Volume 1

Catalogue of the Stowe manuscripts in the British Museum.

  • British Museum. Department of Manuscripts (Stowe MSS)
Date:
1895-1896
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Catalogue of the Stowe manuscripts in the British Museum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    preserving the equality between the two crowns of England and Fiance, then mediators”; circ. 1724. f. 73. 8. Daniel Finch, Earl of Nottingham, to , on the affairs of the English Court, the representation of the play “ The Spanish Friar ” before the Queen, etc.-, circ. June, 1689. Followed by memoranda of Court gossip, f. 74. 9. Papers relating to the Old Pretender and his cause in the High- lands, viz.:—(a) Sir Hector Maclean, Bart., [John Cameron of] , Lochiel, and [Ranald Macdonald of] Clanronald to the Pretender; Paris, 13 May, 1725. f. 77 ;—(b) Fra[ncis Atterbury, late Bishop of] Rochester to John Cameron of Lochiel; n.d. f. 78 ;—(c) Report of “ my Lord Marquis of Seaforth [William Mackenzie, 5**^ Earl of Seaforth] and the Captain of Clanronald [Ranald Macdonald of Clanronald] ” of their conference “ on the present conjuncture of affairs in the Highlands ” ; 26 May, 1725. f. 78 h ;—(d) “ Memorial given in to the Bp. of Rochester by Sir Hector Maclean and Lochiel ” ; Paris, 28 May, 1725. f. 80 ;—(e) The Pretender to the Marquis of Seaforth, Sir Hector Maclean, Clanronald, and Lochiel; Alhano, 13 June, 1725. With their reply; Paris, 2 July, 1725. ff. 82, 83;—(f) [John Hay, styled Earl of] Inverness, Secretary of State to the Pretender, to Lochiel; 25 July, 1725. f. 84;— (g) Sir H. Maclean to the same; n.d. f. 84 h;—(h) Bishop Atterbury to Sir H. Maclean, enclosing copy of letter from the Pretender to the latter, dated Rome, 18 July, 1725. f. 84 b. These copies were given to T. Astle by John Dalrymple, 28 Sept. 1770 (see f. 86 h). 10. Journal-narrative of the negotiations of Cardinal Fleury for a reconciliation between France and Spain, consisting of extracts of despatches from all the Powers settling the preliminaries of the treaty; 13 June, 1726—20 Jan. 1727. f. 87. Paper; ff. 97. xviiith cent. Belonged to Thomas Astle. Folio. 187. Negotiations of the Scotch commissioners at Westminster after the treaty at Ripon, with copies of documents; 19 Nov. 1640—29 June, 1641. In a contemporary hand, written by a Scotchman. At the top of the first page (f. 2) is inscribed the (partially obliterated) name “ Robert Innes.” Paper; ff. 71. Folio. 188. Original Letters, etc., relating to military affairs, levy of con- tributions in CO. Buckingham, etc., at the outbreak of the Civil War; 1641-42. With endorsements, apparently by Richard Grenville, High Sheriff. 1. Sir Alexander Denton, M.P. for Buckingham, and John Hampden,
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