Prose
Works Published in Halifax's Lifetime
Advice to a Daughter
See HaG 23-25.
The Anatomy of an Equivalent
First published, anonymously, [in London, 1688]. Foxcroft, II, 425-6. Brown, I, 265-90.
HaG 1
List of headings relating to this work, with corrections, extrapolated from a printed edition, on a single folio leaf and a small slip. Late 17th century.
In: A large folio composite volume of miscellaneous letters and tracts, in various hands, 360 leaves, in modern morocco gilt.
This MS recorded in Brown, I, 398.
HaG 2
Copy, in a single hand, transcribed from a printed source, eleven quarto leaves (plus five blanks), disbound. Late 17th century.
This MS recorded in Brown, I, 398; also in Brown, HLQ (1972), p. 149, and in Brown, HLQ (1974), p. 334.
The Character of a Trimmer
First published, ascribed to ‘the Honourable Sir W[illiam] C[oventry]’, in London, 1688. Foxcroft, II, 273-342. Brown, I, 178-243.
HaG 3
Copy, in a Scottish professional hand, on 128 octavo pages. Late 17th century.
Sotheby's, 29 April 1969, lot 341.
This MS collated in Brown, I, 345-96.
HaG 4
Copy, in a professional hand, headed probably by Sir William Trumbull ‘Charactr of a Trimmer Written A° 1684’, 35 folio leaves, in paper wrappers. c.1684-90s.
In: Two unbound MSS of the Marquess of Halifax's Character of a Trimmer, 78 folio leaves. Volume CCCLXX of the Trumbull Papers, of the Trumbull family, including chiefly William Trumbull (1576/80?-1635), diplomat and government official. Later belonging to the Marquess of Downshire, of Easthampstead Park. Sotheby's, The Trumbull Papers, 14 December 1989, lot 55.
Edited from this MS in Brown.
HaG 5
Copy, in the hand of Halifax's chaplain and amanuensis Alexander Sion (1654-1730), 39 folio leaves (rectos only), slightly imperfect, in paper wrappers. c.1684-90s.
In: the MS described under HaG 4.
This MS collated in Brown, I, 345-96. Recorded in Brown, HLQ (1972), p. 147. Facsimile of the first page in Sotheby's, The Trumbull Papers, 14 December 1989, lot 55, p. 146.
HaG 6
Copy, in a Scottish professional hand, 113 duodecimo leaves, with a title page, as ‘Written in anno. 1684’, in 19th-century half morocco. Late 17th century.
Acquired from J. Pearson, 2 June 1877.
This MS collated and used in part as a copy-text in Foxcroft (as ‘MS. B’). Collated in Brown, I, 345-96.
HaG 7
Copy, in a professional hand, with some alterations in a later hand, on 21 quarto leaves. Late 17th century.
In: A quarto omposite volume of three tracts.
This MS collated and used in part as a copy-text in Foxcroft (as ‘MS C.’). Collated in Brown, I, 345-96.
HaG 8
Copy in a scribal hand on 79 folio leaves. Late 17th century.
This MS collated in Foxcroft (as ‘MS. A’). Collated in Brown, I, 345-96.
HaG 9
Copy, in a professional hand, on 122 octavo leaves. Late 17th century.
Once owned by the Rev. Philip Bliss (1787-1857), antiquary and book collector. Sotheby's, 9 August 1858 (Bliss sale), lot 2440. Sold by William, Ross & Co., 30 January 1918.
This MS collated in Brown, I, 345-96.
HaG 10
Copy, in a professional hand, untitled, on 71 folio pages. c.1690s.
This MS collated in Brown, I, 345-96.
Cumbria Archives, Carlisle, DLons/L13/9/The Character of a Trimmer/Box 1078.
HaG 11
Copy, in a professional hand, on 232 folio pages. Late 17th century.
Among the papers of the Egerton family, Earls of Bridgewater.
This MS collated in Brown, I, 345-96.
HaG 12
Copy, in a single professional rounded hand, on 84 of 90 folio leaves, in contemporary calf. Late 17th century.
Fols 84v-90v containing, in a later hand, ‘A Catalogue of Books belonging To Patrick Viscount of Garnock. Kilbirny, 17 Apll. 1727’, and f. ir inscribed ‘This Book Belongs to Garnock’. Among the muniments of the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, formerly in the John Rylands University Library of Manchester.
This MS collated in Brown, I, 345-96.
HaG 13
Copy, in a professional hand, 235 folio pages. Late 17th century.
Quaritch's sale catalogue No. 629 (1945), item 259.
This MS collated in Brown, I, 345-96. Recorded in C.N. Greenough and J.M. French, A Bibliography of the Theophrastan Character in England (Cambridge, Mass., 1947), p. 149.
HaG 14
Copy, in a professional hand, on 64 folio pages. Late 17th century.
This MS recorded in HMC, 3rd Report (1872), Appendix, p. 189. Collated in Foxcroft (as ‘MS D’) and in Brown, I, 345-96.
HaG 15
Copy, in a professional hand, on 32 quarto leaves. Late 17th century.
From the muniments of the Hays family, Earls of Erroll, of Slains Castle, Aberdeenshire.
This MS collated in Brown, I, 345-96.
HaG 16
Copy, in a professional hand, on 52 folio pages. Ascribed, in a later hand in pencil, to Charles Sackville, Earl of Dorset. Late 17th century.
Donated in 1927 by the Grammercy Bookshop. Formerly MS *49X134.
This MS collated in Brown, I, 345-96.
HaG 16.5
Copy, in a neat italic hand, with a title-page and table of contents, as ‘writen in Anno 1684’, ii + 219 octavo pages, in contemporary calf (rebacked). c.1684.
Donated by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1820-89), literary scholar and book collector.
HaG 17
Copy, in a professional hand (the same as in HaG 22), on 179 folio pages. Late 17th century.
Once owned by John Hervey (1665-1751), first Baron Ickworth and first Earl of Bristol, of Ickworth, near Bury St Edmunds.
This MS discussed in Robert Gathorne-Hardy, ‘Halifax's The Character of a Triimmer: Some Observations in the Light of a Manuscript from Ickworth’, The Library, 5th Ser. 14 (1959), 117-23. Collated in Brown, I, 345-96
HaG 18
Copy, on vi + 96 large quarto pages, in a vellum deed. Partly in a professional hand, partly (the Preface and p. 1) in the hand of Narcissus Luttrell (1657-1732), annalist and book collector, and inscribed by him on the title-page ‘By Sr William Temple. Baro. abt. Anno. 1680’. Late 17th century.
Sotheby's, 4 May 1936 (Luttrell sale), lot 175. Maggs's sale catalogue No. 717 (1942), item 1546.
This MS recorded in C.N. Greenough and J.M. French, A Bibliography of the Theophrastan Character in England (Cambridge, Mass., 1947), p. 149. Collated in Brown, I, 345-96.
HaG 19
Copy, in a professional hand, on 133 quarto pages.
In: A composite volume of MSS. Late 17th century.
Inscribed and possibly once owned by the Scottish advocate John Spotiswood (1666-1728). Pickering & Chatto, sale catalogue No. 353 (1953), item 655.
This MS collated in Brown, I, 345-96.
HaG 20
Copy, in a professional hand, on 82 folio pages. Late 17th century.
Formerly in Files/Halifax.
This MS collated in Brown, I, 345-96.
HaG 21
Copy, in a probably professional hand, with a title-page ‘The Character of a Trimmer wrn in anno 1684’, on 118 small octavo leaves, in contemporary calf. Late 17th century.
Bookplate of Sir Thomas Brooke, Bt, FSA (1830-1908), Yorkshire antiquary and book collector, of Armitage Bridge.
This MS collated in Brown, I, 345-96.
HaG 22
Copy, in a professional hand, the same as in HaG 17, with a title-page in a roman hand, 185 folio pages, in contemporary vellum. Late 17th century.
Bookplate of Thomas Philip (1781-1859), Earl de Grey, of Wrest Park, Bedfordshire. Maggs's sale catalogue Mercurius Britannicus No. 152 (June 1956), p. 10.
This MS collated in Brown, I, 345-96.
HaG 22.5
Copy, on 162 quarto pages. Late 17th century.
Sotheby's, 31 January 1956, lot 445, to Pickering.
HaG 22.8
Extracts.
In: A folio miscellany of extracts, in a single cursive hand, 351 leaves, in modern half brown morocco on marbled boards. c.1685-1700s.
Sotheby's, 13 July 1855, lot 1364.
The Lady's New Year's Gift: or, Advice to a Daughter
First published, anonymously, in London, 1688. Foxcroft, II, 379-424. Brown, II, 363-406.
See also Introduction.
HaG 23
Series of extracts from a printed edition, headed ‘Ld Marq of Hallifax's Advice to a Daughter’.
In: A quarto composite miscellany, in three or more hands, 76 leaves, in quarter-leather marbled boards. Late 17th century.
HaG 23.5
Extracts, inscribed ‘Advice to a Daughter, by ye ld hallifax’.
In: the MS described under HaG 22.8. c.1685-1700s.
HaG 24
Copy in a professional hand, with alterations and interlineations, untitled, on 68 folio pages, imperfect and lacking the ending.
In: Muniments of the Lowther family, Earls of Lonsdale. Late 17th century.
Probably once owned by John Lowther, first Viscount Lonsdale (1655-1700).
This MS collated in Brown, II, 506-13.
Cumbria Archives, Carlisle, DLons/L.14 Various books and papers, [no item number].
HaG 25
Copy, in a professional hand, on 52 folio pages. c.1687.
Acquired in November 1981 from Myers. Formerly Folger MS Add. 781.
This MS collated in Brown, I, 345-96.
The Lady's New Year's Gift: or, Advice to a Daughter [French translation by Alexander Sion]
First published in London, 1692, for James Partridge and Matthew Gillyflower, who in 1688 had published the ‘Second Edition Corrected by the Original’ of The Lady's New Year's Gift.
HaG 25.2
64 pages, 4°. One in a series of four autograph revised drafts by Sion.
HaG 25.4
Second in a series of four autograph revised drafts by Sion, 90 quarto pages.
HaG 25.6
Third in a series of four autograph revised drafts by Sion, 108 quarto pages.
HaG 25.8
Fourth of four autograph revised drafts by Sion, 55 quarto pages.
A Letter to a Dissenter
First published, anonymously, in London, 1687. Foxcroft, II, 361-78. Brown, I, 250-64.
HaG 26
Copy, in a professional hand, transcribed from a printed edition, on sixteen quarto pages. End of 17th century.
This MS recorded in Brown, I, 397, and in Brown, HLQ (1974), p. 334.
Maxims of the Great Almansor
First published, anonymously, under the heading The following Maxims were found amongst the Papers of the Great Almanzor…[&c] (London, 1693). Foxcroft, II, 447-53. Brown, I, 292-5.
HaG 27
Copy of 33 maxims, headed ‘Maxims of State or Obsevations on Government by the late Marqs. of H--x: 1694’. The text followed (on pp. 81-4) by fourteen supplementary maxims by Charles Montagu.
In: A folio volume of state tracts and speeches, entitled (probably mistakenly) Certain Select Manuscripts on Several Subjects Collected by George late Marq. of Halifax, in two or more professional rounded hands, with a table of contents, x + 320 pages, in contemporary vellum boards gilt. c.early 1700s.
Booklabel of Wriothesley Russell (1680-1711), second Duke of Bedford, dated 1703.
Recorded in HMC, 2nd Report (1871), Appendix, p. 4.
This MS collated in Brown, I, 398-401.
The Duke of Bedford, Woburn Abbey, HMC MS No. 270, pp. 71-80.
HaG 28
Copy of 33 maxims, headed ‘The following Maxims weare found by a Jew amongst ye Papers of ye Greate Almanzor, & though they must loose a good deale of their originall Spirit by ye translation, yet they seeme to be soe applicable to all times yt it is thought noe disservice to make them Publick’, on a single folio leaf, docketed ‘1688’. c.1688.
In: A folio composite volume of state letters and papers, 382 leaves. Collected by William Sancroft (1617-93), Archbishop of Canterbury.
This MS collated in Brown, I, 398-401. Recorded in Brown, HLQ (1972), p. 150.
HaG 29
Copy of 33 maxims, dated 1694, in a neat professional hand, the text followed (on f. 28r-v) by 14 supplementary maxims by Charles Montagu dated 1695.
In: A folio volume of state and parliamentary papers, in several professional hands, 176 leaves (plus blanks), in 19th-century half morocco. c.1700.
This MS used in part as a copy-text in Foxcroft (as ‘MS A’). Collated in Brown, I, 398-401.
HaG 29.5
Copy of 33 Maxims, headed ‘The following maxims were found by A Jew Amongst the papers of the Great Almazor...’.
In: A tall folio formal miscellany of poems and prose on affairs of state, in several rounded hands, with (ff. ivr-vr) a ‘Catalogue’ of titles, 186 leaves, in contemporary blind-stamped calf within modern half-morocco. c.1700s.
Bookplate of Basil Feilding (1668-1717), fourth Earl of Denbigh, dated 1703. Sold in 1834 by Thomas Thorpe. Owned by the Rev. Dr Martin Joseph Routh (1755-1854), scholar, President of Magdalen College, Oxford. Sotheby's, 5 July 1855 (Routh sale), lot 178.
HaG 30
Copy of 33 maxims, in a stylish professional hand, headed ‘The following Maximes were found by a Jew amongst Papers of the Great Almanzor and tho they must loose a good Deale of their Originall Spiritt by ye Translation Yet they seem to be applicable to all times That it is thought no diservice to Mankind to make them Publique’, superscribed ‘By the Marq. of Halifax’, on four pages of two conjugate folio leaves, docketed (f. 9v) ‘Lot 725/10’. c.1700.
In: A tall folio composite volume of chiefly verse MSS, in various hands and paper sizes, 91 leaves, mounted on guards, in half red morocco.
At least some individual items here were later owned by Sir Thomas Osborne (1632-1712), first Earl of Danby, Marquess of Carmarthen and Duke of Leeds, politician. Sotheby's, 6-10 April 1869 (Leeds sale), including lot 725, item 10.
This MS collated in Brown, I, 398-401.
HaG 31
Copy of 33 maxims on four quarto leaves, being the first of ‘Certain observations on Government With Moral Reflections. By 3: Several hands’ and dated ‘1692’. The text followed (ff. 409v-10v) by 14 supplementary maxims by Charles Montagu and (ff. 410v-14) by 44 maxims by John, Lord Somers (1697). c.1700.
In: A tall folio composite volume of state letters and miscellaneous papers, in various hands and paper sizes, 415 leaves, mounted on guards, in modern half red morocco.
Volume V of papers of the Malet family, baronets, of Wilbury, Wiltshire, including papers collected and endorsed by George Harbin (c.1665-1744), nonjuror, historical writer, and librarian at Longleat to Thomas Thynne (1640-1714), first Viscount Weymouth, and his family.
This MS used in part as copy-text in Foxcroft (as ‘MS B’).
HaG 32
Copy of 24 maxims, headed ‘The following Maximes found by a Jew among the papers of ye Great Almansor and though they must loose a good deal of Their Originall Spirit by ye: Translation yet they seem to be so applicable to all Times that it is thought no disservice to Mankind to make them publick’, on a single folio leaf. c.1700.
In: the MS described under HaG 1.
This MS collated in Brown, I, 398-401.
HaG 33
Copy of 33 maxims, dated ‘1694’, on two folio leaves. The text followed (ff. 9v-11r) by fourteen supplementary maxims by Charles Montagu. c.1700.
In: A folio composite volume of state tracts and papers, 63 leaves.
This MS collated in Brown, I, 398-401.
HaG 34
Copy of 33 maxims, headed ‘The following Maxims were found by a Jew amongst the Papers of the Great Almanzor, And tho' they must loose a good deal of their Originall Spirit by the Translation, yet they seem to be so applicable to all tymes, that it is thought no Disservice to make them publick’. The text followed (ff. 175r-6r) by 14 supplementary maxims by Charles Montagu.
In: A tall folio miscellany of poems on affairs of state, in professional hands, 257 leaves, in modern calf gilt. In three sections each with its own title-page. Early 1700s.
First section: ‘A Collection of Poems and Lampoons &ca Not yet Printed’.
Second section (f. 102r): ‘A Collection of Choice Poems, Satyrs, & Lampoons From 1672 to 1688 Never printed’.
Third section (f. 146r): ‘A Collection of Poems. From 1688 to 1699. 1703/4’.
This MS collated in Brown, I, 398-401.
HaG 35
Copy of 33 maxims, headed ‘The following Maxims were found by a Jew amongst the Papers of the Great Amanzor, and tho' they must loose a good deal of their Originall Spirit by the Translation, yet they seem to be so applicable to all tymes, that it is thought no disservice to make them publick’, followed (pp. 149-50) by fourteen supplementary maxims by Charles Montagu.
In: A folio miscellany of poems on affairs of state, entitled ‘A Collection Of the choicest Poems, Satyrs, and Lampoons from the beginning of the late Revolution in 1688 to 1698’, x + 336 pages plus index. c.1700.
Probably once owned by the Heveningham family. Among the manuscripts of the Coke family, Earls of Leicester, including collections of Sir Edward Coke (1552-1634), lawyer and politician.
Recorded in HMC, 9th Report (1883), Appendix.
This MS collated in Brown, I, 398-401.
HaG 36
Copy of 33 maxims, in a professional hand, on ten pages of a folio booklet in a decorated gilt wrapper. Headed ‘Certaine Observations Or Maxims of State. By the late Marq of Hal--x’, the text followed (pp. 10-12) by 14 supplementary maxims by ‘Mr: Cha[rles] M[ontagu]’. c.1700.
Among the papers of the Egerton family, Earls of Bridgewater.
This MS collated in Brown, I, 398-401.
HaG 37
Copy of 33 maxims, in a professional rounded hand, on seven folio pages, being the first of a series of three sets of ‘Observations on Government, or certain Maxims of State, with Moral Reflections’, and dated 1692; the text followed (pp. [8-10] by fourteen supplementary maxims by Charles Montagu, dated 1695, and then (pp. [10-16]) by 44 maxims by John, Lord Somers, dated 1697. c.1700.
In: A tall folio composite volume of state papers and tracts, in various hands and paper sizes, 89 items, unfoliated, in later black morocco gilt.
Volume IV of the collections of Edmund Gibson (1669-1748), Bishop of London.
This MS collated in Brown, I, 398-401.
HaG 38
Copy of 33 maxims, on the first two pages of a conjugate pair of folio leaves.
In: A collection of unbound papers of the Finch family, of Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutland. c.1690s.
Among the papers of the Finch family, of Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutland.
This MS collated in Brown, I, 398-401.
Leicestershire Record Office, DG. 7/Lit. 8 (Box 4975), [unnumbered item].
HaG 39
Copy of 33 maxims, on a pair of conjugate quarto leaves.
In: the MS described under HaG 38. c.1690s.
This MS collated in Brown, I, 398-401.
Leicestershire Record Office, DG. 7/Lit. 8 (Box 4975), [unnumbered item].
HaG 40
Copy of 33 maxims, headed ‘Almanzor's Maxims’, the text followed (on pp. 102-5) by fourteen supplementary maxims by Charles Montagu headed ‘The Second Part’.
In: A folio miscellany of poems on affairs of state, entitled A Collection of Poems and Lampoons &ca Not yet Edited, in a single professional rounded hand (the same as in University of Nottingham, Pw V 42 and University of Nottingham, Pw V 43), 444 pages (plus blanks and an eleven-page index), in contemporary calf. c.1705.
This MS collated in Brown, I, 398-401.
HaG 41
Copy of 33 maxims, in a professional italic hand (the same as that in HaG 42), on three pages of an unbound pair of conjugate folio leaves. c.1700.
Edited from this MS in Brown.
HaG 42
Copy of 33 maxims, in a professional hand (the same as that in HaG 41) on two conjugate folio leaves. c.1700.
This MS collated in Brown, I, 398-401.
Observations upon a Late Libel
First published, anonymously [in London, 1681]. Edited, and attributed to Halifax, by Hugh Macdonald (Cambridge, 1930). Brown, I, 150-69.
HaG 43
Copy in a professional hand, with printer's marks, being the printer's copy for the first edition, on twelve folio leaves, endorsed (f. 212v) by Rochester ‘Observations on a late Libel call'd a Letter concerning the King's Declaration in ye time of King Charles ye. 2d’.
In: A tall folio composite volume of state papers and letters relating to affairs from 1675 to 1728, in various hands, 227 leaves, in 19th-century half-leather marbled boards. Volume I of the papers of Laurence Hyde (1642-1711), first Earl of Rochester, politician. [1681].
Edited from this MS in Brown. Discussed, with facsimile examples, in Mark N. Brown, ‘The Printer's Text of Halifax's Observations upon a Late Libel’ (1681), The Library, 5th Ser. 26 (1971), 259-63.
A Rough Draught of a New Model at Sea
First published, anonymously, in London, 1694. Foxcroft, II, 454-65. Brown, I, 296-308.
*HaG 44
A first autograph draft, headed ‘Tar[paulins]’, incomplete, on three folio leaves. c.1693.
Among papers of the Finch family of Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutland.
This MS collated in Brown, I, 309-14, with a facsimile page facing p. 310. Recorded in Brown, HLQ (1972), p. 151.
*HaG 45
Autograph draft, on seven pages of two pairs of large conjugate folio leaves. c.1693.
In: A collection of unbound papers of the Finch family of Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutland.
Edited from this MS in Brown, with a facsimile of the first page facing p. 296. Recorded in Brown, HLQ (1972), p. 151.
Leicestershire Record Office, DG. 7/Lit. 3 (Box 4974), [unnumbered item].
HaG 46
Copy, in a professional hand, with corrections, on two pairs of conjugate quarto leaves. c.1690s.
Among papers of the Belson and Barrett families of Milton Manor, Berkshire.
This MS collated in Brown, I, 309-14.
HaG 47
Copy, in the hand of Sir William Trumbull (1639-1716), lawyer and government official, transcribed directly from HaG 45, with (f. 48v-r rev.) a list of proposals relating to the tract, headed ‘Heads &c’. 29 November 1693.
In: Large folio volume of state papers and tracts, in several hands, written from both ends, i + 56 leaves (plus numerous blanks), in a contemporary vellum wallet binding with ties.
Volume CCCLXXIof the Trumbull Papers, of the Trumbull family, including chiefly William Trumbull (1576/80?-1635), diplomat and government official. Later belonging to the Marquess of Downshire, of Easthampstead Park. Formerly Berkshire Record Office Trumbull Add 88.
This MS collated in Brown, I, 309-14, and the list of proposals edited, I, 308-9. Recorded in Brown, HLQ (1972), p. 152. Sotheby's, The Trumbull Papers, 14 December 1989, lot 56, with a facsimile example of the first page on p. 148.
HaG 48
Copy, in a professional hand.
In: A folio volume of state tracts, 243 leaves. End of 17th century.
This MS collated in Foxcroft and in Brown, I, 309-14.
HaG 49
Copy, in a professional hand (the same as that in HaG 50 and HaG 51) on eleven folio pages. c.1690s.
In: A folio composite volume of maritime and Excise tracts and papers.
This MS collated in Brown, I, 309-14.
HaG 50
Copy, in a professional hand (the same as in HaG 49 and HaG 51), on eleven folio pages. c.1690s.
In: A folio composite volume of state tracts and speeches, in various professional hands, 280 leaves, in half red morocco gilt.
This MS collated in Brown, I, 309-14.
HaG 51
Copy, in a professional hand (the same as in HaG 49 and HaG 50), with a few corrections in another hand, on six folio leaves. c.1690s.
In: A folio composite volume of naval papers, in various hands and paper sizes, ii + 458 leaves, mounted on guards, in modern half red morocco marbled boards. Volume XLIV of the Portland Papers, owned by the Harley family, of Brampton Bryan, and related families of Vere, Hollis, and Cavendish, and of Cavendish-Bentinck, Dukes of Portland.
Formerly Loan MS 29/215.
Edited from this MS in HMC, Portland X (1931), 20-8. Collated in Brown, I, 309-14.
HaG 52
Copy, in a professional hand, on twelve folio pages. c.1690s.
Among the muniments of the Lowther family, Earls of Lonsdale, and probably once owned by John Lowther, first Viscount Lonsdale (1655-1700).
This MS collated in Brown, I, 309-14.
HaG 53
Copy, in a professional hand, on twelve folio pages.
In: the MS described under HaG 45.
This MS collated in Brown, I, 309-14.
Leicestershire Record Office, DG. 7/Lit. 3 (Box 4974), [unnumbered item].
HaG 54
Copy, in a professional hand, on 38 folio pages. c.1690s.
Among the muniments of the Pakington family, of Westwood Park, Worcestershire, and probably once owned by Sir John Pakington, fourth Baronet (1671-1727).
This MS collated in Brown, I, 309-14.
Worcestershire Record Office, Hampton MSS 705: 349 BA 4739/2 (xxi).
Some Cautions offered to the Consideration of those who are to choose Members to serve in the ensuing Parliament
First published, anonymously, in London, 1695. Foxcroft, II, 466-88. Brown, I, 315-41.
*HaG 55
Autograph. Early 1695.
In: A folio volume comprising two autograph MS works by Halifax, bound together, i + 48 leaves, mounted on guards, in modern dark green morocco gilt.
Volume LXVII of the archives of the Earl Spencer, of Althorp, Northamptonshire. Formerly Althorp Papers, C9 (1-2).
Edited from this MS in Brown, with a facsimile of the first page facing I, 316. Recorded in Brown, HLQ (1972), p. 153.
HaG 56
Copy, in a professional rounded hand, on 40 folio pages. c.1690s.
In: A folio volume of parliamentary tracts and proceedings, in several largely professional hands, ii + 162 leaves, in contemporary speckled calf. Volume CCCLXIIIof the Trumbull Papers, of the Trumbull family, including chiefly William Trumbull (1576/80?-1635), diplomat and government official. Later belonging to the Marquess of Downshire, of Easthampstead Park. Formerly Berkshire Record Office Trumbull Add 83.
Formerly Berkshire Record Office, Trumbull Add 83(d).
This MS collated in Brown, I, 404-6.
HaG 57
Copy, in a professional hand, with a few corrections in other hands, on 15 folio leaves. c.1690s.
In: A folio composite volume of state papers and parliamentary journals, over 500 leaves.
This MS collated in Brown, I, 404-6. Recorded in Brown, HLQ (1972), p. 153.
HaG 58
Copy, in a professional hand, on 117 quarto pages. c.1690s.
This MS collated in Brown, I, 404-6.
Cumbria Archives, Carlisle, DLons/L13/9/Some Cautions/Box 1078.
Miscellaneous Remains
A Character of Dr. Burnet
First published at the end of Thomas Burnet's Life of his father appended to Gilbert Burnet, History of His Own Time, 2 vols (London, 1724-34), II, 725-6. Foxcroft, II, 529-31. Brown, II, 450-2.
HaG 59
Copy, headed ‘A Picture of the Author when Chapline of the Rolls [i.e. between 1675 and 1684], By the Most Noble George Marquis of Hallifax’, endorsed ‘N:B: The Title of this Papers was not in the Origenal (by ye Marquis of Hallifax) but was put to it by John Macknay at ye copieing of it into his Book’, on both sides of a single folio leaf, together with an undated covering letter, on a quarto leaf, by Elizabeth Macknay to Thomas Burnet (‘...I have sent the copey you writ for. Mr Macknay sends his kindest servis to you...’), incorporated in a quarto booklet of papers relating to Bishop Burnet in morocco boards. Early 18th century.
In: A folio guardbook of state and miscellaneous papers, in prose and verse, in various hands and paper sizes, unnumbered.
Edited from this MS in Brown.
HaG 59.5
Copy, in a professional hand, transcribed from HaG 59.8, headed in Thomas Burnet's hand ‘His Character by the Marquess of Halifax’.
In: Copy, in three hands, of Gilbert Burnet 's The History of my own Time and of Thomas Burnet's Life of his father, both with autograph corrections by their respective authors. Late 17th-early 18th century.
This MS collated in Brown, II, 513-14.
This MS collated in Brown, II, 513-14.
HaG 59.8
Copy in Thomas Burnet's hand.
In: An early autograph draft of part of Gilbert Burnet's The History of my own Time, with his son Thomas Burnet's autograph Life of his father, iii + 146 folio leaves. Late 17th-early 18th century.
This MS collated in Brown, pp. 513-14.
A Character of Lady Pakington
First published in Brown (1989), II, 453-79.
*HaG 60
Two autograph rough drafts of a character of Halifax's maternal aunt, Lady Dorothy Pakington, partly in pencil, untitled, on fifteen leaves of different sizes (plus blanks), the first draft on thirteen leaves, the second an incomplete draft on two leaves, also including two inserted pages of ‘Misc[ellanies]’. c.1680-95.
Edited from this MS in Brown, with a facsimile of the first page facing II, 454.
Conversations between King William III and Lord Halifax, 1688-90
Journal of Halifax's conversations with William III between 30 December 1688 and 8 February 1688/9. First published in Foxcroft (1898), II, 201-52.
*HaG 61
Autograph journal of Halifax's conversation with William III between 30 December 1688 and (here) 8 February 1689/90, transcribed by Halifax from (now lost) notes originally made by him on separate sheets, on 27 folio leaves (written on one side only); imperfect. c.1690.
In: the MS described under HaG 55.
Edited from this MS in Foxcroft.
HaG 62
Transcript of Halifax's conversations with William III between 30 December 1688 and 8 February 1689/90 in the hand of Miss Rachel Lloyd (d.1803), apparently transcribed (at least in part) from Halifax's (now lost) original notes, here headed ‘Memorandoms of Conversations that pass'd between King William, and George Marquiss of Hallifax, who was made Lord Privy Seal, by King Wiliam at the Revolution. They were wrote by that Lord upon loose sheets of paper most of them with dates, some without’, 93 large quarto leaves on rectos only (plus numerous blanks), in contemporary green vellum. c.1800.
Volume LXXII of the archives of the Earl Spencer, of Althorp, Northamptonshire. Formerly Althorp Papers F163. (C14).
Edited in part from this MS (‘A’) in Foxcroft.
HaG 63
Transcript of Halifax's conversations with William III. Transcript of Halifax's conversations with William III between 30 December 1688 and ?23 May 1690 in the hand of Miss Rachel Lloyd, apparently transcribed (at least in part) from Halifax's (now lost) original notes, here headed ‘Memorandoms of Conversations between King William and George Marquiss of Hallifax, wrote down by that Lord upon loose sheets of paper, some with dates, and some with none. Correctly copied, To which are added some explanatory Notes by the Transcriber’, 94 small quarto leaves, on rectos only (plus numerous blanks), in brown half-calf. c.1800.
Volume LXXIII of the archives of the Earl Spencer, of Althorp, Northamptonshire. Formerly Althorp Papers F164 (C15).
Edited in part from this MS (‘B’) in Foxcroft.
Miscellanies
HaG 63.5
A formal quarto commonplace book, alphabetically arranged, in a neat rounded hand, iv + 76 leaves (plus numerous blanks), in contemporary black leather. Ascribed, in affixed early 19th-century notes, to George Savile, Marquess of Halifax, but it is not in his hand. Late 17th century.
Bookplate of the Hon. Charles James Fox (1749-1806), politician. Given to Sir James Mackintosh (1765-1832), political writer, and afterwards presented to Lady Holland. Now Volume CXIV of the Holland House Papers.
*HaG 64
Autograph draft historical notes, comprising an index of royal proclamations issued between 1660 and 1690, alphabetically arranged (in the form of a commonplace book), on 64 folio leaves (plus blanks); together with autograph notes on Samuel Barnardiston's case, partly in double columns, on two folio leaves (adjoining two blank leaves, one dated 27 May 1689).
In: A folio composite volume of political and historical MSS, 585 leaves, in contemporary calf (rebacked).
Once owned by John Anstis (1669-1744), Garter King of Arms, who has supplied an index. Later owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872) (his MS 3612). Sotheby's, 6 [or 9?] June 1898 (Phillipps sale), lot 623. Given to the Bodleian by F.J. Varley in February 1948.
*HaG 65
A collection of partly autograph notes and papers of Halifax, in various hands and paper sizes, on unnumbered loose sheets, in 44 folders. Including a note concerning news from Spain (one small slip); ([9]) autograph notes concerning the capture of James II at Faversham, c.12 December 1688 (one folio leaf); minutes of the meeting of the Lords at Windsor, 17 December 1688 (two quarto pages); and ([5]) notes at the debates of the Lords, 24 December 1688 (two folio pages). Also including ([3]) three pairs of conjugate quarto leaves containing, in the hand of Halifax's secretary Alexander Sion, a titke-page Saviliana / or / The Works/of / George Savile / Late Marquis of Halifax / In four Tracts / The Character of a Trimmer / A Letter to a Dissenter / The Anatomy of an Equivalent / and / Advice to a Daughter, and ‘Some account of the following papers and of their noble Author’, Sion's introduction to his intended edition of four of Halifax's tracts. c.1688-95.
Volume LXVI of the papers of the Earl Spencer, of Althorp, Northamptonshire. Formerly Althorp Papers C8
*HaG 66
Autograph draft of ‘Transactions at the P. of Oranges first Comeing’, written in double columns on three pages of two folio leaves. c.1688-90s.
In: A folio composite volume of state and heraldic tracts and papers, in various hands, 452 leaves, in modern half crushed morocco on cloth boards gilt. [1688].
Edited from this MS in Foxcroft, II, 57-9.
*HaG 67
Autograph octavo notebook, arranged alphabetically in the form of a commonplace book, recording comments on various of Halifax's contemporaries, incidents and conversations, 80 pages (plus blanks). 1688-90.
This MS briefly discussed in Foxcroft, I, ix.
The Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth House, Halifax Box 6, [no item number].
*HaG 67.5
An autograph octavo notebook of Court gossip, 1692-4, in contemporary black morocco gilt. c.1694.
Acquired from Maggs Bros in 2007.
The Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth House, Halifax Papers, [unnumbered].
*HaG 67.8
Autograph folio volume, entitled ‘Abregé du Traité de L'Ambassadeur par Wicquefort 1693’, in vellum. A series of extracts in French extrapolated from Abraham van Wicquefort's treatise on diplomacy L'Ambassadeur et ses fonctions (first published at The Hague, 1681), arranged in double columns and with headings in the form of a commonplace book. 1693.
The Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth House, Strongroom, Shelf 1A [no item number].
*HaG 68
A collection of drafts, notes and memoranda on political matters, chiefly autograph, some in the hands of amanuenses (including Halifax's brother Henry Savile), including draft speeches (or abstracts of speeches), memoranda relating to the Rye House Plot (1683), notes on Parliamentary, Committee and legal proceedings and examinations and a few miscellaneous observations on political and philosophical matters, written in part in double columns, on over fifty leaves or loose sheets (plus blanks), chiefly folio (some quarto and octavo). c.1665-95.
This collection briefly discussed in Foxcroft, I, ix. Some documents edited by her passim, principally in I, 505-7 (‘Draught of a Petition &c. the Bishops to K. James, In the year 168[8]’; Letters 60.1); II, 95-8 (‘Reflections by the Marquis of Halifax on the evidence of Mr. Hampden’: A14); II, 99-103 (‘Reflections on the foregoing’ &c: A12, A13 and A3); II, 105-6 (sketch of Lord Montague: A19); II, 119-22 (‘Notes of the proceedings in the “Murder Committee”’: A8); II, 122-3 (‘Notes on Evidence of Forbes’: A9); II, 137-40 (speech: A26); II, 155 (‘Concerning Capel’: C24); II, 156-7 (speech: A27); II, 162-4 (speech: A28); II, 253-6 (speech: A22); II, 256-7 (speech: A20); II, 257-64 (‘Notes on the Life of Bishop Williams’: A16); II, 528 (‘Additional Maxims’: A25). Some miscellaneous maxims (A25, A30) edited in Brown, III, 454-5.
The Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth House, Halifax Collections, Groups A (1-31) and C (24).
*HaG 69
An autograph commonplace book, containing observations on political, historical, legal, philosophical and miscellaneous subjects, the entries alphabetically arranged, written chiefly in columns on 37 folio pages (out of a total of 178 pages in the volume, all alphabetically lettered), together with a few loosely inserted leaves of ‘Misc[ellanies]’, the vellum cover later inscribed (inaccurately) ‘7. Common Place Book of Daniel. 2nd Lord Nottingham’. Late 17th century.
Among papers of the Finch family of Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutland.
Selections from this MS in Brown, III, 310-14.
*HaG 70
A commonplace book, containing observations by Halifax on political, historical, legal, philosophical and miscellaneous subjects, the entries alphabetically arranged, written chiefly in the hand of Halifax's chaplain and amanuensis Alexander Sion (1654-1730), with some entries in Halifax's own hand, entered in double columns on 220 folio pages (out of 290 pages in the volume), the vellum cover later inscribed ‘8 Ex. 1785 Miscellanys’. Late 17th century.
Among papers of the Finch family of Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutland.
Edited from this MS in Brown, III, 36-310, with a facsimile of the first page facing III, 36.
*HaG 71
A large unbound collection of autograph notes, memoranda and aphorisms, on historical, political, philosophical and miscellaneous subjects (including HaG 44), many written in two or more columns, on c.400 pages of loose sheets (plus blanks), chiefly folio, a number lettered for subsequent arrangement (‘Ab:’, ‘Ba:’, &c.). Items 128-39 have been missing since 1977. Late 17th century.
Among papers of the Finch family of Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutland.
Most MS pages edited in Brown, under various headings: I, 243-5 and 291; II, 26-68, 72-111, 135-78, 258-332, 407-18, with facsimiles of ff. 33r and 56r facing II, 90 and 180; and III, 25-335, 315-454, with facsimiles of ff. 153r and 83r facing III, 26 and 316.
Photocopies supplied by M.N. Brown are preserved. Facsimile of f. 100r in IELM, II.i (1987), Facsimile XXI, after p. xxiv.
Leicestershire Record Office, DG. 7/Lit. 7/1-171, 175 (Box 4975).
Political, Moral and Miscellaneous Thoughts and Reflections
Foxcroft, II, 489-528.
See HaG 64-71 and Introduction.
Saviliana
An account of Halifax by Alexander Sion under the title Saviliana/or/The Works/of/George Savile/Late Marquis of Halifax/In four Tracts/The Character of a Trimmer/A Letter to a Dissenter/The Anatomy of an Equivalent/and/Advice to a Daughter, evidently intended as an introduction to a posthumous edition of four of Halifax's tracts which did not materialize.
HaG 72
Written on ten quarto pages by Halifax's amanuensis Alexander Sion (1654-1730), a Huguenot refugee whom Halifax appointed as his domestic chaplain some time after 23 October 1690 and whom he presented to the rectory of Barrowby in Lincolnshire in 1693.
Formerly Althorp Papers, C6 (2).
The text has been edited (albeit piecemeal) in Foxcroft (see I, xiv, for full page references), and see Foxcroft, I, xii-xiv; Brown, HLQ (1972); and David Wykes, ‘The Marquis of Halifax and his Man of Letters: Facts and Problems’, N & Q, 218 (May 1973), 171-5.
Documents
Will
*HaG 73
Halifax's last will and testament signed by him, proved 17 April 1695. 1695.
HaG 74
A registered copy of Halifax's last will and testament, proved 17 April 1695. 1695.
Edited in Foxcroft, II, 264-6.