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31. Stowe MS 102

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Stowe MS 102
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Account of the political position in Malta and Sicily, with a description of the character and administration of Malta; [1806]. Perhaps by [George Annesley,] Lord Valentia, whose name is on the cover; but the contents are not in his hand. Paper; ff. 23. Small Folio. Island of Sicily: Account of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1806]
Extent:
1 item

32. Stowe MS 131

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Stowe MS 131
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RULES Of the Society Of Jesus, translated into English. The " Summarium Constitutionum," the " Regulæ Communes," and some other divisions of the Regulæ, are here omitted; and the remainder are arranged in a different order from that of the printed editions. Paper; ff. 211. xviith cent. " E MSS. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

33. Stowe MS 277

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Stowe MS 277
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"DISCOURSE concerning the prerogative of the Crown," by William Camden, beg. "The lawes of England which men call the common lawes." Apparently a draft. Paper; ff. 12. Early xviith cent. Small quarto. Political Tracts: Discourse on the prerogative of the Crown, by W. Camden: early 17th cent. W...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 item

34. Stowe MS 92-93

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Stowe MS 92-93
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"INVENTAIRE chronologique et detail1é de toutes les chartes qui se trouvent dans les archives des Comtes de Flandre, deposées dans l'ancienne chambre des comptes du Roi à Lille." Compiled by Denis Joseph Godefroy, Keeper of the Archives de la Chambre des Comptes at Lille. In two volumes, comprising respectively the periods 706-1240 and 1241-1270. The title-pages are dated 1784 and 1785; and in the preface to vol. i. (f. 7) the compiler states that the work, a great part of the expense of whi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1782-1785
Extent:
2 items

35. Stowe MS 109

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Stowe MS 109
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" A PEACEABLE SURVEIWE and examination of the doctrine of the Huguenotts: provinge against the rigorous Catholickes of our time, and perticulerlie against the answere made to the Catholicke Apologie, that wee, which are members of the Catholicke Apostolicke and Romish Church, ought not to condem...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 16th century
Extent:
1 item

36. Stowe MS 291

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Stowe MS 291
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" A VINDICATION Of ye Revolution, or a Hearty Endeavour to unite all the Members of the Church of England to the present Government, in a Dialogue between a Jacobite Tory and a Williaimite Tory." Apparently written before the death of Qu. Mary (27 Dec. 1694). Paper - ff. 17. Bound in dark blue m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 item

37. Stowe MS 264-265

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Stowe MS 264-265
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TRANSCRIPTS Of official correspondence of the various Governors of the British North American Colonies with the Board of Trade and Plantations, and the Secretaries of State, on the subject of the Stamp Act and the disturbances caused by the attempt to put the Act into execution; 1764-1766. Two volumes. Paper; ff. 384, 406. xviiith cent. Folio.
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Massachusetts, North America: Correspondence of the Governor, and Council minutes conc. the Stamp Act: 1765.: Copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
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2 items

38. Stowe MS 77

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Stowe MS 77
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"BEHEMOTH, or the Epitome of ye Civill Wars of England," 1640-1660; by Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury. At the end (f. 65), in a different band, is an exposition (incomplete) of the statute "22 and 23 Car. 2di cap. 10o , An Act for the better settling of Intestates estates." Paper; ff. 68. Late XVII...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1640-1660
Extent:
1 item

39. Stowe MS 68

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Stowe MS 68
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CHRONICLE OF THE BRUTE, in English. Begins with the rubric "Here may a man here hou England," etc., and proceeds "In the noble lond of Sirrie"; breaks off imperfectly in the year 1356, ending with the words "hit was told and certified to the king." Several leaves are missing just before the last...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
1 item

40. Stowe MS 235

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Stowe MS 235
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Vol. II. (ff. 228). " Stair," sc. correspondence of John Dalrywple, Earl of Stair.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 item