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21. Stowe MS 334-337

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 334-337
Title:
" AN ESSAY upon the ancient and modern government, conventions and parliaments of England. With abstracts of the most observable laws and the frequency of later parliaments, in which is treated principally of the Saxon and Norman constitution of government and the legislative (sic) and laws during the time of the Saxon and first six Norman kings. After which succeed several necessary observations on succeeding parliaments, their frequency and prorogations to the reign of Elizabeth." Four vol...
Scope & Content:
England; Parliament: Essay on the government of England, to the reign of Hen. III.: 18th cent. England General Chronicles and History: Essay on the government and parliaments of England to the reign of Hen. III.: 18th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
4 items

22. 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

23. Stowe MS 447-480

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 447-480
Title:
MILITARY COLLECTIONS of the three brothers Jacob, John, and Michael Richards, sons of Jacob Richards; 1685-1714. For the military careers of all three brothers, see the Dictionary of National Biography. Thirty-four volumes. Paper. Folio, etc.
Scope & Content:
Army; England: Military collections of Jacob, John and Michael Richards: 1685-1714.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Spanish
Date Range:
1685-1714
Extent:
34 items

24. Stowe MS 570-571

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 570-571
Title:
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 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
2 items

25. Stowe MS 493-496

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 493-496
Title:
REGISTERS Of the Privy Council, chiefly in the reign of Elizabeth; in four volumes. Copies, in various hands of the latter half of the xviith cent. Paper. Folio. Vol. I. (ff. 263) 16 April, 1581-26 June, 1582, and 19 Feb. 1585 [6]-11 June, 1587. Vol. II. (ff. 302) 15 May, 1589-6 April, 1590. At the end is a doggrel inscription beg. " John Diggons his booke," etc., 1666, and below is the entry " When you John Diggons have made an end of this booke, you are to receive a reward of the said Righ...
Scope & Content:
Privy Council, The: Registers: 1581-1591.: Copies, 17th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of the 17th century
Extent:
4 items

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

30. Stowe MS 503-517

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 503-517
Title:
" SELECTA Quæedam ex Rotulis Patentibus ":a collection of transcripts from the Patent Rolls, 3 John-22 Edw. IV. They are in chronological order and comprise proclamations, treaties, pardons, and all the most important Royal Acts. Fifteen volumes. Each volume contains at the beginning a detailed list of contents. At the end of vols. iv.-vi., viii.-x. are a few extracts from the Crown Pleas and other kindred MSS. bequeathed by Sir Matthew Hale to Lincoln's Inn. Paper. xviiith cent. Bound in R...
Scope & Content:
Records, Public: Selecta quædam ex rotulis patentibus, tempp. John-Edw. IV. Thomas Astle, ob. 1803: Arms: 18th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
15 items