Manuscripts, in a single hand, containing copies of 373 letters arranged in chronological order and dated between 1641 and 1688, and extra-illustrated with many prints and drawings, primarily engraved portraits of the correspondents. The letters in the first volume are addressed to William Legge, and mainly discuss political and military activities, including tactics during the English Civil War; correspondents include Sir William Davenant and King Charles I. This volume also contains numerous letters concerning the marriage negotations of John Butler, 1st Earl of Gowran, the son of the Duke of Ormonde, The letters are annotated in red ink. The work is prefaced by a letter to William, 4th Earl of Dartmouth, by Bagot, Dartmouth's relative, The second volume contains letters addressed to Legge's son, George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth, which primarily concern political affairs. Many letters are from James II, which refer to his exile and his attempts to return to England. Others mention the Rye House Plot; congratulate Dartmouth on becoming Master of the Ordinance; and discuss opposition to King Charles II. Several letters request Dartmouth's help in releasing Philip, Baron Wharton from the Tower, The third volume contains letters addressed to Baron Dartmouth, which primarily concern preparations for a naval resistance to the expected invasion by William, Prince of Orange. Letters include instructions from the Admiralty naming Dartmouth an Admiral of the fleet and instructing him to oppose William's landing; and letters from James II and Samuel Pepys providing rumors and information on the movements of William's fleet, and The fourth volume contains 98 letters (copies) to and from George Legge, 1st baron Dartmouth, 1648-1691. Followed by papers written by Lord Dartmouth during his confinement in the Tower of London, and an appendix
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Bagot, William, second Baron Bagot (1773-1856), was an antiquary. He was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and of the Linnean, Horticultural, and Zoological societies. In 1824 he published Memorials of the Bagot Family. His second wife was Lady Louisa Legge, eldest daughter of his cousin the third earl of Dartmouth. He died in 1856 at his home in Staffordshire., George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth (1647-1691) was a naval officer and the eldest son of William Legge., William Legge (1609?-1670) was a royalist army officer and close associate of Prince Rupert, nephew of King Charles I., Finding aid available., Portion available on microfilm, In English., On title page: Letters To and From, Coll. Willm. Legge. Transcribed From the Originals, in the possession of William Fourth Earl of Dartmouth; at Sandwell, in the County of Stafford, during the Autum, and Winter of the years 1816 and 1817. by William, 2d. Lord Bagot., Pasted opposite title page: hand-colored engraving of Col. William Legge., Sticker inside front covers: No. 24B., At beginning of 1st volume: table of contents of the prints and drawings., Volume 3 includes blue silk page markers., Binding: full calf; gilt and blind-tooled decoration. Armorial binding on cover., and In gilt on spine: Letters to and from George Ld. Dartmouth. MS.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685., James II, King of England, 1633-1701., Rupert, Prince, Count Palatine, 1619-1682., William III, King of England, 1650-1702., Bagot, William Bagot, Baron, 1773-1856., Dartmouth, George Legge, Baron, 1648-1691., D'Avenant, William, 1606-1668., Legge, William, 1609?-1670., Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703., Wharton, Philip, 4th baron Wharton, 1613-1696., Great Britain. Army., Great Britain. Parliament., and Great Britain. Royal Navy.
Subject (Topic):
Rye House Plot, 1683, Court and courtiers, History, and Politics and government
6p. of excerpts from Ovids ""Metamorphoses""., Last two pages contain signatures of several men in unpracticed 17th century hands, including "William Jacob his booke" and "John Winter of Buckland husbande.", Manuscript on paper in secretary hand containing over one hundred poems by Herrick, Jonson, Corbet, Raleigh, May, Gill, and many unidentified authors. The volume contains many occasional pieces, including poems on the deaths of Anne, queen of James I; Prince Henry; George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham; "the Palgraves' eldest son;" and Sir Thomas Overbury. Other topical pieces include "Dr. Dunn's counsel to the Ladyes and Gentlewomen to depart the citty;" "On a fart let in a Parliament," "Upon the birth of the Prince May the 29th," and "On Mr. Fenton, Preacher at Grays Inne.", One poem in Latin, ""Epistolae inter Horologium et Solarium""., P. 35 and [295] digitized at high resolution., Pagination errors throughout., and There are many love poems and songs such as "Come my Celia," excerpts from "Oberon's Feast," "Faustus and Cynthia," "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love," "To His Mistress going a Rowing," "To a Gentlewoman I would not marry," and a variety of sentimental or comic "Epigrams" and "Epitaphs." Other items include Corbet's "Iter Boreale", "On Ford's two Tragedies: Loves Sacrifice/The Broken Heart," and Gill's "Upon Ben Johnson's 'Magnetique Lady.'"
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Binding: 18th century boards. and Front endpaper inscribed, "Alex.r Popham. 1788."
Subject (Name):
Corbet, Richard, 1582-1635, Gill, Alexander, 1597-1642, Herrick, Robert, 1591-1674, Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637, and May, Thomas, 1595-1650
Subject (Topic):
English poetry --17th century, Epigrams, English, Love poetry, English, Occasional verse, English, and Verse satire, English
Autograph manuscript of a collection of didactic material. The manuscript begins with specimens of calligraphy, labeled Courte hande, Chancerie hande, Secretarie hande, cloven hande, curled hand, chayned hand, and Roman hande, as well as examples of writing in reverse and recipes for making ink, red wax, and white letters on black paper. This section is followed by arithmetic tables; measurements and conversions for dry goods as well as salmon, eels, wine, and oil; a sample genealogical chart drawn as a tree; instructions on how to use counters for counting; and a chart of the names of English kings and the years of their reigns up to James I, dated 1607. The bulk of the collection, however, consists of several hundred Latin proverbs on such topics as error, excellence, faith, honor, and ingratitude, followed by English proverbs and admonitions, and then several English proverbs translated into Latin. This section includes excerpts from King James' Basilikon Doron and How to live and that well by William Perkins. These proverbs are followed by "prettie and necessary rules for such as use to deale in merchandize, easy to be had in memorye," and, at the end of the manuscript, genealogical information for the Hill family, beginning in 1568.
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Imperfect: some pages mutilated with loss of text.
Subject (Name):
Hill family, James I, King of England, 1566-1625, and Perkins, William, 1558-1602
Subject (Topic):
Arithmetic--Handbooks, manuals, etc, Calligraphy --England, Children--Conduct of life, English poetry --17th century, Genealogy--England, Proverbs, English, Proverbs, Latin, Recipes--Great Britain, and Weights and measures--England
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, containing brief quotations and maxims on approximately 500 primarily moral and philosophical subjects, arranged alphabetically under Latin headings. Sample headings include Ars, Consilio, Deus, Felicitas, Ingratitudo, and Veritas. Under Passio, the author writes, "There is noe heat of Affection but is joyn’d with some Impotence of brain"; under Vita, the author lists "Lives of persons written," including "Of Cowley, by Dr. Sprot, Of Mr. Herbert, Dr. Donne, Sr. Henry Wotton, & Mr. Hooker by Mr. Isaac Walton." The volume also includes commentary on the popes; the derivation of the phrase "Hocus Pocus"; and notes about political figures in Europe.
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Imperfect: errors in pagination; pages 336-339 wanting.
Subject (Geographic):
Europe --Politics and government, Great Britain --Intellectual life --17th century, and Great Britain --Religious life and customs --17th century
Horace Walpole (1717-1797), fourth earl of Orford, author, politician, and patron of the arts, youngest son of Robert Walpole, first earl of Orford (1676-1745), Britain's longest-serving prime minister., In English., Available in pdf format, Two volumes (1759 and 1771) bound in green vellum, one volume (1786) in red morocco with clasps. With Walpole's bookplate 2, in early state, in the 2nd volume and his seal as Lord Orford, type, in the 3rd volume. Each volume signed and dated., Photostat of vol.1 available, Unverified and incomplete transcripts of v. 1 (1759) and v.2 (1771)., and Two volumes in green vellum; one in red morocco with clasps. Bookplate 2 early state, in the second volume (1771); and seal as Lord Orford, type 1, in the third volume. Each volume signed and dated.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Artists, Art, British, Art, Private collections, Historic buildings, Manors, Castles, Aristocracy (Social class), Homes and haunts, Politicians, Authors, English, Kings and rulers, History, and Social life and customs
Manuscript on paper of the personal handbook of a legal scholar (perhaps from Gloucestershire?) arranged according to subject and with internal cross references; some theological and literary notes interspersed (Latin texts, some with translations into English). Includes sections devoted to: Constable and Marshall, Preachers and Preaching, Creeds, Barons, Constables and Marshalls, Barons, Seales, Seals of the King, Indictments...London, Barons and Earles, Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, Corporations, Treason
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In English., Watermarks: unidentified arms with fleur-de-lis and various counter-marks including IHS., Script: Written in a small cramped legal script by several writers., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Brown leather, flesh side out or very worn.
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of about 85 copies of primarily political documents pertaining to events between 1592 and 1632. The volume includes speeches and letters relating to the murder of Thomas Overbury and the trial of Walter Raleigh; a description of voyage to France to aid the Huguenot cause in 1626-7 and seige of La Rochelle; a factual account, with figures, of fighting in Thirty Years' War; "The examinations of the counterfett ghost that came into St James on fryday night the 13 of 9br 1612, beeing that day sennight after Prince Harries death," whose testimony was taken by Sir Thomas Chaloner and Sir John Holles; and the confession of Anne Lady Ross to the Star Chamber declaring that she had perjured herself by "accusing the said Right Honorable Countess of Exeter with an intent & purpose to poison" her. The volume also contains a copy of the will of Holles' father, Thomas Holles of Haughton, dated 17 March 1592 and "written in his owne hand"; and "A prayer wch my deere sister Wentworth did use, coppied from her owne hand, wch I had of my mother 24th Jan. 1631."
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In English, French, and Italian., Arms of the 4th Duke of Newcastle stamped in gold on front cover., and Binding: full parchment. Printed on spine: "Copies of State Papers Etc. 1592 - 1632.
Subject (Geographic):
England., France, Great Britain., Great Britain, and France.
Subject (Name):
Chaloner, Thomas, 1595-1661., Holles, John, Earl of Clare, ca. 1565-1637., Overbury, Thomas, Sir, 1581-1613., and Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618
Subject (Topic):
Huguenots, History, Nobility, Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648, Treason, Trials, Wills, Foreign relations, Politics and government, and Social life and customs
Two manuscript volumes containing logbook entries, journal entries, rental accounts, and descriptions of voyages by Thomas Bowrey. The logbook volume contains "Some particular Remarks at Kedgerry on Bengall River By Thos. Bowrey, Commander the Ship London," which are log entries from July 1 to November 4, 1701. Entries document weather conditions, arrivals and departures of other ships, supplies taken on, and trading. These are followed by seven astronomical and navigational charts, accompanied by an entry, dated December 23, 1695, recounting navigating through "fields of ice" and offering "a description of the plans of the country....during the course of my voyage endeavoring to find the northwest passage." This volume also contains a copy of Bowrey's will, as well as a drawing of the plans for Bowrey's monument and a copy of his contract with its mason; a three-page autobiography covering his life from birth to his retirement from sea in 1702; a chart of the Malabar Coast opposite Fort St. George; and copies of several poems by Shakespeare and others in a different hand.
Alternative Title:
Account Book
Description:
morocco spine label with "Account Book" in
Subject (Geographic):
Bengal (India)--Commerce, Bengal (India)--Description and travel, Bengal, Bay of--Commerce, Bengal, Bay of--Maps, India--History--1526-1765, Malabar Coast (India)--Description and travel, Malabar Coast (India)--Navigation, Northwest Passage--Description and travel, and Northwest Passage--Discovery and exploration--British
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East India Company and English Company Trading to the East-Indies
Subject (Topic):
Astronomy--Observations, Explorers--Great Britain, Nautical charts--Malabar Coast (India), Spice trade--England--17th century, and Spice trade--Great Britain--17th century
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of 239 political poems expressing loyalty to James II and entreaties for him to resume the English throne. Titles of such poems include His majestie's royal farewell to England and The confinement by Sir Robert L'Estrange. Other entries consist of songs in praise of King James, including A health to the King's return; A song to the tune of the King shall enjoy his own again; and A loyal Jacobean song. Many other poems lampoon or eulogize specific figures, such as Elegy on Mr. Ashton; An acrostic on John Tillotson; and an Epitaph on Algernon Sidney. Numerous poems mock the figures of William and Mary, including On the coronation of K. William and Q. Mary; and On the late metamorphosis of an old picture of Oliver Cromwells into a new picture of King William, the head chang'd the hierogliphicks remaining; others satirize the Protestant Church, Parliament, the Church of England, and the nonjuror controversy that followed the Revolution of 1688.
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Binding: contemporary red morocco; gilt decoration. In gilt on cover: the arms of King James II, to whom the manuscript was presented about 1700. Title on spine: "Loyal Poems &c.", Formerly owned by Sir Thomas Strange. On flyleaf: T. A. W. L. Strange., Marbled endpapers., Pasted on flyleaf: dealer's description of manuscript., Table of contents at beginning of manuscript, and index at end., and Title from title page.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--History--Revolution of 1688 and Great Britain--Politics and government--1660-1714
Subject (Name):
Great Britain.--Parliament |d (1689), James--II,--King of England,--1633-1701, L'Estrange, Roger,--Sir,--1616-1704, Mary II, Queen of England, 1662-1694, Russell, Archibald George Blomefield, 1879-1955, Sidney, Algernon,--1622-1683, Strange, Thomas,--Sir--Autograph, Tillotson, John,--1630-1694, and William--III,--King of England,--1650-1702
Subject (Topic):
English poetry--17th century, English wit and humor, Jacobites--Poetry, Nonjurors, Political poetry, English--Early modern, 1500-1700, and Verse satire, English