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036-001953596 Level [37] SubSeries

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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