Quitclaim of Richard Herbert, sheriff of Montgomeryshire,
- C2/4/12.
- File
- 1657.
Quitclaim of Richard Herbert, sheriff of Montgomeryshire,
Questions in the case of Henry Herbert versus Robert Weaver [draft],
Draft of questions to be asked of witnesses in the case of Henry Herbert versus Robert Weaver and others, 8 March 1661x[1673].
Propositions for furnishing a house in Soho Square,
‘Propositions to Mr Firth and Mr Thomas for f[ur]nishing a house for me [William Herbert] in Soehoe Square‘, 1682.
Powis, William Herbert, Duke of, 1617-1696.
Proposal of marriage to Lady Montaign, and her renunciation of her title [copy],
Copy, [1700x1735], of a proposal of marriage by George Masarell to ‘R’, Lady Montaign, and a note by ‘R’, including renunciation of her title.
'Proofs that the English counties be in the marches of Wales',
An exposition, [1600x1689], of an argument that the English border counties are in the marches of Wales 'according to the words of the Statute 34 Henry VIII'.
Untitled
A list of printing corrections for the [?1645] edition of 'De Veritate'.
Papers, 1644-1691, accumulated by members of the Herbert family of Cherbury during the course of their political activities. They include records and correspondence, 1644-1658, relating to the family’s role in the civil war throughout Wales, and their subsequent dispossession and rehabilitation; records and correspondence, 1660-1689, concerning the Montgomeryshire militia and the suppression of disaffected persons in the Welsh marches; and records and correspondence, 1660-1691, relating to the family’s support of Charles II and James II, including military service in France.
Records and correspondence, 1646-1698, accumulated by members of the Herbert family of Powis Castle during the course of their political activities. Most of the papers relate to the sequestration of their estates after the civil war, while others arise from the Herberts’ commitment to the Jacobite cause during and after the ‘Glorious Revolution’.
Documents, [1660x1685]-[1748x1750], relating to political matters. They include accounts of Parliamentary proceedings, foreign affairs and taxation, together with petitions, political satire, and records of the Band of Gentleman Pensioners.
Poetry composed or copied by Edward Herbert, [1620x1648].
Poems, and the 'Life of Henry the Eighth' - part [draft],
Poems entitled: ‘on the death of Mr Thomas Pelham’; ‘to ... my worthy sister Miss Jane Carye’; ‘on the death of an infant’; ‘an opposite to melancholy’; and others (?some being copies by Edward Herbert of poems by other poets); together with a draft of part of [Herbert's 'Life' of Henry VIII], [1620x1648].
Poems addressed to officers of the borough of Montgomery,
Two poems, [October 1680]: ‘To M.M., esq., Chief B[ailiff] of our B[orough] of M[ontgomery]’, and ‘Mr Recorder’s charge to the Serjeants’.
Poem addressed ‘To a Grand Jury at a Great Court for the Borough of Mountgom[er]y’,
Poem: ‘Taking of snuff is a mode at Court’,
Plea of Sackvill Trevor [copy],
Copy, [c.1608], of the plea of Sir Sackvill Trevor, one of [the defendants in a case concerning corruption in the navy, 1608], to the information of Sir James Lea, the king’s Attorney of the Court of Wards and Liveries.
Philosophical works, notes, maxims, etc.,
Parts of early drafts of philosophical works, together with notes, maxims, etc., [c.1620x1648].
Petitions to Charles II [drafts], and reply [copy],
Petition [?to the House of Lords] regarding fines in Wales [draft],
Petition of William [Herbert] to be tenant of the manor of Hendon,
Petition, [1667x1748], of William, Lord of Montgomery, to be tenant of the manor of Hendon, Middlesex.