The Osborn Manuscript Files contain single, unbound manuscripts and small groups of manuscripts acquired for the Osborn Collection which the Library has chosen to describe in finding-aid style lists rather than as discrete entries in Yale University Library's on-line public access catalog (ORBIS). The materials in the Osborn Manuscript Files include literary and historical manuscripts, individual and small groups of letters, and single documents, as well as some "Unprocessed" material such as engraved portraits and bibliographic information.
10 leaves 30 x 21 cm. Copied 1534 April 24. Copy, in French of the register recording the agreement between the Coullard heirs, and their sale of land to Bregy.
2 p. 26 x 19 cm. From Lord Berners' illegitimate son to his father's brother, a few days after Berners' death. Bourchier explains his father's plans to repay Henry VIII. Hastings, who was an executor and whose wife Bourchier implies was his father's mistress, has managed to take more than his share of Berners' estate. Bourchier wants to restore his father's honor and pay off his debts, as well as to dispense honestly with his wealth.
Regarding Sir William Sharrington of Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, who had been arrested for treason with Somerset's brother, Sir Thomas Seymour, Lord Sudeley. ACC: 93.6.6 (44.66)
2 p. 31 x 21 cm. Signed: T. Buckehurst. Extract printed in Historical Manuscripts Commission's Report on the -- -- Manuscripts of Allan George Finch, I, 20.
1 p. 31 x 21 cm. Signed: T. Buckehurst. Docketed by Heneage. Long extract printed in Historical Manuscripts Commission's Report on the Manuscripts of Allan -- -- George Finch, I, 13.
3 p. 31 x 22 cm. Signed: T. Buckehurst. Docketed by Heneage. Long extract printed in Historical Manuscripts Commission's Report on the Manuscripts of Allan -- -- George Finch, I, 14-15.
4 p. 31 x 22 cm. Signed: T. Buckehurst. Docketed by Heneage. Long extract printed in Historical Manuscripts Commission's Report on the Manuscripts of Allan -- -- George Finch, I, 15-16.
2 p. 31 x 21 cm. Comments on Throckmorton's death. Signed: T. Buckehurst. Long extract printed in Historical Manuscripts Commission's Report on the -- -- Manuscripts of Allan George Finch, I, 16-17.
2 p. 28 x 19 cm. Signed: T. Buckehurst. Docketed by Heneage. Extract printed in Historical Manuscripts Commission's Report on the Manuscripts of Allan -- -- George Finch, I, 17.
3 p. 31 x 22 cm. Signed: T. Buckehurst. Docketed by Heneage. Long extract printed in Historical Manuscripts Commission's Report on the Manuscripts of Allan -- -- George Finch, I, 13-14.
4 p. 31 x 21 cm. Signed: T. Buckehurst. Docketed by Heneage. Long extract printed in Historical Manuscripts Commission's Report on the Manuscripts of Allan -- -- George Finch, I, 17-18.
Informs that she is sending her servant (Richard Floyd) for her husband's allowance. Signed: "M. Sydney." Accompanied by: engraved portrait of Lady Mary Dudley. ACC: 98.7.46 (44.542)
4 p. 31 x 21 cm. Signed by Walsingham and Lord Cobham. Walsingham and Cobham were in Antwerp on a special mission when they sent Mildmay, Walsingham's nephew, with these instructions to acquaint Duke John Casimir "sith the cause of our owne Cominge hither". The principal cause was the unwelcome news that the Estates had invited the Duke of Alencon and Anjou to come to their aid against Spain. This document embodies a detailed summary, drawn up for Casimir, of the whole course of the negotiations, both in France and in the Low Countries.
9 p. 27 x 20 cm. The accounts Walsingham submitted to the exchequer for his embassy to Henry III of France and the Duke of Anjou. It includes fees for transport, for diet, for "Spyalls" and for "Intellygence."
5 p. Various sizes. Endorsed by Rich, "my Sup. to her majesty. Letters to my Lords of the Council and to the B." In all the drafts he protests his loyalty and implores pardon and favor, while maintaining his innocence in charges which led to his imprisonment.
7 p. 31 cm. Followed by two similar papers, on the queen's safety and the safety of England; probably dating from late 1584 or 1585, after the assassination of William of Orange (an event referred to in the discourse on the queen's safety).
Avows that his testimony, elicited by Lord Burleigh and Richard Young, against many of those tried, tortured, and executed in the aftermath of the Babington Conspiracy was fictitious. Among those named by Tyrell are Mary Queen of Scots, Fr. Edward Weston, Charles Tilney, the Earl of Arundel, Lady Drury, John Ballard, Edward Windsor, and George Gifford. [The original letter does not survive, making this MS the best authority for Tyrell's retraction.] ACC: 95.2.1 (44.227)
Letter by a member of the train of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, describing in detail "the firste exployte done by our Englishmen since our cominge" to the aid of the United Provinces. Heydon narrates a skirmish caused by Leicester's attempts to raise the siege of Graves, and the heroism of Sir John Norris. Includes estimates of dead and wounded, comparisons of the bravery of Dutch and English soldiers, and hopes for the relief of Nijmeghen and Zutphen. In secretary hand. Accompanied by: typed transcript. ACC.: 01.3.1
1 p. 41 x 62 cm. Attached to the indenture is an "Extent", or itemized list giving yearly values of the lands inherited by Pym from his father. Signed by Lord Burghley.
Letter in secretary hand requesting the two men to inquire into a petition by Robert Shawe against "Robert Lawson a minister," and to settle the dispute if possible. Date is OS (NS 1589). Signed: "Jo: Cantuar." ACC.: 01.12.21
1 p. 30 x 20 cm. Much discolored and faded. Signed by: Chr. Hatton, W. Burghley, H. Derby, C. Howard, H. Hounsdon, H. Cobham, T. Buckehurst, T. Heneage.
1 p. 31 x 20.5 cm. On behalf of Edward Sulliard, prisoner on bond. Signed by: Chr. Hatton, H. Derby, Hounsdon, H. Cobham, T. Buckehurst, T. Heneage, and J. Wolley.
Concerning the probable remission of a fine against Gwyn for striking William Williams (Gwyn was Examiner to the Council of the Welsh Marches). Docketed in a contemporary hand. Accompanied by typed transcript. Accompanied by dealer's biographical sketch of Massinger and the note: "From Roy Plumley's collection." Acc.: 04.8.14
2 p. 28 x 21 cm. "declaracon of the weekelie impresses to her maties forces in Paccardy for two monthes begyning the [s?]ixth of februarie 1596 and to ende the fifth of April following."