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TRESHAM PAPERS : correspondence and papers of Sir Thomas Tresham (1543 ?-1605), recusant and builder. The papers were discovered in 1828 at Rushton Hall, co. Northt., formerly the seat of the Treshams, under circumstances detailed in the following note (39828, f. 8) : " This, along with a large quantity of Popish books, letters and papers, were (sic) some years ago discovered at Rushton Hall in pulling down a very thick partition wall in the passage leading from the Great Hall. In taking dow...
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Sir Thomas Tresham, d 1605 the third; Catholic recusant: Correspondence and papers.: bef. 1605. Tresham family: Correspondence, papers and deeds: temp. Hen. III-1622.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
[1440-1605]
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11 items

2. Add MS 39831

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TRESHAM PAPERS. Vol. IV (ff. 74). Papers relating to Sir Thomas Tresham's buildings, etc., at Rothwell, Rushton, Lyveden, all in co. Northt., and Ely. For an account of his activities as a builder see J. A. Gotch, The Buildings of Sir Thomas Tresham, 1883. 1. " A Note of a Bargayne for certaine...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1578-1597
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1 item

3. Add MS 39832

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Vol. V (ff. 123). Weekly accompts ; 24 Sept. 1593-17 Dec. 1597. The Chief work of the period was the building of two lodges, the " Warryner's Conegerie," better known as the Triangular Lodge (28 July 1594- 24 Sept. 1597) and the Hawkfield Lodge (2 Aug. 1596-8 Oct. 1597 ). For plans of the latter...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
24 Sep 1593-17 Dec 1597
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1 item

4. Add MS 39832-39835

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TRESHAM PAPERS. Vols.V-VIII. Accompts and journals of George Levens, Sir Thomas Tresham's steward; 1593-1602. They are largely concerned with the building and gardening operations carried out under Levens's supervision. The payments of each week are given, preceded by a description of the work done in the time. Extracts from these descriptions are printed in H.M.C.R., pp. xxxvi-lvii.
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George Levens, Steward of Sir T Tresham: Accompts and journals: 1593-1601. Architecture: Papers rel. to the buildings of Sir T. Tresham: 1578-1601.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1593-1602
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4 items

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Vol. VI (ff. 10). Weekly accompts ; 30 Dec. 1598-12 July 1600. Payments are chiefly for digging and carrying stone and earth and to masons for working stone. Accompts: G. Levens, Steward to Sir T. Tresham: 1593-1602.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Dec 1598-12 Jul 1600
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1 item

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Vol. VII (ff. 30). Weekly accompts ; 1 Jan.-27 June 1601; 12 Dec. 1601-30 Jan. 1602. Payments are for cutting and carrying stone. Accompts: G. Levens, Steward to Sir T. Tresham: 1593-1602.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
1601-1602
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1 item

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Vol. VIII (ff. 92). 1. " Accompts and memoranda of money receyved of my owne or of my master and disburst either for my owne use or for his " ; 1 Jan. 1599-3 Feb. 1602. Many payments to Grombold and mason. f. 2. 2. George Levens's Journal ; 1 Jan. 1599-21 Dec. 1602. Latin. f. 42. includes: ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1599-1602
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1 item

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TRESHAM PAPERS. Vol. IX. (ff. 363). Papers relating to the Tresham estates in co. Northt., etc., miscellaneous accompts, etc. 1. Miscellaneous memoranda relating to the estates, etc., in Sir Thomas Tresham's hand. f. 1. 2. Papers relating to Grendon (f. 11), Haselbeech (f. 28), Great Houghto...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1546-1605
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1 item

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TRESHAM PAPERS. Vol. X. (ff. 205). Extracts from Livy, decades i, iii, iv. Latin. The subject of each excerpt is noted in the margin, probably for use in themes. In George Levens's hand. Livy: Extracts from, by G. Levens: 16th cent. George Levens, Steward of Sir T Tresham: Extracts from Livy, ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1593-1602]
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1 item

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TRESHAM PAPERS. Vol. XI. (ff. 90). Exercises and collections of George Levens, viz. .- 1. Latin themes on set subjects, prose and verse. f. 1. 2. Collections from Holinshed and Stow in illustration of the reigns of Alfred, Edgar, Edward III and Henry VII. f. 43. George Levens, Steward of Sir ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1593-1602]
Extent:
1 item