British Library, Additional MS 22959
History
Manuscript diary of John Rous, Rector of Stanton Downham, Suffolk
Purchased at "Mr. D. Turner's sale", 7 June 1859. Lot 253.
Physical Description
Foliation
No foliation details
Hands
- John Rous
Contents
16r-18r
'The Danger Wherein the Kingdom Now Standeth and the Remedy' by Sir Robert Cotton
Responsibility: John Rous (Scribe)
25v
'Statement on the assassination of the Duke of Buckingham' by John Felton
History: Diary entry dated 2 September 1628. Responsibility: John Rous (Scribe)
32v
'Prognostication of the Emperor’s Principal Astrologers'
History: Received April 1629. Responsibility: John Rous (Scribe)
33v-34r
'Copy of a Letter from the Devil to the Pope' by The Devil
Responsibility: John Rous (Scribe)
38r-38v
'Petition to Charles I for his Son' by Henry Cary, Viscount Falkland
Responsibility: John Rous (Scribe)
40r-40v
'Instructions Concerning Lecturers and Ministers' by Charles I
History: Articles as received in Swaffham, Norfolk Responsibility: John Rous (Scribe)
63r-64r
'Petition to the King Presented at the Assizes of York' by Gentry of Yorkshire
Responsibility: John Rous (Scribe)
64r-64v
'Petition to the King' by Grand Jury of Berkshire
Responsibility: John Rous (Scribe)
65r-66r
'Lords' Petition' by Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford, William Seymour, 2nd Earl of Hartford, Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, Edmund Sheffield, 1st Earl of Mulgrave, Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick, Oliver St John, 1st Earl of Bolingbroke, William Fiennes, Viscount Say and Sele, Henry Montagu, Viscount Mandeville, Robert Greville, Second Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court, Edward Howard, First Baron North of Escrick, George Manners, 7th Earl of Rutland, Theophilus Clinton, 4th Earl of Lincoln, David Cecil, 3rd Earl of Exeter, Dudley North, Third Baron North, Francis Willoughby, Fifth Baron Willoughby of Parham, Thomas Savile, Second Baron Savile of Pontefract, Philip Wharton, Fourth Baron Wharton, and John Lovelace, 2nd Baron Lovelace
Responsibility: Walter Yonge (Scribe)
69v-70v
'A Dialogue Between Two Zealots Concerning the &c in the New Oath'
Responsibility: John Rous (Scribe)