GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001491
TitleState Papers of John Thurloe
ShelfmarkAdd MS 4158
Creation Date1657 - 1660
RepositoryBritish Library
Contents NoteMiscellaneous state papers and letters belonging to John Thurloe, Secretary to the Council of State during the Protectorate. One of the letters describes the key points of a sermon delivered by Christopher Feake, Fifth Monarchist (f.124).
Material FeaturesPaper. 305 -350mm x 205-235mm. 207ff + f. 101* + 159* + 161* + 189* + 192* (plus 4 flyleaves at the front and 4 flyleaves at the rear). Bound in brown polished leather; gold tooling; blind stamping; gold-stamped on front and rear, 'E Bibiotheca Birchiana'. The volume was bound by the British Museum between 1772 and 1782.
ProvenanceThe main series of Thurloe's papers were found behind false ceiling in a garret over his chambers, and were first sold to John Somers, 1st Baron Somers (1651-1716). Somers likely came into possession of the papers contained in this volume when 67 volumes of Thurloe Papers which are now in the Bodleian Library (Rawlinson MSS A 1-A 67) were bound. The papers were subsequently "communicated" by Thomas Birch to Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor. After Hardwicke's death, the letters passed to Birch who left them to the British Library.
AcquisitionBequeathed by Thomas Birch to the British Museum upon his death in 1766.
Source of DataJeanne Shami; British Library Online Catalogue of Archives and Manuscripts
Other NoteMany of the documents contained in this volume were published in Birch, Thurloe State Papers (1742), vols 6 and 7.
Sermons ContainedSermon on Hebrews 11:24 -- f.124
Sermon Reports Contained
GEMMS record createdMay 25, 2021
GEMMS record last editedMay 28, 2021