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Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 771
Title:
Scope & Content:: "A TRUE NARRATIVE of the Principal Transactions" between Lieut. William Lowfeild, R.N., and Elizabeth his wife which led the former to apply for a divorce; "On Board His Majs Ship Marlborough at Sea, Oct. 30th, 1761." Paper; ff. 28. Small Quarto. Lieutenant William Lowfield, RN: Narrative of hi...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 30 Oct 1761
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 772
Title:
Scope & Content:: LIFE of George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle; by his physician, Thomas Skynner, M.D. From the title-page (f. 3), and from the spaces left for the insertion of portraits (ff. 2 b, 73, 100, 105, 109), this seems to be a fair copy written out for the press ; but the work was not published until 1723...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1678-1685
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 773
Title:
Scope & Content:: SCHEDULE of goods and chattels (including pictures) of Hon. George Montagu, deceased, contained in Manchester House, Canons' Row, Westminster, and in Horton House, co. Northampton; attached to a deed of sale of the same by his executors to Edward Mountagu, his son and heir, the use for life bein...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 5 Apr 1682
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 774 I
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. I. ff. 172; 1 Jan. 1575[6]- 3 Feb. 1581[2] includes: ff. 16 b, 20 b, 55 b Drama: References to players: 1576-1585.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: [1 Jan 1576-3 Feb 1582]
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 774 I-II
Title:: 774. ACCOMPT-BOOK of the household and personal expenses of Roger North, 2nd Baron North, of Kirtling, co. Camb.; 1 Jan. 1575[6]- 3 Feb. 1581[2], and 1 Apr. 1582-20 Dec. 1589. Two volumes, now bound in one. The accompts are generally entered in the hand of Lord North himself, and are signed by him at the end of each week. In vol. i., f. 73, is "a brieff collection and declaration of all suche provision as was spent at the house of . . . Lord North of Kertlinge at the Q. Majesties commyng thi...
Scope & Content:: Roger North, 2nd Baron North: Household accompt book: 1576-1589. Accompts: Household expenses of Roger, Lord North: 1576-1589. includes: f. 1 b James Robert Thompson: Watercolour sketch of Kirtling Hall: early 19th cent. f. 1 b Kirtling Hall, Cambridgeshire: Water-colour sketch of: early 19th...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: [1 Jan 1576]-20 Dec 1589
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 774 II
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol II. ff. 179; 1 Apr. 1582-20 Dec. 1589 includes: ff. 35 b, 65 b, 94 Drama: References to players: 1576-1585.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1 Apr 1582-20 Dec 1589
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 775
Title:
Scope & Content:: BAILIFFS' and other accompts relating to the lands and possessions of Sir Richard Southwell, Knt., in co. Norfolk, for the year ending at Michaelmas, 3 Eliz.[1561]. Latin. Vellum;ff. 47. Belonged to Thomas Astle,1790. Folio. Sir Richard Southwell: Accompts of his estates in co. Norf.: 1561. Co...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: [1561]
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 776
Title:: Cartulary of the estates of John de Vaux and his daughter and co-heiress Petronilla de Narford
Scope & Content:: This manuscript is a cartulary, containing copies of charters and deeds in Latin, relating to the estates of the English nobleman Sir John de Vaux, alias Vallibus (b. c. 1220, d. 1287), in Norfolk and Suffolk, and particularly the inheritance of his daughter and coheiress Pernel, also known as P...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 777
Title:
Scope & Content:: "EXTRACTS from the Court Rolls of the several manors belonging to the Earls of Oxford in the counties of Essex, Hertford, Huntingdon, Buckingham, Middlesex, Cambridge, Norfolk and Suffolk," tempp. . Hen. III. -Edw. IV.; made early in the 16th cent. Latin. Preceded (ff. 6-35) by an index of "Nomi...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Early 16th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 778
Title:
Scope & Content:: "COPIES of Deeds, Charters, and other Muniments," the originals of which are stated on the title-page to have been in 1731 in the possession of James West. The deeds are forty-five in number, and relate to lands in various counties. The earliest is dated in 4 Edw. II., the latest, in 13 James I....
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1731
Extent:: 1 item

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