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2201. Add MS 5756

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Title:
Collection of original warrants and papers, relative to the Parliament, Chancery, Courts of Justice, Privy Council, Ambassadors, Knights of the Garter, Heralds, etc.
Scope & Content:
Similar collection of original warrants and papers, relative to the Parliament, Chancery, Courts of Justice, Privy Council, Ambassadors, Knights of the Garter, Heralds, &c. in a folio volume. ff.259, arranged as follows. I. Parliament, Houses of Peers & Commons, etc.. 1. Receipt, unde...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1546-1757
Extent:
1 volume (259 folios)

2202. Add MS 5757

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Title:
8 letters of George Washington
Scope & Content:
Eight original letters of General George Washington, President of the United States of America, addressed to Sir John Sinclair, Bart. The first is dated from Philadelphia, 20 Oct. 1792, the last from Mount Vernon, 6 Nov. 1797
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1792-1797
Extent:
1 volume (8 items)

2203. Add MS 5758

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Title:
Miscellaneous papers, chiefly relating to order of precedence of the nobility in Parliament, processions, heraldic and military affairs
Scope & Content:
A miscellaneous volume in folio. ff. 321, containing Papers in various hands, from the reign of Henry VIII to that of Charles II. Chiefly relating to Precedence of the nobility in Parliament, Processions, Heraldic and Military affairs, viz. 1. The names and order of the Lords Temporal as they s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1325-1640
Extent:
1 volume (321 folios)

2204. Add MS 5759

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Title:
Register Book of Gervase Holles as Master of Requests for Charles II, for 1660-1669/70
Scope & Content:
A Register Booke of his Majesties pleasure, signefyed by the right worshippfull Garvis Holles, Esq. Master of the Requests to his Majesty, beginning the first day of August 1660. And ending 9 Feb. 1669/70.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1660-1670
Extent:
1 volume (349 pages, plus index)

2205. Add MS 5760

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Title:
Instructions and cases in the Court of Wards and Liveries
Scope & Content:
Instructions and Cases in the Court of Wards and Liveries, written in a hand of James the First’s reign, viz. 1. Instructions for the Master of our Wards & liveries for the better authorising & directing of him in the execution of his office. (Dat. Decr. 21(?) Jac. I). fol. 1. 2. Trea...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume (92 folios)

2206. Add MS 5761

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Title:
LEGAL TRACTS; late 13th-early 14th cent. Latin and French. Origin: England. For current bibliographical information on many of these texts see Baker and Ringrose (1996), which has an index of manuscripts. A number of the tracts also appear in Add. 5762. Contemporary marginalia throughout. Possibly belonged, late 15th-early 16th cent., to a branch of the Lucy family: a sketch of a shield with the Lucy arms occurs, f. 1v. Other material, probably relating to provenance, also in late 15th-early...
Scope & Content:
Law OF ENGLAND: Registrum Brevium, treatises, statutes, etc.,: late 13th-early 14th cent: Lat. and Fr. includes: f. 1v Heraldry: Lucy family: Arms of Lucy: late 15th-early 16th cent: Pen. f. 2 Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Legal collection: initial and border: late 13th-early 14th c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 13th century-Early 14th century
Extent:
1 item

2207. Add MS 5762

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Title:
LEGAL TRACTS; late 13th cent. Latin and French. Origin: England. For current bibliographical information on many of these texts see Baker and Ringrose (1996), which has an index of manuscripts. A number of the items also appear in Add. 5761, where they are more fully described. A gathering is missing at the beginning, with loss of text. Colophon: Pfnnb prscpr skstf qxpnkbm lkbfr explkckt kstf (Penna precor siste quoniam liber explicit iste), f. 139v. The name 'Thomas Herbate' appears in a 16...
Scope & Content:
Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Legal collection: initials and grotesques: late 13th cent. Law OF ENGLAND: Registrum Brevium, treatises, etc.,: late 13th cent: Lat. and Fr. includes: ff. 32v-44v Law OF ENGLAND: Hengham, 'Fet Asaver': 13th-14th cent: Fr. ff. 32v-44v Ralph de Hengham, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 13th century
Extent:
1 item

2208. Add MS 5763

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Title:
Warrants and other papers chiefly relative to the Royal Household, in the reign of William III
Scope & Content:
Volume containing copies of warrants, and other papers, chiefly relative to the Royal Household, in the reign of King William the Third, viz. 1. Commission to Nicholas Fenn, Tho. Lake, John Harwood, Robt. Lowndes, & Tho. Goodall, for granting wine-licenses. Dat. West. 24 Dec. 13 Will. III ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1688-1701
Extent:
1 volume (67 folios)

2209. Add MS 5764

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Title:
Heraldic memoranda
Scope & Content:
Heraldic Memoranda, written on vellum, in the hand of Henry Pujolas, Richmond Herald, who held that office from 19 Feb. 1763 to 23 May 1764. viz. 1. Order of Procession to the Chapel Royal. f.2. 2. Days the Heralds attend at Court. fol. 2b. 3. Degrees of Precedency. fol. 3. 4. Order of P...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1760s
Extent:
1 volume (17 folios)

2210. Add MS 5765

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Title:
Manuscript copies of three 17th century printed tracts about the children of James I
Scope & Content:
A thin quarto volume. ff.31, containing modern [i.e. late 18th-early 19th century] copies of the following tracts: 1. ‘A true reportarie of the Baptisme of the Prince of Scotland’ (Henry, eldest son of K. James VI. 39 Augt. 1594). fol. 1. Cf. Birch’s Life of Henry P. of W., pp.5-9. 2. ‘The or...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (31 folios)

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