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1. Add MS 4159

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State papers of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1652-1660, with other state papers, c. 1578-1629 and 1661-1692.
Scope & Content:
Many of the documents here formed part of the original collection of John Thurloe (d. 1668), Secretary to the Council of State and subsequently to the two Cromwells, Lord Protectors. They illuminate both the domestic and international politics of the period, as also the scope of Thurloe's intell...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1578-1700
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 33589

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LETTERS and papers, public and private, collected by John Smyth, of Nibley, and his family, chiefly relating to co. Gloucester; 1632-xviiith cent. The latter portion (ff. 121-304) consists of correspondence of [James Butler, lst] Duke of Ormonde, principally with, or relating to the affairs of, William George Richard Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby, who married Lady Elizabeth Butler, his granddaughter; 1673-1688. The names of the writers will be found in the Index. Paper; ff. 350. Folio.
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William Dick, Merchant of Edinburgh: Loan to Sir W. Hamilton: 1632. includes: f. 1 Sir William Hamilton, of Elieston: Loan to, from W. Dick: 1632. ff. 3-6 Charles I of England: Sir W. Dick's accompt with the Parliament for the supply of ships, etc.: 1646. ff. 3-6 Captain Louis Dick: Account wi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1632-18th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 35603

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(IV. ff. 343). 1748-1751. includes: ff. 1, 91 Ellis Yonge: Excuse for, from office of sheriff of co. Flint: 1748. ff. 1, 91, 94, 120, 184, 209, 214 County of Flint: Correspondence relating to Justices of the Peace, etc.: 1738-1753. ff. 3, 11, 13, 124, 194 Colonel Thomas Morgan, of Ruperra: Let...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1748-1751
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 35692

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HARDWICKE PAPERS. Vol. CCCXLIV. Correspondence of Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, relating (a) to Gloucestershire, and chiefly to his property in Hardwicke and elsewhere in the county, and to his political interests at Bristol, etc., 1725-1763. f. 1;-and (b) to Kent, and chiefly to his poli...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1713-1764
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 48019

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TRACTS AND PAPERS RELATING TO TRADE, the City of London, etc.; 16th cent. Some Latin and French. Copies. Contents list, f. iii. Some titles and notes, by Beale passim. 1. ff. 1-7b. 'A discourse touchinge clothes and clothe makinge', by John Leake, deputy alnager in the City of London; 1577. Tu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
12th century-16th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 50953

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Add MS 50953
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COLLECTION OF METRICAL PSALMS, HYMNS AND ANTHEMS, probably compiled by John Guy; early 18th cent. The main hand closely resembles that of John Guy on ff. iib and 10. Presumably compiled in co. Glouc.; see ff. i-iiib. Tenor or tenor and bass parts only, except for item (h) below. Included are:- (a) John Marckant's metrical paraphrase of Ps. 132, with the 'Old Version' tune. See M. Frost, English and Scottish Psalm and Hymn Tunes c. 1543-1677, 1953, no. 150. f. 1b;- (b) The tune 'Cambridge', u...
Scope & Content:
Music: Psalmody collection: early 18th cent. Hymns: Psalmody collection: early 18th cent. includes: ff. i b, iii County of Gloucester: Deed: 17th cent.: Lat.: Fragm.ff. i b, iii David Page, of Painswick: Deed rel. to: 17th cent.: Lat.: Fragm.ff. i b, iii Thomas Webb, of Stroud: Deed rel...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Sloane MS 3962

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Sloane MS 3962
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William Courten, alias Charleton; of the Middle Temple: Letters and papers relating to natural history and vertu: 17th cent. includes: f. 1 County of Gloucester: List of deeds relating to, in possession of W. Charleton: 1668. f. 1 Evesham Manor; Worcestershire: Title deeds relating to, in W. C...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Stowe MS 180

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Stowe MS 180
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COLLECION Of Miscellaneous papers relating to state affairs and ecclesiastical, local and other matters in the 17th century; followed by poetical pieces, mostly of an amatory character, but of which a few are on political subjects. The most important are:- 1. Summary of events in the reign of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

9. Stowe MS 223

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Stowe MS 223
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HANOVER PAPERS. Vol. II. (ff. 472). 8 Jan. 1707-9 Jan. 1711. The writers are:- -Bartholdi; Berlin, 26 Nov. 1707. f. 104. Jona[than] Belcher to the Electress Sophia; Hanover, 12 Sept. 1708. Engl. f. 171. [Hans William Bentinck, 1st Earl of] Portland; Bulstrode, Hague, 15 Jan. 1706/7-19 Aug. 170...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
8 Jan 1707-9 Jan 1711
Extent:
1 item

10. Stowe MS 305

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Stowe MS 305
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Scope & Content:
COLLECTION of transcripts of political tracts and poems, satires, lampoons, epigrams, ballads, etc., illustrating the history of the reigns of Charles II.-Anne, and more particularly the period of the Revolution, with a few pieces dating earlier in the 17th cent. Among the tracts are:- I. 1. P...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item