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CIRCULAR OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMISSION.

CIRCULAR OF THE SECRETARY

OF THE

COMMIS-
SION.

HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION.

Rolls House, Chancery Lane.

Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint under Her Sign Manual certain Commissioners to ascertain what MSS. calculated to throw light upon subjects connected with the Civil, Ecclesiastical, Literary, or Scientific history of this country are extant in the collections of private persons and in corporate and other institutions. A copy of the Commission is enclosed, which will best explain the object Her Majesty has in view.

The Commissioners think it probable that you may feel an interest in this object, and be willing to assist in the attainment of it, and with that view they desire me to lay before you an outline of the course which they propose to follow.

If any person express his willingness to submit any paper or collection of papers within his possession or power to the examination of the Commissioners, they will cause an inspection to be made by some competent person, upon the information derived from whom the Commissioners will make a private report to the owner on the general nature of the papers in his collection, such report will not be made public without the owner's consent, but a copy of it will be deposited and preserved in the Public Record Office, to which no person will be allowed to have access without the consent of the owner of the papers reported on.

Where the papers are not mere insulated documents, but form a collection which appears to be of Literary or Historical value, a chronological list or brief calendar will be drawn up, and a copy thereof presented to the owner, and to no other person without his consent, but the original of such calendar will be deposited for preservation in the Public Record Office, to which no person will be allowed to have access without the consent of the owner of such collection.

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The Commissioners will also, if so requested, give CIRCAZ their advice as to the best means of repairing and preserving any papers or MSS. which may be in a state of decay, and are of Historical or Literary value.

To avoid any possible apprehension that the examination of papers by the Commissioners may extend to or include any title deeds or legal documents, I have to call your attention to the fact that nothing of a private character or relating to the titles of existing owners is to be divulged, and to assure you that positive instructions will be given to every person who examines the MSS. that if in the course of his examination any title deeds or other documents of a private character chance to come before him, they are to be instantly put aside, and are not to be reported on or calendared under any pretence whatever.

The object of the Commission is solely the discovery of unknown Historical and Literary materials, and in all their proceedings the Commissioners will direct their attention to that object exclusively.

In no instance will any MS. be removed from the owner's residence without his request or consent, but if for convenience the Commissioners be intrusted with any MSS., they will be deposited in the Public Record Office, and be treated with the same care as if they formed part of the Public Muniments, and will be returned to the owner at any time specified by him.

The costs of inspections, reports, and calendars, and the conveyance of documents will be defrayed at the public expense without any charge to owners.

The Commissioners will feel much obliged if you will communicate to them the names of any gentlemen who may be able and willing to assist in obtaining the objects for which this Commission has been issued. I have the honour to be, Your obedient servant, JOHN ROMILLY, Secretary.

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INDEX TO THIRD REPORT.

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visit of knights and gentlemen to, 1617; xxiv, 413.
letters dated at, 1714-6; 369, 373.

report on Mr. John Webster's MSS. at; 420, 421.

Bishop of, Alexander Forbes, letter of, 1617; xxiv, 413.

George, letter of, 1714; 369.

Marischal College at; 369.

Provost of, Robert Stewart, letters of; 369.

University of, memorial touching the, 1715; 369; copy
thereof; 372.

Aberfoil, parish Kirk, &c. of; 399 (ter).

Abergavenny, Lord, amendments to his Bill, 1610; 13.
Abernethy, Thomas, letters of; 334.

Abingdon, Corporation of; MSS. belonging to the, repaired

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17th cent.; xxiv, 51, 63, 64, 71, 257, 309, 326, 346, 347,
409, 412, 414, 425.

17th and 18th cent.; 302, 308, 1743-7; 411.

of sheriffs, escheators, collectors, &c., drafts of, Acts for the
passing of; 19, 28.

ministers', 19-20 Edw. IV.; 41.

public, temp. Hen. VIII.; 41 (ter).

Declared, a large volume of, 1588-94; 217.

See Bailiffs' accounts, Churchwardens' accounts, Computi,
Constables' accounts, Receivers' accounts,

accounts.

Sheriffs'

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Admiralty-cont.

jurisdiction of the, in Ireland, letter about the, 1638; 76.
suggestions touching the; 79.

-- a paper concerning the; 199.

a Latin treatise, "De officio Admirallitatis Angliæ," temp.
Eliz.; 108.

notes taken oute of the Statute Lawe concerning the
Admiraltye; ib.

papers connected with the, 18th cent.; 125, 146.
Lords of the, instructions by the, 1636; 71, 74.

letters of the, 1636-7; 72, 74.

Commissioners of the, letter to the, 1653; 266.
Lords of the, letters to the, 1757-60; 146.
Court, the; 13.

matters, disputes touching, between England and France,
1640; 83.

Office, return by the, of ships lost and damaged, 1691; 101.
letter dated at the, 1715; 369.

Adventurers, in a ship called the Pearl, petition of; 286.
See Merchants Adventurers.

Esopus in Fabulis; 243.

Affidavits; 319.

Affiliation, proceedings in cases of; 350.
Africa:

trade of, 1735-67; 144.

supplies to the troops in, 1748 seq.; 146.
letter on the internal trade of, 1766; 136.
Poncet's scheme with regard to, 1767; 136.
correspondence relative to the coast of, 1767; 143.

African Company, the Royal, proceedings of the Commissioners
for making compensation to the, 1755, with other papers
thereon; 146.

Agar, Thomas, letters of; 428,

Agazario, F., letters of; 235.

Agnew, Robert Vans, Esq., MSS. of, at Barnbarroch; x, 402.
Agretti, the Abbate, mission of, from Rome to England; 234.

Aid for Knighting Prince Henry, Council letter touching the,

1609; 196.

Aid, a general, 1689; 101.
Aikenheid, letter from; 152.
Ailesbury, Earl of :

letter of the, 1680; 43.

letters of the, in the Ormonde collection; 428.

18th cent.; 431.

Airlie, Lord, letters of; 428.

Airth, Earl of:

creation of William, Earl of Monteith as, 1633-4; 400.
information to the King by the [1633]; 400.

letters of Charles I. respecting the, 1637-9; ib.

commission to the, 1640; ib.

See Menteith and Airth, Earls of; also Herth.

Akenside, Dr.; 291.

Alabaster, Sir Thomas, letters from; 161, 162, 164.

Alacampi, Edward, letters of; 334.

Albani, Vita Sancti, 14th cent., in the Marquis of Bute's collec-
tion; 205.

Albani, Cardinal, letter of; 138.
Albany:

Duke of, protest against the legality of a court and assize
held by the, 1400; 422.

Governor of Scotland, license by the, 1416; xxiv, 413.
Earl of March, &c., Alexander, letters of procuratory
by, 1470; 389.

charter of, 1479; 4.

Dukes of, charters, &c. by; 397, 398, 402, 404, 405.
Duchess of, and Countess of Lennox, Isabella, charter by,
1445; xxiii, 407.

Albemarle :

Duke of, letter of the, 1660; 90: 1662; 248.

letters touching the, 1685; 97, 99. See Monck.
Lord, letters of, in the Ormonde collection; 428.

Earl of, letters of the, 1699; 193.

Ambassador at Paris, despatches from and to the,
1754; 141, 142.

correspondence of the, 1763-8; 222.

letter of the, 1763; xxiii, 407.

Alberoni, Cardinal, compendium of the Life of; 242.
Albert, Archduke, letters from, 1603; 149.
letters to; 151. See Archduke.

Alchemy:

books on; 122.

a treatise on, by John Garland; ib.

treatises on; 123, 272.

transcripts of; 186.

treatise on, by John Bubelem, 1384; 186, 244.

Alchorne, Thomas, letters of; 277.

Alcock, John. See Abbey of the Holy Ghost.
Aldboro', customer of, letter from the; 164.
Aldgate. See London.

Aldred, Mr., his letter to the Marquis Villiers by way of
prevention of the Spanish match, 1620; 204.
Aldworth, Richard, letters of; 428.

Ale and beer, excise of, 1662; 283.

See Beer.

Alehouse keepers and victuallers, petition touching the register
books of licenses and recognisances of; 52. See Innkeepers.
Alehouses:

account of the receiver of profits on licenses for keeping,
1618; 1.

letters patent appointing Commissioners of, 1618; 15.

a book of licenses granted for the keeping of, 1617-20; 17.
proclamation repealing the patent touching, 1621; 21.
notes concerning, temp. Jac. I.; 285.

Ale-tasters, presentments of; 342.

Ales and revels, papers relative to, 1633; 286.
Alexander the Great, Latin history of; 186.
Alexander, Jerome, letters of; 428.

Algerine pirates; 282.

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trade of, 1735-67; 144.

supplies to the British forces in, &c., 1748-89; 146.
North, differences between England and France with re-
spect to their colonists in, 1754; 141, 142.

convention of neutrality between the Empress Queen and
France respecting the differences between England and
France in, 1756, (copy); 132.

memorial on the differences between the French and
English in, 1756; 134.

letter from the War Office to Lord Rollo in, 1762; 407.
letter on the state of affairs in, 1765; 130.
South, affairs of the Jesuits in, 1766; 136.
resolutions of the Committees of both Houses of Parliament
on the compensation to be given by the colonists to the
sufferers in the late riots there, 1766; 145.

letter of Frederick, King of Prussia, on the folly of the
English measures towards, 1768; 140.

civil and military affairs in, during the war, 1776-81;
xxvi, 430.

politics of, 1780-2; 140.

American iron, a bundle of printed and MS. papers touching
the duty on, 1749-50; 226.

American war:

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E., letter of; 300.

Major, letters to; 190.

Anecdotes of historical characters; xi.

Anees, William, letters from; 174, 175.

Angel, the ship, papers relating to; 248, 249.
Angier:

F., letter to; 156. See Aungier.
George, letters of; 334.

Angiers, a murder at, 1719; 273.

Anglesea, Justices of, letter from the; 169.
Anglesey, Earl of :

letter from the [t. Jac. I.]; 180.
discourse by the, 1671; 184.

letter to the, 1675; 199.

Lord Privy Seal, letters to and from the, in the Ormonde
collection; 426, 428.

Anglo-Saxon times, copies of charters of; 182.

Angulo, Don. Fr. Fernandez de, letter from; 158.
Angus, Earl of:

Archibald, contract between Lady Margaret Douglas and,
respecting the Earldom, 1565; 394.

letters to the, 1603; 149.

William, acknowledgment by, 1630; 395.

Anhalt, Jo. Geo. Prince of, letter from; 150.

Anjou, Duke of:

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letter of, requesting attendance on her journey to London,
1603; 423.

letters from and to; 151, 155, 160, 161, 167, 177, 178, 179,
185, 202, 264.

letter from her tradesmen, 152; from the Commissioners
of her Revenue, 155; from her tenants, 172.

draft of an Act of confirmation of a grant to, 1610; 12.
petition to, for an Order of Knights Adventurers; 178.
petition to, of "the six rockers of the late Ladie Marie's
grace;" ib.

petition of the grooms of the Queen's Stables to Cecil, ib.
papers and poems on the death of; 298.

lines by King James on the death of; xviii, 299.
Anne:
Lady (afterwards Queen), letter respecting, 1678; 423.
William of Orange comes to court her, 1680; 269.
account of the Prince of Denmark's suit for the hand
of, 1683; 289.

order for payment of the King's gift to George and
Anne, Prince and Princess of Denmark, 1685; 267.
letter from, to William III.; 195.

Queen, coronation of; order for a gown of scarlet for the
Strewer of Herbs to Her Majesty; 267.

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truly zealous for the Church of England," 1702; 273.
letter touching her relations with her ministers, 1710;
270.

letter from Lord Oxford to, with an account of public
affairs from 1670 to 1714; 145.

instructions by, to an ambassador, 1711; 252.
letters of; xxi, 198, 218, 252, 288, 368, 420, 421.
Annesley, Cordell, letter from; 151.
Annuities:

Court, original book of, 12 Eliz.; 230.

and fees, 1605-12; 164.

a paper relating to, 1745-6; 146.

Anson, Lord, despatches from and to, 1758; 142.

Anstey, West (Devon), land in; 358.

Anstis (Garter) :

letter of; 113.

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Arabella, Lady. See Stuart, Lady Arabella.

Arabic proverbs; 244.

Arabic words, vocabulary of; 123.

Arable land, draft of an Act against the conversion of, into

pasture; 29.

Arbroath, abbey of, warrants by Mary Q. of Scots and James VI.
respecting the; 394.

Arbuthnot, letters of; xiv, 198..

Lord, MSS. of, to be inspected, x.
Archbishops and Bishops, a treatise on; 213.

Archduke:

Ernestus, letter from, to Queen Elizabeth; 203.

letter from the States General to the, 1607; 168. See
Albert; Austria.

Archduke's country, observations on the, by Sir T. Overbury;

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Argyll :

Duke of, muniments of the, to be inspected; x, 402.

Earl of, Archibald, his action against the Earl of Lennox.
1541; 393.

letter touching the army of [1565]; 394.

letter of James VI. to the tenants of the, 1603; 396.
letters from the, 1603 seq.; 149, 152, 159, 174.
letters of protection by the [t. Car. I. ?]; 408.
Marquis of, Archibald, bond of relief by, 1642; 413.
Lord, letters of, in the Ormonde collection; 428.
Duke of, private memorial for the, 1703; 403.

John, Commissioner to the Scotch Parliament, letters
of, 1705-6; xxv, 421.

· letters relative to the, 1715; 372, 377.

Arigoni, Cardinal, letters of; 334.

Arismendy, John, of London, will of; 277.
Aristotle :

Latin treatise on, 16th cent.; 114.

a treatise falsely ascribed to (Secreta Secretorum); 243.
See Logic.

Arithmetic :

a treatise on; 108.

Rules of, by Edward Cocker; 124.

Arley Hall (Cheshire), report on Mr. R. E. Egerton Warburton's
MSS. at; 290.

Arlington, Earl of;

letters of the, 1665-9, 245; 1666, 269; 1673, 197; 1674, 266.
letters to the, 1666, 190; 1674, seq., 190.

letters from and to, 1672; 43.

letters of the, in the Ormonde collection; 428.

Armagh, Archbishop of :

Thomas, license to, to receive native Irish into his protec-
tion, 1576; 227.

John (elect), letters of, 1660[-1]; 41.

Oliver Plunket, Transactions and Letters of, 1681; 261.

See Plunket; Usher.

Armine (York), manor of, petition touching the; 34.
Armour:

letter touching, 1559[-60]; 37.

makers, petition of, to Parliament; 178.

and bows, bill for; 231.

Arms:

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Officers of Abuses committed by Painters and others to
the prejudice of the, by W. Smith, Rouge Dragon; 253.

Arms, orders to search for, 1660 and 1683; 245.

search for, 1661; 259.

orders to restore, 1664; 245.

taken at various houses, lists of [1666 ?]; 245.
letters relating to the search for, 1683; 96.

Armstrong:

Archie, son of the Laird of Quhithauch, letters touching
the custody of, 1576, 1587, and 1597; 422.
Archibald, jester or "plesant" to James I.; xxiv, 409.
attendant on Prince Charles (to Spain); xviii, 284.

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letters and papers touching the King's, 1640-1; 80, 81, 82,
83, 84.

papers relating to the state of the, 1649-51; 216.
Commissioners for disbanding the; letter from the, 1660;
90, 259.

letter directing the raising of money for disbanding the,
1660; 244.

orders and commissions, 1661-6; 425.

lists of officers, and papers relating to the, 1712; 252.
rules and regulations, 1744-5; 244.

three volumes of answers from towns and counties to the
plan for augmenting the domestic forces, 1782; 146.
several volumes of papers relating to the, 18th cent.; 124,
125, 146.

papers and estimates; 84.

See Military Levies.

Armyns of Asgardby, account of the family of; 367.
Arniston :

report on Mr. Robert Dundas's MS. at; 414-416.
Lord (of the Session), letters of; 368.

Lord (first President Dundas), letters to, 1742-7; 415.
See Dundas, Mr.

Aruold, General, letters of; 146.

Arnot, James, of Kirktonhill, commission to; 409.

Arran, Isle of, grant of the office of sheriff of the; 402.
charters of lands in; xxii, 402.

Arran, Earl of :

James, agreement respecting the slaughter of the Earl of
Lennox by, 1530; 393.

James, Governor of Scotland, commission by, 1542; 413.
letter of the, 1546; 422.
licence by the, 1547; ib.

James, Governor of Scotland, protest touching lands sold
to, by compulsion, 1549; 403.

state of his affairs in Ireland, 1661; 425.

Richard, Deputy Governor of Ireland, 1682-4; correspon-
dence of; 426.

petitions and memorials to; ib.

letters of the, in the Ormonde collection; 428.
Lady, letters of; ib.

Arrests, documents relating to. See Privilege, breach of.
Ars Artium; 123.

Arschot, Duke of, letter from; 160.

Arthur, King, English poem on, in the Red Book of Bath; 182.
Arthur, Prince of Wales, account of the christening of; 113.
Arthur:

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William de Albini, charters by; 216.

Hugh de Aubeny, grant to; 251.

Richard, deed by, 1338; 251.

Philip Howard, extents of lands of, 8 Eliz. ; 272.

a letter written by, to the Queen's Majesty, when he

departed the realm of England; 204.
causes of his indictment, 1589; ib.

his "Apologetical defence," 1589; 196.

his "Apologie upon his restraynt for accepting the

title of Comes Imperii ;" 213.

letter of, about the title of Comes Imperii; 300.
Life and death of the renowned confessor; 236.

letters from the, 1605 seq.; 161, 166, 170, 172, 179.
in the Ormonde collection; 428.

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Assessments and rates, Yorkshire, 1672; 299.
Assheton, William, letters of; 428.

Assisa cerevisia and Assisa panis; 182.
Assisarum, Casus, 17th cent. (" put cases"); 275.
Assizes :

reports of cases before justices in Eyre at, temp. Edw. III.;
xvii, xviii, 252, 267.

pleas of, temp. Hen. IV. (in cos. Hereford, Essex, Kent,
Sussex, and Surrey); 252.

and gaol deliveries, draft of an Act for holding; 24.
notes of cases at the, 1616-18; 268.

Astall and Fulbrook (Oxon.), rectory of; 32.

Asteley, Mrs., letter to; 296.

Astley, Sir John, of Patshull, and Sir Philip Boyle; the battle
between, t. Hen. VI.; 295.

Aston, Sir Arthur; 191.

Aston (or Ashton), Sir Roger, letters from; 157, 160 ter, 163
bis, 166 bis, 167 passim, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177,

178.

letters to; 157, 169, 177, 180.

Astrolabe, a treatise on the rules of the, 15th cent.; 112.
Astrologer, letter from an; xiv, 198.
Astrologers; 253.

Astrology:

a letter on the art of, 14th cent.; 199.
treatises on, 14th cent.; 243.

15th cent.; 186.

a treatise on, entitled "The Bibill of Geomancye," 15th
cent.; 112.

and the use of the Astrolabe, translated from John de Monte-
regio, 15th cent.; 208.

an Italian work on, by L. M. Cagnacci, 1689; 122.
treatises on; 123.

Astronomicum, Organum, by Johannes Temporarius; 208.
Astronomy, treatises on, 14th cent.; 243.

"Astrop-Wells, 1692," poems entitled; 101, 102.
Athelney (Somerset), Abbot of:

conveyance by the; 317.

letter of attorney by the; ib.
common for the; 354.

Athenry, Lord, letters of; 428.
Athole:

Duke of, muniments of the, to be inspected; x, 402.
and Caithness, Earl of, Walter, precept of sasine by, 1424;
398.

Earl of, John, letters of procuratory by, 1565; 394.
Lord, letters of, in the Ormonde collection; 428.
Marquis of, letters of the, temp. Anne; 421.

Duke of, John 1st, letters of, 1703-32; 368, 369.
note to the, 1715; 373.

letter of the ;

ib.

protection by the, 1716; 419.

papers about the, c. 1750; 222.

Countess of, Mary, letters from (temp. Jac. I.); 151, 156.

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