Great Britain -- Religious life and customs -- 17th century
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
[Papers: collection of documents from his papers relating to the Popish Plot]
Collection
Call Number: OSBORN FB153
Abstract:
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
[Commonplace book].
Collection
Call Number: OSBORN FB155
Abstract:
Copies of Parliamentary papers, including speeches, orders, petitions, and declarations. Most printed in Lords Journals or in Rushworth. Includes items from parliaments of Elizabeth I through James II, most between 1630-1680.
Dates:
circa 1680
[Parliamentary speeches and two treatises].
Collection
Call Number: OSBORN FB174
Abstract:
Anonymous MS, written in various scribes' hands. Original limp vellum.
Dates:
17th century
[Miscellanea historica: Collection of papers of historical interest relating to the reigns of James I and Charles I]
Collection
Call Number: OSBORN FB164
Abstract:
Manuscript, in multiple secretary hands, of a collection of 19 Parliamentary documents, primarily concerning the marriage negotiations between Charles I and the Spanish Infanta Maria. These include the petition of John Digby, Earl of Bristol, asking leave to defend his actions in the Spanish negotiations against his accusers; the information of Thomas, Baron Coventry presented to the House of Lords against Digby; and King Charles I's letter to Digby charging him with misconduct regarding the...
Dates:
[17th century]
[Parliamentary extracts, lists, etc.]
Collection
Call Number: OSBORN FB160
Abstract:
Collection, in multiple hands, of eight booklets bound into one volume, primarily on Parliamentary activities. The manuscript begins with a list of the members of Parliament between 1295 and 1327. Other items include extracts from Parliamentary journals; a list of the customs and privileges of both Houses of Parliament by Robert Bowyer; rules for the House of Commons; and, in Browne's hand, a patent transferring Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford's office of Constable of England to his...
Dates:
[16th-17th century]
[Parliamentary speeches, debates, etc., and other miscellaneous manuscripts]
Collection
Call Number: OSBORN FB138
Abstract:
Collection of 46 manuscripts, in multiple secretary hands, of Parliamentary speeches and miscellaneous notes. Many of the Parliamentary speeches concern the power and influence of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, including a remonstrance by the House of Commons against the Duke of Buckingham's influence on Charles I; John Digby, Earl of Bristol's response to charges of high treason for his opposition to the Duke of Buckingham; and a speech by Richard Weston, Earl of Portland, conveying...
Dates:
[mostly 1620-29]
[Parliamentary speeches, negotiations, etc., (most from 1640-1641)]
Collection
Call Number: OSBORN FB161
Abstract:
Manuscript, primarily in Browne's hand, though numerous items are in other hands, of a collection of about 74 items, primarily on Parliamentary subjects and mostly dated 1641. Items include extracts from Parliamentary journals; speeches by James I and Charles I; discussions concerning Scotland; notes on the speeches of Edward, Earl of Conway and Sir John Coke; Parliamentary resolutions declaring ship money to be illegal; a protestation by the House of Commons vowing to uphold the Church of...
Dates:
1599-1641