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Container Reference (shelfmark) Stowe MS 787-923 Language English Place Colchester, Essex

1. Stowe MS 828-830

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Stowe MS 828-830
Title:
MUNICIPAL ACCOMPTS and taxations of Colchester, co. Essex; 1489-1595. Three volumes, of which vols. i. and ii. have tables of contents by Rev. Philip Morant (not, however, exactly corresponding to the present arrangement). Paper. Narrow Folio.
Scope & Content:
Revenue: Assessments of Colchester for fifteenths, etc.: 1489-1663. Philip Morant, rector of St. Mary at the Walls, Colchester, historian of Essex: Colchester collections: 15th-18th centt. Colchester, Essex: Municipal accompts and taxations: 1489-1665.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1489-1595
Extent:
3 items

2. Stowe MS 831

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Stowe MS 831
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Scope & Content:
TAXATIONS Of Colchester for subsidies, in various years from 1577 to 1596; preceded (ff. 2-39 b) by an undated taxation [temp. Hen. VIII.], and followed (ff. 112-124 b) by portions of two others [temp. Eliz.]. At f. 125 is the taxation for two subsidies, 3 Oct. 15 Charles II. [l663]. With note...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[between 1509-1603]
Extent:
1 item

3. Stowe MS 832

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Stowe MS 832
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Scope & Content:
PAPERS relating to the payment by the borough of Colchester of composition-money for the maintenance of the Royal Household; 1596-1638. Included are;-(a) A complete survey of the borough for the assessment of the tax in 1596, and again in 1599. ff. 7, 25;-(b) Rating of the several parishes for 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1596-1638
Extent:
1 item

4. Stowe MS 833

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Stowe MS 833
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Scope & Content:
RETURNS from the several parishes in Colchester, co. Essex, of assessments for the maintenance of the Parliamentary army, for royal subsidies, etc.; 4 Mar. 1642/3-16 Mar. 1664/5. A few letters and orders from the Parliamentary and County Committees are included; and a note by Rev. Philip Morant ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[4 Mar 1643-16 Mar 1665]
Extent:
1 item

5. Stowe MS 834-839

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 834-839
Title:
COLLECTIONS relating to Colchester, by Rev. Philip Morant; consisting of copies and extracts of various documents, with notes, forming the materials for his History of Colchester (first published in 1748, afterwards enlarged and incorporated in his Hist. of Essex, 1768). In six vols., each of which has at the beginning a general description of its contents. Vols. i. and ii. deal with the town generally; vol. iii. with the civic government; and vols. iv.-vi. with the monasteries of St. John a...
Scope & Content:
Philip Morant, rector of St. Mary at the Walls, Colchester, historian of Essex: Colchester collections: 15th-18th centt. Colchester, Essex: Collections relating to: 14th-18th centt.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jun 1684-1 Oct 1748
Extent:
6 items

6. Stowe MS 840

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Stowe MS 840
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Scope & Content:
COLLECTIONS relating to Colchester, co. Essex, with other miscellaneous papers, circ. 1300-1800, viz.:- 1. Speech of Sir Gilbert Dolben in the Convention Parliament, 28 Jan. 1688/9, on the state of the nation (Parl. Hist., vol. v., col. 36); in his own hand. f.1 2. Draft of a bill for excludin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1300-c 1800
Extent:
1 item

7. Stowe MS 841

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 841
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Scope & Content:
COLLECTIONS, chiefly transcripts, of records relating to Colchester and Essex, and more particularly to St. John's Abbey, Colchester, made by Rev. Philip Morant. Among the contents are;- 1. Charters of confirmation by Henry I., Stephen, Henry II., Pope Alexander III. and others to St. John's A...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Stowe MS 842

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 842
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Scope & Content:
PAPERS relating to Colchester, co. Essex, 1644-1684, viz.:- 1. Original book of the proceedings of the Committee for Colchester, 1644-1656 (the writing having been begun at both ends). ff. 1-32 b. At f. 22 is added a list of persons summoned to appear on 10 Sept. 1663 before the Commissioners ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1644-1684
Extent:
1 item