Proceedings in the Queen's Bench, 35-38 Elizabeth I
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Contents: ff. 1r-216v: Proceedings in the Queen's Bench from the 35th, 36th, 37th and 38th years of the reign of Elizabeth I; written in Law French. The manuscript contains a few later additions: ff. 1*recto-2*recto: Alphabetical index of cases; written in the late 16th or early 17th centur...
Collection of letters, grants, indentures and accounts concerning trading goods
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Contents: ff. 1r-4v: Copies of bonds and obligations in English and Latin, beginning: ‘Be it knowne to all men by theise present that I ffrancis Th. of London ydoun have remised released’, dated 16, 20, 22, 28 Elizabeth I. f. 4v: A list of payments, beginning ‘ffor the warrant of attourney’, ...
Contents: ff. 1r-16v: A genealogy of the De Vere family in English and Latin, entitled: 'The Genalogy of the most Ancient and Illustrious Family of the Veres, Earles of Guisnes in Normandy, and of Oxford, and Lord great Chamberlands of England, being descended from the Kings of the Argives, Duk...
Indices of English family names for heraldic manuscripts
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Contents: ff. 2r-63v: A large index of family names, organized in columns by county and in alphabetical order [featuring the dates 1634 and 1635 on f. 60r]; undoubtedly originally belonging to or intended for a heraldic manuscript. ff. 64r-8r: A large index of families with ‘quartred coats’, ...
Indices of English family names for heraldic manuscripts
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Contents: ff. 2r-31v, 32r-33v, 34r-52v: indices of family names, organized in columns by county and in alphabetical order; undoubtedly originally belonging to or intended for heraldic manuscripts. ff. 53v-72v: A large index of family names, organized alphabetically. f. 73r: A note: ‘I would ...
This collection predominantly features medical texts in Latin and English. It contains a section (ff. 97r-133v) of Middle English recipes that ends with Latin prayers against the plague and an indenture from Sempringham Priory in Lincolnshire, suggesting that the recipes may originate from this ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century-1st half of the 18th century