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3511. Egerton MS 3868

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3868
Title:
SPENCER ARMORIAL: armorial of the Spencer family of Wormleighton, co. Warw. and of Althorp. co. Northt. compiled by Mercury Patten, Bluemantle; dated at end 29 May 1611. Text in French, Latin and English. Dedicated (f. 1) in Latin to Robert Spencer, 1st Baron Spencer (d.1627). At f. 2 is the full Spencer achievement in colour. The shields of the families quartered thereon are blazoned and drawn in colour on the following folios: Spencer (ff. 2v-4), Deverell (ff. 4v-5), Lincolne (ff. 5v-6), W...
Scope & Content:
Heraldry: Mercury Patten, Bluemantle: Spencer family: Armorial of the Spencer family of Wormleighton and Althorp by Mercury Patten: 1611: Fr., Lat. and Engl. includes: ff. 4v-5 Heraldry: Deverell family: Arms of the Deverell family blazoned and drawn in colour: 1611: Fr., Lat. and Engl.ff. 5...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
29 May 1611
Extent:
1 item

3512. Egerton MS 3869

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3869
Title:
DAWSON TURNER: manuscript version of an 'Account of a tour in Normandy' based on three successive tours undertaken in 1815, 1818, and 1819 by Dawson Turner (b.1775, d.1858), botanist and antiquary; circa 1820. Copy, partly autograph. The account, which concerns chiefly the architectural antiquities, history and inhabitants of the Duchy, was published in two volumes by J. and A. Arch, (London, 1820). It is in the form of thirty letters supposedly addressed (according to f. 1 of the present MS...
Scope & Content:
Voyages and Travels: Normandy, France: Dawson Turner, FSA; botanist and antiquary: James Layton, curate of Eastry with Worth: Account of a tour in Normandy by D. Turner addressed to J. Layton (?): circa 1820: Copy: Partly autograph.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 item

3513. Egerton MS 3870

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3870
Title:
Scope & Content:
PALGRAVE JOURNALS. Vol. I. 'Architectural Notes made by Sir Francis Palgrave K.H. . . . during a Tour . . . Illustrated with sketches drawn upon the spot by Lady Palgrave'; 1836. The 'sketches' include ink and wash views and architectural drawings, with watercolours of Frejus (f. ) and Antibes (...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1836
Extent:
1 item

3514. Egerton MS 3870-3871

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3870-3871
Title:
PALGRAVE JOURNALS
Scope & Content:
Journals of a tour in France and Northern Italy by Sir Francis and Lady Palgrave; autumn 1836. The Palgraves travelled from Calais to Nice, and thence to Genoa and Milan. They returned via the St Gotthard Pass, through Switzerland and down the Rhine. Engraved portraits of Sir Francis and Lady Pa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1836
Extent:
2 items

3515. Egerton MS 3871

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3871
Title:
Scope & Content:
PALGRAVE JOURNALS. Vol. II. 'Journal of a Tour . . . by Lady Palgrave, to which are added the Letters written in the course of that Tour by herself and Sir Francis Palgrave K.H.' The Journal itself is in the form of a letter addressed to her children. The additional letters to other family membe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1836
Extent:
1 item

3516. Egerton MS 3872

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3872
Title:
ROBERT COOKE: genealogical notes compiled from charters and enrolments by Robert Cook[e], portrait-painter, Clarenceux King of Arms and acting Garter (d.1593); n.d. Copies and extracts. Partly Latin. The present manuscript has not been identified in the inventory of Robert Cooke's writings and books made in Oct. 1593 in Lansdowne 75, ff. 68-74. Purchased from J. L. M. Gulley, June, 1994. Paper; ff. 15. Leaves of various sizes, roughly stitched into a brown paper wrapper. Watermarks a pot s...
Scope & Content:
Robert Cooke, alias Cook; Clarenceux King of Arms: Genealogical notes of Robert Cooke: 16th cent: Partly Lat: Copies and extracts.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 item

3517. Egerton MS 3873

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3873
Title:
JOHN LEVETT: memorandum book of John Levett, lawyer, of London; 1688-1703, n.d. Formerly owned by Robert Crewe-Milnes, Marquess of Crewe (bookplate, f. ii). Purchased from J. L. M. Gulley, 22 July 1994. Paper; ff. v+144. 155 x 95mm. Black leather binding, blind-stamped on covers and spine, with gold tooled lines and gold wheatsheaf on front cover. Spine title, 'LEVETT'S MSS.', and date 1701.
Scope & Content:
Commonplace Books: John Levett, [of the Inner Temple?]: Memorandum book of John Levett: 1688-1703, n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1688-1703
Extent:
1 item

3518. Egerton MS 3875

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3875
Title:
ROBERT CLARKE (D. 1675), LATIN POET: 'Christiados Libri 18', in Latin hexameters, etc.; circa 1625-1650. Scribal fair copy. The earliest edition of this religious epic appeared at Bruges in 1670 under the title Christiados, sive De Passione Domini, Libri 17, with an approbation by Father Edward Daniel dated 13 June 1650. The present manuscript comprises an earlier state of the text, that in the printed edition being shorter by over three thousand lines and heavily revised throughout. The dis...
Scope & Content:
Poetry LATIN: Orders Religious. Carthusians: Robert Clarke, Carthusian and Latin poet: Our Saviour Jesus Christ: R. Clarke: `Christiados Libri 18', in hexameters: circa 1625-1650: Latin: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1625-1650
Extent:
1 item

3519. Egerton MS 3876

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3876
Title:
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION OF POLITICAL TRACTS AND LETTERS, ETC.; circa 1567-1639, n.d., with additions circa 1683-1699. Copies. Partly Latin. The collection consists largely of political tracts from the reign of James I, with some verses. The final section (ff. 211-226v), which includes correspondence (ff. 211-213v) of Elizabeth I with Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and (ff. 214-215v, 223-226) of James I with Sir Walter Ralegh, also incorporates letters, etc. (see esp. ff. 145-147, 219, ...
Scope & Content:
Political Tracts: Miscellaneous collection of, etc.,: circa 1567-1699: Partly Latin: Copies. includes: f. ii Richard Montagu, bookseller: Note of purchase of manuscript from: 12 Feb. 1739/40.ff. 1-3v Sir Charles Cornwallis, diplomatist: Henry Frederick, Princes of Wales: `Short Remembrance...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1562-1639
Extent:
1 item

3520. Egerton MS 3877

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3877
Title:
SCOTT PAPERS: letter book of George Scott (d. 1780), D.C.L., F.R.S., F.S.A., of Woolston Hall, co. Essex, supplementing Eg. MSS. 3725-3755; 7 Nov. 1772-15 May 1773. Autograph. Includes many letters relating to St John's College, Oxford. Addressees are indexed on f. 41. This is 'Vol. 55' (f. ii) in the sequence of Scott's letter books. His bookplate is f. iii. Purchased at Phillips, 12 June 1998, lot 322. Paper; ff. iii+42. 225 x 145mm. Quarter calf, with marbled boards. 230 x 150mm. Both fr...
Scope & Content:
George Scott, DCL; FRS; of Woolston Hall; d.1780: Out letter book: 1772-1773: Autogr. Oxford. University of. St John's College: Letters of G. Scott rel. to: 1772-1773: Copies. includes: f. iii Bookplates and Book-stamps: George Scott, DCL; FRS; of Woolston Hall; d.1780: Armorial bookplate o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Nov 1772-15 May 1773
Extent:
1 item

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