CEECS-list of texts

3. List of Texts

Each entry is headed by Collection Name, followed by word count and the years covered by the collection and name of text file. That is followed by bibliographical information of the edition used. Last in each entry there is a list of writers, with word counts and letter numbers (or page numbers where the edition has no letter numbering) for the letters chosen. Letters edited by us show folio numbers; the full source for these texts is shown in the heading of each letter.

Sample numbers are compatible with the whole CEEC: if there is a sample 1 but no others on this list, the other samples
included in that collection are still in copyright and will be released with the full CEEC (copyright holders permitting).

Collection

word count

(years)

name of text file

Basire

7068 words

(1651-66)



The correspondence of Isaac Basire, D.D. Archdeacon of Northumberland and prebendary of Durham, in the reigns of Charles I. and Charles II. with a memoir of his life. Ed. by Darnell, William Nicholas. London: John Murray. 1831.
Basire, Frances, 4853 words, (p.107, p.111, p.132, p.136, p.138, p.145, p.203)
Basire, Isaac Jr, 1044 words, (p.237, p.249)
Basire, Peter, 1171 words, (p.219, p.239, p.254)

Charles

2964 words

(1634-78)



Sample 1:
Five letters of King Charles II. Ed. by the Marquis of Bristol. Camden miscellany 5. Camden first series 87. 1864/1968.
Sample 2:
Letters of the Council to Sir Thomas Lake, relating to the proceedings of Sir Edward Coke at Oatlands. Ed. by Gardiner, Samuel Rawson. Camden miscellany 5. Camden first series 87. 1864/1968.

Charles I, 104 words, (Sample 2: 1)
Charles II, 1344 words, (Sample 1: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Sample 2: 5)
Oliver Cromwell, 1195 words, (Sample 2: 2)
Nell Gwynn, 321 words, (Sample 2: 7)

Cornwallis

61603 words

(1613-44)



The private correspondence of Jane Lady Cornwallis; 1613–1644. Ed. by Griffin, Richard, Baron Braybrooke. London: S. & J. Bentley, Wilson, & Fley. 1842.

Bacon, Anne, 1220 words, (5, 7, 8, 11, 14, 17)Bacon, Edmund, 1058 words, (103, 119, 120, 123, 163)
Bacon, Nathaniel 2, 6962 words, (6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 54, 56, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 76, 87, 88, 90, 91, 92, 105)
Bacon, Nicholas 3, 516 words, (181, 182, 185, 186)
Bourchier, Mary, Countess of Bath, 1707 words, (38, 39, 44, 46, 47)
Cornwallis, Elizabeth, 4787 words, (148, 149, 154, 178, 180, 188, 191, 193, 197)
Cornwallis, Frederic, 2825 words, (86, 147, 157, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 177, 179, 187, 189, 195)
Cornwallis, Jane, 677 words, (1, 2, 3, 121)
Cotton, Philippe, 651 words, (106, 107)
Long, Bridget, 626 words, (129, 146)
Meautys, Anne, 2745 words, (165, 174, 175, 176, 183, 190, 194, 199, 200)
Meautys, Thomas 1, 5574 words, (20, 22, 23, 26, 29, 53, 74, 77, 78, 79, 82, 85, 115, 116, 162, 184, 192, 198)
Meautys, Thomas 2, 10264 words, (89, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 104, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 117, 118, 122, 124, 127, 128, 133, 136, 137, 138, 140, 145)
Parr, Elnathan, 1258 words, (4)
Randolph, Ambrose, 1781 words, (125, 155, 156, 160, 161)
Randolph, Dorothe, 4090 words, (84, 130, 131, 132, 134, 139, 142, 143, 144, 158, 159, 164)
Russell, Lucy, Countess of Bedford, 14862 words, (18, 19, 21, 24, 25, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 55, 57, 58, 65, 75, 80, 81, 83, 94)

Cosin

37853

(1617–1669)



The correspondence of John Cosin, D.D. Lord Bishop of Durham: together with other papers illustrative of his life and times. Parts I–II. Ed. by Ornsby, George. Publications of the Surtees Society 52, 55. 1868, 1870.

Blakiston, Robert, 456 words, (Vol 1. 89)
Bolton, William, 157 words, (Vol 2. 86)
Byerley, Anthony, 220 words, (Vol 2. 76)
Cosin, John, 15373 words, (Vol 1. 75, 78, 88, 93, 94, 99, 108, 112, 114, 115, Vol 2. 10, 12, 16, 17, 18, 22, 24, 25, 32, 36, 38, 45, 46, 61, 67, 71, 74, 83, 97, 99, 100, App. 3)
Mickleton, Christopher, 568 words, (Vol 2. 5, 6)
Milbourne, William, 556 words, (Vol 1. 100)
Mountague, Richard, 10107 words, (Vol 1. 7, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 27, 32, 33, 38, 43, 44, 51, 52, 55, 58, 64, 66, 68, 76, 85)
Naylor, Oliver, 5152 words, (Vol 1. 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 10, 11, 12, 24)
Shadforth, Thomas, 275 words, (Vol 2. 2)
Sheldon, Gilbert, 829 words, (Vol 2. 19, 40, 44)
Stapylton, Miles, 1120 words, (Vol 2. 20, App. 18)
Sterne, Richard, 1375 words, (Vol 2. 53, 60, 62, 64, 78)
Steward, Richard, 1301 words, (Vol 1. 102, 104, 109)
Tempest, John, 364 words, (Vol 2. 77)

Hamilton

1091

(1648–1650)



The Hamilton Papers: Being selections from original letters in the possession of his grace the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, relating to the years 1638-1650. Ed. by Gardiner, Samuel Rawson. Camden new series 27. 1880.

Charles II, 1091 words, (154, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177)

Harley

24915

(1625–1666)



Letters of the Lady Brilliana Harley, wife of Sir Robert Harley, of Brampton Bryan, Knight of the Bath. Ed. by Lewis, Thomas Taylor. Camden first series 58. 1854.

Harley, Brilliana, 20974 words, (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 15, 18, 21, 25, 27, 28, 31, 34, 40, 46, 49, 52, 58, 62, 65, 70, 73, 76, 82, 88, 94, 100, 103, 106, 112, 115, 118, 122, 124, 127, 130, 136, 139, 143, 146, 149, 155, 158, 161, 166, 170, 173, 177, 180, 181, 183, 187, 191, 193, 199, 201, 205)
Harley, Edward, 2516 words, (p. 216, p.217, p.218, p.218, p.220, p.237, p.238, p.240, p.243)
Harley, Mary, 280 words, (p.219)
Harley, Robert, 943 words, (p.xlix, p. 211, p.212, p.212, p.212)
Vere, Mary, 202 words, (p.213)

Henslowe

551

(1600-1610)



Sample 1:
"Forgeries and one-eyed bulls: Editorial questions in corpus work". Ed. by Keränen, Jukka. Neuphilogische Mitteilungen 99, 2. Helsinki. 1998.

Fawnte, William, 551 words, (F83, F84, F85)

Hutton

25319

(1566–1638)



The correspondence of Dr. Matthew Hutton, Archbishop of York. With a selection from the letters, etc. of Sir Timothy Hutton, Knt., his son; and Matthew Hutton, Esq., his grandson. Ed. by Raine, James. Publications of the Surtees Society 17. 1843.

Aldbrough, William, 412 words, (151, 162)
Bertie, Peregrine Lord Willoughby, 1045 words, (70, 71, 72, 73)
Bowes, Anne, 325 words, (198)
Bowes, Talbot, 741 words, (194, 196)
Bowes, Thomas, 1757 words, (186, 187, 188, 190, 192, 199, 201)
Carew, Adrian, 783 words, (127)
Cecil, Robert, 1640 words, (27, 32, 46, 57, 91)
Cecil, William, Lord Burghley, 3556 words, (6, 26, 49, 50, 51, 52, 54, 55, 58, 63, 64, 75)
Grindall, Edmund, 2221 words, (2, 5, 7, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17)
Hastings, Henry, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, 405 words, (8)
Hastings, Katharine, Lady Huntingdon, 439 words, (4, 18)
Hutton, Matthew 1, 4121 words, (12, 56, 85, 87, 96, 99, 103, 104, 106, 108, 182)
Hutton, Matthew 2, 1009 words, (189, 191, 195, 197)
Hutton, Timothy 1, 1357 words, (134, 155, 159, 160)
Hutton, Timothy 2, 779 words, (142, 145, 146)
Jackson, John, 524 words, (166, 167)
Matthew, Tobie, 1206 words, (37, 39, 41, 79, 114)
Whitgift, John, 2999 words, (19, 20, 33, 34, 48, 60, 89, 97, 102)

Jones

33877

(1651–1660)



Inedited letters of Cromwell, Colonel Jones, Bradshaw and other regicides. Ed. by Mayer, Joseph. Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire new series 1. 1861.

Harrison, Thomas, 2499 words, (p.199, p.214, p.215, p.217, p.218, p.226, p.226, p.256)
Jones, John, 30252 words, (p.178, p.179, p,181, p.183, p.185, p.187, p.190, p.193, p.194, p.197, p.200, p.203, p.207, p.209, p.210, p.211, p.219, p.221, p.223, p.224, p.227, p.230, p.233, p.235, p.237, p.243, p.245, p.246, p.252, p.253, p.255, p.260, p.262, p.266, p.268, p.269, p.270, p.271, p.274, p.275, p.277, p.279, p.280, p.284, p.286, p.287, p.289, p.291, p.292, p.295, p.296, p.297, p.298)
Sterry, Peter, 1126 words, (p.248)

Leycester

67786

(1585–1586)



Correspondence of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leycester, during his government of the Low Countries, in the years 1585 and 1586. Ed. by Bruce, John. Camden first series 27. 1844.

Cecil, William, Lord Burghley, 16873 words, (12, 17, 18, 21, 24, 37, 56, 57, 73, 75, 97, 114, 134, 144, 150, 155, 166)
Dudley, Robert, Earl of Leycester, 36937 words, (2, 3, 5, 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 53, 59, 60, 63, 69, 74, 91, 94, 96, 127, 148, 153, 156, p.480, p.481)
Walsyngham, Francis, 13976 words, (1, 4, 16, 64, 66, 67, 68, 70, 76, 81, 83, 86, 87, 98, 100, 101, 103, 105, 108, 118, 119, 123, 128, 129, 133, 138, 143, 146, 147, 168, 170)

Marchall

4834

(1440-1476)



Letters from the Marchall correspondence. Ed. by Keränen, Jukka, Terttu Nevalainen and Arja Nurmi. Public Record Office, SC1. 1996.

Collas, John, 951 words, (F49, F268)
Maykyn, Thomas, 1997 words, (F35, F73, F74, F263)
Marchall, John, 783 words, (F50, F262)
Marchall, Richard, 429 words, (F71, F72)
Smythe, John, 377 words, (F83)
Thame, Walter, 297 words, (F43)

Original 1

23176

(1418–1529)



Original letters, illustrative of English History; including numerous royal letters: from autographs in the British Museum, and one or two other collections. Vol I. 2nd edition. Ed. by Ellis, Henry. London: Harding, Triphook, and Lepard. 1825.

Beaufort, Margaret, 310 words, (22)
Boleyn, Anne, 259 words, (100)
Boleyn, Thomas, 2693 words, (53, 54, 55, 57)
Burbank, William, 1649 words, (35, 36)
Chichele, Henry, 495 words, (2)
Dacre, Thomas Lord, 3648 words, (34, 85, 86)
Edward IV, 354 words, (5)
Henry VII, 2253 words, (10, 11, 14, 15, 19, 21)
Henry VIII, 424 words, (44, 92)
Howard, Thomas 2, Earl of Surrey, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, 3833 words, (77, 80, 81, 82)
Pace, Richard, 409 words, (56)
Richard, Duke of York, 643 words, (6)
Tudor, Margaret, Queen of Scotland, 1497 words, (20, 25, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
Tudor, Mary, Queen of France, 1571 words, (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 99)
Tunstall, Cuthbert, 1119 words, (51)
Waterton, Robert, 342 words, (3)
Wingfield, Richard, 1677 words, (52)

Original 2

16879

(1520–1586)



Original letters, illustrative of English history; including numerous royal letters: from autographs in the British Museum, and one or two other collections. Vol II. 2nd edition. Ed. by Ellis, Henry. London: Harding, Triphook, and Lepard. 1825.

10 Ladies (names listed at the end of the letter), 258 words, (146)
Berkeley, Henry Lord, 235 words, (182)
Boleyn, Anne, 198 words, (116)
Cranmer, Thomas, 1436 words, (114)
Edward VI, 291 words, (149, 162,)
Elizabeth I, 2145 words, (160, 161, 165, 166, 189)
Fleetwood, William 1, 3870 words, (212, 214, 216, 218)
Foster, John, 298 words, (141)
Frysby, Thomas, 196 words, (108)
Gray, Jane, 1032 words, (177, 178)
London, John, 706 words, (129)
Mary I, 973 words, (163, 176)
Messyndyne, Jane, 285 words, (127)
Parr, Catherine, 367 words, (164)
Radcliffe, Henry, Earl of Sussex, 393 words, (155)
Randolph, Bernard, 665 words, (197)
Randolph, Thomas, 963 words, (183, 185)
Rocheford, Jane, 263 words, (124)
Russell, Francis, Earl of Bedford, 172 words, (203)
Wolsey, Thomas, 2133 words, (102, 103, 104, 105)

Original 3

9948

(1580–1665)



Original letters, illustrative of English history; including numerous royal letters: from autographs in the British Museum, and one or two other collections. Vol III. 2nd edition. Ed. by Ellis, Henry. London: Harding, Triphook, and Lepard. 1825.

Elizabeth (Stuart), Queen of Bohemia, 210 words, (248, 249)
Carleton, Dudley, 993 words, (340)
Cecil, Robert, 1192 words, (234)
Charles I, 4137 words, (252, 253, 255, 258, 264, 265, 274, 286, 288, 299, 319, 332, 335, 339, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359,360, 361, 368, 370, 372, 373)
Charles II, 206 words, (353, 354, 375)
Cromwell, Oliver, 1123 words, (362, 365, 371)
Devereux, Frances, Countess of Essex, 447 words, (237)
Fleetwood, William 1, 246 words, (229)
Russell, Elizabeth, 221 words, (233)
Stuart, Henry, Prince of Wales, 158 words, (254)
Villiers, George 1, 1st Duke of Buckingham, 1015 words, (286 postscript, 287, 303)

Plumpton

36530

(1461–1550)



Plumpton correspondence. A series of letters, chiefly domestick, written in the reigns of Edward IV. Richard III. Henry VII. and Henry VIII. Ed. by Stapleton, Thomas. Camden first series 4. 1839.

Abbot, Ann, 360 words, (8)
Beaton, Godfrey, 218 words, (29)
Doddington, John, 2502 words, (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 178)
Emerson, George, 820 words, (113, 118, 143)
Eyre, Robert 2, 371 words, (36, 37)
Eyre, Robert 3, 965 words, (109, 111, 125, 127)
FitzJohn, Robert, 401 words, (30, 31)
Gascoigne, William, 818 words, (116, 117, 141, 175, 176)
Greene, Godfrey, 3380 words, (7, 8, 13, 15, 24, 25, 27)
Percy, Henry 4, 4th Earl of Northumberland, 1610 words, (1, 3, 4, 7, 16, 19, 25, 41, 43, 44, 52, 59, 60)
Percy, Henry 5, 5th Earl of Northumberland, 903 words, (42, 45, 46, 47, 78, 164)
Plumpton, Agnes, 2042 words, (133, 135, 136, 149, 151, 152, 153)
Plumpton, Dorothy, 393 words, (165)
Plumpton, Edward, 7777 words, (5, 6, 12, 22, 38, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 70, 71, 72, 87, 88, 91, 94, 96, 97, 98, 99)
Plumpton, Isabel, 352 words, (162)
Plumpton, Robenet, 1984 words, (28, 121, 123, 138, 147)
Plumpton, Robert, 807 words, (10, 11)
Plumpton, William, 897 words, (12, 142, 180)
Pole, Elizabeth (de la), 894 words, (128, 155)
Pole, Germayn (de la), 3486 words, (108, 132, 144, 145, 156, 157, 173, 174)
Pullein, John, 1723 words, (101, 110, 119, 120, 131)
Rocliffe, Brian, 1638 words, (2, 4, 5, 6, 9)
Savill, Henry, 1692 words, (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
Woodruffe, William, 497 words, (28, 29)

Rerum

5915

(1483–1509)



Rerum Britannicarum medii aevi scriptores. Or chronicles and memorials of Great Britain and Ireland during the Middle Ages. Letters and papers illustrative of the reigns of Richard III. & Henry VII. Vol. I-II. Ed. by Gairdner, James. London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts. 1861, 1863.

Henry VII, 1422 words, (Vol. 1: 4; Vol. 2: 16, 33, 34, 35, 36)
Killingworth, Thomas, 1062 words, (Vol. 2: p.381)
Pole, Edmund de la, Duke of Suffolk, 1051 words, (Vol. 1: 30, 32)
Richard III, 2380 words, (Vol. 1: 17, 22, p.73, p.74, p.75, p.76, p.76, p.77, p.78, 29)

Royal 1

14083

(1585–1596)



Letters of Queen Elizabeth and King James VI. of Scotland; some of them printed from originals in the possession of the Rev. Edward Ryder, and others from a MS. which formerly belonged to Sir Peter Thompson, Kt. Ed. by Bruce, John. Camden first series 46. 1849.

Elizabeth I, 14083 words, (6, 7, 10, 12, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 41, 42, 47, 51, 55, 57, 59)

Royal 2

227

(1612–1614)



Sample 1:
Letters to King James the Sixth from the Queen, Prince Henry, Prince Charles, the Princess Elizabeth and her Husband Frederick King of Bohemia, and from their Son Prince Frederick Henry. Ed. by Walker, Sir Patrick and Alexander Macdonald. Edinburgh: The Maitland Club. 1835.

Elizabeth (Stuart), Queen of Bohemia, 227 words, (2 letters, no pagination)

Shillingford

13527

(1447–1448)



Letters and papers of John Shillingford, Mayor of Exeter 1447-50. Ed. by Moore, Stuart A. Camden new series 2. 1871/1965.

Kemp, John, 465 words, (16, 17)
Shillingford, John, 12220 words, (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 19, 25, 26)
Webber, H., 842 words, (12)

Stonor

38006

(1424–1483)



Sample 1:
The Stonor letters and papers, 1290–1483. Vols. I–II. Ed. by Kingsford, Charles Lethbridge. Camden third series 29, 30. 1919.
Sample 2:
Supplementary Stonor letters and papers (1314-1482). Ed. by Kingsford, Charles Lethbridge. Camden Miscellany 13. Camden third series 34. 1924. [referred to as Vol. 3 in page number coding in the corpus]

Arundell, Katherine, 216 words, (125)
Banke, Thomas, 512 words, (303)
Basyngthwaite, Alexander, 188 words, (254)
Betson, Thomas, 4710 words, (161, 162, 166, 185, 205, 207, 211, 212, 216, 218, 224)
Caversham, Peter, 311 words, ( 302)
Colet, Henry, 219 words, (273)
Dogett, Henry, 506 words, (231, 245, 256)
Drewe, Richard, 140 words, (270)
Edward IV, 421 words, (112, 347)
Elmes, Walter, 1615 words, (141, 269, 282, 287, 288, 354)
Forster, Humphrey, 949 words, (87, 115, 197, 355)
Frende, John, 557 words, (63, 64)
Germyn, Richard, 2528 words, (268, 272, 284, 285, 289)
Goldwyn, William, 221 words, (271, 274)
Hampden, Margery, 178 words, (75 postscript, 186)
Hampden, Thomas, 287 words, (75, 187)
Hampton, Thomas, 1505 words, (65, 67, 76, 236)
Henham, Thomas, 1132 words, (163, 222, 225, 251)
Herward, William, 208 words, (232)
John, Abbot of Norton, 222 words, (199)
Lovell, Francis, 176 words, (333)
Makney, Henry, 1018 words, (190, 192, 275, 304)
Mathew, Thomas, 401 words, (126)
Moleyns, Thomas, 265 words, (291, 311)
Mull, Thomas, 2761 words, (100, 111, 121, 123, 124)
Oxbryge, Goddard, 1275 words, (164, 165, 167, 213)
Page, Richard, 2421 words, (220, 221, 247, 276, 309, 310, 321, 322, 327)
Plumpton, Edward, 136 words, (329)
Pole, Alice de la, Duchess of Suffolk, 117 words, (148)
Richard III, 196 words, (243)
Salter, Richard, 162 words, (286)
Shynner, John, 647 words, (299, 300, 301)
Stallworth, Simon, 848 words, (312, 330)
Stonor, Edmund, 659 words, (152, 155, 156)
Stonor, Elizabeth, 4547 words, (168, 169, 170, 172, 173, 175, 176, 180, 226, 229, 237)
Stonor, Jane, 472 words, (70, 106, 158)
Stonor, Thomas 1, 669 words, (46, 341)
Stonor, Thomas 2, 372 words, (91, 97)
Stonor, Thomas 3, 230 words, (142)
Stonor, William, 1661 words, (118, 122, 127, 128, 136, 193, 296, 315)
Sudeley, Alys, 169 words, (53)
Sutton, William, 110 words, (280)
Unton, Hugh, 857 words, (68, 253, 313)
Wadehill, 317 words, (113)
Wydesdale, Annys, 347 words, (262)
Yaxlee, John, 142 words, (292)
Yeme, John, 406 words, (81)

Tixall

11545

(1656–1680)



Tixall letters; or the correspondence of the Aston family, and their friends, during the seventeenth century. Vol II. Ed. by Clifford, Arthur. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown and Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co, and John Ballantyne and Co. 1815.

Cottington, Eliza, 1071 words, (61, 62, 63, 64)
Thimelby, Winefrid, 10474 words, (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 65, 66,67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 78, 79, 80, 81)

WeSa

4320

(1632–1642)



Sample 1:
Four letters of Lord Wentworth, afterwards Earl of Strafford, with a poem on his illness. Ed. by Gardiner, Samuel Rawson. Camden miscellany 8. Camden new series 31. 1883/1965.
Sample 2:
Papers relating to the delinquency of Lord Savile, 1642-1646. Ed. by Cartwright, James J. Camden miscellany 8. Camden new series 31. 1883/1965.

Savile, Thomas, 2398 words, (Sample 2: p.1, p.5, p.6)
Wentworth, Thomas, 1922 words, (Sample 1: p.1, p.2, p.3. p.5)

Wharton

8068

(1642)



"Letters from a subaltern officer of the Earl of Essex’s army, written in the summer and autumn of 1642; detailing the early movements of that portion of the parliament forces which was formed by the volunteers of the metropolis; and their further movements when amalgamated with the rest of the Earl of Essex’s troops." Ed. by Ellis, Sir Henry. Archaeologia 35: 310-334. 1854.

Wharton, Nehemiah, 8068 words, (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)

Collection	word count	(years)	name of text file
Basire	7068 words	(1651-66)	<B BASIRE>