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1. Stowe Ch 64

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 64
Title:
Grant by Isabella, widow of Thomas del Hull of Snelston, to Henry of Kniveton, rector of Norbury Church, and Henry Wallour, chaplain, of property in Derbyshire and Staffordshire
Scope & Content:
Grant by Isabella, widow of Thomas del Hull of Snelston, to Henry of Kniveton, rector of Norbury Church, and Henry Wallour, chaplain, of all the property in Derbyshire and Staffordshire that she inherited following the death of Isabella, who was the wife of John Shale, son and heir of John of Ha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1405
Extent:
1 leaf

2. Stowe MS 30

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 30
Title:
Prayer book presented to Queen Elizabeth I
Scope & Content:
Illustrated prayer book, in various languages, dated 1578 and presented to Queen Elizabeth I for New Year. Written in inks of various colours, with illuminated titles and initials. Possibly presented by William Absolon (Lawson, ‘This Remembrance of the New Year’, p. 143). Previously also associ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1578
Extent:
1 volume

3. Stowe MS 39

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 39
Title:
The Abbey of the Holy Ghost; The Desert of Religion
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 4r-9v: The Abbey of the Holy Ghost, written in Middle English prose, beginning, 'My dere syster, I se þat many wuld be in religyon, bot þai may noght...' ff. 10r-31v: The Desert of Religion, written in Middle English verse, beginning, 'David þat prophet was ay. In þe sauter boke ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

4. Stowe MS 166

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 166
Title:
Papers of Thomas Edmondes, Agent at the French Court, 1592-1596 and n.d., volume 1
Scope & Content:
Edmonde Papers, vol. 1, 18 June 1592-16 May 1596. This volume includes letters from William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, Sir Robert Cecil and Sir John Norris, commander in Brittany, to Thomas Edmondes. Much of this volume comprises drafts (described on the endorsements as copies or minutes) of t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1592-1601
Extent:
1 volume

5. Stowe MS 170

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 170
Title:
Papers of Sir Thomas Edmondes, Vol. 5: 28 Mar 1608-23 Mar 1609
Scope & Content:
Papers of Sir Thomas Edmondes (d. 1639), diplomat: Vol. 5: 28 Mar 1608-23 Mar 1609. Edmondes was in this period Ambassador to the Spanish Netherlands, to the Archdukes Albert and Isabella, at Brussels. The great majority of the letters here are originals, with some drafts by Edmondes, usually ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
28 Mar 1608-23 Mar 1609
Extent:
1 volume

6. Stowe MS 930

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 930
Title:
Register of Durham Cathedral Priory, including the ‘Bolden Book’
Scope & Content:
Composite miscellaneous register, 13th–late 14th century, with additions to the 15th century. Durham, University Library, Archives and Special Collections, MS Mickleton and Spearman 13, f. 210 is a leaf wanting in the Stowe volume before f. 35. ff. 3r–8r: Statutes for Durham Peculiars; edited ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
13th century-Late 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

7. Stowe MS 944

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 944
Title:
Liber vitae ('The New Minster Liber Vitae')
Scope & Content:
The core of this volume is a Liber vitae consisting of lists of names of brethren and benefactors of the New Minster, Winchester, recorded for commendation to God during daily mass, combined originally with a Gospel Lectionary, and supplemented with several historical texts. Contents: ff. 1r-5...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1031-1771
Extent:

1 volume

8. Stowe MS 962

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 962
Title:
Collection of poetry by John Donne and others
Scope & Content:
Collection of poetry, including works by John Donne, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, Sir Walter Raleigh, Ben Jonson, Thomas Carew, Francis Bacon, Sir Kenelm Digby, Francis Phillips, Richard Corbett, Henry King, Thomas Campion, George Morley, William Strode, John Grange, Michael Drayton, John Ho...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c. 1637
Extent:
1 volume

9. Stowe MS 1016

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 1016
Title:
Fra Giovanni Giocondo, Sylloge (in the third recension); Fabius Victor, De xiv urbis regionibus; Marcus Valerius Probus, De notis antiquis
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-3v: Roman Calendar; ff. 4r-245r: Fra Giovanni Giocondo, Sylloge, in the third recension; ff. 246r-253v: Fabius Victor (also known as Publius), De xiv urbis regionibus; ff. [254r-269v]: Marcus Valerius Probus, De notis antiquis; ff. [270r-271v]: Index of inscriptions. Deco...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Modern and Latin
Date Range:
c 1502
Extent:

1 volume

10. Stowe MS 1065

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 1065
Title:
Physician's folding almanac
Scope & Content:
Contents: A physician's portable almanac consisting of: ff. 1r-4v: Calendar, with tables of cycles calculated from 1482 to 1520; f. 5r-v: Indictiones, Festa Mobilia, Tabula planetarum; f. 5v: Tabula lunæ, and Homo Signorum (the influence of the signs of the Zodiac on man); f. 6r: Homo ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c. 1482
Extent:

6 parchment folios, each folded into eight parts