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1. Stowe MS 63

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Stowe MS 63
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THE CHRONICLE Of Walter Hemingburgh (al. Hemingford, al. Walter de Gisburne), from the Conquest to 1312, in Latin. The first leaf has been cut out; the second begins with the words "Normannie clam direxit" (ed. Hamilton, vol. i. p. 6). Ends "terra siluit et quievit" (ibid., vol. ii. p. 296). Aft...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1533
Extent:
1 item

2. Stowe MS 76

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Stowe MS 76
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"GESTA BRITANNICA, præsortim Anglorum, adjectis aliquot observationibus, maxime in iis quæ, ad ecclesiam a temporibus retroactis ad A.D. mdcxlviii [Jan. 1648/9] spectant."The work, which is apparently autograph, is divided into ten books, the last three (ff. 211b-362) containing the reigns of Ja...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
18 Jun 1660-28 Apr 1664
Extent:
1 item

3. Stowe MS 118

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Stowe MS 118
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" LIBER taxationum omnium beneficiorum in Anglia anno 20mo regis Edwardi 1mi [1291-2] factus, Nicholao papa iv. jubente." A copy by John Ecton, with the note by him (f. 4), " This book is taken from a copy made by Mr. [Stephen] Hurman, B.D. [1692], of C. C. College, from the manuscript [No. 3595...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1722
Extent:
1 item

4. Stowe MS 163

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Stowe MS 163
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COLLECTION Of miscellaneous historical, topographical, and other papers; 1360-1807. 1. Proceedings at, and list of princes attending, the Imperial Diet at Augsburg in June-August, 1582. Germ. ff. 1, 3. 2. Edict of Gebhardt, Archbishop Elector of Cologne, granting toleration to the Protestant...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1360-1807
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1 item

5. Stowe MS 938

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Stowe MS 938
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1. "HISTORIA Monasterii Ramesensis": a 17th century copy of the MS. of the Chronicle of Ramsey Abbey now in the Bodleian Library [Rawl. MS. B. 333], and formerly in the possession of Sir Henry Spelman (cf. Macray's edition, Rolls Series, 1886, pp. ix.-xii.). Described by Macray, op. cit. p. xiv....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Stowe MS 1059

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Stowe MS 1059
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ARCHAISMUS GRAPHICUS: an introduction to Palaeography by [Sir] Henry Spelman, written for the use of his sons in 1606. lt contains notes in Latin on the history of letters, and on MSS. and the means to determine their age, together with a glossary, which occupies nearly the whole volume, of abbr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1606
Extent:
1 item