EXTRACTS from Newspapers, 1643-1657, illustrating, from a Parliamentary point of view, the conduct and character of Sir Richard Grenville, royalist. The newspapers from which the extracts are taken are, A Perfect Diurnal, Mercurius Veridicus, Mercurius Britannicus, Perfect Occurrences, Perfect P...
CATALOGUE of ancient deeds, royal and autograph letters, and other MSS. formerly in the possession of Rev. George Harbin, Nonjuror [fl. 1713], and said (f. 1) to have been purchased at his sale in 1745. With others added (see f. 14). At the end (f. 31) are notes on a grant by Gilbert Tisun to Se...
DIARY of Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon, for the year 1688. Holograph. The earlier part is taken up chiefly with a law-suit brought against him by the Queen Dowager, to whom he had been Treasurer and Receiver-General from 1680 to 1685, arising out of the question of the allowances due to him ...
"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...
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...
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...
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...
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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...
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...