The Manuscripts of His Grace the Duke of Portland

by Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck Duke of Portland

1901

Vol. 1 is a calendar of twenty-two volumes of the collection of state papers, 1628-1660, formed by Dr. John Nalson, canon of Ely; v.3-10 are calendars of the Harley manuscripts, mainly private and official papers and letters of Robert Harley, 1st earl of Oxford; v. 7 is a calendar of the letters written from 1710 to 1720 to Edward Harley, 2d earl of Oxford, by Dr. William Stratford, canon of Christ's Church, Oxford.

Report on the Manuscripts of F. W. Leyborne-Popham, Esq., Littlecote, Co. Wilts

by Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Francis William Leyborne-Popham

1899

The manuscripts consist of the correspondence of Colonel Edward Popham and "part of the great collection of Sir William Clarke and his son George--the bulk of which was bequeathed by Dr. G. Clarke to Worcester College Library on his death in 1736." The Clarke papers include, in addition to correspondence, an autobiography by Dr. George Clarke and a narrative of the Restoration by Sir William's uncle, John Collins. cf. Introduction.