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1. Stowe MS 272

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 272
Title:
John Leslie, 'A treatise touchinge the right, title, and interest of the moste excellente princesse Marie, Queene of Scotland' (1584); early 17th century devotional poetry and other writings
Scope & Content:
This volume's original vellum cover has been retained, bearing on the front and back the arms and name of Richard St George (1554/5-1635), herald. The cover (f. 1r) also has written on it in a 17th century hand the contents as: 'The Title of Scotland to the Crown of England by John Lisle Bishop...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1584-1635
Extent:
1 volume

2. Stowe MS 273

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 273
Title:
Robert Glover (?), An Answer to John Leslie, Bishop of Ross, 1584-1585
Scope & Content:
This treatise carries a title page in an 18th- or 19th-century hand: 'AN ANSWER to a discourse of John Lesley, Bishop of Rosse, intended to prove that Mary, Queen of Scots, was intitled to the crown of England in preference to Queen Elizabeth, because the Pope had deposed her, and that her son ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1584-1585
Extent:
1 volume

3. Stowe MS 309

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 309
Title:
Allegorical political drawings
Scope & Content:
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 Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1628
Extent:
1 volume