Barnwell, Sir P., letter from; 167.

Barometer and thermometer, an exact journal of the variations
of the, 1716-21; 209.

Baron, William, letters of; 428.
Baronage:

of England, privileges belonging to the; 230.

a, with arms, from the time of Edgar Atheling ; 252.
collections relating to the, 293, 294.

Baronets, list of, to 1646; 294.
Baronies, notes on; 294.

Barony Courts (Scotch), a roll of, 1385; xxiv, 410.
Barré, Colonel, letters of; 146.

Barret, Edw., letter from; 159.

Barretius, Carolus ; 337.

Barretry, common, charges for; 350.

Barrett, Dr., letters of; 235.

Richard, letters of; 334.

Barrier Treaty, papers about the; 219.

Barrington, Lord, letters from and to, 1762; 222.

Barrister, note-book of a practising, 1616-18; 268.

Barrow (Suff.), rector of; 261.

Barry, John, Colonel, verses on the death of; 425.
Barrymore, Lord, letters of; 428.

Bartelly, letter to; 180.

Barter, John, letters of; 428.
Bartlett :

Sir Th., letter to; 173.

letters from; 176, 177.

William, letters of; 334.

Bastardiæ, Summa; 187. Exceptiones Bastardiæ, ib.
Bastwick, censure of, in the Star Chamber, &c. ; 212.
Basyl, Sim., letter from; 159.

Basyll, S., letter from; 161.

Bath, Knights of the; 113 (ter).

The manner of making; 290.

at the coronation of King James; 294.

Bath, presentment touching the pillory at, with a sketch; 182.
letters dated at, 18th cent.; 276.

a litany upon a journey to (satirical); 296.

grants of property in; 361, 363.

Abbey of St. Peter at, the original grant of, by William II.,

to the Bishop of Wells; 358.

Prior and Chapter of, deeds by the; 301, 351 seq.

Prior and Monks of St. Peter at, grant to the; 301.
Priory of, computi of moneys due to the; 364.

and Glastonbury, Bishop of, Savaric, deed by; 201; cove-
nant by; 361.

Bishop of, Jocelyn, grants to, by Henry III.; 201, 301.
Bath and Wells:

churches of; documents relative to the dispute between the,
as to the election of Bishops; 353, 359, 360.

Bath and Wells-cont.

diocese of, taxatio temporalium of the (early); 182; the

fifteenth raised in 8 Edw. III.; 182.
Bishops of, documents relative to; 351 seq.

Bishop of, William Bitton (1st or 2nd) conveyance by; 305.
Reginald, grant to, 7 Edw. I.; 301.

John Harewell; 304 (bis).

Ralph Ergum, an admission by, 1393; 314.

John, letter from, to Wolsey; 194.

letter from the, 1604; 155.

Still, letter from, 1606; 167.

Montague, letters from, 1608-9; 174, 176.
letters of the (17th cent.); 428.

Bath, Countess of, letter from the, 1603; 152.
Bath, Earl of :

William Bourchier, Lord Lieutenant of co. Devon, letters
from and to, 1599-1602; 349.

letters from the, 1603 seq.; 148, 152, 155, 157 (bis), 158, 160,
16), 162, 163, 164, 165, 166 (bis), 167 (bis), 168 (bis),
169, 170, 171 (bis), 172 (bis), 174 (bis), 177 (passim).
letter of the, 1610; 13.

Bath, Marquis of, report on the MSS. of the, at Longleat, co.
Wilts; xiii, 180-202.

Bathon., W. (Earl of Bath ?), three letters of, 1603-20; 196.
Bathonia, Liber Rubeus (the Red Book of Bath); xiii, 182.
Bathurst, Lord :

letters of (after 1700); 193.

letter from, to Pope; 198.

Battelle (Sussex); 277.

county of, agreement touching provision for the royal
household in the, 1588; 274, 275.

"taxation of the provision," 16 James I.; 275.

note of the charge made upon several towns in the,
for martial service money, 1625; ib.

names of sheriffs and justices of the peace of, 1572-
1641; ib.

letter from the justices of the, 1605; 162.

letters relating to the levy of troops and money in the,
1642-3; 275, 276.

a volume of descents and arms of families in the; 252.
pedigrees of families in the; 233.

entries of documents relative to places in the; 274.
extracts from charter rolls and inquisitions relating
to the; 275.

document relating to places in the; 306.

Bedford, Duke of, document relating to the, temp. Hen. VI. ; 279.
Earl of, letters of the, 1561 seq.; 428.

letter to the (at Berwick); 297.

letter from the, temp. Jac. I.; 157, 164, 170, 174.

brief of passages in the Star Chamber concerning; 212.
Francis Russell, letter of, 1634-5; 347.

Duke of, letter about the, 1727; 276.

his installation [as K.G. ?], 1750; 279.

Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, his speech to both Houses

Bellay, Cardinal de, and other ambassadors to England, instruc-
tions to, 1554; 184.

Bellenden, John, his History of Scotland, MS. c. 1500; xiii,

184.

Belle-Isle:

letters on the capture of, by the British, 1761; 130, 131.
papers on the siege and surrender of, 1761; 142.
M. le Maréchal de, letters of; 132.

Bellièvre, French ambassador, speech and letter of, to Queen
Elizabeth; 290.

Bellingham, Daniel, Sir, letters of; 428.

Bellings, Richard, verses by (translated); 425.

Sir Richard, letters of; 426, 428.

Bellot, Th., letter from; 154.

Bell-ringers; 345.

Bell-ringing and Changes, three volumes on the art of, by Dr.
Charles Mason; xxi, 324.

Bells:

letters about the purchase and setting up of; 308.

account for making a bell; 311.

a note respecting certain; 346.
letter about re-casting 348.

Belsham, Thomas, letters of; 366.

Belstone, D., letter to; 173.

Bembo, Pietro, letters by and to, 1515-46; 290.

Bemondus, Phil. See Tesimondus.

Bender, account of the taking of, 1771; 250.

Benedictine Order in England:

History of the, from the death of Henry VIII.; 234.
Constitutiones monachorum ordinis S. Benedicti, congrega-

tionis Anglicanæ ; 341.

Benedictines, English; 236.

Benefices, Act against non-residence and pluralities of; 11.
Benevolence :

general survey of, 1562; 309.
articles dated at, 1639; 77.

report on the forces to be raised for the defence of [1639];
79.

military report on the defences of the town of, 1640; 82.
"information" of the mayor and burgesses of, to the L. H.
Admiral, 1642; 84.

Captains of, letter from the, 1603; 152.

Commissioners of, letters from the, 1603-4; 151 (bis), 152
(bis).

garrison of, account of expenditure for the [1630]; 71.
a list of the, 1639; 79.

table of wages of the, 1640; 80.

order for payment to the dissolved, 1640; 265.

wages, &c. of the; 299.

Magistrates of, letter from the, 1603; 151.

Mayor of, letters from the, temp. Jac. I.; 152, 172.

letter of the, 1627; 40.

Townsmen of, letter from the; 153.

Berwick:

Bescer, Isa., Dr., letter of; 297.

Bessborough, Lord, correspondence of, 1763-8; 223.
Bestiarum, Liber de Naturis, 13th cent., with pictures; 112.
Bethell, Hugh, letter from; 176.

a volume of travels by; 208.

Beverley, Mayor and Governors of the Corporation of, letter of

the, 1683; 96.

Beverley, Sir Geo., letter from; 171.

Bexley, Abbot of, seal of the; 232.

Beza, Theodore, letter from, to Sibrandus Lubbertus; 368.

Bible:

a, 15th cent., usually called Wiclif's Bible, among the MSS.
of the Marquis of Bath; 180.

poetical version of part of the, c. 1400; 188.

the Cambridge, 1663, errata in; 93.

Bible History, the, in Latin hexameters and pentameters, with
allegories, &c., 15th cent.; 211.

Bibles :

draft of an Act for "reducing of diversities" of [1558]; 4.
a treatise concerning the printing of, by W. K.; 207.
Biblia Latina S. Jeronimi (vellum, small folio, 13th cent, illu-

minated); 112.

Biblia Sacra universa, cum prologis S. Hieronymi, 13th cent. ;

243.

Biblia Sacra Latina, versionis Vulgatæ; 365 (bis).

Bickley, Mr., letter to; 336.

Bicknoller (Somerset):

manor of, and lands in; 358, 360, 361.

indenture made at; 360.

Biddesham (Somerset); 351, 352.

Billeting, an account of moneys owing for, 1643; 40.

See Soldiers.

Billington, Mrs. (actress); 276.

Bills and receipts; xvi, 231.

Bilson, Bishop, notes for an answer to writings of, against
Catholic priests coming into England; 235.

Bindon, Viscount. See Byndon.

Bingham, Sir Richard, Governor of Connaught, letters of; 48.

complaints of; 49.

charges against; ib.
demands by; ib.

Blundeville, Th., letters from; 150, 152.
Blunstone, Richard, letters of; 234.
Blunt, Sir Jo., letters from; 163.
Boblyn, Barney, letter from; 178.

Boccace, Jean, Le livre de (circ. 1409); 424.
Bochas' Fall of Princes, by John Lydgate; 188.
Bodeley, Anth., letter from; 161.

Boden, Th., letter from; 177.

Boderie, M. De la, letters from; 166, 167, 168, 172.
letter to; 174.

Bodey:

John, letters of; 334. See Body,

Sir Josias, letter from; 167.

Bodkin, Nicholas, letters of; 428.

Bodley:

Thomas, letters of; xiv, 185, 196.

the Queen's councillor with the States General,
letters to and from, with papers in his handwriting,
1589 seq.; xviii, 283, 284.

Sir Thomas, letter from, 1606; 167.
Life of, by himself; 204, 214.
Bodmyn, Richard, commission to; 244.
Body, John, letter of; 336. See Bodey.
Bohemia :

informatio fundamentalis super discursum, utrum causa
statuum Bohemiæ sit justa vel non, &c. ; 286.

order for collections to be made in England for the Re-
formed Churches of, 1612-13; 349.

affairs of, 1765-6; 130 (bis).

Bonds, 313, 348.

for payment of money; 14, 15, 17, 26, 28.

of various persons, to appear in suits, 1631-2; 190.
cancelled; xvi, 227, 308.

Bonne, correspondence with the British envoy at, 1772; 250.
Books:

brought from beyond sea, draft of an Act concerning the
printing and binding of, 1614; 14.

account of purchases of, 1601; 44.

bought in France, catalogue of, circ. 1667; 122.

French and Italian, catalogue of; 208.

catalogues of, 18th century; 226 (bis).

memoranda touching; 234.

printed at Edinburgh, catalogue of, 1623; 296.

inventory of, 1547; 299.

printed catalogue of, c. 1700; 340.

a list of, temp. Hen. VI.; 363. See Libraries.

E., Sir, letters from; 163, 167 (bis).

Edward, letters of, 428.

Brachiana, Duke of; 51.

Brackenbury, Fr., letter from, 175.
Bracton :

copy of, 13th cent. (Marquis of Bath's collection); xiii, 186.
William de, rector of Thorn (Somerset), grant to; xix, 365.
Bractone, Nicholas de, clerk; 361.

Bradbury, Capt., letter from, 157.

Braden (Norf.), Placita foresta at, 211.

Bradshawe :

Alex., letter from; 167.

John (at Chester), letter of, 1636; 269.

President, warrant by; 265.

serjeant-at-law, &c., petition against his return as
Knight of the Shire for co. Chester, 1658 or 9; 244.
letter concerning, 1659; 89.

Braiosa, Philip de, charters by; 223.
Bramber (Bremble), Castelry of; 223.
Bramhall:

Bishop of Derry, letters of; 426.
John, letters of; 428.

Thomas, letters of; 428.

See Braose.

Bramshill House (Hants), report on the Rev. Sir William

Cope's MSS. at; 242.

Bramston, Sir John, serjeant-at-law; 265.

Bramton Bryan Castle (Heref.), account of the defence of,

1643-4, by Lady B. Harley; xiv, 194.

Brand, John, the Rev., Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries,
letter of; 334.

Brandenburg:

Marquis of, letter from the, to James I.; 173.

Elector of, instructions to the British Envoy to the, 1680; 244.
Brandon, Henry VIII.'s "gugeler" (juggler); xxi, 322.
Branthwaite, Michael, letters of; 253.

Braose, William de, deeds by; 425.

See Braiosa.

Brasils, papers relating to the, 1768-92; 144.
Bray :

Dr., papers concerning; 200.

Lord, prisoner, 1556; 238.

Major, letter to; 221.

Sir John, prisoner in the Tower; 239.

Bread :

draft of an Act for the true and lawful assizing of; 8.
Assizes of, from 1758; 308.

Breadalbane, Earl of, letters of; 368.

Breckenbrough (York); 124.

Brecknock, Chapter of; 41.

Breda :

engraved map of the siege of, by the Prince of Orange,
1637; 285.

letters of the British ambassador at, 1667; 190.

letter to the British ambassador at [t. Car. II.] ; 197.
Bredgate, J., Captain, letters from; 160, 162, 163.
Brekeley, Thomas, letter of; 270.
Bremen:

treaty of, German commission to negotiate the, 1603; 51.
protestation by the English commissioners there, &c. ; ib.
commissioners at, letter from the; 148.

Brereton:

letters to; 151, 156.

Sir William, travels by, 1634-5; 244.
Lord, letter of, 1665; 245.

Breteuil, Duc de, letter of the; 140.

Bretigny, treaty of, 1360, copy; 184.

Brett, Mr. Wilford George, Secretary to the Historical MSS.
Commission, death of; ix.

Brett, Jo., examination of; 177.

Breviaries, 14th and 15th cent.; 335, 336.

Breviarium secundum usum ecclesiæ cujusdam cathedralis in
Scotia; 206.

Breviarium, sive Portiforium; 261.

Brewer, the Rev. Professor, engaged to inspect the Marquis of
Salisbury's collection; x.

Report by; xii, 148-180.

Brewers :

presentments respecting, temp. Hen. III.; 271 (bis).
plaints against, for breaking the assize, 16th cent.; 333.
and coopers, bill touching, 1593; 8.

and brewing, draft of an Act concerning, 1593; 9.

and tipplers, common; draft of an Act to restrain them
from being justices of the peace, 1621; 18.

and coopers in London, draft of an Act touching, 1621; 19.
company of (at Chester, 1636); 269.

a license book for, 1685-1710; 309.

Brewhouse, inventory of the fittings of a ; 318.
Brewhouses:

common, draft of an Act for the erection of; 13.

in London and Westminster, engrossment of an Act con-
cerning; 29.