Add MS 47133

EGMONT PAPERS. Vol. CCXIV (ff. ii+276).

(1) Tracts and copies of correspondence relating to politics and government; 1576-1733, n.d. Included are:-(a) 'A brief Discourse concerning the Nature & Reason of [political] Intelligence' by Sir Samuel Morland, Bart. (d. 1695). Two copies. ff. 8, 13;-(b) 'Arguments against the Bill for burying in Woollen', by Sir Peter Pett; Dec. 1681. ff. 15b-17b;-(c) 'A Letter from a Friend' relating to grand juries, addressed to Sir Constantine Phipps, formerly Lord Chancellor of Ireland, by N.N.; 1 Dec. 1724. ff. 20-24;-(d) Letter of thanks to the University of Oxford from Pierre François Le Courayer; 1 Dec. 1727. Latin. Another copy is in the Gough Collection in the Bodleian Library (see Summary Catalogue, iv, p. 261). ff. 24b-26b;-(e) 'Some Thoughts on Trade in General . . .', by Edward Lloyd, silk thrower, chiefly relating to the Irish wool trade; 1733. He published a similar tract entitled Thoughts on Trade in 1736. ff. 34-37b.

(2) Diplomatic despatches, etc., relating to Portugal, mostly copied from letterbooks in the Southwell Papers (now Add. MSS. 34336-34338, 35100, 35101); 1666-1680. Viz:-(a) 'Memoirs concerning the Revolution of Portugal A^o. 1668', comprising letters of Southwell, as Envoy to Portugal, together with some narrative; 1666-1669. Cf. Vol. CCXIII, ff. 81-98. Ff. 65-118b are printed, with some variations, in T. Carte, The History of the Revolutions of Portugal ... with Letters of Sir Robert Southwell, 1740, pp. 199-336. ff. 38-157;-(b) Letters of Francis Parry, Resident at Lisbon, to English Secretaries of State and others; 1669-1680. ff. 157b-276.

includes:

• ff. 2-6 Robert Southwell, diplomatist; Knight 1665: Letters to his son, Edward: n.d.: Copies.
• f.6b Charles Talbot, 12th Earl and (1694) Duke of Shrewsbury: Letter to -: 1705.: Copy.
• f. 7 Sir William Cecil, Baron Burghley 1571; Lord Treasurer 1572: Letter to Lord Sussex: 1576.: Copy.
• ff. 8, 13 Political Tracts: Discourse conc. political intelligence, by Sir S. Morland: bef. 1695.: Copies.
• ff. 8,13 Sir Samuel Morland, 1st Baronet; diplomatist and mathematician: Discourse conc. political intelligence: n.d.: Copies.
• f. 11 James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde: Letter to Lord Ossory: 1686.: Copy.
• f. 14 Charles Talbot, 12th Earl and (1694) Duke of Shrewsbury: Letter to the Bp. of Oxford: 1704.: Copy.
• ff. 15b-17b Political Tracts: Arguments against the bill for burying in woollen: 1681.: Copy.
• ff. 15b-17b Sir Peter Pett: Arguments against the bill for burying in woollen: 1681.: Copy.
• ff. 18-24, 27-37b Ireland: Tracts, etc., rel. to: 1641-circ. 1734, n.d.: Copies.
• ff. 20-24 Political Tracts: 'Letter from a Friend', by N.N., rel. to grand juries: 1724.: Copy.
• ff. 24b-26b Pierre François Le Courayer, French divine: Letter to Oxford University: 1727.: Lat.: Copy.
• ff. 27-33b Edward Thompson, Commissioner of Revenues, Ireland: Letters to H. Walpole: 1733.: Copies.
• ff. 34-37b Trade and Commerce: Tract on trade, by E. Lloyd: 1733.: Copy.
• ff. 34-37b Edward Lloyd, silk thrower, of London: Tract on trade: 1733.: Copy.
• ff. 38-157 Alphonso VI of Portugal: Memoirs and despatches of Sir R. Southwell conc. his deposition: 1666-1669.: Copies.
• ff. 157b-276 Francis Parry, Envoy to Portugal: Despatches: 1669-1680.: Copies.
• ff. 157b-276 Alphonso VI of Portugal: Despatches of F. Parry, as Resident at Lisbon: 1669-1680.: Copies.