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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Stowe Ms 1-1085 Level [37] SubSeries

31. Stowe MS 847-848

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 847-848
Title:
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 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1689-1704
Extent:
2 items

32. Stowe MS 886-914

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 886-914
Title:
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...
Scope & Content:
France General Chronicles and History, etc: Memoirs, by the intendants, on the several provinces: 1697-1700.: Fr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
29 items

33. Stowe MS 973/1-2

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 973/1-2
Title:
Commonplace-book of poetry. Paper; ff. 66. XVIIIth cent. Folio.
Scope & Content:
Poetry: Common-place books of poetry: 18th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

34. Stowe MS 994-1009

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 994-1009
Title:
SPECIMENS of the signatures and handwriting produced (according to the title-page) "by me William Henry Ireland during my fabrication of the manuscripts which I wrote and attributed to Shakespeare," with Ireland's explanatory notes. Paper; ff. 9. XVIIIth-XIXth cent. Quarto. Accompanying this volume are sixteen printed tracts, containing Ireland's forged signatures and marginal notes of Shakespeare, most of them having on the titlepage the inscription "S[amuel] Ireland from his dear Son." The...
Scope & Content:
William Shakespeare: Signatures and marginal notes forged by W. H. Ireland: 18th-19th centt.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
16 items

35. Stowe MS 1011-1012

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 1011-1012
Title:
COMMONPLACE-BOOKS of John Fortescue Aland, Justice of the King's Bench (1727) and of the Common Pleas (1729), cr. Lord Fortescue of Credan in 1746 (ob. 1746), partly legal, partly general, including such subjects as Non-jurors, the doctrine of Resistance, Escheators, Mahomet, Philosophy, etc., the entries for the most part being very brief. Two volumes; with an index of subjects at the end of each. Paper; ff. 116, 45. Belonged to Thomas Astle. Small Quarto.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
2 items

36. Stowe MS 1023-1024

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 1023-1024
Title:
"IMAGINES seu Figuræ variarum Inscriptionum præcipue Sepulchralium, Lapidum in orbes depositorum, Substructionum quas Wallici Kromlech et Kistvêan nominant, cipporum quos cruces dicimus, castrorum seu castrametationum antiquarum, in Angliâ, Scotiâ et Hiberniâ, curâ Johannis Anstis, Fecialium Principis cognomento Garter, delineata et ob oculos posita": a collection of drawings of stone-circles, crosses, cromlechs, camps, tombs, brasses, etc. In two volumes. Only the title-page and a few pages...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
2 items

37. Stowe MS 1027-1028

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 1027-1028
Title:
ENGRAVINGS and drawings of antiquities, coins, seals, etc., discovered in Great Britain; compiled by Thomas Astle, Keeper of the Records in the Tower of London, with descriptions often in his handwriting. Two volumes. Paper. Late XVIIIth cent. Folio. The contents are:-
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
2 items

38. Stowe MS 1029-1043

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 1029-1043
Title:
COLLECTIONS by John Anstis, Garter King-of-Arms [1718- 1745], relating to matters of historical, legal, and antiquarian interest, in fifteen volumes. They consist of extracts, almost all in the hand of Anstis, from Patent and Close Rolls, Rolls of Parliament, Pleas of various courts, MSS. in the Cotton Library, Cartæ Antiquæ in the Record Office, and other similar sources. Some of the volumes are devoted to special subjects systematically arranged; in others there is no pretence of order. Th...
Scope & Content:
Law OF ENGLAND: Collections by T. Anstis: 18th cent. England General Chronicles and History: Miscellaneous historical collections by T. Anstis: 18th cent. John Anstis, heraldic writer and Garter King of Arms: Historical, legal, and antiquarian collections: 18th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1718-1745]
Extent:
15 items

39. Stowe MS 1077-1078

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 1077-1078
Title:
MEDICAL, cookery and other recipes, mostly collected and written by Sir Peter Temple, Knt., of Stanton Barry, co. Bucks. Two volumes. In vol. 1. the medical recipes are arranged in rough alphabetical order, and are followed by other recipes under the following heads, viz.: Cookery, f. 109; Made wines, f 115; Perfumes, f 116; Husbandry, f 119; Horses, f. 122; Dogs, f 135; Fishing, f. 136; Rabbits, f. 137; Experiments, f 138. Inserted at the end (f. 141) are "The true Receipts of that valuable...
Scope & Content:
Sir Peter Temple, of Stanton Barry: Medical, cookery and other recipes: 17th cent. Recipes: Medical, culinary, etc., collected by Sir P. Temple: 17th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
2 items