DEPARTMENT OF MSS. 33 



General Chronicle, in French, from the Creation to the 

 marriap^e of Edward II. of England in 1308 ; followed by the 

 " Chronique de la traison et mort du rol Richard," covering 

 the last three years of Richard II., 1396-99. loth cent. 



Agreement between English and Flemish Commissioners 

 as to negotiations for a treaty of commerce ; 1405. 



Assize of Bread, or tables regulating the weight of loaves 

 of seven different kinds according to the price of w^heat per 

 quarter, viz. from 3s. to 26s. Vellum roll. 15th cent. 



Ordinances of Francis I. of France, for the suppression of 

 piracy, as agreed upon with Henry VIII. ; 1518. 



Proceedings at a court-martial at Honfleur on A. 

 Dumesnil, captain of a ship employed in transporting French 

 adventurers to Scotland ; 1523. 



Letter from Anne of Denmark, c[ueen of James VI. of 

 Scotland, to Cardinal Borghese, empowering the bearer to 

 profess the Catholic faith on her behalf at the Holy See^ 

 &c. ; 1601. 



State of the royal revenues and disbursements, 1606 ; 

 with other matter relating to the Exchequer, 1607. From 

 the collection of Sir Julius Csesar (d. 1636), Chancellor of 

 the Exchequer, &c. 



Letters-patent of James I. creating his son Henry Prince 

 of Wales and Earl of Chester ; 4 June, 1610. With the Great 

 Seal. The large gold interlaced initial contains a remarkably 

 well executed miniature with portraits of the king and 

 prince. 



Correspondence and papers of Col. Charles Fairfax, 

 relating to the siege of Pontefract, &c., including letters 

 of O. Cromwell, John Lambert, and Col. Morris, governor 

 of Pontefract ; 1645-1651. Transcript from the originals 

 in the collection of Sir Richard Tangye. Presented by Sir 

 R. Tangye. 



Warrant for the stricter custody of Gen. Thomas 

 Harrison, the regicide, prisoner in the Tower; 1660. 



Petition of Edw. Somerset, Marquis of Worcester, to the 

 House of Lords, praying for mediation with the king for the 

 reward of his services ; 1665 (?). With autograph signature 

 and interlineations. 



Letters of (I) Thomas Barlow, Bishop of Lincoln, on "the 

 unbridled profaneness and atheism" of the age, &c., 1675; 

 and (2) Robert Frampton, late Bishop of Gloucester, on his 

 imprisonment in the Tower, 1696. 



Correspondence of Major-Gen. Studholme Hodgson, when 

 commanding the expedition against Belleisle in 1761, with 

 W. Pitt, C. Townshend, and others, together with other 

 letters addressed to him, to his son Gen. J. Hodgson, and to 

 his grandson Gen. J. S. Hodgson ; 1757-1857. Among the 

 correspondents of the last-named are the Marquis of Dal- 

 housie. Gen. Sir Charles Napier, and Henry and John 

 Lawrence. Bequeathed by W. Arnold Sandby, Esq. 



