Summons to Parliament from 49 Henry III (1264/5) to 21 Henry VIII (1529/30), taken from the close rolls in the Tower written for Henry Bourchier, 5th Earl of Bath. Preceded by several tables and lists. ff. 1-6: Table of summons from 49 Henry III to 34 Henry VIII. ff. 7-14: Alphabetical tabl...
Copies of surveys of the manors of East Molesey and West Molesey
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Contents: ff. 3r-68r: Copies of surveys of the manors of East Molesey ['East Mulsey'] alias Mulsey Priors and of West Molesey ['West Mulsey'] alias Mulsey Matham in Surrey.
A debate between 'Fayrefax' and 'Browne' about the succession to the Crown of England after the death of Queen Elizabeth I
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Contents: ff. 2r-44r: A debate between 'Fayrefax' and 'Browne' about the succession to the Crown of England after the death of Elizabeth I. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 1v: An indenture between John Curle and John Hall of Rochester, dated to 1598.
Register of Petitions made to the Prince of Wales, 1617-1625
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Folio manuscript volume, containing a register of all petitions made to Prince Charles, Prince of Wales [later Charles I], with their respective answers, from 14 November 1617 to 20 February 1624 [1625].
Pandectae Locorum Communium of John Foxe, with manuscript entries
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Pandectae Locorum communium praecipua rerum capita et titulos ordine Alphabetico complectentes [etc.]. Per Ioann. Foxium. Londini, excudebat Hugo Singletonus, Anno 1585. Printed folio commonplace book, with manuscript entries under printed alphabetical headings. Manuscript entries attributed by ...
Extracts from rolls concerning concessions of the kings of England to merchants of the Hanseatic League in London
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Contents: ff. 1r-60r: Extracts from rolls concerning concessions of the kings of England to merchants of the Hanseatic League in London, with the title, written on a parchment pastedown on f. 1r: ‘Touchinge the Haunse’.
Collection of legal arguments about ship money. The final folio is incomplete, suggesting the volume is unfinished. f. 1*: Title: ‘The Judges Arguments concerninge shippe money’. f. 1: First and second certificates of Sir John Denham, one of the Barons of the Court of Exchequer, concerning s...