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21. Stowe MS 665-666

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 665-666
Title:
"ASPILOGIA, sive de Iconibus scutariis gentilitiis commentarius," by John Anstis, Garter King of Arms (ob. 1745), with additions by Thomas Astle. In two volumes. The first part of Vol. 1. is divided into thirteen chapters, in the autograph of Anstis, as follows:-Chap. i.-vi. Introductory treatise on the antiquity and history of seals, and their uses and value for heraldic and other purposes. ff. 1-21;-Chap. vii. Seals of the Crown. f. 21 b;-Chap. viii. Seals of the Nobility. f. 38;-Chap. ix....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
2 items

22. Stowe MS 721-724

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 721-724
Title:
HERALD-PAINTER'S sketch-book, containing drawings of arms of English families. In four volumes, each volume having an index. Paper; ff. 64, 47, 124, 64. XVIIIth-early XIXth centt. Quarto.
Scope & Content:
Heraldry: Herald painters' work-books: 18th-19th centt.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
4 items

23. Stowe MS 743-748

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 743-748
Title:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1570-1759
Extent:
6 items

24. Stowe MS 752-754

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 752-754
Title:
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.
Scope & Content:
Charles Lyttelton, DD; FRS; Bishop of Carlisle: Correspondence of: 1730-1768.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1730-1768
Extent:
3 items

25. Stowe MS 774 I-II

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 774 I-II
Title:
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...
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1 Jan 1576]-20 Dec 1589
Extent:
1 item

26. Stowe MS 780-781

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 780-781
Title:
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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-18th century
Extent:
2 items

27. Stowe MS 782-784

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 782-784
Title:
"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...
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
3 items

28. Stowe MS 805-806

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 805-806
Title:
"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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1798
Extent:
2 items

29. Stowe MS 828-830

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 828-830
Title:
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.
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1489-1595
Extent:
3 items

30. Stowe MS 834-839

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 834-839
Title:
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...
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jun 1684-1 Oct 1748
Extent:
6 items