Catalogue description Bacon papers

This volume contains mainly letters and other papers of Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Alban. Most of it is printed in Works of Francis Bacon, ed. J. Spedding, R.L. Ellis, and D.D. Heath, 1857-74.

1 Fragment in his own hand of the first draft of a discourse by Bacon concerning the Queen's safety, [1594]. Works, I, 307. 2 ff.

2 First draft in his own hand of a discourse by Bacon on the provision of good intelligence and the safety of the Queen, [1594]. Works, I, 305-6. 2 ff.

3 Letter [from Bacon] to [Edward] Bruce [Breuze], 1st Baron Bruce of Kinloss, 25 March 1603. Copy with crossed through postscript in Bacon's hand. Works, X, 60-1. 1 f.

4 Letter from Bacon to John Davies [Dauyes], poet and subsequently (1606) Attorney-General for Ireland, 28 March 1603. Signed and sealed. Works, X, 65. 2 ff.

5 Letter [from Bacon] to James I, [1611]. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XI, 241-2. 2 ff.

6 Letter [from Bacon] to James I, [29 May 1612]. Incomplete copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XI, 279. 2 ff.

7 Letter from Bacon to James I, [31 May 1612]. Copy. Works, XI, 279-80. 1 f.

8-9 Letter [from Bacon] to James I, [18 September 1612]. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XI, 311-14. A draft is item 242. 2 + 2 ff.

10 Letter [from Bacon] to James I, [29 January 1615]. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XII, 112. 1 f.

11 Letter [from Bacon] to James I, 21 January 1615. Copy. Works, XII, 96. 1 f.

12 Letter [from Bacon] to James I, 31 January 1615. Copy. The remainder of this letter is part of item 13. Works, XII, 107-11. 3 ff.

13 Letter [from Bacon] to James I, 11 February 1615. Copy. Works, XII, 118-20. 2 ff.

14 Draft of a speech by Bacon when Attorney-General against John Owen, [17 May 1615]. See next item. Works, XII, 154-9. 10 ff.

15 Fair copy of the previous item. 6 ff.

16 Letter [from Bacon] to James I, 14 February 1615. Copy. Works, XII, 121. One folio is part of the previous item. 2 + 1 ff.

17 Letter from Bacon to James I, 12 March 1615. Copy. Works, XII, 125-6. 1 f.

18 Letter [from Bacon] to James I, 26 April 1615. Copy. Works, XII, 130. 1 f.

19 Letter [from Bacon] to James I, 29 April 1615. Copy. Works, XII, 135. 2 ff.

20 Letter from Bacon to James I, 12 August 1615. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XII, 170-2. A draft is item 55. 2 ff.

21 Letter [from the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the case of Sir Walter Raleigh] to James I, 18 October 1618. Draft in the hand of Sir Edward Coke. Works, XIII, 361-2. 2 ff.

22 Letter from Bacon [to Sir George Villiers, later (1623) 1st Duke of Buckingham], 22 January 1616. Copy endorsed by Bacon. Works, XII, 228. 2 ff.

23 Letter from Bacon to James I, 3 February 1616. Copy. Works, XII, 236-8. 2 ff.

24 Letter from Bacon to James I, 12 February 1616. Copy. Works, XII, 241-4. 2 ff.

25 Letter from Bacon to James I, 15 February 1616. Copy. Works, XII, 246-8. 1 f.

26 Letter from Bacon [to Sir George Villiers], 15 February 1616. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XII, 245. 1 f.

27 Letter from Bacon [to Sir George Villiers], 19 February 1616. Copy. Works, XII, 248-9. 2 ff.

28 Letter from Bacon to James I, 21 February 1616. Copy. Works, XII, 249-54. 4 ff.

29 Letter from Bacon to James I, 25 February 1616. Copy. Works, XII, 256-9. 2 ff.

30 Letter [from Bacon] to James I, 1 April 1616. Copy. Works XII, 260-1. 1 f.

31 Letter from Tobie Matthew, courtier and diplomat, [to Bacon], 21 April 1616. Printed T. Birch, Letters of Francis Bacon, 1763, 58-61. 2 ff.

32 Letter [from Bacon to Sir George Villiers], 10 May [1616]. Copy. Works, XII, 290-2. 2 ff.

33 Letter from Bacon [to Sir George Villiers], 30 May 1616. Copy. Works, XII, 347-8. 2 ff.

34 Letter from Bacon [to Sir George Villiers], 3 June 1616. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XII, 348. 2 ff.

35 Letter from Bacon to Sir George Villiers, 12 June 1616. Remains of seal. Works, XII, 372. 2 ff.

36 Letter from Bacon to Sir George Villiers, 12 June 1616. Seal. Works, XII, 356. 2 ff.

37 Report of proceedings in the Privy Council against Sir Edward Coke, 26 and 30 June 1616. Acts of the Privy Council of England 1615-1616, 1925, 644-50. 2 ff.

38 Letter from Tobie Matthew [to Bacon], 16 July 1616. Birch, 80-2. 2 ff.

39 Letter from Tobie Matthew [to Bacon], 31 July 1616. Birch, 83-4. 2 ff.

40 Letter from Bacon [to Sir George Villiers], 5 August 1616. Copy. Works, XIII, 4-5. 2 ff.

41 Letter [from Bacon to Sir George Villiers], 12 August 1616. Copy. Works, XIII, 6-7. 2 ff.

42 Letter from Bacon to James I, 12 August 1616. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XIII, 1-8. 1 f.

43 Letter from Bacon [to Sir George Villiers], from Gorhambury, 19 August 1616, enclosing patent of his creation as viscount. Copy in Bacon's hand similar to item 44. 2 ff.

44 Letter from Bacon [to Sir George Villiers], 20 August 1616. Copy. Works, XIII, 8-9. 2 ff.

45 Letter from Bacon [to Sir George Villiers], 22 August 1616. Copy. Works, XIII, 73. 2 ff.

46 Letter from Tobie Matthew [to Bacon], 1 September 1616. Birch, 85-7. 2 ff.

47 Letter [from Bacon] to James I, 13 September 1616. Copy. Works, XIII, 74-5. 1 f.

48 Letter [from Bacon] to James I, 18 September 1616. Copy. Works, XIII, 75. 1 f.

49 Letter from Richard Martyne to Bacon, 27 September 1616. Birch, 88-9. 2 ff.

50 Letter from the Privy Council to James I, [2 October 1616]. Copy of draft by Bacon. Works, XIII, 76-7. 2 ff.

51 Letter from Viscount Villiers to Bacon, 3 October 1616. Seal. Works, XIII, 79. 2 ff.

52 Letter from Bacon and Thomas Egerton, Lord Ellesmere, Lord Chancellor, to James I, 6 October 1616. In Bacon's hand. Works, XIII, 79-82. 2 ff.

53 Letter [from Bacon to Viscount Villiers, 14 October 1616]. Copy. Works, XIII, 82-3. 2 ff.

54 Letter from Sir Edmund Bacon to Bacon, 19 October 1616. Seal. Birch, 99-100. 2 ff.

55 Draft of item 20. 2 ff.

56 Remembrances for James I before his going into Scotland, [21 February 1617]. Partly in Bacon's hand. Works, XIII, 139-40. 2 ff.

57 Letter from Sir Edward Coke, Lord Chief Justice, to James I, 25 February [1617]. Fragment of seal. Birch, 107-8. 2 ff.

58 Letter from Bacon [to the Earl of Buckingham], 7 March 1617. Copy. Works, XIII, 152. 2 ff.

59 Draft of additional instructions for Sir John Digby going on an embassy to Spain, [23 March 1617]. Written by Thomas Meautys, Bacon's secretary, with corrections by Bacon. Works, XIII, 158-9. 1 f.

60 Letter from Bacon to James I, 23 March 1617. Copy. Works, XIII, 157. 2 ff.

60B 'Accompt of Councell Business', [30 March 1617]. Endorsed by Bacon. Works, XIII, 159-61. 2 ff.

61 Letter [from Bacon] to James I, 19 April 1617. Copy. Works, XIII, 170-2. 1 f.

62 Letter from Bacon to his niece, 28 April 1617. Copy. Works, XIII, 174. 1 f.

63 Letter from Bacon [to the Earl of Buckingham], 8 May 1617. Copy. Works, XIII, 194-5. 1 f.

64 'Account of Counsell business and of other matters committed to me by his M.', [9 May 1617]. Draft partly in Bacon's hand. Enclosed with item 63. Works, XIII, 197-9. 2 ff.

65 Letter from Bacon [to the Earl of Buckingham], 8 June 1617. Copy. Works, XIII, 208-9. 2 ff.

66 Letter from Bacon [to Thomas Erskine, Viscount Fenton, and (1619) 1st Earl of Kellie], 18 June [1617]. Copy. Works, XIII, 210. 1 f.

67 Letter from Bacon [to the Earl of Buckingham], 29 July 1617. Copy. Works, XIII, 235-6. 1 f.

68 Draft of item 71. 2 ff.

69A Letter from Bacon to James I, [12 August 1617]. Draft in Bacon's hand. Works, XIII, 238-42. 4 ff.

69B Letter from James I [to Bacon, 25 or 26 August 1617]. Works, XIII, 243-5. 3 ff.

70 Letter from Bacon to James I, [31 August 1617]. Draft in Bacon's hand. Works, XIII, 245-6. 1 f.

71 Letter from Bacon to James I, [2 August 1617] Copy. See item 68. Works, XIII, 232-4 (where dated 25 July 1617). 2 ff.

72 Letter from the Earl of Buckingham to Bacon, 12 August 1617. Works, XIII, 243. 2 ff.

73 Letter from Bacon [to the Earl of Buckingham], 23 August 1617. Copy. Works, XIII, 242-3. 2 ff.

74 Letter from Sir Henry Yelverton, Attorney-General, to Bacon, 3 September 1617. Seal. Works, XIII, 247-9. 2 ff.

75 Memorandum by Bacon for James I suggesting revival of Commission of Suits, [21 September 1617]. Works, XIII, 250-1. 1 f.

76 Letter from Bacon [to the Earl of Buckingham], 22 September 1617. Copy. Works, XIII, 252-3. 2 ff.

77 Letter from Bacon [to the Earl of Buckingham], 11 October 1617. Copy. Works, XIII, 262-3. 1 f.

78 Letter from Bacon [to the Earl of Buckingham], 18 October 1617. Copy. Works, XIII, 263-4. 1 f.

79 Letter from Sir Francis Englefield, 1st Bart., to Bacon, 28 October 1617. Seal. Birch, 149-50. 2 ff.

80 Letter from Bacon [to the Earl of Buckingham], 29 October 1617. Copy. Works, XIII, 269. 1 f.

81 Letter from Bacon [to the Earl of Buckingham], 20 November 1617. Copy. Works, XIII, 276. 1 f.

82 Letter from Bacon [to the Earl of Buckingham], 22 November 1617. Copy. Works, XIII, 276-7. 1 f.

83 Letter from Bacon [to the Earl of Buckingham], 6 December 1617. Copy. Works, XIII, 283-5. 2 ff.

84 Letter from Bacon [to the Earl of Buckingham], 27 November 1617. Copy. Works, XIII, 279-80. 2 ff.

85 Letter [from James I to the Privy Council, 27 November 1617]. Draft in Bacon's hand. Enclosed with item 84. Works, XIII, 280-1. 2 ff.

86 Letter from Bacon [to the Earl of Buckingham], New Year's Eve 1617. Copy. Works, XIII, 287-8. 2 ff.

87 Letter from Bacon [to the Earl of Buckingham], New Year's Eve 1617. Copy. Works, XIII, 286. 2 ff.

88 Letter from Bacon [to Sir James Fullerton], New Year's Eve 1617. Copy. Works, XIII, 288. 1 f.

89 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 16 January 1618. Copy. Works, XIII, 289-90. 1 f.

90 Letter [from Bacon to Sir Henry Yelverton, Attorney-General], 19 January 1618. Copy. Works, XIII, 291. 1 f.

91 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 20 January 1618. Copy. Works, XIII, 291-2. 2 ff.

92 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 6 February 1618. Copy. Works, XIII, 299. 1 f.

93 Letter from Bacon to [Thomas Jones, Archbishop of Dublin] Lord Chancellor of Ireland, 15 April 1618. Copy. Works, XIII, 309-10. 1 f.

94 Letter from Bacon to [Sir William Jones] Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, April 1618. Copy. Works, XIII, 310. 1 f.

95 Letter from Tobie Matthew [to Bacon], 21 August 1618. Birch, 178-9. 2 ff.

96 Letter from Bacon to Isaac Wake, Ambassador in Savoy, 1 September 1618. Copy. Works, XIII, 325-6. 1 f.

97 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 9 October 1618. Copy. Works, XIII, 341-2. 2 ff.

98 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 12 November 1618. Copy. Works, XIII, 376. 2 ff.

99 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 22 November 1618. Copy. Works, XIII, 378. 2 ff.

100 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 11 December 1618. Copy. Works, XIII, 449-50. 2 ff.

101 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 8 December 1618. Copy. Works, XIII, 447. 1 f.

102 Letter from Bacon [to Frances, wife of Henry, Lord Clifford, later (1641) 5th Earl of Cumberland], 25 January 1619. Copy. Works, XIV, 5. 1 f.

103 Letter from Tobie Matthew [to Bacon], 4 April 1619. Works, XIV, 36-7. 2 ff.

104 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 6 May 1619. Copy. Works, XIV, 12-13. 1 f.

105 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 9 May 1619. Copy. Works, XIV, 13. 1 f.

106 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 11 May 1619. Copy. Works, XIV, 14. 1 f.

107 Letter [from Bacon to Frederick, Count Palatine, 13 May 1619]. French draft. Works, XIV, 21-2. 1 f.

108 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham, 19 June 1619]. Draft in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 34-5. 1 f.

109 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 19 July 1619. Copy. Works, XIV, 37. 1 f.

110 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 28 August 1619. Copy. Works, XIV, 40-1. 1 f.

111 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 14 October 1619. Copy. Works, XIV, 50. 1 f.

112 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 21 October 1619. Copy. Works, XIV, 50-1. 1 f.

113 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 27 October [1619]. Copy. Works, XIV, 53-4. 1 f.

114 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 20 November 1619. Copy. Works, XIV, 61-2. 1 f.

115 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 22 November 1619. Copy. Works, XIV, 62-3. 1 f.

116 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 26 November 1619. Draft. Works, XIV, 63-4. 1 f.

117 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 1 December 1619. Copy. Works, XIV, 66-7. 1 f.

118 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 7 December 1619. Copy. Works, XIV, 67-8. 1 f.

119 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 12 December 1619. Copy. Works, XIV, 68-9. 1 f.

120 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 20 January 1620. Copy. Works, XIV, 73-4. 1 f.

121 Letter from Bacon to the Secretary of State [Sir George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore (1625)], 5 February 1620. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 76. 1 f.

122 Letter from Bacon to James I, 10 February 1620. Copy. Works, XIV, 77-8. 1 f.

123 Letter from Tobie Matthew [to Bacon, 14 February 1620]. Birch, 223-6. 2 ff.

124 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 23 February [1619]. Copy. Works, XIV, 8. 2 ff.

125 Letter from Tobie Matthew [to Bacon], 26 February 1620. Birch, 228-9. 2 ff.

126 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 9 June 1620. Copy. Works, XIV, 95-6. 1 f.

127 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 23 July 1620. Copy. Works, XIV, 110. 1 f.

128 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 7 October 1620. Copy. Works, XIV, 115-17. 1 f.

128B Letter [from Bacon] to James I, [2 October 1620]. Draft in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 114-15. 1 f.

129 Letter [from Bacon] to James I, [12 October 1620]. Draft with annotations by Bacon. Works, XIV, 119-20. 2 ff.

130 Letter [from Bacon] to James I, [20 October 1620]. Draft with annotations by Bacon. Works, XIV, 130. 2 ff.

131 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 16 October 1620. Copy. Works, XIV, 121-2. 1 f.

132 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 19 October 1620. Copy. Works, XIV, 129. 1 f.

133 Notes by Bacon for a speech in the Star Chamber at the trial of Sir Henry Yelverton, Attorney-General, [24 October 1620]. Works, XIV, 133-4. 1 f.

134 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 28 October 1620. Copy. Works, XIV, 135. 1 f.

134B Report by Bacon, Sir Robert Naunton, Secretary of State, and Sir Henry Montagu, Chief Justice of the King's Bench, and later (1626) 1st Earl of Manchester, to James I, on a petition by Christopher Villiers and the procedure of the P.C.C., 15 November 1620. Copy. Works, XIV, 140-1. 1 f.

135 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 29 November 1620. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 148-50. 1 f.

136 Letter from Bacon, Sir Henry Montagu, Chief Justice of the King's Bench, and Sir Robert Naunton, Secretary of State, to James I, 12 December 1620. Draft. Works, XIV, 150-1. 2 ff.

137 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 16 December 1620. Draft. Works, XIV, 151-2. 1 f.

138 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 23 December 1620. Copy. Works, XIV, 155. 1 f.

139 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 7 March 1621. Copy. Works, XIV, 191-2. 1 f.

140 Letter from Bacon to James I, [1 March 1621]. Copy. Works, XIV, 190. 1 f.

141 Letter [from Bacon to the Marquess of Buckingham, March 1621]. Incomplete draft. Works, XIV, 356. 1 f.

142 Letter [from Bacon] to James I, [20 March 1621]. Two drafts in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 357-8. 3 ff.

143-145 Letter from Bacon to James I, [August 1622]. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 382-6. An incomplete fair copy is 941/58. 3 ff.

146 Notes [by the same] for a memorandum for an interview with James I, [16 April 1621]. Works, XIV, 237-8. 4 ff.

147 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 31 May 1621. Copy. Works, XIV, 280. 1 f.

148 Letter [from Bacon to Antoine de Ruzé Coiffier, Marquis d'Effiat, French Ambassador], 18 June 1625. French copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 527-8. 1 f.

149 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 30 January 1622. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 328. 1 f.

150 Letter [from Bacon] to James I, 8 October 1621. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 303. 1 f.

151 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 17 October 1621. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 309. 1 f.

152 Letter from Bacon [to John Williams, Lord Keeper, and later (1641) Archbishop of York], 18 October 1621. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 308-9. 1 f.

153 Letter from John Williams, Lord Keeper, to Bacon, 18 October 1621. Works, XIV, 308. 2 ff.

154 Letter from Bacon [to Sir John Digby], 31 December 1621. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 322-3. 1 f.

155 Letter from Bacon to James I, 5 September 1621. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 298-9. Drafts are items 235, 242. 2 ff.

156 Letter from Thomas Meautys to Bacon, 3 January 1622. Works, XIV, 323-4. 2 ff.

157 Letter from Thomas Meautys to Bacon, 7 January 1622. Works, XIV, 324-6. 2 ff.

158 Letter from Ludovick Stuart, 2nd Duke of Lennox, to Bacon, 29 January 1622. Works, XIV, 326-7. 2 ff.

159 Letter [from Bacon to the Duke of Lennox, 30 January 1622]. Draft in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 327. 1 f.

160 Letter from John Selden, jurist, to Bacon, 14 February 1622. Works, XIV, 332-3. 2 ff.

161 Letter from Bacon to Tobie Matthew, 28 February 1622. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 335-6. A draft is item 198. 1 f.

162 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 5 March 1622. Draft in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 340-1. Another draft is item 223. 1 f.

163 Letter from Thomas Meautys to Bacon, 3 March 1622. Seal. Works, XIV, 339. 2 ff.

164 Letter from Bacon to Thomas Meautys, 21 March 1622. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 355-6. 1 f.

165 Letter from Bacon to Tobie Matthew, 21 March 1622. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 364. 1 f.

166 Letter from Bacon [to Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia], 20 April 1622. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 364-5. 1 f.

167 Letter from Bacon to John Williams, Lord Keeper, 30 May 1622. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 366-7. 1 f.

168 Letter from Bacon to Diego Sarmiento de Acunas, Conde de Gondomar, Spanish Ambassador, 6 June 1621. Latin copy. Works, XIV, 285. 1 f.

169 Letter from Thomas Meautys to Bacon, 11 September 1622. Seal. Birch, 318-19. 2 ff.

170 Letter from Bacon [to Mary Beaumont, Countess of Buckingham, mother of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham], 29 October 1622. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 392-3. 1 f.

171 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 4 November 1622. Draft in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 395 (where dated 24 November). 1 f.

172 Letter from Bacon to the Marquess of Buckingham, 3 February 1622. Seal. Works, XIV, 329. 2 ff.

173 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 5 February 1623. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 402-3. 1 f.

174 Letter from John Williams, Lord Keeper, to Bacon, 7 February 1623. Seal. Works, XIV, 404. 2 ff.

175 Letter [from Bacon to the Marquess of Buckingham], 21 February 1623. Draft in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 404-5. 1 f.

176 Letter [from Bacon to the Marquess of Buckingham], 10 March 1623]. Copy. Works, XIV, 405. 1 f.

177 Letter from Sir Edward Sackville, later (1624) 4th Earl of Dorset, [to Bacon], before 11 March 1622. Works, XIV, 342-4. 2 ff.

178 Letter [from Bacon to Sir Francis Cottington, later (1631) Baron Cottington, 22 March 1623]. Copy. Works, XIV, 405-6. 1 f.

179 Notes in his own hand by Bacon for a conference with the Marquess of Buckingham, 2 January 1623. Works, XIV, 444-5. 1 f.

180 Letter from Bacon to James I, 25 March 1623. Copy. Works, XIV, 408. 1 f.

181 Letter from Bacon [to Sir Edward Conway, later (1627) 1st Viscount Conway], Secretary of State, 25 March 1623. Copy. Works, XIV, 407-8. 1 f.

182 Letter [from Bacon to the Marquess of Buckingham, 30 March 1623]. Draft. Works, XIV, 412-13. 1 f.

183 Letter [from Bacon to Sir Edward Conway, 31 March 1623]. Draft. Works, XIV, 409-10. 1 f.

184A Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], 18 April 1623. Draft in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 423-4. Another draft is item 184B. 2 ff.

184C Letter from Bacon to the Conde de Gondomar, Spanish Ambassador, c.April 1623. Latin draft in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 421-2. 1 f.

184D An imperfect draft in English of the previous item partly in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 422-3. 1 f.

184E Letter [from Bacon to John Digby, 1st Earl of Bristol, April 1623]. Draft. Works, XIV, 424-5.

Also a letter [from Bacon to Sir Francis Cottington, April 1623]. Draft in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 425. 1 f.

185 Letter from Bacon to Tobie Matthew, 2 May 1623. Draft partly in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 425-6. 1 f.

186 Letter from George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, to Bacon, 29 May 1623. Works, XIV, 426. 2 ff.

187 Letter from Bacon to Tobie Matthew, 17 June 1623. Copy. Works, XIV, 428. 1 f.

188 Letter from Bacon to Tobie Matthew, after 22 July 1623. Copy. Works, XIV, 429-30. 1 f.

189 Letter from Bacon to the Duke of Buckingham, 22 July 1623. Copy. Works, XIV, 430-1. 1 f.

190 Letter from Bacon [to the Duke of Buckingham], 29 August 1623. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 431-2. A draft is item 191. 1 f.

191 A draft of item 190.

Also a letter [from Bacon] to Tobie Matthew, c.29 August 1623. Draft. Works, XIV, 431. 1 f.

192 Notes by the same for a conference with the Duke of Buckingham, 17 December 1623. Works, XIV, 443-4.

Also notes by him for another conference with the Duke of Buckingham, c.1623. Works, XIV, 442-3.

Also notes for a further conference with the Duke of Buckingham, 2 January 1624. Works, XIV, 445-7. 4 ff.

193 Letter from Bacon [to the Duke of Buckingham], 23 January 1624. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 451-2. 1 f.

194 Letter [from Bacon to Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford, 1 February 1624]. Copy. Works, XIV, 454-5. 1 f.

195 Letter from Bacon [to Sir Francis Barneham], 14 March 1624. Copy. Works, XIV, 513-14. 1 f.

196 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], after 20 September 1621. Draft in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 316-17. 2 ff.

197 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], c.October 1621. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 315. 1 f.

198 Draft in Bacon's hand of item 161. 1 f.

199 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham, 16 December 1621]. Copy. Works, XIV, 320. 1 f.

200 Letter from Bacon [to the Duke of Buckingham, 19 June 1624]. Works, XIV, 516. 1 f.

201 Letter from Bacon [to the Duke of Buckingham], 30 June 1624. Draft in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 516-17. 1 f.

202 Letter from Bacon [to Sir Richard Weston, later (1633) 1st Earl of Portland], Chancellor [of the Exchequer], 7 July 1624. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 517-18. 1 f.

203 Letter from Bacon [to the Duke of Buckingham, August 1624]. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 518. 1 f.

204 Letter from Bacon [to the Duke of Buckingham], 9 October 1624. Seal. Works, XIV, 521-2. 2 ff.

205 Abstract of Parliamentary business entitled 'Consultations in Parliament anno 1o Caroli Regis at Westminster Ao. Domi 1625'. Birch, 370-6. 3 ff.

206 Letter from Bacon to Sir Robert Pye, Auditor of the Exchequer, [1625]. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 528-9. 2 ff.

207 Letter [from Bacon to Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset, 1625]. Copy. Works, XIV, 529-30. 1 f.

208 Letter [from Bacon to the Duke of Buckingham, December 1625]. Copy. Works, XIV, 538. 1 f.

209 Letter [from Bacon to Sir Humphrey May, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1625]. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 548-9. 2 ff.

210 Letter from Edward Franklin [to Bacon], from Cressingham, 30 April 1625. 1 f.

211 Letter from Bacon to Roger Palmer, 29 October 1625. Copy. Works, XIV, 534. 1 f.

212 Letter from Sir Thomas Coventry, later (1628) 1st Baron Coventry, to Bacon, 29 October 1625. Works, XIV, 534-5. 2 ff.

213A Proceedings at the Court of Castle Chamber, Dublin, at the censure of Henry Stewart and four others for refusing to take the oaths for Scots living in Ireland, 7 September 1639. Copied from his notebook by one Staughton. See CSP Ireland 1633-1647, 222, 251, 325-6. 3 ff.

213B Letter from Thomas Meautys to Bacon, [October 1624]. Seal. Works, XIV, 326. 2 ff.

214 Letter [from Bacon to the Duke of Buckingham, June 1623]. Draft in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 427-8. 2 ff.

215 Letter from Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset, [to Bacon], c.July 1614. Birch, 40-1. 1 f.

216 Letter from Bacon to Tobie Matthew, [March 1622]. Copy. Works, XIV, 345. 1 f.

217 Letter from Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick, to Edward Montagu, Viscount Mandeville, and (1642) 2nd Earl of Manchester, [1642], asking him to speak to the Lord General the Earl of Essex to send soldiers to hold forts at Dover and Deal. Seal. 2 ff.

218 Letter (signature torn off) to a peer, [1595-6], containing advice as to his studies during his travels. Seal. Spedding suggests that this letter may have been written by Bacon for the Earl of Essex to send to Roger Manners, 5th Earl of Rutland. Works, II, 16-18. 2 ff.

219 Letter [from Bacon to the Marquess of Buckingham, June 1621]. Draft in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 282-3. 1 f.

220 Letter [from Bacon to the Marquess of Buckingham, March 1621]. Draft in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 213. 1 f.

221 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham, December 1622]. Draft in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 398. 1 f.

222 Letter [from Bacon to James I, perhaps 1616]. Draft. Works, XIII, 59-60. 1 f.

223 Draft of item 162. 1 f.

224 Letter [from Bacon] to James I, c.May 1612. Works, XI, 281-2. 1 f.

225 Letter [from Bacon] to James I, c. January 1622. Draft in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 168-9. 1 f.

226 Letter [from Bacon to Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland, 11 March 1622]. Copy. Works, XIV, 344. 1 f.

227 Letter [from Bacon] to James I, [January 1620]. Draft in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 70-2. 2 ff.

228 Letter from Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, to -, from Naworth, 6 September [1665], mentioning his copper transactions, the beagles which he had promised to get for the king, and the possibility of sending them by a Swedish ship from Newcastle. 1 f.

229 Speech by Bacon on delivering his patent of appointment as judge of the court of Common Pleas, [3 May 1617]. Copy. Works, XIII, 201-2. 2 ff.

230 Letter from the Earl of Buckingham to Bacon, 5 September [1617]. Works, XIII, 249. 2 ff.

231 Letter [from Bacon to Sir Humphrey May], Chancellor [of the Duchy of Lancaster, March 1624]. Draft in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 514-15. 1 f.

232 Letter [from Bacon] to Tobie Matthew, [26 June 1623]. Draft in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 428-9. 1 f.

233 Letter [from Bacon to the Duke of Buckingham, January 1624]. Copy. Works, XIV, 447-51. 4 ff.

234 Letter [from Thomas Meautys to Bacon], c.11-21 March 1622. Seal. Works, XIV, 354-5. 2 ff.

235 Draft of item 155. 1 f.

236 Letter [from Bacon to the Marquess of Buckingham, 5 September 1621]. Copy. Works, XIV, 297-8. 1 f.

237 Letter [from Bacon] to Charles, Prince of Wales, [c.5 September 1621]. Draft. Works, XIV, 299. 1 f.

238 Letter [from Bacon, Sir Henry Montagu, and Sir Henry Hobart to the Marquess of Buckingham, 29 November 1620]. Draft corrected by Bacon. Works, XIV, 145-8, where the document is also signed by Sir Edward Coke and Sir Ranulphe Crewe. 6 ff.

239 Speech [by Bacon] at the opening of Parliament, [30 January 1621]. Draft. Works, XIV, 171-2. 2 ff.

240 Petition [from Bacon] to James I, c.Michaelmas 1622. Draft in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 387-8. 2 ff.

241 Letter [from Bacon to the Marquess of Buckingham], 22 October [1619]. Copy. Works, XIV, 51-2. 1 f.

242 Drafts of items 8-9 and 155. 3 ff.

243 List with comments in Bacon's hand entitled 'Innovations introduced into the lawes and gouernment', [c.July 1616]. Works, XIII, 90-3. 2 ff.

244 Memorandum in Bacon's hand of a conference he expected to have with Buckingham, after 20 October 1621. Works, XIV, 312-14. 2 ff.

245 Letter [from Bacon to Tobie Matthew, Archbishop of York, May 1617]. Copy. Works, XIII, 270-1. 1 f.

246 Notes by the same in his own hand for some intermediary between himself and Buckingham, [February 1622]. Works, XIV, 338-9. 2 ff.

247 Letter [from Bacon to Lionel Cranfield, Earl of Middlesex, March 1622]. Copy. Works, XIV, 346-7. 1 f.

248 Letter from Bacon to the Conde de Gondomar, c.November 1621. Latin copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 318-19. 1 f.

249 Speech in the Privy Council [by the same] against James Whitelock, [12 June 1613]. Draft in Bacon's hand. Works, XI, 353-6. 2 ff.

250 Letter [from Bacon to the Duke of Buckingham, May 1623]. Works, XIV, 426. 1 f.

251 Letter [from Bacon] to James I, [June 1621]. Draft. Works, XIV, 289-91. 2 ff.

252 Letter from Thomas Meautys, Clerk to the Council, to an unnamed peer, 11 October [1631], mentioning the defeat of Tilly [at Breitenfeld], a false report that he had been mortally wounded, the audience of the Netherlands ambassador with the King. 2 ff.

253 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], c.November 1621. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 314-15. 1 f.

254 'Remembrances of his Majestie's Declaration touching the Lord Cook', [10 November 1616]. Draft in Bacon's hand. Works, XIII, 94-6. 2 ff.

255 Letter from Tobie Matthew [to Bacon], c.1618, acknowledging a letter of April 9th written after his return to England. 2 ff.

256 Letter [from Bacon to the Marquess of Buckingham, 4 August 1622]. Draft in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 378-9. 2 ff.

257 'Reasons why it should be exceeding much for his Majesty's service to remoue the Lord Cook from the place he now holdeth to be Chief Justice of England, and ye Atturny to succeed him, and ye Solliciter the Atturny', before 27 October 1613. Draft in Bacon's hand. Works, XI, 381-2. 2 ff.

258 Speech drawn up by Bacon to be delivered in the High Steward's Court against Frances, Countess of Somerset, in the event of her pleading not guilty, [24 May 1616]. Draft. Works, XII, 297-304. 8 ff.

259 Memoranda of cases against officials charged with corruption, viz. Michael de la Pole, Sir William Thorpe, Sir John Lee, Lord Latimer, and John, Lord Neville, c.May 1621. Draft in the hand of Thomas Meautys. Works, XIV, 232-4. 2 ff.

260 Letter from Bacon [to Lionel Cranfield, later (1622) Earl of Middlesex, 12 March 1622]. Draft in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 346. 1 f.

261 Petition by the same for presentation to the House of Lords, c.December 1621. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 321-2. 1 f.

262 Letter from Bacon [to the Marquess of Buckingham], c. November 1622. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 397. 1 f.

263 Report on affairs in the Palatinate shortly after the raising of the siege of Frankenthal by Count Ernst Mansfeld and Sir Horace Vere, [October 1621]. 2 ff.

264 Memorandum to Sir Gideon Murray concerning the affairs of Charles, Prince of Wales, after 1 August 1619. 2 ff.

265 Letter from the Earl of Buckingham to Bacon, before 22 September 1617. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XIII, 251-2. 1 f.

266 Letter from Thomas Meautys to Bacon, [11 March 1622]. Seal. Works, XIV, 342. 2 ff.

267 Letter [from Bacon to the Marquess of Buckingham, 22 June 1621]. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 292-3. 1 f.

268 Letter from Bacon to Tobie Matthew, between 11 and 20 March 1622. Copy. Works, XIV, 354. 1 f.

269 Letter from Thomas Meautys to Bacon, [25 November 1622]. Broken seal. Works, XIV, 396-7. 2 ff.

270 Letter [from Bacon to the Marquess of Buckingham, c.July 1621]. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 296. 1 f.

271 Letter [from Bacon to the Duke of Buckingham, 22 October 1623]. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 437.

Also notes in Bacon's hand for a letter to Buckingham after his return from Spain, [6 October 1623].

Also a letter [from Bacon] to James I, [6 October 1623]. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 436.

Also a letter [from Bacon to Charles, Prince of Wales, 6 October 1623]. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 436-7. 1 f.

272 Letter [from Bacon to Isaac Casaubon, 1609]. Latin draft. Works, XI, 146-7. 1 f.

273 'Memorandum of Access', consisting of notes in Greek in Bacon's hand for an interview with James I, [March 1622]. Works, XIV, 349-52 (translation). 4 ff.

Also notes in his own hand in Greek by Bacon for an interview with Lionel Cranfield, Lord Treasurer, [November 1622]. Works, XIV, 396 (translation). 1 f.

Also notes in his own hand in Greek by the same for an interview with the Countess of Buckingham, [September 1622]. Works, XIV, 391-2 (translation). 2 ff.

274 Fragment of three speeches to be spoken in a masque or entertainment by a Hermit, a Philosopher, a Captain, and a Squire, early 17th cent. 3 ff.

275 Letter from Bacon to James I, c.March 1617. Copy. Works, XIII, 137-8. 2 ff.

276 Letter from Bacon to James I, [7 August 1613]. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XI, 378-9. 1 f.

277 Letter from Bacon to James I, [October 1613]. Copy in Bacon's hand. Works, XI, 391. 1 f.

278 Letter from Bacon [to Sir Humphrey May], Chancellor [of the Duchy of Lancaster], c.May 1625. Copy. Works, XIV, 527. 1 f.

279 Letter from Bacon to James I, 13 November [1616]. Copy. Works, XIII, 97. 1 f.

280 Letter from Bacon to James I, 21 November [1616]. Copy. Works, XIII, 105-6. 1 f.

281 Letter from Bacon to James I, c.December 1608. Copy. Works, XI, 114-15. 1 f.

282 Letter [from Bacon to the Conde de Gondomar, 28 March 1623]. Latin draft in Bacon's hand. Works, XIV, 411-12. 1 f.

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