Series of notes by Henry Hyde (1638-1709), second Earl of Clarendon, on his father's manuscript of the History of the Rebellion, in preparation for its publication (in 1702-4).
c.1700.Copy, in a stylish italic hand, of A Letter to a friend and Comrade in my Travells that chang'd his Religion
, subscribed Thomas Killigrew
, twenty leaves, on rectos only, from Maastricht, 11 February 1659
[probably 1658/9].
Discussed and edited, with a facsimile example, in J. P. Vander Motten, The saucy zeal of a layman
: The religious views of Thomas Killigrew (1612-1683), Lias, 29 (2002), 81-110.
Copy, in a professional italic hand, headed The Earl of Lesters Commonwealth
, 87 leaves (plus some blanks), in contemporary vellum with ties.
In the library of John Cosin (1595-1672), Bishop of Durham.
First published as The Copie of a Leter, Wryten by a Master of Arte of Cambrige, to his Friend in London, Concerning some talke past of late betwen two worshipful and graue men, about the present state, and some procedinges of the Erle of Leycester and his friendes in England ([? Rouen], 1584). Soon banned. Reprinted as Leycesters common-wealth (London, 1641). Edited, as Leicester's Commonwealth, by D.C. Peck (Athens, OH, & London, 1985). Although various attributions have been suggested by Peck and others, the most likely author remains Robert Persons (1546-1610), Jesuit conspirator.
MS, inscribed (f. 4v) W Browne
.
In the library of John Cosin (1595-1672), Bishop of Durham.
Edwards, No. 12. Described in R.K. Root, The Manuscripts of Chaucer's Troilus (London, 1914), p. 11.
MS of the translation by John Walton, inscribed (f. 2r) Willelmus Browne 1612
.
In the library of John Cosin (1595-1672), Bishop of Durham.
Edwards, No. 13.
MS, inscribed (f. 3r) W Browne
.
In the library of John Cosin (1595-1672), Bishop of Durham.
Edwards, No. 14. Described in A Critical Edition of John Lydgate's Life of Our Lady, ed. J.A. Lauritis, R.A. Klinefelter & V.F. Gallagher (Pittsburgh. 1961), pp. 22-4.
MS, inscribed (ff. 3r, 14r) W Browne
.
In the library of John Cosin (1595-1672), Bishop of Durham.
Edwards, No. 15.
Some of the text of Andrewes's Notes incorporated in Cosin's copious annotations in his exemplum of The Book of Common Prayer (1619), a large folio, in dark morocco on wooden boards with metal clasps, the volume prepared by him and his chaplain William Sancroft for a new edition.
1660-1.In the library of John Cosin (1595-1672), Bishop of Durham. Formerly S.R.5.F.3.
Edited (apparently) in part from this MS in Nicholls. Described and collated in LACT.
First published in William Nicholls, A Comment on the Book of Common Prayer (London, 1710). LACT, Minor Works (1854), pp. 141-58.
An autograph quarto commonplace book, in English, Latin and Greek, under various headings, the first part (ff. 1-53) chiefly devoted to alchemy, the second part (ff. 54-840 to Latin liturgical offices, psalms and prayers, 85 leaves, in 19th-ceentury boards.
Late 16th century.Formerly among books from the library of Lord William Howard (1563-1640), antiquary and collector, of Naworth Castle, Cumberland, sold at Sotheby's, 15 December 1992, lot 171.
An autograph quarto commonplace book, under various headings, relating to the nobility, 135 leaves (lacking ff. 3-6, 39-48, 103-4), in 19th-century boards.
Late 16th century.Formerly among books from the library of Lord William Howard (1563-1640), antiquary and collector, of Naworth Castle, Cumberland, sold at Sotheby's, 15 December 1992, lot 171.
Discussed, with facsimiles of ff. 57r and 63r, in Paul E. J. Hammer, How to Become an Elizabethan Statesman: Lord Henry Howard, the Earl of Essex and the Politics of Friendship, EMS, 13 (2007), 1-34.
An autograph quarto commonplace book, in Latin, English and Greek, under various headings, devoted chiefly to astrology, 64 leaves (f. 60 belonging to MS 1 above), in 19th-century boards.
c.1580s.Pen trials by James Maxwell of Naworth, one dated 1701. Formerly among books from the library of Lord William Howard (1563-1640), antiquary and collector, of Naworth Castle, Cumberland, sold at Sotheby's, 15 December 1992, lot 171.
An autograph commonplace book, in English, Latin and Greek, under various headings, chiefly relating to women, vii + 180 leaves (lacking ff. 141, 141bis and 166), in near-contemporary blind-stamped sprinkled calf (rebacked).
Late 16th century.Formerly among books from the library of Lord William Howard (1563-1640), antiquary and collector, of Naworth Castle, Cumberland, sold at Sotheby's, 15 December 1992, lot 171.
An autograph folio commonplace book, in English, Latin and Greek, devoted chiefly to devotional subjects, including (f. 40r-v) a draft letter by Howard to Sir Philip Sidney dated 27 August, written probably in 1583-4 when he was under arrest in the Fleet Prison or confined to the house of Sir Nicholas Bacon, 65 leaves, in 19th-century boards.
c.1583-4.Formerly among books from the library of Lord William Howard (1563-1640), antiquary and collector, of Naworth Castle, Cumberland, sold at Sotheby's, 15 December 1992, lot 171.
A folio volume of verse and prose extracts, those on pp. 321-7 headed Observables of a Miscellaneous Nature
, those on pp. 367-77 Witty Sentences
, in a single cursive secretary hand, 377 pages (including numerous blanks), in reversed brown calf.
Among the family collection established by Christopher Mickleton (1612-69), Durham attorney, and by his eldest son James (1638-93), lawyer and antiquary, which was later incorporated in the collections of Gilbert Spearman (1675-1738), lawyer and antiquary.
1699-1711.Extracts from Andrewes's sermons.
First published in London, 1609.
Extracts.
First published in 3 vols, Oxford, 1702-4. Edited by Bulkeley Bandinel (8 vols, Oxford, 1826). Edited by W.D. Macray (6 vols, Oxford, 1888).
Extracts, headed Ascham
.
Extracts from Lo. Bacon's Essays p. 39
and from J. J.'s Preface to a Book Entit. Baconiana &c. p. 57
.
Ten Essayes first published in London, 1597. 38 Essaies published in London, 1612. 58 Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall published in London, 1625. Spedding, VI, 365-591. Edited by Michael Kiernan, The Oxford Francis Bacon, Vol. XV (Oxford, 2000).
Extracts, headed Sr. Willm Cavendish Memoirs of the Life of Cardinal Woolsey, in the Preface
.
First published in George Cavendish, The Life of Cardinal Wolsey and Metrical Visions, ed. Samuel W. Singer, 2 vols (Chiswick, 1825). The Life and Death of Cardinal Wolsey by George Cavendish, ed. Richard S. Sylvester, EETS, orig. ser. 243 (London, New York and Toronto, 1959).
Extracts from poems, headed Sir Charles Sedly on p. 91. in the Collection
.
A folio volume of political and miscellaneous verse and prose, in several secretary verse, written from both ends, comprising Book I
(viii + 254 pages one way and pp. 255-309 inverted) and Book II
(282 pages inverted), including a table of contents, in half reversed calf.
Compiled partly by Sir Thomas Swinburne (c.1589-1645), of Edlingham and Nafferton, Sheriff of Northumberland in 1628-9.
c.1640s.Among the family collection established by Christopher Mickleton (1612-69), Durham attorney, and by his eldest son James (1638-93), lawyer and antiquary, which was later incorporated in the collections of Gilbert Spearman (1675-1738), lawyer and antiquary.
Copy.
First published in Wit and Drollery (London, 1656). Clayton, pp. 204-5.
Copy.
First published in Wit and Drollery (London, 1656). Clayton, pp. 205-6. Sometimes erroneously attributed to Suckling himself.
Copy, in a secretary hand, headed An answeer to a Gent in the north that sent to inquire after the Scottish busines
, subscribed Written by Sr. John Sucklin as tis said
.
First published in Last Remains (London, 1659). Clayton, pp. 142-4.
Copy.
First published in Sir John Mennes and James Smith, Musarum Deliciæ (London, 1655). Clayton, pp. 208-9. Sometimes improbably ascribed to Sir John Mennes.
Copy, in two secretary hands, headed in probably another hand An epitaph of ye Earl of Strafford
.
First published in Poems and Translations (London, 1668). Banks, pp. 153-4.
Copy, in a secretary hand, headed The Earle of Strafords Epitaph
.
First published in Character (1647). Edited in CSPD, 1640-1641 (1882), p. 574. Berdan, p. 184, as Internally unlike his manner
. Morris & Withington, p. 66, among Poems probably by Cleveland
. The attribution to Cleveland is dubious. The epitaph is also attributed to Clement Paman: see Poetry and Revolution: An Anthology of British and Irish Verse 1625-1660, ed. Peter Davidson (Oxford, 1998), notes to No. 275 (p. 363).
Copy.
First published, as To Sir W. Davenant, in Certain Verses (1653), pp. 5-7. Banks, pp. 313-16.
A folio miscellany of historical verse and prose, in English and Latin, in several secretary hands, one cursive hand predominating, i + 183 leaves, in half reversed calf.
c.1648.Booklabel (f. iv) Lib: G: Spearman Dunelm Ao 1700/1
. Among the family collection established by Christopher Mickleton (1612-69), Durham attorney, and by his eldest son James (1638-93), lawyer and antiquary, which was later incorporated in the collections of Gilbert Spearman (1675-1738), lawyer and antiquary.
Extracts, headed Camdens opinio of Brittaine, wth his Epitomized Description therof
, in Latin and English.
First published in London, 1586, with additions in 1607 and successive editions.
Copy, in a small cursive secretary hand, headed in the margin Thomas Wentworth Lord deputi of Ireland beheaded maj 12 1641
.
First published in Character (1647). Edited in CSPD, 1640-1641 (1882), p. 574. Berdan, p. 184, as Internally unlike his manner
. Morris & Withington, p. 66, among Poems probably by Cleveland
. The attribution to Cleveland is dubious. The epitaph is also attributed to Clement Paman: see Poetry and Revolution: An Anthology of British and Irish Verse 1625-1660, ed. Peter Davidson (Oxford, 1998), notes to No. 275 (p. 363).
A folio volume of state tracts, in several hands, with (p. I) a list of contents subscribed Comunicated to me by Mr Shotbolt
, 183 pages, in contemporary limp vellum.
Bookplate of Jacobi Mickleton de Crook Hall in Com Dunelm A D 1718
: i.e. James Mickleton (1688-1719), lawyer and antiquary. Among the family collection established by Christopher Mickleton (1612-69), Durham attorney, and by his eldest son James (1638-93), lawyer and antiquary, which was later incorporated in the collections of Gilbert Spearman (1675-1738), lawyer and antiquary.
Copy of Version I, in a secretary hand, headed The Q. Matyes oration in the plament howse martij 15 Ano dni 1575
.
This MS cited in Selected Works.
First published (from a lost MS) in Nugae Antiquae, ed. Henry Harington (London, 1804), I, 120-7.
Version I. Beginning Do I see God's most sacred, holy Word and text of holy Writ drawn to so divers senses...
. Hartley, I, 471-3 (Text i). Collected Works, Speech 13, pp. 167-71. Selected Works, Speech 7, pp. 52-60.
Version II. Beginning My lords, Do I see the Scriptures, God's word, in so many ways interpreted...
. Hartley, I, 473-5 (Text ii).
A printed exemplum with Sandys's autograph motto and signature on the title-page.
Early 17th century.Recorded in Rogers, p. 370, with illustrations of the title-page and fore-edge (Plates B and C).
Containing works by Michael Marullus, Hieronymus Angerianus, and Joannes Secundus.
