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Collection Area Western Manuscripts Level [33] SubFonds

1. Add Ch 76069-76142

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Ch 76069-76142
Title:
BLENHEIM CHARTERS. Charters acquired with the Blenheim Papers, Add. MSS. 61101-61710 and Detached Seal CCV. 8. For a full description and index entries for these charters, see Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts: The Blenheim Papers (1985). 1563-1794
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:
1563-1794
Extent:
74 items

2. Add MS 32125, ff 1-58

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Add MS 32125, ff 1-58
Title:
Wace, Roman de Brut; Description of England
Scope & Content:
This part contains 2 texts: ff. 1r-58r, Wace, Roman de Brut in Anglo-Norman verse. Incipit (f. 1r): 'Ky vot oyr e wot saver / De rey en rey e de eir en eir / ke cil furent e dunt vindrent / ke engleterre primes tindrent'. Numerous leaves are missing between ff. 48 and 49, with the loss of line...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
1275-1300
Extent:

Part of a parchment codex, 58 folios.

3. Add MS 32125, ff 59-245

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Add MS 32125, ff 59-245
Title:
Estoire del Saint Graal (ff. 59r-205v); Robert de Boron, Merlin (ff. 206r-245v).
Scope & Content:
This part contains 2 texts: ff. 59r-205v, Estoire del Saint Graal (part of the 'Vulgate' cycle, see Sommers 1909), in Old French prose. Rubric in red ('Ici comence...') has been mostly cut away in binding. Incipit of the prologue (f. 59r): 'Cil qui la hautesce e la seignurie de si haute estori...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old
Date Range:
1300-1325
Extent:
Part of a parchment codex, 177 folios.

4. Add MS 41346-41361

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Add MS 41346-41361
Title:
SERIES A Papers of Col. Samuel Martin, of Green Castle, Antigua (circ. 1690-1776), and his son Samuel Martin (1714-1788), M.P., Joint Secretary to the Treasury 1756-1762.
Scope & Content:
Samuel Martin, b. 1714; son of Samuel Martin; Secretary to the Treasury 1756: Letters and papers: 1695-1788.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1695-1795]
Extent:
16 items

5. Add MS 41362-41407

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Add MS 41362-41407
Title:
SERIES B Papers of Sir Henry Martin (1733-1794), 1st Bart. 1791, Resident Navy Commissioner at Portsmouth 1780-1790, Comptroller of the Navy 1790- 1794, and of his son, Adm. Sir Thomas Byam Martin, G.C.B. (1773- 1854), Comptroller of the Navy 1816-1831; see Adm. Sir Richard Vesey Hamilton, Letters and Papers of Sir Thomas Byam Martin, 3 vols., Navy Records Soc., vols. xii, xix, xxiv, 1898-1902, where many of the present papers are printed.
Scope & Content:
Navy; England: Papers of Sir H. Martin and Adm. Sir T. B. Martin: 1752-1850.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
[1752-1854]
Extent:
58 items

6. Add MS 41408-41462

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Add MS 41408-41462
Title:
SERIES C Papers of Admiral Sir William Fanshawe Martin, 4th Bart. (1801-1895), Superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard 1853-1858, Commander-ln- Chief, Mediterranean 1860-1863, Commander-in-Chief, Devonport 1866- 1869.
Scope & Content:
Navy; England: Papers of Adm. Sir W. F. Martin: 1823-1895. Admiral Sir William Fanshawe Martin, 4th Baronet: Correspondence and papers: 1816-1895.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Spanish
Date Range:
[1774-1895]
Extent:
71 items

7. Add MS 41463-41473

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Add MS 41463-41473
Title:
SERIES D. PAPERS OF ADM. SIR HENRY BYAM MARTIN, K.C.B.,(1803-1865).
Scope & Content:
Navy; England: Papers of Adm. Sir H. B. Martin: 1805-1862. Rear-Admiral Henry Byam Martin, KCB: Correspondence and papers: 1805-1862.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Italian, Tahitian, and Turkish
Date Range:
[1805-1862]
Extent:
11 items

8. Add MS 41474-41475

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Add MS 41474-41475
Title:
SERIES. GENEALOGICAL COLLECTIONS
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1748-1882]
Extent:
5 items

9. Add MS 45030-45034

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Add MS 45030-45034
Title:
A. 45030-45034. CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS OF THE SECOND AND THIRD EARLS OF HARDWICKE, ETC.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1764-1833]
Extent:
5 items

10. Add MS 45035-45047

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Add MS 45035-45047
Title:
B. 45035-45047. CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS OF CHARLES PHILIP YORKE, P.C., M.P.
Scope & Content:
Charles Philip Yorke, PC; MP: Correspondence and papers: 1780-1832.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
[1780-1832]
Extent:
13 items