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11. Stowe MS 859

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Stowe MS 859
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COPIES of the Statutes and ordinances of Wigston's Hospital in Leicester, 1574-1656. The contents, with one exception, viz. an "Abstract of such of the foundation statutes . . . . as may manifest the donor's intention" (ff. 6-11), are included in the account of the Hospital given by Nichols, His...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 item

12. Stowe MS 885

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Stowe MS 885
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CANONS and constitutions for the ecclesiastical government of Jersey, as drawn up by David Bandinel, lately appointed Dean, and other ministers of the Island, and examined and amended by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishops of Lincoln and Winchester, under a Royal Commission; 1623. At th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1623
Extent:
1 item

13. Stowe MS 923

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Stowe MS 923
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"AN ALMANACK for the Island of Tobago," for 1810. Printed. With marginal and interleaved notes, and various statistics concerning the island, as well as four water-colour drawings, by Sir William Young Bart., who was Governor from 1807 till his death in 1815. His crest and motto are at f. 1 b, w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1810
Extent:
1 item

14. Stowe MS 793

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Stowe MS 793
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"JOURNAL of a Voyage performed by order of the N.W. Company, in a bark canoe, in search of a passage by water through the N.W. Continent of America from Athabasca to the Pacific Ocean, in summer 1789"; [by Sir Alexander Mackenzie]. A pencilled entry on the first fly-leaf states that this is the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1789
Extent:
1 item

15. Stowe MS 875

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Stowe MS 875
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EXTRACTS from assart-rolls, perambulations, etc., relating to the royal forests in co. Rutland, tempp. John-Hen. VIII. Paper; ff. 20. A.D. 1662 (see f 20). Inside the cover is the monogram of Thomas Martin of Palgrave (ob. 1771). Folio. County of Rutland: Extracts relating to forests in, tempp....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1662
Extent:
1 item

16. Stowe MS 876

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Stowe MS 876
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"LIBER CENSUALIS Gulielmi Primi pro Statfordscire"; or Domesday Book for Staffordshire, transcribed by Edward Vernon, D.D., in 1754 (cf. No. 816 above). At the end is an alphabetical list of the modern names of places. Paper; ff. 26. Belonged, in 1764, to Thomas Astle. Folio. Edward Vernon, DD,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1754
Extent:
1 item

17. Stowe MS 918

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Stowe MS 918
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REPORT of the revenues of Malta and Gozo, with remarks on the trade, laws, etc., of those islands. The writer expresses (f. 12 b) his opinion that it would be advisable for the British Government to cede Minorca rather than Malta. This report must therefore have been written between 5 Sept. 1800...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
between 5 Sep 1800-27 Mar 1802
Extent:
1 item

18. Stowe MS 800

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Stowe MS 800
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ANTIQUARIAN NOTES and references concerning Bedfordshire, Berkshire, and Cambridgeshire, in the hand of Thomas Martin of Palgrave (ob. 1771). Paper; ff. 16. Duodecimo. Thomas Martin, of Palgrave: Antiquarian notes concerning cos. Bedf., Berks and Cambridge: 18th cent. includes: f. 1 Bedfordsh...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
before 1771
Extent:
1 item

19. Stowe MS 815

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Stowe MS 815
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"SALTASH Election Case; l9th Feb. 1807. A statement of the evidence and arguments of counsel before the Committee of the House of Commons, upon the controverted election for Saltash"; by Samuel Carpenter, barrister-at-law. Printed, London, 1808: an interleaved copy, with MS. notes. Paper; ff. 14...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Feb 1807
Extent:
1 item

20. Stowe MS 886-914

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Stowe MS 886-914
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MEMOIRS on the provinces of France, drawn up by their several Intendants in accordance with instructions issued by Louis XIV. in 1697 (see below, Vol. l.). French. In 29 volumes. A full analysis is in Boulainvilliers' État de la France, London, 1727, Vols. I. and II. The series originally contained two more volumes, in which were memoirs on Alsace and Bretagne (see O'Conor's Bibl. MS. Stowensis, ii. p. 245). Another copy of the complete series is in Lansdowne MSS. 175-186, in a hand of the s...
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France General Chronicles and History, etc: Memoirs, by the intendants, on the several provinces: 1697-1700.: Fr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
29 items