British Library, Harley MS 39
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Contents
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'Speech at his Death' by Sir Walter Raleigh
248r-258r
'Speech at First Taking His Seat in Chancery' by Francis Bacon
275r-8v, 280r, 283r, 285v-286v, 295r-296v, 297v-298v, 306r-v, 318v-322v
'Arraignment of Sir Walter Raleigh'
History: Interspersed with Bacon speeches
279r-280r
'Speech to Sir John Denham when he was called to be one of the Barons of the Exchequer' by Francis Bacon
Responsibility: Ralph Starkey (Scribe)
280v-281v
'Speech to Serjeant Hutton, when he was called to be one of the Judges of the Common Pleas' by Francis Bacon
Responsibility: Ralph Starkey (Scribe)
282r-283r
'Speech to Sir William Jones upon his being called to be Lord Chief Justice of Ireland' by Francis Bacon
Responsibility: Ralph Starkey (Scribe)
283v-285v
'Speech in the Star Chamber, Last Day of the Trinity Term' by Francis Bacon
Responsibility: Ralph Starkey (Scribe)
287x-288v
'Speech at the Arraignment of Robert Crichton, Lord Sanquhar' by Francis Bacon
Responsibility: Ralph Starkey (Scribe)
291r-295r
'Speech at the Creation of Sir Henry Mountagu, with Mountagu’s Answer' by Sir Henry Mountagu, and Thomas Egerton, Lord Chancellor Ellesmere
299r-305v
'Speech at First Taking His Seat in Chancery' by John Williams, Bishop of Lincoln
307r-318r
'A Discourse of Knights, Knight of the Bath, their Oath and Duty'
Responsibility: Ralph Starkey (Scribe)
331r-350r
'A Breviary of the History of England from William I entitled the Conqueror' by Samuel Daniel
History: Here attributed to Raleigh
353r-353v
'Letter to James I Before his Trial' by Sir Walter Raleigh
Responsibility: Ralph Starkey (Scribe)
353v-354v
'Letter to James after his Condemnation' by Sir Walter Raleigh
Responsibility: Ralph Starkey (Scribe)
371r-372r
'Letter to His Wife from Guiana' by Sir Walter Raleigh
Responsibility: Ralph Starkey (Scribe)
375r-382r
'The Case of Sir John Eliot' by Charles I, Denzil Holles, Sir Peter Heyman, Sir Miles Hobart, Sir John Eliot, and Walter Yonge
Responsibility: Ralph Starkey (Scribe)
410r-415r
'Before the Lords, For Refusing to Pay the Forced Loan' by William Coryton
Responsibility: Feathery (Scribe)
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