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361. Add MS 70520

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Title:
George North, ‘A brief discourse of rebellion and Rebells’
Scope & Content:
Discourse by George North (fl. 1561–1581), translator, titled ‘A brief discourse of rebellion and Rebells, wherein is showyd, the treasur[e] that Traytors in the execution of theyr treason, by tym attayne to’. Part of the Portland Papers (Add MSS 70001-70523). With a dedication to Sir Roger Nor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1575-1576
Extent:
1 volume

362. Add MS 71009

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Title:
Descriptions of Tudor court ceremonies
Scope & Content:
Collection of papers concerning the organisation of the royal household, including detailed descriptions of sacred and secular court ceremonies, during the reigns of King Edward IV, King Henry VIII, King Edward VI and Queen Mary I. Gathered by John Norris (1522/23-91), courtier, who served as a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1530-1570
Extent:
1 volume

363. Add MS 71131 A-X

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Title:
Heralds' orders of London funeral processions
Scope & Content:
Twenty-four volumes of heralds’ orders of funeral processions of Lord Mayors and aldermen, etc., of London; 1605–1673. Partly drafts. Each document records the names and order of the mourners; several (Add MS 71131 H, J, M–P, S, U) incorporate notes of heralds present, with their fees, etc.; one...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1605-1673
Extent:

24 volumes

364. Add MS 72412

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Title:
Remonstrance of the House of Commons to King James I against Impositions, 1610, and the Treatise of James Whitelocke against Impositions, 1610
Scope & Content:
Trumbull Papers. In 1610 the House of Commons was very concerned with the issue of impositions - that is, new customs duties imposed by the Crown without parliamentary sanction - as an arbitrary exaction against the property rights of the subject and the authority of Parliament. This manuscript...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
1610-1642
Extent:
1 volume

365. Add MS 72426

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Title:
Diplomatic correspondence, primarily English, 1614-1636
Scope & Content:
This is a file of the Trumbull papers, which came to the family through Georg Rudolph Weckherlin (1584-1653), government official and poet. Wekherlin came to England with experience of government in Württemberg and active support for Frederick V, Elector Palatine and his wife Elizabeth. He was c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, and Swedish
Date Range:
24 Mar 1614-26 May 1636
Extent:
1 file

366. Add MS 72438

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Title:
Cipher-keys and intercepted royalist correspondence from the papers of Georg Rudolph Weckherlin, government official, 1625-1647
Scope & Content:
Trumbull Papers. Vol. 197. Cipher-keys, c. 1625-1645, and intercepted royalist correspondence, 1645-47, from the papers of Georg Rudolph Weckherlin. Weckherlin, a German immigrant, began his career as a government official, as a diplomatic secretary and cryptographer to various secretaries of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1625-1647
Extent:
1 folder

367. Add MS 78176

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Title:
Inventory of goods at Leicester House and Kenilworth Castle
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–45v: Volume IX of the Evelyn Papers. An imperfect, possibly draft inventory of goods at Leicester House and Kenilworth Castle, c. January–May 1582. The inventory of Leicester House (ff. 1r–26v), which incorporates (ff. 2r–6v passim) some notes of valuation, concludes with ‘A note of a new...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c Jan 1582-May 1582
Extent:
1 volume

368. Add MS 78177

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Title:
Earl of Leicester's inventory book
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–84r: Volume X of the Evelyn Papers. ‘An Inventory Booke aswell of Plate Asalso of Hanginges...and other furniture of Houshold of...Therle of Leicesters...as remayneth in the chardge of Dyvers Persons in sundrye his Lordshippes Places Maii 1582...’, c. January–June 1582. Included are list...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c Jan 1582-Jun 1582
Extent:
1 volume

369. Add MS 78178

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Title:
Earl of Leicester's disbursement book, 1584–1586
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–81v: Volume XI of the Evelyn Papers. Imperfect disbursement book of the Earl of Leicester, 1584–1586. The entries, dated 10 and 17 April 1584, 2 October–13 December 1585, 21–31 March and 26 May–30 June 1586, record payments made on Leicester’s warrant to household servants, tradesmen and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1584-1586
Extent:
1 volume

370. Add MS 81592

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Title:
An original letter of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, addressed to an unnamed nobleman, probably the Earl of Rutland
Scope & Content:
This item is an autograph letter, written by Robert Devereux (b. 1565, d. 1601), 2nd Earl of Essex, and addressed to an unnamed nobleman, most likely the Earl of Rutland, offering advice on military service and the pursuit of honour in war. The letter takes the form of a brief discourse and wa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 May [1596]
Extent:
1 bifolium

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