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referencedIn Petty Papers. Vol. lix. (ff. 292). Manuscript of a biography of Sir William Petty by William, Earl of Kerry; [1830s, bef. 1836] . Copy in a clerical hand. The first page has the following note, dated Dec. 1928, by the 6th Marquess of Lansdowne: 'This..., 1830-1839 British Library
referencedIn MILLES COLLECTION. Vol. Xl (ff. i + 111). Surveys of property in Ireland; 1655 -circa 1661. Viz.:-(1) Account of quit-rents in the co. of Waterford, giving parish, possessor, description of the property, acreage and rent; circ. 1661. Copy. Followed..., 1655-approximately 1661 British Library
creatorOf PETTY PAPERS. VOL. II. Letters from Sir Robert Southwell to Petty, 1674-1687, and his wife, 1679-1688, with a few drafts or copies of Petty's replies, two original letters (ff. 210-214) from Lady Petty to Southwell, 1687, 1688, which appear to have b..., 1673-1688 British Library
creatorOf PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XXV. Petty's account, written in the third person, of the making of the Down Survey, with the heading added in the hand of James Matthews, 'Sir William Petty's History of the Survey of Ireland in 18 chapters'; [late 1659-early 1660..., 1659-1660 British Library
creatorOf PETTY PAPERS. VOL. LVI (ff. 178).1. ff. 1-4v. Letter from Robert Cullen to ?, containing notes of Petty's published and unpublished works; 1758. 2. ff. 5-6. Account by James Matthews of the contents of four chests of papers 'sent to Shelburne House b..., 1700-1934 British Library
referencedIn ESSEX PAPERS Vol. VI. (ff. 416). Apr.-Aug. 1674. 1. Letters from Sir Joseph Williamson; Cologne, 3/13, 14/24 Apr. 1674. ff. 17, 51. 2. Warrant for an audit of the accompts of Lord Ranelagh and his partners, as farmers of the Revenue in Ireland, on ac... British Library
creatorOf PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XXXVI (ff. 148). Papers arising from Petty's dealings with Richard Talbot, Earl of Tyrconnel, and Sir Richard Nagle, Attorney-General of Ireland, over changes to the land settlement in Ireland in favour of the Roman Catholics, and ..., 1686-1688 British Library
creatorOf PETTY PAPERS. VOLS. LI-LIII. Papers, chiefly schedules of lands, petitions, court orders, reports and accounts, with some notes and letters of Petty, his widow and son Henry, relating to Petty's estates in the baronies of Glanerought, Iveragh and Dun..., 1663-1728 British Library
creatorOf PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XLIX (ff. 138). Papers relating to scientific and educational institutions: Gresham College, the Royal Society, the Dublin Philosophical Society, philosophy, mathematics, education, etc.; 1575-1687. Most formerly Bowood Box H.1. ff..., 1575-1690 British Library
creatorOf PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XLIV (ff. i + 118). Papers concerning shipping, the Admiralty, etc; circa 1661-1686. Formerly from Bowood Boxes G and H.1. ff. 1-36. Papers concerning shipping, navigation and Petty's experimental 'double bottom' boat; circa 1661-c..., 1656-1690 British Library
creatorOf PETTY PAPERS. VOL. III (ff. iii + 225). Letters, etc., from Petty and his wife to Robert Southwell senior and Sir Robert Southwell; 1663-1683. Including (ff. 1-58, 224-225) notes, reports and letters by Petty and Southwell to Henry Oldenburg, secreta..., 1663-1683 British Library
creatorOf PETTY PAPERS. VOL. VI ( ff. ii + 154). Correspondence, 1683-1698, with related papers; 1663-circa 1700. Including some relating to the twin-hulled ship. The correspondence between Lady Petty and Southwell is not printed in the Petty-Southwell Corresp..., 1663-1705 British Library
referencedIn PETTY PAPERS. VOLS. XIV, XV. Letterbooks of Thomas Dance about Petty's Irish affairs; 1686-1700. Including a few letters from Lady Petty's sister, Bridget Cadogan, to Petty. With contemporary pagination (1-130; 1-165) and index sections at the beginn..., 1686-1700 British Library
creatorOf PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XLII. Medical lectures, works, and notes relating to medical practice; [1645?]-[1676?]. The present order of what was originally a collection of loose items was determined at the time of the 19th century binding, and is not systema..., 1644-1677 British Library
creatorOf PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XXX (ff. 119). Papers relating to Ireland; circa 1670-1675, n.d. Petty spent the years 1666-1673 and 1676-1685 in Ireland; for his proposals concerning the Irish revenue and trade in this and the following volume, see Barnard, 'Sir..., 1665-1676 British Library
creatorOf PETTY PAPERS. VOLS. III-VI. Correspondence between the Petty and Southwell families, consisting chiefly of letters from Petty to Sir Robert Southwell, with many related papers and enclosures, relating particularly to Petty's shipping experiments and ..., 1661-1698 British Library
creatorOf PETTY PAPERS. VOLS. XXXIV, XXXV. Papers relating to Ireland, arranged according to the list under the heading 'About Ireland' in Petty's 'Catalogus Scriptorum' of 1686 (printed in Petty Papers, II, pp. 264-266); 1685-1686. Many of them derive from Pe..., 1685-1686 British Library
creatorOf PETTY PAPERS. VOL. IV (ff. iii + 223). Correspondence, etc., between Petty and Sir Robert Southwell, 1684-1687, continuing the preceding volume, followed by correspondence, 1687-1688, between Petty's eldest son, Charles, and Southwell's son, Edward; ..., 1684-1688 British Library
creatorOf B. General Political and Economic Papers, 1662-1691 British Library
creatorOf PETTY PAPERS. VOL. IX. Letterbook, containing copies, in the hands of several amanuenses, of Petty's letters to various correspondents, including his Irish agents, John Rutter and Thomas Waller (whose letterbooks are Add. 72860-72862 below); also inc... British Library
creatorOf PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XXXI (ff. 157). Papers relating to Ireland, particularly schemes for the revenue; 1680-1683. See also Add. 72852, ff. 189-190, 'Sr Wm Petty's Considerations to the E. of Ossory about transporting live cattle from Ireland to Rotterd..., 1677-1687 British Library
creatorOf PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XLIII (ff. 29). Papers relating to medicine and natural science; circa 1650-1685, n.d. Formerly from Bowood Boxes G and H.1. f. 1. Thirty-two questions concerning the properties of the waters of Bath for chemical, technological and..., 1645-1685 British Library
creatorOf PETTY PAPERS. VOL. I. General correspondence of Sir William Petty; 1649-1687. Including (f. ii) a list of contents by the 6th Marquess of Lansdowne, labels by James Matthews (ff. iii, 167), and annotations throughout by both. For an item by item list..., 1649-1687 British Library
referencedIn VOL. II.-Letter from Theodore Haak to John Evelyn, 27 Nov. 1671 (with a portrait), f 6;-Fac-simile of a letter from John Hampden to Col. Bulstrode and others, 31 Oct. 1631 (with a portrait), f. 8;-Order signed by Sir William Hamilton for Major Robert..., 1624-1712 British Library
referencedIn Vol. II (ff. 324). D-Z; circ. 1624-1683. Included are letters of Samuel Hartlib, Marin Mersenne, Sir Samuel Morland, Johann Jacob Stockar, etc.includes:ff. 1, 3, 6, 7 John Davis, of Horndon-on-the-Hill: Correspondence with J. Pell: 1662.f. 5 Eliz..., approximately 1624-1683 British Library
referencedIn PETTY PAPERS. VOLS. XII, XIII. Letterbooks of John Rutter about Petty's Irish affairs; 1672-1674. Copies in several clerical hands. Many of the letters are written to Petty in Dublin from Rutter as his agent at Glanerought. Austin Cooper MSS 73, 72. ..., 1672-1674 British Library
creatorOf PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XXIX (ff. 112). Papers relating to Ireland, chiefly the Restoration land settlement; 1661-1672. See also Add. 72854, ff. 2-5, 'Severall Accompts and Estimates in order to the distribution, settlement and Government of Ireland', cir..., 1656-1679 British Library
creatorOf PETTY PAPERS. VOLS. XXXVIII-XL. Papers by Petty on issues of religion in England and Ireland; 1669-1687, but chiefly of temp. James II. See also 'The Spirituall Estate of W.P.', of which there are copies in H.M.C. 15th Report, App. 2 (Hodgkin MSS), p..., 1669-1687 British Library
creatorOf PETTY PAPERS VOL. XXVIII (ff. 171). Papers relating to the 'Down Survey' and redistribution of land; 1654-1659, n.d. See also Add. MS 35102, Petty's day-book as commissioner for settling the army's arrears, 1656-1659. Including a label by James Matth..., 1650-1664 British Library
creatorOf PETTY PAPERS. VOLS. XIX-XXIV. 'Down Survey' of various baronies in Ireland, consisting of maps and terriers commissioned from Petty by the Cromwellian government as a preliminary to the transfer of lands confiscated from Irish Catholics after the ris..., 1655-1659 British Library
referencedIn 0RIGINAL DAY-BOOK of Proceedings of the Trustees appointed 14 May, 1656, "for satisfying of the armyes arrears due for service in Ireland since the 6th of June, 1649, as also English arrears satisfyable in Ireland by Act of Parliament." Preceded by a... British Library
creatorOf PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XXXIII (ff. 137). Papers relating to Ireland, particularly concerning the land settlement and Roman Catholicism; 1686. Former Bowood numbers given for each item below.1. ff. 1-8v. 'A Paper of the state of Ireland as made by the Eng..., 1685-1687 British Library
creatorOf PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XXXII (ff. 115). Papers relating to Ireland, particularly the revenue, defence and matters of religion; early 1680s-1685. Former Bowood numbers given for each item below.1. ff. 1-4v. Proposals for new taxes on people, lands, livest..., 1680-1687 British Library
creatorOf PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XXXVII (ff. 215). 'Treatise of Ireland'; 1687. Drafts and fair copies, with related notes. Partly autograph. These manuscripts expand some of the shorter papers on Ireland in Add. 72882-72885 above. See also Add. 72853, ff. 151-154..., 1687 British Library
creatorOf CHARNWOOD AUTOGRAPHS. Vol. I. English historical autographs, etc., circa 16th-20th cent. Included are Henry VII, Charles I, Oliver Cromwell, William III, Anne, and George II; Sir Philip Sidney, Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, Thomas, 3rd Bar..., approximately 16th century-20th century British Library
creatorOf PETTY PAPERS. VOL. VIII. Personal correspondence and papers of Petty and his family; 1648-1691, n.d. The flyleaves (ff. i-ii) contain a list of the papers by the 6th Marquess of Lansdowne. With two labels by James Matthews, (f. iii) 'Lady Petty's Cor..., 1648-1691 British Library
referencedIn PETTY PAPERS. VOL. X. Letterbook of John Petty about Petty's Irish affairs; 28 March-15 Aug. 1671. Copies in more than one clerical hand. The title-page reads 'Entry of Letters since March 29th 1671', with 'to the 15th of August 1671' added in Sir Wi... British Library
creatorOf PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XXVI A-BB. Manuscript maps by a single unidentified cartographer, of Petty's Hiberniae Delineatio (London, 1685), the first printed atlas of Ireland, based on the Down Survey for those areas which it covered, and on earlier surveys... British Library
referencedIn Vol. VII (ff. 389). 1901-1906.includes:ff. 1, 2, 10, 15, 47, 100 John Stuart Stuart-Glennie, author: Correspondence, etc., with G. B. Shaw of John Stuart Stuart-Glennie: 1889-1903: Partly draft, printed and typescript.f. 3 Frederick Kerr, acto..., 1901-1906 British Library
creatorOf PETTY PAPERS. VOL. VII. Letters from Petty to his wife, Elizabeth (née Waller, widow of Sir Maurice Fenton, 1st Bart.); 1672-1685. The letters were written during separations, chiefly while Petty was in Ireland, and accordingly they cover only 19 Mar..., 1672-1685 British Library
referencedIn Collection of letters and papers made by Thomas Birch, chiefly transcripts in his autograph but including a few original letters; 17th-I 8th centt. Included are: (a) copies of the correspondence of Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury, made from..., 17th century-18th century British Library
creatorOf PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XI. Letterbook of Thomas Waller, Petty's brother-in-law, about his Irish affairs; 23 Dec. 1671-10 July 1675. Copies in several clerical hands. Waller took over the function of John Petty after the latter's death. Many of the letter... British Library
referencedIn Vol. XXXV A (ff. 294). Jan.-June 1677.Robert Southwell, diplomatist; Knight 1665: Correspondence, etc., with J. Gailhard: 1676, 1677.John Gailhard, tutor to Sir P Perceval, 2nd Baronet: Correspondence, etc., with Sir R. Southwell: 1676, 1677.Robert S... British Library
referencedIn Vol. I (ff. 276). Viz:-(1) Appointment by Edward IV of John Russell, Bishop of Rochester, and Anthony Wydville, Earl Rivers, to be Governors of Edward, Prince of Wales; 28 Sept. 1473. Copy. ff. 1-5b. (2) Sir Richard Morison to the Council; Spires, 7... British Library
creatorOf PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XVII (ff. 179). Papers concerning England and public affairs in general in the reign of James II; 1685-1687. For related material concerning Anglo-Irish matters and religion, see Add. 72867 and 72882-72889 below. See also Petty-Sou..., 1684-1688 British Library
creatorOf PETTY PAPERS. VOLS. XLV, XLVI. Correspondence and papers concerning Petty's 'double bottom' boat experiments and shipping generally; 1661-1684, n.d. Copies, early 19th cent. (watermarks 1802, 1804), made by Henry Schultes for the 2nd Marquess of Lans..., 1661-1684 British Library
creatorOf PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XLVIII (ff. 158). Miscellaneous practical schemes, the early ones connected with the Royal Society, the later ones with Petty's socio-economic projects for James II; 1662-1687. See also Add. 72857, f. 79, concerning the duplicate w..., 1660-1691 British Library
creatorOf PETTY PAPERS. VOL. V (ff. iii + 167). Correspondence, 1668-1683, with related papers by Petty and others, and notes by Southwell of his own and Petty's opinions concerning public affairs; 1661-1683.The papers include:1. ff. 2-4v. 'Severall Accompts a..., 1661-1687 British Library
creatorOf G. VersePetty Papers. Vol. L. Verse by Petty and others, followed by a group of miscellaneous papers; circa 1664-1686, 1728 and n.d. With a list of contents (f. i) by the 6th Marquess of Lansdowne, and two labels by James Matthews, 'Sir William Petty..., 1659-1728 British Library
referencedIn EGMONT PAPERS. Vol. CLXVII (ff. v+50). Egmont MS. 249. Sir William Petty, 'Political Arithmetic', aft. March 1680 (?). Copy, made from Add. MS. 21128, ff. 2-37, with the original dedication to Charles II, and incorporating Petty's corrections in that... British Library
creatorOf PETTY PAPERS. VOL. LVIII (ff. 177).1. ff. 1-12. Transcript by Lord Lansdowne of Petty's Latin verse autobiographies in Add. 72899, ff. 30-37 above; early 20th cent.2. ff. 13-20. Transcript of lease of St Margaret Lothbury, Add. Ch. 76982 A, below 20t..., 1900-1940 British Library
referencedIn Miscellaneous warrants, letters. etc., chiefly original, collected by Thomas Birch; 1536-1765. The names of the writers, etc., are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. The more important articles are described below:-(1) Warrant of Hen..., 1536-1765 British Library
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