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21. Stowe MS 289

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Stowe MS 289
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PARALLEL between Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, and George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, by Sir Henry Wotton, 1641. Printed in Reliquiae Wottonianae, 1672. Paper; ff. 20. xviith cent. Small Folio. Sir Henry Wotton, Ambassador to Venice, and (1623) Provost of Eton: Parallel between the Earl of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1641
Extent:
1 item

22. Stowe MS 290

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Stowe MS 290
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PAMPHLET, in form of a letter to a person unnamed, in reference to the proposed marriage of James, Duke of York, [James II.], urging by historical examples the right of the royal family to arrange its marriages without reference to Parliament, and without taking into consideration the question o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Feb 1679
Extent:
1 item

23. Stowe MS 291

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Stowe MS 291
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" A VINDICATION Of ye Revolution, or a Hearty Endeavour to unite all the Members of the Church of England to the present Government, in a Dialogue between a Jacobite Tory and a Williaimite Tory." Apparently written before the death of Qu. Mary (27 Dec. 1694). Paper - ff. 17. Bound in dark blue m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 item

24. Stowe MS 292

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Stowe MS 292
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POLITICAL OBSERVATIONS upon the state and condition of England, 1695. The tract is divided into twelve chapters, viz. (1) " As to the number of the People of England " ;-(2) " The proportion of England in acres and people to France and Holland, to Europe, and to the world in general; with a calc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1695
Extent:
1 item

25. 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
Extent:
1 item

26. Stowe MS 294

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Stowe MS 294
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" A LETTER to a young Gentleman by a Tutor and Fellow of a College in Oxford," giving him advice as to his behaviour in political affairs. The preface is dated 4 Apr. 1748. The name of George Bridges appears oil the cover, and the MS. is evidently in his hand, but there was no graduate of that n...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1748
Extent:
1 item

27. Stowe MS 295

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Stowe MS 295
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" A PLAN for the more speedy conclusion of the present very bloody and expensive war [with France], in case it shall not be thought expedient to continue it on the present footing in Germany, by Thomas Cole "; circ. 1758. With a dedicatory letter to George II., in which the writer speaks of havi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1758
Extent:
1 item

28. Stowe MS 296

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Stowe MS 296
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TRACTS, political and legal, etc.:- 1. Speech of Sir Walter Mildmay in the Star Chamber, 28 Mar. 1587, " at the censure of Secretary [William] Davison," for despatching the Queen's warrant for the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, her Majestic being alto-ether vnacquainted with the matter., n...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

29. Stowe MS 297

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Stowe MS 297
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1. " AN ARGUMENT upon the questions of Impositions [debated in 1610], diuided into sundry chapters, by Sr John Dauyes, Knight, one of his Maiestyes learnd Counsell in Ireland " [Attorney General for Ireland, 1606, ob. 1626]. Printed under the title, The question concerning Impositions, etc., 165...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[between 1625-1649]
Extent:
1 item

30. Stowe MS 298

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Stowe MS 298
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TRACTS, political and legal, etc..- 1. " An argument vppon the question of Imposicions, devided into sundrie chapters, by Sr John Davies, knight," etc. (See above, No. 297, art. l.) f. 2. 2. Argument against Impositions, by James Whitelocke, preceded by the Remonstrance from the House of Commo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[between 1625-1649]
Extent:
1 item