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1. Add MS 19398

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Title:
Royal and noble autographs, 1399-1646
Scope & Content:
Original letters, bills of privy seal, orders of Privy Council, and other documents, bearing the autograph signatures of royal and noble people, principally of England. Between 1399 and 1646. ff. 1r-2r: Papers concerning the sale of the volume to Dawson Turner (1775–1858), banker, botanist and...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century-17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 27401

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Title:
LETTERS and papers, 1430-1716, viz.:- 1. Two leaves from the letter-book of Thomas Langley, Bisliop of Durham, containing copies of letters to the Countess of Westmoreland, [James I.] King of Scotland (from the English commissioners), the Earl of Salisbury, Warden of the West Marches of Scotland, and others; 26 Apr.-29 May, 1430, f. 1. 2. Sir Thomas Tyrell to the Lord Mayor of London; 30 July [xvith cent.], f. 3. 3. Agreement between Margaret Preston, of Fenyngham [Finingham, co. Suffo...
Scope & Content:
includes: f. 1 Elizabeth Neville, wife of Ralph, 1st Earl of Westmoreland: Letter to, from the Bishop of Durham: 1430.: Copy. f. 1 b James I of Scotland: Letter to, from the English Commissioners: 1430.: Copy. f. 1 b Thomas Longley, Bishop of Durham: Letter to James II. of Scotland: 15th cent.:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1430-1716
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 34079

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ORIGINAL LETTERS and documents, official and private; 1513- 1839. Arranged in two series, English and Foreign, as follows:- I. English Series:- 1. Warrant of Henry VIII. to [George Talbot, 4th] Earl of Shrewsbury, " Steuard of our houshold and Lieutenant of our Vangarde," directing him to punish certain Welshmen of the retinues of [Charles Somerset] Lord Herbert [cr. Earl of Worcester, 1514] and Sir [Griffith ap] Rice for ill-treating the country-people and robbing churches at St. Omer a...
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Sir William Paston, ob. 1610: Letter to, from the Commissioners of Musters for Norfolk: 1570. includes: f. 1 George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury: Royal warrant to, as Steward of the Household and Lieutenant of the Vanguard: [1513]. f. 2 George Poulet, High Commissioner of Ireland: Warrant si...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1513-1839
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 35830

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Title:
State letters and papers (Hardwick Papers vol. 482)
Scope & Content:
State letters and papers, principally the correspondence of Sir Nicholas Throckmorton (1515/16-1571), diplomat and member of parliament. He was appointed ambassador to France in May 1559, two months before the death of King Henry II, and his letters give detailed accounts of his interviews wit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1557-1561
Extent:
1 volume

5. Add MS 35831

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Title:
State letters and papers (Hardwicke Papers vol. 483)
Scope & Content:
State letters and papers including the correspondence of Sir Nicholas Throckmorton, diplomat and Member of Parliament (1515/16-1571) during his time as Ambassador in France, 1561-1564. f. 1 Letter from Mary, Queen of Scots, to Queen Elizabeth I: as Queen Elizabeth I is not satisfied with her pr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1562-1599
Extent:
1 volume

6. Add MS 46410

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Title:
COTTON CHANCERY COLLECTIONS COLLECTIONS OF SIR ROBERT COTTON relating to the Courts of Chancery and Requests; 1433-temp. James I. Miscellaneous transcripts, excerpts, etc., in English, Latin, and French, similar in content for the Court of Chancery (artt. 1-16) to those found in, e.g., Stowe MS. 415, Hargrave MSS. 227, 249, and for the dependence of which upon Lambarde see Paul L. Ward, 'William Larnbarde's Collections on Chancery', Harvard Library Bulletin, vii, 1953, pp. 271-298. The text...
Scope & Content:
Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, 1st Baronet; antiquary: Collections rel. to the Courts of Chancery and Requests: 15th-17th cent. Law OF ENGLAND: Collections of Sir R. Cotton rel. to the Courts of Chancery and Requests: 15th-17th cent. includes: f. iv Bookplates and Book-stamps: Mitford afterw. Fre...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
15th century-17th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 48019

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Scope & Content:
TRACTS AND PAPERS RELATING TO TRADE, the City of London, etc.; 16th cent. Some Latin and French. Copies. Contents list, f. iii. Some titles and notes, by Beale passim. 1. ff. 1-7b. 'A discourse touchinge clothes and clothe makinge', by John Leake, deputy alnager in the City of London; 1577. Tu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
12th century-16th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 48023

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Title:
Political and religious papers, 1558-1601, with some 15th-century diplomatic copies
Scope & Content:
This volume from the Yelverton Manuscripts was largely in the possession of Robert Beale, administrator and diplomat (1541-1601), at the time of his death. It is probable that the volume was bound after his death, as there is one item dated as late as 1601 ('The Viewe of Fraunce or The Method of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1419-1874
Extent:
1 volume

9. Add MS 63129

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Add MS 63129
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Scope & Content:
BLAKENEY COLLECTION. Vol. LI. Miscellaneous documents and fragments; circa 15th cent.-1941, n.d. Partly copies and printed. Partly Latin and French. Vellum and paper; ff. 119. Largest size 340 x 213mm. 1. ff. 1-11. Fragments of medieval manuscripts, chiefly illuminated initials; circa 15th c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1400-1941
Extent:
1 item

10. Cotton MS Caligula C II

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Cotton MS Caligula C II
Title:
Records and papers (primarily originals) concerning England and Scotland, 1569–1572.
Scope & Content:
This volume is a rich source of materials for Anglo-Scottish relations and the issue of Mary, Queen of Scots in English and Scottish politics between 1570 and 1572 (there is one document, and possibly another, from 1569). It includes original correspondence of Mary, Queen of Scots (r: 1542–1567;...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Scots
Date Range:
1570-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume.