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1. Stowe MS 150

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 150
Title:
Miscellaneous letters, 1525-1623
Scope & Content:
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

2. Stowe MS 185

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 185
Title:
Scope & Content:
Vol. II. (ff. 226). 1653-1746. 1. Letters and papers relating to the sale of fee-farm rents, 1653- 1655. Included are:-(a) Order from the " Commissioners for removing obstructions in ye Sale of the Honours, etc., of ye late King, Queene and Prince," concerning the purchase of the Honour of Hig...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1653-1746
Extent:
1 item

3. Stowe MS 441

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 441
Title:
Scope & Content:
RETURNS of the trained bands of Buckingham and Newport hundreds, co. Bucks; 1660-1662. Included also are:-(a) Copies of old levies in 1637 and 1638. ff. 1, 39;-(b) Warrants of Sir Richard Temple and Sir William Tyringham, Deputy-Lieutenants. ff. 10-12, 15, 24 ; - (c) Letter from John [Egerton] E...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1660-1662
Extent:
1 item

4. Stowe MS 739

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 739
Title:
Scope & Content:
ARMS of Warwickshire families, in trick, with an index at the beginning. Paper; ff. 36. XVIIth and XVIIIth centt. Belonged, 18th cent., to John Holland, no. 86. Small Quarto. County of Warwick: Arms of families: 17th-18th centt. Heraldry: Warwickshire arms: 17th and 18th centt.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Stowe MS 1048

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 1048
Title:
Scope & Content:
COMMONPLACE-BOOK of miscellaneous historical, topographical, and antiquarian notes, in various hands, including:-(1) "Observations of Warwickshire," Berkshire, and Derbyshire. ff 1, C, 13;-(2) "Observations" out of (a) Will. Martin's History and Lives of the Kings of England, 1616. f. 14;-(b) Ar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item