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Project / Collection Sloane Collection Name Wolsey, Thomas, Cardinal, Archbishop of York Level [40] File

1. Sloane MS 116

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Sloane MS 116
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A small-size luxury prayerbook
Scope & Content:
This small-sized luxury prayerbook was produced in France around 1520, but apparently owned by an anonymous English woman in or before 1530. It features holograph inscriptions of King Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey addressed to her. The manuscript’s full-page illustrations are in the style of th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
c 1520
Extent:
1 volume

2. Sloane MS 848

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Sloane MS 848
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Scope & Content:
includes: ff. 2-7 b Valerius Maximus: De dictis et factis memorabilibus, lib. vii.: 17th cent.: Engl. transl. f. 8 Richard Eedes, of Christ Church, Oxford, afterwards Dean of Worcester: Brief extracts from his sermons: 1604. f. 9 John Marston, Dramatist: Masque presented to the Dowager Lady Der...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Sloane MS 1207

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Sloane MS 1207
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Sloane 1207 Paper, in 4to, ff. 54, XVI century. 1. Letter from Thomas Alwaye to [Anne Boleyn?] stating that the Cardinal [Wolsey] having heard of his purchasing an English Testament and other prohibited books, had committed him to the Tower for almost two years, after which he had been brought...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Sloane MS 1523

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Sloane MS 1523
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Scope & Content:
Sloane 1523 Paper, in 8vo, ff. 42, XVII century; bound with no. 3111. 1. A short treatise on Fruit Trees (imperfect). ff.1-12. 2. A few extracts from some work on planting trees, (imperfect). ff.13-24. 3. Maxims, sayings, and short accounts of several eminent men who lived mostly in the reig...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Sloane MS 3199

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Sloane MS 3199
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Scope & Content:
James IV of Scotland: Transcripts by Dr. R. Gray of original State papers, from 1513 to 1603, relating to Scottish History: 18th cent. Robert Gray, MD, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Papers relating to Scottish history, 1513-1603, collected by: 18th cent. includes: ff. 2, 6 Mary of Scotland: Proclam...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Sloane MS 3839

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Sloane MS 3839
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Scope & Content:
Henry VIII of England: State papers, 1515-1525, relating to his foreign policy.: 17th cent.: Copies. includes: ff. 1, 13-25 Thomas Hannibal, Master of the Rolls: Letters to, as Ambassador at Rome, from Card. Wolsey: 1523. ff. 1, 13-25, 26-41 John Clerk, Bishop of Bath and Wells: Letters to, as...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item