Coventry, Henry, Sec of State

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referencedIn ESSEX PAPERS. Vol. II. (ff. 410). Jan.-Apr. 1673. 1. Royal Warrant allowing the election of Roman Catholics on corporations in Ireland; Whitehall, 14 Jan. 1672/3. f. 46. 2. Letter from William, 6th Lord Willoughby of Parham, Governor of Barbados, rel... British Library
referencedIn Vol. VI. (ff. 110). 1679-1695. 1. Francis Parry to (a) Henry Coventry, Secretary of State; Lisbon, 11/21 Mar. 1678/9-9/19 Sept. 1679. ff. 1, 6-18;-(b) Sir R. Southwell; Lisbon, London, 25 Mar/4 Apr. 1679-19 July, 1690. ff. 2, 4, 22, 27-38, 71, 73, 7..., 1679-1695 British Library
referencedIn VOL. I.-Order of Charles VIII., King of France, for the payment of the gabel on salt, in the towns of Moulins, Montluçon, Bourbon L'Ancey, and Clermont, to [Pierre] Duc de Bourbonnois et d'Auvergne, for one year ; dat. Vienne, 18 Aug. 1494, Fr. (on p..., 1494-1830 British Library
referencedIn includes:ff. 1 b-10 Magnesia, Turkey in Asia: Visit to, by six Englishmen: 1734.ff. 1 b-10 Thyatira, Asia Minor: Visit to, by English travellers: 1734.ff. 1 b-10 Evelyn Chadwick: Visit to Magnesia and Thyatira: 1734.ff. 1 b-10 Paggen Shaw: Vi... British Library
referencedIn VOLL. VI.-VIII. Extraordinary correspondence, comprising letters to royal persons, ministers of state, and ambassadors and residents at foreign courts; 1672-1680. Three volumes. British Library
referencedIn ESSEX PAPERS. Vol. IV. (ff 341). Sept.-Dec. 1673. 1. " A relation of the French Squadron sent to his Highnesse Pr. Rupert by Monsr de Martell, their Vice-Admirall ": an account of the engagement of the English and French Fleets with the Dutch on 20 A... British Library
referencedIn ESSEX PAPERS. Vol. VIII. (ff. 448). Jan.-May, 1675. 1. Letters from Sir Charles Harbord, Surveyor General, relating to Essex House; Strand, 9 Jan.-15 May, 1675. ff. 30, 86, 139, 165, 206, 396. 2. Letters from Sir William Temple; Hague, 22 Jan., 5 Feb... British Library
creatorOf TRUMBULL PAPERS. Vol. CCIX (ff. 179). 1672-1688.includes:ff. 5-142 Henry Coventry, Secretary of State: Secretary of State's Office: Papers produced during the period of office of Henry Coventry: 1672-1680: Partly Lat., Fr. and Ital.: Partly copies., 1672-1688 British Library
referencedIn ESSEX PAPERS. Vol. III. (ff. 339). May-Aug. 1673. 1. Minutes of Orders in Council for sending English farthings to Ireland; Whitehall, 4 July, 13 Aug. 1673. ff. 168, 295 2. Surrenders of his several commissions by James, Duke of York, 15 June, 1673; ... British Library
referencedIn ORIGINAL LETTERS, principally addressed to Lawrence Hyde (afterwards Earl of Rochester), and to his brother, Henry Hyde, second Earl of Clarendon, during the mission of the former to Nimeguen and the Hague, with others of earlier and later date, 1631..., 1631-1695 British Library
referencedIn MISCELLANEOUS original letters and drafts; 1588-1831, viz: 1. Noel de Caron [Heer van Schoonewal, Ambassador to England, from the State of Flanders in 1585, and from the United Provinces in 1590] to "Monsieur Hugens [Christian Huygens], Secretaire du..., 1588-1831 British Library
referencedIn VOL. III. Instructions and letters to various ambassadors and envoys; 1675-1679, viz.:-Lawrence Hyde [afterwards Earl of Rochester], Sir Leoline Jerkins, Sir William Temple, and [John] Lord Berkeley, to Nimeguen; Louis [de Duras] Earl of Feversham, t... British Library
referencedIn A collection of late 17th cent. English diplomatic Cypher-Keys, arranged as follows 1. Key endorsed "Cypher between Mr Secretary Trevor [i.e. Sir John Trevor, Sec. of State 1668-1672] & S^r W[illia]m Godolphin [Ambassador to Spain 1671-16781 Now wit... British Library
creatorOf WILLIAM HOLWAY: Poems and verse-translations, in English and Latin, etc.; circa 1633-1657. Mostly autograph fair-copies. Holway, who was born in Dorset in 1614, matriculated from Christ Church, Oxford, in 1632 and took the M.A. in 1637, serving as Vi..., approximately 1633-1657 British Library
referencedIn ESSEX PAPERS. VOl. X. (ff. 387). Jan.-June, 1676. 1. Warrant for £20,000 yearly from Ireland, to be paid to William Chiffinch, " to be employed in our buildings at Windsor Castle Whitehall, 15 Jan. 1676. f. 28. 2. Letters from Sir William Temple; Hag... British Library
referencedIn VOL. IX. Private letters to royal and official persons; 1675-1680.Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester: Instructions and letters to, from Sir H. Coventry: 1676-1679.Sir William Dunville, Attorney-General for Ireland: Letters to, from Sir H. Coventry... 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 TRUMBULL PAPERS. Vol. CCCXLI. Letterbook containing copies in a single clerical hand of letters from Henry Coventry, 20 March 1679, and Sir Leoline Jenkins, 15 May 1680-27 Feb. 1682, Secretaries of State, to Henry Savile as ambassador in Paris; 20 Ma..., 1679-1682 British Library
referencedIn MISCELLANEOUS HISTORICAL LETTERS AND PAPERS; 1644 -1762. As follows:-(1) Letter from Charles I to Prince Rupert concerning the relief of Newark; Oxford, 7 March 164 ¾Sign-manual, and autograph postscript. Endorsed by the same hands as other letters..., 1644-1762 British Library
referencedIn VOL. I.-Correspondence and ]Papers from 1675 to 1685 inclusive, in the following order:-Meditations on the anniversary of Lord Chancellor Clarendon's death, by the Hon. Lawrence Hyde, in his own handwriting, 9 Dec. 1675 (unfinished), f. 1 ;-Portion o..., 1675-1685 British Library
referencedIn Vol. V., 1677-1695:-1. Sir T. Higgons to Secretary Henry Coventry, on his negotiations; Venice, 15, 22 Jan., 19 Febr., 5, 12 March, 167,; 9 April, 1677. Hologr. ff. 1, 3, 22, 24, 26, 28. 2. Proceedings in the House of Lords on the re-assembling of P..., 1677-1695 British Library
referencedIn SOUTHWELL, PAPERS, 1654-1699, including:-1. "Articles of Treaty with the Kinge of Portugall, read and approoued the 23th of June, 1654": artt. 1-24 of an English draft or translation of the treaty signed 10/20 July, 1654. The full Latin text, with a..., 1654-1699 British Library
referencedIn VOL. I.-Recent Copies of the Instructions, and Additional Instructions, of Charles II. to Laurence Hyde, appointed ambassador for the treaty at Nimeguen, 12 Aug., 26 Aug. 1677; together with the Treaty between Great Britain and Holland, concluded at ..., 1677-1678 British Library
referencedIn Argyll, Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl, 1629-1685. Letters to the Duke of Lauderdale. 1673-1674. British Library
creatorOf TRUMBULL PAPERS. Vol. CCCXLII. Letterbook containing copies of Henry Savile's letters as ambassador in Paris to Henry Coventry as Secretary of State; 29 March 1679-8 May 1680. Copies in a single clerical hand, the same as that the preceding volume. ... British Library
referencedIn ESSEX PAPERS. Vol. VII. (ff. 338). Sept.-Dec. 1674. 1. Letters from Sir William Temple, enclosing news of the campaign between the Confederates and the French, etc.; the Hague, 13 Sept., 12 Oct., 13 Nov. 1674. ff. 4, 104, 106, 169, 171. 2. Warrant fo... British Library
referencedIn VOL. II. Letters to the ambassadors in Sweden, viz.:--Worden; 19 July-9 Aug. 1672; and Sir Edward Wood; 9 Aug. 1672-11 Nov. 1678.Henry Coventry, Secretary of State: Letters to English Ambassadors in Sweden: 1672-1678.: Copies.includes:ff. 13-166 ... British Library
referencedIn ESSEX PAPERS. Vol. I. (ff. 493). Jan.-Dec. 1672. 1. Warrants to send troops from the " army of Ireland " into England, under command of Richard, Lord Le Power; Whitehall, 1, 3 Aug. 1672. ff. 96, 102. 2. Letters from the Bishops of Derry and Down and ... British Library
referencedIn VOL. I. Letters to [Charles Stuart] Duke of Richmond and Lenox, Ambassador, and Sir John Paull and [Thomas] Henshaw, Residents, in Denmark; 5 July, 1672-18 Dec. 1676.Charles Stuart, 4th Duke of Richmond and Lennox; afterwards Ambassador to Denmark: L... British Library
referencedIn ESSEX PAPERS. Vol. XII. (ff. 351). Jan.-Apr. 1677. 1. Letters from Hugh May, Comptroller of the Works to Charles ll., on payments for works at Cashiobury House and Windsor Castle; Whitehall, 6, 23 Jan. 1677. ff. 3, 53. 2. Letters from James Touchet, ... British Library
referencedIn HODGKIN PAPERS. Vol. IV (ff. 327). Pepys and Danby papers, viz. : A. Pepys Papers, including, besides letters addressed to Samuel Pepys, other letters and papers gathered together by Mr. Hodgkin as illustrative of passages in Pepys's Diary; 1661-1681..., 1661-1691 British Library
referencedIn LEEDS PAPERS. Vol. XXXI (ff. 190). Correspondence and papers of the 1st Duke of Leeds relating to foreign affairs; 1665-1696.Charles II of England: Foreign and diplomatic correspondence and papers of Lord Danby: 1674-1678.Accompts: Osborne family, Du..., 1665-1696 British Library
referencedIn Vol. i. 1583-1679.includes:f. 2 London, Parishes. St. Mary Aldermary: Agreement of the Dean of Westminster with Trinity College, Cambridge, for election to scholarships: 1608.: Copy. ff. 4, 6 Constantin Huygens, Heer van Zuylichem, Dutch Statesman: ..., 1583-1679 British Library
referencedIn Vol. II. 1674-1676.Henry Coventry, Secretary of State: Letters to Sir R. Bulstrode: 1674-1680.John Cooke, Under-Secretary of State: Letters to Sir R. Bulstrode: 1674-1685.includes:f. 127 Thomas Porter: Letter to Sir R. Bulstrode: 1675.f. 199 Joh..., 1674-1676 British Library
referencedIn Malet family. State papers, historical documents, and official and private letters, formerly belonging to the family of Malet, Baronets, of Wilbury, co. Wilts. Vol. IV, July 1660-1676. British Library
referencedIn ESSEX PAPERS. Vol. V. (ff. 365). Jan.-Mar. 1674. 1. Letters from Sir Joseph Williamson; Cologne, 1/11 Jan.-6 Apr./27 Mar 1674. ff. 1, 11, 53, 94, 128, 147, 185, 205, 246, 279, 287, 298, 306, 339. 2. " Articles of treasonable and other crimes of high ... British Library
referencedIn VOL. V. Letters to the envoys to Italy aud Turkey; 1674-1680; principally addressed to Sir Thomas Higgins [Resident at Venice] and Sir John Finch [Ambassador to the Porte], with others to residents at Genoa, Leghorn, and Florence.Leghorn, Italy: Let... British Library
referencedIn LETTERS relating to the proceedings of the Council of Ireland in the matter of the Popish plot; being chiefly copies of despatches by the Duke of Ormonde, Lord Lieutenant, and the Council to Henry Coventry, Secretary of State, in Apr. 1679, with a na... British Library
referencedIn LEEDS PAPERS. Vol. XV (ff. 182). (1) Letters from the 1st Duke of Leeds to his wife Bridget, née Bertie; 1661-1694. ff. 1-40 b. (2) Family and miscellaneous correspondence of Bridget, Duchess of Leeds; 1654-1703. ff. 41-136 b. (3) Miscellaneous corre..., 1654-1703 British Library
referencedIn WEST PAPERS. Vol. I. (ff. 289). Miscellaneous letters, mostly original, of interest historically or otherwise; 1532-1734. The names of all the writers are given in the index. Among them are:-1. John Fox, the Martyrologist, to Sir [William] Cecil, Se..., 1532-1734 British Library
referencedIn ESSEX PAPERS. VOL. IX. (ff. 462). June-Dec. 1675. 1. Account of the quarrel between the Lords and Commons, by Francis, Lord Aungier; London, 5 June, 1675. f 21. 2. Warrant to audit the accompts of Lord Ranelagh and his partners, as farmers of the Rev... British Library
referencedIn Vol. II., 3/13 Feb. 167 ¾-21 Nov. / 1 Dec 1680.Francis Parry, Envoy to Portugal: Letter-books: 1668-1680.includes:ff. 2-148 b passim Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington: Letters to, from F. Parry: 1668-1678.: Copies. ff. 3 b-215 passim Sir Joseph W... British Library
referencedIn ESSEX PAPERS. Vol. XIII. (ff. 374). 1 May-13 Sept. 1677, 2 May -9 Sept. 1679. 1. Letter from Henry Savile, on behalf of the Duchess of Cleveland; Whitehall, 8 May, 1677. f. 45. 2. Proposals of James, Duke of Ormonde, on becoming Lord-Lieutenant of Ir... British Library
referencedIn Joseph Colston, M D, of London: Collection of letters and papers: 17th cent.Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester: Collection of his letters and papers: 17th cent.Voyages and Travels: Notes by Dr. Colston of his travels abroad: 1641-1646.includes:f... British Library
referencedIn LEEDS PAPERS. Vol. XXV (ff. 101). Miscellaneous petitions; 1665-1694, n.d. Addressed to the following:-(1) The King; 1665-1694, n.d. Included at f. 1 b is a draft, in the 1st Duke of Leeds' hand, of a petition from the Grand Juries of the Yorkshire ..., 1665-1694 British Library
referencedIn HODGKIN PAPERS. Vol. XI (ff.200). The contents relate to: (A) Religion, chiefly in connexion with Roman Catholics and dissenters; (B) Life in London prisons for debt; (C) Literature, viz.: A. 1. Bond in £200 to the Crown by Richard Black of Iden, co...., 16th century-18th century British Library
creatorOf BULSTRODE PAPERS. Vol. I. Letter-book, etc.; 1674-early 18th cent. Partly drafts and copies. Partly French and Spanish. Containing (ff. 1-83) copies of letters to Bulstrode from the Secretary of State, Henry Coventry, 1674-1680, followed (ff. 84-112)... British Library
referencedIn 72451. TRUMBULL PAPERS. Vol. CCX (ff. 83). Miscellaneous outsize documents, with some tracts; 1562-circa 1688. Partly Latin, French and Portuguese. Partly later copies., 1562-approximately 1688 British Library
referencedIn Vol. IV. (ff. 113). 1671-1677. 1. " The particulars of the agreivances of the English Nation [against Portugal] delivered to Mr. [Francis] Parry "; 4 Sept. 1671. f. 1. 2. Francis Parry, English Resident at Lisbon, to (a) Lord Arlington, Secretary of ..., 1671-1677 British Library
referencedIn Vol. V. (ff. 121). 1678-1679. 1. Memorial of Francis Parry to Dom Pedro, Prince of Portugal, on the proposed renewal of the Treaty of Commerce; Lisbon, 14 Jan. 1 6 7 8. Copy. f. 1. 2. Francis Parry to (a) the Lord Treasurer Danby; 18/28 Jan. 1677/8 -..., 1678-1679 British Library
referencedIn ESSEX PAPERS. Vol. XI. (ff. 442). July-Dec. 1676. 1. Letter from Sir Leoline Jenkins, Ambassador for the treaty of Nimeguen; Nimieguen, 12 July, 1676. f. 39. 2. Letters from Dr. Andrew Sall, on the publication of his works at Oxford; Oxford, 14, 25 J... British Library
referencedIn Argyll, Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl, 1629-1685. Letters to the Duke of Lauderdale. March 1671 - Sept. 1673. British Library
referencedIn VOL. IV. Letters to residents and consuls in Portugal, and to Governors of Tangier and the Plantations in North America and the West Indies; 1674-1679.Island of Jamaica: Letters to governors of plantations, from H. Coventry: 1674-1679.West Inches: Le... British Library
creatorOf BULSTRODE PAPERS: letters, chiefly to Sir Richard Bulstrode, Resident and later Envoy at Brussels; 1675-[1715?]. Partly signed and copies. Mostly French and Spanish. The collection is part of the Bulstrode archive originally owned by T. E. P. Lefroy,..., 1675-1715 British Library
referencedIn ORIGINAL LETTERS and documents, written or signed by the following persons, viz. [Walter, Lord] Hungrefforde, H[umphrey Plantagenet, Duke of] Gloucester, H[enry Chicheley], Archbishop of Canterbury, P[hilip Morgan], Bishop of Ely, J[ohn Stafford], Bi..., 1433-1817 British Library
referencedIn Vol. III. 1677-1688.Henry Coventry, Secretary of State: Letters to Sir R. Bulstrode: 1674-1680.John Cooke, Under-Secretary of State: Letters to Sir R. Bulstrode: 1674-1685.includes:f. 114 William Craven, Earl of Craven: Letter to Sir R. Bulstrode:..., 1677-1688 British Library
creatorOf TRUMBULL PAPERS. Vol. CCCXLIII. Letterbook containing copies of Henry Savile's letters as ambassador in Paris to Sir Leoline Jenkins as Secretary of State; 15 Feb. 1681-18 March 1682 N.S. Copies in a single clerical hand, the same as that of the two ... British Library
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