aug 1623. Original, with Bristol's signature, and later note on the letter (f. 126r).

ff. 127r-128v: Copy of letter of Juan de Mendoza, Marquis de la Hinojosa, and Carlos Coloma to Philip IV, King of Spain, on their negotiations in favour of the Catholics in England, London, 22 Aug 1623. In English translation.

ff. 129r-130v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway, Secretary of State, to [John Williams, Bishop of Lincoln,] Lord Keeper, Sir George Calvert (Secretary of State) and [Sir Richard Weston,] Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the dispensations to the Catholics, [28?] Aug. 1623. Draft in Conway's hand. For a letter of that date from Conway to these recipients, see the National Archives, SP 14/151, ff. 104r-105v.

ff. 131r-132v: Extract of a letter from Madrid, 14 Sep 1623. On the departure of Prince Charles.

ff. 133r: Note listing El Marques de Aytona, El Cardenal Zapata and El Conde de Gondomar, and beneath 'El que viene con el Principe. Don Alonso de Mendoza'.

ff. 134r-135v: Letter of Juan de Mendoza, Marquis de la Hinojosa, to Sir Edward Conway, London, 15 Sep 1623. In English translation.He trusts the pardons to the Catholics will not be withheld till 'after the full consummation of the marriage', but may be 'taken up when he [the King] should heare newes of the marriage'.

ff. 136r-137v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to [Lionel Cranfield, Earl of Middlesex], Lord Treasurer, Theobalds, 3 Oct 1623. On the King's displeasure with Sir Henry Mildmay.

ff. 138r-141v: Letter of [Gaspar de Guzman], Conde de Olivares, to Sir Francis Cottington, Madrid, 31 Oct 1623. The letter includes informing him of a conference on the affairs of the Palatinate. In English translation. With later annotations and note at the foot of f. 140v.

ff. 142r-143v: Unsigned letter from Rome, on an appeal from the Emperor to the Pope for aid against Gabor [Bethlen Gabor, Prince of Transylvania], the Pope's displeasure at the Emperor's indiscreet rigour against the Protestants, the negotiations for the Spanish match, and an alleged impediment to it, Rome, 25 Nov. 1623. In English translation.

ff. 144r-145v: Letter of Juan de Mendoza, Marquis de la Hinojosa, and Carlos Coloma to King James I, asking licence to take some artillery out of England, London, 4 Feb 1624. In French. Possibly original with signatures. With later note, f. 144v: 'There were two remarkable Ambassadors, & wetre sent away in disgrace'.

ff. 146r-147v: Letter of Juan de Mendoza, Marquis de la Hinojosa to King James I, London, 16 May 1624. On his recall to Spain. In French. Possibly original, with signature.

ff. 148r-v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway, 5 Jan 1625. That Mr Harris or any other of the Gentlemen Ushers to arrange for the temporary accommodation of the earl and Countess of Suffolk, at present occupied by the Marquis d'Effiat, French Ambassador. Copy.

ff. 149r-150v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to [James Ley, Baron Ley], Lord Treasurer, and [Sir R. Weston,] Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the relief to be given to Roman Catholics, Little Britain, 1 Feb. 1625. Copy. On the relief to be given to Roman Catholics.

ff. 151r-v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to Sir George Paul, 1 Feb 1625. To discharge certain recusants' bonds and to take new ones that they do not go beyond sea without license. Copy.

ff. 152r-v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to [John Williams, Bishop of Lincoln], Lord Keeper, recommending a petition of, Mr. Norton's, 1 Feb 1625. Copy or draft.

ff. 153r-v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway [John Murray], Viscount Annan [Keeper of the Privy Purse], To procure the King's signature to certain warrants, 2 Feb. 1625. Copy or draft. To procure the King's signature to certain warrants.

ff. 154r-v: Letter of Sir Henry Conway to Henry Gibb, of the King's Bedchamber, 2 Feb 1625. To move the King, at the suit of Alexander Stuart, to pardon certain buyers of 'plate stolne from the Duchesse of Richmond'.

ff. 155r-v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to [Godfrey Goodman], Bishop of Gloucester, 5 Feb 1625. Draft, partly in Conway's hand. Asking him to favour Mr. Throgmorton in defending his right to a parsonage.

ff. 156r-157v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to [Sir Thomas Coventry], Attorney-General, 5 Feb 1625,. Copy. To prepare a bill in favour of Robert Aston for the reversion of an Auditorship of the Court of Wards on the resignation of Sir William Beecher.

ff. 158r-v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to [George Abbot], Archbishop of Canterbury, [5 Feb] 1625. Recommending Mr. French for schoolmaster of Sutton's Hospital.

ff. 159r-v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to Sir John Bourchier (with like to sir Arthur Ingram), 6 Feb 1625, Copy. Order to keep his house till further order. Endorsed that the like letter to be sent to Sir Arthur Ingram.

ff. 160r-v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to [Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel and Surrey], Earl Marshal, 8 Feb 1625. Copy. Informing him of the quarrel between Sir John Bourchier and Sir Arthur Ingram, and asking him to take steps to keep the peace.

ff. 161r-v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to [John Williams, Bishop of Lincoln], Lord Keeper, 9 Feb 1625. Copy. Recommending Thomas Barker.

ff. 162r-v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to Sir John Coke [Master of Requests], 9 Feb 1625. In favour of the widow of [John] Mann. Copy.

ff. 163r-167v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to Sir Robert Anstruther, Ambassador in Denmark, 9 Feb 1625. Copy. It discusses at great length various matters bearing upon 'the peace of Germanie and the recoverie of the Pallatinatt', and urges him to press the King of Denmark to join the Protestant league.

ff. 168r-v: Letter to Sir Arthur Ingram (with like to Sir John Bourchier), 10 Feb 1625. Copy. Taking off their restraint.

ff. 169r-170v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex, late Lord Treasurer, on an interview with George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, 16 Feb 1625. Copy. The text says 16 Feb, the endorsement 17 Feb. On an interview with George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, on Middlesex's behalf after his fall.

ff. 171r-v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to [Henry Montagu, Viscount Mandeville], Lord President., Newmarket, 17 Feb 1625. Draft. For warrants to Mountjoy Blount, Lord Mountjoy to levy volunteers for the Dutch service

ff. 172r-v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to [Sir Thomas Coventry], Attorney-general, Newmarket, 17 Feb 1625. Copy. For a pension of 200 marks to Mungay [Mungo] Murray.

ff. 173r-v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to Sir Albertus Morton, Secretary of State, Newmarket, 17 Feb 1625. On overtures from Sweden and Denmark, and on the employment of Sir William St. Leger to borrow troops from the States-General. Copy. With annotations.

ff. 174r-v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to [James Ley, Baron Ley], with another letter to [William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke], Lord Chamberlain, 19 Feb 1625. Copy. For the transfer of a fee of £120 held by Sir William Button till his death, as Assistant Master of the Ceremonies, to Sir John Finnet till the latter succeeds to the Mastership by the death or surrender of Sir Lewis Lewkenor.

ff. 175r-v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to [James Ley, Baron Ley] Lord Treasurer, Newmarket, 19 Feb 1625. For a privy seal for £6,000 apiece to James Hay, Earl of Carlisle and Henry Rich, Earl of Holland, Ambassadors to France.

ff. ff. 176r-177v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to Sir Dudley Carleton, Ambassador in Holland, Newmarket, 20 Feb 1625. On the proposed congress at The Hague, on the Amboyna massacre, for which his Majesty 'will have satisfaction, whatsoever it cost'. Copy.

ff. 178r-v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to Sir Robert Anstruther, Newmarket, 20 Feb 1625. Copy. Saying that he encloses a letter of credence to the King of Sweden in case he thinks it necessary to go to him, but that Sir James Spens is charged with a mission thither.

ff. 179r-181v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to Sir Robert Anstruther, Newmarket, 20 Feb 1625. Copy. With the King's instructions as to his conduct of the negotiations with the Kings of Denmark and Sweden in respect of their offers to lead the allied army for the recovery of the Palatinate. With annotations.

ff. 182r-v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to Sir Robert Anstruther, Newmarket, 20 Feb 1625. Copy of the opening paragraphs of ff. 179r-181v.

ff. 183r-184v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to James Hay, Earl of Carlisle and Henry Rich, Earl of Holland, Newmarket, 21 Feb 1625. Copy. Endorsement notes that the letter was stayed till 1 March and then sent.

ff. 185r-186v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to James Hay, Earl of Carlisle and Henry Rich, Earl of Holland, Newmarket, 23 Feb 1625. On the same subject as ff. 183r-184v, 'will not parte one jot or tittle of the Articles agreed upon'.

ff. 187r-188v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to Sir George Goring, Newmarket, 23 Feb 1625. Copy. On the French demands over the marriage articles. He refers to the 'vigorous and smarte' despatch written to the English Ambassadors, but held over for the tresent 9ff. 183r-184v?).

ff. 189r-190v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to [James Ley, Baron Ley], Lord Treasurer, 23 Feb 1625. Copy. To order a Bill transferring from William Carr, of His Majesty's Bedchamber, his reversion of the Post Fines to [Thomas Howard,] Viscount Andover.

ff. 191r-v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to [James Ley, Baron Ley] and [Sir Richard Weston], Chancelllor of the Exchequer, 23 Feb 1625. Draft. To pay the arrears of the late Duke of Holstein's pension.

ff. 192r-v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter, Newmarket, 23 Feb 1625. Draft or copy. Requesting him to accommodate Frances, Duchess of Richmond [widow of Ludovic Stuart], with his house in the Strand. Endorsement notes sent post to Newark.

ff. 193r-v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to Sir Thomas Coventry, Attorney-General, Chesterford Park, 24 Feb 1625. To apprehend and examine named men who had been imprisoned in the Fleet for deer-stealing, but were sent 'by way of grace' to the Low Countries as soldiers, and had now returned.

ff. 194r-v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to [James Ley, Baron Ley] , Chesterford Park, 24 Feb 1625. Draft. The letter is 'touchinge the Allome works and the busines of the Lo. Roberts [Richard Robartes, 1st Baron Robartes] tenants'.

ff. 195r-v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to Sir Robert Sherley, Persian Envoy to England, 24 Feb 1625. Copy or draft. On the affection of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham for him, with a Privy Seal for four pinnaces for Persia.

ff. 196r-197v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle and Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, Chesterford, 24 Feb 1625. Copy. On Carlisle's desire to return to England, and the accommodation of jealousies between Sweden and Denmark. The original despatch is in Egerton MS. 2596, f. 120 (and printed in Hardwicke, ed., MiscellaneousState Papers, I,559).

ff. 198r-v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to [John Williams, Bishop of Lincoln], Lord Keeper, Chesterford Park, 25 Feb 1625. Copy. That the King's pleasure is that John Carleton, who succeedes Sir John Cotton in his estate, shoulde likewise succeed him in the place of Deputy Lieutenant in Cambridgeshire.

ff. 199r-v: Letter of Sir Humphrey May [Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster], Chesterford Park, 25 Feb 1625. Copy. To draw a grant 'for the enfranchising of the coppyholders of the mannor of Wakefeild . . . unto Sir Thomas Mounson'.

ff. 200r-v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to Sir Albertus Morton, Secretary of State, [26] Feb 1625.

ff. 201r-v: Letter of Sir Edward Conway to [James Ley, Baron Ley], Sir J. Ley, Lord Treasurer, Theobalds, 28 Feb 1625.Copy or draft , with address, but no signature. For certain payments to Sir John Ogle, Sir William St. Leger, and Edward Clarke.