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Container Reference (shelfmark) Stowe MS 438-488

1. Stowe MS 438

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Stowe MS 438
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"AN AWAKT MEMORYE, or A callinge to acounte of those Preceptts and Dutyes which belonge to the Captayns, Muster-masters, and other Offycers of ye Trayned Bandes. . . . . By Gervase Markham." Printed, with enlargements, under the title of The Souldier's Accidence, [by] G. M., London, 1625, 4o. Pa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1625
Extent:
1 item

2. Stowe MS 439

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Stowe MS 439
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PREFACE, Introduction, and Prospectus to a proposed work on Military Science and Tactics, based on the Prussian system. The author speaks of himself as having had " a service of many years in varied situations, of much regimental practice, and of five campaigns in the war of 1756 "; he attended ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1785
Extent:
1 item

3. Stowe MS 440

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Stowe MS 440
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" NAMES [with other particulars] of the Nobility and others reteyned to serve the Kings of England in their warrs, from Ed[ward] the 3d to Hen. 8. Extracted out of [the Indentures of Military Service preserved in] the Office of Pells, by the industry of Sr William Le Neve, Knt., Clarentius King ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Stowe MS 441

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Stowe MS 441
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RETURNS of the trained bands of Buckingham and Newport hundreds, co. Bucks; 1660-1662. Included also are:-(a) Copies of old levies in 1637 and 1638. ff. 1, 39;-(b) Warrants of Sir Richard Temple and Sir William Tyringham, Deputy-Lieutenants. ff. 10-12, 15, 24 ; - (c) Letter from John [Egerton] E...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1660-1662
Extent:
1 item

5. Stowe MS 442

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Stowe MS 442
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" RULES, orders, and instructions for the future Government of the office of the Ordnance, Anno Regni 35 " [Chas II., 1683]; with additional regulations by James II., 4 Feb. 1685 [6]. At f. 40 is "an establishment of the Annuall Payments and Allowances to be made upon the Quarter Bookes of the o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Stowe MS 443

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Stowe MS 443
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REGISTER of warrants, lists of officers and mon and of artillery, and instructions relating to the Ordnance department; 1693 [4]- 1714. Paper; ff. 75. In vellum cover, stamped with the arms of Qu. Anne. Folio. England; Ordnance Office: Warrants, lists of officers, etc., relating to: 1694-1714.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1694]-1714
Extent:
1 item

7. Stowe MS 444

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Stowe MS 444
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1. JOURNAL of the campaign of William III. in the Netherlands, 1692-3, by Lieut.-Col. Jacob Richards, of the field-train of artillery; beginning with his departure from Woolwich for Rotterdam, 26 May, 1692, and ending 29 July, 1693, and including accounts of the battles of Steenkirk and Landen, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Stowe MS 445

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Stowe MS 445
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" RULES, Orders and Instructions for the future Government of the office of the Ordnance (being another copy of No. 442), confirmed by his present Majesty, Febry 27th, 1761." Paper; ff. 48. In blue morocco binding, tooled. Folio. England; Ordnance Office: Rules, orders, etc., for: 1683, 1686. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Feb 1761
Extent:
1 item

9. Stowe MS 446

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Stowe MS 446
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" INSTRUCTIONS [by James II.] for the government of our office of the Ordnance in Ireland," with a list of the principal and inferior officers of the Artillery in Ireland ; 1685 [?]. Paper; ff. 28. In red morocco binding, with tooling. Small octavo. England; Ordnance Office: Instructions for, i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1685?
Extent:
1 item

10. Stowe MS 447-480

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Stowe MS 447-480
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MILITARY COLLECTIONS of the three brothers Jacob, John, and Michael Richards, sons of Jacob Richards; 1685-1714. For the military careers of all three brothers, see the Dictionary of National Biography. Thirty-four volumes. Paper. Folio, etc.
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Army; England: Military collections of Jacob, John and Michael Richards: 1685-1714.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Spanish
Date Range:
1685-1714
Extent:
34 items