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1. Add Ch 75749

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Add Ch 75749
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LETTER of Richard, Duke of York, announcing the conclusion of a truce between England and Burgundy; 31 May 1443. French. Belonged to Sir Thomas Phillipps (MS. 32964). Purchased at Sotheby's, Phillipps sale, 14 June 1971, lot 1435, with the aid of an anonymous donation in memory of Alice Marjorie Ellis, through the Friends of the National Libraries. Armorial seal of the Duke of York.
Scope & Content:
Henry VI of England: Burgundy: Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York: Letter of the Duke of York announcing a truce with Burgundy: 1443: Fr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
31 May 1443
Extent:
1 item

2. Add Ch 75792

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LIST of properties in the chastellanies of Alençon and Essoy confiscated after the English conquest and regranted to English owners; 1435-1439. French. Belonged to Sir Thomas Phillipps. Purchased at Sotheby's, Phillipps sale, 25 June 1973, lot 1927.
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Henry VI of England: France General: Alençon, France: Essoy, France: Properties confiscated from English owners, 1435-1439 in the chastellanies of Alençon and Essoy: 1435-1439: Fr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1435-1439
Extent:
1 item

3. 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

4. Add MS 4712

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MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS relating chiefly to ceremonies at the English Court; 16th and 17th centt
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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

5. Add MS 11509

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Title:
An account of payments made in Normandy by the Receiver-General of King Henry VI in 1448 and 1449
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Contents: A record of payments made by the Receiver-General of King Henry VI of England (r. 1422-1461) in his territories in northern France from Michaelmas 1448 to Michaelmas 1449. The Receiver-General at this time was probably Pierre Baille (see Anne Curry 'Lancastrian Normandy' (2002), p. 3...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
1448-1449
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Parchment codex

6. Add MS 12093

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AUTOGRAPHS OF ROYAL PERSONAGES of England and Scotland, viz. Warrant to the Keeper of the Wardrobe, signed by Henry VI., no date, on parchment;-Warrant to the Keeper of the Wardrobe, signed by Henry VIII., and countersigned by Wolsey, as Bishop of Lincoln, dat. Eltham, 28 May, 1514, on parchment...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
[1422]-1838
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 13961

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Title:
Noel de Fribois, Abregé des croniques de France
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Contents: ff. 2r-71v: An abbreviated chronicle of France. from the destruction of Troy to the death of Louis de Mâle, Count of Flanders, in 1383, composed in 1459 by Noel de Fribois, councillor to King Charles VII of France. There are five successive versions of the text. This manuscript is on...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

Parchment codex

8. Add MS 18850

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Title:
Book of Hours (the 'Bedford Hours')
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Book of Hours of the use of Paris, known as the 'Bedford Hours'. The manuscript was produced in several phases. Its first owner, probably a member of the French royal family, remains untraced, but Louis (d. 1415), duke of Guyenne and dauphin of France, has been suggested as a possible candidate ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1410-1430
Extent:

1 volume

9. 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

10. Add MS 21361

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Title:
MISCELLANEOUS papers in French, viz.: 1. "Cest la substance de la credence donnee par [Charles] le Duc de Bourgongne à mess. Philippe de Comines, chevalier, pour dire et declairer à mons. [John, Lord] de Wennelok;" on sending an embassy to England on the restoration of Henry VI. [1470]. The Duke's letter to Lord Wenlock, in English, is added at the end. A modern imitation. f. 1. 2. Itineraries of the Emperor Charles V. in Germany, Italy, Spain, and to Tunis; written by one of his servants....
Scope & Content:
Henry VI of England: Embassy to, from the Duke of Burgundy: 1470. includes: f. 1 Charles the Bold; Duke of Burgundy: Credentials for P. de Comines to Lord Wenlock: 1470.: Fr. f. 1 Philippe de Comines, Sire d'Argenton: Credentials from the Duke of Burgundy for, to Lord Wenlock: 1470.: Fr. f. 1 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
[1470]-1559
Extent:
1 item

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