Letters to Thomas Lydyat, with drafts of his replies and of other letters by him, written in 1603-1644 by T. Lydyat and others

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A volume containing letters to Thomas Lydyat, with drafts of his replies and of other letters by him, and some miscellaneous papers:

Letters to T. Lydyat (1611-43) from:

Boswell, William, five, 1631-2 (fols. 17, 26, 49, 78, 80).
Briggs, Henry, two, 1623-6 (fols. 65v, 85).
Lydyat, Timothy, a nephew, one, Nov. 19, 1641 (fol. 40).
Man, Thomas, one, April 19, 1625 (fol. 36).
Pinck, dr. Robert, three, 1636-43 (fols. 16, 19, 75).
Potter, Christopher, to W. Boswell, one, March 28, 1632 (fol. 24).
Pullen, Octavius, one, n.d. (fol. 31).
Rives, F., one, Dec. 6, 1633 (fol. 45).
Ussher, archbp. James, five, 1611-9 (fols. 52, 59, 61, 68, cf. 30; 77).
Young, Charles, one, Feb. 24, 1627/8 (fol. 46).

B. Letters from T. Lydyat (1611-44) to

Abbot, archbp. George, two petitions, 1623? and 1634 (fols. 21, 66).
Boswell, William, ten, 1632 (fols. 17, 23, 23v, 24v, 79, 81. 81v.)
Briggs, Henry, four, 1623-8 (fols. 65, 73, 85).
Chaloner, Thomas, one, in Latin, June 24. 1611 (fol. 28).
Charles i, king, a petition for privileges of printing, n.d. (fols. 25, 96).
Compton, sir William, governor of Banbury Castle, a petition, Dec. 10, 1644 (fol. 82).
Dod, -- and -- Cleaver, Feb. 19, n. y. (fol. 58).
East India Company, a petition, Nov. 22, 1626 (fol. 32).
Fetherston, Henry, London bookseller, one, Oct. 27, 1630 (fol. 42).
Goade, dr. Thomas, d. 1638, one in Latin, n. d. (fol. 55).
Man, Thomas, May 12, 1625 (fol. 36v).
Martin, sir Henry, one, Oct. 17, 1626 (fol. 35).
Martin, --, son of the foreg., one, April 3, 1629 (fol. 56v)
Newton, Adam, secretary to prince Henry, one in Latin, July 26, 1611 (fol. 83).
Parker, --, one about books, Feb. 7, n.y. (fol. 39).
Pinck, dr. Robert, three, 1643-4) (fols. 16, 16v).
Rouse, John, Bodley's Librarian, one, Aug. 2, 1638 (fol. 15).
Stationers' Company, one, Feb. 23, 1622/3 (fol. 66v).
Ussher, archbp. James, seven, 1617-43 (fols. 68v, 70, 72, 72v, 87, 88).
Waterson, Simon, London bookseller, two, 1620-21 (fols. 54, 67).
Welles, --, two, 1614/6 (fol. 43).
Young, Patrick, three, 1628/9 (fols. 46v, 565, 57).

C. Miscellaneous papers, including

(fol. 13) 'Obseruations to be made by the Masters of Shipps, etc. in their ... long Voyages ..., for the advancement of navigation and astronomy': presumably by T. Lydyat, but not in his hand.
(fols. 31, 32v, 33, 34, 38, 74) Notes about Lydyat's books, and their printing.
3 (fol. 44). A form of bail in £ 700 for a prisoner (no doubt Lydyat) in Southwark, not fully filled up, July 8, 1630: in Latin.
(fol. 50) A letter testimonial to T. Lydyat from New college, Oxford, signed by the sub-warden and seniority, April, 1603.
(fol. 63) 'A magnetical probleme.'
(fol. 92) 'Distinctio tertia libri Almagesti' Ptolemaei, chapter 1, in Latin, copied by Lydyat from a MS., probably MS. New college 281, cf. fol. 89.
(fols. 99, 101) The answer of T. Lydyat to the bill of complaint of Edward Weston, about a mortgage of Alkerton, 1627.