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211. Add MS 33593

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Title:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Ralph Sadler, Volume III (1561-1578)
Scope & Content:
Official papers and correspondence of Sir Ralph Sadler, diplomat and administrator (1507-1587), relating to transactions between England and Scotland, November 1561-April 1578. f. 1 Ralph Sadler: holograph draft of his speech in the Privy Council to induce Queen Elizabeth I to settle the succes...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1561-1578
Extent:

1 volume

212. Add MS 33594

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Title:
Correspondence and Papers of Sir Ralph Sadler, Volume IV (1580-1585)
Scope & Content:
Contents: Volume IV of the Correspondence and Papers of Sir Ralph Sadler, 1580-1585. The majority of the letters in this volume are published in The State Papers and Letters of Sir Ralph Sadler, ed. by Arthur Clifford (1809), II, pp. 331-544. 1. Speech of Sir Ralph Sadler (b. 1533, d. 1603) ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1580-1585
Extent:

A collection of letters bound together

213. Add MS 33739

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Title:
'The Coppy of a letter written by a M[ast]r of artes in Cambridge to his frende in Londonn concerninge som talke past of late betwene wor[shipfu]ll and graue men aboute the present state and som proceedings of the Earle of Leicester and his frends in Englande' ('Leicester's Commonwealth')
Scope & Content:
This text is a manuscript copy of a work of Catholic political polemic, probably published in Rouen in 1584, possibly by George Flinton or by Georges L'Oyselet. It was published as The copie of a leter, wryten by a Master of Arte of Cambrige, to his friend in London, concerning some talke past o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1584-1620
Extent:
1 volume

214. Add MS 33740

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Title:
Papers relating to the Spanish Armada, 1588
Scope & Content:
f. 1r: modern contents page. f. 2r: Letter from the Privy Council to the Lord Admiral Howard, informing him that 'a good number of the best and choysest shotte of the trayned bandes' of Kent 'should be forthwith sent to the sea side . . . . to double man the shippes', 21 July 1588, Richmond. Si...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1588-1 Aug 1588
Extent:
1 volume

215. Add MS 33769

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Title:
John Norden, 'An Exact Description of Essex'
Scope & Content:
Autograph presentation copy with manuscript map of Essex (f. 3), by John Norden, cartographer (c. 1547-1625). With a dedicatory address to Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565-1601), whose arms and quarterings are emblazoned on f. 4. Presented by John Norden ‘in the interims of the fittes of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1594
Extent:

1 volume

216. Add MS 33790

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Title:
Antonio Francesco Doni, La Lumiera (autograph manuscript)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an autograph copy of La Lumiera, an Italian poem in fifty eight-line stanzas, written by Antonio Francesco Doni (b. 1513, d. 1574). The poem is a lament that mourns the ultimate fate of man and his failings in the world. It is preceded in the manuscript by a short letter...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1567
Extent:
1 volume

217. Add MS 34320

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Title:
Household book of Queen Elizabeth I
Scope & Content:
Household book of Queen Elizabeth I, with additional material relating to the royal household during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary I. ff. 1r-1v, 154r-154v Binding material: portions of two leaves from a 14th-century parchment manuscript, containing theological matter. f. 2r Note...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
14th century-1603
Extent:
1 volume

218. Add MS 34360

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Title:
Collection of poems, including works by John Lydgate and Geoffrey Chaucer
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of poems in Middle English, principally written by John Lydgate (b. c. 1370, d. c. 1451) and Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340s, d. 1400). The volume also contains four roundels in Middle French, attributed to William de la Pole (b. 1396, d. 1450), 1st Duke of Su...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and French, Middle
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

219. Add MS 34361

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Title:
Abraham Fraunce, ‘The Sheapheards Logike’
Scope & Content:
Volume of three works by Abraham Fraunce (1559?–1592/3?), poet and lawyer, partly in his hand. Dedicated to Edward Dyer (1543–1607), courtier and poet. f. 2r: Title-page: ‘The Sheapheards Logike: conteyning the præcepts of that art put downe by Ramus; examples set owt of the Sheapheards Kalende...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c. 1580-c. 1585
Extent:
1 volume

220. Add MS 35214

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Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Rome
Scope & Content:
A Book of Hours, probably made for a member of the court circle of France. The illumination is attributed to the ‘Master of Claude of France’, who was active in Tours around 1510–1525 and who is named after two manuscripts he produced for Queen Claude (b. 1499, d. 1524). Contents: ff. 1r-12v:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
1510-1520
Extent:

A parchment codex

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