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241. Add MS 38892

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Title:
Sir Philip Sidney, The Old Arcadia (‘Phillipps MS’)
Scope & Content:
Copy of the first version of the pastoral romance ‘The Arcadia’, composed by Sir Philip Sidney, author and courtier (1554-1586), between c. 1577 and c. 1580, and first published in 1590. Previously owned by Sir John Harington (bap. 1560, d. 1612), courtier and author, and partly in his hand. f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c. 1590
Extent:
1 volume

242. Add MS 39828

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Title:
Tresham family correspondence and papers, volume 1
Scope & Content:
Volume 1 of papers relating to the Tresham family of Northamptonshire. Correspondence and papers of Thomas Tresham, gentleman and recusant (1543-1605). ff. 1r-7v Calendar of the Tresham Papers at Rushton Hall. 19th century. ff. 8r-8v Account of the discovery of the Tresham papers in 1828 at Ru...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1440-1597
Extent:

1 volume

243. Add MS 39829

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Title:
Tresham family correspondence and papers, volume 2
Scope & Content:
Volume 2 of papers relating to the Tresham family of Northamptonshire. Correspondence and papers of Thomas Tresham, gentleman and recusant (1543-1605). ff. 1r-2v Correspondence. Letter from G. Shurrock to Thomas Tresham. 1598. ff. 3r-4v Correspondence. Letters from John Andrew to Thomas Tresha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1598-1605
Extent:
1 volume

244. Add MS 39830

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Title:
Tresham family correspondence and papers, volume 3
Scope & Content:
Volume 3 of papers relating to the Tresham family of Northamptonshire. Correspondence and papers of Thomas Tresham, gentleman and recusant (1543-1605). Historical and theological material. ff. 2r-3v Oath of allegiance of the Lords to King Henry VI; 24 July 1455. ff. 4r-7v Notes on the divorce ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1455-1605
Extent:
1 volume

245. Add MS 40078

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Title:
Parliament roll of arms
Scope & Content:
Parliament roll of arms, dated 5 February 6 Hen. VIII (1515). Containing a list of the Lords spiritual and temporal, with 49 coats of arms, in colour. English and Latin. First published in facsimile in 1829 by former owner Thomas Willement (see Publication Note). A similar roll for the year of 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1515
Extent:
1 item

246. Add MS 40080

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Title:
"FIORETTI d[e]l [Girolamo] Frescobaldi," for harpsichord. Paper; ff. i + 40. Oblong octavo. First half of xvii cent. At the beginning is inserted a (later ?) "Orario delli seruizij Feriali della Cappella Pon[ti]fi[ci]a," of which Frescobaldi was organist 1608-1628. In richly tooled Italian black leather binding, with arms, gu., fretty-florey or.
Scope & Content:
Music: Harpsichord pieces (Italian), 17th: 18th centt. Girolamo Frescobaldi, composer: Harpsichord solos: 1st half of 17th cent. Bindings ITALIAN: Black leather, richly tooled, with arms: 1st half of 17th cent. includes: f. 1 Court of Rome: Time-table of the ordinary services in the Papal Ch...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1st half of 17th century
Extent:
1 item

247. Add MS 40746

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Title:
Bowes papers, 1484-1691
Scope & Content:
Volume 1. Papers relating to the Northern Rebellion of 1569-1570. Including letters, drafts, copies, accounts, musters, and law documents of Sir George Bowes (1527–1580), soldier and administrator. Dating between 1561 and 1691, except for an earlier letter (f. 6r) from Elizabeth Bullmer to Sir R...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1484-1691
Extent:
1 volume

248. Add MS 41131

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Title:
Letter from Florimond Robertet, seigneur du Fresne, Secretary of State, to Sébastien de l'Aubespine, Bishop of Limoges, Franch ambassador to Philip II of Spain; Fontainebleau, 28 July 1560
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-2v: Letter from Florimond Robertet, seigneur du Fresne, Secretary of State, to Sébastien de l'Aubespine, Bishop of Limoges, Franch ambassador to Philip II of Spain; Fontainebleau, 28 July 1560. In French. Robertet is disappointed at the hard conditions of the recent Treaty of E...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
28 Jul 1560
Extent:
1 item

249. Add MS 41204

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Title:
Sir Philip Sidney, The Old Arcadia (‘Davies MS’)
Scope & Content:
Copy of the first version of the pastoral romance ‘The Arcadia’, composed by Sir Philip Sidney, author and courtier (1554-1586), between c. 1577 and c. 1580, and first published in 1590. Known as the ‘Davies MS’. f. i verso: Signature of Thomas Martin (1697-1771), antiquary and former owner. f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

250. Add MS 41499 A

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Title:
Entertainments presented by Sir Henry Lee and others before Queen Elizabeth I
Scope & Content:
Entertainments and devices presented by Sir Henry Lee (1533–1611), queen's champion, and others, to Queen Elizabeth I on Queen’s Day and various other occasions. Queen's Day was instituted on 17 November 1570 to commemorate the anniversary of her accession, and Sir Henry Lee acted as Knight of t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c. 1600
Extent:
1 volume

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