Philosophical works, notes, maxims, etc.,
- E4/8.
- File
- [c.1620x1648].
Parts of early drafts of philosophical works, together with notes, maxims, etc., [c.1620x1648].
Philosophical works, notes, maxims, etc.,
Parts of early drafts of philosophical works, together with notes, maxims, etc., [c.1620x1648].
Verses and observations on love,
Poems and observations on love, [c.1620x1648], in a number of different hands, including that of Edward Herbert.
Accounts, letters, notes, etc.,
Accounts, letters, notes, etc., [c.1620xc.1750], some in the hand of Edward Herbert.
National and international politics,
Political papers, [?1590]-[?1648], written by or accumulated by Edward Herbert. They include material relating to contemporary English and European politics, as well as political history and theory.
‘Life of Henry the Eighth’ - part [copy],
'The life and reign of king Henry VIII',
Draft and copy, [c.1634x1640], of Edward Herbert’s ‘Life’ of Henry VIII, which was published in 1649; also included is some of the material used in its composition.
‘Life of Henry the Eighth’ - part [draft],
The treason of the duke of Norfolk [copy],
Copy, [1630x1640], of depositions, etc., touching the treason of Thomas [Howard], duke of Norfolk, in 1546-1547.
‘The Expedition to the Isle of Rhe’ - beginning of Chapter I [draft],
Draft of the beginning of Chapter I of ‘The Expedition to the Isle of Rhe’, [c.1630], addressed ‘to the Corte’ by ‘an ambassador in France’, touching the recovery of the Palatinate of the Rhine.
'The Expedition to the Isle of Rhe',
Drafts and copies, [1628x1630]-1631, of Edward Herbert’s ‘Expedition to the Isle of Rhe’, which was published in Latin in 1658.
‘Expeditio in Ream Insulam’ - complete work [draft],
‘Expedition to the Isle of Rhe’ - Chapters III-VIII,
‘Expedition to the Isle of Rhe’ - dedicatory epistle to Charles I [draft],
Draft of a letter dedicating the ‘Expedition to the Isle of Rhe’ to king Charles I, dated Montgomery castle, 10 August 1630.
‘The expedition to the Isle of Re’ - complete work, without preface,
‘Expeditio in Ream insulam‘ [part],
King, Parliament and affairs of state,
Documents, [c.1590xc.1600]-[c.1642x1648], accumulated by Edward Herbert during the course of his career as Member of Parliament for Montgomery, and during his studies into English politics; many are copies made by him or for him. They include accounts of parliamentary business and history, and of individual political figures; treatises by Herbert on particular aspects of governance and political authority, notably the relationship between king, parliament and the subject; accounts of the origins and course of the civil war; and instruments relating to the government of Montgomeryshire and the Welsh marches.
Francis Bacon’s speech concerning the naturalisation of the Scots [copy],
Copy, 5 January 1608x[1648], of Sir Francis Bacon’s speech in the lower House of Parliament concerning the article of general naturalisation of the Scottish nation.
‘The state of a secretaries place ...’ [copy],
Copy, [c.1642], of ‘The state of a secretaries place with the perill written by the Right Hon. late Earle of Salisburie’.
‘An apologie upon the death of Sir Robert Cecell ...’ [copy],
Copy, [1612xc.1642], of ‘An apologie upon the death of Sir Robert Cecell late lord Threasurer of England written against his libellers and presented to king James’.