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040-002109655

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032-002109547

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ELLIS CORRESPONDENCE

Original letters, many of them unsigned, addressed to John Ellis, Secretary to the Revenue Commissioners in Ireland, upon public affairs, giving many details of court news, appointments and dismissals of officials, and other events at home and abroad leading up to the Revolution; 1686-1688. Among the writers are James Butler, Duke of Ormonde; Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon; Sir Robert Southwell; Sir Jonathan Trelawney, Bishop of Bristol; Humphrey Prideaux; Owen Wynne, Under Secretary of State, etc. The writers' names are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. Extracts from the letters were included by Sir Henry Ellis in his Original Letters Illustrative of English History, 1824, etc. (2nd Ser., iv), and the whole correspondence was published by G. A. Ellis, The Ellis Correspondence, 1829, 2 vols. For other correspondence of J. Ellis see Add. MSS. 28875-28956, especially 28875, 28876 which cover the dates of the present volume and contain letters from some of the same writers. Paper; ff. 438. Folio. 1686-1688.

Owen Wynne, Under Secretary of State: Letters to J. Ellis: 1686-1688.

John Ellis, Under Secretary of State: Letters to: 1686-1688.

James II of England: Newsletters from London, etc.: 1686-1688.

Israel Feilding, Commissary-General in Ireland, Commissioner for Victualling the Navy: Letters to J. Ellis: 1686-1688.

Newsletters From England: London: 1684-1695.

includes:

ff. 14, 209 Samuel de Paz: Letters to J. Ellis: 1606, 1687.
f. 37 Company of Merchant Adventurers: Petition to Parliament: circ. 1650.
ff. 61,400 Philip Madoxe, clerk to Sir R Southwell: Letters to J. Ellis: 1686, 1688.
ff. 90, 97, 124, 319, 359 William Shaw, of the Treasury: Letter to J. Ellis: 1686-1688.
ff. 99, 120, 152, 173, 204 Francis Gwyn, politician: Letters to J. Ellis: 1686, 1687.
ff. 101, 387 James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde: Letters to J. Ellis: 1686, 1688.
f. 139 Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 3rd Baronet; Bishop of Winchester: Letter to J. Ellis: 1687.
ff. 146, 181 Samuel Ellis: Letters to his brother, J. Ellis: 1687.
f. 160 Elizabeth Clarke: Letter to J. Ellis: 1687.
ff. 165, 285, 436 Sir Robert Southwell, Secretary of State for Ireland 1690: Letters to J. Ellis: 1686-1688.
ff. 184, 198, 218 Herbert Aubrey, Irish Commissioner: Letters to J. Ellis: 1687.
f. 205 William Smith, customs official at Dublin: Letter to: from 1687.
f. 206 Poetry ENGLISH: Lines on the author of the 'Hind and Panther': 1687.
f. 222 Hugh Montgomery, 2nd Earl of Mount Alexander: Letter to J. Ellis: 1689.
ff. 228, 315 Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon: Letters to J. Ellis: 1688.
ff. 252, 339 Francis Cave: Letters to J. Ellis: 1688.
f. 265 Humphrey Prideaux, Dean of Norwich: Letter to J. Ellis: 1688.
f. 295 James Bonnell, Accountant-General of Ireland: Letter to J. Ellis: 1688.
f. 313 Philip Ellis, RC Vicar-Apostolic of the Western District: Letter to J. Ellis: 1688.
ff. 347, 406 William Culliford, Commissioner of Revenue in Ireland: Letter to J. Ellis: 1688.
f. 377 William Henry (William III), Princes of Orange: Address to the States General on leaving Holland, with replies: 1688.
f. 393 Charles Loveseto: Notes on movements of the Dutch Fleet: 1688.
f. 418 City of Nottingham: Declaration of nobles and commons at: 1688.

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Western Manuscripts

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Additional Manuscripts

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032-002109547
040-002109655

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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…

Add MS 4194 : ELLIS CORRESPONDENCE Original letters, many of them unsigned, addressed to John Ellis, Secretary to the Revenue Commissioners in…

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English

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Latin

Start Date:

1686

End Date:

1688

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1686-1688

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Names:

Aubrey, Herbert, Irish Commissioner
Bonnell, James, Accountant-General of Ireland
Butler, James, 1st Duke of Ormonde
Cave, Francis
Clarke, Elizabeth, of Add MS 4194
Company of Merchant Adventurers
Culliford, William, Commissioner of Revenue in Ireland
Ellis, John, government official, c 1642-1738
Ellis, Philip, RC Vicar-Apostolic of the Western District
Ellis, Samuel, brother of John Ellis, government official, fl 1680-1687
Feilding, Israel, army officer, fl 1686-1708
Gwyn, Francis, politician
Hyde, Henry, 2nd Earl of Clarendon
James II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Loveseto, Charles
Madoxe, Philip, clerk to Sir R Southwell
Montgomery, Hugh, 2nd Earl of Mount Alexander
Paz, Samuel
Prideaux, Humphrey, Dean of Norwich
Shaw, William, of the Treasury
Smith, William, customs official at Dublin
Southwell, Robert, Sec of State for Ireland 1690
Trelawny, Jonathan, 3rd Baronet, Bishop of Winchester
William Henry (William III), Prince of Orange, Stadholder of Holland; King of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1650-1702
Wynne, Owen, Under Sec of State

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Nottingham, Nottinghamshire