Williamson, Sir Joseph, (1633-1701), Knight, Knight Statesman and Diplomat

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Surname:	Williamson
Pretitle:	Sir
Forenames:	Joseph
Gender:	Male
Date:	1633-1701
Title:	Knight
History:	Statesman & diplomat. In office of Secretary of State 1661. Keeper of Charles II's library at Whitehall & at the Paper Office 1661. MP for Thetford, Co Clare, Limerick, and Rochester. At congress in Cologne 1673-1674, & Congress of Nimeguen 1696.
Biography:	ODNB link for Williamson, Sir Joseph (1633-1701) Knight Statesman and Diplomat
References:	DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P275519 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P128753 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir Joseph Williamson

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	John - Henry VIII: State Paper Office: Williamson Collection of Transcripts, etc	The National Archives, Kew	PRO 31/16
2	1463-1828: State Paper Office: Williamson Collection, Pamphlets, Miscellaneous	The National Archives, Kew	SP 9
3	1677-79: corresp	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Firth b 1-2
4	papers	Oxford University: Queen's College Library		See Paul Morgan, Oxford libraries outside the Bodleian 1980
5	1675-1679: corresp with English representatives at Congress of Nijmegen	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 72242-621	NRA 7864
6	1698: corresp and papers rel to Treaty of the Hague	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 29592
7	1651, 1667: corresp (6 items)	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Eng lett c 5
8	collections on public affairs, heraldry, genealogy	The National Archives	SP9
9	transcripts of corresp	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Harleian MSS
10	1668-71: letters to William Blathwayt (113 leaves)	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Eng lett d 37
11	1673-82: letters to Sir Richard Bulstrode	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Eg MS 3678
12	1672-80: corresp with Henry Coventry	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 25122, 25124
13	1696-99: letters to J Ellis	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 28880-903
14	1672-77: letters, etc to Lord Essex	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Stowe MSS 200-211 passim
15	1662-79: corresp with Sir Daniel Fleming	Cumbria Archive Centre, Kendal		See HMC [25] Le Fleming
16	1673-74: letters (1 vol)	Medway Archives Centre	Acc 1211	See Annual Return 2009
17	newsletters to Newdigate family	Folger Shakespeare Library		NRA 20983 Newdigate
18	1698: corresp with Lord Portland and John Vernon	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 69955
19	corresp with Matthew Prior	Longleat House	PR	See HMC [58} Bath MSS III
20	corresp with Duke of Shrewsbury	Northamptonshire Archives Service		See HMC [45] Buccleuch (Montagu House) MSS
21	1673-74: letters to Roger Whitley	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library		See HMC 10th Report, Appendix IV, p209