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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2»-» S. IX. Mar. 3. '00. 



some information as to the state of the country at 

 that period, and the quenching of the last brands 

 of the great rebellion of 1 715. C. D. Lamont. 

 Paris. 



PEPYS'S MANUSCRIPTS. 



The underwritten list of MSS. were at one time 

 in the possession of Samuel Pepys, Secretary to 

 the Admiralty. By his will the library left at his 

 decease was bequeathed to the University of Cam- 

 bridge, to be placed in the colleges of Trinity or 

 Magdalene, with a preference given to the latter. 

 I would inquire if the collection as mentioned in 

 this catalogue be preserved there intact, or were 

 any of the volumes otherwise disposed of previous 

 to the testator's death ? 



" Disquisitio de Origine Navigations. Per CI. Virum 

 N. Vincentium." 



" A Collection of y° most Antient Laws of England con- 

 tained in }' e Black Book of y e Admiralty. (Transcribed 

 from the copy thereof in S v Rob. Cotton's Library in old 

 French, fol.)" 



" Balfour's Practiques and Old Sea Law of Scotland, in 

 Scotch, fol." 



" Select papers on this subject. Vide under the Histo- 

 rical!." 



"An Extract of all Masters Naval contained in the 

 Parliament Rolls of England, fol." 



" A like Extract of y. c Naval Matters of England re- 

 corded by y e chief of our English and French and above 

 50 of our Latin Historiographers, in 2 vol., fol." 



"Excerpta (presertim Navolia) ex Adversariis, fol." 



" The Process of English Policy for y c Guarding of the 

 Sea, written about the time of H. VI. in English vers, 

 Pergam., formerly published (but from an imperfect 

 copy) by Hackluit." 



'* A List of y e Royal Navy of England as it stood in y e 

 last Year of K. Hen. y c VIII., 1546, consisting of Ships, 

 Galeases, and Row Barges, with draughts of one or more 

 of each Rate, taken from y e originall Designes presented 

 to that King by Anthony Anthony, one of the Officers of 

 his Ordnance, Pergam. fol." 



" An historicall Report of y° principal] Occurrences re- 

 lating to y e Actions, Conduct, Expence, and Successes of 

 y c Royal Navy of England in Peace and Warr at Home 

 and Abroad, with its Trade, Discoveries and Plantacons, 

 from y e Reign of K. Hen. VIII. to that of K. James I., 

 fol." 



"Originall Accounts of y e Annuall Receipts and Ex- 

 pences of y e Navy of England within and betweene the 

 Reigns of K. Hen. VIII. and Q. Elizabeth, in 11 vol. fol." 



"Clement Adams's Navigatio Auglorum ad Muscovitas. 

 The originall Book dedicated to King Phillip, Anno D. 

 1553." 



" A Collection of Select Tables, Lists, Instruccons, and 

 Allowances relating to y G Adm7 and Navy of England, 

 written by James Humphreyes, one of the officers of the 

 Navy, 1568." 



" A Discourse of y Navy of England, written by Jo. 

 Montgomery, a. d. 1570, with his additionall Observations 

 thereon after y° Spanish Action in 1588, and his Project 

 lor erecting a Land Militia to K. Phillip, 1557." 



" The originall Libro de Cargos of Barnahe de Pedroso, 

 Proveedor of yj> Spanish Armada, 1588, shewing the per- 

 ticular proporcons of every species of provision and muni- 

 tion put on board each ship and vessell in that Armada, 

 fol." 



" Sir Fra 8 Drake his originall Pocket Tables and Charts, 

 Pergam." 



"Capt. Edward Fenton (another celebrated sea com- 

 mander under Q. Eliz.), his Pocket-book of Naval Calcu- 

 lations, a.d. 1590." 



" A Collection of Fermes, Accounts, Surveys, and 

 Allowances of antient use in the Navy, fol." 



"An Accurate Survey and Discourse of Milford Haven, 

 being y e original Book presented to y" Lord Burleigh." 



" A Report from a Commission of Enquiry held in 

 the beginning of K. James y e 1 st Reign into the then 

 Abuses and Commissions in the Navy, with the Remedies 

 proposed thereto, fol." 



"The results of two other Inquisitions intoy c State and 

 Management of y i Navy, temp. Jac. I., fol." 



"The originall of a Discourse written and dedicated to 

 Prince Charles touching y c Decrease of Trade, by R. 

 Kayill." Cu HorrEit. 



[Samuel Pepys died on Maj r 26, 1703, and by his will 

 gave his nephew, John Jackson, Esq., of Clapham, the 

 use of his valuable library and collection of prints for his 

 life, and directed that they should afterwards be removed 

 to Magdalene College, Cambridge. Mr. Jackson died in 

 March, 1722-3. The late Lord Braybrooke (Pepys's 

 Diary, i. p. xxxvii. ed. 1854), says, "It seems odd that 

 there should be no record of the exact time at which the 

 books were transferred by the executors of Mr. Jackson to 

 Magdalene College." The removal of the books did not 

 take place till the year 1724, as we learn from the follow- 

 ing announcement in Parker's London News, No. 887., 

 July 24, 1724 : — " The library of Samuel Pepys, Esq., 

 Secretary of the Navy in the reign of King James the 

 Second, and placed in the hands of Mr. Jackson of Clap- 

 ham, deceased, is now reposited at Magdalen College in 

 Cambridge, in a handsome galieo', fitted there to receive 

 it. It is a very choice and numerous collection, consisting 

 of 3000 volumes in most sciences and languages, contain- 

 ing several curious books and papers relating to navi- 

 gation, Secretary Pepys desiring in his Will, that his 

 library might be disposed of to some College in one of 

 our universities, that it might be serviceable in the ad- 

 vancement of all kinds, but rather to Magdalene College 

 than any other, as a grateful acknowledgment of his 

 education therein." A large portion of original Pepys 

 manuscripts, however, were ultimately lost to Magdalene 

 College, never having passed into the hands of Mr. Jack- 

 son ; but eventually Dr. Rawlinson fortunately obtained 

 them, and they were included in the bequest of his books 

 to the Bodleian library. They are comprised in about fifty 

 volumes, and relate principally to naval affairs. A list of 

 the more important articles will be found in " N. & Q." 

 2 n< » S. v. 142— Ed.] 



OLD SCOTCH GENTRY. 



I have lately read Ty tier's Life of Sir Thomas 

 Craig, the eminent Scotch lawyer of James VI.'s 

 time, including Sketches of other eminent Scotch- 

 men, his contemporaries, published in 1823. Also 

 a volume published in London, 1714, second edi- 

 tion, entitled Memoirs concerning the Affairs of 

 Scotland from Queen Ann's Accession to the Com- 

 mencement of the Union, a violent Jacobite pro- 

 duction, by a Scotch Member of Parliament, but 

 containing very graphic descriptions of most of 

 the leading men in Scotland at that time. It ap- 

 pears from an introduction to have been pub- 

 lished by the opposite party for the purpose of 



