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A student's guide to
the manuscripts relating
to English history in the
seventeenth century in
the Boileian library

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A STUDENT'S GUIDE TO
THE MANUSCRIPTS
relating to ENGLISH
HISTORY IN THE SEVEN
TEENTH CENTURY IN THE
BODLEIAN LIBRARY

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PREFACE

Before attempting to describe the seventeenth-
century MSS. in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, it
is necessary to enumerate the existing catalogues.
In the first place there is the series known as
the Summary Catalogue of Western Manuscripts,
edited by Mr. F. Madan, and, for the most recent
volume, Dr. H. H. E. Craster. This gives, in order
of acquisition, a short description of each MS.
unless it has been previously described in one of
the 4to catalogues (the relevant volumes of which
are mentioned below under the headings Ashmole,
Rawlinson, and Tanner). The great defect of the
Summary Catalogue, from the point of view of a
student outside Oxford, is the absence of a printed
index. This is in course of preparation : meanwhile
a full slip-index is available in the Library. The
4to catalogues give details of the contents of each
volume, indicate which portions were printed at the
time of their compilation,* and have full indexes.

* Dr. Craster and others have attempted to keep this
record up to date by entries in the annotated library copies
of these catalogues, and students should consult these
annotations before assuming that a document has not
been printed.

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vi PREFACE

Brief notices of each collection of MSS. are con-
tained in W. D. Macray's Annals of the Bodleian
(2nd edition, 1890), and Dr. Craster has (since these
pages were written) contributed to this series The
Western Manuscripts of the Bodleian Library, an
invaluable guide to the printed and MS. catalogues.
This guide makes no claim to be in any way
exhaustive. It is only a selection, and a partial
selection at that. With certain exceptions, no
mention has been made of MSS. which have been
printed in full, and MSS. relating to the New
England States have been omitted, inasmuch as
these are noted in the Guide to the Manuscript
Materials for the History of the United States to 1783,
by C. M. Andrews and F. G. Davenport, Washington,
1908. Furthermore, limitations of space have pre-
vented the inclusion of private letters unless they
are numerous, although there are some literary
remains preserved, often of great interest, of nearly
every individual of distinction who lived under the
Stuarts. Isolated documents, too, which frequently
contain valuable accounts of important events, have
had to be excluded. Also many volumes of papers
referring to the non-jurors have not been noticed,
since they admit of no precise description. Similarly
collections formed by antiquaries for the elucidation
of local history have been neglected, because they
almost invariably cover a longer period than the
seventeenth century.

PREFACE vii

The plan of this guide has been to begin with a
general account of the five large collections of
seventeenth-century MSS., and then to arrange
under headings separate items, dividing them into
two sections, the first extending to 1660, the second
covering the years 1660-1714. It is assumed that
the student will read right through this guide, so no
cross-references are given. An attempt has been
made throughout to point out where considerable
parts of a MS. have been printed. It will be seen
that the most valuable materials are those relating
to the Puritan Revolution, and these, although they
have been carefully studied, would still yield a rich
gleaning. But both before 1640 and, more especi-
ally, after 1660, there are vast stores of documents
which have suffered an undeserved neglect at the
hands of our historians.

It is my pleasant duty to acknowledge the assist-
ance I have received from Professor C. H. Firth in
compiling and arranging this little guide. Apart
from much kind advice, I am, in common with
others, much indebted to the article he contributed
to the Mariner's Mirror in August, 1913, on " Papers
relating to the Navy in the Bodleian Library."
The existence of this article has enabled me to omit
some of the less important naval MSS.

G. DAVIES.

A STUDENT'S GUIDE

TO THE

MANUSCRIPTS RELATING TO ENGLISH

HISTORY IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY

IN THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY

1 ASHMOLE MSS.

This very miscellaneous assortment was collected
by Elias Ashmole (1617-1692), and consists mainly
of MSS. dealing with the Order of the Garter,
genealogies, heraldry, local history (particularly of
Berkshire), family history, horoscopes, and other
papers appertaining to alchemy and astrology, and
various curious pieces illustrative of English litera-
ture. Ashmole's Memoirs were published in 1717,
but there are some papers and historical notes for
the years 1633-1679 which would supplement the
Memoirs in MS. Ashmole 1136. A catalogue of this
collection, by W. H. Black, was issued in 1845, and
an index, by W. D. Macray, in 1867.

CARTE MSS.
The collector of these volumes, which number
about 250, was Thomas Carte (1686-1754), who
borrowed many of them from Kilkenny Castle in

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order to write his Life of Ormonde (last edition,
6 vols., 1851), and never returned them. The
papers still at Kilkenny have been calendared by
the Historical MSS. Commission (14th Report).
Taken together, these two collections form the most
important single source for Irish history in the
seventeenth century after about 1640, and have
been adequately used, at least for the period up to
the Restoration. Carte published many papers in
his Life - of Ormonde (his Collection of Original
Letters, 1641-1660, 2 vols., 1739, mainly relates to
English history), and Lady Burghclere included
some new material in her biography of Ormonde
(2 vols., 1912). Sir J. T. Gilbert printed a large
number of papers in his History of the Irish Con-
federation (7 vols., 1882-1891).

In addition to the Ormonde MSS. Carte secured
other papers of value. Those of Lords Huntingdon
and Wharton contain some good series of news-
letters, some scattered letters from statesmen to
Wharton, and some very interesting correspondence
from English officers in Ireland in 1689-1691 (MS.
Carte 79). There are also many reports to Wharton,
who raised the art of electioneering to a high level,
on parliamentary elections, and many accounts of
proceedings in Parliament, some original, others
merely extracted from the Journals. The papers
of the Earl of Sandwich (MSS. Carte 73-5, 103, 223,
274; there are other Sandwich papers in MS. Rawl.

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A. 468) relate mainly to naval affairs, and have
been carefully employed by Mr. F. R. Harris in his
Life of Edward Montagu, First Earl of Sandwich
(2 vols., 1912). Lastly, there is the correspondence
of David Nairne, under-secretary to the Stuarts in
exile, extending to 1718 (MSS. Carte 180-1, 208-12,
238, 256-8). A good selection of Nairne's papers
was included in Macpherson's Original Papers
(2 vols., 1775), but little has appeared since then.

There is in the Bodleian a manuscript calendar
of the Carte MSS. in seventy-five volumes made by
the late Edward Edwards, 1877-1883, but it is very
defective. There are two very useful Reports, with
special reference to the materials for Irish history,
the first by T. D. Hardy and J. S. Brewer, printed
in 1864, and the second, containing extracts, by
C. W. Russell and J. P. Prendergast in 1871.

CLARENDON MSS.

This collection of more than one hundred volumes
is mainly composed of the papers of Edward Hyde,
first Earl of Clarendon (1609-1674), and is of great
importance. It is certainly the best known and
the most accessible of the collections in the Bodleian.
It has been calendared in three volumes, of which
the first covers the years 1523-1649 (edited by
O. Ogle and W. H. Bliss), the second 1649-1654,
and the third 1654-1657 (both edited by W. D.
Macray). The rest of the calendar has been completed

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by Mr. F. J. Routledge, and is about to be printed.
In addition, an excellently chosen selection of these
papers up to the Restoration was printed, with the
title Clarendon State Papers, in three folio volumes
between 1767 and 1786. The important documents
relating to Scotland during the years 1650-1659
have been reproduced in full in three volumes of the
Scottish History Society, Charles II. and Scotland
in 1650 (edited by S. R. Gardiner), Scotland and
the Commonwealth, and Scotland and the Protectorate
(edited by C. H. Firth). All three volumes, how-
ever, contain documents from other MSS. both
within and without the Bodleian. For the period
1660-1667 Thomas Lister included in the third
volume of his Life of Clarendon (1837) a consider-
able number of papers, many of them being des-
patches from English representatives abroad, while
W. D. Macray edited the Council Notes for the
Roxburghe Society.

The calendar apparently will include the volumes
of MSS. numbered 1-93, 102-8, which contain the
State papers. The other volumes comprise the
family correspondence and historical narratives.
Among the latter are the original " History of the
Rebellion " and the " Life," which together make
up the published History of the Rebellion (first pub-
lished 1702-1704, best edition in 6 vols., edited by
W. D. Macray, 1888; for a critical estimation of the
History and the story of its compilation see Pro-

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fessor C. H. Firth in English Historical Review,
vol. xix.). When writing the original History
Clarendon had the assistance of some accounts
furnished by other Royalists. One was printed in
Sir Edward Walker's Historical Collections (1707);
Hopton's narrative of the war in the West of
England has been published, with other papers, for
the Somerset Record Society under the title Bellum
Civile (1902) ; others are to be found in the Clarendon
State Papers and in the English Historical Review.

The portion of the " Life " not incorporated into
the History, together with the " Continuation,"
was last printed in 1857 (2 vols.). Both parts
badly need re-editing. The text of the first is
corrupt, and dates and occasional connecting
sentences have been added, sometimes erroneously.
The text of the second is accurately preserved, but
is difficult to follow, owing to the absence of marginal
dates (those in the headlines are frequently wrong)
and of footnotes. The appearance of the completed
calendar will greatly facilitate this task.

EAWLINSON MSS.

This is an artificial collection of about 5,700
volumes formed by Richard Rawlinson (1690-1755),
" abroad and at home, the choice of book-auctions,
the pickings of chandlers' and grocers' waste-paper "
(Macray, Annals of the Bodleian, 2nd edition, 233-4).
Such a miscellaneous assortment cannot be generally

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described, and a few of the principal items only-
need be here mentioned: others will be found
below under the subject headings. The most
important section contains the State papers of
John Thurloe (1616-1668) during his secretaryship
to the Council of State (MSS. Rawl. A. 1-73). This
mass of correspondence is the largest and most
valuable source for the history of England from
about 1652 to 1660. Thomas Birch printed in
1742 a large selection of these papers in seven folio
volumes (known as Thurloe State Papers), including
a certain number which did not come to the Bodleian
with the rest in 1755. Information on the Thurloe
papers not in the Bodleian is given in the Preface
to Professor C. H. Firth's Last Years of the
Protectorate.

Another series contains twenty -five volumes of the
naval papers of Samuel Pepys (MSS. Rawl. A. 170-
195). Some of the letters have been printed in
Pepys 's Memoirs and Correspondence (edited by
Lord Braybrooke, 1825), or inPepys's Life, Journals,
and Correspondence (edited by J. Smith, 1841. For
a criticism of the latter, see Macray, Annals,
pp. 236-7). There are also a few other letters of
Pepys, both before the Restoration (MS. Carte 73,
quoted by C. H. Firth in Macmillan's Magazine for
November, 1893) and in William III.'s reign (MS.
Smith 53; cf. MS. Smith 55 for letters to Pepys).
Other Pepys papers are in MSS. Rawl. A. 464,

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C. 302 and C. 859 (the last being parliamentary notes,
February to June, 1677, in shorthand). The other
portion of the Pepys papers, including the Diary,
is in Magdalene College, Cambridge. It is to be
regretted that Mr. J. R. Tanner in his Catalogue
of the Pepysian Manuscripts (Navy Records Society)
has ignored the Bodleian documents altogether.

Papers relating to the three questions proposed
by James II. to all the deputy -lieutenants, etc., in
1687 and 1688 with the replies, reports from agents
sent to influence elections (MS. Rawl. A. 139a), and
documents relating to Monmouth's execution in
1685 (MS. Rawl. A. 139b) were printed by Sir
George Duckett, the first two privately in 1882-1883
as Penal Laws and Test Act, the third in the Camden
Miscellany, vol. viii. Many extracts and references
to the papers of Thomas Hearne are contained in
the ten volumes styled Hearne' s Collections, 1705-
1722 (Oxford Historical Society, 1884-1915).

The MSS. in this collection relating to seventeenth-
century history are contained in four classes, A, B,
C, D, and have been catalogued by W. D. Macray
with copious indexes.

TANNER MSS.

Thomas Tanner (1674-1735) amassed about 450
volumes of MSS., of which nearly 300 originally
belonged to Archbishop Sancroft. He also gained
possession of a large number of official papers

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relating to the Puritan Revolution which John
Nalson borrowed from the custody of the Clerk of
the Parliament for his Impartial Collection, of which
only two volumes, covering the years 1639 to
January, 1642, were published in 1682-1683. Other
papers of Nalson are now in the hands of the Duke
of Portland, and have been calendared by the
Historical MSS. Commission (Portland MSS., vol. i.
The Introduction contains an instructive history of
these papers). Many of the documents in each
collection have been printed either wholly or in
part in the Lords' Journals or in the MSS. of the
House of Lords (Historical MSS. Commission,
Reports IV.-VL).

The most important books including documents
from the Tanner MSS. are Gutch's Collectanea
Curiosa (2 vols., 1781), Cary's Memorials of the
Civil War for 1646-1652 (2 vols., 1842), and Clarke's
Collection of Letters addressed to Archbishop Sancroft,
temp. Charles II. and James II. (1848). D'Oyly's
Life of Sancroft (2nd edition* 1840) is mainly based
on the Tanner MSS.

The catalogue of this collection was edited in
1860 by A. Hackman.

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1603-1660

ECCLESIASTICAL

"the original register of the committee for plun-
dered ministers, appointed by Parliament in 1642,
with indexes at the end of each volume (MSS.
Bodley 322-9).

Tabular account of episcopal estates sold, 1647-
1655, with particulars of purchasers' names, prices,
and dates of conveyance (MSS. Rawl. B. 239-240).

Material collected by John Walker for his Account
of the Numbers and Sufferings of the Clergy of the
Church of England, 1714. [Cf. Dr. John Walker
and the Sufferings of the Clergy, by G. B. Tatham,
Cambridge, 1911, which includes, in addition to a
critical appreciation, a calendar of the Walker
collection.] (MSS. J. Walker, C. 1-7.)

FOREIGN RELATIONS

Journal of conferences to arrange peace between
England and Spain at Somerset House, May to
August, 1604. MS. Rawl. C. 688. [Cf. Watson,
Philip, iii., edited 1808, ii. 499-618; and Gardiner,
History of England, i. 208.]

A relation of the Spanish marriage negotiations,
1611-1623, by Sir Francis Cottington (MS. Perrott 4).

Copy-book of the correspondence (in Spanish) of

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Cottington and Hyde, while ambassadors in Spain,
with Spanish ministers, Oct. 1649-Jan. 1651 (MS.
Rawl. C. 726).

Journal of proceedings of St. John and Strickland,
ambassadors of the Commonwealth at The Hague,
March-June, 1651 (MS. Rawl. C. 129).

Copies of Latin letters sent by Cromwell to foreign
princes, Feb. 1654-Oct. 1655, and others in English
and Latin, Feb. 1654-Nov. 1655 (MSS. Rawl. A. 260,
261). [Cf. D. Masson, Life of Milton.]

IRELAND

Correspondence, etc., of Sir John Davies, Irish
attorney-general, 1603-18 (MSS. Carte 61-2).

Copies of the Journals of the Irish Parliaments of
1613, 1615, 1634, 1639, 1640, 1641, 1647, 1661,
1665 (MS. Carte 64).

Copies of letters of Henry Cary, lord Falkland,
as lord deputy 1622-4 (MS. Rawl. C. 439).

MILITARY AND NAVAL

Accounts of Sir Allen Apsley and Sir Sampson
Darell for victualling the navy in 1625 (MS. Rawl.
A. 456).

Four separate accounts of the expedition to the
isle of Rhe in 1627 (MSS. Rawl. B. 480, Rawl. D. 117
and 302, Ashmole 824).

Orders and instructions of Northumberland, lord
high admiral, 14 Nov. 1640 (MS. Rawl. C. 679).

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Book of orders from the parliamentarian navy
committee to Sir Henry Vane, treasurer of the
navy, 9 Aug. 1642-19 Dec. 1643 (MS. Rawl. A. 220).

Orders of the parliamentarian committee of the
admiralty and navy, 8 March 1643-13 June 1644
(MSS. Rawl. A. 221-222).

Copy-book of the orders issued by the parlia-
mentary committee for executing the office of lord
high admiral, 19 April-29-Sept. 1645 (MS. Rawl.
C. 416).

Orders of the navy committee from 15 Jan. to
4 Oct. 1649 (MS. Rawl. A. 224).

Orders of the committee of the council of state
for the admiralty and navy, 21 Oct. 1650-25 Nov.
1652 (MSS. Rawl. A. 225-226).

Minute-book of letters, orders, etc., received by
navy commissioners, Oct. 1650 to June 1653 (with
memoranda of proceedings to April 1651) (MS.
Rawl. A. 207).

Copybook of letters of admiralty committee
17 Dec. 1652-19 Aug. 1653 (MS. Rawl. A. 227).

Navy estimates from 7 Oct. 1642 to 21 Dec. 1654.
with lists of the fleet in 1643-1645 (MS. Rawl.
A. 223).

List of war materials issued out of the ordnance
in London 4 April-2 May 1645 (MS. Add. C. 247).

Letters and papers relating to naval engagements
between the English and Dutch, May, September,
1652 (MS. Tanner 53).

20 SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY MSS.

Account-book of money issued by John Blackwell
and Richard Deane for the army and navy, Nov.
1653-Jan. 1655 (MS. Rawl. A. 208).

Copy-book of letters and orders of Thomas Whet-
stone, commanding a squadron in the Mediterranean,
acting with France against Spain, 29 June-Aug.
1658 (MS. Rawl. C. 381).

Letter-book of Henry Bradshaw, a parliamen-
tarian officer, 1648-1660 (MS. Top. Cheshire e. 3).

Two letters from M[atthew] S[mallwood] on
battles of Edgehill and Brentford (MS. Ashmole
830, f os. 292-3 ; printed in English Historical Review,
vol. xxxvi.).

Letters on the Civil War (including some of John
Hampden) (MS. Carte 103).

Civil war despatches (including some of Fairfax)
(MS. Fairfax 32).

Transcripts of papers of Prince Rupert, some
now in private hands, others in the British Museum.
Many printed in Warburton's Memoirs of Prince
Rupert (MSS. Firth C. 6-8).

A history of the Civil War by a parliamentarian,
entitled " England's memorable accidents," 1640-
Jan. 1644 (MS. Rawl. D. 141).

Copies of letters relating to the Civil War,
chiefly in the west in 1644-1645 (MS. Rawl.
C. 125).

Copy of Byron's account of his defence of Chester
in 1645-1646 (MS. Rawl. B. 210, fo. 54).

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Account of the surprise of Pontefract Castle by
Morris, June 1648 (MS. Rawl. B. 453).

Collection of papers about the military history of
Oxford, 1643-1646 (MS. Add. D. 114).

PARLIAMENT

Notes of speeches made in the Commons con-
cerning proposed union of England and Scotland
(MS. Rawl. A. 123).

Notes of speeches, accounts of proceedings, etc.,
of the Parliaments of 1621 and 1624 (MSS. Rawl.
D. 1098, 1100, 998, and 999).

Three separate accounts of proceedings, March-
June 1628 (MSS. Add. C. 186-7 [the first is de-
scribed in Archceologia (1869), vol. xlii.], and MS.
Rawl. A. 105).

Reports of speeches in Parliament in 1640 (MSS.
Ashmole 768, 795).

Notes, in pencil, of proceedings and debates in
the Commons, Nov. 1640 (MS. Rawl. C. 956).

Notes of proceedings and debates in the Commons
22 May-8 Aug. 1641 (MS. Rawl. D. 1099).

Memoranda of proceedings in the Commons
4 Nov.-18 Dec. 1641 (MS. Rawl. D. 932).

MISCELLANEOUS

Letters of James I. before and after his accession
in 1603 (MS. Ashmole 1729).
Letters relating to the company of adventurers

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for the settlement of Virginia (MS. Ashmole
1147).

Copies of letters and orders of the lord high
treasurer to customs officials of London, 1605-1618
(MS. Perrott 2).

Note on the State Paper Office by Sir Thomas
Wilson, 5 Apr. 1613 (MS. Ashmole 826, fos. 144-
145).

Eleven letters from Frederick, Elector Palatine,
1619-1626 (MSS. Tanner 72-4).

Instructions from Charles I. to Wentworth and
the other members of the Council of the North with
their commission (MS. Rawl. C. 197).

Short notes of proceedings in the Star Chamber
against Bedford and others and against Leighton,
4 June 1630 (MS. Rawl. C. 839).

Reports of cases tried in the Star Chamber and
in the High Commission, April- June 1632 (MS.
Rawl. A. 128).

Original register book of proceedings in the Star
Chamber May 1636-June 1638 (MS. Rawl. C. 827).

Farming account-book (with wages of labourers)
of Edmund Spinckes, rector of Castor, Northants,
1646-1671 (MS. Rawl. D. 799).

Correspondence of Sir Robert Long, secretary of
state to Charles II. during his exile (MS. Carte 130).

The manner of conveying the corpse of Oliver
Cromwell from Whitehall to Somerset House (MS.
Rawl. C. 210, fo. 39).

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Proceedings of the council of state, 7 June-

20 Oct. 1659 (MS. Rawl. A. 134).
Minute-book of the council of state, 19 May-

10 Aug. 1659 (MS. Rawl. C. 179).
Copies of warrants, etc., of the council of state,

21 May-21 Oct. 1659, and of committee of safety,
1 Nov.-20 Dec. 1659 (MS. Rawl. A. 259).

Letters from members of Parliament, etc., about
restoration of the Rump, May 1659 (MS. Tanner
48).

Copies of orders, etc., issued for the recovery of
the goods of Charles I. and his queen sold during
the " usurpation," July 1662-Noy. 1664 (MS. Rawl.
A. 111).

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1660-1714

COLONIAL

" Collections about Barbadoes, out of the papers
of Sir R[ichard] D[utton]," by Dr. Thomas Smith
(MS. Smith 103).

Collection of papers chiefly relating to Jamaica
(MS. Rawl. A. 312).

Copies of papers relating to Jamaica, 1661-1664
(MS. Rawl. A. 347).

Account of goods exported to England from
Jamaica, 1686-1712 (with omissions), and from
Barbadoes, 1697-1700, 1704-1708 (MS. Rawl. B.
250).

"An exact narrative of the state of Guiana and
of the English colony in Surinam in the beginning
of the war with the Dutch/' by William Byam
(MS. Ashmole, 842, fos. 109-121).

Miscellaneous papers relating to the Old and the
New East India Companies, Charles II. to Anne
(MSS. Rawl. D. 747, A. 302-303).

Minute-book of the committee for establishing
a new East India Company, Oct. 1691 -March 1692.
Oct.-Dec. 1692 (MS. Rawl. C. 449).

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ECCLESIASTICAL

Subscriptions of 300 to 400 clergy to the oaths
prescribed by the Act of Uniformity taken before the
Bishop of London, 1662-1663 (MS. Rawl. B. 375).

Papers about a conventicle at Twyford, 1670
(MS. Top. Norfolk C. 2).

List of licences to preach to nonconformists, 1672
(MS. Jones 22).

Letter-book of Gilbert Sheldon, archbishop of
Canterbury, Oct. 1664-June 1669 (MS. Add. C. 308).

Collection of papers chiefly owned by and written
to Sheldon, 1585-1724 (MSS. Add. C. 302-3, 304a,
304b, 305-7).

Letters, receipts, accounts, etc., connected with
the rebuilding of St. Paul's Cathedral (MS. Tanner
145).

Original minute-book of the proceedings of the
Ecclesiastical Commission, written by W. Bridge-
man, Aug. 1686-Sept. 1688 (MS. Rawl. D. 365).

Letters and papers relating to the trial of the
Seven Bishops (MS. Tanner 28).

Notes for a history of the transactions in con-
vocation in 1701 (MS. Add. A. 85).

FINANCIAL

Docquet-book of grants of offices, lands, pensions,
etc., made by Charles II. from June 1660 to Oct. 1661
(MS. Rawl. A. 119).

26 SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY MSS.

Account of the revenue from the excise, 1662-
1737 (MS. Rawl. A. 339).

Copies of the public accounts of England from
1679 to 1708, with other fees, estimates, etc. [used by
W. A. Shaw in his Calendar of the Treasury Papers]
(MSS. Eng. Hist. b. 4-111).

Receipt-book for payments out of the secret
service money by William Jephson, April 1689-
June 1691 (MS. Rawl. A. 306).

FOREIGN RELATIONS

Copies of credentials of envoys, letters of com-
pliment, etc., from Charles II. to foreign princes,
1662-1680, with copies (at the end) of similar letters
of Charles II. and James II. from foreign royal
families, 1667-1688 (MS. Rawl. C. 172).

Copies of the correspondence of Charles II., etc.,
with foreign kings, etc., 1674-1684, with copies (at
the end) of letters of Henry Coventry as secre-
tary of state, 1674-1682 (all in French) (MS. Rawl.
A. 268).

Copies of the correspondence of Charles II. and
James II. with foreign princes, 1683-1688, with
copies of Sunderland's letters to English ambas-
sadors abroad (MS. Rawl. A. 266).

Copies of instructions, credentials, despatches, etc.,
of English envoys at foreign courts, 1664-1686
(MSS. Rawl. A. 255-257).

Copies of the despatches of Sir Gilbert Talbot,

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envoy to Denmark, to English ministers, Sept. 1664-
Dec. 1665 (MS. Rawl. A. 252).

Notes of the embassies of Sir Peter Wyche to
Moscow and to Warsaw, 1669-1670 (MS. Rawl.
C. 233).

Copies of letters from Sir Joseph Williamson to
English ambassadors at Nimeguen, Dec. 1675-Feb.
1679 (MSS. Rawl. A. 352-353).

Correspondence of Williamson to English ambas-
sadors at Nimeguen, Sept. 1677-Feb. 1679 (MSS.

Firth, b. J^).

Copies of despatches of Berkeley, Temple, and
Jenkins, from Nimeguen, Jan. -June 1677 (MS.
Clarendon 110).

Copies (in French) by Sir Gabriel Sylvius of his
despatches to secretaries of state from Zell, Hanover,
etc., with copies of replies from Sunderland and
Jenkins, May-Sept. 1680 (MS. Rawl. C. 727).

Copy-book of despatches (in French) of Sir
Gabriel Sylvius, ambassador in Denmark, to Middle -
ton and others, June 1685- June 1689 (MSS. Rawl.
C. 417, and A. 480).

Papers of Sir Gabriel Sylvius during his embassy
in Denmark, 1685-1689 (MS. Rawl. D. 749).

Miscellaneous papers relating to foreign affairs,
1686-1702, including some of G. Stepney from
Saxony in 1694 (MS. Rawl. A.. 326).

Diary kept by Sir William Norris, ambassador

28 SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY MSS.

from England to the Great Mogul, 1699-1701 (MSS.
Rawl. C. 912-913).

Copies of letters from John Robinson, bishop of
Bristol, during the negotiations at Utrecht, 1711-
1714, and from Strafford, joint plenipotentiaries.
Also letters to them from Bolingbroke, Matthew
Prior, Shrewsbury, etc. (MSS. Rawl. A. 285-286).

Letters, memorials, etc., addressed to Robinson
with relation to the negotiations at Utrecht (MSS.
Rawl. C. 391-392).

IKELAND

Copies of letters written by Essex, lord lieutenant
of Ireland, 1672-1677. [Those written in 1675 were
published in 1770. Others of the years 1672-1677
have been printed (from the Stowe MSS., Brit. Mus.)
1890 and 1913 in the Camden Series for the Royal
Historical Society.] (MSS. Add. C. 33-37.)

Copy-book of letters from Charles II. to Berkeley
and Essex, lord lieutenants, Aug. 1672-July 1674
(MS. Rawl. B. 492).

Copies of official letters relating to Irish affairs
chiefly from Clarendon to Rochester, Nov. 1685 to
Feb. 1687. [Cf. S. W. Singer's Diary and Cor-
respondence of Clarendon and Rochester, 2 vols.,
1828.] (MS. Rawl. A. 482.)

Seven letters from Tyrconnel, lord deputy, to
Sunderland, May-June 1688 (MS. Rawl. A. 139b).

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MILITARY AND NAVAL

Register of the ships in the royal navy, 1660-
1675, giving the time and place of building, dimen-
sions, etc., and names of all the flag-officers, etc.,
1660-1668 (MSS. Rawl. A. 197, 199).

Orders, despatches, journals, etc., of Sir Thomas
Allin, 1660-70, 1678 (MSS. Tanner, 291-297).

Instructions by James, duke of York, for fighting
at sea, 22 Nov. 1664, 18 and 27 April 1665 (MS.
Rawl. D. 919, fos. 108-114).

Ledger of receipts and payments of Anglesey,
treasurer of the navy, 1667-1668 (MS. Rawl.
A. 282).

Copies of orders and official letters written to
Admiral Herbert, June 1672-May 1683 (MS. Rawl.
A. 228).

Sentences passed at naval courts-martial, May
1673 to July 1679 (MS. Rawl. A. 314).

Journal kept on board H.M.S. Swallow by
Richard Darby, master, Sept. 1688-March 1690
(employed in relieving Londonderry). (MS. Rawl.
C. 198.)

Notices of the battle in Bantry Bay, 1689 (MSS.
Rawl. C. 968, fo. 19, and ib. 969, fo. 17b).

Miscellaneous admiralty papers, temp. William
and Mary (MSS. Rawl. A. 448-54).

Papers about the management of the prize court
at Plymouth, 1689-90 (MS. Carte 197).

30 SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY MSS.

Abstracts of the prize accounts for the war, 1689-
1697 (MS. Rawl. C. 148).

A list of the navy in 1705 with details about the
crews, armament, size, etc. (MS. Lister 16).

Diary of the campaign of Marlborough in Flanders,
April- July 1706 (MS. Rawl. C. 810, at end).

Copies by J. Burchett of admiralty orders 1712-
1713 (MS. Rawl. C. 324).

PARLIAMENTARY

Copies of 12 Bills introduced into the House of
Lords 1662-1685 which did not become law. [Notices
of some of these appear among the MSS. House
of Lords published by the Historical MSS. Commis-
sion.] (MS. Rawl. A. 162.)

Journal of the most remarkable passages and
proceedings of the House of Lords, March 1664-Dec.
1667 (MS. Rawl. A. 130).

Answer to " A just and modest vindication of the
last two parliaments " (Lond. 1681), beginning
" Since all true Englishmen " (MS. Jones 17).

Brief account of the proceedings of the Prince of
Orange from his landing, 5 Nov. 1688, with a diary
of proceedings in the Convention, 22 Jan.- 11 May,
1689 (MS. Rawl. D. 1079).

Minute-book of committees of the House of
Commons, Dec. 1697 to April 1699 (MS. Rawl.
A. 86).

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MISCELLANEOUS

Letter of Charles II. to Ormonde, lord high
steward, on the regulation of the household (MS.
Rawl. B. 35, fo. 22b).

Copies of the letters of James, duke of York, to
Lady Bellasyse (MS. Pigott D. 10).

Copy-book of Sir John Reresby of letters written
by him, 1661-1679 (MS. Rawl. D. 204).

Copy-book of letters written by Sir Henry Shere
from Tangier 1676-1679, and other letters from
Algiers 1692-6 (MSS. Rawl. A. 342-343).

Drafts of letters from James and his secretaries
of state, 1686-1688 (MS. Rawl. A. 139B).

Proceedings at the meetings held at St. James's
Palace, 26 and 27 Dec. 1688 (MS. Rawl. D. 691).

Proof-sheets of Sir Philip Warwick's Memoirs
(with a preface suppressed in the published edition
in 1701). Letters from Warwick are in MSS.
Tanner 47, fo. 31 and 46, fo. 124; MSS. Smith 54
(five) and 29 (twelve). (The original MS. of the
Memoirs is in Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 34714.) (MS.
Smith 138.)

Burnet papers, comprising the History of My
Own Time, copied out for the press, the autograph
of the same written 1702-1713, an early draft of the
latter part of the History, 112 letters and other
papers written by or relating to Burnet, and other
pieces. [Cf. Osmund Airy's edition of Burnet's

32 SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY MSS.

History, up to 1685, 2 vols., 1897, 1900; Supplement
to Burnet's History, by Miss H. C. Foxcroft, 1902;
Life of Gilbert Burnet, by T. E. S. Clarke and H. C.
Foxcroft, 1907.] (MSS. Add. D. 15-24.)

Letters from distinguished persons to Burnet,
1680-1713 [including letters from Godolphin, Duke
and Duchess of Marlborough, Nottingham, Sunder-
land, etc. Those of Halifax were printed in the
English Historical Review, vol. xxvi.]. (MS. Add.
A. 191.)

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