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Williamson, Sir Joseph, (1633-1701), Knight, Knight Statesman and Diplomat

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Surname: Williamson
Pretitle: Sir
Forenames: Joseph
Gender: Male
Date: 1633-1701
Title: Knight
History: Statesman & diplomat. In office of Secretary of State 1661. Keeper of Charles II's library at Whitehall & at the Paper Office 1661. MP for Thetford, Co Clare, Limerick, and Rochester. At congress in Cologne 1673-1674, & Congress of Nimeguen 1696.
Biography: ODNB link for Williamson, Sir Joseph (1633-1701) Knight Statesman and Diplomat
References: DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P275519 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P128753 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir Joseph Williamson
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
John - Henry VIII: State Paper Office: Williamson Collection of Transcripts, etc
The National Archives, Kew
PRO 31/16
2
1463-1828: State Paper Office: Williamson Collection, Pamphlets, Miscellaneous
The National Archives, Kew
SP 9
3
1677-79: corresp
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Firth b 1-2
4
papers
Oxford University: Queen's College Library
See Paul Morgan, Oxford libraries outside the Bodleian 1980
5
1675-1679: corresp with English representatives at Congress of Nijmegen
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 72242-621
NRA 7864
6
1698: corresp and papers rel to Treaty of the Hague
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 29592
7
1651, 1667: corresp (6 items)
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MS Eng lett c 5
8
collections on public affairs, heraldry, genealogy
The National Archives
SP9
9
transcripts of corresp
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Harleian MSS
10
1668-71: letters to William Blathwayt (113 leaves)
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MS Eng lett d 37
11
1673-82: letters to Sir Richard Bulstrode
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Eg MS 3678
12
1672-80: corresp with Henry Coventry
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 25122, 25124
13
1696-99: letters to J Ellis
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 28880-903
14
1672-77: letters, etc to Lord Essex
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Stowe MSS 200-211 passim
15
1662-79: corresp with Sir Daniel Fleming
Cumbria Archive Centre, Kendal
See HMC [25] Le Fleming
16
1673-74: letters (1 vol)
Medway Archives Centre
Acc 1211
See Annual Return 2009
17
newsletters to Newdigate family
Folger Shakespeare Library
NRA 20983 Newdigate
18
1698: corresp with Lord Portland and John Vernon
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 69955
19
corresp with Matthew Prior
Longleat House
PR
See HMC [58} Bath MSS III
20
corresp with Duke of Shrewsbury
Northamptonshire Archives Service
See HMC [45] Buccleuch (Montagu House) MSS
21
1673-74: letters to Roger Whitley
Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library
See HMC 10th Report, Appendix IV, p209