Manuscripts

Newsletters

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Description: This small collection consists chiefly ot newsletters to various members of the Parker family, many from a - - - More, including news from Europe (Vienna, Augsburg, Berlin, c. 1635), from London including information about Parliament, William Prynne, subsidies, Strafford's attainder (with a list of those who voted against it in the Commons in 1641), Quakers, a London robbery, Sir Clowdisley Shovell, King William's War, and the Messina earthquake of 1693. also included is the key to an alphabetic code sent to Sir Gilbert Houghton.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1635-1693.
Call number: mssHM 66704-66716
Creator: Parker family(Opens in new tab)

War of the Spanish Succession manuscripts

Manuscripts

Bound manuscripts dealing with the Spanish War of Succession. Includes manuscripts by: Queen Anne, King Felipe, Emperor Charles VI, Empress Elisabeth Christine, John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, Philip Stanhope, and Sir Cloudesley Shovell.

mssHM 21521-21549

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Sir Clowdisley Shovell papers

Manuscripts

The collection consists of letters and documents containing instructions from the Admiralty to Shovell when he commanded the Channel Fleet in 1696, reports by Rooke of his preparations for the expedition to Cadiz, and miscellaneous routine naval business. Additional persons represented in the collection include: Sir William Bridgeman, Josiah Burchett, Sir Charles Hedges, and Sir Thomas Hopsonn.

mssSR

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1702 June-1792

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mssSR

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1674-1702 May

Manuscripts

mssSR

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Manuscript newsletters from London

Manuscripts

A series of 126 manuscript newsletters from London, January 23, 1689/90 to June 22, 1710 (with gaps), written by a number of professional scribes, mostly with the name of the addressee on the last page and many with franks and postmarks. Unbound and unnumbered.

mssHM 30659

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John Pattison legal notebooks

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The legal notebooks of London-based lawyer John Pattison; the notebooks include records of fees and actions in various courts. Volume I : 1632-1635, has a few pages removed and two pages used as a copybook (19th c.) ; Volume II : 1636-1638, some pages stained and some pages cut with portions removed, also with autograph notes (19th c.).

mssHM 52689 (Volumes 1-2)

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