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1. 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

2. Stowe MS 132

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 132
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Scope & Content:
Vol. I. (ff. 300). ANGLO-GALLICA, or negotiations and treaties between England and France; 1359, 1525-1654. 1. " Traicté entre le Roy de France et le Royaume d'Escosse pour la delivrance du Roy d'Escosse, prisonnier en Angleterre " ; Paris, July, 1359. f 4. 2. Treaty of peace and alliance be...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1359-1654
Extent:
1 item

3. Stowe MS 142

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 142
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Scope & Content:
MISCELLANEOUS historical letters, etc.; 1375-1810. In two series, English or relating to England and (artt. 87-106) foreign. 1. Andrea Contarini, Doge of Venice, to Edward III. of England, desiring a safe conduct for merchant-ships about to be sent to Flanders; " in nostro ducali Palatio," 5 F...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1375-1810
Extent:
1 item

4. Stowe MS 154

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 154
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Scope & Content:
TRANSCRIPTS, facsimiles, and drafts of English and Foreign State letters; 1549-1765. A few of them have memoranda in the hand of Thomas Astle, and are copies of letters that have since been acquired by the British Museum. The contents are:- 1. Henry II. of France to, [Con Baccach] O'Neill, Ear...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1549-1765
Extent:
1 item

5. Stowe MS 155

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 155
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Scope & Content:
COLLECTION of State papers, letters, and miscellaneous documents, many of which relate to the Civil War and the affairs of the Commonwealth; 1564-1760. The letters at the end relate to literature and kindred subjects, and several of them are addressed to Dr. John Hill, Apothecary, etc., who acqu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, and Latin
Date Range:
1564-1760
Extent:
1 item

6. Stowe MS 159

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 159
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Scope & Content:
A COLLECTION Of miscellaneous political and other tracts, etc., in different hands; 1572-1635. 1. Star Chamber cases, viz. :-(a) Judgments against Thomas Howard, Earl of Suffolk, late Lord Treasurer, Catherine, his wife, and Sir John Bingley, for taking bribes, etc.; 12 Nov. 1619. f. 3;- (b)...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1572-1635
Extent:
1 item

7. 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

8. Stowe MS 177

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 177
Title:
Scope & Content:
EDMONDES PAPERS. Vol. XII. (ff. 237). Copies of treaties and miscellaneous papers relating for the most part to the correspondence contained in the preceding volumes; 1470-1663. The contents are :- 1. Treaties between France and the Swiss; 1470-1579. Lat. and Fr. ff. i-30. 2. Treaty of peace...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1470-1663
Extent:
1 item

9. 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

10. Stowe MS 1047

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 1047
Title:
Scope & Content:
COMMONPLACE-BOOK of Francis Thynne, Lancaster Herald [1602- 1608], relating to English history and antiquities; consisting of extracts from chronicles, monastic registers, etc., including the following:- 1. "Thinges taken oute of an olde writen frenche cronicle," treating of the relations betw...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item