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1. Add MS 4155

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Title:
English political and diplomatic papers, 1587-1689
Scope & Content:
This is a miscellaneous collection of papers, including Elizabethan political and military matters; the parliamentary politics of the 1620s; and a number of early 17th-century diplomatic letters. There are probably some originals amongst the collection, but it is evidently mainly a collection of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
1587-1740
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 4158

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Title:
State papers of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1657-1660
Scope & Content:
The documents here formed part of the original collection of John Thurloe (d. 1668), Secretary to the Council of State and subsequently to the two Cromwells, Lord Protectors. They illuminate both the domestic and international politics of the period, as also the scope of Thurloe's intelligence s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, Dutch, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1657-1660
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 29502

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Title:
Genealogical roll chronicle of English kings to Edward III with an armorial
Scope & Content:
Contents: A genealogical chronicle from the reign of Egbert to Edward III and of the Lancastrians to Henry V, with commentary in English and an added armorial. Face: Membrane 1: A diagram of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy surrounded by four armorial shields. Membranes 1-2: A genealogical diagra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:

1 roll

4. Add MS 38823

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Title:
Sir Edward Hoby, Commonplace book
Scope & Content:
Commonplace book of Sir Edward Hoby, politician and diplomat (1560-1617), containing entries on various subjects including America, Parliament, the Isle of Sheppey, the siege of Calais (1346-1347), and Mary, Queen of Scots. ff. i-ii) Remains of two parchment fragments of a 13th-century manuscri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Turkish
Date Range:
c 1582-c 1596
Extent:

1 volume

5. Add MS 46455

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Title:
Talbot papers, volume II
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–154v: A volume of letters and papers from Jean de Blicquy de Houpplines, French Secretary at Calais, from the reign of Henry VII and the early years of the reign of Henry VIII. f. 1r: Copy of a letter in French from the Lieutenant General of Bailiwick, Amiens to [Richard Nanfan], the Dep...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1490-1513
Extent:
1 volume

6. Add MS 46456

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Title:
Talbot Papers, volume III
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–168v: Papers of Jean de Blicquy de Houpplines, French Secretary at Calais, from the reigns of Henry VII and VIII. f. 1r: Draft letter in French from Jean de Blicquy de Houpplines, French Secretary at Calais to Madame de Brouay, 1504; draft letter in French from de Houpplines to the Senes...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1490-1513
Extent:
1 volume

7. Stowe MS 146

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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