APPOINTMENT by Charles Manners-Sutton, Archbishop of Canterbury, John Randolph, Bishop of London, and Joshua Jonathan Smith, Lord Mayor of London, as Trustees of the Fabric, of Samuel Pepys Cockerell, architect, to be Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul's Cathedral; 13 June 1811. English. Presented by Miss Marjorie Ball, April 1983. Signed and sealed by the Trustees.
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Samuel Pepys Cockerell, architect: London; St Paul's Cathedral: Appointment of Samuel Pepys Cockerell as Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul's Cathedral: 1811.
ILLUMINATED ADDRESSES to Sir John Lubbock, Bart., 1st Lord Avebury; 1893-1913. Presented, with Add. MSS. 62679-62693, by 4th Lord Avebury, 7 June 1983.
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John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury: Diaries, correspondence, etc.,: 1850-1913.
COMMISSION to Morgan J. J. P. O'Connell as Adjutant, Land Forces; 7 Feb. 1878. English. Purchased, with Add. MSS. 62712-62715, from Mrs N. M. Evans, 22 Nov. 1982. Signed by George, Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in-Chief, and Col. Frederick Arthur Stanley, Secretary to the Treasury.
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Morgan J. J. P. O'Connell, Adjutant, Land Forces: George William Frederick Charles, 2nd Duke of Cambridge: Colonel Frederick Arthur Stanley, Secretary to the Treasury: Army; England: Commission to Morgan J. J. P. O'Connell, signed by Duke of Cambridge and F. A. Stanley: 1878.
GRANT by the Abbot and Convent of Mont St Michel, Normandy, of revenues from its dependent priory of Otretonne [Otterton, co. Devon], to Sir Peter de Courteney, Richard Amis, Prior of Stococey [Stogursey al. Stoke Courcy, co. Som.], John Lurchill, 'personne de leglise dasre', and Richard Bacwill, 'personne de leglise destludeford'; 3 Nov. 1389. French. Phillipps MS. 31736. Presented by Miss Marjorie Ball, 11 Aug. 1983. Seal (fragm.)
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Mont St Michel, Manche, France: Otterton Priory; Devon: Grant by Abbot and Convent of Mont St Michel of revenues from Otterton Priory: 1389: Fr.
COLLECTIVE INDULGENCE issued by three archbishops and ten bishops in favour of the church of the order of the Holy Sepulchre, Hainault, Liège diocese. Dat. at Avignon, 7 June 1343. Latin. The modern portfolio in which the charter is kept was made by A. & M. Winstanley of Salisbury, and is in a style similar to those made for Eric George Millar (1887-1966), Keeper of Manuscripts at the British Museum, who may therefore have owned this charter at some time. Purchased from J. A. Stargardt o...
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Art. Illuminations and Drawings FLEMISH: Collective indulgence with historiated initial: 1343. Province of Hainault: Collective indulgence in favour of the church of the Holy Sepulchre, Hainault: 1343: Lat.
Exemplification of a common recovery relating to the manors of Shipelade [Shiplate, co. Som.] and Muddlesley [unidentified]; 16 June 11 Anne [1712]. Latin. Engraved portrait initial of Queen Anne. Art. Portraits: Anne of England: Portrait initial of Qu. Anne: 1712: Engr. Shiplate, Somerset: M...