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1681. Stowe MS 1047

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Stowe MS 1047
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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

1682. Stowe MS 1048

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Stowe MS 1048
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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

1683. Stowe MS 1049

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Stowe MS 1049
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TRACTS etc., on antiquarian subjects collected by the Rev. John Lewis, vicar of Minister, Isle of Thanet; 1743. 1. "[I--EION], sive . . . Isidis delubrum reseratum": a Printed tract, without date or author's name. The dedication, to James West, is, however, subscribed in ink "J. Ward," i.e. Dr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1743
Extent:
1 item

1684. Stowe MS 1050

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Stowe MS 1050
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"THOMAE ASTLEI Excerpta ex Collectaneis Thomæ Madox, Arm., in Museo Britannico repositis ": notes by Astle from Madox's collections (Add. MSS. 4484-4572), relating to manorial rights, royal prerogative, inrollments of records, and other historical and legal antiquities. At the end is a note on t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

1685. Stowe MS 1051

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Stowe MS 1051
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ANTIQUARIAN NOTES, for the most part (as pointed out by Philip Bliss at f. 1) in the hand of Edward Rowe Mores, including:-(1) Institutions to benefices in the diocese of Canterbury, 1381-1387 (from Ashmole MS. 794). f. 2;-(2) Admissions to degrees, etc., at Oxford, 1448-1461, 1505-1528; with ot...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

1686. Stowe MS 1052

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Stowe MS 1052
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"ANTIQUARIAN EXTRACTS," containing a facsimile of the signatures of the members of the Privy council of Henry VI. to an instrument dated 15 March, 1454/5; with a copy of a letter to the European Magazine for June, 1790, pp. 423, 424, signed A.T., with reference to the same. Paper; ff. 7. Small Q...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1455]-[1790]
Extent:
1 item

1687. Stowe MS 1053

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Stowe MS 1053
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C0MMONPLACE-BOOK Of Philip Morant (ob. 1770), Rector of St. Mary's, Colchester, and author of the History of Essex, consisting of extracts and notes on the following, among other, subjects:-(1) Anglo-Saxon Parliaments. f. 2;-(2) Homage and tenures. ff. 38, 40;-(3) The Nature and Attributes of Go...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

1688. Stowe MS 1054

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Stowe MS 1054
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EXTRACTS from various manuscripts, etc., in the Vatican Library, made in 1787 by Rev. Charles O'Conor, D.D. (see his Bibl. MS. Stowensis, vol. i. p. 335). 1. Malediction of Pope Sixtus [V.] on any one who shall steal or ill-use the books in the Vatican Library, being an "Inscription on marble ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
1787
Extent:
1 item

1689. Stowe MS 1055

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Stowe MS 1055
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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

1690. Stowe MS 1056

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Stowe MS 1056
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CATALOGUES of various collections of MSS. and Printed Books, as follows:- 1. Manuscript collections of Thomas Madox, Historiographer Royal (ob. 1727). f. 3. 2. MSS. of James West, Secretary to the Treasury, etc. (ob. 1772), viz.:-(a) His "Manuscripts in Covent Garden." f. 22;-(b) "Manuscript...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item