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Container Reference (shelfmark) Stowe MS 568-577

1. Stowe MS 568

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Stowe MS 568
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"SR, RO[BERT] COTTON, Mr Cambden, Mr Selden, Mr Tate and sundry other Learned Antiquaries vpon the greate offices of Lord high Steward, Lord high Constable, & Earle Marshall of England, with other offices appendant vnto them ":- 1. Copies of warrants granting the office of Earl Marshal; te...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Stowe MS 569

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Stowe MS 569
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PAPERS relating to the offices of Lord High Steward, High Constable, and Earl Marshal, to Combats, and to the Office of Arms (cf. No. 568, above). 1. "Of the Office of Steward of England," by Sir Robert Cotton, Bart. Printed in Hearne's Curious Discourses, 1771, vol. ii. p. 1. f. 2. 2. "Stew...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Stowe MS 570-571

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Stowe MS 570-571
Title:
COLLECTION of official lists relating to the Civil, Naval, and Military Establishments of England in the latter half of the sixteenth century, with a few of earlier date. With occasional notes in the hand of Robert Beale, Clerk to the Privy Council (circ. 1572-1601). Two volumes. Paper. Folio. They at one time formed part of the Library of Henry Yelverton, Ist Viscount Longueville (ob. 1704), now in the possession of Lord Calthorpe, and they are described in Catalogi Librorum Manuscriptorum ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
2 items

4. Stowe MS 572

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Stowe MS 572
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MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS, chiefly legal and constitutional:- 1. Treatise on Parliament, entitled "Modus Parliamenti," beg. "In the oulde order and first institution." f. 2. 2. The antiquity, power, order, state, manner, persons, and proceedings of the high Court of Parliament in England: a colle...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Stowe MS 573

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Stowe MS 573
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"THE LIVES and successions of the Treasurers of England," by Francis Thynne [Lancaster Herald in 1602]. The series begins with Odo, Treasurer to King Athelstan, and ends imperfectly with Hugh de Segrave, appointed Treasurer in 1381. With a few exceptions, coats of arms, in colours or trick, are ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 16th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Stowe MS 574

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 574
Title:
Miscellaneous collections, from the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I and VI
Scope & Content:
A volume of miscellaneous texts from the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I and VI. ff. 2r–v: 'The order of the queenes goinge to the Perlament.' f. 3r: Copy of a letter from James I to Robert "Lye" [Lee], Lord Mayor, and the Aldermen of London, on his accession, 28 March 1603, Holyrood. Anoth...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

7. Stowe MS 575

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Stowe MS 575
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LIST of the English peers in order of precedence; followed by lists of the officials in the Revenue Courts, the Courts of Justice, Admiralty, Mint and other public offices, and the royal household, with the fees attached to their several offices; also (f. 40) lists of the governors of castles an...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Stowe MS 576

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Stowe MS 576
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MISCELLANEOUS historical, heraldic, and other papers, 16th-18th centt., viz.:- 1. Treatise on the Revenues of France, composed shortly before the outbreak of the Revolution. f. 2. 2. Copy of a letter from Charles Delafaye, Under-Secretary of State, to [Daniel] Preverau [of the Secretary of S...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
16th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

9. Stowe MS 577

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Stowe MS 577
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"THE NAMES of the Justices of Peace for England and Wales, 1o March, 1651 [2]"; arranged under counties, the names of Speaker Lenthall, Captain-General Cromwell, Bulstrode Whitelocke, and others appearing at the head of the Justices of each county. Paper; ff. 70. Belonged to Tho. Astle. Narrow F...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1 Mar 1652]
Extent:
1 item