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112. Add Ch 77050
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- Add Ch 77050
- Title:
- MEDIEVAL SURVEYING. Letter from Jean le Genevoys, clerk, and Etienne du Tertre, ‘mesureur’ and commissioner in these parts of Regnant de Giry, chevalier and ‘enquesteur des Eaues & des foreez’ for the King and Duke of Normandy, to the Baillie of Rouen; Orbec, 16 March 1343 [1344]. French. The letters relate to the remeasurement of woodland in the Forest of ‘Lonc lunel’ (?) by the ‘mesureur’ Jean Docque, in connection with the sale of wood. Purchased from J. L. M. Gulley, April 2000.
- Scope & Content:
- Woods and Forests: Jean Le Genevoys, clerk: Etienne Du Tertre, 'mesureur': Letter rel. to measurement of French woodland, from Jean Le Genevoys and Etienne Du Tertre: 1344: Fr.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- French
- Date Range:
- [16 Mar 1344]
- Extent:
- 1 item
113. Add MS 4101-4478
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- Add MS 4101-4478
- Title:
- Manuscripts collected by Thomas Birch (b. 1705, d. 1766), D.D., and bequeathed by him to the British Museum, of which he was a Trustee from 1753 until his death
- Scope & Content:
- They comprise not only original documents (including some of Birch's own private papers) but also a number of transcripts, many of which were made by Birch himself, from originals preserved in public and private collections. Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Collections of, bequeathed to the Britis...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish
- Date Range:
- [1200-1799]
- Extent:
- 378 items
114. Add MS 4698
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- Add MS 4698
- Title:
- TREATISES
- Scope & Content:
- On various medical subjects; 15th cent. (1) 'A Judicial [of Urines]', beg. 'Uryne browne wiþ a blake rynge is signe of deþe'. ff. 8-15b. (2) Recipes for coloured medicines. ff. 15b- 16b. (3) Treatise in English upon herbs, arranged in alphabetical order. It begins 'Agnus is an herbe þt men...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, Italian, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 15th century
- Extent:
- 1 item
115. Add MS 4712
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- Add MS 4712
- Title:
- MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS relating chiefly to ceremonies at the English Court; 16th and 17th centt
- Scope & Content:
- The references 'Lib. Y. fol. 193' (f. 1) 'M. 16' and 'H. 12' (f. 24), and other similar ones are to documents at the College of Arms. Viz:- (1) A list of twelve British standards and banners, heraldic and national; early 17th cent. f. 1. (2) Two pedigrees in the autograph of Sir Robert Cotto...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 16th and 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 item
116. Add MS 4715
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- Add MS 4715
- Title:
- CHARTULARY OF WHITBY ABBEY; 13th-15th centt
- Scope & Content:
- Based on a mid-13th cent. compilation (rubricated, with red, blue and green decorated initials), of which ff. 9-15, 25-28, 73-75, 83-86, 107-112, 122-127 and 148-167 in the present foliation are the surviving leaves. Extensively supplemented in the 14th cent. (temp. Edward III), with some interm...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 13th century-15th century
- Extent:
- 1 item
117. Add MS 4727
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- Add MS 4727
- Title:
- BOOK OF PRAYERS
- Scope & Content:
- For the following occasions:- (a) 'Ante quamvis orationem'. f. 3;- (b) 'In Die Dominico'. f. 3b- ( c) 'Generalis confessio'. f. 4b;- (d) 'Invocatio ad Trinitatem, Augustini'. f. 6;- (e) 'Pro Mittendis Ministris Verbi'. f. 7;- (f) 'Vt quis in semine bono existat'. f. 7b;- (g) 'Sacram concionem au...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 16th century
- Extent:
- 1 item
118. Add MS 4733
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 4733
- Title:
- REGISTER AND SURVEY OF CRABHOUSE NUNNERY, etc., co. Norf.
- Scope & Content:
- See G. R. C. Davis, Medieval Cartularies of Great Britain, 1958, p. 33. Two volumes, with continuous foliation. Presented, 29 June 1765, by Henry Robinson, Rector of Watlington, co. Norf. Vol. I (ff. i-ii, 1-54). Register of Crabhouse Nunnery, as follows:- (a) Legend of the foundation of the N...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 14th century-15th century
- Extent:
- 1 item
119. Add MS 4740-4747
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 4740-4747
- Title:
- DAVENANT PAPERS
- Scope & Content:
- Papers of Henry Davenant, English Envoy at Frankfurt and Regensburg; 1703-1728. Eight volumes. Folio. Presented by John Thornton, of Clapham, 20 Dec. 1765. Viz.:- B. Zollicoffre, Secretary to H Davenant: Correspondence and papers: 1704-1708.: Fr. Henry Davenant, diplomatist: Correspondence, et...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1703-1728
- Extent:
- 8 items
120. Add MS 4748
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 4748
- Title:
- WILLIAM III LETTERS
- Scope & Content:
- Ten letters of William III on the administration of Ireland, apparently all addressed to Henri de Massue de Ruvigny, Earl of Galway, during his tenure of office as one of the three Lords Justices of Ireland; 1697-1700. French. They are, with one exception, autograph, and are generally signed 'Wi...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and French
- Date Range:
- 1697-1700
- Extent:
- 1 item