Copies of letters from sir Joseph Williamson, secretary of state, to sir Leoline Jenkins, sir William Temple, lord John Berkeley, and Laurence Hyde, the ambassadors at Nimeguen; principally to the two former; vol. i., bulk: Dec 1675–Sep 1677

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MS. Rawl. A. 352

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Prefixed (pp. 1–40,) are copies of the commissions, instructions, passports, etc. from Charles II. and Louis XIV.

The volume contains also copies of ten official letters of intelligence sent to sir William Godolphin and other ambassadors and agents abroad, with a few other papers.

Dates

Majority of material found within Dec 1675–Sep 1677

Extent

222 Leaves

Language of Materials

English

Shelfmark

MS. Rawl. A. 352

Additional Description

Other Finding Aids

William D. Macray, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae partis quintae fasciculus primus viri munificentissimi Ricardi Rawlinson, J.C.D., codicum classes duas priores, ad rem historicam praecipue et topographicam spectantes, complectens (Oxford, 1862), no. A. 352.

Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. III, no. 11238.

Custodial History

Owned by William Bridgeman, whose bookplate is on the first leaf.

Bibliography

Most of the prefixed documents are printed in the Actes et memoires des negotiations de la paix de Nimegue , (third edit. in duodecimo. Hague, 1697) vol. i. pp. 25–43, 81–85, 220–226.