Sizergh Castle

Collection of papers of John Hoskyns

Owned by Henry Hornyold-Strickland, Sizergh Castle.

[Letter 1]

*HoJ 354: John Hoskyns, Letter(s)

Autograph letter signed, to Hoskyns's wife Benedicta, from the Middle Temple, London, 13 November 1601 1601.

Osborn, No. I, pp. 63-4. Whitlock, pp. 172-3.

[Letter 2]

*HoJ 355: John Hoskyns, Letter(s)

Autograph letter signed, to Hoskyns's wife Benedicta, [25 March 1609]. 1609.

Osborn No. II, pp. 64-5.

[Letter 3]

*HoJ 356: John Hoskyns, Letter(s)

Copy of a note by Hoskyns giving instructions to his steward William Taylor, docketed by Taylor, undated, [c.1606-11?]. c.1606-11.

Osborn No. III, pp. 65-7.

[Letter 4]

*HoJ 357: John Hoskyns, Letter(s)

Autograph letter signed, to Hoskyns's wife Benedicta, 1 August 1611. 1611.

Osborn No. IV, pp. 67-8.

[Letter 5]

*HoJ 359: John Hoskyns, Letter(s)

Autograph letter signed, to Hoskyns's wife Benedicta, 6 November 1611. 1611.

Osborn No. V, pp. 68-9. Whitlock, pp. 405-6

[Letter 6]

*HoJ 360: John Hoskyns, Letter(s)

Autograph letter signed, to Hoskyns's wife Benedicta, from the Tower, 23 November 1614. 1614.

Osborn No. VI, p. 70. Whitlock, pp. 478-9.

[Letter 7]

*HoJ 361: John Hoskyns, Letter(s)

Autograph letter signed, to Hoskyns's wife Benedicta, 2 March 1614/15. 1615.

Osborn No. VII, pp. 70-2, with a facsimile of the first page opposite p. 70.

[Letter 8]

*HoJ 362: John Hoskyns, Letter(s)

Autograph letter signed, to Hoskyns's wife Benedicta, 14 October 1615. 1615.

Osborn No. VIII, pp. 72-3.

[Letter 9]

*HoJ 363: John Hoskyns, Letter(s)

Autograph letter signed, to Hoskyns's wife Benedicta, 27-28 October 1615. 1615.

Osborn No. IX, pp. 73-5. Whitlock, pp. 502-3, 567 n. 17.

[Letter 10]

*HoJ 365: John Hoskyns, Letter(s)

Autograph letter signed, to Hoskyns's wife Benedicta, 6 June 1617. 1617.

Osborn No. X, pp. 75-6. Whitlock, pp. 517-18.

[Letter 11]

*HoJ 366: John Hoskyns, Letter(s)

Autograph letter signed, to Hoskyns's wife Benedicta, 29 June 1617. 1617.

Osborn No. XI, pp. 76-7.

[Letter 12]

*HoJ 367: John Hoskyns, Letter(s)

Autograph letter signed, to Hoskyns's wife Benedicta, 16 October 1617. 1617.

Osborn No. XII, p. 77. Whitlock, pp. 520-1.

[Letter 13]

*HoJ 368: John Hoskyns, Letter(s)

Autograph letter signed, to Hoskyns's wife Benedicta, 30 October 1617. 1617.

Osborn No. XIII, p. 78.

[Letter 14]

*HoJ 369: John Hoskyns, Letter(s)

Autograph letter signed, to Hoskyns's wife Benedicta, 11 November 1617. 1617.

Osborn No. XIV, pp. 78-9.

[Letter 15]

*HoJ 370: John Hoskyns, Letter(s)

Autograph letter signed, to Hoskyns's wife Benedicta, 6 February 1617/18. 1618.

Osborn No. XV, pp. 79-81. Whitlock, pp. 526-8.

[Letter 16]

*HoJ 371: John Hoskyns, Letter(s)

Autograph letter signed, to Hoskyns's wife Benedicta, from the Middle Temple, London, 8 May 1618. 1618.

Osborn No. XVI, p. 82.

[Letter 17

*HoJ 372: John Hoskyns, Letter(s)

Autograph letter signed, to Hoskyns's wife Benedicta, 19 May 1618. 1618.

Osborn No. XVII, pp. 82-3.

[Letter 18]

*HoJ 373: John Hoskyns, Letter(s)

Autograph letter signed, to Hoskyns's wife Benedicta, 23 May 1618. 1618.

Osborn No. XVIII, p. 83.

[Letter 19]

*HoJ 374: John Hoskyns, Letter(s)

Autograph letter signed, to Hoskyns's wife Benedicta, 24 October 1618. 1618.

Osborn No. XIX, pp. 83-4.

[Letter 20]

*HoJ 376: John Hoskyns, Letter(s)

Autograph letter signed, to Hoskyns's wife Benedicta, 3 February 1620/1. 1621.

Osborn No. XXI, p. 87. Whitlock, pp. 555-6.

[Letter 21]

*HoJ 377: John Hoskyns, Letter(s)

Autograph letter signed, to Hoskyns's wife Benedicta, 12 May 1621. 1621.

Osborn No. XXII, p. 88.

[Letter 22]

*HoJ 378: John Hoskyns, Letter(s)

Autograph letter signed, to Hoskyns's wife Benedicta, 5 June 1621. 1621.

Osborn No. XXIII, pp. 88-9.

[Letter 23]

*HoJ 379: John Hoskyns, Letter(s)

Autograph letter signed, to Hoskyns's wife Benedicta, 26 June 1621. 1621.

Osborn No. XXIV, pp. 89-90.

[Letter 24]

*HoJ 381: John Hoskyns, Letter(s)

Letter, in the hand of an amanuensis, with Hoskyns's autograph subscription and signature, to hs step-daughter Elizabeth Bourne, from the Middle Temple, London, 16 February 1625/6. 1626.

Osborn No. XXV, pp. 90-1.

[Letter 25]

*HoJ 382: John Hoskyns, Letter(s)

Autograph letter signed, to [Hoskyns's step-daughter Elizabeth Bourne], from the Middle Temple, London, [9 December 1627]. 1627.

Osborn No. XXVI, pp. 91-2.

[Letter 26]

*HoJ 383: John Hoskyns, Letter(s)

Autograph letter signed, to Hoskyns's step-daughter Elizabeth Bourne, from Risington, 11 December 1627. 1627.

Osborn No. XXVII, p. 92.

[Letter 27]

*HoJ 384: John Hoskyns, Letter(s)

Autograph letter signed, to Hoskyns's step-daughter Elizabeth Bourne, undated, [c.1620s-30s?]. c.1620s-30s?.

Osborn No. XXVIII, p. 93.

[Letter 28]

*HoJ 385: John Hoskyns, Letter(s)

Autograph letter signed, to Hoskyns's step-daughter Elizabeth Bourne, undated. [c.1620s-30s?]. c.1620s-30s?.

Osborn No. XXIX, pp. 93-4.

[Letter 29]

*HoJ 387: John Hoskyns, Letter(s)

Autograph letter signed, to Hoskyns's step-daughter Elizabeth Bourne, from the Middle Temple, London, 6 June 1629. 1629.

Osborn No. XXX, pp. 94-7.

[Letter 30]

*HoJ 388: John Hoskyns, Letter(s)

Autograph letter signed, to Hoskyns's step-daughter Elizabeth Bourne, from Burnithen, 6 September 1629. 1629.

Osborn No. XXXI, p. 97.

Will

*HoJ 391: John Hoskyns, Will

Hoskyns's first last will and testament, in the hand of an amanuensis, subscribed and signed by Hoskyns, dated 23 March 1618/19. 1619.

Osborn No. XX, pp. 85-6. Whitlock, pp. 542-4.

Verses

HoJ 294: John Hoskyns, ‘Undecies senos exegi strenuus annos’

Copy of both Latin and English versions, headed ‘Verse composed by Serjeant Hoskyns. 1632 or 1633’

Recorded in Osborn, p. 296.

The Latin poem followed by an ‘Englished’ version, beginning ‘Years sixty six, I have with vigour Past’. Osborn, No. XLVIII (pp. 214-15).