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EDWARD VI.

Hayward's (Sir John) Life and Raigne of King Edward VI. Folio. London, 1630. (Kennet, Vol. II.)

King Edward VI.-The Journal of his Reign, written with his own hand. (Burnet's Reformation, and Walpole's Royal and Noble Authors.) Patten's (William) Expedicion into Scotlande of the most woorthely fortunate Prince Edward, Duke of Soomerset, vncle vnto our most noble Sovereign Lord ye Kinge's Majestie Edward the VI., Govournour of hys Hyghnes' persone, and Protectour of hys Grace's realmes, dominions, and subjectes, set out by way of diarie. Small 8vo. black letter. London, by Richard Grafton, 1548.

Life of Sir John Cheke, first Instructor, and afterwards Secretary of State to Edward VI., by J. Strype. 8vo. Oxford, 1821.

Howard's (Geo.) Lady Jane Grey and her Times. 8vo. Lond. 1822.

ELIZABETH.

Camden's (Wm.) Historie of Queen Elizabeth, composed by way of annals, [now translated by R. N.] Folio, port. London, 1630. (Kennet, Vol. II.)

Camdeni (Guil.) Annales Rerum Anglicarum et Hibernicarum regnante Elizabethâ: è cod. præclaro Smithiano, propriâ auctoris manu correcti, multisque magni momenti additionibus locupletati, eruit ediditque T. Hearnius, qui et alium cod. è Bib. Rawlinsonianâ adhibuit. 3 vols. 8vo. two ports. of Queen Elizabeth. [Oxon.] 1717. Aikin's (Lucy) Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth. 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1826.

Birch's (Thos.) Memoirs of the Reign of Elizabeth, from the year 1581 till her death in which the secret intrigues of her court, and the conduct of the Earl of Essex, are particularly illustrated, from the original papers of Anthony Bacon, his particular friend, and other MSS. 2 vols. 4to. London, 1754.

Bacon's (Lord) Felicity of Queen Elizabeth and her Times. (Works, Vols. III, and XI.)

The Passage of our most drad Soveraigne Lady, Quene Elizabeth, through the citie of London to Westminster, the day before her Coronation, anno 1558. 4to. MS. A transcript of the tract printed by Tothill.

The Progresses and public Processions of Queen Elizabeth; now first printed from original MSS., or scarce pamphlets, of the times, with notes, &c. by John Nichols. 3 vols. 4to. London, 1788-1805. Naunton's (Sir R.) Fragmenta Regalia: Memoirs of Elizabeth, and her Court and Favourites. A new edition, collated with the MS. copies in the British Museum; with notes, and a memoir of the author. 8vo. portraits. London, 1824.

Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia, with explanatory annotations; and Memoirs of Robert Carey, Earl of Monmouth, written by himself. 8vo. Edinburgh, 1808.

An Epistle of Hieron. Osorius, Bp. of Arcoburge, in Portugale, to Queen Elizabeth, or a Pearle for a Prynce; translated oute of Latten by Richard Shacklock. Small 8vo. Antwerp, by Ægidius Diest, 1565. Mr. Cole's copy, with his MS, notes.

Norton (Thos.), a Warning against the dangerous Practices of the Papistes; and especially the Partners in the late [Earls of Westmoreland and Northumberland's] Rebellion. Small 8vo. black letter. London, by John Daye, 1569.

[Laneham's (Rich.)] Letter, wherein part of the entertainment untoo the Queen's Majestie at Killingworth Castl, in Warwicksheer, in this soomer's progress, 1575, is signified; from a freend officer attendant on the court, unto his freend, a citizen and merchant of London, 1575. 4to. MS. a transcript of the printed tract.

The Estate of the English Fugitives under the King of Spaine and his Ministers; containing besides, a discourse on the said king's manner of government, and the injustice of many late dishonorable practices by him contrived. [4to. Lond. 1595.] (Sadler's State Papers, Vol. III.)

[Walpole's (Richard)] Discoverie and Confutation of a Tragical Fiction, devysed and played by Edward Squyer, yeoman soldiar, hanged at Tyburne, the 23 of Nouemb. 1598, &c., written by A. M. Preest. Small 8vo. [Abroad], with license, 1599.

Chandos' (Lord) Speeches delivered to Queen Elizabeth on her visit to Giles Brydges, Lord Chandos, at Sudely Castle, in Gloucestershire; edited by Sir Egerton Brydges. 4to. Lee Priory, 1815.

Life of Sir Thos. Smith, principal Secretary of State to Edward VI. and Queen Elizabeth, by J. Strype. 8vo. Oxford, 1820.

Life of Sir W. Cecil, Lord Burghley, Treasurer in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, by Arthur Collins. 8vo, large paper. London, 1732. Memoirs of the Life and Administration of William Cecil, Lord Burghley; containing an historical view of the times in which he lived, and of the eminent persons with whom he was connected; by Edward Nares. 3 vols. 4to. London, 1828-31.

Leycester's (Earl of) Commonwealth; conceived, spoken, and published with good will and affection towards this realm, for whose good only it is made common to many. 4to. Printed 1641.

Life of Robert, Earl of Leicester, the favourite of Queen Elizabeth, drawn from original writers and records [by John Jebb]. 8vo. large paper, portrait by Vertue. London, 1727.

Sidney's (Sir P.) Defence of the Earl of Leicester;- Letter to Queen Elizabeth. (Misc. Works.)

Bacon's (Lord) Papers relative to the Earl of Essex, &c. (Works, Vol. VI.)

Melvil of Halhil's (Sir James) Memoirs; containing an account of the affairs of state, not mentioned by other historians, relating to England and Scotland, under Queen Elizabeth, Mary Queen of Scots, and King James, published from the original MS., by Geo. Scott. 8vo. Edin. 1752.

Osborne's (Fr.) Traditionall Memorialls in the Reigns of Queen Elizabeth and King James I. (Secret History of King James.)

Jonston (Roberti) Historia Rerum Britannicarum, ut et multarum Gallarum, Belgicarum, et Germannicarum, tàm politicarum quàm ecclesiasticarum, ab anno 1572 ad 1628. Folio. Amstelodami, 1655. Hopkinson's (J.) Collection of several Passages in the latter end of Elizabeth's Reign and that of James I. (Manuscripts.)

JAMES I.

Camden's (Wm.) Annals of King James.
Wilson's (Arthur) History of King James.
Aikin's (Lucy) Memoirs of the Court of
London, 1822.

(Kennet, Vol. II.)
(Kennet, Vol. II.)

King James I. 2 vols. 8vo.

Secret History of the Court of King James; with notes and introductory remarks [by Sir W. Scott]. 2 vols. 8vo. Edinb. 1811.

W[eldon's] (Sir A.) Court and Character of James. Small 8vo. port. inserted. London, 1650.

[Sanderson's (W.)] Aulicus Coquinaniæ; or, the Character of him [Weldon] who satyrized King James and his Court. (Secret History of James.)

D'Israeli's (I.) Inquiry into the Literary and Political Character of James I. 8vo. Lond. 1816.

Coke's (Roger) Detection of the Court and State of England during and from the Reign of James I. to the death of Queen Anne; consisting of private memoirs, &c., wherein are many secrets not before made public; as also a more impartial account of the civil wars than has yet been given. 3 vols. 8vo. London, 1719.

Brook's (Sir Fulke Greville, Lord) Five Yeares of King James; or, the Condition of the State of England, and the relation it had to other provinces. 4to. Lond. 1643.

Truth brought to Light and discovered by Time; or, a Discourse and Historical Narration of the first XIV. Yeares of King James's reigne. 4to. front. &c. London, 1651.

The Connexion; being a choice Collection of some principal matters in King James's reign, which may serve to supply the vacancy between Townsend and Rushworth's Historical Collections. 8vo. Lond. 1681. Vicars's (John) Mischeefe's Mysterie; or, Treason's Master-piece, the Powder-Plot, invented by hellish malice, prevented by heavenly mercy, truly related: from the Latin of Dr. Herring, translated and very much dilated. 4to. London, 1617.

The Gunpowder Treason; with the manner of its discovery, and the proceedings against the conspirators. 8vo. Lond. 1679.

See other tracts on this subject in the Harleian Miscellany.

Cotton's (Sir R.) Choice Narrative of Count Gondomar's Transactions during his Embassy in England. 4to. port. of Gondomar. London, 1659.

Bacon's (Lord) Tracts relating to England. (Works, Vol. V.)

Bacon's (Lord) Charges against Oliver St. John, Earl of Somerset ; Advice to Sir Geo. Villiers, &c. (Works, Vol. VI.)

Ralegh's (Sir W.) Discourse touching a Match propounded by the Savoyan, between the Lady Elizabeth and the Prince of Piedmont; and on the Marriage between Prince Henry and a Daughter of Savoy. (Works, Vol. VIII.)

Dekker (Thomas), the magnificent Entertainment given to King James, Quene Anne his wife, and the Prince Henry, upon the day of his majestie's triumphant passage through his honourable citie of London, 15th March, 1603. 4to. Lond. 1604.

The Royal Entertainment of the Right Honourable the Earle of Nottingham, sent ambassador from his Maiestie to the King of Spaine. 4to. black letter. London, 1605.

Relation of the late Entertainment of the Right Hon. Lord Roos, his majestie's ambassador extraordinarie to the King of Spaine, his entrie into Madrid, his first audience at the court there. 4to. London, 1617.

True Relation and Journal of the manner of the arrivall, and magnificent entertainment given to the high and mighty Prince, Charles Prince of Great Britain, by the King of Spaine in his court at Madrid. Published by authority. 8vo. Ports. of Charles by Delaram, and of Buckingham by Dolle, inserted. London, 1623.

Wynni (D. Rich.) Baronetti Narratio Hist. de Caroli, Walliæ Principis, Famulorum in Hispaniam Itinere A.D. 1623. (Hearne's Rich. IÎ.) Nichols (John), the Progresses, Processions, and magnificent Festivities of King James I., his Royal Consort, Family and Court; collected from original MSS., scarce pamphlets, &c.; comprising masques and entertainments, civic pageants, original letters, and annotated lists of the peers, baronets, and knights, who received those honours during this reign. 4 vols. 4to. London, 1828.

Life and Death of Henry Prince of Wales. Small 8vo. Lond. 1641. Benger's Memoirs of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, daughter of James I. (Hist. of Germany.)

Life of Sir W. Ralegh, by Arth. Cayley. 2 vols. 8vo. Lond. 1806.

CHARLES I.

Sanderson's (W.) History of the Life and Raigne of King Charles I. [edited by James Howell]. Folio, portrait of Charles by Faithorne. London, 1658.

Warwick's (Sir Ph.) Memoirs of the Reign of Charles I.; with continuation to the Restoration. 8vo. London, 1701.

D'Israeli's (I.) Commentaries on the Life and Reign of Charles I. 5 vols. 8vo. Lond. 1828-31.

History and Life of Charles I. (Kennet, Vol. III.)

Rushworth's Historical Collections. (Documentary History.)

Nalson's (Jo.) Impartial Collection of the great Affairs of State, from 1639 to the death of King Charles I. 2 vols. folio.

1682-3.

London,

Affairs, from the beginRestauration; containing together with the private

Whitelock's (Sir B.) Memorials of English ning of the reign of Charles I. to the the publick transactions, civil and military, consultations and secrets of the cabinet. Folio. The suppressed passages restored. London, 1732.

Bulstrode's (Sir R.) Memoirs and Reflections on the reign of Charles I.; containing remarkable facts not mentioned by other historians of those times. 8vo. London, 1721.

May's (Thos.) History of the Parliament of England which began Nov. 3, 1640; with a short and necessary view of some preceding years. [Edited, with Preface and Appendix, containing the declarations of both houses of parliament, with the king's answers; from Husband's Collection, by Baron Maseres.] 4to. London, 1812.

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Ludlow's (Edmund) Letters to Sir Edward Seymour, comparing the oppressive government of King Charles I. in the first four years of his reign, with that of the four years of the reign of King James II., and vindicating the parliament begun in 1640. [Published by Baron Maseres.] 4to. London, 1812.

Letters from Charles I. in his confinement, and Charles II. in his exile, and other papers relating to the history of that time. (Barwick's Memoirs.)

(Ludlow's Memoirs.)

Case of Charles I. and other original Papers. Powell's (Robert) Parallel of Charles I. and Alfred the Great, until 1634. (Powell's Life of Alfred.)

8vo.

Essay towards attaining a true State of the Character and Reign of Charles I., and the causes of the Civil War. London, 1780. Weldon's (Sir A.) Character of the Court of Charles I. unto the beginning of these unhappy times; with observations upon him, instead of a character. (Secret Hist. of King James.)

Serre (le Sr. de la), Histoire de l'Entrée de la Reyne [Mary de Medicis] mère du Roy très Chrétien, dans la Grande Bretagne, 1639. Reprinted from the original, with Plates, Introduction, and Notes, by Richard Gough. 4to. large paper. London, 1775.

Life of Archbishop Williams, Lord Keeper in the reigns of James I. and Charles I., containing some remarkable occurrences of those times; by Amb. Philips. 8vo. Cambr. 1700.

The Life and Times of William Laud, Abp. of Canterbury; by John Parker Lawson. 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1829.

Pym's (John) Speech or Declaration to the Lords of the Upper House upon the delivery of the Articles against W. Laud, Abp. of Canterbury; together with a true copy of the Articles. 4to. Port. of Pym by Glover, and of Laud by Passe, inserted. Lond. 1641.

Mercurius Aulicus; a Diurnal communicating the Intelligence and Affairs of the Court to the rest of the kingdom, from January 1 to December 30, 1642. 4to. Oxford, 1642.

Libellus de Caroli I. ab urbe Oxoniensi fugâ sive decessu, è cod. MS. nunc primus publicavit T. Hearne. (Hearne's Walter de Hemingford.)

[Ryves (Bruno)] Mercurius Rusticus; or, the Countrie's Complaint of the barbarous outrages committed by the sectaries of this late flourishing kingdom: with a chronology of the battles, sieges, and other remarkable passages of this unnatural war, to the 25th March, 1646. 8vo. Lond. 1685.

Hampden.-Nugent (Lord), some Memorials of John Hampden, his party, and his times. 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1832.

Fairfax's (Thos. Lord) Short Memorialls during the War from 1642 to 1644. Small 8vo. port. by Worlidge inserted. London, 1699. Dugdale's (Sir W.) Perfect Narrative of the Treaty of Uxbridge, 1644. (Troubles in Eng.)

[Carter's (Mat.)] most true and exact Relation of that as honourable as unfortunate Expedition of Kent, Essex, and Colchester, by M. C., a loyal actor in that engagement, anno 1648. Small 8vo. Printed

This records particulars not noticed by Clarendon or other historians.

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