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Container Reference (shelfmark) Stowe MS 589-597

1. Stowe MS 589

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Stowe MS 589
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"A TREATICE concerning the Nobilitie according to the lawes of Englande." Followed (f. 61) by "A treatise of knights and matters incident to the degree of knighthoode according to the lawes of England," imperfect at the end. The original treatises seem to have been composed in the early years of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Stowe MS 590

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Stowe MS 590
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"BARONAGIUM ANGLIÆ, magnatum scilicet illius regni stemmata recentiora ad consanguinitates affinitatesque per intermixta connubiæ (sic) discernendas delineata, 1597." f. 10. A more perfect copy, with arms in trick, is in Harley MS. 1160; cf. also Harley MSS.806,4754. Preceded by an index (18thee...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Stowe MS 591

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Stowe MS 591
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CREATIONS of Nobility, from the time of Edward the Confessor to that of Elizabeth. Preceded (f. 2) by the names of "ye five conquerours of this Islande," and of "Saxons that devided this Island into seaven kingdoms"; and followed (f. 54b) by some coats-of-arms, and (f. 56 b) by the grant of arms...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 16th century-Late 17th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Stowe MS 592

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Stowe MS 592
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HISTORY of the Barons of Westmoreland, from Robert de Vetere Ponte (Vipont), to whom the title was granted by King John, to Anne, Countess of Pembroke, who claimed the title by right of her father, George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland. Paper; ff. 45. Written after the death (in 1643) of Henry...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
between 1643-1676
Extent:
1 item

5. Stowe MS 593

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Stowe MS 593
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PROMOTIONS, births, marriages, and deaths of the English nobility and gentry, in alphabetical order of names. The greater number of the events recorded are dated 1765-1776, but there are several earlier, and one or two of 1777, added in different ink. At f. 41 b is an index to English peers, wit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1776-1777
Extent:
1 item

6. Stowe MS 594

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Stowe MS 594
Title:
William Bruges’ Garter Book
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The first armorial for the Order of the Garter, containing portraits of the knights founder: f. 5v: Saint George, as patron of the order of the Garter, together with another knight, possibly William Bruges. f. 7v: Edward III of England. f. 8r: Henry Duke of Lancaster. f. 8v: Jean de Grailly...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
1430s
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1 volume

7. Stowe MS 595

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Stowe MS 595
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COLLECTIONS relative to the Order of the Garter, viz.:- 1. Clauses touching Garter King of Arms in the statutes of 14 Hen. VIII.; from the Liber Niger or "Blacke Booke" (Anstis, Register of the Order of the Garter, 1724, vol. ii., pp. 342, 350-4). Latin. f. 3. 2. Register of the Order, 1603-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Stowe MS 596

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Stowe MS 596
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TRANSCRIPT of the Liber Niger of the Order of the Garter, containing the register of the Order from its foundation to 6 Edw. VI. [1552]. Latin. Edited by Anstis, Register of the Order of the Garter, 1724, vol. ii., pp. 1-469. The writing on ff. 9-59 appears to be that of Anstis himself. The tran...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

9. Stowe MS 597

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Stowe MS 597
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COLLECTION Of extracts, copies of deeds, reports, counsels' opinions, etc., relating to fees and offices, crown grants, legal cases, and other matters. The contents are:- 1. Scale of fees, gratuities, etc., on the election and instalment of a Knight of the Garter. "Extracted from Ashmole." f. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item