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- Record Id:
- 040-002109555
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002109547
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000394.0x000141
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100164310020.0x000001
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- Add MS 4107
- Title:
- State papers, 1598-1745, transcribed by Thomas Birch
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Collection of state papers, 1598-1745, transcribed by Thomas Birch (1705-1766), compiler of histories and biographer. Vol. II. Including transcripts of letters in the hands Thomas Astle, Keeper of the Records, Tower of London (ff. 68r-77v), and transcripts of letters from the Hanover Papers (Stowe MSS 222-232) (ff. 93r-180v).
f. 1r-1v: Letter from John Thurloe, Secretary of State, to Henry Cromwell, Major-General of the Forces in Ireland, on the Protector's refusal to take the title of King. 12 May 1657. From a letter 'in ye possession of the ... Earl of Shelburn'.
ff. 2r-4r: Letter from Oliver Cromwell to Sir William Lockhart, Ambassador at the French Court. 26 May 1658.
f. 5r: Letter from Henry Cromwell, Lord Deputy of Ireland, to John Thurloe, Secretary of State. 16 June 1658.
f. 5v: ‘A sonnet to Mr Charles Yorke’ (Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwick). 8 January 1741.
ff. 6r-7r: Letter from Henry Cromwell, Lord Deputy of Ireland, to Roger Boyle, Baron Broghill. 7 April 1658.
ff. 8r-9v: Letter from the Senate of Geneva to Oliver Cromwell. c. 1655. French.
ff. 10r-12r: Paper titled ‘The humble remonstrance of the merchants trading for Spain and its Territories’. c. 1655.
f. 13r-13v: Letter from Oliver Cromwell to Oliver St. John. 1 September 1648.
ff. 14r-15v: Speech made by King Henri IV of France to Parliament. On the Edict of Nantes. 1598. English translation.
ff. 16r-19v: Address of the Independent Ministers to King Charles II. 27 February 1662/3.
f. 20r-20v: Speech made by King Charles II to Parliament. 29 July 1667.
ff. 21r-22v: Speech by Charles Lucas, 2nd Baron Lucas, in the House of Lords. 22 February 1670/1.
ff. 23r-24v: Two letters from Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, to his daughter Anne, and her husband, the Duke of York (later James II). On her conversion to Roman Catholicism. Montpelier, 3 and 4 April 1671.
ff. 25r-43v: Extracts from a diary of public transactions. Said to be ‘in the possession of…Viscount Weymouth’ (Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount Weymouth). 1668-1671 and 1677-1688.
ff. 44r-45v: Extracts from letters and dispatches of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford. 1638-1639.
ff. 46r-49r: Extracts from Edward Husband, Collection of Orders, Ordinances and Declarations of Parliament (1646). Concerning events in 1645-1646.
f. 49v: Extracts from The King’s Cabinet Opened (1645).
ff. 50r-51v: Notes on letters to Lord Digby, July and August 1645.
ff. 52r-53v: Affidavit concerning the religion of Sir Roger L’Estrange, journalist and pamphleteer. 1682.
ff. 54r-56v: Statement concerning negotiations for the Treaty of Partition of the Spanish Monarchy. 1700.
ff. 57r-58v: Letter from Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury, to William Talbot, Bishop of Oxford. Denying a rumour that he is about to rejoin the Catholic Church. Rome, 27 September 1704.
ff. 59r-62r: Transcript of an anecdote concerning Philippe, Duc d'Orléans, Regent of France, and James Stanhope, 1st Earl of Stanhope. Told to Joseph Yorke, Baron Dover, by George Wade, Field-Marshal. 1744.
ff. 63r-64v: Reply sent from Emperor Charles VI of Germany to a letter from the English ambassadors. c. 1715. French.
ff. 65r-67v: Paper titled ‘Plan pour la Paix du Nord’. c. 1660-1727. French.
ff. 68r-77v: Copies and extracts of ‘original letters in the hands of Mr. Tho Astle’ (Thomas Astle, Keeper of the Records, Tower of London). 17th century.
f. 68r: Letter from Robert Aiton to George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham. 1623.
f. 68v: Extracts of a letter from Sir Godfrey Copley, 2nd Baronet, to Thomas Kirke, FRS, of Cookridge. 1696-1703.
f. 69r: Extracts of a letter from Abraham Cowley, poet, to John Evelyn, diarist. 1663.
f. 69v: Extracts of a letter from Richard Carpenter, Vicar of Poling, to Sir Edward Dering, 1st Baronet. 1640.
f. 70v: Extracts of a letter from William Broome, translator of Homer, to E. Cave. 1736.
f. 70v: Extracts of a letter from Edward Conway, 3rd Earl of Conway, to Sir Edward Dering, 2nd Baronet. 1666.
f. 71r: Extracts of a letter from Mrs Brereton to E. Cave. 1737.
f. 72r: Copy of a letter from James Welwood, MD, to J. Cay. 1701.
f. 74r: Copy of a letter to Chatillon. 1619. French.
f. 75r: Copy of a letter from Henry Cromwell, son of Henry Cromwell, to Reverend N. Hough.
f. 77r: Copy of an account of the elevation of John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, to the peerage, as Baron Hervey of Ickworth. 1703.
ff. 78r-91r: Two copies of a letter from Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton, to William III and Mary II of England. Warning of the state of the country. 25 December 1689.
f. 92r: Letter from Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, to Thomas Stringer, of Ivychurch. 1696.
ff. 93r-180v: Transcripts of letters from the Hanover Papers (Stowe MSS 222-232).
ff. 181r-182v Letter from William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire, possibly to Lord Godolphin. 6 June 1710.
f. 183r: Letter from Lord Godolphin, possibly to William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire. 27 May 1711.
ff. 184r-185r: Instruction sent from Queen Anne to Charles Mordaunt, Earl of Peterborough and Monmouth. For his embassy to Turin. 22 February 1711/12. Cipher.
ff. 186r-197v: Letter from John Campbell, Duke of Argyll, to William Stuart, MP. 1715.
f. 198r-198v: Letter from Baron Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibnitz, philosopher and mathematician, to Rémond. 1716. French.
ff. 199r-204v: Letter from Abraham Stanyan, Ambassador at Constantinople, to François Louis de Pesmes, Seigneur de St Saphorin, Swiss Minister at The Hague. 22 July 1719. French.
ff. 205r-213r: Instructions given to Charles Whitworth, 1st Baron Whitworth, on his embassy to Berlin. 1 March 1719. French.
ff. 214r-215v: Plan for a treaty between England and Denmark. March 1719. French.
ff. 216r-225v: Letter from Valnay, French Consul in the Dardanelles, possibly to Jean Baptiste Louis Picon, Vicomte d'Andrezel, Ambassador at the Porte. 26 April 1726. English translation.
f. 226r: Account of Charles Montagu's elevation to the peerage as Baron Halifax on his removal from office. 23 Oct. 1728.
ff. 227r-232v: Reflections on the conduct of Emperor Charles VI of Germany, with regard to the Pragmatic Sanction. 1731. French.
f. 233r: Extracts of a letter from Colonel William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, to T. Robinson. 1741.
f. 234r-234v: Motion in Parliament for the removal of Sir Robert Walpole, Prime Minister. 1741.
f. 235r: Account of the attack by Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys, on Sir Robert Walpole in the House of Commons. 1741.
f. 236r: Proclamation of Prince Charles Edward Stuart to the Mayor of Carlisle. 1745.
ff. 237r-238v: Letter from Antoine Gaubil SJ, French missionary in China, to one de L’Isle. 1752. English translation.
ff. 239r-240v: Account of the defeat and death of Major-General Edward Braddock, Commander in Chief in North America. 1755.
ff. 241r-242v: Address of Cambridge to George III on the occasion of his marriage to Queen Charlotte. 1761.
ff. 243r-244v: Key to a cipher, c. 1648.
ff. 245r-248v: Articles of a treaty of commerce between England and France. Negotiated by Sir Isaac Wake, Ambassador to France. 29 March 1632.
f. 249r-249v: Letter from Parliament to the French Ambassador, concerning the case of Captain J. Greene. c. 1648.
f. 250r: Proposition for importing bullion. 1650.
ff. 251r-252v: Letter from Claude de Lorraine, Duc de Chevreuse, to Charles, Prince of Wales. Paris, 19 December 1620. French.
ff. 253r-254v: Schedule of fees allowed to the Four Tellers. 17th century.
ff. 256r-259v: Accounts for farming the excise. With a record of casual payments. 17th century.
ff. 260r-265v: Speech by King Charles II in Parliament. Concerning liberty of conscience. March 1663.
f. 266r: Notes in Birch’s hand, on the subsequent two letters.
f. 267r-267v: Letter from Thomas Egerton, Baron Ellesmere and Lord Chancellor, to King James I. Taking exception to the Reports of Sir Edward Coke, Lord Chief Justice. York House, 22 October 1616.
ff. 268r-269v: Questions asked of Sir Edward Coke, Lord Chief Justice, by King James I. With Coke’s responses.
ff. 270r-271v: Letter from Henry Whitaker to an unknown recipient. Amsterdam, 11 September 1645.
ff. 272r-273v: Letter from Richard Verney, 13th Baron Willoughby de Broke and self-styled Earl of Carrick, to Bancroft, doorkeeper of the House of Commons. c. 1742.
ff. 274r-275v: Preface to the 'Ancient and Present State of the County of Down', from the original at Trinity College, Dublin (1744).
ff. 276r-277v: Letter from King Charles X of Sweden to Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg. 1657. The remainder of this letter is in Add MS 4365 (f. 208r). Latin.
f. 278r-278v: Letter from John Thurloe, Secretary of State, to Henry Cromwell, Major-General of the Forces in Ireland. 13 July 1658.
f. 279r-279v: Speech by Sir Vincent Corbet, 2nd Baronet, of Moreton Corbet, to his children on his death. 1680.
ff. 280r-281v: Letter containing an account of the naval engagement with Dutch forces off the coast of Sussex. ‘From aboard ye Charles’, 5 June 1666.
ff. 282r-283v: Bond from Christopher Marshall, to William Sykes, merchant of Hull. 1649.
f. 284r: Power of attorney for Joseph Hill, Deputy Commissary of Musters, given to Richard Sikes. 1647.
ff. 285r-286v: Letter from John Bellew, Patrick Netterville, and Lawrence Dowdall, of Dublin, to Fergus, John and Faghan Ferald, of County Longford. 1655.
ff. 287r-288v: Commission from Sir Charles Morgan, General, to Thomas Ballard. 1629.
f. 289r: Paper concerning George Camocke, Rear Admiral in the Spanish service, and James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormond. c. 1718.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002109547
036-002109553
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- Add MS 4101-4478 : Manuscripts collected by Thomas Birch (b. 1705, d. 1766), D.D., and bequeathed by him to the British Museum, of which he was…
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- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume.
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- Languages:
- English
French
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1598
- End Date:
- 1745
- Date Range:
- 1598-1745
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- England.
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 335 x 230 mm.
Foliation: ff. vi + 289.
Binding: Post 1600. British Museum.
Script: Partly in the hand of Thomas Birch (1705-1766).
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
Thomas Birch (1705–1766), compiler of histories and biographer: former owner.
- Publications:
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Wilbur Cortez Abbott, ed., Writings and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell, 4 vols. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989).
Philip Aubrey, Mr Secretary Thurloe: Cromwell’s Secretary of State, 1652-1660 (London: Athlone Press, 1990).
Samuel Ayscough, ed., A catalogue of the manuscripts Preserved in the British Museum hitherto undescribed: consisting of five thousand volumes (London: British Museum, 1782), pp. 221-25.
Thomas Birch, ed., A Collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe, 7 vols. (London: Fletcher Gyles, 1742).
‘Additional MS 4107’, Catalogue of English Literary Manuscripts 1450-1700, ed. Peter Beal, online: http://www.celm-ms.org.uk/repositories/british-library-additional-4101.html [accessed 26 April 2019].
Edward Hyde, An Appendix to the History of the Grand Rebellion (Oxford: John Wilford, 1724), pp. 313-24.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)