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1. Add MS 63742

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 63742
Title:
HENRY STANLEY, 4TH EARL OF DERBY: collection of letters and papers on affairs of state, etc.; circa 1583-1589. Copies in the hand of a secretary in Derby's household. A description of the manuscript, including a number of items now missing from leaves that originally stood before the present f. 1 and between ff. 106v and 107, was given by William Oldys in The British Librarian, no. 5, May 1737, pp. 270-286. Owned, before 1729, by Peter Le Neve (f. i verso); in 1737, by Nathaniel Booth of Gra...
Scope & Content:
County of Lancaster: Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby: Papers and accounts of Earl of Derby partly rel. to Lancaster: circa 1583-1589: Copies. includes: ff. 3-5 Navy; England: 'The Booke of the whole Navie': 1585.ff. 6-17v Joanna II of Naples: Mary of Scotland: Comparison of Joan II of Nap...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1578-1589
Extent:
1 item

2. Harley MS 6998

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6998
Title:
Letters and state warrants, 1591-1595
Scope & Content:
Letters and state warrants, from the years 1591-1595. Containing warrants for searching after and apprehending suspected persons, together with examinations and depositions concerning the hearing of mass, recusancy, treason and felony. ff. 1r-2v: Letter from Edward Donne Lee to Serjeant Pucker...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1591-1595
Extent:
1 volume