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1. Stowe MS 142

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Stowe MS 142
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MISCELLANEOUS historical letters, etc.; 1375-1810. In two series, English or relating to England and (artt. 87-106) foreign. 1. Andrea Contarini, Doge of Venice, to Edward III. of England, desiring a safe conduct for merchant-ships about to be sent to Flanders; " in nostro ducali Palatio," 5 F...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1375-1810
Extent:
1 item

2. Stowe MS 146

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Stowe MS 146
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Royal orders and warrants, 1512-1515
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Collection of original orders and warrants, chiefly by King Henry VIII and Thomas Wolsey, the King’s Almoner. Dating from between 1512 and 1515. Principally addressed to John Daunce, Treasurer for War. Concerning payments to English and foreign merchants for victualling the army in Spain, the s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1512-1515
Extent:
1 volume

3. Stowe MS 150

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Stowe MS 150
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Miscellaneous letters, 1525-1623
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This is a miscellaneous collection of 16th- and early 17th-century correspondence. It incudes one holograph letter of Sir Philip Sidney from Flushing [Vlissingen] in 1586 (ff. 50r-v), and a copy of a letter from the Irish chieftain Florence MacCarthy Reagh [Finian Mac Cárthaigh Riabhach] to Sir ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1525-1623
Extent:
1 volume

4. Stowe MS 347

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Stowe MS 347
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Vol. II. (ff. 180). 9-11 Rich. II. [1385-1387]. includes: f. 3 Michael Heneage, Keeper of the Records at the Tower: Note concerning: 17th cent. f. 3 William Bowyer, Keeper of the Records in the Tower: Note on the abridgments made by: 17th cent. f. 3 Robert Bowyer, Keeper of the Records in the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Stowe MS 743

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Stowe MS 743
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Vol. i. (ff. 164). 1570-1640. 1. Edward Dering, Puritan divine, to Archbishop Parker; 5 Sept. 1570. Latin. Followed by an English translation. f. 1. 2. Jo- Astyll to his "good bedfellowe" Anthony Dering, on the death of the latter's wife Mary [dau. of Sir Henry] Goring; [1588]. f. 1 2. 3. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1570-1640
Extent:
1 item

6. Stowe MS 796

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Stowe MS 796
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COLLECTIONS relating to Corporations, 13th-18th centt., being chiefly transcripts of the 18th cent., viz.:- 1. "An abstract of the Grant of King Charles the First to the Trust- of the City [of London], 25o Sept. 4o Car. 1" [1628]. f. 2. On the cover is the name of Sir Peter Pett, Commissioner ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Stowe MS 850

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Stowe MS 850
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COLLECTIONS relating to Kent and other counties, articles 6-8 having originally formed separate MSS.:- 1. Transcripts of deeds and other documents relating to Canterbury, chiefly tempp. Hen. VII.-Hen. VIII., with a few of earlier date. Lat. and Engl. ff. l b, 45, 115 b. Included among them are...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
15th century-16th century
Extent:
1 item