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Container Reference (shelfmark) Stowe MS 553-567

1. Stowe MS 553

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Stowe MS 553
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Scope & Content:
BOOK OF ACCOMPT of Roger de Waltham, Keeper of the King's Wardrobe, from 1 May, 15 Edw. II. [1322] to 19 Oct. 17 Edw. II. [1323]; arranged under the various headings of "Recepta de Scaccario," " Elemosina," " Necessaria," " Qui non sunt," " Calciamenta," " Victualia," " Vadia guerre," " Nuneii,"...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1 May 1322-19 Oct 1323]
Extent:
1 item

2. Stowe MS 554

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Stowe MS 554
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ACCOMPT of receipts and payments of Sir Brian Tuke, " Treasorer of the Kynges Chamber and of the Courte of Generall Surveyors of the Kynges landes " ; May - Sept. 34 Hen. VIII. [1542]. The payments are chiefly on account of wages to the royal household and Edmonde Walsinghame, knight, liewetenau...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1542]-1684
Extent:
1 item

3. Stowe MS 555

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 555
Title:
An inventory of jewels and other goods of Queen Elizabeth I, 1574-1594
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: An introduction to Queen Elizabeth I’s inventory of jewels and other goods. It explains that the inventory was made or begun on 14 March 1574 and lists ‘all suche parcelles of the Quenis Majesties Juelles, plate and other Stuff as remaine [...] in the custodie and chardge of J...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[13 Mar 1574-12 Aug 1594]
Extent:

1 volume

4. Stowe MS 556

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 556
Title:
An inventory of jewels and other goods of Queen Elizabeth I, 1596
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-1v: An introduction to Queen Elizabeth I’s inventory of jewels and other goods. It explains that the inventory was made or begun on 20 February 1596 and lists ‘all suche percelles of the Queenes Majesties Jewelles and plate and other stuffe as did remayne [...] in the custodie...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[20 Feb 1596]
Extent:
1 volume

5. Stowe MS 557

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 557
Title:
Inventory of the royal wardrobe, 1600
Scope & Content:
Inventory of the robes and jewels owned by Queen Elizabeth I in July 1600. Beginning with items from the reigns of King Edward VI and Queen Mary I. Includes notes of articles being given away by the Queen, with signatures of the recipients. With extracts from records relating to the Royal Wardro...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1600
Extent:
1 volume

6. Stowe MS 558

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Stowe MS 558
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1. ',THE PROCESSE in the [Court of] Arches for prouing the mariage of Rich[ard Sackville, 3rd] Earle of Dorsett with the Lady Anne Clifford, 1609." Contemporary copy, certified by Humphrey Baldwin, notary public, as agreeing with the original records in the Registry of the Court of Canterbury. f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1607]-1609
Extent:
1 item

7. Stowe MS 559

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 559
Title:
Collections relating to Crown regalia and jewels
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–84v: A volume of collections relating to the Crown regalia and jewels, annotated throughout by the antiquarian Thomas Astle (1735–1803). ff. 1r–54v: Extracts from the Patent Rolls, Wardrobe Accompts, and other public records, from the reigns of John to Henry VI, including (ff. 11r–23v) a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume

8. Stowe MS 560

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Stowe MS 560
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EXTRACTS from public records and other sources relating to the Crown jewels, plate, etc., tempp Hen. VIII.-Anne. Included also (ff. 7-24) is "The manner of the coronation of the Kinge and Queene of England," temp. Chas. 1. ; and (:W. 2 7-37) " The inventarye of the Jewells, plate and other goods...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

9. Stowe MS 561

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 561
Title:
Scope & Content:
ORDINANCES for the King's and Queen's Households, the latter dated 1627 and 1631. Followed by:-(a) Copies (18th cent.) of documents bearing on the King's prerogative to " take out for his service any man in prison in the prison of the Fleet"; 1628. f. 22 ;-(b) On the legality of racking a priest...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

10. Stowe MS 562

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 562
Title:
Scope & Content:
ORDINANCES for the Household of Charles II, signed on the first page by the King; circ. 1660-1670. At the end are inserted:- (a) " The ordinance and reformacion of apperell . . . for the tyme of morening," etc., made by Margeret, Countess of Richmond, mother of Henry VII, in 1502-3. Copy (18th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1660-c 1670
Extent:
1 item