Miscellany: English, 17th century

Material formerly held in the Western Manuscripts Department's Autograph Letters Sequence. Comprises:

MS.7671/1: Pitt, Christopher, M.D. (fl. 1692). Signature. 1692.

MS.7671/2: Pountney, Thomas (fl. 1694), physician and surgeon, Fladbury, Worcestershire. Certificate, signed by his father Thomas Pountney, rector of Fladbury, and four others, stating Thomas Faldbury junior to be of good character and to conform to the established church. 1694.

MS.7671/3: Rowley, Samuel, Lieutenant R.N. (fl. 1696). 1 autograph letter, signed, written from H.M.S. Captaine in Long Reach, requesting supplies of bedding to ward off illness among the newly-pressed men. 1696.

MS.7671/4: Sharp, John (1645-1714), Archbishop of York. 1 autograph letter, signed "Jo. Ebor.", to the antiquary and topographer Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725), thanking him for sending a Maryland coin and mentioning various topographers and their works. 1696.

MS.7671/5: Southwell, Sir Robert, F.R.S. (1635-1702), diplomat. Autograph draft letter to Dr. Bidloo, initialled, sent to Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753), presumably for Sloane to transcribe as Secretary to the Royal Society. 17th century.

MS.7671/6: White, Benjamin (1632-1713), physician, Lewes. 1 autograph letter, signed, to the accoucher and court physician Hugh Chamberlen the elder (fl. 1634-1720), giving details of the preparation of a pill and mentioning the death of Juliana Gage, third wife of Thomas Gage of Bentley in Framfield, East Sussex). 1674.

1674-1696

6 items

Purchased from: from E. Williams, Hove, January 1929 (acc.67367); Sotheby's, London, July 1931 (acc.67540); "an official" (probably of the cathedral), Worcester, October 1932 (acc.58836); J.L.M. Gulley, London, November 1997 (acc.350750). No.5 transferred from Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, c.1939 (acc.91800), provenance unknown; no accession details recorded for no.4.

Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts