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1. Add MS 4101-4478

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Title:
Manuscripts collected by Thomas Birch (b. 1705, d. 1766), D.D., and bequeathed by him to the British Museum, of which he was a Trustee from 1753 until his death
Scope & Content:
They comprise not only original documents (including some of Birch's own private papers) but also a number of transcripts, many of which were made by Birch himself, from originals preserved in public and private collections. Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Collections of, bequeathed to the Britis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish
Date Range:
[1200-1799]
Extent:
378 items

2. Add MS 4479-4572*

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Title:
MADOX COLLECTIONS
Scope & Content:
Collections of Thomas Madox, Historiographer-Royal (b. 1666, d. 1727), for a proposed 'Feudal History and Custumier of England' (see his draft memorial describing the project, 4484, ff. 81-82b), consisting mostly of transcripts and extracts from public records and other archives, made for and an...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
95 items

3. Add MS 4573-4630

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Title:
RYMER COLLECTIONS
Scope & Content:
Collections relating to the history and government of England, made by Thomas Rymer, Historiographer-Royal (b. 1641, d. 1713) for his Foedera, 17 vols. 1704-1732. The contents of these volumes are listed in detail in the Foedera, vol. xvii, under the title Syllabus seu Index Actorum Manuscriptor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11th century-17th century
Extent:
58 items

4. Add MS 4631-4659

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Title:
ROTULI PARLIAMENTORUM
Scope & Content:
Copy, chiefly MS., corrected for the press, of the Rotuli Parliamentorum ut et petitiones et placita in Parliamento [1278-1503], published in six volumes by the Record Commission, 1767-1777. The contents comprise transcripts, mainly in the hands of James Stewart and George Holmes, Clerks of the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1731-1777
Extent:
29 items

5. Add MS 4660-4695

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Title:
JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS
Scope & Content:
Transcripts of the Journals of the House of Lords, 1640- 1649; 18th centThe originals of the Journals of the House of Lords, from 1510 onwards, are preserved in the House of Lords Record Office. Work on a printed version of them was begun in 1767, in accordance with an order of the House, and by...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
36 items

6. Add MS 4696

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LIST of the MSS., charters (626), medals and bullae (200), brass images (10), and framed pictures (12), in the Cotton Library, made by the Rev. Dr. Richard Bentley, Keeper of the Library; 10 May 1718
Scope & Content:
Paper roll. 4.52 m. x 0.36 m. A.D. 1718. Presented 31 July 1756 by Samuel Burroughs, who had received it in 1755 from the widow of David Casley, the Deputy-Keeper of the Library. Cotton Library: Schedule of contents: 1718. Richard Bentley, DD; Master of Trinity College, Cambridge: Catalogue of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 May 1718
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 4697

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Title:
INQUISITION OF TOULOUSE
Scope & Content:
'Liber Sententiarum Inquisitionis Tholosanae', consisting of sixteen 'Sermones', most of which were delivered in Toulouse Cathedral, by Bernard Gui, Inquisitor (Bishop of Lodève, 1324), in collaboration with Geoffroy d'Ablis, Jean de Beaune, Gaillard de Preyssac, Bishop of Toulouse, Jacques Four...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, and Latin
Date Range:
1308-1323
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 4698

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Title:
TREATISES
Scope & Content:
On various medical subjects; 15th cent. (1) 'A Judicial [of Urines]', beg. 'Uryne browne wiþ a blake rynge is signe of deþe'. ff. 8-15b. (2) Recipes for coloured medicines. ff. 15b- 16b. (3) Treatise in English upon herbs, arranged in alphabetical order. It begins 'Agnus is an herbe þt men...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 4699

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Title:
SECTION of the Register of the Treasurer of Bury St. Edmunds Abbey, co. Suff., containing a rental, chartulary and terrier for Stanton, co. Suff.; 15th cent
Scope & Content:
The section is numbered with medieval foliation ff. 290-331, including blanks. For another section of the original register see Add. MS. 31970. 'Re registers of Bury St. Edmunds Abbey are listed in G. R. C. Davis, Medieval Cartularies of Great Britain, pp. 13-17. Later additions to the MS are;- ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 4700-4705

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Title:
REGISTERS OF LANDS held from the Crown in six English counties; temp. James I [between 1604-1625]
Scope & Content:
The entries give the tenants' names and forms of tenure, with references to inquisitions post mortem, gifts by letters patent, patents of licence to alienate and writs of entry, 28 Henry III - 3 James I, relative to the tenancies. From 34 Henry VIII the majority of references are to an unidentif...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1604-1625]
Extent:
6 items

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