Castle Howard

Bound Manuscripts Section [no shelfmark]

Autograph commonplace book, 162 quarto leaves, in vellum. c.1580s-90s.
*HoH 102: Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton, Commonplace book or collectanea

Bound Manuscripts Section, [no shelfmark]

Copy, in the secretary hand of one of Howard's amanuenses, with Howard's extensive autograph revisions and additions, untitled, 78 folio pages, in modern vellum. c.1614?
*HoH 54: Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton, A Discourse of Duels [II]

An unpublished discourse beginning It hath bene ancientlie obserued by men of great experience in precedent times ….

Bound Manuscripts Section, [no shelfmark]

Copy, on 109 folio leaves of vellum, in contemporary velvet.

In a professional secretary hand, with an elaborate title-page, A veiw and perfect Discouerie / of the presente state of Irelande [...&c.], incorporating a partly engrossed dedication To the moste excellent / highe and mightie prince James: by Gods / especiall grace, Kinge of Englande, / Scotland, ffraunce and Ireland, / my. moste gratious, and / dreade soueraigne.

c.1604-6.
SpE 53.5: Edmund Spenser, A View of the Present State of Ireland

First published in Sir James Ware, The Historie of Ireland (Dublin, 1633). Variorum, Prose Works (ed. Rudolf Gottfried), pp. 39-231.

Spenser's authorship of this View is generally accepted, especially in light of the comparable views about Ireland in The Faerie Queene. A cautionary note about authorship is sounded, however, in Jean R. Brink, Constructing the View of the Present State of Ireland, Spenser Studies, 11 (1994), 203-28; in her Appropriating the Author of The Faerie Queene: The Attribution of the View of the Present State of Ireland and A Brief Note of Ireland to Edmund Spenser, in Soundings of Things Done: Essays in Early Modern Literature in Honor of S.K. Heninger, Jr, ed. Peter E. Medine and Joseph Wittreich (Newark, Delaware, 1997), 93-136. See also, inter alia, Andrew Hadfield, Certainties and Uncertainties: By Way of Response to Jean Brink, Spenser Studies, 12 (1998), 197-202, and Jean R. Brink, Spenser and the Irish Question: Reply to Andrew Hadfield, Spenser Studies, 13 (1999), 265-6.

J8/1/534

Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Earl of Carlisle, from Tadcaster, Sunday noon, 1700. 1700.

Edited in Works, IV, 6-7 (No. 2).

*VaJ 23: Sir John Vanbrugh, Letter(s)

Edited in Works, IV, 6-7 (No. 2).

J8/1/535

Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Earl of Carlisle, from London, 2 February 1720/1. 1721.

Edited in Works, IV, 127 (No. 119).

*VaJ 315: Sir John Vanbrugh, Letter(s)

Edited in Works, IV, 127 (No. 119).

J8/1/536

Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Earl of Carlisle, 7 February 1720/1. 1721.

Edited in Works, IV, 128 (No. 120).

*VaJ 316: Sir John Vanbrugh, Letter(s)

Edited in Works, IV, 128 (No. 120).

J8/1/537

Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Earl of Carlisle, 18 February 1720/1. 1700.

Edited in Works, IV, 129 (No. 121).

*VaJ 317: Sir John Vanbrugh, Letter(s)

Edited in Works, IV, 129 (No. 121).

J8/1/538

Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Carlisle], 28 February 1720/1. 1700.

Edited in Works, IV, 129-30 (No. 122), misdated 20 February.

*VaJ 318: Sir John Vanbrugh, Letter(s)

Edited in Works, IV, 129-30 (No. 122), misdated 20 February.

J8/1/539

Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Carlisle], from Greenwich, 25 March 1721. 1721.

Edited in Works, IV, 131 (No. 123).

*VaJ 319: Sir John Vanbrugh, Letter(s)

Edited in Works, IV, 131 (No. 123).

J8/1/540

Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Carlisle], from London, 22 April 1721. 1721.

Edited in Works, IV, 132-3 (No. 124).

*VaJ 320: Sir John Vanbrugh, Letter(s)

Edited in Works, IV, 132-3 (No. 124).

J8/1/541

Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Carlisle], from London, 5 May 1721. 1721.

Edited in Works, IV, 133 (No. 125).

*VaJ 321: Sir John Vanbrugh, Letter(s)

Edited in Works, IV, 133 (No. 125).

J8/1/542

Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Carlisle], from London, 25 May 1721. 1721.

Edited in Works, IV, 134 (No. 126).

*VaJ 322: Sir John Vanbrugh, Letter(s)

Edited in Works, IV, 134 (No. 126).

J8/1/543

Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Carlisle], from London, 8 June 1721. 1721.

Edited in Works, IV, 135-6 (No. 127).

*VaJ 323: Sir John Vanbrugh, Letter(s)

Edited in Works, IV, 135-6 (No. 127).

J8/1/544

Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Carlisle], from London, 6 July 1721. 1721.

Edited in Works, IV, 136 (No. 128).

*VaJ 324: Sir John Vanbrugh, Letter(s)

Edited in Works, IV, 136 (No. 128).

J8/1/545

Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to[the Earl of Carlisle], from Whitehall, 16 November 1721. 1721.

Edited in Works, IV, 139 (No. 131).

*VaJ 328: Sir John Vanbrugh, Letter(s)

Edited in Works, IV, 139 (No. 131).

J8/1/546

Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Carlisle], from London, 6 April 1722. 1722.

Edited in Works, IV, 141 (No. 134).

*VaJ 332: Sir John Vanbrugh, Letter(s)

Edited in Works, IV, 141 (No. 134).

J8/1/547

Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Carlisle], from London, 24 April 1722. 1722.

Edited in Works, IV, 142 (No. 135).

*VaJ 333: Sir John Vanbrugh, Letter(s)

Edited in Works, IV, 142 (No. 135).

J8/1/548

Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Carlisle], from London, 5 May 1722. 1722.

Edited in Works, IV, 143-4 (No. 136).

*VaJ 334: Sir John Vanbrugh, Letter(s)

Edited in Works, IV, 143-4 (No. 136).

J8/1/549

Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Earl of Carlisle, from London, 10 May 1722. 1722.

Edited in Works, IV, 144 (No. 137).

*VaJ 335: Sir John Vanbrugh, Letter(s)

Edited in Works, IV, 144 (No. 137).

J8/1/550

Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Earl of Carlisle, from London, 19 June 1722. 1722.

Edited in Works, IV, 147 (No. 140).

*VaJ 341: Sir John Vanbrugh, Letter(s)

Edited in Works, IV, 147 (No. 140).

J8/1/551

Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Carlisle], from London, 19 July 1722. 1722.

Edited in Works, IV, 147-9 (No. 141).

*VaJ 342: Sir John Vanbrugh, Letter(s)

Edited in Works, IV, 147-9 (No. 141).

J8/1/552

Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Carlisle], from London, 26 November 1723. 1723.

Edited in Works, IV, 153 (No. 147).

*VaJ 352: Sir John Vanbrugh, Letter(s)

Edited in Works, IV, 153 (No. 147).

J8/1/553

Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Carlisle], from Whitehall, 11 February 1723/4. 1724.

Edited in Works, IV, 156-7 (No. 154).

*VaJ 355: Sir John Vanbrugh, Letter(s)

Edited in Works, IV, 156-7 (No. 154).

J8/1/554

Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Carlisle], 18 February 1723/4. 1724.

Edited in Works, IV, 157-8 (No. 155).

*VaJ 356: Sir John Vanbrugh, Letter(s)

Edited in Works, IV, 157-8 (No. 155).

J8/1/555

Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Carlisle], from London, 26 March 1724. 1724.

Edited in Works, IV, 158-60 (No. 156).

*VaJ 358: Sir John Vanbrugh, Letter(s)

Edited in Works, IV, 158-60 (No. 156).

J8/1/556

Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Earl of Carlisle, from London, 11 April 1724. 1724.

Edited in Works, IV, 160-1 (No. 157).

*VaJ 359: Sir John Vanbrugh, Letter(s)

Edited in Works, IV, 160-1 (No. 157).

J8/1/557

Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Earl of Carlisle, from London, 21 November 1724. 1724.

Edited in Works, IV, 163 (No. 161).

*VaJ 364: Sir John Vanbrugh, Letter(s)

Edited in Works, IV, 163 (No. 161).

J8/1/558

Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Carlisle], from London, 10 December 1724. 1724.

Edited in Works, IV, 164-5 (No. 162).

*VaJ 365: Sir John Vanbrugh, Letter(s)

Edited in Works, IV, 164-5 (No. 162).

J8/1/559

Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Carlisle], from Greenwich, 4 September 1725. 1725.

Edited in Works, IV, 168-9 (No. 166).

*VaJ 376: Sir John Vanbrugh, Letter(s)

Edited in Works, IV, 168-9 (No. 166).

J8/1/560

Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Carlisle], from Greenwich, 11 September 1725. 1725.

Edited in Works, IV, 169-70 (No. 167).

*VaJ 377: Sir John Vanbrugh, Letter(s)

Edited in Works, IV, 169-70 (No. 167).

J8/1/561

Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to [the Earl of Carlisle], from London, 16 December 1725. 1725.

Edited in Works, IV, 171-2 (No. 169).

*VaJ 382: Sir John Vanbrugh, Letter(s)

Edited in Works, IV, 171-2 (No. 169).

J8/1/562

Autograph letter signed by Vanbrugh, to the Earl of Carlisle, from London, 8 March 1725/6. 1726.

Edited in Works, IV, 172-3 (No. 170).

*VaJ 384: Sir John Vanbrugh, Letter(s)

Edited in Works, IV, 172-3 (No. 170).