Papers of John Foxe concerning persecutions of proto-Protestants and Protestants
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Contents: ff. 1r-217v: A large collection of papers of the martyrologist John Foxe concerning persecutions of proto-Protestants (Lollards) and Protestants.
Papers of John Foxe relating to Protestant and Catholic persecutions in England
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Contents: ff. 1r-172v: A collection of papers relating to Protestant and Catholic persecutions in 16th-century England, including the second and third debates of the Jesuit Edmund Campion (b. 1540, d. 1581) at the Tower of London in 1581 (ff. 136r-173v).
The eighth volume of papers belonging to John Foxe (1516/17–1587), martyrologist. Bought from John Strype (1643–1737), historian and biographer. f. 1r-1v: Paper on the mind and exposition of Martin Bucer, on Matthew 18[.7] (‘Woe be to the World, because of Offences’). ff. 2r-9v: Paper on the p...
ff. 1r–169v: The ninth volume of John Foxe’s papers, bought from John Strype; ff. 116r–169v clearly date from after Foxe’s death. f. 1r: If a man have stolen any thyng of thyne. A charm written on parchment. f. 2r: If any maner of womane haue done the thefte. Another charm written on parchment...
ff. 1r–145v: The tenth volume of the ecclesiastical historian John Foxe's papers. ff. 1r–2v: Part of a notable discourse for having the Bible in English, written about the time of Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury, c. 1410, taken ex fragmenta quodam Ecclesiae Wigorniensis. f. 3r: Subscr...
List of soldiers under Edward Whalley; valuations of the possessions of Charles I and Henrietta Maria of France
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Contents: ff. 1r-24r: An alphabetical list of soldiers, organised according to surname and rank. ff. 25r-34v: A ‘list of Collonel Whalleys Troops with the severall summes of Arreares due to every respectinve person as they were delivered to Worster house and received againe from thence with t...
George Cavendish, Thomas Wolsey, Late Cardinall, his Lyffe and Deathe
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Contents: ff. 1r-74v: George Cavendish (b. 1597, d. c. 1562), Thomas Wolsey, Late Cardinall, his Lyffe and Deathe, here entitled ‘The Discourse of the Lyffe and Deathe of Cardynall Woolsey’.
Journal and office papers of the Office of Ordnance
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Folio manuscript volume, containing a journal and various office papers, including warrants and letters, of the Office of the Ordnance in the Tower of London, 26 June 1626-14 February 1636 [1637].
Register of the petitions to the Viceroy [Lord Deputy] of Ireland
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Folio manuscript volume containing a register of the petitions to Thomas Wentworth, Viscount Wentworth, Lord Deputy [Lord Lieutenant] of Ireland, 4 July 1637-20 March 1638, along with the orders given by the Lord Deputy in response. Contents: ff. 2-8v: Alphabetical index of the petitioners name...