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1. Egerton MS 1761

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 1761
Title:
ORDERS "by ye Commissioners of ye Parliament of the Commonwealth of England for the affairs of Ireland," on miscellaneous matters connected with the government of the country, the administration of the revenue, etc.; 3 Feb. 1650[1]-12 June, 1654. Transcribed from the original books in the Birmingham Tower, Dublin. Paper; xviiith cent. Folio.
Scope & Content:
Henry Ireton, regicide: Orders for the government of Ireland: 1650-1651. Ireland: Orders by the Commonwealth commissioners: 1650-1655.: Copies, 18th cent. England; Commonwealth: Orders for the government of Ireland: 1651-1655. Miles Corbett, MP for Yarmouth, Commissioner for Ireland, etc: Ord...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1650-1654
Extent:
1 item

2. Egerton MS 1762

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 1762
Title:
ORDERS of the Parliamentary Commissioners for the affairs of Ireland, made on petitions of individuals and on general affairs of government; 19 Aug. 1651-28 June, 1655. At the end, f. 192, are extracts from the books of the Council of Ireland relating to grants of forfeited lands, etc.; 8-29 Jan. 1657[8]. Transcribed from the original books in the Birmingham Tower, Dublin. Paper; xviiith cent. Folio.
Scope & Content:
Henry Ireton, regicide: Orders for the government of Ireland: 1650-1651. Ireland: Orders by the Commonwealth commissioners: 1650-1655.: Copies, 18th cent. England; Commonwealth: Orders for the government of Ireland: 1651-1655. Miles Corbett, MP for Yarmouth, Commissioner for Ireland, etc: Ord...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Aug 1651-28 Jun 1655
Extent:
1 item

3. Egerton MS 1787

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 1787
Title:
Deed of mortgage by William Shakespeare
Scope & Content:
Original deed of mortgage by William Shakespeare, of Stratford-on-Avon, gentleman, and others, to Henry Walker, of London, of a dwelling-house in Blackfriars. 11 March, 1612/13. With autograph signature ‘Wm Shakspe’, one of six surviving signatures of William Shakespeare. Includes the signatur...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Mar 1613
Extent:
1 item

4. Egerton MS 2006

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2006
Title:
The Booke of Gostlye Grace
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains one of the two extant copies of The Booke of Gostlye Grace.The work is a Middle English translation of an abridged version of the Liber Specialis Gratiae, a large collection of the revelations of Mechtild of Hackeborn (b. 1240/1, d. 1298). Mechtild was a nun of the Bened...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1450
Extent:
1 volume

5. Egerton MS 2020

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2020
Title:
Illustrated Herbal ('The Carrara Herbal')
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a fourteenth-century Italian translation made by Jacopo Filippo, possibly from a Latin translation, of a treatise orginally written in Arabic by Serapion the Younger (Ibn Sarabi, probably in the 12th century). This Italian translation of the 'Carrara Herbal', known as th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1390-1404
Extent:

Parchment codex

6. Egerton MS 2614

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2614
Title:
The Diary of Margaret Hoby
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Diary of Margaret Hoby (b. 1571, d. 1633), Lady Hoby, an Elizabethan noblewoman from Yorkshire. Hoby was the only child of Arthur Dakins (b. c. 1517, d. 1592), of Linton, and received a Puritan upbringing, in the household of Katherine Hastings (b. c. 1538, d. 1620),...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1599-21 Jul 1605
Extent:
1 volume

7. Egerton MS 2724

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2724
Title:
Folding calendar-almanac
Scope & Content:
Contents: A folded calendar-almanac (imperfect), beginning at July, with tables of dominical letters, astronomical diagrams and prognostications and dates of significant biblical and historical events. The 13 inner folds contain the following diagrams and tables: ff. 1r-3r: Calendar pages with...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1404
Extent:
3 strips of parchment sewn together, folded into squares

8. Egerton MS 2828

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2828
Title:
Philip Massinger, 'Believe As You List' (1631)
Scope & Content:
'Beleeve as you List' (1631) by Philip Massinger was never published, and this is the only original text that survives. It is also of particular interest for three other reasons. The text of the play is in Massinger's own hand (ff 4r-27v). It was the copy allowed by the Master of the Revels, Sir...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1631
Extent:
1 volume

9. Egerton MS 3512

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3512
Title:
Thomas Tallis: motet 'Spem in alium'
Scope & Content:
In forty parts with accompaniment for a thorough bass. Adapted to English words 'Sing and glorifie heavens high Majesty' in honour of Princes Henry and Charles, sons of James I. Arranged in full score in five groupings of eight similar voices (and not in choirs of five different voices) with the...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1610
Extent:
1 volume (ii + 6 folios)

10. Egerton MS 3884

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3884
Title:
Melford Hall Manuscript: Poems by John Donne with others by Francis Beaumont, Thomas Carew, Richard Corbet, Thomas Overbury, John Roe, Henry Killigrew, and Thomas Weelkes
Scope & Content:
Known as the ‘Melford Hall Manuscript’ this volume contains 145 poems by John Donne, poet and Church of England clergyman (1572 – 1631), with others by Francis Beaumont, Thomas Carew, Richard Corbet, Thomas Overbury, John Roe, Henry Killigrew, Thomas Weelkes and several unattributed works copied...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1620-1759
Extent:
1 volume