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1. Stowe MS 141

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Stowe MS 141
Title:
Warrants, official and private letters from the reigns of Henry IV to James VI and I
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–86v: Original papers, warrants, official and private letters, from the reigns of Henry IV to James I and VI. The volume includes several letters from abbots of monasteries before the Dissolution, the reports to the Privy Council of Commissioners appointed to take account of Church goods i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
between 1399-1625
Extent:

1 volume

2. Stowe MS 804

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Stowe MS 804
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Scope & Content:
1. LETTERS to Rev. Thomas Langley on matters connected with his History of the Hundred of Desborough (see above); 1788-1799, with a few undated. The names of the writers are given in the Index. Among them are George Canning (f. 53); Richard Gough (f. 38-42); George Temple Nugent-Grenville, lst M...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1788-1799
Extent:
1 item

3. Stowe MS 849

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 849
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Scope & Content:
RECORDS Of the halimote-courts of the manor of Codicote, co. Hertf.; 21 Hen. III.-4 Hen. V. [1237-1416]. Latin. Transcribed from the court-rolls, probably by a monk of St. Alban's, to which abbey the manor belonged (see Clutterbuck's Hertfordshire, vol. ii. p. 305). The names of the cellarers of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Stowe MS 1047

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Stowe MS 1047
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Scope & Content:
COMMONPLACE-BOOK of Francis Thynne, Lancaster Herald [1602- 1608], relating to English history and antiquities; consisting of extracts from chronicles, monastic registers, etc., including the following:- 1. "Thinges taken oute of an olde writen frenche cronicle," treating of the relations betw...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Stowe MS 1055

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Stowe MS 1055
Title:
Scope & Content:
EXTRACTS from original letters and papers in the Bodleian, British Museum, and other Libraries, made apparently for Tho. Astle, who prefixed a list of contents. 1. Letters of Richard Layton and other Visitors of Religious Houses to Thomas, Lord Cromwell, on the immoralities, etc., at Fountains...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item