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ANTHONY BACON PAPERS Collection of letters and papers on state affairs, chiefly originals, from the papers of Anthony Bacon and addressed to him, used by Birch in his Memoirs of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, 2 vols., 1754, and his Historical View of the Negotiations between England, France and Brussels, 1749. The chief contents are as follows:-

(1) Passport for 'Pierre Brun Angloys'going to Montauban on business of Anthony Bacon; Cahors, 30 July 1586. French. Signed by the consuls of Cahors. f. 3.

(2) Passport for the same, 'Messaiger ordinaire de la regne d'angleterre y'en venant de Cahours'; Montauban, 26 July 1586. French. Signed by — de Lomagne, seigneur de Terride, 'commandant en les cartiers pour le service du Roy, soulez lauctorité du Roy de Navarre'. f. 4.

(3) Passport for the same, going to Montauban; Cahors, 8 Aug. 1586. French. Signed by Antoine d'Ebrard de Saint Sulpice, Bishop of Cahors. ff. 5-6.

(4) Passport for ' le S^r de Bacon'(Anthony Bacon)going to England; 'du camp a San Joy', 27 Sept. 1586. French. Signed by Armand de Gontaut, Baron de Biron, maréchal de France. f. 7.

(5) John Yonge to Jasper Mayne at Lyons Inn, London, on private legal matters; Brompton Ralph, co. Som., 27 Oct. 1586. f. 9.

(6) Newsletter from Narbonne; 12 Nov. 1586. French. f. 11.

(7) 'Memoire de nouvelles';? 1588. f. 12.

(8) Commission to Dr. William Awbrey and Dr. Julius Caesar, Masters of Requests, to consider the complaints of certain 'owners of shippes that went to Burdeaux this last vintage; Greenwich, 2 Mar. 1590/1. Copy. f. 13.

(9) Letter (unsigned) to Anthony Bacon on matters of religion in England; 11 Mar. 1590/1. f. 14.

(10) Acknowledgment by - Burières of the receipt of 'deux coffres' from Anthony Bacon; Montauban, 29 June 1590. French. f. 16.

(11) Newsletter from France; 24 Dec. 1590. French. Imperfect. f. 17.

(12) Anthony Bacon to - Beverson; 1 June 1591. f. 18.

(13) Report of Edward Selwyn on the case of the English merchants (see above, art. 8.); circa 1591. ff. 19-20.

(14) Newsletter, mentioning the taking of Louviers; 15 June 1591. French. f. 21.

(15) Robert Prentis to ? Anthony Bacon; Scilly, 21 Sept. 1591. French. f. 22.

(16) Anthony Standen, under the pseudonym of 'La Faye', to A. Bacon; 14 June 1592. French. f. 23.

(17) Newsletters from Venice., 1 Jan.- 19 Feb. 1593/4. Italian. ff. 24-37b.

(18) David Foulis to A. Bacon: Edinburgh, 15 Mar.- 4 Nov. 1594. French. ff. 38, 41, 157, 160-170, 174.

(19) Letter to ? A. Bacon, unsigned; St. Sebastian, 30 Apr. 1593 (assumed by Birch in Memoirs, etc., i, p. 98, and in Add. MS. 4111, f. 143, to be from A. Standen). f. 40.

(20) J.? Saluard? to A. Bacon; Castres, 19 June, circ. 1593. French. f. 43.

(21) Newsletters from Antwerp, Rome, Venice, etc.; 27 June 1593-28 Feb. 1598. Italian. ff. 44-359b, passim.

(22) 'Letter de M^r l'Ambassadeur de France' to D. Foulis; 1594. f. 159.

(23) D. Foulis to Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex; 22 Sept. 1594. French. Partly in cipher, deciphered. ff. 172-173.

(24) Sir Robert Cecil and Dr. John Herbert, Commissioners at Paris, to the Council; 8 Mar. 159 7/8. Copies. ff. 176, 178.

(25) Declaration by Cardinal Francesco Maria Tarugi, Archbishop of Avignon, of an agreement between Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and Ranuccio I, Duke of Parma; 12 May 1597. Italian. Copy. f. 183.

(26) Sir Robert Cecil to A. Bacon; June 1597-5 July 1598. ff. 208, 214, 227, 319, 322, 342.

(27) List of the Imperial forces in Hungary, in a letter of a friend of the Secretary of War to the Emperor; 3 July 1597. Italian. Copy. f. 210.

(28) Robert Naunton to the Earl of Essex; Paris, 4 Aug. 1597. Copy. f 229.

(29) Edward Reynolds, Secretary to Lord Essex, to Antonio Perez; 28 Aug.-24 Oct. 1597. French. Drafts. ff. 241, 264.

(30) Sir John Reynolds to —, on the doings of the English forces; 'Campe neare St. Omers'; 1 Sept. 1657. ff. 245, 244b.

(31) Robert Naunton to (a) A. Bacon; Paris, 23 Sept. 1597. f. 256;-(b) Lord Essex; Paris, 28 Nov. 1597-16 Feb. 1598. Copies. ff. 277-287b, 296-301.

(32) Peregrine Bertie, Baron Willoughby, Governor of Berwick, to Lord Essex; 21 Jan.-17 Sept. 1598. Copies. ff. 291, 333, 348.

(33) Sir Thomas Edmondes, Agent in France, to A. Bacon; Paris, 10 Feb. 1598. Copy. f. 293.

(34) Sir Robert Cecil and Dr. John Herbert to the Council; Angers, 23 Mar.-27 Mar. 159 7/8. Copies. ff. 306-307, 309-312b, 323-324b.

(35) Statement of Jacomo Bassadonna, that the King of Scotland threatens, on the advice of the King of Denmark, to make war on the Queen of England if she names Lord Essex her successor; 25 Mar. 1598. Italian. Extract. f. 308.

(36) Sir R. Cecil and Dr. John Herbert to Queen Elizabeth, describing their interviews with Henri IV; Nantes, 5 Apr. 1598. Copies. ff. 313-315, 329-332.

(37) Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, to William Hervey, Baron Hervey of Kidbrooke; Whitehall, 6 Apr. n.y. (circ. 1630). Copy. f. 317.

(38) Edward Reynolds to (a) Henri de la Tour, Duc de Bouillon; 14 June 1598. French. Draft. f. 335;-(b) Antonio Perez; 14, 24 June, 1598. French. Drafts. ff. 336, 338.

(39) Thomas Bodley to Lord Essex; July 1598. Copy. f. 340.

(40) Anthony Bacon to Sir R. Cecil; July 1597. With replies. ff. 342, 344.

(41) [? J.] Colvill to Lord Essex; Paris, I 0 July 1598. Copy. f. 346.

(42) Jean de Thumery, Seigneur de Boissise, Ambassador to England, to A. Bacon; 27 Oct. 1598. f. 350.

(43) Edward Reynolds to Queen Elizabeth; 17 Apr. 1599. Copy. f. 352.

(44) Bartholomew Kello to (a) A. Bacon, complaining of the delay in receiving a reward for the 'booke of Psalmes' written by his wife, Esther Inglis, and presented to the Queen (it was afterwards presented to Christ Church, Oxford, by the Queen); London, 14 July, Edinburgh, 15 Aug. 1599. ff. 354, 357;- (b) Queen Elizabeth on the same subject; London, 18 July 1599. f. 355.

(45) 'Memoire ... touchant le college d'ortes en Bear' (Orthez in Béarn); 16th-17th cent. ff. 360-362.

(46) 'Discourse' of Dr. Henry Hawkins on the ambitions of Spain; early 17th cent. Italian. ff. 365-366b.

(47) Memoir on the affairs of France, sent to A. Bacon; ? 1594. French. ff. 367-369.

(48) Letter of 'Jane du Mouscan' to --, giving a list of four members of the French Royal Household; late 16th cent. French. f. 380.

(49) 'The Grievances of the English Army in France, Represented to the Generall therof S^r John Reynolds, Kt.' signed by 15 officers on behalf of the Army; 1657. ff. 383-384.

(50) Newsletter from France, on the movements of Charles Stewart, dissensions between the King of France and the Parlement, the desire of Spain to treat with the Protector, etc.; 1657. ff. 385-386.

(51) - Vinhagolus to A. ? Bacon; n.d. Latin. f. 387.

(52) Certificate of Arnaldus Spaignetus, physician of Bordeaux, on the ill-health of A. Bacon, and advising that he eat meat in Lent; with the necessary permission of Antoine Prevost, Archbishop of Bordeaux, and diet-table; 15 Feb. 1584. Latin and English. ff. 388, 389.

(53) — Peña to A. Bacon on the nature, etc. of gout; n.d. f. 390.

(54) List of officials at Bayonne; circa 1590 ?. f. 395.

(55) List of those killed by the forces of the League at 'St. Tirie' (St. Thierry, dioc. Rheims), etc.; 15 Mar. 1591. f. 396.

(56) Rolle des gendarmes de M^r Boitian [? Guillaume de Gadagne, Seigneur de Botheon] qui accompagnoit Mr St Chamaran [? Jacques Mitte, Marquis de Chaumont, Ambassador to England in 1632] iusqua London'. f. 397.

(57) List of Spanish Grandees permitted to remain covered in the King's presence; 17th cent. f. 399. Paper; ff. 400. Folio. 1584-1599, 1657.

Anthony Bacon, diplomatist: Correspondence, etc., on state affairs: 1584-1599.: Engl. and Fr.: Partly copies.

includes:

f. 3 Cahors, France: Passport signed by consuls of: 1586.
ff. 3-5 Peter Brown: Passports for, in France: 1586.
f. 4 de Lomagne, Seigneur de Terride: Passport signed by: 1586.
ff. 5-6 Antoine de Ebrard de St. Sulpice, Bishop of Cahors: Passport signed by: 1586.
f. 7 Anthony Bacon, diplomatist: Passport for, leaving France for England: 1586.
f. 7 Armand de Gontaut, Baron de Biron; Marshal of France: Passport signed by: 1586.
f. 9 Jasper Mayne: Letter to, from J. Yonge: 1586.
f. 9 John Yonge, recusant: Letter to J. Mayne: 1586.
f. 11 Newsletters From France: Narbonne: 1586.: Fr.
ff. 12, 17, 21, 367-369, 371, 385-386 Newsletters From France: Newsletters: [?1588]-1661.: Fr. and Engl.
f. 13 William Awbrey, DCL; Master of Requests: Commission to, from the Council: 1591.: Copy.
f. 13 Sir Julius Caesar, judge: Commission to, from the Council: 1591.: Copy.
ff. 13, 19-20 Bordeaux, France: Commission and report on English trade with: 1591, n.d.
f. 16 Burieres: Acknowledgment to A. Bacon: 1590.
f. 18 Beverson: Letter to, from A. Bacon: 1591.
ff. 19-20 Edward Selwyn, lawyer: Report on trading dispute at Bordeaux: circ. 1591.
f. 21 Louviers, France: News of the capture of: 1591.: Fr.
f. 22 Robert Prentis: Letter to [?A. Bacon]: 1591.: Fr.
f. 23 Anthony Standen, called 'La Faye': Letter to A. Bacon: 1592.
ff. 24-37b, 50-143 passim, 180-207 passim, 211b-304b passim, 359 Newsletters From Italy: Venice: 1593-1659.: Ital., Fr. and Lat.
ff. 38,41,157,160-170,174 David Foulis, 1st Baronet; 1620: Letters to A. Bacon: 1594.
f. 40 Anthony Standen, called 'La Faye': Unsigned letter to A. Bacon(?), possibly from: 1593.
f. 43 ?J. Saluard?: Letter to A. Bacon: circ. 1593.
ff. 44-155 passim, 180-207 passim, 213, 216, 219, 224, 231-294 passim, 358 Newsletters From the Netherlands: Antwerp: 1593-1598.: Ital.
ff. 52-155 passim, 188-207 passim, 211, 217-304 passim, 358 Newsletters From Italy: Rome: 1593-1656.: Engl. and Ital.
f. 137 Sir Edmund Harrison: Letter to Lord: 1712.
f. 159 David Foulis, 1st Baronet; 1620: Letter to, from the French Ambassador: 1594.
f. 172 David Foulis, 1st Baronet; 1620: Letter to Lord Essex: 1594.: Fr.: Partly cipher.
f. 172 Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex: Letter to, from D. Foulis: 1594.: Fr.
ff. 176, 178, 306, 309, 323 John Herbert, DCL; English Commissioner in Paris: Letters to the Privy Council: 1598.: Copies.
ff. 176, 178, 306, 309,323 Robert Cecil, Viscount Cranborne; 1st Earl of Salisbury: Letters to the Council: 1598.: Copies.
f. 183 Mantua, Duchy and Marquisate of. Vincenzo I: Agreement with the Duke of Parma: 1597.: Ital.: Copy.
f. 183 Ranuccio I; Duke of Parma: Agreement with the Duke of Mantua: 1597.: Ital.: Copy.
ff. 183-184 Cardinal Francesco Maria Tarugi, Archbishop of Avignon: Declaration by, of an agreement betw. Mantua and Parma: 1597.: Ital.: Copy.
ff. 208, 214, 227, 319, 322, 342, 344 Robert Cecil, Viscount Cranborne; 1st Earl of Salisbury: Correspondence with A. Bacon: 1597, 1598.
f. 210 Hungary: List of the Imperial forces in: 1597.: Ital.: Copy.
ff. 229, 277-285, 296-300 Sir Robert Naunton, Secretary of State: Letters to Lord Essex: 1597-1598.: Copies.
ff. 229, 277-285,296-300 Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex: Letters to, from R. Naunton: 1597-1598.: Copies.
ff. 241, 264, 336, 338 Antonio Perez, Secretary and Minister of Philip II of Spain: Letters to, from E. Reynolds: 1597, 1598.: Fr.: Drafts.
ff. 241, 264, 336, 338 Edward Reynolds, Secretary to Robert, 1st Earl of Essex: Letters to A. Perez: 1597-1598.: Fr.: Drafts.
f. 245 Sir John Reynolds, Commander-in-chief of English forces in France: Letter to --: 1657.
f. 256 Sir Robert Naunton, Secretary of State: Letter to A. Bacon: 1597.
ff. 291, 333, 348 Peregrine Bertie, 13th Baron Willoughby d'Eresby: Letters to Lord Essex: 1598.: Copies.
ff. 291,333,348 Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex: Letters to, from Lord Willoughby: 1598.: Copies.
f. 293 Sir Thomas Edmondes, diplomatist: Letter to A. Bacon: 1598.
f. 308 Jacomo Bassadonna: Statement by, of the intentions of James VI, if Qu. Elizabeth named Lord Essex her successor: 1598.: Ital.: Extr.
ff. 313, 329 Elizabeth I of England: Letters to, from Lord Salisbury: 1598.: Copies.
ff. 313, 329 Robert Cecil, Viscount Cranborne; 1st Earl of Salisbury: Letters to Qu. Elizabeth: 1598.: Copies.
ff. 313, 329 John Herbert, DCL; English Commissioner in Paris: Letters to Qu. Elizabeth: 1598.: Copies.
f. 317 William Hervey, Baron Hervey of Kidbrooke: Letter to, from Lord Essex: circ. 1630.: Copy.
f. 317 Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex: Letter to, from Lord Hervey: circ. 1630.: Copy.
f. 335 Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duc de Bouillon: Letter to, from E. Reynolds: 1598.: Fr.: Draft.
f. 335 Edward Reynolds, Secretary to Robert, 1st Earl of Essex: Letter to the Duc de Bouillon: 1598.: Fr.: Drafts.
f. 340 Sir Thomas Bodley, diplomatist and scholar: Letter to Lord Essex: 1598.: Copy.
f. 340 Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex: Letter to, from Sir T. Bodley: 1598.: Copy.
f. 346 Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex: Letter to, from [?J.] CoIvIlle: 1598.: Copy.
f. 346 [?] Colville: Letter to Lord Essex: 1598.: Copy.
f. 350 Jean de Thumery, Sieur de Boissise; French ambassador to England: Letter to A. Bacon: 1598.: Fr.
f. 352 Elizabeth I of England: Letter to, from E. Reynolds: 1599.: Copy.
f. 352 Edward Reynolds, Secretary to Robert, 1st Earl of Essex: Letter to Qu. Elizabeth: 1599.: Copy.
f. 354 Bartholomew Kello: Letter to A. Bacon: 1599.
ff. 354, 355 Esther Kello, née Inglis; calligrapher and miniaturist; wife of Bartholomew Kello: Letters of her husband on her gift of a book of Psalms to Qu. Elizabeth: 1599.
f. 355 Bartholomew Kello: Letter to Qu. Elizabeth: 1599.
f. 355 Elizabeth I of England: Letter to, from B. Kello: 1599.
ff.360-362 Orthez, France: Memoir rel. to the College at: 16th-17th centt.
f. 364 Goufos: Letter to Capt. Bonefoy: circ. 1587.: Fr.
f. 364 Captain Bonefoy: Letter to, from - Goufos: circ. 1587.: Fr.
ff. 365-366b Political Tracts: H. Hawkins: discourse on the ambitious designs of Spain: early 17th cent.: Ital.
ff. 365-366b Henry Hawkins, LLD; diplomatist: Discourse on the ambitious designs of Spain: early 17th cent.: Ital.
ff. 365-366b Philip III of Spain: Treatise of H. Hawkins on the ambitious designs of: early 17th cent.: Ital.
f. 373 Newsletters From Spain: 1598: early 17th cent.: Engl. and Ital.
f. 376b Clement VIII; Pope: Opinion of the treaty between France and Spain: 1598.: Ital.
f. 376b Philip III of Spain: Opinion of Clement VIII on the treaty with France: 1598.: Ital.
f. 376b Henry IV of France: Opinion of Clement VIII on the treaty with Spain: 1598.: Ital.
f. 380 Jane Du Mouscan: Letter to late: 18th cent: Fr.
f. 381 Orlando Woodward: Letter to, from -: [?1608].: Ital.: Imperf.
f. 382 Netherlands General: Arguments in favour of resisting Spain: late 16th cent.: Fr.
ff. 383-384 Humphrey Pickering, of the English forces in France: Representation of grievances signed by: 1657.
ff. 383-384 Richard Hughes, of the English forces in France: Representation of grievances, signed by: 1657.
ff. 383-384 Colonel Samuel Clarke: Representation of grievances of the English forces in France, signed by: 1657.
ff. 383-384 William Bedell, of the English forces in France: Representation of grievances signed by: 1657.
ff. 383-384 Roger Allsopp, of the English forces in France: Representation of grievances signed by: 1657.
ff. 383-384 Isaac Dobson, of the English forces in France: Representations of grievances signed by: 1657.
ff. 383-384 William Legard, of the English forces in France: Representation of grievances signed by: 1657.
ff. 383-384 Lieutenant-Colonel William Fleetwood, of the English forces in France: Representation of grievances signed by: 1657.
ff. 383-384 Lieutenant-Colonel Roger Fenwick, of the English forces in France: Representation of grievances signed by: 1657.
ff.383-384 Robert Mainwaring, of the English forces in France: Representation of grievances signed by: 1657.
ff.383-384 William Littleton, of the English forces in France: Representation of grievances signed by: 1657.
ff.383-384 Henry Lillingston, of the English forces in France: Representation of grievances signed by: 1657.
ff.383-384 Army; England: Representation of the grievances of the army in France: 1657.
ff.383-384 H. Whitestone, of the English forces in France: Representation of grievances signed by: 1657.
ff.383-384 Sir John Reynolds, Commander-in-chief of English forces in France: Representation to, of the grievances of the army: 1657.
ff.383-384 Matthew Kingwell, of the English forces in France: Representation of grievances signed by: 1657.
ff.383-384 F. Bochrand, of the English forces in France: Representation of grievances signed by: 1657.
f. 387 Vinhagolus: Letter to A. Bacon (?): bef. 1601.: Lat.
f. 388 Arnaldus Spaignetus, physician, of Bordeaux: Statement on the ill health of A. Bacon: 1584.: Lat.
f. 388 Antoine Prevost, Archbishop of Bordeaux: Faculty to A. Bacon, to eat meat in Lent: 1584.: Lat.
ff. 388, 389 Anthony Bacon, diplomatist: Statement of ill health, and rules of diet for: 1584.: Lat. and Engl.
f. 390 Peña: Letter to A. Bacon: late 16th cent.
ff. 392, 393 Poetry FRENCH: Stanzas and verses: 17th cent.
f. 394 Poetry ENGLISH: Verses beg. 'O second Arthur': 17th cent.
f. 395 Bayonne, France: List of officials: circ. 1590.
f. 396 Henry IV of France: List of those killed and captured by the forces of the League at St. Thierry: 1591.
f. 396 St Thierry, France: List of those killed and captured at: 1591.
f. 397 Jacques Mitte, Marquis de St. Chaumont; French Ambassador: List of gendarmes accompanying him (?) to London: [?1632].
f. 397 [Guillaume de] [?Gadagne], [Seigneur de Botheon]: List of his gendarmes, accompanying the French Ambassador to London: 1632.
f. 399 Spain, General: List of Grandees permitted to remain covered in the King's presence: 17th cent.

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