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Project / Collection Stowe Collection Place Buckinghamshire, England Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. 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

2. Stowe MS 188

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Stowe MS 188
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ORIGINAL LETTERS, etc., relating to military affairs, levy of contributions in co. Buckingham, etc., at the outbreak of the Civil War; 1641-42. With endorsements, apparently by Richard Grenville, High Sheriff. 1. Sir Alexander Denton, M.P. for Buckingham, and John Hampden, M.P. for co. Bucks, to...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1641-1642
Extent:
1 item

3. Stowe MS 414

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Stowe MS 414
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COLLECTANEA de Forestis; made in the time of Elizabeth. The principal contents are:-(1) Definition of a forest. ff. 4, 11, 45 b, 172 b, 205 b;-(2) Authority of the Court of Attachment. ff. 5,1 6, 68, 245;-(3)OntheWoodwardandother officers of a forest. ff.3 b, 7, 26, 68b, 249b;-(4) On the "expedi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 16th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Stowe MS 441

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Stowe MS 441
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RETURNS of the trained bands of Buckingham and Newport hundreds, co. Bucks; 1660-1662. Included also are:-(a) Copies of old levies in 1637 and 1638. ff. 1, 39;-(b) Warrants of Sir Richard Temple and Sir William Tyringham, Deputy-Lieutenants. ff. 10-12, 15, 24 ; - (c) Letter from John [Egerton] E...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1660-1662
Extent:
1 item

5. Stowe MS 488

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Stowe MS 488
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ELEVEN coloured drawings, representing the costumes of the various ranks in the regiment of Bucks Militia, drawn by [Sir] W[illiam] Y[oung, Bart.], who was captain in the regiment; 1793. On f. 1 is a list of the officers at the time, with dates of their commissions. Paper; ff. 13. Quarto. Sir W...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1793
Extent:
1 item

6. Stowe MS 608

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Stowe MS 608
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Copy of the visitation of Buckinghamshire, taken by John Phillpott, Somerset Herald, and William Ryley, Blue-mantle Pursuivant, in 1634; "with several other coats of the same county collected by Samuel Waker in the year 1669." With index at the beginning. At f. 78 is a printed "Account of the fa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Stowe MS 609

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Stowe MS 609
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BUCKINGHAMSHIRE pedigrees and arms, based on the Visitation of 1575, the latest date given being 1620; with a few additions in an 18th cent. hand. Preceded (f. 8) by a list of the Justices for co. Bucks in 1601, and (f. 4) by an index in the hand of J. Holland (see below); and followed (ff. 79-8...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Stowe MS 697

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Stowe MS 697
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ARMS, in trick, as follows: (a) Welsh. f. 8;-(b) Shropshire (chiefly taken from the Visitation of 1623). f. 12;-(c) Hertfordshire (from the Visitations of 1579 and 1634). f. 38 b;-(d) Various English counties. ff. 73,103 b, 114 b;-(e) Bedfordshire. f. 87 b;- (f) Inns of Court, St. Katherine's ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 item

9. Stowe MS 801

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Stowe MS 801
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MINISTERS' ACCOMPTS and muster-rolls for Buckinghamshire; 1593-1649. Among other matters are:- 1. Accompts of William Andrewes, collector of fifteenths and tenths granted by Parliament [22 Mar.] 35 Eliz. [1593], for the hundreds of Newport, Buckingham and Cotteslowe; including (f. 4 b) a royal...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1593-1649
Extent:
1 item

10. Stowe MS 802

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Stowe MS 802
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ASSESSMENTS to Aids and other purposes in the county of Buckingham, etc.:- 1. Assessment list for each parish in the hundred of Ashendon; circ. 1637-1640. f. 1. 2. Accompts of the steward of Richard Grenville, of Wotton Underwood; 1663-1673. f. 16 b. 3. Assessment lists for rates at Wotton...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1637-1700
Extent:
1 item