CHARACTERS of George I. and II., Qu. Caroline, Sir Robert Walpole, Lords Bath, Hardwicke, Chatham, Holland, Townshend, Granville, Bolingbroke, the Dukes of Bedford and Newcastle, Henry Pelham, and Alexander Pope; by Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield. Copies,some of them in the han...
ff. 1r–2v: Allegorical designs in colours, relating to political events in the reigns of Kings James I and Charles I. The designs include a man (Charles I?) lying in bed, a street seene, the Pope and others burning, a procession, a man carrying a bust of Charles I, the demolition of a house, a m...
COLLECTION of engraved political caricatures illustrating the closing years of George II., and more particularly the last Administration of Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle. Among the characters caricatured are the Duke, Robert Darcy, 4th Baron Holdernesse, Philip Yorke, lst Earl of Hardw...
DIALOGUS de Scaccario [by Richard Fitz-Nigel, Bishop of London, 1189-1198], here entitled " Gervasii Tilberiensis de Necessariis Scacarii observationibus Dialogus " ; the false ascription to Gervase, of Tilbury being common before Madox (History of Exchequer, vol. ii.). After the author's prolog...
1. DIALOGUS de Scaccario [by Richard Fitz-Nigel, Bishop of London, 1189-1198]. Copied under the direction of Sir Roger Twysden in 1636 from a MS. on vellum, " optimae notae," in the possession of Sir Henry Spelman. The supposed authorship of Gervase of Tilbury is mentioned in the title; but in a...
ACCOMPTS of Ralph Asheton, Receiver General for the Crown for the archdeaconry of Richmond, co. York (f. 1), the bishopric of Durliam (f. 11), and the county of Northumberland (f. 22), 17-19 Jas. I. [1619-1621]; and of William Clopton, Receiver General for the same, 20-22 Jas. I. [1622-1624]. On...
" GROSS AND NET PRODUCE Of the Revenue of Excise," 1662-1724; followed by :-(a) Number of Brewers, etc., with amount of exciseable liquor made and imported, 1684--1724. f. 8 ;-(b) Gross and net produce of Duties on Malt, etc., 1697-1724. f. 12 ;-(c) on Candle, 1710-1728. f. 16; -(d) on Hops, 171...
ESTIMATES, accompts, etc., chiefly connected with Ireland 1679-1695. 1. Estimate for the necessary annual charge for the Office of the Ordnance; 1679. f. 1. 2. Estimate of the Civil List for Ireland to commence from 25 Dec. 1690; followed by memoranda of various pensions granted in Ireland u...
" THE GROSS AND NET PRODUCE Of all the branches of the Revenue under the management of the Commisioners of his Majesty's Customs in England, together with the adjustment of the net produce with the payments into the Exchequer, annually from Christmas, 1710 " [to Christmas, 1746]. Prefixed are 1....
