MISCELLANEOUS historical pieces, of the first half of the XVIIth cent., viz.: 1. "Parte of the liffe of Kinge James of ffamous memorye, with diuers matters of consequence which hapned in his Raigne." Printed in the Somers Tracts (1809), Vol. II., p. 265. f. 3. 2. "The manner of the Sicknes and...
COPIES of political pamphlets, pieces in verse, prophecies, etc., chiefly relating to events of the reign of James I., and particularly to the proposed marriage between Charles, Prince of Wales, and the Infanta of Spain, about 1620-1625, and at subsequent periods; made by [John Rous, Rector of Stanton Downham, co. Suffolk. See Add. MS. 22,959]:- 1. "Vox populi, or Newes from Spaine; author Tho. Scotte of Norwold in Norff.;" Nov. 1620, f. 1. 2. Prophecy of Merlin: "A Prince out of the Nor...
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John Rous, Rector of Stanton Downham, county Suffolk: Diary: 1620-1643. Political and Satirical Poems: Pieces relating to the Spanish match: 17th cent. Charles I of England: Diaries of political events, by Rev. J. Rous: 1625-1643. Charles I of England: Tracts and poems referring to his propos...
AUTOGRAPH DIARY of Walter Yonge, of Colyton, co. Devon (M.P. for Honiton in the Long Parliament), from 1627 to April, 1642, being a sequel to the volume (now Add. MS. 28,032) edited by G. Roberts (Camden Society, 1848). A further continuation, Sept. 1642-Dec. 1645, is in Add. MSS. 18,777-18,780....
'HOUSE OF LORDS. IN PIAM MEMORIAM MCMXIV-MCMXIX': a typewritten copy of the text of the Memorial Book in two volumes, thus entitled, calligraphically written by William Graily Hewitt and Ida D. Henstock in 1927 and preserved in the Library of the House of Lords (see First Report by the Select Committee of the House of Lords appointed to consider the Erection of the Peers' War Memorial, 1928, p. 3, and The Times, 22 Dec. 1928, p. 13). The book lists in alphabetical order, with some biographic...
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Peerage: War I\Iemorial Book of the House of Lords: 1927.: Typewritten copy. England; Parliament: War Memorial Book of the House of Lords: 1927.: Typewritten copy. William Graily Hewitt, scribe: Memorial book executed by, jointly with Miss 1. D. Henstock: 1927.: Typewritten copy. Ida Henstock...
Papers and correspondence relating chiefly to Mary, Queen of Scots, 1559-1594
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Papers and correspondence relating to Mary, Queen of Scots: the conspiracies and plots involving her and her trial and execution and its aftermath, 1559-1594, n.d. Mostly contemporary copies. Further official copies of many of the items are in Cotton MS Caligula C IX. This volume was compiled b...
Papers relating to Scotland and Mary, Queen of Scots, 1565-c. 1600
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This volume is made up of copies and drafts relating to Mary Queen of Scots and more broadly to Scottish politics in the reign of King James VI (up to c. 1600). The volume forms part of the papers collected by Robert Beale, Clerk of the Council, and there are many endorsements, memoranda and dra...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Greek, Ancient, Latin, and Scots