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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 47968-47978
Title:: A. ADMIRAL LEAKE PAPERS LEAKE PAPERS. Vols. I-XII., Journals, log-books and other papers of Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Leake, Rear-Admiral of Great Britain, and (47974-47976) of his brother-in-law and heir, Captain Stephen Martin afterwards (1721) Martin Leake I, R.N. (b. 1666, d. 1736), who served under him as Flag-Captain. Also included (47977, 47978) are materials for the biographies of Admiral Leake and Captain Martin by the latter's son, S. M. Leake II, based on the foregoing papers...
Scope & Content:: Stephen Martin Leake, Garter King of Arms: Armorial bookplates. Bookplates and Book-stamps: Leake (Stephen Martin), Garter King of Arms; d. 1773.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: [1600-1899]
Extent:: 12 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 47979-47999
Title:: B. MARTIN LEAKE PAPERS LEAKE PAPERS. Vols. XIII-XXXVIII. Papers of Stephen Martin Leake II, of Thorpe Hall, Essex, Garter King of Arms 1754-1773, with additions, etc., by his son John (d. -1836), also of Thorpe Hall, Chester Herald 1752-1791. Included are heraldic manuscripts (47979-47983), family papers (47985-47988, 47998 A-47999 C) and four volumes relating to numismatics (47990-47993). On Stephen and John Martin Leake see W. H. Godfrey, A. R. Wagner and H. S. London, The College of Arms...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: [1558-1947]
Extent:: 26 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 48000-48004
Title:: YELV. MSS. I-V. Transcripts of treaties. (Vol. V was formerly Add. MS. 25010).
Scope & Content:: Elizabeth I of England: Papers of R. Beale, Clerk of the Council: 16th cent. Robert Beale, Clerk to the Privy Council: Correspondence and papers.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: [1200-1599]
Extent:: 5 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 48031 A-B
Title:: YELV. MS. XXXV. Copies of miscellaneous state documents, mainly of the 15th cent.
Scope & Content:: Elizabeth I of England: Papers of R. Beale, Clerk of the Council: 16th cent. Robert Beale, Clerk to the Privy Council: Correspondence and papers. includes: ff. 10-12 Stephen of England: Treaty with Henry, Duke of Normandy: 1153: Lat: Copy, late 16th cent. f. 17 Ships and Shipping: Petition to...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 48032-48033
Title:: SCOTS LEGAL TREATISES AND STATUTES, etc.; late 16th cent. Mostly Latin and Scots. For other MSS. In which the contents occur, especially Harley MS. 4700 (15th cent.), see APS, i, pp. i-xxxvi. The present MSS. May derive in part from Glasgow University MS. Murray 548, which includes most of their contents and also the two dated colophons in 48032, art. 16, and 48033, art.4. Occasional notes by Beale passim.
Scope & Content:: Elizabeth I of England: Papers of R. Beale, Clerk of the Council: 16th cent. Robert Beale, Clerk to the Privy Council: Correspondence and papers.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Latin, and Scots
Date Range:: Late 16th century
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 48102 A-B
Title:: TRACTS RELATING TO PARLIAMENT, LAW AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS; 1388-mid 17th cent. Latin, English and Italian. Chiefly copies, 17th cent. 48102 B is the old binding.
Scope & Content:: Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, 1st Baronet; antiquary: Tracts: 1609, n.d. Elizabeth I of England: Papers of R. Beale, Clerk of the Council: 16th cent. Robert Beale, Clerk to the Privy Council: Correspondence and papers.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 1388-Mid 17th century
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 48120-48123
Title:: YELV. MSS. CXXXV-CXXXVIII. Italian relazioni and tracts, foreign treaties and negotiations, etc.
Scope & Content:: Elizabeth I of England: Papers of R. Beale, Clerk of the Council: 16th cent. Robert Beale, Clerk to the Privy Council: Correspondence and papers.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: [1494-1699]
Extent:: 4 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 48137-48142
Title:: 'RICORDI POLITICI', by Lelio Marretti; 17th cent. Italian. Copies. Two sets, each in three volumes. On Maretti, who calls himself 'Gentil' huomo Sanese', see I. Ugurgieri Azzolini, Le Pompe Sanesi . . . , Pistoia, 1649, pp. 41-42. Marretti was a retainer of the Sforza family and 'familiare', presumably secretary, of Cardinals Alessandro (d. 16 May 1581) and Francesco Sforza (created Cardinal 16 Jan. 1584, d. 2 Sept. 1624). For Marretti's account of the conclave of Pope Gregory XIV in 1590 s...
Scope & Content:: Lelio Marretti, of Siena: Works: early 17th cent.: Ital. Elizabeth I of England: Papers of R. Beale, Clerk of the Council: 16th cent. Robert Beale, Clerk to the Privy Council: Correspondence and papers.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 6 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 48170-48177
Title:: EXTRACTS FROM PARLIAMENT ROLLS AND RECORDS, 8 Edward I-19 Henry VII (1280-1504); mid 17th cent. Some of the transcripts are certified by William Ryley, the elder, Keeper of Records at the Tower, 1644, and Clarenceux King of Arms 1659. Paper. Folio. Vellum bindings, with titles and Yelverton numbers on spines.
Scope & Content:: England; Parliament: Parliament rolls and records: 1280-1504: Extracts, 17th cent. Elizabeth I of England: Papers of R. Beale, Clerk of the Council: 16th cent. Robert Beale, Clerk to the Privy Council: Correspondence and papers.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: Mid 17th century
Extent:: 8 items

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