| Collection | Sir William Meredith Research Collection |
| Description | Sir Peter Wyche was Charles I's ambassador to Constantinople, the capital city of the Ottoman Empire (1453–1922), now known as Istanbul.
Includes:
Printed copy of heraldry of 'The levant of turkey, company of merchants'.
Printed copy of article from History Today titled 'The Turkey merchants: life in the Levant company' by Sarah Searight.
Printed copy of an image of a portrait of Sir Thomas Roe, 1634, attributed to Michiel Jansz van Miereveldt.
Printed copy of an image of a portriat of Prince Charles Louis and Sir Anthony van Dyck, 1637. Pencil annotation states "from 'Sir Thomas Roe, a life' by Michael Stachan".
Handwritten notes dated 26/10/2000 taken at the Templeman Library, University of Kent, referencing various sources.
Printed copy of notes referencing various publications: 'Diary of John Evelyn', 'Constantinople: City of the world's desire 1453-1924', 'Calendar of Clarendon State Papers', 'Original letters illustrative of English history', 'Clarendon, history of the Rebellion', 'Things seen in Constantinople', 'Blue guide, Istanbul', 'Turkish embassy letters',
Handwritten notes referencing 'Istanbul - Harem I & II', a channel 4 programme.
Handwritten notes dated 17/10/2000 taken at Templeman Library, University of Kent, referencing 'The King's servants'.
Handwritten notes referencing 'Sir Thomas Roe, a life' by Michael Stachan.
Handwritten notes dated 07/02/2002 taken at Templeman Library, University of Kent, referencing George Sandy's 'A relation of a journey begun AD1610'.
Photocopies of pages from an unspecified publication.
Handwritten notes referencing 'Travels of Sir John Sanderson'.
Handwritten notes dated 07/02/2002 taken at the Templeman Library, University of Kent, referencing William Lithgow's 'Totall discourse'.
Handwritten notes referencing 'Travel diary of Robert Bargrave'.
Photocopy from 'A history of the Levant company' by A.C. Ward, 1964, p.88-89.
Photocopy from 'English travellers abroad 1604-1667' by John Walter Stoye, p.340-341.
Printed copy of an image captioned 'Detail of Smyrna'.
Printed copy of a scanned newspaper cutting featuring a photograph of the Selimiye Camii in Edirne.
Printed copy of an article titled 'Remote Edirne is an exquisite relic of Ottoman days, writes Jonathan Gregson'.
Two short handwritten notes attached to A4 paper. |