Beschreibung:

British History A large collection of 113 numbered letters and documents by historical figures, 16th-18th century, including by: Volume OneJames VI and I (letter signed, as King of Scotland, 1 page, folio, 1586)Charles I (document signed, 12 May 1633, papered seal)Prince Rupert of the Rhine (letter signed, to the Master of Trinity House, concerning the "accident of burning those vesselles in the river neare St Katherines", 1 page, folio, 29 May 1672, seal repair) James, Duke of Ormonde (letter signed, to Prince Rupert 1 page, folio, 28 March 1644)Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, 1629Richard Cromwell (and 12 others), document signed, Dublin, 10 September 1642James, Marquess of MontroseRobert Hammond, as Governor of the Isle of Wight (document signed, granting permission of Lord Seymour to visit Charles when imprisoned at Carisbrooke Castle, 1 page, 6 October 1648)Charles II (letter signed, with autograph subscription, to Baron de Serteville, 1 pages, folio, 31 October 1652)George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (autograph letter signed, 2 pages, 14 February 1678)William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury (3 February 1638)James II (document signed, also signed by eight others)James Stuart "the Old Pretender" (letter signed ("Jacobus R"), to Pope Benedict XIV, 3 May 1747)Louise, Countess of Albany, wife of the Young Pretender (autograph letter signed)Henry Stuart, Cardinal Duke of YorkWilliam Cavendish, Earl of DevonshireEdward Gorges (6 May 1620)George HeriotFulke Greville, Lord Brooke (7 March 1620)Dudley Carleton (25 July 1624)Lord DungarvanLionel Cranfield, Earl of Middlesex (7 August 1623)Sir John Danvers the RegicideRichard NymJohn, Viscount DundeeGeorge Monck, Duke of Albemarle (15 December 1668)Christopher Wren (letter signed, also signed by three others, 10 May 1716)Simon, Lord Lovat, 25 June 1730James, Duke of Hamilton, 28 March 1639Thomas, Lord CliffordAmbrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick (24 May 1588)Sir Robert MurrayCharles, Duke of ShrewsburyRobert Harley, Earl of OxfordJohn, Marquess of Tweeddale (autograph letter signed, to Queen Anne, 18 May 1704)John Churchill, Duke of MarlboroughSarah, Duchess of Marlborough (autograph letter signed)Sidney Godolphin (autograph letter signed, to John Evelyn 8 June 1711)George Fleetwood, the Regicide, and three others (to Oliver Cromwell, Dublin, December 1654)William, Earl of Craven and seven other privy councillors, 1682Sir Robert Eyre Volume TwoGeorge Boleyn, Viscount Rochford, BROTHER OF ANNE BOLEYN (document signed, 1 February 1532)Robert Catesby, INSTIGATOR OF THE GUNPOWDER PLOT, document signed, also signed by three others, grant of land to John Price of itemised land in Lapworth, Warwickshire, 15 May 1594Walter MildayWilliam RussellHenry Lord SinclairThomas Percy, Earl of Northumberland (cut signature, 4 June 1564)John RainoldsSir Julius CaesarThomas, Earl of OssoryLionel Cranfield, Earl of MiddlesexJohn, Duke of LauderdaleRoert Carey, later Earl of MonmouthFulke GrevilleSir Francis Rous, and four others, 20 September 1645Sir William MoriceAnthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of ShaftesburyAntony a Wood, autograph letter signed, to Sir William Dugdale, on Ralph Sheldon's manuscripts, 17 November 1684John FlamsteedJohn Campbell, 2nd Duke of ArgyllJohn, Earl of MarGeorge Monck, Duke of AlbemarleJohn Churchill, Duke of MarlboroughJohn Montague, 4th Earl of Sandwich Volume ThreeCharles II (pardon for Sir John Banks, countersigned by Arlington, 16 August 1672)Louise, Duchess of PortsmouthJames II, as Duke of YorkEdward Sackville, Earl of Dorset (autograph letter signed, on the purchase of portrait jewels for the King to give the Venetian Ambassadors, 6 June 1696)Richard Boyle, Earl of BurlingtonHenry, Earl of ArlingtonArthur Capel, Earl of EssexGeorge Digby, Earl of BristolAlgernon, Earl of Northumberland, and four others All mounted in three volumes, mostly alongside portrait prints, many with pencil notes, volumes one and two in matching olive morocco gilt lettered cornerpieces (JC),