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Language French Name Digges, Thomas, mathematician, politician and engineer, c 1546-1595 Digitised Content Platform BL legacy Universal Viewer (unavailable)

1. Add MS 48023

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 48023
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

2. Cotton MS Galba C VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Galba C VIII
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, 1585
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, in 1585. f. 1r Cottonian title page. ff. 2r-3v Letter to William Herle, from an unknown correspondent. Concerning the forwarding of some letters, and the purchase of three horses for Queen Elizabeth I. Harlingen, January 4 1585/6. Fr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Flemish, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter 16th century-1st half 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Egerton MS 1694

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 1694
Title:
Original letters addressed to Robert Beale (1576-1579, 1587) and to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (1585-1587), with other papers concerning English involvement with the Dutch Revolt
Scope & Content:
This volume relates to the English involvement with the Dutch Revolt. The volume was once part of the Yelverton manuscripts, from which it became separated, and it embodies the involvement and preoccupation with the Dutch Revolt of the collection's originator, Robert Beale (1541-1601). Beale w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1576-1587
Extent:

1 volume