Add MS 4106

Vol. I (ff. 276). Viz:-

(1) Appointment by Edward IV of John Russell, Bishop of Rochester, and Anthony Wydville, Earl Rivers, to be Governors of Edward, Prince of Wales; 28 Sept. 1473. Copy. ff. 1-5b.

(2) Sir Richard Morison to the Council; Spires, 7 Oct. 1552. Transcribed from Cotton MS. Galba B. xi, f. 117. Printed in Hardwicke State Papers, i, p. 51. Copy. ff. 8-15.

(3) Sir Nicholas Throckmorton to (a) the Council, 7 June 1560, ff. 17- 20b;-(b) Secretary Cecil, 24 June 1560, ff. 21-23b. Copies. Preceded (f. 16) by T. Birch's 'Account of the Recovery of Sr Nicholas Throckmorton's Papers by Nicholas Hardinge, Esq.', dated 19 Nov. 1755. Cf. Introduction to Vol. ii of Patrick Forbes's Full View of the Public Transactions in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, 1740, 1741.

(4) Robert Steward to Sir Thomas Smith; ? 18 Mar. 1563. Cf. Calendar of State Papers, Foreign 1563, art. 466. Copy. f. 24.

(5) Secret instructions for Sir Henry Killigrew, Ambassador to Scotland; circ. Aug. 1572. Copy. ff. 25-26.

(6) 'The English Mercury (published by Authority for the prevention of false reports)', viz. (i) July 26th 1588;- (ii) No. 50. July 23rd 1588. Printed;- (iii) No. 51. July 26th 1588. Printed;-(iv) No. 54. Nov. 24th (25th) 1588. Printed;-(v) July 28th 1588;-(vi) August, 1588;-(vii) Nov. 25th 1588, the corrected draft of No. 54 (see above). For an account of these forgeries, concocted by Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, Charles Yorke his brother and Thomas Birch, see Thomas Watts, 'Authorship of the Fabricated Earliest English Newspaper', Gentleman's Magazine, xxxiii, 1850, pp. 485-491; D. T. B. Wood, 'The true history of the fabrication of the Armada Mercurier', Nineteenth Century, lxxv, 1914, pp. 342-354, and the correspondence of the 2nd Lord Hardwicke and T. Birch in June 1743 (Add. MS. 35396). ff. 27-40b.

(7) Declaration of the negotiation with the French Ambassador (Guillaume de L'Aubespine) at the Lord Treasurer's house, 12 Jan. 158 6/7, respecting the plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth. Two copies. ff. 41-50, 51-58.

(8) Sir Walter Ralegh to Sir Robert Cecil; 1601. Copy. f. 59.

(9) Memoranda of T. Birch from a collection of Anthony Bacon's Papers; 1580-1593 (cf. Birch's Memoirs of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, 1754). ff. 60-61 b.

(10) Sir Arthur Gorges to Sir Robert Cecil; 26 July 1592. Copy. f. 62.

(11) Treaty between France and the United Provinces made in 1596. Extract. f. 64.

(12) Queen Elizabeth to the Earl of Essex; Nonsuch, 14 Sept. 1599. Two extracts. Printed in Lives of the Devereux, Earls of Essex, ii, p. 61. ff. 66-67, 70.

(13) Robert Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, to Lord Keeper Egerton; n.d. (? 18 Oct. 1598, cf. Birch's Memoirs of... Queen Elizabeth, ii, p. 386, or ?Aug. 1598, cf. Calendar of State Papers Domestic 1548-1601, p. 89). Copy. ff. 68-69.

(14) The same to Oueen Elizabeth; ? 1599-1600. Three copies. ff. 72, 74, 76.

(15) Francis Bacon to 'Lo. H. H.'(Lord Henry Howard); 3 Dec. 1599. Two copies. Followed by the reply. ff. 72, 75.

(16) Address from the City of London to James I on his accession; ? 24 Mar. 1603. Copy. ff. 77-78b.

(17) 'A Summary of ye matters wherwith the Duke of Norfolk was charg'd at his Arraynment', by Lord Burghley; circ. Jan. 1572. Copy. f. 79.

(18) Sir Walter Ralegh to Sir Robert Carr; circ. 1609. Copy. f. 81.

(19) Sir W. Ralegh's last words on the scaffold; 29 Oct. 1618. f. 82.

(20) James I to the Council; Hinchinbrooke, 7 Dec. 1610. Copy. ff. 84-85.

(21) Sir Francis Bacon, Sir Henry Montagu and Sir Henry Yelverton to James 1; 22 Jan. 1613/4. From Harley MS. 6986, f. 203. Copy. f. 87.

(22) 'Reasons why it should be exceeding much for his majesty's service to remove the Lord Coke [i.e. Sir Edward Coke] from the place he now holdeth', etc.; ? 1616. ff. 88-89.

(23) Sir Francis Bacon to James I; 7 Aug. 1613-27 Jan. 1615. Five letters. Copies. Ff. 93-95, 98 are from Harley MS 6986, ff. 214, 208. ff. 90, 93-95, 98, 105, 108-110.

(24) Correspondence of the same with George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham; 15 Feb. 1615/6 - Nov. 1623. Copies. Ff. 99, 102 are from Harley MS. 7006, ff. 3, 100, and ff. 104, 112, 113, 114 are from Harley MS. 7000, ff. 21, 78, 72, 122. ff. 92, 99-104, 106, 111-115.

(25) The same to John Murray; 21 Jan.- 28 Feb. 1614/15. Copies. From Harley MS. 6986, ff. 206, 207, 209, 216. ff. 95, 96, 96b, 98b.

(26) Extracts from the correspondence of Sir Thomas Roe, Ambasador to Sweden; 1629-1642. ff. 116-121 b.

(27) Duke of Buckingham to Dudley, Lord Carleton; 7 Feb. 1627/8, 21 Nov. 1627. Copies. ff. 122, 122b.

(28) Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Albans, Lord Chancellor, to the House of Lords; 19 Mar. 1620/1. Copy. f. 124.

(29) Declaration of the Scottish Peers on the accession of Charles I; 31 Mar. 1625 (from Harley MS. 7004, f. 105). Copy. f. 127.

(30) One leaf of a commentary on the Decretals of Gregory IX, Lib. 1. Tit. v. 'De postulationibus prelatorum'; late 15th or early 16th cent. Printed. f. 129.

(31) Tracts and speeches relating to the Parliaments of 1627-1628 (most of them from Harley MS. 161). Copies. ff. 130-148b.

(32) Documents printed in 1626 and 1642 by George Eglisham under the title, 'The Forerunner of Revenge'. Copies. ff. 149b- 157.

(33) 'An Historical Account of the Controversy betwixt ye Kinge of Denmark and the Kings of Poland touching the Jurisdiction and Dominion over the Baltick Sea'; circa 1637. Extract. ff. 158-159b.

(34) 'Account of ye Expedition to ye Isle of Rhé'; 1627. ff. 160-165.

(35) 'A seasonable Argument to perswade all the Grand Juries in England to Petition for A new Parliament or A List of the Principal labourers in the Great design of Popery' etc. The tract was printed at Amsterdam in 1677. Imperfect. ff. 166-176b.

(36) Warrant of Charles I for purchase of a Collection of Paintings at Venice 'which are known by the Name of Bartolomeo della Nave his collection'; 8 July 1634. Copy. Cf. Add. MS. 4293, f. 5. f. 186.

(37) Correspondence of John Leslie, Earl of Rothes, with Philip Herbert, Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery; 1639, 1640. Copies. ff. 187, 191-196b.

(38) Instructions for the Fleet by Robert Rich, Earl of Warwick, Admiral and General of the Fleet, addressed to Capt. Richard Swanley, in command of the Fleet on the Irish Coast; 10 Apr. 1643. Followed by Private Instructions for the latter, 6 May 1643. Copies. ff. 199-204b, 205.

(39) Treaty of Commerce between the King of Denmark and the United Provinces; 9 Oct. 1649. Copy. ff. 207-208.

(40) Proclamation of the United Provinces inhibiting commerce with England; 1652. Dutch. Imperfect. Printed. f. 214.

(41) Petition of John Lilburne, prisoner in Newgate; 12 July 1653. Printed. ff. 220-223b.

(42) Transcripts from the Thurloe Papers (see Add. MSS. 4155-4159) including:-(a) Correspondence between Giovanni Battista Stoppa, Minister of the French Congregation at the Savoy, with Henri Charles de la Tremoille, Prince de Tarente, on the Prince de Condé's business; Aug.-Nov. 1654. Partly in cipher. ff. 228-239;-(b) Letters from Henri de Taillefer, Seigneur de Barrière, Agent of Prince de Condé, to the Prince, and others; 1656. ff. 240, 245, 249;-(c) A cipher. f. 250.

(43) Letter from Christopher Priemsky, on behalf of John Casimir, King of Poland, to Charles X Gustavus, King of Sweden, with the latter's reply; 29, 30 Aug. 1655. Latin. Copies. ff. 251, 252.

(44) 'A Commission of King Charles II dated at the Court at Bruges address'd to Lieutenant General Middleton to treat with the Jews of Amsterdam'; 24 Sept. 1656. Copy. f. 253.

(45) Letter from 'Edinburgh, September 10th' on the state of Scotland consequent on the tyranny of the Duke of Lauderdale; 1675. Two copies (one imperfect). ff. 255-264, 265-272.

(46) James Sharp, Archbishop of St. Andrew's, 1661, to John Maitland, Earl of Lauderdale; London, 28 Apr. 1657. See Thurloe State Papers, vi, p. 238. Copy. ff. 273-276.

includes:

• ff. 1-5b Anthony Wydville, 2nd Earl Rivers: Instructions to, as Governor of Edward, Prince of Wales: 1473.: Copy.
• ff. 1-5b John Russell, LLD; Bishop of Lincoln 1480: Instructions to, as Governor of Edward, Prince of Wales: 1473.: Copy.
• ff. 1-5b Edward IV of England: Appointment of governors for the Prince of Wales: 1473.: Copy.
• f. 8 Sir Richard Morison, alias Moryson; Ambassador to Emperor Charles: Letter to the Council: 1552: Copy.
• f. 16 Sir Nicholas Throckmorton, diplomatist: Account of the recovery of his correspondence, by N. Hardinge: 1755.
• f. 16 Nicholas Hardinge, Clerk of the House of Commons: Account of the recovery of Sir N. Throckmorton's correspondence by: 1755.
• f. 17 Sir Nicholas Throckmorton, diplomatist: Letter to the Council: 1560.: Copy.
• f. 21 William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley: Letter to, from Sir N. Throckmorton: 1560.: Copy.
• f. 21 Sir Nicholas Throckmorton, diplomatist: Letter to Sir W. Cecil: 1560.: Copy.
• f. 24 Sir Thomas Smith, Secretary of State: Letter to, from R. Steward: 1563.: Copy.
• f. 24 Robert Steward, in the service of the Prince de Condé: Letter to Sir T. Smith: 1563.: Copy.
• ff. 25-26 Sir Henry Killigrew, diplomatist: Secret instructions for, as Ambassador to Scotland: 1572.: Copy.
• ff. 25-26 William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley: Secret instructions for H. Killigrew: 1572.: Copy.
• ff. 27-40b Newspapers Great Britain and Ireland: 'The English Mercury', July-Nov. 1588: 18th cent.: Forgeries, MS and printed.
• ff. 41-58 Guillaume de L'Aubespine, Baron de Châteauneuf; French ambassador: Negotiations at the Lord Treasurer's house: 1587.: Two copies.
• ff. 41-58 William Davison, Secretary to Queen Elizabeth: Negotiation with the French Ambassador: 1587.: Two copies.
• ff. 41-58 Sir Christopher Hatton, Lord Chancellor: Negotiation with the French Ambassador: 1587.: Two copies.
• ff. 41-58 Elizabeth I of England: Negotiation touching a plot to assassinate: 1587.: Two copies.
• ff. 41-58 William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley: Negotiation with the French Ambassador: 1587.: Two copies.
• ff. 41-58 Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester: Negotiation with the French Ambassador: 1587.: Two copies.
• f. 59 Robert Cecil, Viscount Cranborne; 1st Earl of Salisbury: Letter to, from Sir W. Ralegh: 1601.: Copy.
• f. 59 Sir Walter Ralegh, alias Raleigh; military and naval commander; author: Letter to Sir R. Cecil: 1601.: Copy.
• ff. 60-61b Anthony Bacon, diplomatist: Memoranda from his papers, 1580-1593, by T. Birch: 18th cent.
• f. 62 Sir Arthur Gorges, poet and translator: Letter to Sir R. Cecil: 1592.: Copy.
• f. 62 Robert Cecil, Viscount Cranborne; 1st Earl of Salisbury: Letter to, from Sir A. Gorges: 1592.: Copy.
• f. 64 Henry IV of France: Treaty of, with the Low Countries: 1596.: Extr.
• f. 64 Netherlands, United Provinces: Treaty with France: 1596.: Extract.
• ff. 66, 70, 72, 74, 76 Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex: Correspondence with Qu. Elizabeth: circ. 1599-1600.: Copies.
• ff. 66, 70, 72, 74, 76 Elizabeth I of England: Correspondence with Lord Essex: circ. 1599-1600.: Copies.
• f. 68 Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Ellesmere; 1st Viscount Brackley: Correspondence with Lord Essex: 1598.: Copies.
• f. 68 Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex: Correspondence with Lord Keeper Egerton: 1598.: Copies.
• ff. 72, 75 (imperf.) Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans: Correspondence with Lord H. Howard: 1599.: Copies.
• ff. 72, 75 (imperf.) Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton: Correspondence with F. Bacon: 1599.: Copies.
• ff. 77-78b James I of England: Address of the City of London to: 1603.: Copy.
• ff. 77-78b London; Lord Mayor, Corporation, etc: Address to James I on his accession: 1603.: Copy.
• f. 79 Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk: Charges against: 1572.: Copy.
• f. 79 William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley: Summary of matters on the arraignment of the Duke of Norfolk: 1572.: Copy.
• f. 81 Sir Walter Ralegh, alias Raleigh; military and naval commander; author: Letter to Sir R. Carr: circ. 1609.: Copy.
• f. 81 Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset d 1645: Letter to, from Sir W. Ralegh: circ. 1609.: Copy.
• f. 82 Sir Walter Ralegh, alias Raleigh; military and naval commander; author: Last words of, on the scaffold: 1618.
• f. 84 James I of England: Letter to the Privy Council: 1610.: Copy.
• f. 87 Sir Henry Montagu, Viscount Mandeville 1620 and (1626) 1st Earl of Manchester: Letter to James I: 1614.: Copy.
• f. 87 James I of England: Letter to, from Sir F. Bacon and others: 1614.: Copy.
• f. 87 Sir Henry Yelverton, Attorney-General: Letter to James I: 1614.: Copy.
• ff.87, 90, 93, 98, 105, 108 Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans: Letters to James I: 1613-1616.: Copies.
• ff. 88-89 Law OF ENGLAND: Treatise advising the removal of Sir E. Coke from office: [1616?].
• ff. 88-89 Sir Edward Coke, Lord Chief Justice: Reasons why he should be removed from office: ?1616.
• ff. 90, 93, 98, 105, 108 James I of England: Letters to, from Sir F. Bacon: 1613-1616.: Copies.
• f. 91 Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset d 1645: Letter to Sir T. Overbury: 1613.: Copy.
• f. 91 Sir Thomas Overbury, murdered in 1613: Letter to, from Lord Somerset: 1613.: Copy.
• ff. 92, 99-104, 106, 111-115 George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham: Correspondence with Sir F. Bacon: 1616-1624.: Mainly copies.
• ff. 92, 99-104, 106, 111-115 Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans: Correspondence with the Duke of Buckingham: 1616-1624.: Mainly copies.
• ff. 95, 96, 96b, 98b Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans: Letters to J. Murray: 1615.: Copies.
• ff. 95, 96, 96b, 98b John Murray, 1st Earl of Annandale 1624: Letters to, from Sir F. Bacon: 1615.: Copies.
• f. 106 (copy) Bartolomeo della Nave: Warrant from Charles I for purchase of his collection of paintings at Venice: 1634.
• ff.116-121b Sir Thomas Roe, diplomatist: Extracts from his correspondence, 1629-1642, by T. Birch: 1743.
• ff. 122, 122b Dudley Carleton, Viscount Dorchester: Letters to, from the Duke of Buckingham: 1627, 1628.: Copies.
• ff. 122, 122b George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham: Letters to Lord Carleton: 1627, 1628.: Copies.
• f. 123 Sir William Boswell, diplomatist: Letter to Sir T. Roe: 1639.: Extr.
• f. 123 Sir Thomas Roe, diplomatist: Letter to, from Sir W. Boswell: 1639.: Extr.
• f. 124 (copy) England; Parliament: Letters to the Lords, from Lord St. Albans: 1621.
• f. 124 (copy) Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans: Letters to the House of Lords: 1621.
• f. 125 Newsletters From Spain: From Madrid: 1623, 1659.: Engl. and Fran.
• f. 127 Charles I of England: Declaration of the Scottish peers on his succession: 1625.: Copy.
• f. 128 Edward Conway, 1st Viscount Conway; Secretary of State 1623: Letter to Lord Carleton: 1627.: Copy.
• f. 128 Dudley Carleton, Viscount Dorchester: Letter to, from Sir E. Conway: 1627.: Copy.
• f. 129 Law CANON: Fragment of commentary on Decretals of Gregory IX: late 15th or early 16th cent.: Lat.: Printed.
• f. 129 Gregory IX; Pope: Fragment of commentary on Decretals of: late 15th or early 16th cent.: Lat.: Printed.
• ff. 130-148b Charles I of England: Tracts and speeches rel. to Parliament: 1627-1628.: Copies.
• ff.130 -148b England; Parliament: Tracts and speeches rel. to: 1627-1628.
• f. 132 Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, 1st Baronet; antiquary: 'The Danger wherein the Kingdom now standeth and the Remedye': 1628.: Copy.
• f. 132 Political Tracts: Sir R. Cotton: 'The Danger wherein the Kingdom now Standeth, etc.': 1628.: Copy.
• f. 135 Sir Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge 1641: Speech in Parliament: 1628.
• f. 135b Sir Robert Phelips, MP for county Somerset: Speech in Parliament: 1628.
• f. 136b Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford d 1641: Speech in Parliament: 1628.
• f. 138 George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham: Speech to the Council: 1628.
• f. 140 John Glanville, Knight 164 1: Speech of, against the Lords' propositions: 1628.
• f. 141 Sir Henry Marten, alias Martyn; Judge of the Admiralty Court: Speech in Parliament: 1628.
• f. 144 Charles I of England: Petition of Right, presented to: 1628.: Copy.
• f. 148 Navy; England: Shipping taken by the enemy or lost at sea: 1625-1628.
• ff. 149b-157 George Eglisham, Physician to James I: 'The Forerunner of Revenge': circ. 1626-1642.: Copy.
• ff. 149b-157 Political Tracts: G. Eglisham: 'The Forerunner of Revenge': 1626.
• ff. 158-159b Christian IV of Denmark: Notes on the controversy with Poland, respecting the Baltic: aft. 1635.: Lat. and Engl.
• ff. 158-159b Wladislas VII; King of Poland: Notes on the controversy with Denmark conc. the Baltic: aft. 1635.: Lat. and Engl.
• ff. 160-165 Isle of Rhé: Account of the expedition to: 1627.
• ff. 166-176b England; Parliament: Seasonable argument for a new: 1677.: Imperf.
• ff. 166-176b Political Tracts: 'A seasonable argument ... for a new Parliament, or a List of the Principal Labourers in the Great Design of Popery': 1677.: Imperf.
• ff. 166-176b Roman Catholics: List of prominent Roman Catholics in England, with brief characters: 1677.: Imperf.
• f. 177 Charles I of England: Warrant for pay of troops serving the King of Denmark: 1629.: Copy.
• f. 177 Christian IV of Denmark: Warrant for pay of the English regiments serving: 1629.: Copy.
• f. 177 Army; England: Warrant for pay of the four regiments serving the King of Denmark: 1629.: Copy.
• f. 179 Sir Thomas Puckering, 1st Baronet: Letter to, from J. Pory: 1632.: Copy.
• f. 179 John Pory, d 1635 traveller and geographer: Letter to Sir T. Puckering: 1632.: Copy.
• f. 180 Robert Cecil, Viscount Cranborne; 1st Earl of Salisbury: Letter to, from D. Carleton: 1606.: Copy.
• f. 180 Dudley Carleton, Viscount Dorchester: Letter to Lord Salisbury: 1606.: Copy.
• f. 182 England; Parliament: Sir J. Eliot's answer to Sir D. Carleton's speech: 1626.: Copy.
• ff. 182-185b Dudley Carleton, Viscount Dorchester: Explanation of his speech in the Commons, with Sir J. Eliot's reply, 1626. Copy: 18th cent.
• ff. 184-185b Sir John Eliot, MP: Answer to Sir D. Carleton's speech in the Commons,: 1626: Copy, 18th cent.
• f. 186 (copy) William Petty: Royal warrant to, for the purchase of paintings at Venice: 1634.
• f. 186 (copy) Art. Miscellaneous: Warrant of Charles I for the purchase of pictures at Venice: 1634.
• f. 186 (copy) Charles I of England: Warrant to W. Petty to purchase paintings in Venice: 1634.
• ff. 187-196b Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke; 1st Earl of Montgomery: Correspondence with Lord Rothes: 1639, 1640.: Copies.
• ff. 187-196b John Leslie, 6th Earl of Rothes; afterwards Duke of Rothes, Royal Commissioner and Lord Chancellor of Sotland: Correspondence with Lord Pembroke: 1639, 1640.: Copies.
• f. 197 James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde: Letter to, from Lord Cork: 1642.: Copy.
• f. 197 Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork: Letter to the Marquess of Ormonde: 1642.: Copy.
• ff. 199-204b Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick: Instructions for the Fleet: 1643.: Copy.
• ff. 199--204b Navy; England: Instructions for the fleet by Adm. Lord Warwick: 1643.: Copy.
• ff. 199-205 Ireland: Instructions for the Fleet on the Irish Coast: 1643.: Copy.
• ff. 199-205 Admiral Richard Swanley: Instructions to, as commander of the fleet on the Irish Coast: 1643.: Copy.
• ff. 207-208 Frederick III of Denmark: Treaty of commerce with the States General: 1649.: Copy.
• ff. 207-208 Netherlands, United Provinces: Commercial treaty with Denmark: 1649.: Copy.
• f. 209 Walter Strickland, MP: Letter to the Council: 1649.: Copy.
• f. 212b Frost: Letter to, from W. Strickland: 1649.: Copy.
• f. 212b (rev) Walter Strickland, MP: Letter to - Frost: 1649.: Copy.
• f. 213 James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde: Letter to Lord Byron: 1650.: Copy.
• f. 213 John Byron, 1st Baron Byron: Letter to, from Lord Ormonde: 1650.: Copy.
• f. 214 Netherlands, United Provinces: Proclamation of the States General inhibiting commerce with England: 1652.: Dutch.: Printed. Imperf.
• f. 214 England; Commonwealth: Proclamation issued by the States General of the United Provinces inhibiting trade with: 1652.: Dutch.: Printed. Imperf.
• ff. 216, 218 Adrian Pauw, Grand Pensionary of Holland; Dutch Ambassador to England: Letters to the Council of State: 1652.: Fr.
• ff. 216, 218 Oliver Cromwell of England: Letters to the Council of State, from A. Pauw, Dutch ambassador: 1652.: Fr.
• ff. 220-223b Lieutenant-Colonel John Lilburne: Petition, while in Newgate prison: 1653.: Printed.
• f. 224 Benjamin Worsley, Secretary to the Parliamentary Commissioners: Letter to Lady --: 1653.
• f. 226 W. Allen, of Dublin: Letter to O. Cromwell: 1654.
• f. 226 Oliver Cromwell of England: Letter to, from W. Allen: 1654.
• ff. 228-239 Giovanni Battista Stoppa, Minister of the French Congregation at the Savoy: Correspondence, partly in cipher, with the Prince de Tarente: 1654.: Fr. and. Engl.: Copies.
• ff. 228-239 Henri Charles de La Trémoille, Prince de Tarente: Correspondence, partly in cipher, with G. B. Stoppa: 1654.: Fr. and Engl.: Copies.
• ff. 228-250 Ciphers: Correspondence of French agents, partly in cipher: 1654.
• ff. 228-250 Louis de Bourbon, Prince de Condé: Letters of his agents in London, partly in cipher: 1654-1656.: Fr. and Engl.: Copies.
• ff. 240-249 Henri de Taillefer, Seigneur de Barrière; Minister of the Prince de Condé in England: Correspondence with the Prince de Condé: 1654-1656.: Fr. and Engl.: Partly in cipher. Copies.
• ff. 240-249 Louis de Bourbon, Prince de Condé: Correspondence, partly in cipher, with the Seigneur de Barriére: 1654-1656.: Fr. and Engl.: Copies.
• ff. 240-250 Alonso de Cardenas, Spanish Ambassador in England: Letters to, partly in cipher, from the Marquis de Barriére: 1656.: Fr. and Engl.: Copies.
• f. 244 Philip Mayo: Letter, partly in cipher, to - Tyndale: 1654.: Copy.
• f. 244 Tyndale: Letter, partly in cipher, to, from P. Mayo: 1654.: Copy.
• f. 245 Viole, President of Brussels: Letter partly in cipher to, from the Seigneur de Barrière: 1655.: Copy.
• f. 245 Henri de Taillefer, Seigneur de Barrière; Minister of the Prince de Condé in England: Letter, partly in cipher, to -- Viole: 1665.: Copy.
• f. 246 Colonel Joseph Bampfylde, alias Bampfield; called 'Jo Nownan': Letter partly in cipher to -: 1657.: Copy.
• f. 247 John Thurloe, Secretary of State: Letter to, partly in cipher, from B. Whitelocke: 1655.: Copy.
• f. 247 (copy, partly in cipher) Bulstrode Whitelocke, Keeper of the Great Seal: Correspondence with J. Thurloe: 1654-1655.
• f. 248 John Thurloe, Secretary of State: Letter to, partly in cipher, from W. Lockhart: 1656.: Copy.
• f. 248 (copy.) Sir William Lockhart, English Ambassador in Paris: Letters to J. Thurloe: 1656-1658.: Partly in cipher.
• f. 251 Christopher Priemsky: Letter to the King of Sweden: 1655.: Lat.: Copy.
• ff. 251, 252 John Casimir of Poland: Correspondence with Charles X of Sweden: 1655.: Lat.: Copies.
• ff. 251,252 Charles X of Sweden: Correspondence with John Casimir of Poland: 1655.: Lat.: Copies.
• f. 253 Jews: Commission of Charles II, to treat with the Jews of Amsterdam: 1656.
• f. 253 John Middleton, 1st Earl of Middleton; High Commissioner to the Scotch Parliament, afterwards Governor of Tangier: Commission to, from Charles II, to treat with the Jews of Amsterdam: 1656.: Copy.
• f. 253 Charles II of England: Commission to Gen. Middleton to treat with the Jews at Amsterdam: 1656.: Copy.
• f. 253 Amsterdam, Holland: Commission to treat with the Jews there: 1656.: Copy.
• f. 254 John Thurloe, Secretary of State: Letter to, from Sir K. Digby: 1656.: Copy.
• f. 254 Sir Kenelm Digby, author and diplomatist: Letter to J. Thurloe: 1656.: Copy.
• ff. 255, 265 Scotland General: Newsletter rel. to the state of Scotland consequent on the tyranny of the Duke of Lauderdale: 1675.: Two copies (one imperf.).
• ff. 255-264, 265-272 (imperf.) John Maitland, 2nd Earl and Duke of Lauderdale; Secretary of State for Scotland: Newsletter rel. to the state of Scotland consequent on his tyranny: 1675.: Two copies.
• ff. 255-264, 265-272 (imperf.) Newsletters From Scotland: Edinburgh: 1675.: Two copies.
• f. 273 (copy) John Maitland, 2nd Earl and Duke of Lauderdale; Secretary of State for Scotland: Letter to, from J. Sharp: 1657.
• f. 273 (copy) James Sharp, Archbishop of St. Andrews 1661: Letter to Lord Lauderdale: 1657.