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1. Add MS 4155

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English political and diplomatic papers, 1587-1689
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This is a miscellaneous collection of papers, including Elizabethan political and military matters; the parliamentary politics of the 1620s; and a number of early 17th-century diplomatic letters. There are probably some originals amongst the collection, but it is evidently mainly a collection of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
1587-1740
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 32091

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Title:
State papers and documents, 1087-1575
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Volume I of state papers and documents owned by the Malet family, baronets, of Wilbury, Wiltshire. Covering the period 1087-1575. ff. 1r-2v Transcript of the foundation charter of Battle Abbey, Sussex [1086-1087]. Latin. Another copy is in Harley Ch. 83 A. 12. ff. 3r-12v Leaves from a manuscri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
12th century-1575
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 32094

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Vol. IV., July 1660-1676:- 1. Certificate from [the officers of Portsmouth Dockyard] in favour of Theophilus Sacheverell [appointed purser on board the "Monk"]; 14 July, 1660. Signed. f. 1. 2. Certificate to the Commissioners of the Treasury from Michael Baker, messenger of the Exchequer, "c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Jul 1660-1676
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 32095

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Vol. V., 1677-1695:- 1. Sir T. Higgons to Secretary Henry Coventry, on his negotiations; Venice, 15, 22 Jan., 19 Febr., 5, 12 March, 167,; 9 April, 1677. Hologr. ff. 1, 3, 22, 24, 26, 28. 2. Proceedings in the House of Lords on the re-assembling of Parliament after fifteen months' prorogatio...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1677-1695
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 38597

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LETTER-BOOK contaning,, drafts of letters, official and private, of Thomas Read [Reid, Ithaedus], Latin Secretary to James I, covering the period 1619-1623 ; with a few common-places. Autograph, except for f. 109. The official correspondence, which forms the bulk of the volume, comprises drafts, chiefly in Latin, of letters from James I to foreign sovereigns, etc., dealing, among other matters, with the sending of English levies to Poland; the Palatinate War and the special embassy of Sir Ed...
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James I of England: State letter of, in letterbook of his Latin Sec., T. Read: 1619-1623.: Drafts. Philip IV of Spain: Letters to, from James I: 1620, 1621.: Lat.: Drafts. includes: f. 1 Christian IV of Denmark: Letter to the Queen Mother, Sophia, from James 1: 1619.: Lat.: Draft. f. 1 b Fred...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1619-1623
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 41805

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MIDDLETON PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. 322). Papers rel. to preparations of William, Prince of Orange, in Holland, for the invasion of England, letters from the Channel ports detailing the movements of his fleet, letters from Lords Lieutenants, customs' and other local officers relating to the landing ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1688
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 44848

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HISTORICAL LETTERS AND PAPERS (ENGLISH AND FOREIGN) OF THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES: a collection of copies closely resembling those in Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS. Tanner 82 (see Cat. Cod. MSS. Bibl. Bodl., Pt. iv, Codices T. Tanneri, ed. A. Hackman, 1860, pp. 411-419) and British Museum Add. MSS. 4108 and 22587, Harley MS. 4761, and Sloane MS. 1775, but containing in addition (at ff. 267-304) a supplement of Commonwealth and Restoration documents (the contents of which are listed below). ...
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includes: f. 13 Henry VIII of England: Letter to the Province of York: 1533.: Copy.f. 21 b Elizabeth I of England: Letter to Lady Norris: 1597.: Copy.ff. 22, 23 John Lyly, author of 'Euphues': Letters to Qu. Elizabeth 1: 1591, 1594.: Copies, 17th cent.f.23b Edmund Anderson: Letter to Si...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Egerton MS 2618

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Egerton MS 2618
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MISCELLANEOUS historical and other letters and papers, including correspondence, etc. of Sir William Clarke [ob. 1666], secretary to Gen. George Monck, and his son, George Clarke, Judge Advocate, Secretary at War, etc. [ob. l737]; 1556-1753 1. Warrant from Queen Mary to Sir Robert Oxenbridge, Li...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1556-1753
Extent:
1 item

9. Sloane MS 972

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Sloane MS 972
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Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Grotesques in red and blue: 15th cent. includes: f. 1 Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans: Letter to the Lord Chancellor, touching the history of Britain: [1609]. f. 3 George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham: Letter to, from Sir F. Bacon: [1623]. f. 3 Fra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

10. Sloane MS 1381

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Sloane MS 1381
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Sloane 1381 Chartaceus, in 4to, ff. 292, sec XVII. 1. Receipt for taking away wrinkles from the face of old women. Italian and German. f. 1. 2. Directions for making malt; in German, with an English translation. f. 2. 3. "How to make Aqua Mirabilis." f. 4. 4. "How to make any piece of Spani...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item