Sloane MS 856

Charles II of England: Register of writs of Privy Seal, royal warrants and other State papers.

Sir Edward Walker, Garter King at Arms: Warrant to, for augmentation of the arms of F. Wolfe: 1660.

Sir John Nicholas, Clerk of the Privy Council: Register of warrants: temp. Chas. II.

Writers of Manuscripts: Nicholas (Sir John), Clerk of the Privy Council: 1660-1663.

Henry Gregory, Clerk of the Council to Qu. Catherine of Braganza: Register of warrants: temp. Chas. II.

includes:

• f. 2 Colonel Thomas Panton: Warrant appointing him keeper of Eltham Manor and Park: 1661.
• f. 2 b Samuel Hall, Subdean of Christ Church, Oxford: Royal approbation of his appointment to the first canonry residentiary of Christ Church: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 2 b Corbet Owen, Student of Christ Church, Oxford: Royal recommendation of, to a scholarship at Westminster. school: [1660].
• f. 2 b Colonel Francis Willoughby, of Wollaton: Order for his appointment to the first vacant Foot Company in Ireland: 1660/1.
• ff. 2, 39 b Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough: Warrant constituting him Governor of Tangier: 1661.
• f. 3 Antoine Neuville, Seigneur de Bourdeaux; Ambassador to England, 1652-1660: Warrant for seizing him and a suit of hangings intended to be sent abroad: 1660.
• f. 3 Roger Stanley, son of William Stanley, of Southampton: Royal recommendation of, when scholar of Winchester College, for a fellowship at New College, Oxford: 1660.
• f. 3 Patrick M-; M.A: Royal recommendation of, to a Fellowship: temp. Charles II.
• f. 3 b Francis Young: Warrant to examine his patent to the custody of Windsor Manor House and Great Park: 1661.
• f. 3 b Devizes, Wiltshire: Royal letter to the mayor and aldermen, recommending R. Foot to he Town Clerk: 1660.
• f. 3 b Robert Foot: Royal letter recommending him to be Town-Clerk of Devizes: 1660.
• f. 3 b James Zouch: Warrant to, for holding an annual fair and weekly market at Woking: 1661.
• f. 3 b Woking, Surrey: Warrant for holding a yearly fair and weekly market at, granted to J. Zouch.: 1661.
• f. 4 Hedon, Yorkshire: Warrant for holding a fair at: 1661.
• f. 4 John Finch: Warrant appointing him Undersearcher in the port of London: 1661.
• f. 4 Edward al. Edmund Page: Warrant for dispossessing him of the place of Undersearcher in the port of London: 1661.
• f. 4 b Sir Edward Sydenham: Warrant suspending him from his Knight Marshal's place: 1660.
• f. 4 b Thomas Simon, Royal Engraver: Warrant to, for engraving new seals for the Duchy of Lancaster, the Privy seal for England, the Great seal and the seals for the three courts of Justice for Ireland: 1660.
• f. 4 b Mountjoy Blount, 1st Earl of Newport: Warrant suspending his Patent of Ordnance: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 5 England, Ecclesiastical History: Warrant for the augmentation of poor vicarages and curacies: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 5 Sir Walter Walker, LL.D: Warrant appointing him King's Counsel in the Courts of Admiralty and Delegacy, and in all ecclesiastical courts: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 5 b Daniel Bandinell, Dean of Jersey: Warrant for appointment to the Deanery, vacant by his death: 1661.
• f. 5 b Philip Le Coutieur, Rector of St. Martin's, Jersey: Warrant for appointment of, to the Deanery of Jersey: 1661.
• f. 6 John Singleton, Musician: Appointment as Royal lutanist: 1661.
• f. 6 Dean and Chapter of Exeter: Warrant to, for suspending the statute by which Canons receive no dividend the first year: 1660.
• f. 6 Dr William Creed, Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford: Appointment to be Canon of Christ Church: 1661.
• f. 6 b Thomas Royeroft, Printer, of London: License to, to print in the Oriental languages: 1660.
• f. 7 Cambridge; University of. Magdalene College: Warrant for granting to, the privilege of nominating Proctors' Taxors and Scrutators: 1660.
• f. 7 Cambridge; Emmanuel College: Warrant for granting to, the privilege of nominating Proctors, Taxors and Scrutators: 1660.
• f. 7 Cambridge; St. John's College: Warrant for granting to, the privilege of nominating Proctors, Taxors and Scrutators: 16?0.
• f. 7 b Croston, Lancashire: Warrant for the perpetual appropriation of the Vicarage to the See of Chester: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 7 b Sir Lionel Tollemache, 3rd Baronet: Order to, for allowing to each of the keepers of Richmond Park the keep of six horses and fifteen cows: 1661.
• f. 7 b Richmond Park, Surrey: Order for allowing to each keeper the keep of six horses and fifteen cows: 1661.
• f. 8 Sir Bernard Gascoigne, Envoy to Vienna (1672-73): Warrant for leasing to, Redcrosse Manor in Bristol: 1661.
• f. 8 William Staine: Revocation of the presentation granted to, of Hollingbourne Rectory, co. Kent: 1661.
• f. 8 Bristol, Gloucestershire: Warrant for leasing Rederosse Manor in, to Sir B. Gascoigne: 1661.
• f. 8 b Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton: Warrant to, as Lord High Treasurer, to permit Alderman Menell to export œ10,000 in foreign specie: 1660.
• f. 8 b Thomas Menell, alias Meniel; Alderman and Sheriff of London: Warrant to, to export œ10,000 in foreign specie: 1660.
• f. 9 Francis Young: Order to, to deliver up Windsor Park Manor House: 1661.
• f. 9 Kenrick Eyton, son of Kenr. Eyton: Warrant for granting to, the reversion of the office of Prothonotary and Clerk of the Crown in cos. Denbigh and Montgomery: 1661.
• f. 9 New Windsor, Berkshire: Royal warrant for delivering up the Manor House in the Great Park at: 1661.
• f. 9 Sir William Williams, 1st Baronet; Speaker of the House of Commons: Warrant for granting to, the reversion of the office of Prothonotary and Clerk of the Crown in cos. Denbigh and Montgomery: 1661.
• f. 9 County of Montgomery: Warrant for granting the reversion of the office of Prothonotary and Clerk of the Crown in: 1661.
• f. 9 Thomas Shemonds: Royal Order to deliver up Windsor Park Manor House to: 1661.
• f. 9 Thomas Simon, Royal Engraver: Warrant to, to prepare stamps or dies for coining gold and silver moneys: [1661.].
• f. 9 b Hugh Michell: Warrant to, to take game for the stocking of Hampton Court Park: 1661.
• f. 9 b Henry Gibbs: Warrant to, to take game for the stocking of Hampton Court Park: 1661.
• f. 9b William Garfoote, of county Suffolk: Warrant to reprieve him for the murder of W. Glover: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 10 Francis Luttrell: Warrant for granting to, the holding of an annual fair in St. Enoder: 1661.
• f. 10 St. Enoder, Cornwall: Warrant for granting an annual fair at, to F. Luttrell: 1661.
• f. 10 India, East, Company: Warrant to prepare a bill to enable the company to punish disorderly, persons in India: 1661/2.
• f. 10 b Robert Scarborough: Warrant for granting to, the place of Falconer in ordinary: 1661/2.
• f. 10 b George Porter, eldest son of Endymion Porter: Warrant for a pension to: 1661/2.
• f. 10b Mary Austin, junior: Warrant to appoint her to be laundress to the intended Queen: 1661.
• f. 11 John Baker, Butcher, of St. Pulcher's Parish, county Middlesex: License to sell meat privately in Lent: 1661/2.
• f. 11 James Davis: Warrant for his salary as supernumerary groom of the Privy Chamber: 1661/2.
• f. 11 John Hacket, Bishop of Lichfield: Warrant recommending him to be Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry: 1661.
• f. 11 b James Marsh, Chaplain to Charles I: Note of dispensation granted to, to hold two livings: 1631.
• f. 11 b Sir Henry Wotton: Royal letter recommending him to be Provost of Eton: [1623].
• f. 11 b Eton College; Berkshire: Royal warrant to the Vice-Provost appointing Sir H. Wotton to be Provost: [1623].
• f. 11 b Andrew Cleark, DD, Chaplain to Charles, Prince of Wales: Note of a dispensation to, to hold two livings: n.d.
• f. 12 Orders Military. Garter: Commission for the installation of the knights: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 12 John Overall, Bishop of Norwich: Royal letter recommending him to be Dean of St. Paul's: [1602].
• f. 12 London PARISHES AND LOCALITIES: Royal letter commendatory of Dr. Overall to be Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral Church: [1602].: Copy.
• f. 12 b Captain John Baynard: Royal letter for the admission of, into the Charter House Hospital: 1626/7.
• f. 12 b Magdalen College Oxford: Royal letter to, recommending J. M. as a Probationer: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 12 b George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury: Royal letter to, as Commissioner of the Charter House hospital: 1626/7.
• f. 12 b J- M-; B.A. Oxon: Royal recommendation of, to be Probationer of Magdalen College: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 13 Henry Gouche, BD, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge: Royal letter to the Vice Chancellor and Heads of Houses to permit him to proceed at once to the degree of D.D.: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 13 University of Cambridge: Royal letter to the Vice-Chancellor and Heads of Houses to permit H. Gouche to proceed at once to the degree of D.D.: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 13 Turkey, Sultans of. AMURATH IV: Letter to, from Charles I., on recalling Sir T. Roe: [1628].
• f. 13 Charles I of England: Letter to the Sultan on recalling Sir T. Roe: [1628].: Copy.
• f. 13 Sir Thomas Roe: Recall of, from his embassy to Turkey: [1628].
• f. 13 Sir Peter Wyche, senior, Ambassador to Turkey: Letter of credence, as Ambassador to Turkey: [1628].
• f. 13 b Robert Syme: Royal letter to the Czar, to permit him to purchase six or seven ship-loads of corn for the king's use: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 13 b Russia, Czars of. ALEXIS MICHAELOVITCH: Letter to, from Charles II., to permit R. Syme to purchase six or seven loads of corn for the king's use: n.d.
• f. 14 Bishops of Bath and Wells: Royal letter to the Bishop to confer the living of Cheddar on Dean Barlow in case of lapse: [1621-1631].
• f. 14 Ralph Barlow, Dean of Bath and Wells: Royal letter to the Bishop to confer the living of Cheddar on him, in case of lapse: [1621-1631].
• f. 14 b Tobias Matthew, Bishop of Durham, afterwards Archbishop of York: Royal letter to, conc. two presentations to Kerkelitaton church: [1626].
• f. 14 b Joseph Stock: Royal letter to the Archbishop of York to grant institution to, of Kerkelitaton Church: [1626].
• f. 14 b Kirkheaton, West Riding of Yorkshire: Royal letter to the Archbishop of York to institute J. Stock to the church of: [1626].
• f. 14 b Robert Dodsworth, only son of Roger Dodsworth, the Antiquary: Royal letter for the renewal of his lease for the tithe corn of Heighington: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 14b Dean and Chapter of Durham: Royal letter to, to renew R. Dodsworth's lease for the tithe corn of Heighington: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 15 University of Cambridge: Royal letter to the Vice-Chancellor and Heads of Houses to admit E. R. to the degree of B.D.: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 15 E- R-: Royal letter to the University of Cambridge to admit him to the degree of B.D.: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 15 Oxford; All Souls College: Royal letter to, to admit R. Napper as a fellow: [1628].
• f. 15 Sir Richard Napier, MD: Royal letter to All Souls College, Oxford, desiring them to admit him as a fellow: [1628].
• f. 16 b Dean and Chapter of Carlisle: Royal letter to dispense with the residence of the Dean: [1628.].
• f. 16 b Edward Abbott, Chief Chaunter in Wells Cathedral: Royal letter commendatory of, to the next vacant residentiaryship: [1618].
• f. 16 b Richard Meredith, Dean of Wells: Royal letter to, commendatory of E. Abbott to the next vacant residentiaryship: [1618].
• f. 16 b William Peterson, successively Dean of Carlisle and of Exeter: Royal letter to dispense with his residence, as about to accompany Lord Carlisle to foreign parts: [1628].
• f. 17 Henry Wickham, Archdeacon of York: Royal letter to the University of Cambridge for creating him a Doctor in Divinity: [1624-1641].
• f. 17 University of Cambridge: Royal letter to the Vice-Chancellor and Heads of Houses for creating H. Wickham a D.D.: [1624-1641].
• f. 17 b Eton College; Berkshire: Royal letter to, commendatory of W. Jackson to a child's place on the foundation: 1660/1.
• f. 17 b Ireland: Royal letter to the Lords and Justices of Ireland forbidding the granting of confiscated lands: 1660/1.
• f. 17 b William Jackson: Royal letter to Eton College commendatory of, to a scholarship: 1660/1.
• ff. 17 b, 18 Household, Royal: Form of warrant for a groom of the Privy Chamber's wages and his livery: temp. Chas II.
• f. 18 b Mint: Warrant for a pension to I. G. in consideration of the surrender of his patent of Chief Graver of the Mint and seals: temp. Chas. I.
• f. 19 Sir J- S-: Warrant for a pension to, out of the Exchequer: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 19 b C- B-; Surgeon Royal: Royal letter commendatory of, to be a freeman of the city of London: temp. Charles II.
• f. 19 b H- C-: Royal letter of exemption for, from serving the office of High Sheriff of London: temp. Charles II.
• f. 19 b London, England: Royal letter to, commendatory of C. B. to be a freeman of the city: temp. Charles II.: Copy.
• f. 20 b James Hay, Viscount Doncaster; 1st Earl of Carlisle: Order for his allowance as Ambassador to France: [1616].
• f. 22 b Jephson Maguire, Lieutenant: Warrant for payment of a yearly pension to, in consideration of his blindness: 1661.
• f 23 Sir Henry Devic, 1st Baronet; Chancellor of Windsor Castle and of the Order of the Garter: Warrant to, for granting a knight's place to J. Jobson: 1661.
• f. 23 Francis Sandys, son of Sir Martin Sandys: Royal letter to grant him a lease of a third life on Misterton Rectory: temp. Charles II.
• f. 23 Misterton, Nottinghamshire: Royal letter to grant F. Sandys a lease of a third life on the Rectory: temp. Charles II.
• f. 23 John Jobson: Warrant for creating him a Poor Knight of Windsor: 1661.
• f. 23 b William Ashburnham, Cofferer of the Household: Royal letter to the Church of Rochester to grant to him and Lady Marlborough, his wife, a lease of Hudingham, Coddington, and Kingston Manors: 1660.
• f. 23 b Sir Francis Hamilton, Baronet: Warrant for the suspension of an order, permitting him to transport Irish wool to foreign parts: temp. Chas. I.
• f. 23 b Diocese of Rochester: Royal letter to, to grant to Lady Marlborough and to W. Ashburnham a lease of Hudingham, Coddington and Kingston Manors: 1660.
• f. 23 b Symon Mayne, Regicide: Royal grant of his forfeited lands to Lady Marlborough: 1660.
• f. 23 b Kingston Manor; Berkshire: Royal letter to the Dean and Chapter of Rochester, to grant a lease of, to Lady Marlborough: 1660.
• f. 23 b Jane Ashburnham, wife of William Asburnham and widow of James, 1st Earl of Marlborough: Royal letter to the Church of Rochester to grant to her a lease of Hudingham, Coddington, and Kingston Manors: 1660.
• f. 24 Sir Henry Willoughby, Baronet; of Risley: Royal letter to, commendatory of the wife and family of Sir T. Aston: 1646.
• f. 24 Sir Thomas Aston, 1st Baronet: Royal letter commendatory of his wife and family to Sir H. Willoughby: 1646.
• f. 24 b Saintard, MD of Paris: Letter to the Vicars Choral of St. Asaph: [1646].
• f. 25 Francis Wolfe, of Madeley, county Shropshire: Warrant for the augmentation of his arms: 1660.
• f. 25 b Sir Thomas Mallett, Justice of the King's Bench: Warrant for his retirement: 1660.
• f. 26 Thomas Savage, 2nd Earl Rivers: Warrant for a grant to, of the privilege of holding a market weekly and two fairs yearly at Frodsham: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 26 Thomas Ayleway: Warrant for dispossessing him of the office of searcher in the port of London: 1661.
• f. 26 Frodsham, Cheshire: Warrant for a grant to Lord Rivers of the privilege of holding a market weekly and two fairs yearly at: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 26 John Markham: Warrant appointing him to the office of searcher in the port of London: 1661.
• f. 26 b Maldon, Essex: Royal recommendation of' Sir J. Bramston to be the High Steward: 1661.
• f. 26 b Sir Henry Mildmay, Regicide: Royal letter removing him from the High Stewardship of Malden: 1661.
• f. 26 b George Hopkins: Warrant for granting to, the second troop of horse vacant in the army of Ireland: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 26 b Sir John Bramston, junior, MP for Malden: Royal letter commendatory of, to be High Steward of Maiden: 1661.
• f. 27 James Hart, MD, Physician in Ordinary to Charles II: Royal letter commendatory of, to be physician of the Charter House: 1660.
• f. 27 John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor: Warrant for granting the command of a troop of horse in Ireland vacant by the resignation of: 1661.
• f. 27 SirWilliam Neale: Warrant for granting to, the command of a troop of horse in Ireland: 1661.
• f. 27 b Canterbury, Kent: Royal letter to the city recommending the re-election of W. Turner, the present Mayor: 1660.
• f. 27 b William Juxon, Archbishop of Canterbury: Royal letter to, to order the Bishops and Deans and Chapters in his Province to let their lands to such as, were tenants before the late troubles: [1660-1663].
• f. 27 b William Turner, Mayor of Canterbury: Royal letter to the city of Canterbury recommending his re-election: 1660.
• f. 28 Sir Edward Walker, Garter King at Arms: Warrant to, for granting Lady K. Stewart the precedency of an Earl's daughter: 1660.
• f. 28 Lady Katharine Stuart, daughter of George, Lord Aubigny: Warrant for granting to, the precedency of an Earl's daughter: 1660.
• f. 28 b Henry Leslie, Bishop of Down and Connor, afterwards of Meath: Warrant recommending his appointment to the see of Meath and Clonmacnois: 1660.
• f. 28 b Anthony Martin, Bishop of Meath and Clonmacnois (ob. 1650): Royal warrant recommending his successor: 1660.
• f. 29 Foliot Wingfeild: Royal grant of his wardship and marriage to Lord Orrery: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 29 Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery: Warrant to grant the wardship of F. Wingfield to: 1660.
• f. 29 Sir Francis Hamilton, Baronet: Warrant granting to, the guardianship of his grandson Charles: 1660.
• f. 29 b Sir Arthur Forbes, 2nd Baronet; 1st Earl of Granard 1684: Warrant granting to, the guardianship of his stepson, Sir W. Stewart: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 29 b Henry Gilbert: Warrant granting to, the guardianship of Miss D. Savage: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 29 b Sir William Stewart, 3rd Baronet; 1st Viscount Mountjoy: Warrant granting the wardship of, to his stepfather, Sir A. Forbes: [1660].
• f. 29 b Duglas Savage, daughter of William Savage, of Castle Rebban: Grant of the wardship of, to H. Gilbert: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 30 Charles Stuart, 3rd Duke of Richmond and 6th Duke of Lennox: Warrant for swearing him one of the Gentlemen of the Bed-chamber: [1660-1671].
• f. 30 Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet: Warrant appointing him Lieutenant of the Tower of London: 1660.
• f. 30 Eton College; Berkshire: Royal letter to, commendatory of C. Slowman to a child's place on the foundation: temp. Charles II.
• f. 30 Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester: Warrant to, as Lord Chamberlain, for swearing in the Duke of Richmond as a gentleman of the bedchamber: [1660-1671].
• f. 30 Charles Slowman, son of Captain J Slowman: Royal letter commendatory of, to a child's place on the foundation at Eton: temp. Charles II.
• f. 30 b Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet: Warrant to deliver to, the custody of the Tower of London: 1660.
• f. 31 Anthony Holland, Yeoman Pricker of the Buck-hounds: Warrant for payment of his wages: 1635.
• f. 31 Henry Leslie, Bishop of Down and Connor, afterwards of Meath: Warrant for translation of, to the ace of Meath: 1661.
• f. 31 Sir William Uvedale, Treasurer of the Chamber: Warrant to, for payment of the wages of A. Holland: 1635.
• f. 31 b John Leslie, Bishop of Raphoe: Warrant for his translation to the ace of Clogher: 1661.
• f. 31 b Robert Leslie, Bishop of Dromore: Warrant for his translation to the see of Raphoe: 1661.
• f. 32 Cambridge; St. John's College: Letter mandatory to the Master and Fellows to elect G. Downing to a Coxwold fellowship: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 32 Abraham Cowley, poet: Royal letter to Trinity College, Cambridge, that they permit him to hold his fellowhip for the next seven years without taking orders: circ. 1660.
• f. 32 Sir George Downing, 2nd Baronet; of East Hatley: Royal letter mandatory to the Master and Fellows of Sidney Sussex College to elect him a fellow: temp. Chas II.
• f. 32 Cambridge; Trinity College: Royal letter to, to permit A. Cowley to hold his fellowship for the next 7 years without taking orders: [1660].
• f.32b Sir Rice Rudd, 2nd Baronet; of Aberglassney: Royal letter to the Justices of Carmarthen conc. his marriage during minority: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 33 See of Worcester: Royal letter to the Dean and Chapter, for augmentation of the salary of the Vicars Choral: [1660-1663].
• f. 33 b Sir John Wilde, Chief Baron of the Exchequer: Royal letter to the Lord Mayor for his restoration to the Town Clerkship of London: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 33 b London, England: Royal letter to the Lord Mayor for restoration of Sir J. Wild to the Town-Clerkship: temp. Chas. II.: Copy.
• f. 33 b Louis Carr, Bastard: Warrant for granting his estate at Killerby to his brother Robert: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 34 Elias Ashmole, founder of the Ashmolean Museum: Warrant for his appointment to be Comptroller of Excise: 1660.
• f. 34 James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde: Royal letter to the Justices of Ireland conc. law suits for prize wines betw. him and several merchants: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 34 b Richard Broadgate: Royal letters to the Dean and Chapter of Gloucester commendatory of him to he Almsman: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 34 b Diocese of Gloucester: Royal letters to the Dean and Chapter commendatory of R. Broadgate to be almsman in the Cathedral: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 35 Captain William Peaseley: Warrant for grant to, of the reversion of a foot company in the army in Ireland: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 35 b William Peterson, successively Dean of Carlisle and of Exeter: Royal letter recommending his successor in the Deanery of Exeter: 1661.
• f. 35 b Seth Ward, Bishop of Exeter, afterwards of Salisbury, Chancellor of the Order of the Garter: Royal letter recommending him to be Dean of Exeter: 1661.
• f. 35 b London; Secular Institutions. Hospitals and Charitable Institutions. St Bartholomew's Hospital: Royal letter to the Governor commendatory of F. Barnard to be apothecary: temp. Chas II.: Copy.
• f. 35 b Francis Bernard, MD, Physician to James II., and to St. Bartholomew's Hospital: Royal letter to the Governor of St. Bartholomew's hospital commendatory of him to be apothecary: temps. Chas. II.
• f. 35 b John Gauden, Bishop of Exeter: Royal letter to, recommending S. Ward to be Dean: 1661.
• f. 36 William Juxon, Archbishop of Canterbury: Royal letter to, to institute a review of the Book of Common Prayer: 1661.
• f. 36 b Nicholas Monck, Bishop of Hereford: Royal warrant recommending a successor to, as Provost of Eton College: [1662].
• f. 36 b Thomas Browne, Chaplain to the Princess of Orange: Warrant appointing him Provost of Eton: 1661.
• f. 36 b Eton College; Berkshire: Royal warrant to the Vice-Provost and fellows appointing Dr. T. Browne to be Provost: [1661].
• ff. 36, 55 b, 57 England, Ecclesiastical History: List of sees in England and Wales, with observations on the making of bishops in England: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 37 Thomas Windsor Hickman, 7th Baron Windsor; afterwards 1st Earl of Plymouth: Royal letters to the council of Jamaica, appointing him Governor: 1661.
• f. 37 Island of Jamaica: Royal letters to the Council appointing Lord Windsor to be governor: 1661.
• f. 37 b Island of Jamaica: Royal letter to the private Committee of the E. India Company for an experiment of growing spice there: 1661.
• f. 37 b India, East, Company: Royal letter to the private Committee for an experiment of the possibility of growing spice in Jamaica: 1661.
• f. 38 Edward Vernon: Royal warrant for the appointment of his successor in the Charter House: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 38 Henry Hussey: Warrant for his appointment to a child's place in the Charter House: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 38 Sir Stephen Fox, Chief Clerk of the Board of Green Cloth: Warrant discharging him from the payment of forfeited moneys arising from lands of the See of Winchester: 1660.
• f. 38 b Shillelagh, Wicklow: Order to stay the felling of timber in the woods of: temp. Chas. I.
• f. 38 b Sir Joseph Stephens: Warrant for a grant to, of concealed lands in Co. Tipperary,: temp. Chas II.
• f. 39 Thomas Smoult: Royal letter commendatory of, to the next vacant fellowship at Christ College, Cambridge: 1661.
• f. 39 Cheshire: Licence for the High Sheriff to be non-resident in the county: 1660.
• f. 39 Bruno Ryves, Dean of Windsor: Royal letter to the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, commendatory of him to be residentiary: [1660-1677].
• f. 39 London PARISHES AND LOCALITIES: Royal letter to the Dean and Chapter commendatory of Dr. B. Ryves to be residentiary: [1660-1677].: Copy.
• f. 39 Cambridge; Christ's College: Royal letter commendatory of T. Smoult to the next vacant fellowship: 1661.
• f. 39 b Charlton, Greenwich, Kent: Warrant for grant of the advowson to Sir W. Ducie: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 39 b Sir William Ducie, 3rd Baronet: Warrant for grant to, of the advowson of Charlton, co. Kent: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 39 b John Neale: Warrant appointing him bailiff of Burley Walk in the New Forest: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 40 Mary Ramsey, widow of David Ramsey: Warrant for payment to, of œ600: 1661.
• f. 40 Thomas Moore: Licence to, to put in practice improvements for land, salt, saltpetre, and other inventions: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 40 Sir Theophilus Gilby: Warrant for payment of œ600 to: 1661.
• f. 40 Thomas Munday: Licence to, to put in practice improvements for land, salt, saltpetre and other inventions: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 40 b Richard Gisby, of Isleworth, county Middlesex: Warrant appointing him deputy gamekeeper. for ten miles round Hampton Court: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 40 b George Morley, Bishop of Winchester: Mandate for his appointment to the see of Winchester: 1662.
• f. 40 b Henry Spencer, 3rd Baron Spencer of Wormleighton: Warrant for creating him Earl of Sunderland: 1643.
• f. 40 b Sir Edward Nicholas, Secretary of State: Warrant, as keeper of the game betw. Staines and Brentford, appointing a deputy keeper: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 41 Lord Richard Butler, 2nd son of James, 1st Duke of Ormonde: Warrant for his creation as Baron Butler of Cloghrenan, Viscount of Tullo, and Earl of Arran in Ireland: 1662.
• f. 41 b Henry Cary, 4th Viscount Falkland: Warrant for his appointment as a privy councillor in Ireland: 1662.
• f. 41 b Robert Grove, son of Rob. Grove: Letter commendatory of, to a child's place in Winchester College: temp. Charles II.
• f. 41 b Sir John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton (1658): Warrant for his appointment as a privy councillor in Ireland: 1662.
• f. 42 Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington: Warrant for grant to, when Keeper of the Privy purse, of the reversion of lands in Ireland granted to Sir T. Dempsye and his heirs: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 45 b Sir Edward Nicholas, Secretary of State: Council minute of the resignation of his secretaryship: 1662.
• f. 45b Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington: Council minute of the appointment of, as Secretary of State: 1662.
• ff. 46 b-51 b Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet; MP: Proceedings in the House of Commons touching the accusation against: 1662-1663.
• ff. 52-54 Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon: Petition and address of, to the House of Lords: 1667.