Container Reference (shelfmark): Lansdowne MS 778 / Language: English - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Lansdowne MS 778/151
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Scope & Content:: 151. More on the inscription at L. Pembroke's, the opinion of which he had received from an ingenious man, who "quoted a great man for his authority."- He points out some errors in the Tables of English coins published by the Society of Antiquaries.- Some remarks on Slezer's Theatrum Scotiæ. Jan...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 8 Jan 1733
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Lansdowne MS 778/152
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Scope & Content:: 152. Enquiries about the Registers of Kenilworth and Oriel College, in Mr. West's possession. March 12, 1731. fo. 249. See the index to the present collection.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 12 Mar 1731
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Lansdowne MS 778/153
Title:
Scope & Content:: 153. Mentions a new sale of Mr. Granger's coins, and wishes to see the catalogue of them.-His remarks on tradesmen's tokens.-Wonders why people should look on such trash as curiosities.-That it might be more useful to collect the foreign pieces founct in the ruins of monasteries. Dec. 14, 1732. ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 14 Dec 1732
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Lansdowne MS 778/154
Title:
Scope & Content:: 154. A printed advertisement of the publication of Hearne's Otterbourne and Whethamstede, with proposals for printing the Annals of Dunstaple. fo. 253.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Unspecified
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Lansdowne MS 778/155
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Scope & Content:: 155. That he had not known of Lord Oxford's giving rings on Mr. Wantey's death, but thought the funeral had been wholly at the widow's expense, she being left in very good circumstances.-Some remarks on the very rare book Gualteri Antiquæ Tabulæ Siciliæ. 1624, 4o. Feb. 24, 1732. fo. 254.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 4 Feb 1732
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Lansdowne MS 778/156
Title:
Scope & Content:: 156. Another printed advertisement concerning Otterbourne and Whethamstede. fo. 255. A little different from art. 164.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Unspecified
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Lansdowne MS 778/157
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Scope & Content:: 157. The letter inclosing the preceding article, with enquiries about the Annales de Dunstaple. March 20, 1732. fo. 256.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 20 Mar 1732
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Lansdowne MS 778/158
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Scope & Content:: 158. Further notice of the inscription on the whiphandle at St. Alban's, and enquiries after Gislebertus de Novo Castello, mentioned in it.-A MS. concerning Otho Nicholson's building the conduit at Cairfax.- That old Baskervile of Bayworth, commonly called the King of Jerusalem, used to note dow...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 19 Jul 1733
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Lansdowne MS 778/159
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Scope & Content:: 159. On Archb. Sharp's work concerning coins.- That he begins to think the Pembroke inscriptin spurious.-Some particulars about Dunstaple. Feb. 3, 1733. fo. 259.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 3 Feb 1733
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Lansdowne MS 778/160
Title:
Scope & Content:: 160. Remarks on boustrophedon inscriptions, and particularly on that in the Pembroke collection with more objections to its authenticity.-That the owner stated it to have been brought from Persepolis, &c. Feb. 11, 1733. fo. 261.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 11 Feb 1733
Extent:: 1 item

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