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"THE DECLARATION of the account of James Craggs, Esq, Cofferer of the Household to H.R.H. George, Prince of Wales," etc., for the half-year ending at Lady Day, 1717; containing receipts and payments of salaries, wages, and pensions. Two copies, each signed on f. 1 by "George P.," and at the end by Sir Robert Eyre, his Chancellor, and others. Paper; ff. 16, 18. Large Folio.
COLLECTION of official lists relating to the Civil, Naval, and Military Establishments of England in the latter half of the sixteenth century, with a few of earlier date. With occasional notes in the hand of Robert Beale, Clerk to the Privy Council (circ. 1572-1601). Two volumes. Paper. Folio. They at one time formed part of the Library of Henry Yelverton, Ist Viscount Longueville (ob. 1704), now in the possession of Lord Calthorpe, and they are described in Catalogi Librorum Manuscriptorum ...
PEDIGREES and rough genealogical notes of families of the Low Countries, arranged in alphabetical order; with the arms in many cases, in colour or in trick. Two volumes. Vol. I. A to L. Vol. II. M to Z. In Vol. II., f. 292, is a small separate collection of Dutch and Belgian pedigrees, preceded by an index; and at f. 319 is a "Généalogie abregée des deux maisons de Guines, extraite d'une Généalogie plus étendue, dressée par Dom Estienne Le Pez, religieux Benedictin de l'abbaye de St. Wast" [...
"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....
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.
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.