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Miscellaneous letters

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.103

Scope and Contents

Includes (letters unless stated): T. Evans to Samuel Richardson, 16 Feb. 1726; George Watts to unidentified bishop, 1737; Edward Hyde, earl of Clarendon, to Ann Hyde, duchess of York, 1668 (2, with 'A copie of a paper written by the late Dutchess of York' in self-justification for embracing the Roman Catholic faith, 1670); Matthew Wren to Isaac Bargrave, 1616 (copy in hand of Samuel Knight); William Lloyd, bishop of Peterborough, to Simon Patrick, 28 June 1685; extracts from Lords and Commons Journals, 1700; papers relating to the Hatton Garden dispute, involving the bishops of Ely, 1690s; Innocent XI to Louis XIV, 13 Nov. 1685, copy, endorsed with note of John Patrick's institution to a prebendary at Peterborough; Peter Allix to Dr Patrick, 17 May 1687; Cardinal Pole to Sir Edward Hastings, 26 Apr. [155-]; preaching agreement re John Chappel, 1623; Warwickshire assize order to suppress wakes, 1630; Philip de la Champagnolle to unidentified recipient, undated; abstracts of wills of William Fuller, bishop of Lincoln (1675) and Edmund Scamler, bishop of Norwich (1594); monumental inscriptions from church of 'Penchester' [Penshurst, Kent]; 'the charge of Mr Richardson's Funerall, July 22 1717'; John Lewis to Samuel Knight, undated; Edward Russell, earl of Oxford, to Queen Anne, re the Garter, undated (draft in Oxford's hand); folios from a book of adversaria, in Knight's hand; copy of composition between Thetford Priory and Peter Bennet, rector of 'Burgh' [Burrough Green], re tithes and an annuity paid by parson of Dullingham to parson of Burgh, 1454; Zachary Catlin, minister of Thurston, 'A Memoir of Dr Richard Sibbes', 1652; letter to archbishop of Canterbury re proposed Spanish marriage of Charles I, c. 1623. For seventy years this item was misplaced as Add. 60/9, and may on occasion be referenced as such.

Dates

  • Creation: 1454-1737 (Circa)

Conditions Governing Access

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Extent

1 folder(s) (1 folder paper) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The Sibbes memoir was presented by the Revd Alexander B. Grosart of Kinross, c. 1864.

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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