Volume 1

Catalogue of the Stowe manuscripts in the British Museum.

  • British Museum. Department of Manuscripts (Stowe MSS)
Date:
1895-1896
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    printed by J. Du Mont, Corps Universel Diplomatique, 1728, vol. vi. pt. ii. p. 123. Vellum; ff. 3. A note on the back by Thomas Astle states that the document was given to him by Dr. [Charles] Lyttelton, Bishop of Carlisle [1762-1768]. There is a copy in Add. 4162, f. 71, in the hand of W— Milbourne, of Armathwaite Castle, Cumberland, who adds that the original was then, 8 Mar. 1756, in his possession. Quarto. 194-196. Collection of transcripts of state-papers, warrants, etc., tempp. Charles I.—William III., made for use as precedents. The binding (early 19th cent.) is lettered “ Coventry’s Papers.” This refers either to Henry Coventry, Secretary of State, 1672-1679, or to his younger brother. Sir William Coventry, Secretary to James, Duke of York, 1660-1667, Commissioner of the Treasury, 1667-68, etc.-, but they both died in 1686. In three volumes. There is an index of subjects at the end of each volume. Paper ; Folio. The contents are :— 194. Vol. I. (ff. 187). Privy Seals, warrants, proclamations, commis- sions, etc., not arranged in chronological order, but chiefly temp. Charles II.; with a few papers of an earlier date interspersed. 195. Vol. II. (ff. 181). State-Documents relating to negotiations with foreign powers, consisting of credentials or instructions to English Ambas.sadors abroad, complimentary letters to foreign Sovereigns and their Ministers, eic., arranged chronologically; 25 Sept. 1675—20 Apr. 1680. Lat. and Fr. 196. Vol. III. (ff. 232). Warrants, commissions, grants of offices, pardons, renewals of charters and patents, etc.; 1679-1690. 197. State-letters, 1661—temp. Anne, as follows:— 1. Sir Edward Nicholas, Secretary of State, to , concerning [? Capt. Laurence] Moyer [Warden of the Trinity House] ; White- hall, 2 Dec. 1661 (cf. Cal. of State Papers, 1660-1661, p. 517). f. 1. 2. [James Graham, 2“'^ Marquis of] Montrose, to Lord , asking him to “minde his Ma. to lay his commands upon my Lord Treasurer ” in relation to the customs of Glasgow, etc.; Edinburgh, 20 Jan. 1661 [2]. f. 2. 3. [George Monck, Duke of] Albemarle, to Lord , introducing James Gould; Cockpit, 21 Apr. 1666. f. 3. 4. William Lockhart, of Lee, to Lord , on his reception at Paris
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