Papers of members of the Society of Antiquaries, among them Arthur Agard (d. 1615), William Camden (d. 1623), Joseph Holland (d. 1605), Thomas Talbot (d. 1595 × 1599) and Francis Tate (d. 1616), including William Hakewill, The Antiquitie of the Lawes of this Iland (3r–4r); Of the Antiquitye and Etymologye of Termes and Tymes for administracione of Iustcye in Englande (9r–10v); Of the Antiquityes of the Howses of Lawe (43r–48r); A proiect touching a petition to be exhibited unto her maiesty fo...
Scope & Content:
Language(s): English, Latin and French; Old English (29r)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Old, French, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Papers (originals and copies) relating to Calais, Boulogne, Newhaven and Guisnes, temp. Henry VIII (1509–1547) to Mary I (1553–1558), including a list of the captains of Calais (16r–21v) and instructions for the fortification of Calais, 1532–33 (32r–38r)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 16th century-1st half of the 17th century