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Bodleian Library, Oxford University
MS. Locke c. 5
A guardbook in which are mounted letters to Locke from William Charleton (or Courten), Locke’s publisher Awnsham Churchill, and others.
227 leaves.
Individual items in the volume include:
Calverley, Lady (Mary) [5 letters, 1689-1691, 1702]
ff. 1-2:
Letter from Lady Calverley, 23 July [1689].
[printed De Beer, iii. 1164]
ff. 3-4:
Letter from Lady Calverley, 12 July [1690].
[printed De Beer, iv. 1305]
f. 5:
Letter from Lady Calverley, 14 December [1691].
[printed De Beer, iv. 1438]
f. 6:
Letter from Lady Calverley, 20 December [1691].
[printed De Beer, iv. 1441]
f. 7:
Letter from Lady Calverley, 28 November [1702].
[printed De Beer, vii. 3222; Goldie (ed.), Selected correspondence, p. 307]
Carr, William, d. 1689. [4 letters, 1657-64]
f. 8:
Letter from Carr, 30 January [1658].
Salutation: Dear Sir
Signature: Your most faithfull servant | W Carr | … | Jan: 30
Endorsement: Mr Carres Letter
Answers Locke’s letter of 23 January.
Printed: Corr., i. 39.
ff. 9-10:
Letter from Carr, [3 February 1660]].
Salutation: Deare John
Signature: Yours | W. Carr
Address: For his much Esteemed freind mr John Locke master of Arts and student of Ch: Ch: Oxford these.
Scribbled note (perhaps by Locke?): 6739 digitis dic ordine flexis | die flexos decados reliquos hos ducit in illos
Answered by Locke on 5 March.
Printed: Corr., i. 92.
ff. 11-12:
Letter from Carr, 21 February/2 March [1664].
Salutation: Deare Jacke
Signature: Thine Wi Carr. | Lyons Mar 2.
Address: These For mr Locke master of Arts and Student of Ch: Ch: Oxford.
Postmark: MR 10.
Date is presumably new style; the year is based on the contents of the letter.
[printed Corr., i. 166]
f. 13:
Letter from Carr to [Locke?], 3 July [1657?].
Salutation: Sir
Signature: Your humble servant | W. Carr | Wiccham [or Wiceham] July 3
Endorsement: Mr Cars letter;
Printed: Corr., i. 33.
Cary, John, d. 1720? [5 letters, 1696-1697]
ff. 14-15:
Letter from Cary, 11 January 1696; copy in British Library, Add. MS. 5540, f. 66.
[printed from the copy in Rand (ed.), The correspondence of John Locke and Edward Clarke (1927), pp. 433-435; from letter sent in De Beer, v. 2000; Goldie (ed.), Selected correspondence, pp. 220-221]
ff. 16-17:
Letter from Cary, 9 May 1696; copy in British Library, Add. MS. 5540, f. 72.
[printed from the copy in Rand, Correspondence (1927), pp. 477-479; from letter sent in De Beer, v. 2084; Goldie (ed.), Selected correspondence, pp. 227-228]
f. 18:
Letter from Cary, 24 October 1696.
[printed De Beer, v. 2136]
ff. 19-20:
Letter from Cary, 28 November 1696.
[printed De Beer, v. 2150]
ff. 21:
Letter from Cary, 5 January 1696/[97].
[printed De Beer, v. 2169]
Charleton, William [born William Courten], 1642-1702 [31 letters, 1678-88]
ff. 22-23:
Letter from Charleton, 22 January/1 February 1678.
Superscription: Montpellier the 1th: February 1677/8
Salutation: Deare Sir
Signature: Sir | Your Infinitely obliged servant | William Charleton
Address: A Monsieur Monsieur Locke Gentilhomme Anglois chez monsieur Charas apoticaire rüe de boucherie Fauxbourg St. Germain a Paris.
Endorsement: Mr. Charleton 1 Feb. 78
Printed: De Beer, i. 369]
ff. 24-26:
Letter from Charleton, 30 April/10 May 1678.
Superscription: Montpelier the 10th: may 1678
Salutation: Deare Sir
Signature: Sir | Your most Affectionate humble servant | William Charleton
Address: A Monsieur Monsieur Locke Gentilhomme Anglois chez mr: Charas Apoticaire rüe de boucherie Fauxbourg st. Germain a Paris
Endorsement: Mr Charleton 10 May 78
Printed: De Beer, i. 380]
ff. 27-28:
Letter from Charleton, 4/14 June 1678.
Superscription: Montpellier the 14th. June 1678
Salutation: Deare Sir
Signature: Sir | Your most faithfull and most obliged humble servant | William Charleton
Address: A Monsieur Monsieur Locke Gentilhomme Anglois chez Mr: Charas Apoticaire rüe de boucherie fauxbourg st. Germain a Paris
Endorsement: Mr Charleton 14 Jun. 78
Printed: De Beer, i. 385]
ff. 29-30:
Letter from Charleton, 4/14 February 1679; with enclosures, f. 31 and MS. Locke c. 25, f. 29.
[printed De Beer, i. 445]
ff. 32-33:
Letter from Charleton, 18/28 February 1679; with enclosures MS. Locke c. 31, ff. 166, 26.
[printed De Beer, i. 445]
f. 34:
Fragment of a letter from Charleton, [c. 21 April/1 May 1678].
Torn corner of a letter; the writer identified from the handwriting; tentative date based on the content of the letter.
Printed: De Beer, i. 379]
ff. 35-36:
Letter from Charleton, 27 January/6 February 1680.
[printed De Beer, ii. 526]
ff. 37-38:
Letter from Charleton, 2/12 March 1680.
[printed De Beer, ii. 531]
f. 39:
Letter from Charleton, 3/13 August 1680.
[printed De Beer, ii. 559]
ff. 40-41:
Letter from Charleton, 17/27 May 1681.
[printed De Beer, ii. 636]
ff. 42-43:
Letter from Charleton, 10/20 September 1681.
[printed De Beer, ii. 658]
ff. 44-45:
Letter from Charleton, 4/14 October 1681.
[printed De Beer, ii. 663]
ff. 46-47:
Letter from Charleton to John Richards, 4/14 October 1681, with additional notes by Richards and Locke.
[printed De Beer, ii. (664)]
ff. 48-49:
Letter from Charleton, [December 1681].
[printed De Beer, ii. 670]
ff. 50-51:
Letter from Charleton, 13/23 March 1682.
[printed De Beer, ii. 691]
ff. 52-53:
Letter from Charleton, 22 July/1 August 1682.
[printed De Beer, ii. 722]
ff. 54-55:
Letter from Charleton, 16/26 August 1682.
[printed De Beer, ii. 728]
ff. 56-57:
Letter from Charleton, 9/19 October 1682.
[printed De Beer, ii. 736]
f. 58:
Letter from Charleton, 16 October 1684.
[printed De Beer, ii. 788]
ff. 59-61:
Letter from Charleton, 24 March 1685.
[printed De Beer, ii. 816]
f. 62:
Letter from Charleton, 21 April 1685.
[printed De Beer, ii. 821]
f. 63:
Letter from Charleton, 26 January 1686.
[printed De Beer, ii. 843]
ff. 64-65:
Letter from Charleton, 20 July 1686.
[printed De Beer, iii. 856]
ff. 66-67:
Letter from Charleton, 31 August 1686.
[printed De Beer, iii. 864]
ff. 68-69:
Letter from Charleton, 12 April 1687.
[printed De Beer, iii. 928]
ff. 70-71:
Letter from Charleton, 26 July 1687; copy in British Library, MS. Sloane 3962, ff. 227-228.
[printed De Beer, iii. 949; part printed from the copy in Biographia Britannica, ed. Kippis (1778-1793), vol. 4: 342-343]
f. 72:
Letter from Charleton, 28 August 1687; copy in British Library, MS. Sloane 3962, ff. 229-230.
[printed De Beer, iii. 956; part printed from the copy in Biographia Britannica, ed. Kippis (1778-1793), vol. 4: 343]
ff. 73-74:
Letter from Charleton, 14 October 1687.
[printed De Beer, iii. 970]
ff. 75-76:
Letter from Charleton, 6 January 1688.
[printed De Beer, iii. 992]
ff. 77-79:
Letter from Charleton, 2 March 1688.
[printed De Beer, iii. 1022]
ff. 80-81:
Letter from Charleton, 12 July 1688.
[printed De Beer, iii. 1066]
Cheney, Oliver [2 letters, 1698, 1702]
ff. 82-83:
Letter from Cheney, 9 April 1698.
[printed De Beer, vi. 2416]
ff. 84-85:
Letter from Cheney, 25 September 1702.
[printed De Beer, vii. 3191]
Cheswell, Charles [4 letters, 1690-91]
ff. 86-87:
Letter from Cheswell, 31 July 1690.
[printed De Beer, iv. 1308]
f. 88:
Letter from Cheswell, 17 October 1690.
[printed De Beer, iv. 1327]
ff. 89-90:
Letter from Cheswell, 24 April 1691.
[printed De Beer, iv. 1384]
ff. 91-92:
Letter from Cheswell, 19 September 1691.
[printed De Beer, iv. 1417]
Chetwood, Dr. Knightly, 1650-1720. [1 letter, 1703]
ff. 93-94:
Letter from [Dr. Chetwood], [20 February 1703].
[printed De Beer, vii. 3255]
Churchill, Awnsham, d. 1728. [69 letters, 1688-1704]
f. 95:
Letter from Churchill, [c. 7-18 June 1688].
[printed De Beer, iii. 1059]
ff. 96-97:
Letter from Churchill, 8 April 1699.
[printed De Beer, vi. 2566]
ff. 98-99:
Letter from Churchill, 6 April 1700.
[printed De Beer, vii. 2706]
ff. 100-101:
Letter from Churchill, 24 April 1700.
[printed De Beer, vii. 2718]
ff. 102-103:
Letter from Churchill, 7 August 1700.
[printed De Beer, vii. 2752]
ff. 104-105:
Letter from Churchill, 13 August 1700.
[printed De Beer, vii. 2758]
ff. 106-107:
Letter from Churchill, 24 August 1700.
[printed De Beer, vii. 2764]
ff. 108-109:
Letter from Churchill, 21 September 1700.
[printed De Beer, vii. 2778]
ff. 110-111:
Letter from Churchill, 26 September 1700.
[printed De Beer, vii. 2781]
ff. 112-113:
Letter from Churchill, 19 October 1700.
[printed De Beer, vii. 2793]
f. 114:
Letter from Churchill, 19 October 1700.
[printed De Beer, vii. 2794]
ff. 115-116:
Letter from Churchill, 28 October 1700.
[printed De Beer, vii. 2801]
ff. 117-118:
Letter from Churchill, 2 November 1700.
[printed De Beer, vii. 2805]
ff. 119-120:
Letter from Churchill, 9 November 1700.
[printed De Beer, vii. 2816]
ff. 121-122:
Letter from Churchill, 30 November 1700.
[printed De Beer, vii. 2822]
f. 123:
Letter from Churchill, 27 December 1700.
[printed De Beer, vii. 2834]
ff. 124-125:
Letter from Churchill, 25 January 1700[/1].
[printed De Beer, vii. 2850]
ff. 126-127:
Letter from Churchill, 28 January 1700[/1].
[printed De Beer, vii. 2853]
ff. 128-129:
Letter from Churchill, 19 February 1700[/1].
[printed De Beer, vii. 2864]
ff. 130-131:
Letter from Churchill, 1 March 1700[/1].
[printed De Beer, vii. 2871]
ff. 132-133:
Letter from Churchill, 5 April 1701.
[printed De Beer, vii. 2895]
ff. 134-135:
Letter from Churchill, 19 April 1701.
[printed De Beer, vii. 2907]
ff. 136-137:
Letter from Churchill, 28 June 1701.
[printed De Beer, vii. 2947]
ff. 138-139:
Letter from Churchill, [7 or 8 July 1701]; enclosing a letter from Charles Hatton to Churchill, 7 July 1701 (MS. Locke c. 11, ff. 150-151).
[printed De Beer, vii. 2947]
ff. 140-141:
Letter from Churchill, 19 July 1701.
[printed De Beer, vii. 2962]
ff. 142-143:
Letter from Churchill, 22 July 1701.
[printed De Beer, vii. 2965]
ff. 144-145:
Letter from Churchill, 2 August 1701.
[printed De Beer, vii. 2973]
ff. 146-147:
Letter from Churchill, 15 August 1701.
[printed De Beer, vii. 2981]
ff. 148-149:
Letter from Churchill, 28 August 1701.
[printed De Beer, vii. 2990]
ff. 150-151:
Letter from Churchill, 10 October 1701.
[printed De Beer, vii. 3015]
ff. 152-153:
Letter from Churchill, 25 October 1701; top of f. 152 (accounts) torn away.
[printed De Beer, vii. 3021]
ff. 154-155:
Letter from Churchill, 31 October 1701.
[printed De Beer, vii. 3026]
ff. 156-157:
Letter from Churchill, 17 November 1701.
[printed De Beer, vii. 3041]
ff. 158-159:
Letter from Churchill, 26 November 1701.
[printed De Beer, vii. 3047]
ff. 160-161:
Letter from Churchill, 3 December 1701.
[printed De Beer, vii. 3048]
ff. 162-163:
Letter from Churchill, 10 December 1701.
[printed De Beer, vii. 3052]
f. 164:
Letter from Churchill, [8 January 1702], written on same sheet with a letter from Dr. Alexander Geekie, 8 January 1701/2 (MS. Locke c. 9, f. 213); the two leaves were apparently torn apart and filed separately by Locke.
[printed De Beer, vii. 3063]
ff. 165-166:
Letter from Churchill, 31 January 1701[/2].
[printed De Beer, vii. 3082]
f. 167:
Letter from Churchill, 18 February 1701[/2].
[printed De Beer, vii. 3097]
ff. 168-169:
Letter from Churchill, 21 February 1701[/2].
[printed De Beer, vii. 3100]
ff. 170-171:
Letter from Churchill, 24 February 1701[/2].
[printed De Beer, vii. 3102]
ff. 172-173:
Letter from Churchill, 7 March 1701[/2].
[printed De Beer, vii. 3112]
ff. 174-175:
Letter from Churchill, 28 March 1701[/2].
[printed De Beer, vii. 3120]
ff. 176-177:
Letter from Churchill, 18 April 1702.
[printed De Beer, vii. 3129]
ff. 178-179:
Letter from Churchill, 22 May 1702.
[printed De Beer, vii. 3137]
ff. 180-181:
Letter from Churchill, 1 August 1702.
[printed De Beer, vii. 3174]
ff. 182-183:
Letter from Churchill, 8 August 1702.
[printed De Beer, vii. 3176]
ff. 184-185:
Letter from Churchill, 15 August 1702.
[printed De Beer, vii. 3178]
ff. 186-187:
Letter from Churchill, 22 August 1702; enclosing a letter from Samuel Bold to Churchill, 15 August 1702 (MS. Locke c. 4, f. 18).
[printed De Beer, vii. 3182]
ff. 188-189:
Letter from Churchill, 14 November 1702.
[printed De Beer, vii. 3211]
ff. 190-191:
Letter from Churchill, 9 February 1702[/3].
[printed De Beer, vii. 3249]
ff. 192-193:
Letter from Churchill, 26 February 1702[/3].
[printed De Beer, vii. 3259]
ff. 194-195:
Letter from Churchill, 19 April 1703.
[printed De Beer, vii. 3268]
ff. 196-197:
Letter from Churchill, 5 June 1703.
[printed De Beer, viii. 3295]
ff. 198-199:
Letter from Churchill, 3 July 1703.
[printed De Beer, viii. 3315]
ff. 200-201:
Letter from Awnsham and John Churchill, 4 November 1703.
[printed De Beer, viii. 3366]
ff. 202-203:
Letter from Churchill, 17 November 1703.
[printed De Beer, viii. 3383]
ff. 204-205:
Letter from Churchill, 25 November 1703.
[printed De Beer, viii. 3390]
ff. 206-207:
Letter from Churchill, 24 December 1703.
[printed De Beer, viii. 3412]
ff. 208-209:
Letter from Churchill, 22 January 1703[/4].
[printed De Beer, viii. 3432]
ff. 210-211:
Letter from Churchill, 19 February 1703[/4].
[printed De Beer, viii. 3463]
ff. 212-213:
Letter from Churchill, 11 March 1703[/4].
[printed De Beer, viii. 3487]
ff. 214-215:
Letter from Churchill, 4 April 1704.
[printed De Beer, viii. 3505]
ff. 216-217:
Letter from Churchill, 25 April 1704.
[printed De Beer, viii. 3518]
ff. 218-219:
Letter from Churchill, 2 May 1704.
[printed De Beer, viii. 3523]
ff. 220-221:
Letter from Churchill, 22 July 1704.
[printed De Beer, viii. 3595]
ff. 222-223:
Letter from Churchill, 17 August 1704.
[printed De Beer, viii. 3615]
ff. 224-225:
Letter from Churchill, 4 October 1704.
[printed De Beer, viii. 3637]
ff. 226-227:
Letter from Churchill, 17 October 1704.
[printed De Beer, viii. 3644]
