Copy-book of papers relating to the Bermudas, 17th century

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MS. Rawl. D. 764

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(fol. 1) 1. The charter granted by James I to the Governor and Company of the Summer Islands, 29 June, 1615.
(fols. 13b) 2. Grant of arms to the Company, 4 Aug. 1635.
(fol. 14b) 3. A rental of the public lands, returned 1627.
(fols. 16-22) 4. "A collection of Lawes since those printed anno 1622", made from 21 May 1623 to 25 Nov. 1663.
(fols. 23-29) 5. "A collection of severall orders made since the printed Lawes," from 10 July 1622 to 22 Aug. 1661; there are several orders for the preservation of cedar-wood.
(fols. 30, 31) 6. Petitions to the King against Sir John Heydon, the Governor; 1681; a note is added that the King was pleased at the Council on 2 Nov. 1681 to remit Sir John Heydon’s faults, in consideration of his being fourscore years of age.
(fols. 32-58) 7. Miscellaneous letters and papers, chiefly with reference to a Quo Warranto brought against the Company; 1680–1688.

Dates

Creation: 17th century

Extent

58 Leaves

Language of Materials

English

Shelfmark

MS. Rawl. D. 764

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. D. 764.

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. 13534.

Physical Facet

On paper, in folio

Related Names

Creator

From the Collection: Rawlinson | Richard | 1690-1755 | Antiquary and Nonjuror (Person)
From the Collection: Pepys | Samuel | 1633-1703 | MP, Diarist, Public Servant, Antiquary (Person)
From the Collection: Thurloe | John | 1616-1668 | Secretary to the Council of State (Person)
From the Collection: Wilkinson | Thomas | fl 1600-1699 | Anglican clergyman (Person)
From the Collection: Bracton | Henry de | c 1210-1268 | Judge, Chancellor of Exeter Cathedral (Person)
From the Collection: Gunning | Peter | 1614-1684 | Bishop of Ely (Person)
From the Collection: Lewis | John | c 1700-1799 | Minister of Margate (Person)
From the Collection: Robinson | John | 1650-1723 | Bishop of London (Person)
From the Collection: Fitzwilliams | John | fl 1600-1699 | Nonjuror (Person)
From the Collection: Grenville | Denis | 1637-1703 | Jacobite Archbishop of York | also known as Denis Granville (Person)
From the Collection: Locke | John | 1632-1704 | philospher (Person)
From the Collection: Mandeville | Sir | John | d 1372 | travel writer (Person)
From the Collection: Nedam | James | fl 1532-1543 | Royal Surveyor of Works (Person)
From the Collection: Roach | Richard | 1662-1730 | Anglican clergyman (Person)
From the Collection: Beaumont | fl 1688-1730 | Nonconformist (Person)
From the Collection: Fleming | Robert | ? 1660-1716 | Presbyterian Minister (Person)
From the Collection: Hawes | Samuel | fl 1694-1700 | Nonjuror (Person)
From the Collection: Price | Daniel | fl 1685-1706 | Dean of St Asaph (Person)
From the Collection: Stanton | William | fl 1697-1704 (Person)
From the Collection: Swadlin | Thomas | 1600-1670 | Royalist divine (Person)
From the Collection: Turner | Francis | ? 1638-1700 | Bishop of Ely (Person)
From the Collection: Turner | Thomas | 1645-1714 | President of Corpus Christi College Oxford (Person)
From the Collection: Samber | Robert | fl 1710-1729 | Poet (Person)
From the Collection: Williams | John | fl 1709-1726 | Poet (Person)
From the Collection: Hearne | Thomas | 1678-1735 | Antiquary and Nonjuror (Person)
From the Collection: Wharton | Philip | 1613-1696 | 4th Baron Wharton (Person)
From the Collection: Zamboni | Giovanni Giacomo | fl 1723-1751 | resident in England for Duke of Modena (Person)
From the Collection: Sancroft | William | 1617-1693 | Archbishop of Canterbury (Person)
From the Collection: Neve | John Le | 1679-1741 | Antiquary (Person)
From the Collection: L'Estrange | Hamon | 1605-1660 | theologian and historian (Person)
From the Collection: Gronovius | Jacobus | 1645-1716 | classical scholar (Person)
From the Collection: Smith | Thomas | 1638-1710 | Nonjuror Historian and Librarian (Person)
From the Collection: Holman | William | d 1730 | Essex Antiquary Congregational Minister (Person)

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