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1. Stowe MS 309

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 309
Title:
Allegorical political drawings
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–2v: Allegorical designs in colours, relating to political events in the reigns of Kings James I and Charles I. The designs include a man (Charles I?) lying in bed, a street seene, the Pope and others burning, a procession, a man carrying a bust of Charles I, the demolition of a house, a m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1628
Extent:
1 volume

2. Stowe MS 54

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 54
Title:
Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César
Scope & Content:
Contents: Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César (or Histoire Universelle), a universal history from the time of Thebes to 60 BC, as follows: ff. 2r-30r: The story of Thebes from the birth of Oedipus to the conquest by Theseus and the story of Hercules; ff. 30v-45r: The siege and capture of Troy, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

3. Stowe MS 73

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 73
Title:
A genealogical chronicle of the kings of England to Edward IV
Scope & Content:
A genealogical chronicle, formerly in concertina format, now a codex. Contents: An abbreviated version in English of a genealogical chronicle from Adam to the beginning of the reign of Edward IV, of the type known as the 'Considerans' chronicle, named from the opening words of the Latin prol...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1461-1499
Extent:

1 volume

4. Stowe MS 221

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 221
Title:
Letter of James II to the Grand Vizier Azem, announcing the recall of James Brydges, 8th Baron Chandos, Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire; Windsor, 30 September, 1685
Scope & Content:
Contents: A letter of James II (r. 1685-1688), King of England, Scotland, and Ireland to the Grand Vizier Azem, announcing the recall of James Brydges (b. 1642, d. 1714), 8th Baron Chandos, as English Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, and the appointment of Sir William Soame (b. c. 1645, d. 16...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1685
Extent:

1 leaf

5. Stowe MS 273

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 273
Title:
Robert Glover (?), An Answer to John Leslie, Bishop of Ross, 1584-1585
Scope & Content:
This treatise carries a title page in an 18th- or 19th-century hand: 'AN ANSWER to a discourse of John Lesley, Bishop of Rosse, intended to prove that Mary, Queen of Scots, was intitled to the crown of England in preference to Queen Elizabeth, because the Pope had deposed her, and that her son ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1584-1585
Extent:
1 volume

6. Stowe MS 162

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 162
Title:
Catalogue of state papers (‘Walsingham’s Table Book’)
Scope & Content:
Catalogue of manuscripts and state papers in the possession of Sir Francis Walsingham, principal secretary of state (c. 1532-1590). In the hand of Sir Thomas Lake, administrator and politician (bap. 1561, d. 1630), private secretary to Walsingham. Dated 1588 (f. 3v). The papers relate chiefly t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1588
Extent:
1 volume

7. Stowe MS 272

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 272
Title:
John Leslie, 'A treatise touchinge the right, title, and interest of the moste excellente princesse Marie, Queene of Scotland' (1584); early 17th century devotional poetry and other writings
Scope & Content:
This volume's original vellum cover has been retained, bearing on the front and back the arms and name of Richard St George (1554/5-1635), herald. The cover (f. 1r) also has written on it in a 17th century hand the contents as: 'The Title of Scotland to the Crown of England by John Lisle Bishop...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1584-1635
Extent:
1 volume

8. Stowe MS 146

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 146
Title:
Royal orders and warrants, 1512-1515
Scope & Content:
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

9. Stowe MS 150

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 150
Title:
Miscellaneous letters, 1525-1623
Scope & Content:
This is a miscellaneous collection of 16th- and early 17th-century correspondence. It incudes one holograph letter of Sir Philip Sidney from Flushing [Vlissingen] in 1586 (ff. 50r-v), and a copy of a letter from the Irish chieftain Florence MacCarthy Reagh [Finian Mac Cárthaigh Riabhach] to Sir ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1525-1623
Extent:
1 volume

10. Stowe MS 174

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 174
Title:
State papers and correspondence of Sir Thomas Edmondes, 1613-1614
Scope & Content:
Volume 9 of the Edmondes Papers (Stowe MS 166-177). State papers and correspondence of Sir Thomas Edmondes (d. 1639), diplomat, during his embassy to France (1610-1617). The correspondence is principally concerned with the negotiations for the marriage of Prince Charles with the Princess Christi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
26 Mar 1613-8 Jul 1614
Extent:
1 volume