Law commonplace book compiled from statutes during the reign of James I. In a single hand. Arranged under alphabetical heads. ff. 2-3: Partial contents in another hand (letters A-H only).
Contents: f. 1*recto: Law notes, including a line in French: 'Pur un plaisir mille dole'. f. 1r: Recipe for sleep, including milk, treacle, saffron and ivy. ff. 2r-5v: Forms of writs from the time of Queen Elizabeth. ff. 6r-10r: 'The Manner and Order of kepinge the Quarter Cessions'. f....
Short devotional tracts in prose and verse, prayers, and one larger treatise entitled the Soule-Knell. Probably written by Thomas Harland, whose name appears at the beginning and end of the volume (ff. 1, 7r, 97v) Dated ‘T. H. 1646’ (f. 7v). f. 2: Overall title of volume: ‘The Soule Knell, fo...
Papers on the port of Oran, arguments against a Morocco Company, treaties with Tunis, Tripoli, and Algier. With French poetry and songs on front and back end papers (ff. 1-2 and ff. 40-42). ff. 1-2: French verse. ff. 3-6: Discourse on the port of Oran. 7 January 1663. On its convenience as a ...
Obiecta Hebraeorum in D. Matthei evangelium subiectis responsionibus
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Contents: ff. 3r-8v: Obiecta Hebraeorum in D. Matthei evangelium subiectis responsionibus, with a prologue by 'G. Genebrardus', who is said to have translated it into Latin (f. 2r).
Collection of writs, oaths, warrants and fees from the reign of Elizabeth I
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Contents: f. 1v-3r: 'Tabula pro demonstratione nominum et naturarum presidencium, tam Brevium confessionum et finium, quam aliorum in hoc libro contentorum'. ff. 5r-50r: A collection of legal writs in Latin, entitled 'Presidencia diversorum generum', most of which date to 20-25 Elizabeth I, b...
Elegies on the death of William Gurdon, and other poems
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ff. 1-9r: Narration of the death of William Gurdon, 1620, and elegies on his decease. f. 9v-11r: Elegy on the death of Richard Rogers (1550?–1618), minister of Wethersfield. ff. 11v-13: Verses by Adam Winthrop (1548-1623) to the Lady Mildmay at the birth of her son Henry, 1620, and verses to H...
Relation of a voyage to Constantinople and Smyrna, by Belval
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Journal by Belval of his travels from Paris to Contantinople, 1626-1627, a description of Constantinople, and a further voyage from Constantinople to Smyrna. With a Turkish French vocabulary list. f. 1*: Title and other marks of ownership: ‘Relation de mon Voiage faict par moy Belval L’an 1626’...
A collection of medical and surgical recipes and charms from the late 14th century or early 15th century with added recipes and charms that date to the late 15th and/or early 16th century. Two of the charms refer to the Earl of Hereford (f. 35r) and the Infirmary of Killyngworth (f. 35v). The re...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century