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1. Stowe MS 87

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Stowe MS 87
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"DÉTAIL GÉNÉRAL et spécifique sur toutes les parties des Finances du Royaume de France; seconde partie, 1766": an enumeration and discussion of the taxes and imposts existing in France at this period, ending with an attack on the heaviness of the burdens and the maladministration of the finances...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1766
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1 item

2. Stowe MS 86

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Stowe MS 86
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"ETAT ACTUEL des affaires généralles concernant les Finances du Royaume de France": a tabular statement of the finances of France, drawn up in or about 1762, and including statements (1) of the ordinary revenue, (2) of the ordinary expenditure, (3) of the extraordinary sums raised in 1755-1762 f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1762
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1 item

3. Stowe MS 70

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Stowe MS 70
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CHRONICLE OF THE BRUTE, in English. Has the two introductory paragraphs, beginning "The first inhabityng of þis lande," and proceeds "Some tyme in þe lande of Surre." Ends with the siege of Rouen in 1418-19, but with words slightly different from the usual ones, "and putte þe toun in gouvernaunc...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
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1 item

4. Stowe MS 111

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Stowe MS 111
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" A DISCOURSE concerning Puritans": a pamphlet written by Henry or Robert Parker, and published anonymously in 1641, to protest against unjust aspersions on the Puritans and misuse of the name as a term of reproach. The author declares himself not to be Puritan in any party sense. The MS. wants ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
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1 item

5. Stowe MS 293

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Stowe MS 293
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TRACT " Concerning the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy and new Oaths imposed in lieu of them how far the obligation of the former ceases in respect of King James, etc."; circ. 1700. Paper; ff. 16. Small quarto. Political Tracts: Concerning the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy: circ. 1700. O...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1700
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1 item

6. Stowe MS 97

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Stowe MS 97
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"RELATION ou Journalier du Siège de Turin," giving a minute account, written by one of the garrison, of the progress of the siege of the fortress by the French in 1706, from 13 May to the relief of the town by the victory of Prince Eugene on 8 Sept. French. Printed at Amsterdam, 1708, without th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1706
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1 item

7. Stowe MS 233

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Stowe MS 233
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ACCOUNT of the contents of the Hanover State Papers contained inHargrave MS 222-232, according to the original arrangement. At the beginning is a history of the papers. Paper; ff. 14. xviiith cent. Folio.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

8. Stowe MS 115

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Stowe MS 115
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" ABREGÉ du Traité du Docteur George Rye contre les Non- Jurans Non-conformistes." Dr. Rye's work, in two vols., in defence of the position of the Church of England, was publiished in 1719. Paper; ff. 73. xviiith cent. Small Quarto. George Rye: Treatise against the nonconforming Non-jurors, abr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

9. Stowe MS 278

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Stowe MS 278
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" FRAGMENTA REGALIA, or observacions on Queene Elizabeth, her tymes and favourites," by Sir Robert Naunton, Secretary of State. First printed in 1641. Paper; ff. 69. xviith cent. Small folio. Political Tracts: "Fragmenta Regalia," by Sir R. Naunton: 17th cent. Sir Robert Naunton, Secretary of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
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1 item

10. Stowe MS 274

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Stowe MS 274
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" A LARGE and excellent discourse of the estate of Christiandome, written by an vnknowne author about the yeare of our Lord 1594 . . . conteyning many secret passages and hidden mysteries of the tymes both past and present, with much variety of good matter both historicall and politicall." The a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
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1 item