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1. Add MS 38525

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Add MS 38525
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HISTORICAL COLLECTION to illustrate the times of Henry V, made by Robert Sanderson (d. 1741), Clerk of the Rolls, one of the editors of Rymer's Fædera. It consists of extracts and copies of documents relating chiefly to the French war, the Lollards, etc., taken from the public records in his charge and from Cotton MSS. (some of which have since been lost in the fire of 1731), etc., the references being generally given in the margins. A few earlier and later documents are added. For Sanderson...
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Robert Sanderson, Clerk of the Rolls, d.1741: Collection for temp. Hen. V made by. Henry V of England: R. Sanderson's historical collection for reign of: 18th cent. England, Ecclesiastical History: Collections of R. Sanderson, rel. to lollardry, etc., temp. Hen.V: 18th cent. includes: f. 1 W...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 38889

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PRECEDENT-BOOK of Royal letters' and instruments, chiefly tempp. Anne-George I, viz.: A. Correspondence with foreign princes, largely on domestic occasions : 1. George I to various princes and states, announcing the death of Eleonore, Duchess-Dowager of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 17 Feb. 1721/22 with their replies. Fr. and Lat. ff. 1-31 b passim. 2. Louis XV and Philip, Duke of Orleans, Regent of France, to George 1, on the proposed marriages of Louis with the Infanta of Spain and of the Prince of...
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includes: ff. 2-,31 b passism Brunswick - Lüneburg, Eleanor, widow of George William, Duke Of: Correspondence of George I rel. to her death: 1722.: Fr. and Lat.: Copies. ff. 2 b, 6 Louis XV of France: Letters to George I: 1721, 1722.: Fr.: Copies. ff. 3, 7 Philippe II Orléans, Duc d'; Regent of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
[between 1714-1727]
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 57555

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Notebook of Sir Walter Ralegh, c. 1606-1618
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Largely autograph notebook of Sir Walter Ralegh (1554–1618), courtier, explorer and author. Comprising a glossary of geographical notes, thirteen annotated ink and watercolour maps, a list of around five hundred books in his possession, and a poem addressed to Queen Elizabeth I. Dating from Rale...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1606-1618
Extent:
1 volume.

4. Add MS 61889

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Add MS 61889
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THE TOWER OF LONDON HOURS: Book of Hours, of Sarum Use; second half of 15th cent. Produced in England. Latin. See F. Procter and C. Wordsworth, Breviarum ad usum insignis ecclesiae Sarum (1879-1886). Flyleaves at the front of the volume carry inscriptions recording, in several hands, executions at the Tower of London, including that of Sir William Stanley (1495) and of Edward Stafford, Duke of Buckingham (1521), f. 1v. The hand responsible for these entries also recorded the death, on 15 May...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Stamped panels depicting Adam and Eve: 2nd half 15th cent.: Lat. Liturgies LATIN: Tower of London: Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: The Tower of London Hours: 2nd half of 15th cent.: Lat. includes: f. 1v Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham: Note of execution of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of 15th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 63543

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Add MS 63543
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LADY ARBELLA STUART: papers relating to her and her husband's grandfather, Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford; 1561-1613. Partly copies. Partly Latin. Some documents and dockets are in the hand of Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton, suggesting that these may be his working papers for causes in which he acted as commissioner; his hand occurs as follows: f. 12v, docket, 'Lady Arbela'; f. 13, substance of Abraham Kenrick's examination; f. 16v, docket to Neale's examination; ff. 23-24v, text of San...
Scope & Content:
Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton: Working papers rel. to Lady A. Stuart, etc., of Henry Howard: 1561-1613. includes: ff. 1-26 Tower of London: Lady Arabella Stuart: Depositions, letters, etc., rel. to Lady A. Stuart as prisoner in the Tower: 1613: Partly copies.ff. 17-19v William Seymour,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1561-1613
Extent:
1 item

6. Egerton MS 3806

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Egerton MS 3806
Title:
SIR SIMONDS D'EWES: copies and abstracts of records kept in the Tower of London; bef. 1650. Latin. Partly autograph. The Chartae Antiquae lettered A to Z are copied in full as far as class X and abstracted for Y and Z. The present volume is far more heavily annotated by D'Ewes than is the similar copy in Harl. 84. The remainder of the volume (ff. 114-253) consists of abstracts from the Patent Rolls of Richard II, for which see also Harl. 91. Purchased from Arthur Page Books, June 1984. Pap...
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Richard II of England: Tower of London: Sir Simonds D'Ewes, antiquary; d.1650: Records kept at Tower of London and Patent Rolls of Richard II , copied by Sir Simonds D'Ewes: bef. 1650: Lat.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
before 1650
Extent:
1 item