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Jeffreys, George Jeffreys, Baron, ca. 1648-1689. Signature cut from an unidentified document : [n.p., n.d.].

Title: Signature cut from an unidentified document : [n.p., n.d.].

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (48mo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270496602 View

Locke, John, 1632-1704. Collection of autograph letters signed (24), a letter signed, and a document signed : London and Oates [near Harlow, Essex], to Cornelius Lyde and others, 1678 July 26-1703 June 28.

Title: Collection of autograph letters signed (24), a letter signed, and a document signed : London and Oates [near Harlow, Essex], to Cornelius Lyde and others, 1678 July 26-1703 June 28.

A collection of 24 autograph letters signed from Locke: two letters are to Nicholas Toinard, one letter is to Edward Clarke, and the remainder of the letters are to Cornelius Lyde. The collection also includes one letter signed written by an amanuensis (MA 231.21) and an autograph document signed (MA 231.4) in which Locke nominates Lyde to be his attorney. Most of the letters discuss currency problems and the management of Locke's estate. Items in the collection are described in 26 individual records (MA 231.1-26).

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (26 items), bound : ill. (ports.) ; 37 cm.

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Sunderland, Robert Spencer, Earl of, 1640-1702,. Autograph letter signed from Robert Spencer, Earl of Sunderland, Windsor, to Sir Richard Bulstrode [manuscript], 1680 June 11.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Robert Spencer, Earl of Sunderland, Windsor, to Sir Richard Bulstrode [manuscript], 1680 June 11.

Concerns defensive treaty between England and Spain signed the previous night. If Bulstrode is asked about it he may own that it is done.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Sunderland, Robert Spencer, Earl of, 1640-1702,. Autograph letter signed from Robert Spencer, Earl of Sunderland, Whitehall, to unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1678/79 February 10.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Robert Spencer, Earl of Sunderland, Whitehall, to unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1678/79 February 10.

Informs the recipient of Sunderland's appointment as one of His Majesty's, Charles II, principal Secretaries of State in the room of Sir Joseph Williamson.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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James II, King of England, 1633-1701. Document signed : Whitehall, to Henry Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, 1685 Feb. 20.

Title: Document signed : Whitehall, to Henry Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, 1685 Feb. 20.

Concerning grants made by Charles II, and giving him the power to pass them.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270890564 View

Sunderland, Robert Spencer, Earl of, 1640-1702. Letter signed, with autograph postscript : Windsor, to Sir Richard Bulstrode, 1684 May. 12.

Title: Letter signed, with autograph postscript : Windsor, to Sir Richard Bulstrode, 1684 May. 12.

Concerning providing him with a counterfeit address and cypher.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270580957 View

Rochester, Laurence Hyde, Earl of, 1641-1711,. Copies of letters from Laurence Hyde, Earl of Rochester, to Sir Joseph Williamson, secretary of state for the northern department, December 1677-May 1678 [manuscript], ca. 1700.

Title: Copies of letters from Laurence Hyde, Earl of Rochester, to Sir Joseph Williamson, secretary of state for the northern department, December 1677-May 1678 [manuscript], ca. 1700.

From The Hague and elsewhere. Written while joint ambassador to the congress of Nimeguen and envoy to The Hague. Also, several letters to Williamson from Sidney Godolphin while in the Low Countries, 1678, and a group of letters at the end from Sunderland [secretary of state for the northern department] to Sir Leoline Jenkins, the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary at the Treaty of Peace at Nimeguen, March 25-July 22, 1679.

ArchivalResource: 288 p.

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Sunderland, Robert Spencer, Earl of, 1640-1702. Autograph signature to letter : to the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Oxford, 1680 Apr. 16.

Title: Autograph signature to letter : to the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Oxford, 1680 Apr. 16.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

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Cheek, Thomas. The Demands of Thomas Cheek Esq[uire] Lieuten[an]t of the Tower for safekeeping the prisoners in the Tower according to His Ma[jes]ties retrenchm[en]t manuscript bill signed : [London], undated [after 1683 Sept. 29].

Title: The Demands of Thomas Cheek Esq[uire] Lieuten[an]t of the Tower for safekeeping the prisoners in the Tower according to His Ma[jes]ties retrenchm[en]t manuscript bill signed : [London], undated [after 1683 Sept. 29].

A bill giving an account (totalling £290 5s 2.5d) for the safekeeping and feeding of prisoners involved in the Rye House Plot in the Tower of London. Accounts are for the quarter-year 25 June to 29 September (Michaelmas Day) 1683. Also listing payments due to the Chaplain, the Physician, the Gaoler, the Chirurgeon, the Apothecary, the Yeoman Porter, the Water Pumper, the Scavenger, and the Clock keeper, as well as to the labourers who performed "reparac[i]ons" to the building.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 55.4 cm.

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Spencer, John Poyntz Spencer, Earl, 1835-1910. Letter from John Poyntz Spencer, Earl Spencer, with related Spencer family material.

Title: Letter from John Poyntz Spencer, Earl Spencer, with related Spencer family material. 1803-1882.

Comprises 1 autograph letter from John Poyntz Spencer, Earl Spencer, to Lady Bessborough, undated (with a transcript), 2 autographs of George John Spencer, Earl Spencer, dated 8 January 1816 and 5 June 1818, 1 printed portrait of Robert Spencer, Earl of Sunderland, from an original picture by Carlo Maratti published 1 June 1803 by J. Scott, Strand, London, 1 printed portrait of George John Spencer, Earl Spencer, engraved by B. Holl from a painting by J.S. Copley, R.A., published by Fisher, Son & Co., London, 1835, 1 printed portrait of John Poyntz Spencer, Earl Spencer, published by Baily Bros. of London, 1862, from works by Joseph Brown and I.E. Mayall, another of him and his wife, Countess Spencer, extracted from 'The Illustrated London News' for 20 May 1882, and a press-cutting concerning 'The Spencers', tracing their history from their beginning in 1621 until Lord Althorp in early Victorian days.

ArchivalResource: 1 letter (1 f.), 2 autographs, 4 ports., and 1 press-cutting, all held in 1 envelope, manuscript and printed material.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54876608 View

Gascoigne, Bernard, Sir, 1614-1687. Copie di lettere, 1672 Dec-1673 Jun.

Title: Copie di lettere, 1672 Dec-1673 Jun.

Manuscript volume in several hands, including Gascoigne's, containing drafts and transcripts of diplomatic letters sent by Gascoigne to various members of the English government during his service as Ambassador Extraordinary to the Hapsburg court in Vienna in 1672-73. Gascoigne's mission, ultimately unsuccessful, was to negotiate a marriage between James, Duke of York and the Archduchess of Innsbruck, Claudia Felicitas, and the letters contain detailed reports on the progess of those negotiations, including their rapid failure after the death of the Empress Margarita Teresa in March of 1673. Other topics include the uneasy relations among England, Holland, and the Empire; the first news of the revolt of Imre Thököly in Hungary; and the Russian Czar's mission to raise Europe against the Turks.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702172699 View

Danby papers, 1661-1748, 1661-1684

Title: Danby papers 1661-1748 1661-1684

The papers document aspects of Danby's political career, particularly his investigation of the Popish Plot and his impeachment in 1678. They include correspondence with Robert Spencer, Earl of Sunderland on the negotiation for the Treaty of Nijmegen; letters from several members of the House of Lords on affairs of state; extracts from the correspondence of Edward Coleman and from informants' testimonies; letters and documents relating to Danby's impeachment and imprisonment, including copies of his petitions for release; and papers concerning his various offices, including muster rolls for the West Riding Militia and Treasury accounts.

ArchivalResource: Total Boxes: 3; Other Storage Formats: Oversize; Linear Feet: 2.50

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.danby View

Gascoigne, Bernard, 1614-1687,. Copie di lettere [manuscript], 1672 April 5-October 15.

Title: Copie di lettere [manuscript], 1672 April 5-October 15.

Letter copy book kept by the British Envoy, an Italian, concerning a projected marriage between the Duke of York and the Archduchess Claudia Felicitas, addressed principally to Lord Arlington, the Duke of York, the Earl of Sunderland, Sir William Godolphin, the King, Sir Joseph Williamson, the Duke of Richmond, Sir William Swan, Lord Clifford, Sir Jonathan Trelawny and various ambassadors. A leaf pasted inside the cover, giving styles of address, includes the abbot of Lambspring; in 1672 the abbot was John Placid Gascoigne. One letter is from the emperor Leopold to Claudia's mother and another from the Earl of Peterborough to the King. At the end is a summary of the times of various postal services in Europe and a list of letters written, March 14 to December 29. Thought to be written by Bernard Gascoigne, the English resident at Vienna.

ArchivalResource: [2], 275 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/642200359 View

Cheek, Thomas, Lieutenant of the Tower. Demands of Thomas Cheek, Lieutenant of the Tower, for safe keeping of prisoners [manuscript], 1683 March 26-June 24.

Title: Demands of Thomas Cheek, Lieutenant of the Tower, for safe keeping of prisoners [manuscript], 1683 March 26-June 24.

Lists of five peers, prisoners for the whole quarter, and one commoner, with allowances for them and other expenses. Bill approved and signed by: Huntingdon, Bridgewater, Howard, Peterborough, Craven, Sunderland, and Ailesbury.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

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James II, King of England, 1633-1701. [Documents] / James R.

Title: [Documents] / James R.

Document, 1688 Apr. 12, Whitehall [to] Bailiffe & Jurats of Guernsey. Also signed by Sunderland. Requests that one soldier be set free and that the trial of three others be postponed. -- Document, 1688 Jul. 17, Whitehall. Instructions & order for the governours, captains, commanders, storekeepers & gunners in any of his Majs. castles, forts & garrisons in Scotland.

ArchivalResource: 2 items ; 30-35 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/244252274 View

Edmund Poley papers, 1645-1707

Title: Edmund Poley papers 1645-1707

The papers consist of correspondence and diplomatic papers documenting aspects of English history and foreign policy between 1680 and 1705.

ArchivalResource: Total Boxes: 6; Linear Feet: 3.25

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England and Wales. Privy Council. Lords of the Committee for Trade and Plantations. An accompt of salarys due and monys laid out in the service of his Majesty and in attendances on the Right Honerable the Lords of the Committee for Trade and Plantations, from the 24th of June 1683 to the 29th of September 1683 [manuscript], 1685 October 27.

Title: An accompt of salarys due and monys laid out in the service of his Majesty and in attendances on the Right Honerable the Lords of the Committee for Trade and Plantations, from the 24th of June 1683 to the 29th of September 1683 [manuscript], 1685 October 27.

In addition to salaries, includes line items such as "Rent for the Office rooms in Scotland Yard," "a servant to look to the office and a woman to clean it," "postage of letters, Fire and candle," and "Stationary Ware as Paper, Penns, Ink, Sand, Wax, Tape and binding of Books."

ArchivalResource: 2 leaves ; 36 x 23 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/693717197 View

Sunderland, Robert Spencer, Earl of, 1640-1702,. Autograph letter signed from Robert Spencer, Earl of Sunderland, Windsor, to Sir Richard Bulstrode [manuscript], 1684 April 14.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Robert Spencer, Earl of Sunderland, Windsor, to Sir Richard Bulstrode [manuscript], 1684 April 14.

His Majesty, King Charles II, wants Bulstrode to know that in case the Duke of Monmouth should come into Flanders, he is not to take any notice of him and to acquaint his subjects with these directions.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/415099464 View