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Project / Collection Additional Charters and Rolls Name Friends of the National Libraries, 1931-

1. Add Ch 70729

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Add Ch 70729
Title:
FINE whereby John Chester and Elizabeth, his wife, convey to William Gardyner, three messuages, a courtyard and a wharf in the parish of St Olave, Southwark; Latin. William Gardyner is identified by L. Hotson, Shakespeare versus Shallow, 1931, as the original of Shakespeare's Justice Shallow; cf. also Brit. Mus. Quart., vii, 1932-1933, p. 68. Presented by 7. C. Whitebrook, Esq., through the Friends of the National Libraries.
Scope & Content:
London; Southwark. St Olave's: Deed rel. to: 1584.: Lat. William Gardyner, -JP, (?) the original of Shakespeare's Justice Shallow: Conveyance to, in the parish of St Olave, Southwark: 1584.: Lat. John Chester: Fine by, and E. his wife, rel. to land in St Olave's parish, Southwark: 1584.: Lat.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1584
Extent:
1 item

2. Add Ch 75457

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Add Ch 75457
Title:
SALE of a rent charge by Heinrich Ruhe, of Gemünd, to the priest's brotherhood of Gemünd; 1372. German. Presented anonymously, with Add. MS. 49459, through J. L. Douthwaite, Esq., and the Friends of the National Libraries.
Scope & Content:
Gemünd, Germany: Sale of rent charge to priests' brotherhood,: 1372: Germ. Heinrich der Ruhe, of Gemünd: Sale by, of rent charge: 1372.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1372
Extent:
1 item

3. Add Ch 75479-75491

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Add Ch 75479-75491
Title:
MILITARY COMMISSIONS, etc., to George Townshend, 4th Viscount Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, 1787; 1745-1773; and (75489) to his son, George, 2nd Marquess Townshend, 1807; 1764
Scope & Content:
Presented, with Add. MSS. 50006-50012, by Messrs Crossman, Block and Co., through the British Records Association and the Friends of the National Libraries.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1745-1773
Extent:
13 items

4. Add Ch 75731

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Add Ch 75731
Title:
APPOINTMENT BY WILLIAM IV of Walter William Lewis and Henry William Macaulay to be Commissary Judge and Commissioner of Arbitration respectively, pursuant to the Slave Trade Convention and Treaty with Portugal; 25 Feb. 1835. Signed by William IV and the Duke of Wellington. Presented anonymously in 1957, with Add. MS. 49459, and Add. Chs. 75457 and 75732, through J. L. Douthwaite, Esq., and the Friends of the National Libraries. Incorporated in 1970.
Scope & Content:
Walter William Lewis: Letters of appointment to, as Commissary Judge, rel. to the Slave Trade Convention and Treaty with Portugal: 1835. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington: Signed by: 1835. Henry William Macaulay: Letters of appointment to, as Commissioner of Arbitration, rel. to the Sla...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1835
Extent:
1 item

5. Add Ch 75732

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Add Ch 75732
Title:
ROYAL WARRANT FROM GEORGE III providing for the maintenance of Chelsea Hospital out of the pay of the armed forces; 30 Dec. 1763. Signed by George III. Presented anonymously in 1957, with Add. MS. 49459, and Add. Chs. 75457 and 75731, through J. L. Douthwaite, Esq., and the Friends of the National Libraries. Incorporated in 1970.
Scope & Content:
George III of England: Army; England: Chelsea, Middlesex: Warrant for maintenance of Chelsea Hospital , from George III: 1763: Signed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Dec 1763
Extent:
1 item