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MS. Jones 56

Summary

Copies of papers and treatises on public affairs in England from 1603 to 1660, with some Oxford papers: the chief items are:

Fols. 1, 17, 23. Cambridge University letters and papers, chiefly in Latin, 1616-1636.

Fols. 5, 19, 25. Letters of compliment from the University of Oxford, orations etc., in Latin, 1615-1650.

Fol. 11. Poems on two great ships of the Navy, 1637; in English and Latin.

Fol. 28. 'Observacions about Ireland' by Sir C. Reynell.

Fol. 35. Sir Walter Raleigh's Petition to the King, and (fol. 36v) his treatise of calling Parliaments, entitled 'A dialogue between a Councellor of State and Justice of Peace.'.

Fols. 47, 129, 146. Miscellaneous papers on public affairs, including some by Laud (fol. 49) and the Chapter of Durham 1628 (fol. 51), indulgences granted to the English College at Rome 1612 (fol. 59), speeches in and petitions to parliament (fol. 77), 'legacies given to the preachers . at Paul's Cross' (fol. 90), trials of conspirators (fol. 154); 1603-1654.

Fol. 61. 'A letter declaring the doctrine of the . Jesuits to be conformable vnto the decrees of the Concile of Constance . by P. Colson . 1610.'.

Fol. 125. Proceedings of the Grand Committee upon the Bill of Sales, 6-29 Aug. 1660.

Fol. 131. 'To the reader of Sir James Sempill's appendix [to 'Sacrilege sacred handled', 1619] for soe much as concernes Scaliger and Selden', by John Selden.10 (fol. 142). Letters from the king to the bishop and dean and chapter of Christ Church, Oxford, about leases of property, 1634 (?), in Latin.

Date

Written in the 17th century in England

Language

Multiple languages

Latin

English

Physical facet

On paper

Physical extent

180 Leaves