Historical collections, 16th-17th century
File
MS. Eng. hist. c. 287
Held at the Weston Library
Historical collections, 16th-17th century, mainly Shrewsbury estate papers and papers concerning domestic and foreign affairs, 1688-1693, including:
- (fol. 9) report of Sir Charles Sedley's speech in the House of Commons, 22 Dec. 1690;
- (fols. 87-88) Sir Anthony Mildmay's observations on the political situation in France, 1597;
- (fols. 111-116) description of Lincoln by William Lambarde;
- (fols. 145-153) copy of instructions to Sir Nathaniel Johnson, governor of the Caribbean Islands, 1686;
- (fols. 169-170) holograph draft of a letter from William Cecil, Baron Burghley, to the Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, 1572.
HMC 5: 6th report (1877) app., 452, vol. 17.
Dates
- Creation: 16th-17th century
Extent
183 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. hist. c. 287
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, no. 55340.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk