Vol. III. (ff. 145). 1667-1677. 1. William Lodge, the artist, to his mother, Elizabeth Aldburghe, at Gisborne, co. York; [Cambridge,] 14 Nov. 1667. f. 1. 2. [Patrick Plunkett, 9th Baron] Dunsany, to Sir E. Dering, on his misfortunes: "My sadd and deplorable condition, my weake and aged bedd-...
Vol. V. (ff. 157). 1691-1702. 1. E- E- to Rev.- Banks, of Hull. . . . "Certainely we live among a strange sort of people, for I am told to-day that the Clergy were going to petition the Queen to depose Archbishop Tillottson because he was not a Christian nor in Priest's Orders, so farre does s...
Vol. VI. (ff. 235). 1703-1759. 1. T[homas] M[adox], antiquary, to Edward Floyde [Lhwyd], "at the Museum in Oxford," ending "There is nobody yet appointed Keeper of the Cotton-Library, nor any salary settled on that place,"; London, 18 Feb. 1702 [3]. f. 3. 2. Thomas Kirke, of Cookridge, and J...
MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE LETTERS, etc., English and foreign; 1613- 1818:- 1. [Richard Butler, 3rd Viscount] Mountgarrett, to Sir Williain Andrewes, Knt., with a present of a goshawk, etc.; Ballyne, 12 Sept. 1613. f 1. 2. [Henry Percy, 9th Earl of] Northumberland (ob. 1632), to Sir Thomas Fairfa...
Cartulary of the estates of John de Vaux and his daughter and co-heiress Petronilla de Narford
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a cartulary, containing copies of charters and deeds in Latin, relating to the estates of the English nobleman Sir John de Vaux, alias Vallibus (b. c. 1220, d. 1287), in Norfolk and Suffolk, and particularly the inheritance of his daughter and coheiress Pernel, also known as P...
Vol. I. (ff. 179). 1002-1698. The first article is a translation of the will of Wulfric, the founder of Burton Abbey (cf. Thorpe, Diplom. Sax., 1865, p. 543). Among others are copies of the wills of:-(a) Lionel, Duke of Clarence (ob. 1368). f. 3;-(b) Cardinal Pole (ob. 1558). f. 23;-(c) Sir Henr...
A COLLECTION of English Wills, chiefly copies, with a few originals; 1002-1768. In two volumes, arranged in chronological order. The names of all the testators are given in the Index. The collection was originally arranged by T. Astle in three volumes, and included what are now Stowe charters 622-642. Paper. XVIth-XVIIIth centt. Large Quarto.
