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Henry Smyth: letters and memoranda

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.23

Scope and Contents

Includes copies of correspondence with Charles I, Archbishop Laud, George Villiers, duke of Buckingham, the earls of Holland and Suffolk, and the privy council relating to various matters of privilege and jurisdiction. Also includes items of relevance to various Cambridge colleges.

Dates

  • Creation: 1605-1642 (Circa)

Creator

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 volume(s) (1 volume)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Belonged to Henry Smyth DD. Were in the possession of Thomas Baker of St John's College (d. 1740) who transcribed part of the contents. The letters of Laud were printed from Baker's transcripts. Belonged to Samuel Knight DD, prebend of Ely and rector of Bluntisham, Hunts. After Knight's death in 1746, the MS. descended to John Percy Baumgartner of Milton, Cambs., who presented it to the Library in 1861.

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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