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1. Add MS 75301

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Althorp Papers. Vol. i. Miscellaneous state and parliamentary papers; 1555-[1627?], n.d. 390 x 230 mm. Unbound. Contents: 1. Letters from Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury to Mary I, 1555. Copies, 16 cent. Printed in John Strype, Memorials of Archbishop Cranmer, III (Oxford, 1854), pp....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1554-1628
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 75301-75350

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Early Spencer Papers. Althorp Papers. Vols. i-l. Official, private, estate and household papers of Sir John Spencer I, of Wormleighton, co. Warw. and Althorp, co. Northant. (d.1522), and his descendants, chiefly Sir John Spencer II (d.1586), Sir John Spencer III (d.1599), Robert, 1st Baron Spencer, and William, 2nd Baron Spencer; 1329-1717, n.d. Including a few papers of Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland, son of William, 2nd Baron Spencer, Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, and Cha...
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William Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer: Correspondence and papers of William Spencer: early 17th cent.-1636. Robert Spencer, 1st Baron Spencer: Correspondence and papers: circa 1599-1627.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1329-1717
Extent:
50 items

3. Add MS 75301-78155

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Althorp Papers
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Vols. i-mmdccclv. Family and political papers of the Spencer family of Althorp, co. Northant., with related papers acquired by inheritance; mostly 15th cent.-1910, with a few earlier and later items. The Spencer family rose to prominence in Warwickshire and Northamptonshire as wealthy graziers i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century-1910
Extent:
2855 items

4. Add MS 75302

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Althorp Papers. Vol. ii. 'A treatise concerninge ye maintenance of the navie', by John Moutgomere; 1574. Four other copies of this work, Add. MSS. 18035, 20042, Arundel 22, and Lansdowne 1225, ff.23-40, have illustrations and additional matter at the beginning and end. 200 x 150 mm. Contemporar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1574
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 75303

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Althorp Papers. Vol. iii. Miscellaneous papers; 1603. 330 x 210 mm. Unbound. Contents: 1. Notes of clothes and other arrangements for the journey. 2. Passport from James I. Signed. 3. Letters from Lord Spencer to James I and the Privy Council. Drafts. 4. Forms of address to the Duke. Latin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1603
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 75303-75304

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Althorp Papers. Vols. iii, iv. Papers of Robert, 1st Baron Spencer, relating to his mission to invest Frederick, Duke of Wurttemberg with the Order of the Garter; 1603. Two volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1603
Extent:
2 items

7. Add MS 75304

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Althorp Papers. Vol. iv. Notebook of daily expenses on the journey, 1603. Signed by Robert, 1st Baron Spencer. 190 x 150 mm. Contemporary binding of green vellum with leather ties.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1603
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 75305

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Althorp Papers. Vol. v. Letterbook containing letters from Edmund Poley, English Resident at Ratisbon, to Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, and Sidney Godolphin, afterwards 1st Earl of Godolphin, as Secretaries of State, including a few of their letters to Poley and enclosed diplomatic pap...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1684-19th century]
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 75306

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Althorp Papers. Vol. vi. Papers relating to local administration; 1524-1680, n.d. 330 x 210 mm. Unbound. 1. Papers of Sir John Spencer (d.1522), Sir William Spencer, and Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, relating to taxes, subsidies etc., in Warwickshire; 1524-1680, n.d. 2. Papers of Si...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1524-1680
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 75307

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Althorp Papers. Vol. vii. Analyses and valuations of Northamptonshire, by divisions, hundreds, townships, etc., chiefly for tax assessment purposes, 1593-1640. Copy in more than one clerical hand, [1640s?]. A note on f.1 records that the volume was formerly in possession of Lord Longueville, and...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1640s?]
Extent:
1 item