Archive Reference (shelfmark): Stowe Ms 1-1085 / Material Type: Archives and Manuscripts - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 473
Title:
Scope & Content:: RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XXVII. (ff. 39). Letter-book of Michael Richards; 1 June-8 Oct. 1707. The letters are written at Lerida, Valentia and Barcelona, and narrate events during the campaign, particularly relating to the siege of Lerida. Among the correspondents are :-the Earl of Galway; Lie...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1 Jun 1707-3 Nov 1707
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 474
Title:
Scope & Content:: RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XXVIII. (ff. 140.) Letter-book of John Richards, as Governor of Alicante; 7 Apr.-24 Oct. 1707. At the reverse end are a few letters of 30 Mar.-9 Apr. 1707. The letters relate to the preparations for the defence of Alicante and Denia, and the siege of the latter; the ra...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 7 Apr 1707-24 Oct 1707
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 475
Title:
Scope & Content:: RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XXIX. (ff. 134). Letter-book of John Richards, as Governor of Alicante, continued; 31 Oct. 1707- 26 Feb. 1709. The letters relate to the affairs of his Spanish regiment; the victualling, etc., of Alicante and Denia, and their siege by the Spaniards; the surrender of Le...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Spanish
Date Range:: 31 Oct 1707-26 Feb 1709
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 476
Title:
Scope & Content:: RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XXX. (ff. 51). Letter-book of Michael Richards at Barcelona; 9 Jan.-15 Apr. 1711. At the end are inserted a few letters carrying on the correspondence to 14 July. The period covered immediately follows the battle of Brihuega, and much information is given of the state ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 9 Jan 1711-14 Jul 1711
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 477
Title:
Scope & Content:: RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XXXI. (ff. 29). Copies in the hand of Michael Richards of his letters, etc., to the Board of Ordnance, as "chief engineer of Great Britain"; 11 Nov. 1711- 20 July, 1714. The papers relate to the fortifications, etc., of Gibraltar, Portsmouth, Hull, Berwick, Carlisle, T...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 11 Nov 1711-20 Jul 1714
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 478
Title:
Scope & Content:: RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XXXII. (ff. 12). Tables of the increase and decrease, etc., of the Royal Navy between 1 Oct. 1697 and 1 Nov. 1698, with the establishment at the end of the period, giving the fullest particulars regarding each ship. Followed by lists of salaries at the Admiralty, in th...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1 Oct 1697-1 Nov 1698
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 479
Title:
Scope & Content:: RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XXXIII. (ff. 14). "Devis des ouvrages . . . . à l'embouchure du havre de Dunkerque." At the end, " Signé Vauban." With four plans. See above, vol. vii. Dunkirk, Nord: Papers relating to works at: late 17th cent.: Fr.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French
Date Range:: Late 17th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 480
Title:
Scope & Content:: RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XXXIV. (ff. 74). " Transactions between England and France, relating to Hudson's Bay; 1687." Followed (f. 50) by similar Transactions for 1699. Hudson's Bay, N. America: Transactions between England and France relating to: 1687, 1699. Louis XIV of France: Transaction...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1687-1699
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 481
Title:
Scope & Content:: COLLECTIONS relating to military affairs, etc.; circ. 1689-1712. 1. Papers of Generals M. and J. Richards (cf. Nos. 447-480), viz. (a) Arguments in favour of taking the oaths to William and Mary; circ. 1689. f. 1 ;-(b) Diary of the campaign in the Netherlands in 1692, with a short account of t...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: c 1689-1712
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 482
Title:
Scope & Content:: " STATE Of Ordnance and Stores at the several Forts and Castles in Great Britain, as also at the four Forreigne Garrisons " [Annapolis in Nova Scotia, Gibraltar, Placentia in Newfouiidland, and Port Mahon in Minorca]: a detailed account of the stores, etc., at each place, with a summary of the w...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: [1 Jan 1726]
Extent:: 1 item

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