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British Library, Harley MS 39

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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

297r-v

'Resignation Letter (A)' by Thomas Egerton, Lord Ellesmere

Responsibility: Feathery (Scribe)

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

351r-v

'Letter to Captain Alley' by Captain Charles Parker

Responsibility: Ralph Starkey (Scribe)

351v-352v

'Letter to Secretary Sir Ralph Winwood' by Sir Walter 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)

355r-358v

'Second Letter to Secretary Sir Ralph Winwood' by Sir Walter Raleigh

359r-v

'Letter to Queen Anne' by Raleigh

359v-360r

'Letter to James I on His Return from Guiana' by Sir Walter Raleigh

360r-v

'Hearing of Sir Walter Raleigh's Case in the King's Bench'

369r-370v

'Letter to Nottingham, Suffolk, Devonshire and Cecil' by Sir Walter Raleigh

371r-372r

'Letter to His Wife from Guiana' by Sir Walter Raleigh

Responsibility: Ralph Starkey (Scribe)

410r-415r

'Before the Lords, For Refusing to Pay the Forced Loan' by William Coryton

Responsibility: Feathery (Scribe)

416r-431v

'A Discourse' by Sir Daniel Dunn

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