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Sloane MS 1156
- Record Id:
- 040-002113506
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002112337
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000547.0x00029f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100163589507.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Sloane MS 1156
- Title:
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Account of the journey of Henri Auguste de Loménie de Brienne, Seigneur de la Ville-aux-Clercs, to England as Ambassador Extraordinary, 1624
- Scope & Content:
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This is an account of the journey of Henri -Auguste, Seigneur de la Ville-aux-Clercs, later Comte de Brienne (1594-1666), to England, 20 Nov 1624-15 Jan 1625, as Ambassador Extraordinary to ratify the articles of marriage between Henrietta Maria and the Prince of Wales, afterwards Charles I. Alongside an account of his mission are brief comments on Dover, Canterbury and London. It is written in a 17th-century hand.
The account is different from, and in some ways fuller, than the account of the same mission in 'Mémoires du Comte de Brienne, Ministre et Secrètaire d'état', ed. by Messiers Champollion-Figeac and Aimé Champollion, in Nouvelle Collection des Mémoires pour server à L'Histoire de France, ed. by Messiers Champollion-Figeac and Aimé Champollion, Vol. 3 (Paris, 1838), pp. 32-34. The title and text give him his chronologically correct title in 1624 of Seigneur de la Ville-aux-Clercs (the title of Comte de Brienne was later purchased). He also appears throughout described in the third person, and at one point he is praised for having 'glorieusement' conducted his designs to their desired end (ff. 42r-v). The text uses 'nous' when describing his travels, implying that this account is by a member of his entourage.
Quite how this volume founds its way into the Sloane Manuscripts is unclear. There was a massive sale in London of much of the de Brienne library of books and manuscripts in 1724, but it has not been possible to trace this item in the sale.
Contents:
ff. 1r-47v: 'Relation du voyage de Monsieur de la Villeauxclercs en Angleterre, faict en l'annee 1624;' sent as Ambassador Extraordinary to ratify the articles of marriage between Henrietta Maria and the Prince of Wales, afterwards Charles I.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Sloane Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002112337
040-002113506 - Is part of:
- Sloane MS 1-4100 : Sloane Manuscripts
Sloane MS 1156 : Account of the journey of Henri Auguste de Loménie de Brienne, Seigneur de la Ville-aux-Clercs, to England as Ambassador… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002112337[1168]/040-002113506
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Sloane MS 1-4100
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100163589507.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- French
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1624
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 1624-1699
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- France.
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 170mm x 100mm (writing area: 130mm x 60mm).
Foliation: ff. 47 + iii (with two contemporary flyleaves at the front, ff. i and ii, and two contemporary flyleaves at the back, f. iii and unfoliated. The foliated sheets have the same red lines used around the writing area of the text itself). The book has an original pagination, pp. 1-96 (though pp. 95-96 are blank).
Script: 17th-century secretary hand.
Binding: Post 1600: White leather with gold tooling and gold stamping on the front and back covers; gilt fore-edge and gilt upper and lower edges.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
France.
Provenance:
This forms part of the collection formed by the physician Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753), purchased at his death from his executors by the Act of Parliament which also established the British Museum. The Sloane MSS represent one of the three foundation collections of the British Library.
- Former External References:
- 129
MS 1047
MS C 132 - Publications:
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Samuel Ayscough, A Catalogue of the Manuscripts Preserved in the British Museum (London: John Rivington, 1782), 2 vols.
'Mémoires du Comte de Brienne, Ministre et Secrètaire d'état', ed. by Messiers Champollion-Figeac and Aimé Champollion, in Nouvelle Collection des Mémoires pour server à L'Histoire de France, ed. by Messiers Champollion-Figeac and Aimé Champollion, Vol. 3 (Paris, 1838), pp. 32-34.
Joannis Guigard, Nouvelle Armorial du Bibliophile, 2 vols (Paris: Emile Rondeau, Libraire, 1890), I, 68-72.
E.J.L. Scott, Index to the Sloane manuscripts in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1904).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)