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A copy of a tract entitled 'The manner how the L[or]ds doe resolue on their Judgm[en]ts', being part of the fourth chapter of the second book of Henry Elsynge the elder's 'Modus Tenendi Parliamentum' The Antient Method and manner of holding Parliaments. This tract was completed at Cornewell on 23 August, 1627. Paper; 13 pp., unnumbered; 302 x 198; unbound.

A contemporary copy of King Charles II's letter to his Privy Council granting an Indulgence to Presbyterian ministers in Scotland who had been expelled in 1662. Paper; 1 p.; 300 x 193; half calf.

Account of parliamentary proceedings during the period 1627-1628 and 'many other affaires of state' during the period 1623-1626, together with an index. The volume is written in three different hands, although it is stated on the title-page and at the end of the index that it was transcribed by Tho. Lucas. The name of 'Richard Chaplein 1634 occurs twice on the fly-leaves. Paper; pp. 11 unnumbered, 1-655 (pp. 96, 594 omitted, p. 247 twice), 666 (for 656) - 691; 282x190; full sheepskin.

Volume containing attested copies of entries from the Privy Seal Docket Book for July 1703. Paper; 12 pp., unnumbered; 253 x 195;paper.

Accounts of public revenue and expenditure, 1673-1695, including navy and army disbursements and estimates; statements of the revenues of the Duchy of Cornwall, Wales, and Ireland; Civil List accounts; statements of Civil List and other debts; Customs and Excise accounts; a report on plantation revenues; Windsor Castle, Ordnance, Lottery, and Great Wardrobe accounts; and particulars of Exchequer loans, and of the produce of taxes, aids, and supplies granted to the King. Paper; 124 and many blank pp.; 304 x 190; full parchment.

Drafts by Henry Elsynge of the minutes of the House of Commons, 1623/4 – 1626. Paper; 59 ff. unnumbered; 317 x 304; full parchment.

Account of the proceedings of the Privy Council, 14 Feb. 1688/9 – 27 Aug., 1690. The volume is entitled 'Notes out of the Counoill-Book' and is written in two different hands. Paper; 134 ff., unnumbered; 301 x 190; full sheepskin.

Copies of cases illustrating the Law of Charitable Uses, being extracts from the works of George Duke, Sir Edward Coke, Sir Henry Hobart, and other sources, together with an index. Paper; pp. [i], 1-116 (p. 88 omitted); 314 x 200; quarter parchment.

Composite volume containing copies of articles against Thomas Yetten, common clerk of the city of York (12 Henry VII), and of forty-four Acts of Parliament passed during the reign of Henry VIII, together with a list of contents. This volume was formerly in the collection of Henry Powle (1630-1692), master of the rolls. Paper; 403 ff.; 300 x 107; full calf with gilt ornamentation and lettering.

Transcripts of 'Certayne orders and dyrections, to bee observed by the household officers and other persons, servants to the Right honourable Henry Early of Huntingdon [1586-1643], for the better and more exquisite performance of everie man's dutye in his severall place as well towards his lordship, as also towards the Right Honourable the Ladye Elizabeth Countess of Huntingdon his wife ...' together with a form of agreement for the execution of the same, particulars of the Earl's household expenses [undated], and a list of officers' which are allowed their diet in my house', 20 August 1609. Paper; pp. 1-36; 320 x 198; half calf.

Transcripts, in two hands, of Acts of Parliament of the period 1547-1600; an account of proceedings in the House of Lords upon the impeachment of Lord Clarendon, 1663, 'Remembrances for Order and Decency to be kept in the vpper House of Parlyament by the Lords' [after 1675], and extracts from the roll of Parliamentary Judgements, 1620/1 - 1622; together with a list of contents, which is in the same hand as that of NLW MS 17035D. This volume, like NLW MS 17035D was formerly in the collection of Henry Powle. Paper: 315 ff., unnumbered; 299 x 194; full calf, with gilt ornamentation and lettering.

Transcripts in English, French and Latin of the rolls of the Parliaments of 10- 11 Henry VI (1432-1433). Paper; 320 ff., unnumbered; 314 x 202; full calf with blind tooling.

Transcripts in English, French and Latin of the rolls of the Parliaments of 4-5, 7-9 Henry V (1416-1417, 1419-1421), together with an index.

Transcripts in English, French and Latin of the rolls of the Parliaments of 15,18, 20 Henry VII (1496/7, 1440, 1441/2). Paper; 248 ff., unnumbered; 297 x 178; full calf with blind tooling.

Transcripts in English, French and Latin of the rolls of the Parliaments of 12 and 19 Henry VII (1496/7, 1503/4). Paper; 112 ff., unnumbered; 302 x 197; full calf with blind tooling.

Transcripts of records of the King's signature of bills and of petitions addressed to the King and the King's replies, January 1625/6 - October, 1637, together with indexes. The pagination is in the autograph of Albert Addams-Williams, who has added, at the beginning of each volume, an index of documents relating to Wales. Paper; ff. 1-385, 396 [for 386]-485, and 7 unnumbered.

Transcripts of records of the King's signature of bills and of petitions addressed to the King and the King's replies, January 1625/6 - October, 1637, together with indexes. The pagination is in the autograph of Albert Addams-Williams, who has added, at the beginning of each volume, an index of documents relating to Wales. Paper; 1-217 [ff. 172-176 twice], 219 for 218]-502 [500 twice], and 3 unnumbered.

Transcripts of records of the King's signature of bills and of petitions addressed to the King and the King's replies, January 1625/6 - October, 1637, together with indexes. The pagination is in the autograph of Albert Addams-Williams, who has added, at the beginning of each volume, an index of documents relating to Wales. Paper; 1-230, 239 [for 231]-249, 230 [for 250] - 259, 261 [for 260] - 396, and 57 unnumbered.

Transcripts of records of the King's signature of bills and of petitions addressed to the King and the King's replies, January 1625/6 - October, 1637, together with indexes. The pagination is in the autograph of Albert Addams-Williams, who has added, at the beginning of each volume, an index of documents relating to Wales. Paper; 1-259 [22 twice] and 203 unnumbered; 304 x 197; full parchment.