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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 45878
Title:: CERTIFICATE OF ARMS, in Spanish, issued by Don Gabriel Ortiz de Cagiguera, King of Arms to Charles IV of Spain and Knight Pensioner of the Order of Charles III, jointly to Don Josef Lucas de Gorvea y Badillo, Fiscal of the Real Audiencia in Lima, and his two brothers, Don Manuel and Don Eusebio de Gorvea y Badillo, resident in Lima; 1792. The certificate was drawn up at the request of the brothers (f. 6) after the issue to them in 1791 of two patents of nobility (f. 3). lt includes descripti...
Scope & Content:: Don Gabriel Ortiz de Cagiguera, Spanish King of Arms; Knight Pensioner of the Order of Charles III: Certificate of arms by: 1792.: Span.: Signed. End-papers: Marbled paper; Spanish: 1792. Eusebio de Gorvea y Badillo, of Lima; son of P de Gorvea of Orduña: Certificate of arms: 1792.: Span. Jos...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Spanish
Date Range:: 1792
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 45928
Title:: KEPPEL PAPERS. Papers of, or collected by, General Sir George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle, K.G. 1771, Commander-in-Chief at the capture of Havana 1762, Governor of Jersey 1761-1771, and General Sir William Keppel, G.C.B., appointed Governor of Guernsey 1829; 1745-1834. The material, which is connected with the discharge of their respective offices and appointments in Cuba, Jersey, and Guernsey is arranged as follows:- (1) Miscellaneous correspondence and papers collected in Cuba by Gener...
Scope & Content:: includes: f. 1 Matheo de Balmaseda: Testamentary note: 1745.: Span.ff. 1-168 George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle: Papers collected by, rel. to Cuba: 1745-1762.: Span.ff. 3, 8 Trade and Commerce: Port permits in Spanish America: 1749, 1756.: Span.ff. 4-150 passim Diego de Balmaseda, Lie...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Spanish
Date Range:: 1716-1834
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 46182
Title:: SPANISH NOTARIAL INSTRUMENTS. File of notarial instruments prepared by Pedro Garcia de Señorans, notary, relating to Fefiñanes, Cambados, etc., prov. Pontevedra, in N.W. Spain; 1671. Spanish. Each document is subscribed by the parties (who include Diego Fernandez, Abbot of Armentera, ff. 4-8b, 9-10), the witnesses, and the notary. Paper; ff. i+93. Folio (the leaves severely damaged round the edges by damp). A.D. 1671. Presented by Capt. H. L. Hitchins, C.B.E., R.N.
Scope & Content:: Spanish MSS family: File of notarial instruments: 1671. Pedro Garcia de Señorans, notary: File of notarial instruments by: 1671.: Span. includes: ff. 4, 9 Diego Fernandez, Abbot of Armentera: Agreements by: 1671.: Signed.ff. 8-87 passim Fefiñanes, Pontevedra province, N. W. Spain: Notaria...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Spanish
Date Range:: 1671
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 46216-46218 B
Title:: HISTORY OF PERU 1790-1899, by Sir Clements Robert Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S. (d. 1916); aft. 1899. Autograph. It does not correspond to the author's A History of Peru, Chicago, 1892. The fourth volume, 46218 B, is made up of loose papers, mostly newspaper cuttings, removed from the manuscripts. For other manuscripts of Sir C. R. Markham see Add. MSS. 48197-48200. Paper; ff. ii+106, i+119, iii+65, 25. Quarto. 1860-1900. Transferred from the Department of Ethnography, British Museum.
Scope & Content:: Peru: History of Peru, etc., by Sir C. R. Markham: 1860-1900. Sir Clements Robert Markham, KCB; geographer: History of Peru, etc.: 1860-1900.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Spanish
Date Range:: after 1899
Extent:: 4 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 46218 B
Title:
Scope & Content:: HISTORY OF PERU 1790-1899. Vol. IV. includes: f. 3 Captain Aurelio Garcia y Garcia, of the Peruvian navy: Letter to C. R. Markham: 1883.: Span. f. 5 Sir John Guise, 1st Baronet: Genealogical table of his Peruvian descendants, by C. R. Markham: aft. 1883. f. 5 Genealogies: Sir John Guise, l st ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Spanish
Date Range:: after 1899
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 46413
Title:: CORTÉS DOCUMENTS HERNANDO CORTÉS: two notarial instruments attested by Jerónimo de Alanys, notary public, relating to judicial proceedings conducted on behalf of Hernando Cortés at Segura de la Frontera (Tepeaca), Mexico; August- October 1520:- (1) ‘Los ofiçiales de sus Altesas contra Diego Velásquez e Pánfilo de Narbaes’. ff. 1-20. As follows:- (a) Petition presented to Hernando Cortés, 'capitán general e justiçia mayor' of New Spain, from Alonso de Avila, 'thesorero', Alonso de Grado, ...
Scope & Content:: Zaehnsdorf Ltd; bookbinders, London: Bound: in 1927. Jerónimo de Alanys, notary public: Instruments attested by: 1520.: Span. Hernando Cortés, conqueror of Mexico: Proceedings in Mexico on behalf of: 1520.: Span. Bindings ENGLISH: By Zaehnsdorf Ltd.: 1927. City of Mexico: Proceedings on beha...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Spanish
Date Range:: 1520
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 46525-46559
Title:: LEXINGTON PAPERS 46525 - 46559 B. Correspondence and papers of Robert Sutton, 2nd Baron Lexington (b. 1661, d. 1725), mostly as Envoy at Vienna, 1694-1697, where he was concerned in the negotiations preceding the Treaty of Ryswick, and as Ambassador to Spain, 1712-1713, where he conducted negotiations in connection with the Peace of Utrecht. Also included are papers relating to his special mission to Denmark in 1693 ( Add. MS. 46557, ff. 1-49 ) and his membership of the Council of Trade and...
Scope & Content:: Robert Sutton, 2nd Baron Lexington: Correspondence and papers: 1661-1717.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:: [1560-1799]
Extent:: 44 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 46541
Title:
Scope & Content:: LEXINGTON PAPERS. Vol. XXI ( ff. 216 ). General correspondence chiefly relating to the mission to Vienna; 1690 - 1708. Included (ff. 5, 19, 76, 147, 200) are some letters from various individuals addressed to W. Blathwayt, 1691 - 1699. Leopold I; Emperor of Germany: Correspondence, etc., of Lor...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish
Date Range:: 1690-1708
Extent:: 1 item

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