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Sloane MS 3962
- Record Id:
- 040-002116352
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002112337
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000711.0x00029a
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Sloane MS 3962
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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William Courten, alias Charleton; of the Middle Temple: Letters and papers relating to natural history and vertu: 17th cent.
includes:
- f. 1 County of Gloucester: List of deeds relating to, in possession of W. Charleton: 1668.
- f. 1 Evesham Manor; Worcestershire: Title deeds relating to, in W. Charleton's possession: 1668.
- ff. 2-6 b Jacob Spon, of Lyons: Recherches curieuses d'Antiquité: 17th cent.: Extracts.
- f. 7 Oxford; University of. Ashmolean Museum: Extract from the Register of the Benefactors: 17th cent.: Lat.
- ff. 32-37 b Fernando Mendes Pinto: Travels in China: 17th cent.: Ital.: Extracts.
- f. 39 Philipp Aureol Theophrast Bombast von Hohenheim, called Paracelsus: Notice of his life: 17th cent.: Ital. and Engl.
- f. 39 Julius Cæsar Scaliger: Notice of his life: 17th cent.: Ital.
- f. 39 Sir Francis Drake, Admiral: Notice of his life: 17th cent.: Ital. and Eng.
- f. 51 America: Project for keeping New England dependent on England: 17th cent.
- f. 53 County of Denbigh: Objections by the gentlemen of, to the grant of lands in, to Lord Portland: 1695.
- f. 53 Yale Manor; Denbighshire: Objections to the grant of, to Lord Portland: 1695.
- f. 53 Denbigh Land Manor; Denbighshire: Objections to the grant of, to Lord Portland: 1695.
- f. 53 Bromefield Manor; Denbighshire: Objections by the gentlemen of co. Denbigh to the grant of, to Lord Portland: 1695.
- f. 53 Hans Willem Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland: Objections to the grant to, of lands in co. Denbigh: 1695.
- ff. 54, 225, 231-281 William Courten, alias Charleton; of the Middle Temple: Correspondence with Lord Coleraine: 1688-1701.
- ff. 54, 225, 233, 249, 254, 258, 264, 268, 270, 276-281 Henry Hare, 2nd Baron Coleraine: Letters to W. Charleton: 1687-1701.
- ff. 55, 60 François Eudes de Mézeray: "Histoire de France": 1673.: Engl.: Extracts.
- f. 57 Abraham Cowley, poet: Extracts from his works by W. Charleton: 17th cent.
- f. 111 John Daniel Major, of Jena: Dissertatio de cancris et serpentibus petrifactis: 1664.
- ff. 116-159 Joannes Jonstonus, MD, Polonus: Excerpta e, de historia naturali: 1666.
- ff. 130-160 b, passim Fawsley Lodge, Northamptonshire: Lists of curiosities at: 1666.: Ital.
- ff. 161-164 b Court of Rome: Medals of Popes: 1693.
- f. 186 Posthumus Salwey: Directions to, from his cousin, W. Charleton: 1686.: Draft.
- f. 188 James Reed, Quaker: Directions to, on his voyage to the W. Indies, from W. Charleton: 1689.
- f. 191 William Courten, alias Charleton; of the Middle Temple: Letter to, from C. Salwey: 1684.
- ff. 191, 301 Major Richard Salwey, Prisoner in the Tower: Letters to his cousin, W. Charleton: 1674, 1684.
- ff. 194-211 b Court of Rome: Lists of Roman medals: 1692-1700.: Lat. and Engl.
- ff. 210, 211 Edmund Bohun, of Charlestown, Carolina: Catalogue of his coins and medals: 17th cent.
- f. 212 Obadiah Walker, Master of University College, Oxford: Remarks on his Treatise of Medals, by M. Bonet: 17th cent.
- f. 214 Peters: Directions to, from W. Charleton, for collecting medals at Smyrna: 1688.
- f. 224 Jacob Bobart, alias Bobert; junior, Professor of Botany at Oxford: Letter to W. Charleton: 1690.
- f. 224 William Courten, alias Charleton; of the Middle Temple: Letter to, from J. Bobert: 1690.
- ff. 227, 230 William Courten, alias Charleton; of the Middle Temple: Letters to J. Locke: 1687.
- ff. 227, 230 John Locke, philosopher: Letters to, from W. Charleton: 1687.
- ff. 231, 235-248b, 251, 253, 256, 260, 262, 266, 272, 273 Henry Hare, 2nd Baron Coleraine: Letters to, from W. Charleton: 1694-1699.
- ff. 239, 253 William Courten, alias Charleton; of the Middle Temple: Acquittances to Lord Coleraine's agent: 1694, 1695.
- ff. 239, 253 Henry Hare, 2nd Baron Coleraine: Acquittances to his agent, from W. Charleton: 1694, 1695.
- f. 275 Drawings: Drawings of Greek medals: 18th cent.
- f. 282 William Courten, alias Charleton; of the Middle Temple: Letter to, from J. Evelyn: 1695.
- f. 282 John Evelyn, of Wotton: Letter to W. Charleton: 1695.
- f. 284 Heneage Finch, afterwards 4th Earl of Winchilsea: Letter to W. Charleton: 1700/1.
- f. 287 b Charles Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea: Frank: 1700/1.
- ff. 288-294 Edward Lhwyd, Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum: Letters to W. Charleton: 1690, 1691, and n.d. A further copy of the list of curiosities lost from the repository at Oxford (f. 289) is also at Sloane MS 118, f. 111.
- ff. 295, 297 John Locke, philosopher: Letters to W. Charleton: 1687.
- f. 299 Henry Hare, 2nd Baron Coleraine: Letter to, from Dr. L. Plukenett: 1687/8.
- f. 299 Leonard Plukenett, MD; Superintendent of Hampton Court Gardens: Letter to Lord Coleraine: 1687/8.
- ff. 303-. 307 Richard Salwey, junior: Letters to W. Charleton: 1680-1681.
- ff. 308-315 b Sir Hans Sloane, Baronet: Letters to W. Charleton: 1687-1690.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Sloane Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002112337
040-002116352 - Is part of:
- Sloane MS 1-4100 : Sloane Manuscripts
Sloane MS 3962 : William Courten, alias Charleton; of the Middle Temple: Letters and papers relating to natural history and vertu: 17th… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002112337[3975]/040-002116352
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Sloane MS 1-4100
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
Italian
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Names:
- Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Bentinck, Hans Willem, 1st Earl of Portland
Bobart,, Jacob, alias Bobert; junior, Professor of Botany at Oxford
Bohun, Edmund, of Charlestown, Carolina
Bombast von Hohenheim, Philipp Aureol Theophrast, called Paracelsus
Bromefield Manor, Denbighshire
Court of Rome
Courten,, William, alias Charleton; of the Middle Temple
Cowley, Abraham, poet, 1618-1667
Denbigh Land Manor, Denbighshire
Drake, Francis, Knight, pirate, explorer and circumnavigator, 1540-1596
Eudes de Mézeray, François, of Sloane MS 3962
Evelyn, John, diarist, 1620-1706,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/61653698
Evesham Manor, Worcestershire
Finch, Charles, 4th Earl of Winchilsea, politician and privy counsellor, 1672-1712
Finch, Heneage, 5th Earl of Winchilsea, politician and army officer, c 1656-1726
Hare, Henry, 2nd Baron Coleraine
Jonstonus, Joannes, MD, Polonus
Lhwyd, Edward, Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum
Locke, John, philosopher, 1632-1704
Major, John Daniel, of Jena
Mendes Pinto, Fernando
Peters, of Sloane MS 3962
Plukenett, Leonard, MD; Superintendent of Hampton Court Gardens
Reed, James, Quaker
Salwey, Posthumus
Salwey, Richard, Major; Prisoner in the Tower
Salwey, Richard, junior
Scaliger, Julius Cæsar, of Sloane MS 3118
Sloane, Hans, Baronet, physician and collector, 1660-1753,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000123196729,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/77959
Spon, Jacob, of Lyons
Walker, Obadiah, Master of University College, Oxford
Yale Manor, Denbighshire - Places:
- America, North America
Denbighshire, Wales
Fawsley Lodge, Northamptonshire
Gloucestershire, England