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Vol. IV (ff. 312). T-W. Together with miscellaneous notes among which are: (a) extracts relating to Cambridge men, from Thomas Baker's collections in Harley MSS.7031-7037. ff. 178-201;- (b)'Alphabetical list of Lives' by Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford. ff. 202-204;- (c) 'Kalendarium Carlananum', a chronology of events in the life of Pierre Bayle of Carlat; 1647-1686. Cf. Dictionnaire Historique et Critique, 1730, i, p. cix. ff. 205-211;- (d) Critical notes by A. A. Sykes on Phlegon's account of an eclipse temp. Tiberius; circa 1735. ff. 218- 222;- (e) Notes upon Appius Claudius III, Roman decemvir and consul, fl. 451-449 B.C. ff. 251-254.
includes:
- f. 1 Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol, d 1737, Lord Chancellor: Biographical notice: 18th cent.
- ff. 3, 4 John Trenchard, d 1662 MP: Notes on his family: 18th cent.
- ff. 5-19 Charles Trimnell, Bishop of Norwich and (1721) of Winchester: Biographical notice: 18th cent.: Lat. and Engl.
- ff. 20-32 Reverend Thomas Wagstaff, d 1712 nonjuror: Biographical notice: 18th cent.
- f. 33 Sir Patience Ward, d 1696 Lord Mayor of London: Biographical notice: 18th cent.
- f. 35 Esay Ward, d 1674 MD, FRS: Biographical notice: 18th cent.
- ff. 36-75 John Ward, d 1758 LLD, FRS; Professor of Rhetoric at Gresham College: Correspondence and notes rel. to his life: aft. 1758-1766.: Lat. and Engl.
- f. 41 Catherine Jones: Letter to A. Ducarel: 1765.
- ff. 44, 62 ,64 John Loveday, antiquary, of Caversham: Letters to A. Ducarel: 1765, 1766.
- ff. 49, 59 Andrew Coltee Ducarel, LL.D; FSA: Letters to T. Birch: 1754-1765.
- f. 53 Nathaniel Lardner, DD; nonconformist divine: Letters to T. Birch: 1765.
- f. 60 Dr Matthew Maty, Principal Librarian, British Museum: Notes by: 1766, n.d.: Autogr.
- f. 66 A. Goodwin, of Warwick: Letter to T. Birch: 1765.
- f. 76 John Warner, d 1666 Bishop of Rochester: Biographical notice: 18th cent.
- ff. 78, 102 Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton: Biographical notices: 18th cent.
- ff. 80-88 William III of England: Character, etc., represented in the Duke of Shrewsbury's correspondence: 18th cent.
- ff. 85-111 Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury: Characters of William III and his ministers abstracted from his correspondence: 18th cent.
- ff. 89-93 Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland: Character of, etc.: 18th cent.
- ff. 94-98 John Somers, Baron Somers 1697: Biographical notices: 18th cent.
- f. 99 Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough: Character, etc., of: 18th cent.
- f. 103 Hans Willem Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland: Character of: 18th cent.
- f. 104 Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford; Prime Minister: Character: 18th cent.
- f. 104 Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax: Character: 18th cent.
- ff. 105-111 Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury: Character: 18th cent.
- ff. 112-127 Thomas Willis, d 1675 MD; FRS: Biographical notice: 18th cent.
- ff. 129-147 Anthony à Wood, d 1695 antiquary: Biographical notice: 18th cent.: Fr.
- ff. 148-167 Reverend William Wotton, d 1727 divine and scholar: Biographical notice: 18th cent.: Lat. and Engl.
- ff. 168-170 Matthew Wren, Bishop successively of Hereford, Norwich, and Ely, (ob. 1667): Account of interview with Lord Winchester, Bp. Laud, etc.: 1624.
- ff. 172-176 Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet; Chancellor of Exchequer: Biographical notice: 18th cent.
- f. 177 Robert Barclay, d 1690 Quaker: Biographical notes: 18th cent.
- ff. 178-201 Thomas Baker: Biographies taken from his collections: 18th cent.: Extracts.
- ff. 205-211 Pierre Bayle, d 1706 French philosopher: Chronology of events in his life: 18th cent.: Fr. and Lat.
- f. 212 William Rushworth, d 1637 Roman Catholic divine: Note on his 'Dialogues': 18th cent.
- f. 214 John Milton, poet: Note on his arrest and release: 1660.
- f. 215 Henri Justel, Secretary to the King of France, afterwards Librarian to the King of England: Biographical note: 18th cent.
- f. 216 Sir Thomas Gooch, 2nd Baronet; Bishop successively of Bristol, Norwich and Ely: Note of sermon preached before House of Commons by: 1712.
- f. 217 John Thurloe, Secretary of State: Biographical note: 18th cent.
- ff. 218-222 Phlegon, of Tralles: Notes on his account of an eclipse temp. Tiberius: circ. 1735.
- ff. 218-222 Arthur Ashley Sykes, DD; Precentor of Salisbury, Prebendary of Winchester: Notes on Phlegon's account of an eclipse temp. Tiberius: circa 1735.: Autogr.
- ff.218-222 Astronomy: Notes on Phlegon's account of an eclipse temp. Tiberius: circ. 1735.
- ff.223, 257-260 Saint Winefride: Life of: 18th cent.: Fr.
- ff. 228-243 Political Tracts: Letter from a Person of Quality, to his Friend in the Country': 1675.: Printed. Imperf.
- f. 246 John Bertit, of Madrid: Letter to J. Collins, 1671. Copy: 18th cent.
- f. 248 Pierre Bayle, d 1706 French philosopher: Notes on: 18th cent.
- ff. 251-254 Appius Claudius Crassus lnregilensis Sabinus, Roman decemvir and consul; fl. 451-449 BC: Notes on: 18th cent.
- f. 255 Marcus Castritius, magistrate of Placentia; fl. 85 BC: Notes on: 18th cent.
- f. 255 Titus Castritius, rhetorician; fl. 2nd cent. AD: Notes on: 18th cent.
- ff. 255b, 256 Saint Cataldus,; Bishop of Tarento: Legends of: 18th cent.
- f. 262 Hubert von Giffen, d 1624 alias Giphanius; Flemish jurist and philologist: Notes on: 18th cent.
- f. 263 Hobart family: Notes on: 18th cent.
- f. 264 Jacques Bongars, diplomatist: Biographical notice: 18th cent.
- f. 265 Andrew Coltee Ducarel, LL.D; FSA: Note on the Tenison Papers in the Lambeth Library: 18th cent.
- f. 274 John Beaufort, 3rd Earl and (1443) 1st Duke of Somerset: Biographical note: 17th cent.
- f. 274 Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham: Biographical note: 17th cent.
- f. 274b John, Duke of Bedford: Biographical notice: 17th cent.
- f. 274b Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter 1416: Biographical notice: 17th cent.
- f. 274b Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester: Biographical notice: 17th cent.
- f. 282 Catharine Cockburn, d 1749 née Trotter; dramatist and philosophical writer: Letter criticising T. Birch's Life of: 1750.
- f. 282 Henry Etough, Rector of Therfield, county Hertfordshire: Letters to T. Birch: 1743-1757.
- f. 295 Heneage Finch, 5th Earl of Winchilsea: Biographical note: 18th cent.
- f. 297 Poetry TWO OR MORE LANGUAGES: T. Birch: verses written and collected by: circ. 1625-1760.: Lat., Engl. and Fr.: Partly printed.
- f. 302 Offspring Blackall, d 1716 Bishop of Exeter: Biographical note: 18th cent.
- f. 306 Sir Thomas Littleton, d 1481 judge: Biographical notes: 18th cent.
- ff. 307, 308 John Toland, deist: Notes on his works: 18th cent.
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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 4221-4225 : BIRCH'S BIOGRAPHICAL COLLECTIONSCollection of biographical notices and memoranda of literary, scientific and other…
Add MS 4224 : Vol. IV (ff. 312). T-W. Together with miscellaneous notes among which are: (a) extracts relating to Cambridge men, from Thomas… - Hierarchy:
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- Start Date:
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- c 1730-c 1766
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- Appius Claudius Crassus lnregilensis Sabinus, Roman decemvir and consul; fl. 451-449 BC, fl 451-449 BC (Subject)
Baker, Thomas, scholar and antiquarian, 1656-1740 (Subject)
Barclay, Robert, Quaker; theologian, 1648-1690 (Subject)
Bayle, Pierre, French philosopher, 1647-1706 (Subject)
Beaufort, John, 3rd Earl and (1443) 1st Duke of Somerset (Subject)
Beaufort, Thomas, Duke of Exeter 1416 (Subject)
Bedford, John, Duke of (Subject)
Bentinck, Hans Willem, 1st Earl of Portland (Subject)
Bertit, John, of Madrid (Subject)
Blackall, Offspring, Bishop of Exeter, d 1716 (Subject)
Bongars, Jacques, diplomatist (Subject)
Burnet, Gilbert, Bishop of Salisbury, 1643-1715 (Subject)
Castritius, Marcus, magistrate of Placentia; fl. 85 BC (Subject)
Castritius, Titus, rhetorician; fl. 2nd cent. AD (Subject)
Cataldus, Saint, Bishop of Tarento (Subject)
Cockburn, Catharine, née Trotter; dramatist and philosophical writer, d 1749 (Subject)
Ducarel, Andrew Coltée, archivist, librarian, antiquary and lawyer, 1713-1785 (Subject)
Etough, Henry, Rector of Therfield, county Hertfordshire (Subject)
Finch, Heneage, 5th Earl of Winchilsea, politician and army officer, c 1656-1726 (Subject)
Giffen, Hubert, alias Hubertus Giphanius; jurist and philologist, c 1533-1624 (Subject)
Gooch, Thomas, 2nd Baronet, chaplain and Bishop of Ely, 1674-1754 (Subject)
Goodwin, A, of Warwick, correspondent of Thomas Birch, fl 1765 (Subject)
Hobart, Family (Subject)
Humphrey of Lancaster, Duke of Gloucester, 1390-1447 (Subject)
Jones, Catherine (Subject)
Justel, Henri, French protestant scholar and secretary, librarian to King Charles II of England, 1620-1693 (Subject)
Lardner, Nathaniel, DD; nonconformist divine (Subject)
Littleton, Thomas, judge, d 1481 (Subject)
Loveday, John, antiquary, of Caversham (Subject)
Maty, Matthew, Dr Principal Librarian British Museum (Subject)
Milton, John, poet, 1608-1674 (Subject)
Montagu, Charles, 1st Earl of Halifax, politician, 1661-1715 (Subject)
Mordaunt, Charles, 3rd Earl of Peterborough (Subject)
Phlegon, of Tralles (Subject)
Rushworth, William, Roman Catholic divine, d 1637 (Subject)
Somers, John, Baron Somers, lawyer and politician, 1651-1716 (Subject)
Spencer, Robert, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, 1641-1702 (Subject)
Stafford, Humphrey, 1st Duke of Buckingham, 1402–1460 (Subject)
Sykes, Arthur Ashley, DD; Precentor of Salisbury, Prebendary of Winchester (Subject)
Talbot, Charles, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol, Lord Chancellor, d 1737 (Subject)
Talbot, Charles, Duke of Shrewsbury (Subject)
Thurloe, John, Sec of State (Subject)
Toland, John, deist (Subject)
Trenchard, John, MP, d 1662 (Subject)
Trimnell, Charles, Bishop of Norwich and of Winchester, fl 1721 (Subject)
Wagstaff, Thomas, Reverend; nonjuror, d 1712 (Subject)
Walpole, Robert, 1st Earl of Orford, Prime Minister, 26 Aug 1676–18 Mar 1745, (Subject)
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121448574
Ward, Esay, MD, FRS, d 1674 (Subject)
Ward, John, LLD, FRS; Professor of Rhetoric at Gresham College, d 1758 (Subject)
Ward, Patience, Lord Mayor of London, d 1696 (Subject)
Warner, John, Bishop of Rochester, d 1666 (Subject)
Wharton, Thomas, 1st Marquess of Wharton (Subject)
William III, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1650-1702 (Subject)
Willis, Thomas, MD; FRS, d 1675 (Subject)
Winefride, Saint (Subject)
Wood, Anthony, antiquary, d 1695 (Subject)
Wotton, William, Reverend; divine and scholar, d 1727 (Subject)
Wren, Matthew, Bishop successively of Hereford, Norwich, and Ely, (ob. 1667) (Subject)
Wyndham, William, 3rd Baronet, Chancellor of Exchequer (Subject)