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James, King of England, II, 1633-1701

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1633 - 1701

James II of England (1633-1701), ruled from 1685 until he was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688; the last Catholic monarch of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Boswell Collection

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 89
Overview: The Boswell Collection contains the correspondence, diaries, and manuscripts of author James Boswell; estate records, letters, personal and professional papers, and other materials documenting the lives and careers of ten generations of Boswells and their possession of the barony of Auchinleck; and correspondence relating to the political career of Alexander Bruce, Earl of Kincardine.
Dates: 1428-1936, bulk 1700-1795
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Boswell Collection

[Papers: collection of documents from his papers relating to the Popish Plot]

 Collection
Call Number: OSBORN FB153
Overview: Collection of seven manuscripts, in multiple hands, concerning the Popish Plot, primarily of testimonies and accusations. The collection contains a letter by an unnamed woman to Coventry promising to deliver to him the names of many priests and Jesuits for a promised reward, as well as Coventry's reply assuring her she will be paid. Other items include a report on the death of Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey; King Charles II's speech to the House of Lords in 1678; a signed statement by Sir John...
Dates: 1678-1679
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Papers: collection of documents from his papers relating to the Popish Plot]

Copies of letters to and from Col. William Legge, transcribed from the originals in the possession of William Fourth Earl of Dartmouth, during the years 1816 and 1817, by William, 2nd Lord Bagot.

 Collection
Call Number: OSBORN FB190
Overview: Autograph MS. Contains copies of 373 letters, illustrated with prints and drawings.
Dates: 1816-1817
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Copies of letters to and from Col. William Legge, transcribed from the originals in the possession of William Fourth Earl of Dartmouth, during the years 1816 and 1817, by William, 2nd Lord Bagot.

Letter : London, to Lord Rutherford, 1661 Sep 21

 Part of Collection — Box: 62, Folder: GROUP 2343, F-1
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Letter, in a secretarial hand, signed by James, then Duke of York, to Lord Rutherford (later Earl of Teviot).

With address.
Dates: 1661 Sep 21
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > J > JAMES II, KING OF ENGLAND, 1633-1701