Bulstrode Whitelocke - Bibliography

Bibliography

Whitelocke was the author of:

• Memorials of the English affairs from the beginning of the reign of Charles I …, published 1682 and reprinted. According to the author of Whitelocke's biography in the Encyclopædia Britannica, Eleventh Edition " a work which has obtained greater authority than it deserves, being largely a compilation from various sources, composed after the events and abounding in errors".
• Annals, his work of greatest value, still remains in manuscript in Lord Bute's and Lord de la Warr's collections (Hist. Brit. Comm. III. Rep. pp202, 217; also Egerton Manuscripts Brit. Mus. 997, add. Manuscripts 4992, 4994); his Journal of the Swedish Embassy … was published 1772 and re-edited by Henry Reeve in 1885 (add. Manuscripts 4902, 4991 and 4995 and Hist. Manuscripts Comm III. Rep. 190, 217)
• Notes on the Kings Writ for choosing Members of Parliament … were published 1766 (see also add. MSS. 4993)
• Memorials of English Affairs from the supposed expedition of Brace to this Island to the end of the Reign of James I, were published 1709
• Essays Ecclesiastical and Civil (1706)
• Quench not the Spirit (1711)
• some theological treatises remain in manuscript, and several others are attributed to him.