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251. Add Ch 76961

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'GENEALOGIE de la maison de Chalons'; circa late 16th-early 17th cent. The pedigree is carried down to Francois, Duc de Longueville (d. 1512), son of Louis d'Orleans. Title from docket. Vellum fold-out leaf. From Trumbull Additional MS 15. Chalons family: Pedigree down to early 16th cent.: circ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
Late 16th century-Early 17th century
Extent:
1 item

252. Add Ch 76962

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PEDIGREE 'de l'Illustre maison de Croy Avec ses Branches et alliances Jusque'à l'An 1622'. Copy in an English hand, with later additions. The tabular pedigree traces the family through its various branches, as Ducs d'Arschot, Princes de Chimay, Contes du Reux et Contes de Solre, down to Charles ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
Mid 17th century-Late 17th century
Extent:
1 item

253. Add Ch 77050

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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.
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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.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
[16 Mar 1344]
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1 item

254. Add MS 4101

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WRIOTHESLEY HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. Collections relating to heraldry, etc. Supplementary to Add. MSS. 5530, 45131-45133, 46354. The contents are as follows:- (1) 'Le xviiie livre de Bethelemy des proprietes lequel parle de la proprite des bestes', being a French translation by Jean Corbichon of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

255. Add MS 4101-4478

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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
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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

256. Add MS 4106

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Vol. I (ff. 276). Viz:- (1) Appointment by Edward IV of John Russell, Bishop of Rochester, and Anthony Wydville, Earl Rivers, to be Governors of Edward, Prince of Wales; 28 Sept. 1473. Copy. ff. 1-5b. (2) Sir Richard Morison to the Council; Spires, 7 Oct. 1552. Transcribed from Cotton MS. Ga...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1473-1657
Extent:
1 item

257. Add MS 4106-4107

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TRANSCRIPTS OF STATE PAPERS and letters from public and private collections, made by or for Birch, together with some original documents. In two volumes not chronologically arranged: Vol. I, 1473- 1657; Vol. II, 1598-1745. The names of the writers of letters, etc. are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. Among the documents are:-
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Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Transcripts and abstracts of MSS., etc., made for and by: 18th cent.: Partly autogr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1473-1745
Extent:
2 items

258. Add MS 4107

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State papers, 1598-1745, transcribed by Thomas Birch
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Collection of state papers, 1598-1745, transcribed by Thomas Birch (1705-1766), compiler of histories and biographer. Vol. II. Including transcripts of letters in the hands Thomas Astle, Keeper of the Records, Tower of London (ff. 68r-77v), and transcripts of letters from the Hanover Papers (Sto...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1598-1745
Extent:
1 volume.

259. Add MS 4109

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Vol. I, ff. 203, 1750, 1751. includes: f. 8 City of Geneva: Letter from the Senate to O. Cromwell: circ. 1655.: Fr.: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1750-1751
Extent:
1 item

260. Add MS 4109-4124

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ANTHONY BACON TRANSCRIPTS. Transcripts and extracts of the correspondence of Anthony Bacon (d. 1601), chiefly in his capacity as Private Secretary to Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex; 1580-1598, with a few of earlier date. They were made by Birch in 1750, 1751 from the originals in the Lambeth Palace Library (Nos. 647-662) for the purpose of, and incorporation in, his Memoirs of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth ... in which the secret intrigues of her court and the conduct of her Favourite Ro...
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Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Transcripts and abstracts of MSS., etc., made for and by: 18th cent.: Partly autogr. Anthony Bacon, diplomatist: Copies, by T. Birch, of his correspondence (1558-1598) in Lambeth Library: 1750, 1751.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1750-1751
Extent:
16 items

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