Bodleian Library, Oxford University

MS. Locke c. 20

A guardbook in which are mounted letters to Locke from David Thomas, Matthew Tindal, and others.

210 leaves.

Individual items in the volume include:

Thomas, Dr. David, ca. 1634-1694   [67 letters, 1666-1693]

ff. 1-2:

Letter from Thomas, 9 July 1666.

Salutation: My deare Freind

Signature: your affectionate Freind and servant | David Thomas | London Jul. 19 Halfe moone in Breadstreet Jul. 9

Address: For Mr. John Locke at Christchurch in Oxford These

Endorsements: (i) D. Thomas 9 Jul. 66; (ii) T 66; (iii) T.O.U.

Printed: Corr., i. 203; King, Life (1829) pages 403-404.

ff. 3-4:

Letter from Thomas, 19 July 1666.

Salutation: My deare Freind

Signature: I am your affectionate Freind | D. Thomas | London Jul. 19

Address: For Mr. John Locke of Christchurch in Oxford These with speed

Postmark: IY 19

Printed: Corr., i. 204.

ff. 5-6:

Letter from Thomas, 22 June [1667].

Salutation: Deare Freind

Signature: your … [torn] | Sarum. Jun. 22.

Address: For Dr. Locke These Leave these with the Lord Ashleys porter at Little Exceter house London

Postmark: IV 24

Endorsement: D. Thomas. 22 Jun 67

Year from Locke’s endorsement.

Printed: Corr., ii. 227.

ff. 7-8:

Letter from Thomas, 18 November [1666].

Salutation: My deare Freind

Signature: your affectionate Freind and servant | D. Thomas | New College. Nov. 18

Address: For Dr. Locke These Leave these with the Lord Ashleys porter at Little exceter house in the Strand London

Postmark: NO 1–

Year based on the addresses of Locke and Thomas.

Printed: Corr., i. 212]

ff. 9-10:

Letter from Thomas, 29 November [1667].

Salutation: Deare Freind

Signature: your true Freind | D Thomas | Sarum Nov 29

Address: For Mr. John Locke These Leave these with the Lord Ashleys porter at Little Exceter house in the Strand London

Postmark: D– –

Endorsement: D Thomas 29o Nov 67

Year from Locke’s endorsement.

Printed: Corr., i. 229.

ff. 11-12:

Letter from Thomas, 21 July 1677 [fragment].

Superscription: Sarum Jul 21: 77.

Salutation: Deare Freind

Signature: your affectionate Freind and servant | D Thomas

Address: For Mr. Lock chez Mr: Charas Apothecaire rue de Boucherie Fauxbourg St: Germain a Paris [not written by Thomas?]

Fragment; lower portion of both leaves torn away.

Printed: De Beer, i. 345]

ff. 13-14:

Letter from Thomas, 15 November 1679.

[printed De Beer, ii. 514]

f. 15:

Letter from Thomas, 25 November 1679.

[printed De Beer, ii. 516]

ff. 17-18:

Letter from Thomas, 6 September 1680.

[printed De Beer, ii. 567]

ff. 19-20:

Letter from Thomas, 19 September 1680.

[printed De Beer, ii. 572]

ff. 21-22:

Letter from Thomas, 26 September 1680.

[printed De Beer, ii. 575]

f. 23:

Letter from Thomas, 13 October 1680.

[printed De Beer, ii. 584]

ff. 24-25:

Letter from Thomas, 14 December 1680.

[printed De Beer, ii. 601]

ff. 26-27:

Letter from Thomas, 21 December 1680.

[printed De Beer, ii. 604]

ff. 28-29:

Letter from Thomas, 30 December 1680.

[printed De Beer, ii. 607]

ff. 30-31:

Letter from Thomas, 20 January 1681.

[printed De Beer, ii. 612]

ff. 32-33:

Letter from Thomas, 2 February 1681.

[printed De Beer, ii. 617]

ff. 34-35:

Letter from Thomas, 8 February 1681.

[printed De Beer, ii. 622]

ff. 36-37:

Letter from Thomas, 1 July 1681.

[printed De Beer, ii. 646]

ff. 38-39:

Letter from Thomas, 12 July 1681.

[printed De Beer, ii. 650]

ff. 40-41:

Letter from Thomas, 11 January 1682.

[printed De Beer, ii. 678]

ff. 42-43:

Letter from Thomas, 8 February 1682.

[printed De Beer, ii. 680]

ff. 44-45:

Letter from Thomas, 25 April 1682.

[printed De Beer, ii. 702]

ff. 46-47:

Letter from Thomas, 23 May 1682.

[printed De Beer, ii. 711]

ff. 48-49:

Letter from Thomas, 25 July 1682.

[printed De Beer, ii. 723]

ff. 50-51:

Letter from Thomas, 5 August 1682.

[printed De Beer, ii. 725]

ff. 52-53:

Letter from Thomas, 31 May 1683.

[printed De Beer, ii. 769]

f. 57:

Letter from Thomas, 26 December 1686.

[printed De Beer, iii. 888]

ff. 58-59:

Letter from Thomas, 17 July 1687.

[printed De Beer, iii. 946]

ff. 60-61:

Letter from Thomas, 25 April 1688.

[printed De Beer, iii. 1042]

ff. 62-63:

Letter from Thomas, 10 May 1688.

[printed De Beer, iii. 1049]

f. 64:

Letter from Thomas, 7 July 1688.

[printed De Beer, iii. 1063]

ff. 65-66:

Letter from Thomas, 18 July 1688.

[printed De Beer, iii. 1068]

f. 67:

Letter from Thomas, 6 September 1688.

[printed De Beer, iii. 1075]

ff. 68-69:

Letter from Thomas, 20 October 1688.

[printed De Beer, iii. 1084]

ff. 70-71:

Letter from Thomas, 1 June 1689.

[printed De Beer, iii. 1145]

f. 73:

Letter from Thomas (fragment), [c. 18 May 1689].

[printed De Beer, iii. 1138]

f. 74:

Letter from Thomas, 24 June 1689.

[printed De Beer, iii. 1153]

ff. 75-76:

Letter from Thomas, 1 July 1689.

[printed De Beer, iii. 1155]

ff. 77-78:

Letter from Thomas, 28 September 1689.

[printed De Beer, iii. 1188]

ff. 79-80:

Letter from Thomas, 4 November 1689.

[printed De Beer, iii. 1198]

ff. 81-82:

Letter from Thomas, 18 November 1689.

[printed De Beer, iii. 1206]

f. 83:

Letter from Thomas, 9 December 1689.

[printed De Beer, iii. 1219]

ff. 84-85:

Letter from Thomas, 16 December 1689.

[printed De Beer, iii. 1222]

f. 86:

Letter from Thomas, 19 February 1690.

[printed De Beer, iv. 1249]

f. 87:

Letter from Thomas, 10 March 1690.

[printed De Beer, iv. 1259]

f. 88:

Letter from Thomas (scrap), [c. 24 March 1690].

[printed De Beer, iv. 1272]

ff. 89-90:

Letter from Thomas, 27 March 1690 [i.e. 1691].

[printed De Beer, iv. 1380]

f. 91:

Letter from Thomas, 30 March 1690.

[printed De Beer, iv. 1274]

ff. 92-93:

Letter from Thomas, 7 April 1690.

[printed De Beer, iv. 1278]

ff. 94-95:

Letter from Thomas, 9 April 1690.

[printed De Beer, iv. 1280]

ff. 96-97:

Letter from Thomas, 19 May 1690.

[printed De Beer, iv. 1291]

f. 98:

Letter from Thomas, 28 June 1690.

[printed De Beer, iv. 1300]

ff. 99-100:

Letter from Thomas, 6 September 1690.

[printed De Beer, iv. 1316]

ff. 101-102:

Letter from Thomas, 7 October 1690.

[printed De Beer, iv. 1323]

ff. 103-104:

Letter from Thomas, 13 October 1690.

[printed De Beer, iv. 1324]

f. 105:

Letter from Thomas, 2 November 1690.

[printed De Beer, iv. 1333]

f. 106:

Letter from Thomas, 24 November 1690.

[printed De Beer, iv. 1342]

f. 107:

Letter from Thomas, 4 November 1691.

[printed De Beer, iv. 1428]

ff. 108-109:

Letter from Thomas, 13 February 1692.

[printed De Beer, iv. 1463]

ff. 110-111:

Letter from Thomas, 25 April 1692.

[printed De Beer, iv. 1498]

ff. 112-113:

Letter from Thomas, 20 November 1692.

[printed De Beer, iv. 1569]

ff. 114-115:

Letter from Thomas, 4 January 1693.

[printed De Beer, iv. 1587]

f. 116:

Account of debt owed by Mr. Powell, endorsed by Locke “D. Thomas The particulars of what he received of me 13o Jul. 93.”

[printed De Beer, iv. 1673n.]

ff. 117-118:

Letter from Thomas, 20 November 1693.

[printed De Beer, iv. 1673]

ff. 119-120:

Letter from Thomas, 4 December 1693.

[printed De Beer, iv. 1679]

ff. 121-122:

Letter from Thomas, 11 December 1693.

[printed De Beer, iv. 1681]

Thomas, Mrs. Honor   [2 letters, 1694-1695]

ff. 123-124:

Letter from Mrs. Thomas, 16 November 1694.

[printed De Beer, v. 1815]

ff. 125-126:

Letter from Mrs. Thomas, 12 March 1695 and from William Thomas, [c. 15 March 1695].

[printed De Beer, v. 1861]

Thomas, Jeremy   [1 letter, 1697]

f. 127:

Letter from Thomas, 11 November 1697.

[printed De Beer, vi. 2350]

Thomas, Samuel, ca. 1627-1693   [4 letters, 1675-1682]

ff. 128-129:

Letter from Thomas, 11 November 1675.

Superscription: Ch: ch: Nov. 11. 75

Salutation: Mr Lock

Signature: Sam: Thomas

Address: For Mr John Lock at little Exeter house in the Strand this.

Postmark: NO 12

Endorsement: S. Thomas 11o Nov. 75

Lists goods from Locke’s chambers at Christ Church, left in custody of Thomas.

Printed: De Beer, i. 304.

ff. 130-131:

Letter from Thomas, 4 January 1679.

[printed De Beer, i. 439]

ff. 132-133:

Money received for Locke, 1675-79.

[printed De Beer, ii. 523]

ff. 134-135:

Letter from Thomas, 10 May 1682.

[printed De Beer, ii. 708]

Thomas, William   [17 letters, 1692-1699]

ff. 136-137:

Letter from Thomas, 16 April 1692.

[printed De Beer, iv. 1495]

ff. 138-139:

Letter from Thomas, 16 May 1693.

[printed De Beer, iv. 1629]

ff. 140-141:

Letter from Thomas, 2 December 1693.

[printed De Beer, iv. 1677]

ff. 142-143:

Letter from Thomas, 30 December 1693.

[printed De Beer, iv. 1688]

ff. 144-145:

Letter from Thomas, 24 January 1694.

[printed De Beer, iv. 1695]

ff. 146-147:

Letter from Thomas, 8 April 1694.

[printed De Beer, v. 1731]

ff. 148-149:

Letter from Thomas, 27 April 1694.

[printed De Beer, v. 1735]

f. 150:

Letter from Thomas, 6 April 1695.

[printed De Beer, v. 1873]

ff. 151-152:

Letter from Thomas, 27 May 1695.

[printed De Beer, v. 1910]

f. 153:

Letter from Thomas, 6 July 1695.

[printed De Beer, v. 1924]

f. 154:

Letter from Thomas, [23? July 1695].

[printed De Beer, v. 1928]

ff. 155-156:

Letter from Thomas, 27 August 1695.

[printed De Beer, v. 1937]

ff. 157-158:

Letter from Thomas, 4 June 1698; refers to a memorial on the Darien colony (MS. Locke c. 30, ff. 127-128) sent to Locke c. 28 May 1698.

[printed De Beer, vi. 2452]

f. 159:

Letter from Thomas, 11 June 1698.

[printed De Beer, vi. 2457]

ff. 160-161:

Letter from Thomas, 16 [i.e. 14?] February 1699.

[printed De Beer, vi. 2547]

f. 162:

Letter from Thomas, 9 March 1699.

[printed De Beer, vi. 2561]

ff. 163-164:

Letter from Thomas, 16 March 1699.

[printed De Beer, vi. 2563]

Thompson, John, first Baron Haversham.   [2 letters, 1701]

ff. 165-166:

Letter from Haversham, [9? August 1701].

[printed De Beer, vii. 2978]

ff. 167-168:

Letter from Haversham, 7 November 1701.

[printed De Beer, vii. 3029]

Thornehill, F.   [1 letter, 1682]

ff. 169-170:

Letter from Thornehill, 11 November 1682.

[printed De Beer, ii. 743]

Thornehill, Henry   [1 letter, 1679]

ff. 171-172:

Letter from Thornehill, 26 October 1679.

[printed De Beer, ii. 509]

Tilly, Samuel   [6 letters, 1655-62]

ff. 173-174:

Letter from Tilly, 7 March [1661/2?].

Superscription: Bristoll. March 7. –51

Salutation: Ingenious Sir

Signature: your real and faithfull friend | S. T.

Address: These For Mr John Lock at his chamber in christ-church in Oxford

Printed: Corr., i. 129.

ff. 175-176:

Letter from Tilly, 11 September 1655.

The letter answers one from Locke, probably that drafted in letter #22. Written on f. 175r; on f 175v is a draft of Locke’s answer; on f. 176 is a note by Locke on a cure “For the spleen”.

Signature: Sir | Your friend and servant | Samuel Tilly

Subscription: Oxon: Sep: 11 —55

Address: These For mr John Lock at his father’s house in Pensford. To be left at Mr Thomas Day’s in st Thomas street in Bristoll to be Convey’d as abovesaid.

Endorsement: Mr Tillys letter & answer

Printed: Corr., i. 23.

f. 175v:

Letter to [Tilly?], [late September 1655?].

Draft, written on the verso of the previous letter; answers Tilly’s letter of 11 September.

Printed: Corr., i. 24.

f. 177:

Letter from Tilly to [Locke?], 20 August 1657.

Salutation: Sir

Signature: your cordial friend | Sam: Tilly | Compton Martin Aug: 20 —57

Endorsement: Mr Tillys Lett:

Printed: Corr., i. 35.

f. 178:

Letter from Tilly to [Locke?], 4 September 1657.

Salutation: Affectionate Sir

Signature: I am | your real friend and servant | Sam: Tilly | C[ompton] M[artin] 4 Sept. 1657.

Endorsement: Mr Tillys Letter

Printed: Corr., i. 36.

ff. 179-180:

Letter from Tilly, 5 December 1661.

Superscription: Compton Martin Dec: 5 —61.

Salutation: Sir

Signature: Sir | Your unfeigned friend | Sam: Tilly

Address: These for Mr John Lock master of Arts and Student in Christ-church in Oxon:

Printed: Corr., i. 127.

Tilson, Christopher, d. 1742   [14 letters, 1695-1702]

ff. 181-182:

Letter from Tilson, 29 November 1695.

[printed De Beer, v. 1970]

ff. 183-184:

Letter from Tilson, 6 December 1695.

[printed De Beer, v. 1975]

f. 185:

Letter from Tilson, 24 March 1696.

[printed De Beer, v. 2045]

ff. 186-187:

Letter from Tilson, 19 February 1696/[97].

[printed De Beer, vi. 2199]

ff. 188-189:

Letter from Tilson, 5 March 1696/[97].

[printed De Beer, vi. 2212]

ff. 190-191:

Letter from Tilson, 5 June 1697.

[printed De Beer, vi. 2272]

ff. 192-193:

Letter from Tilson, 9 October 1697.

[printed De Beer, vi. 2325]

ff. 194-195:

Letter from Tilson, 19 October 1697.

[printed De Beer, vi. 2333]

ff. 196-197:

Letter from Tilson, 22 October 1697.

[printed De Beer, vi. 2334]

f. 198:

Letter from Tilson, 7 December 1697.

[printed De Beer, vi. 2357]

ff. 199-200:

Letter from Tilson, 27 April 1700.

[printed De Beer, vii. 2720]

ff. 201-202:

Letter from Tilson, 1 June 1702.

[printed De Beer, vii. 3143]. On f. 201 is a draft of Locke’s answer, 1 June 1702.

[printed De Beer, vii. 3144]

ff. 203-204:

Letter from Tilson, 4 July 1702.

[printed De Beer, vii. 3160]

ff. 205-206:

Letter from Tilson, 7 July 1702.

[printed De Beer, vii. 3162]

Tindal, Dr. Matthew, 1657-1733   [2 letters, 1697, 1701]

ff. 207-208:

Letter from Tindal, 10 January 1696/[97].

[printed De Beer, v. 2173; Goldie (ed.), Selected correspondence, p. 237]

ff. 209-210:

Letter from Tindal, 28 September 1701.

[printed De Beer, vii. 3008]