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MISCELLANEOUS ORIGINAL LETTERS on historical, literary, and other subjects; 1570-1759. Six volumes, folio, chronologically arranged. A large proportion of the letters down to 1684 are addressed to Sir Edward Dering, of Surrenden, co. Kent, 1st Bart., M.P. (ob. 1644), and to his son, Sir Edward, 2nd Bart., M.P. (ob. 1684), those to the latter referring more especially to his duties as Commissioner for Claims in Ireland after the Restoration. Another series, of the latter part of the 17th cent...
ORIGINAL LETTERS addressed to Charles Lyttelton, LL.D., Dean of Exeter [1748-1762] and Bishop of Carlisle [1762-1768], President of the Society of Antiquaries [1765], chiefly of literary and antiquarian subjects; 1730-1768. Three volumes. Paper. Folio.
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Charles Lyttelton, DD; FRS; Bishop of Carlisle: Correspondence of: 1730-1768.
774. ACCOMPT-BOOK of the household and personal expenses of Roger North, 2nd Baron North, of Kirtling, co. Camb.; 1 Jan. 1575[6]- 3 Feb. 1581[2], and 1 Apr. 1582-20 Dec. 1589. Two volumes, now bound in one. The accompts are generally entered in the hand of Lord North himself, and are signed by him at the end of each week. In vol. i., f. 73, is "a brieff collection and declaration of all suche provision as was spent at the house of . . . Lord North of Kertlinge at the Q. Majesties commyng thi...
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Roger North, 2nd Baron North: Household accompt book: 1576-1589. Accompts: Household expenses of Roger, Lord North: 1576-1589. includes: f. 1 b James Robert Thompson: Watercolour sketch of Kirtling Hall: early 19th cent. f. 1 b Kirtling Hall, Cambridgeshire: Water-colour sketch of: early 19th...
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.
"EXTRACTS of wills from the Registers in the Prerogative Court at Doctors Commons from 1385 to 1660," compiled, with extreme neatness, by Edward Rowe Mores, F.S.A. In three volumes: Vol. i. 1385-1533; Vol. ii. 1533-1591; Vol. iii. 1592- 1660. The introduction (vol. i., f. 2) contains an account of the Prerogative Court, and of the registers there; and at the end of vol. iii. are complete indexes of names and places. Most of the wills extracted are those of inhabitants of Berkshire. Paper; ff...
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Wills: Extracts of wills at Doctors Commons, 1383-1660: 18th cent. Edward Rowe Mores, FSA: Extracts of wills compiled by: 18th cent. Province of Canterbury: Extracts from Wills in the Prerogative Court: 1385-1660.
"A REGISTER of the names and occupations of all persons residing within the county of Buckingham (not engaged in any military capacity) between the ages of 15 and 60 years; and also of the number of draught horses, waggons, carts of burthen, wind and water corn-mills, within the same. Returned to John Penn, Esq., High Sheriff, pursuant to a precept issued by him for the better ascertaining the Posse Comitatus. Carefully examined and arranged by Acton Chaplin, Undersheriff, 1798." In two volu...
MUNICIPAL ACCOMPTS and taxations of Colchester, co. Essex; 1489-1595. Three volumes, of which vols. i. and ii. have tables of contents by Rev. Philip Morant (not, however, exactly corresponding to the present arrangement). Paper. Narrow Folio.
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Revenue: Assessments of Colchester for fifteenths, etc.: 1489-1663. Philip Morant, rector of St. Mary at the Walls, Colchester, historian of Essex: Colchester collections: 15th-18th centt. Colchester, Essex: Municipal accompts and taxations: 1489-1665.
COLLECTIONS relating to Colchester, by Rev. Philip Morant; consisting of copies and extracts of various documents, with notes, forming the materials for his History of Colchester (first published in 1748, afterwards enlarged and incorporated in his Hist. of Essex, 1768). In six vols., each of which has at the beginning a general description of its contents. Vols. i. and ii. deal with the town generally; vol. iii. with the civic government; and vols. iv.-vi. with the monasteries of St. John a...
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Philip Morant, rector of St. Mary at the Walls, Colchester, historian of Essex: Colchester collections: 15th-18th centt. Colchester, Essex: Collections relating to: 14th-18th centt.
COURT-BOOKS Of several manors in Hertfordshire, and some in Essex, Surrey and Middlesex; 1689-1704. In two volumes. Vol. i., 1689 and 1701. The manors are as follows:-Baas (al. Boxe), Bayly Hall, Bedwell Lowthes, "Andrewes le Mote" in Cheshunt, Essendon, Geddings, Hadham Parva, Hatfield, Hertford Castle, and Hoddesdonbury, co. Hertford; Cannons in Great Parndon, Roydon Hall and Roydon Temple, co. Essex; South Mimms, co. Middlesex; and Rotherhithe, co. Surrey. Vol. ii., 1701-1704. Only eight ...
MEMOIRS on the provinces of France, drawn up by their several Intendants in accordance with instructions issued by Louis XIV. in 1697 (see below, Vol. l.). French. In 29 volumes. A full analysis is in Boulainvilliers' État de la France, London, 1727, Vols. I. and II. The series originally contained two more volumes, in which were memoirs on Alsace and Bretagne (see O'Conor's Bibl. MS. Stowensis, ii. p. 245). Another copy of the complete series is in Lansdowne MSS. 175-186, in a hand of the s...
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France General Chronicles and History, etc: Memoirs, by the intendants, on the several provinces: 1697-1700.: Fr.