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2241. Egerton MS 2851

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Egerton MS 2851
Title:
CORRESPONDENCE Of distinguished botanists, chiefly French and English, consisting for the most part of letters from Philip Barker Webb to H. B. A. Moquin-Tandon, and from others to the same and to Webb; 1784-1860. The names of all the writers are given in the Index. Among them are Sir John Sinclair, Candolle, Berthelot, Sir R. H. Schomburgk, Sir W. J. Hooker, and Prouvensal de Saint Hilaire. A few engraved portraits are included. Paper; ff. 228. Quarto. From the Farnborough Fund.
Scope & Content:
Botany: Letters, autographs and portraits botanists: 1784-1860, and n.d. includes: f. 1 Jonathan Stokes: Letter to C. L. L'Heritier de Brutelle: 1784.f. 3 James Lee, nurseryman: Letter to botanist in Paris: 1786.f. 4 Samuel Foart Simmons, Physician Extraordinary to George III: Letter to P. M. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1784-1860
Extent:
1 item

2242. Egerton MS 2884

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2884
Title:
MISCELLANEOUS historical papers and original letters, 1452- 1874, viz.:- A. 1. Extracts from the Flores Historiarum (Rolls Series ed., ii. pp. 190-221) relating to Hubert de Burgh. In a hand of the end of the l5th cent. f. 1. 2. Copy of proclamation by Thomas Percy, Earl of Northumberland, and Charles Nevill, Earl of Westmorland; Nov. 1569. Printed in Calendar of State Papers, Domestic, 1566-1579, Addenda, p. 111. Followed by a list of persons exempted from pardon for the earls'' rebelli...
Scope & Content:
includes: f. 1 Hubert de Burgh: Extracts from chronicles relating to: 15th cent. f. 1 England General Chronicles and History: Extracts from Flores Historiarum: 15th cent. f. 2 Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland: Proclamation by: 1569.: Copy. f. 2 Elizabeth I of England: List of exemptions...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1452-1874
Extent:
1 item

2243. Egerton MS 2885

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Egerton MS 2885
Title:
COMPILATION of London customs, made for a London fishmonger, circ. 1395. Contents:- 1. List of sheriffs and mayors, 1 Rich. I.-19 Rich. II. f. 1. 2. Chronological memoranda in Latin, in several series, viz.:- (a) Notes on the seven ages, etc., beg. "In principio creauit." f. 8;-(b) Brief annals of England from Brutus to 1388. f. 8 b;- (o) Very brief London annals (l¼ pages), 1087-1382. f. 13;- (d) A few miscellaneous dates, 680-1378. f. 13 b. 3. Confirmation-charters of Richard I...
Scope & Content:
London City Companies: Compilation of customs, statutes, etc., made for a London fishmonger: 13th-14th centt. includes: f. 1 London, Parishes. St. Mary Aldermary: List of sheriffs and mayors from 1 Rich. I. to 19 Rich. II.: 14th cent.f. 1 D- Ord, of Clare Hall, Cambridge: Name inscribed: e...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1281-1400
Extent:
1 item

2244. Egerton MS 2963

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Egerton MS 2963
Title:
" ALCESTE" : tragedy by Jean Baptiste Lully, in full score. Paper; ff. iv + 142. Folio. Late XVII cent. Engraved portrait of the composer, by Edelinck, f. 2. Belonged, 17th-18th cent., to -de Seré. Bookplate of W. H. C[ummings] (sale-cat., lot 1014). Two fragments, taken from the binding, have been inserted at the end. They form part of a notarial instrument in a suit of the Chatellerie of the Bois de Vincennes, 1573.
Scope & Content:
Jean Baptiste Lully, composer: "Alceste": late 17th cent. William Hayman Cummings, Mus.D: Bookplates. Bookplates: Cummings (William Hayman), Mus.D. d.1915. includes: ff. iii, iv Bois de Vincennes, Châtellenie du: Fragments of notarial instrument in suit in: 1573.: Fr.f. 2 Jean Baptiste L...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 item

2245. Egerton MS 2978-3008

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Egerton MS 2978-3008
Title:
HEATH AND VERNEY PAPERS : official and private papers of Sir Robert Heath, Chief Justice (b. 1575, d. 1649), and of his two eldest sons Sir Edward and Sir John; and estate papers of the Greville and Verney families, Barons Willoughby de Broke, with whom the Heaths were connected by the marriage of Margaret, daughter and heiress of Sir John Heath, to George Verney, 12th Baron. Sir Robert Heath was Solicitor-General 1621-1625, Attorney-General 1625-1631, Chief Justice of Common Pleas 1631-1634...
Scope & Content:
Heath, Greville, and Verney family: Papers and deeds of: 13th-19th centt.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
[1300-1855]
Extent:
31 items

2246. Egerton MS 3028

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3028
Title:
Roman de Brut, with continuation to Edward III; La Destruction de Rome; Fierabras
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-56v: An abridged version of Wace's Roman de Brut, beginning at line 4883 of the longer version (Weiss ed. (2002), p. 124); the first quire is misbound so the correct order of the text is ff. 2, 8, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1 (mostly illegible), 9. The text is imperfect at the beginning: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and French
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

A parchment codex, 118 folios

2247. Egerton MS 3029

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Egerton MS 3029
Title:
CHARTULARY Of the Perpetual Chantry or College of St. John Baptist, Shottesbrook, co. Berks. (founded in 1337 by Sir William Trussell, of Kibblestone, co. Staff., for a warden, five chaplains and two clerks), apparently compiled shortly after the termination of the suit respecting the church of Basildon in 1384 (see below) and the ordination of the additional chantry for the soul of William Fryth in 1386 (see f. 65), and containing deeds from 8 Hen. III (f. 25 b), with additions to 31 Hen. V...
Scope & Content:
Shottesbrook, Berkshire: Chartulary of the College: late 14th cent.: with additions. Sir Thomas Mostyn, 4th Baronet: Bookplate of arms: 1744. Chartularies: Shottesbrook College, with additions.: late 14th cent.: Lat. and Fr. Bookplates: Mostyn (Sir Thomas), 4th Bart.: 1744. Bindings ENGLISH:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1348-1499
Extent:
1 item

2248. Egerton MS 3041

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3041
Title:
THE RIDWARE CHARTULARY. Chartulary of the Ridware family, lords of Seal, co. Derb. (but formerly in co. Leic.), compiled 2 Edw. II [1308-1309] for Thomas, son of Walter de Ridware (f. 3 b), with contemporary and subsequent (14th cent.) additions and insertions. Latin and French. The manuscript contains copies of deeds and other evidences, 11th-14th centt., relating to the lands of the family in Seal, Ridware, co. Staff., Frilsham, co. Berks, Kettlebaston, co. Suff., Roston, co. Derby, and ot...
Scope & Content:
James Hayday, bookbinder: Bound: 19th cent. Chartularies: Ridware family: 1308-1309, etc: Lat. and Fr. Seal, Derbyshire (formerly county Leicestershire): Chartulary of the Ridware family, Lords of Seal: 1308-1309, with additions. Ridware family; of Ridware, Staffordshire: Chartulary: 1308-130...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
11th century-14th century
Extent:
1 item

2249. Egerton MS 3043

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3043
Title:
LETTERS addressed to or concerning Francis Henry Egerton, (8th Earl of Bridgewater 1823), mainly from French and Italian correspondents; 1782-1807. The names of all the writers are given in the Index to this Catalogue. The volume belongs to the correspondence in Egerton MSS. 60-64, and has been rearranged alphabetically in conformity with that series. A 'Table des Lettres' under subject-headings and with page references to the previous arrangement is prefixed (ff. ii-iii). Paper; ff. v + 114...
Scope & Content:
Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater: Letters to: 1782-1807.: Mainly Fr. and Ital. includes: ff. 1, 3 Paolo Andreani: Letters to F. H. Egerton: 1792.: Ital. and Fr.ff. 5-19 Jean Baptiste Gaspard d' Ansse de Villoison, d 1805 French classical scholar: Letters to F. H. Egerton: 180...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, and Italian
Date Range:
1782-1807
Extent:
1 item

2250. Egerton MS 3047

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3047
Title:
CHARTULARY of Ely Benedictine Cathedral Priory; late 15th cent. (temp. Edw. IV?). Latin and, occasionally, French. Contains copies of royal, episcopal and private charters, etc., mainly of the 13th and 14th centt., and a few papal bulls (listed, save that on f. 241b, by W. Holtzmann, Papsturkunden in England, iii, 1952, pp. 97-98). The manuscript constitutes the first and major part of a compilation of which the remainder now forms Bodleian MS. Ashmole 801, ff. 74-143. The latest dated entry...
Scope & Content:
Press-marks: Press-marks of charters of Ely Cathedral Priory. Ely, Cambridgeshire: Chartulary of the Cathedral Priory: 15th cent.: Mainly Lat. Chartularies: Ely Cathedral Priory: 15th cent.: Lat. and Fr. Bindings ENGLISH: Reversed leather, stamped: 17th cent. includes: f.i Exchequer: Note...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
1 item

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