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Project / Collection Stowe Collection Name Henry VI, King of England and Lord of Ireland, 1421-1471 Level [40] File

1. Stowe Ch 74

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Stowe Ch 74
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LETTERS PATENT of Henry [VI.], notifying the appointment of Robert Ardern to the office of Eschaetor for cos. Nottingham and Derby. Dat. at Westminster, 8 Nov. 18 [Hen. VI. 1439]. Lat. County of Nottingham: Appointment of an Escheator: 1439. Henry VI of England: Appointment of an Escheator for...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[8 Nov 1439]
Extent:
1 item

2. Stowe MS 142

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Stowe MS 142
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MISCELLANEOUS historical letters, etc.; 1375-1810. In two series, English or relating to England and (artt. 87-106) foreign. 1. Andrea Contarini, Doge of Venice, to Edward III. of England, desiring a safe conduct for merchant-ships about to be sent to Flanders; " in nostro ducali Palatio," 5 F...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1375-1810
Extent:
1 item

3. Stowe MS 146

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Stowe MS 146
Title:
Royal orders and warrants, 1512-1515
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Collection of original orders and warrants, chiefly by King Henry VIII and Thomas Wolsey, the King’s Almoner. Dating from between 1512 and 1515. Principally addressed to John Daunce, Treasurer for War. Concerning payments to English and foreign merchants for victualling the army in Spain, the s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1512-1515
Extent:
1 volume

4. Stowe MS 178

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Stowe MS 178
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TRANSCRIPTS from the Edmondes Papers, etc., as follows:- 1. Sir Edward Hoby to Sir Thomas Edmondes; 19 Nov. 1605. f. 1. See above, 168, art. 57. 2. Sir Thomas Edmondes to Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury; Paris, 26 May-S Aug. 1610. ff. 8, 11, 20, 26, 30, 34, 36b. See above, 171, f. 221 seq. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Stowe MS 389

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Stowe MS 389
Title:
Statutes from the first year of the reign of King Henry IV to the twelfth year of the reign of King Henry VI, with later musical additions
Scope & Content:
Statutes from 1 Hen. IV. to 12 Hen. VI., in chronological order. Under 2 Hen VI. is inserted a writ from the king to the sheriffs on the subject of purveyance. The collection concludes with the statute on purveyance, weights and measures, etc., reenacting several previous statutes, which is omit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century - 16th century
Extent:
1 volume (125 folios)

6. Stowe MS 1044

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Stowe MS 1044
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1. "AN ANSWERE to the questions proposed by Sir Alexander Hay, Kt, touching the office of Constables, done by Sir Francis Bacon, Knight, his Maiesties Solicitor Generall, anno domini 1608": Chapp. xix., xx. of Cases of Treason, published under Bacon's name, London, 1641 (see his Works, ed. Spedd...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Stowe MS 1083

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Stowe MS 1083
Title:
Composite volume of miscellaneous contents brought together from various volumes in the Stowe Collection, including of: Trials, and Pardons, Deeds, Writs, Council correspondence debating killing, dressing or eating flesh in Lent; Speeches, Execution Declarations, Papers and Verses on the Scottish Rebellion of 1745, Scotch Peer House of Commons rights, Parliamentary Proceedings; observational writings on antiquarian matters; drawings, and engravings of seals, familial Pedigrees and Regencies;...
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Contents: 1. Vellum leaf of a 13th cent. MS., containing Amos i. 9-13, with commentary (cf. Harley MS. 1700). In the margin is the name of Thomas Burdett, of Purstoun Jacklyne [Purston Jaglin, co. York]; and, with other scribbling of the 16th cent., "The Idol of Winchester Stephen Gardiner [Bis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
13th century-19th century
Extent:
1 volume (135 folios)