BIBLIOGRAPHY MANUSCRIPT SOURCES IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Landsdowne MSS. These are particularly important because they are largely made up of Burghley and Cæsar papers. Burghley collected the most important correspondence relating to industries in Elizabeth's reign, and Cæsar did the same in the reign of James I. Titus MSS. Cotton Collection. Harleian MSS. Additional MSS. For all the British Museum manuscripts there are published catalogues which indicate the subject-matter of each document. The "Class Catalogue" in the Manuscript Reading-Room of the Museum is a convenient and useful, though incomplete guide. IN THE PRIVY COUNCIL OFFICE. Council Registers. One of the best sources of information. The Registers have been published only as far as the year 1598, and further publication has unfortunately been suspended. The published Registers, under the title of Acts of the Privy Council, practically cover Elizabeth's reign. IN THE LIBRARY OF LINCOLN'S INN. Coxe MSS. IN THE LONDON GUILDHALL RECORDS ROOM. Remembrancia. Correspondence between the national and city authorities. AT THE PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE. State Papers, Domestic. The series covering the period from 1560 to 1640 are: Elizabeth, James I, Addenda, and Charles I. There are published calen dars for all these series, but only brief ones for the reign of James I and the early part of the reign of Elizabeth. Patent Rolls. The full text of all important grants. The manuscript calendars are a necessary guide. The Patent Office Specifications publish the full text of nearly all the early patents for invention from the year 1617. Signet Office Docquet Books. The most convenient source of information as to patent grants. The important particulars of the grants are here given. In these books were copied the memoranda at the foot of the "King's Bill." The index volumes are valueless. Grant Books. Sign Manual. Warrant Books. State Paper Docquets. Very brief memoranda of grants. Exchequer Decrees and Orders. Depositions taken by Special Commission, King's Remembrancer of the Exchequer. Audit Office Declared Accounts. The Historical Manuscripts Commission has published a calendar of the Salisbury Papers preserved at Hatfield House. It has also published a calendar of the manuscripts preserved in the Library of the House of Lords. CONTEMPORARY PRINTED LITERATURE Collections of Proclamations in the British Museum, the Library of the Collections of Broadsides in the Library of the Society of Antiquaries. 1549. Hales, John. Discourse of the Commonwealth. 1559. Agricola, George. De re Metallica. 1596. Harington, Sir John. Metamorphosis of Ajax. 1607. Norden, J. Surveyor's Dialogue. 1610. James I. Book of Bounty. 1612. Sturtevant, S. Metallica. 1613. Rolvenson, J. Metallica. 1615. Stow, J. Annals of England, Edm. Howes, editor. 1620-21. Petitions and Parliamentary Matters, London Guildhall Tracts, Beta. 1622. Misselden, E. Free Trade, or the Means to make Trade flourish. 1622. Malynes, Gerard. Lex Mercatoria, or Ancient Law Merchant. 1638-75. Petitions and Remonstrances. In George III Library, British Museum. |