transcribed verbatim from 9 Henry III. to 56 Henry III. 5 vols. vellum, marked K. L. The principal matters in the close and patent rolls Edw. I. with several copies and abstracts of records, 1 vol. marked F. A long book of abstracts of records by me. Close and patent rolls from 1 to 10 Edward III. and other Records of the time of Henry III. 1.vol. marked W. Close rolls of 15 Edward III. with other records, 1 vol. marked N. Close rolls from 17 to 38 Edward III. 2 vols. Close and patent rolls from 40 Edward III. to 50 Edward III. 1 vol. marked B. Close rolls of Edward II. with other records, 1 vol. R. Close and patent rolls, and charter rolls in the time of King John for the clergy, 1 vol. A great volume of records of several natures, G. The leagues of the kings of England, tempore Edward I. Edward II. Edward III. 1 vol. A Book of ancient leagues and military provisions, 1 vol. The reports of iters of Derby, Nottingham, and Bedford, transcribed, 1 vol. Itinera forest. de Pickering et Lancaster, transcript. ex originali, 1 vol. An ancient reading, very large, upon Charta de forestâ, and of the forest laws. The transcript of the iter forestæ de Dean, 1 vol. Quo warranto and liberties of the county of Gloucester, with the pleas of the chase of Kingswood, 1 vol. Transcript of the black book of the admiralty, laws of the army, impositions, and several honours, 1 vol. Records of patents, inquisitions, &c. of the county of Leicester, .1 vol. Muster and military provisions of all sorts, extracted from the records, 1 vol. Gervasius Tilburiensis, or the black book of the exchequer, 1 vol. The king's title to the pre-emption of tin, a thin volume. Calendar of the records in the tower, a small volume. A miscellany of divers records, orders, and other things of various natures, marked E. 1 vol. Another of the like nature, in leather cover, 1 vol. A book of divers records and things relating to the chancery, 1 vol. Titles of honour and pedigrees, especially touching Clifford, 1 vol. History of the marches of Wales, collected by me, 1 vol. Extract of commissions, tempore Henry VII. Henry VIII. RR. and the proceedings in the court military between Ray and Ramsey, 1 vol. Petitions in parliament, tempore Edward I. Edward II. Edward III. Henry IV. 3 vols. Summons of parliament, from 49 Henry III. to 22 Edward IV. in 3 vols. The parliament rolls, from the beginning of Edward I. to the end of Richard III. in 19 vols. viz. 1 of Edward I. 1 of Edward II. with the ordinations; 2 of Edward III. 3 of Richard II. 2 of Henry IV. 2 of Henry V. 4 of Henry VI. 3 of Edward IV. 1 of Richard III. all transcribed at large. Mr. Elsing's book touching proceedings in parliament, 1 vol. Noye's collection touching the king's supplies, 1 vol. stitched. A book of various collections out of records and register of Canterbury, and claims at the coronation of Richard II. 1 vol. Transcript of bishop Usher's notes, principally concerning chronology, 3 large vols. A transcript out of doomsday-book of Gloucestershire and Herefordshire, and of some pipe-rolls and old accompts of the customs, 1 vol. Extracts and collections out of records touching titles of honour, 1 vol. Extracts of pleas, patents, and close rolls, tempore Henry III. Edward I. Edward II. Edward III. and some old antiquities of England, 1 vol. Collections and memorials of many records and antiquities, 1 vol. Seldeni. Calendar of charters and records in the tower, touching Gloucestershire. Collection of notes and records of various natures, marked M. 1 vol. Seldeni. Transcript of the iters of London, Kent, Cornwall, 1 vol. Extracts out of the leiger-books of Battell, Evesham, Winton, &c. 1 vol. Seldeni. Copies of the principal records in the red-book in the Exchequer, 1 vol. Extracts of records and treatises relating to sea-affairs, 1 vol. Records touching customs, ports, partition of the lands of Gil. de Clare, &c. Extracts of pleas in the time of Richard I. King John, Edward I. &c. 1 vol. Chartæ antiquæ in the Tower, transcribed, in 2 vols. Chronological remembrances, extracted out of the notes of bishop Usher, 1 vol. stitched. Inquisitiones de legibus Walliæ, 1 vol. A book of honour, stitched, 1 vol. Extracts out of the registry of Canterbury. Copies of several records touching proceedings in the military court, 1 vol. Abstracts of summons and rolls of parliament, out of the book Dunelm., and some records alphabetically digested, 1 vol. Abstracts of divers records in the office of first fruits, 1 vol. stitched. Mathematical and astrological calculations, 1 vol. A book of divinity. Two large repositories of records, marked A and B. All those above mentioned are in Folio. The Proceedings of the forests of Windsor, Dean, and Essex, in 4to. 1 vol. Those that follow are most of them in Vellum or Parchment. Two books of old statutes, one ending Henry VII. the other 2 Henry V. with the sums, 2 vols. Five last years of Edward II. 1 vol. The year-book of Richard II. and some others, 1 vol. A mathematical book, especially of optics, 1 vol. A Dutch book of geometry and fortification. Reports tempore Edward I. under titles, 1 vol. An old register, and some pleas, 1 vol. Bernardi Bratrack peregrinatio, 1 vol. Iter Cantii & London, and some reports, tempore Edward II. 1 vol. Reports tempore Edward I. et Edward II. 1 vol. Leiger book abbatiæ de bello. Isidori Opera. Liber altercationis, et Christianæ philosophiæ contra paganos. Historia Petri Manducatorii. Hornii astronomica. Historia ecclesiæ Dunelmensis. Hollandi chymica. De alchymiæ scriptoribus. The black-book of the new law, collected by me, and digested into alphabetical titles, written with my own hand, which is the original copy. NOTES OF THE LIFE AND DEATH OF SIR MATTHEW HALE, WRITTEN BY RICHARD BAXTER, AT THE REQUEST OF EDW. STEPHENS, ESQ.; PUBLISHER OF HIS CONTEMPLATIONS, AND HIS FAMILIAR FRIEND. SINCE the history of judge Hale's life is published, written by Dr. Burnet very well, some men have thought, that, (because my familiarity with him was known, and the last time of a man's life is supposed to contain his maturest judgment,.. time, study, and experience correcting former oversights,.. and this great man, who was most diligently and thirstily learning to the last, was like to be still wiser,) the notice that I had of him, in the latter years of his life, should not be omitted. I was never acquainted with him, till 1667.; and, therefore, have nothing to say of the former part of his life nor of the latter, as to any public affairs; but only of what our familiar converse |