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1. Lansdowne MS 127

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 127
Title:
Copy of Edmund Dudley's accounts
Scope & Content:
A 17th-century copy of Edmund Dudley's account book; the original is lost. Dudley began writing it on 23 January 1505, recording fines and duties he received for the use of Henry VII, from 9 September 1504 (when he entered Henry's service) to 28 May 1508. It includes an index, and each page is i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Lansdowne MS 202

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 202
Title:
The answer and certificate of Sir Thomas Rowe, knight, Lord Mayor of London, to the Privy Council, of the number of strangers living within the City of London and its liberties
Scope & Content:
A survey of immigrants within the City of London and its liberties, made at the instruction of the Privy Council, compiled from the returns of the local officials. Part of the Burghley Papers. The manuscript is dated 1568 (f.1r). However more precise dating places it after 9 Nov 1568, when Sir ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Nov 1568-24 Mar 1569
Extent:
1 volume

3. Lansdowne MS 335

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 335
Title:
John Foxe's account of Wycliffe and his followers
Scope & Content:
ff. 2v–119v: Autograph account in Latin of John Wycliffe and his followers by the martyrologist John Foxe. Prefixed is a dedication to some unnamed person whom he calls his friend and patron, perhaps either the young Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, or William Cecil. Apart from the dedication...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1563
Extent:
1 volume

4. Lansdowne MS 683

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 683
Title:
Political register compiled in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I
Scope & Content:
Political register, containing notes, lists, tables and records concerning political and military matters during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Possibly compiled by, or for the use of, a minister of state. ff. 1r-3r Table of contents. Titled ‘A table of the matters contayned in this booke’. f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1558-1603
Extent:

1 volume

5. Lansdowne MS 740

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 740
Title:
Miscellany of historical extracts and poetry
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–173r: A miscellany which includes extracts relating to Roman history, and poems made during the reign of King James VI and I, including several pieces by John Donne, Sir Thomas Overbury, and others. ff. 1r–6r: Extracts relating to Roman history, from Greek historians and poets. Imperfec...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:

1 volume

6. Lansdowne MS 762

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 762
Title:
Tudor commonplace book
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–99v: Tudor commonplace book, which was probably compiled during the reign of King Henry VIII, perhaps in the 1520s or 1530s. Its author would appear to be a Londoner, interested in civic affairs, religion and prophecies. f. 1r: Pen trials. f. 2r: Copy on parchment of the testament of Jo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1509-1564
Extent:

1 volume

7. Lansdowne MS 763

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 763
Title:
A Volume fairly written on vellum in the fifteenth century, and containing ancient and very interesting treatises on musick by different authors.
Scope & Content:
4to.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
20 items

8. Lansdowne MS 763, ff 1-48

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Lansdowne MS 763, ff 1-48
Title:
1. "Hunc librum vocitatum Musica Guidonis scripsit Dominus Johannes Wylde quondam exempti monasterii Sancte Crucis de Waltham precentor. Quem quidem librum ut [aut?] hunc titulum qui maliciose abstulerit vel deleverit Anathema sit." fo. 1*.
Scope & Content:
This work is also intitled "Monacordum," and divided into two parts; the first being called by the author "Musica Manualis," and the second "Tonale." The whole has been accurately analysed and commented on in the valuable Histories of Musick composed by Sir John Hawkins (vol. ii. p. 202), and Dr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

9. Lansdowne MS 763, ff 49

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 763, ff 49
Title:
2. "Tractatus de octo tonis." Inc. "Septem orbes septem planetarum cum duleissima armonia volvuntur." fo. 49.
Scope & Content:
This short treatise, in which the musical tones are assimilated to the sun and planets, occupies little more than a single page. The author's name no where appears. See an abstract of it in Hawkins's Hist. of Musick, ii. 214.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

10. Lansdowne MS 763, ff 50-52

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 763, ff 50-52
Title:
3. "Musica de Sancta Magdalena." Inc. "Felix Magdalene cantandi prominet arte." fo. 50.
Scope & Content:
This short work, in hexameter verses, contains a mystical gamut in which all musical perfection is said to he concealed. It was composed, if we are to believe the author of the verses, by Mary Magdalen herself. The writer appears to have been one Kendall, a monk of Sherborne.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item