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Project / Collection Additional Manuscripts Name University of Cambridge, 1209-

1. Add MS 4156

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Add MS 4156
Title:
State papers of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1650-1658 (especially 1654-1655)
Scope & Content:
The documents here formed part of the original collection of John Thurloe (d. 1668), Secretary to the Council of State and subsequently to the two Cromwells, Lord Protectors. They illuminate both the domestic and international politics of the period, as also the scope of Thurloe's intelligence s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, Scots, and Spanish
Date Range:
1650-1658
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 4275

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Vol. II (ff. 331). A-H; circ. 1584-1722. includes: f. 1 Roger Acroide, DD; Archdeacon of the West Riding of York: Letter to Dean -: 1614.f. 2 John Agate, d 1720 DD; Rector of Stawley: Letter to R. Banks: 1703.f. 4 Richard Allestree, DD; provost of Eton: Letter to the Bp of Oxford: 1675....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1584-1722
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 4455

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COMMONPLACE-BOOK OF JOHN BENNET, of Hart Hall, Oxford (see note on f. 3 'Sum e libris Johannis Bennet ex aula Cervina, Sept. 29, 1672, pret. 6 [d]'). The parts of the MS. left blank by Bennet were later used as a commonplace book by the Rev. John King (1652-1732), of Exeter College, Oxford, D.D....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1672-1725
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 11280

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Add MS 11280
Title:
STATUTORUM Collegii S. Petri Cantabrigiensis copia attestata ; anno 1695 descripta. Quarto. Presented by the Rev. Thomas Crompton. [11,280.]
Scope & Content:
University of Cambridge: Statutorum Collegii S. Petri Cant. copia attestata.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1695
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 11321

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Add MS 11321
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HERALDIC COLLECTIONS; namely, Copy of Articles exhibited by Sir Thomas Wryothesley, Garter King of Arms, against the patent of visitation granted to Benolt, Clarenceux King of Arms, in the year 1543, with Clarenceux' Answer;-Memoriale Collegio S. Trinitatis in Academia Cantabrigiensi dicatum, 1607, containing the arms and names of the benefactors and masters of Trinity, King's Hall, and Michael House;-Account of the dimensions of the hales and tents erected for King Henry VIII. and his house...
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Sir Thomas Wryothesley, Garter King of Arms: Articles exhibited by him against the patent of visitation granted to Benolt, Clarenceux, with Clarenceux' answer.: 1543. Siege of Tournay: Account of the dimensions of the hales and tents erected for K. Henry VIII. at: 1513. Toison d'Or; Order of t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1429-1607
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 11720

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Add MS 11720
Title:
THE FOUNDATION Of the Universitie of Cambridge, with a catalogue of the principall Founders and special Benefactors of the colledges, publike schooles and librarie, now in the same; and the names of the present Masters and Fellows, etc., collected in the year 1621, by John Scott; with the arms of each College emblazoned. Folio. [11,720.]
Scope & Content:
John Scott: The foundation of the Universitie of Cambridge, etc.: 1621. University of Cambridge: The foundation of the Universitie, etc. collected by J.Scott.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1621
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 12496

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Add MS 12496
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A VOLUME of the Collections made by Sir Julius Caesar, Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, and Master of the Rolls, temp. James I containing the following miscellaneous Papers and Letters, for the most part Originals: Papers respecting the petition of Thomas Hutchins and others against John, Lord Stanhope, Master of the Posts, etc., 1610-1623 ;-Letter of Sir W. Byrde, to Sir Julius Cæsar, respecting the will of John Love, 9 July, 1623;-Copy of the Warrant of James I. relative to a composit...
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John Dingley: Certificate to the Master of Requests concerning his creditors: 1623. James I of England: Letter to the Commissioners for Trade: 1624. James I of England: Proclamation, prohibiting the importation of tobacco not grown in Virginia or the Somers Islands: 1624. James I of England: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 15343-15346

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Add MS 15343-15346
Title:
CAMBRIDGE Tripos Papers, from the year 1570 to 1588, and from 1693 to 1789 ; collected and partly transcribed by the Rev. Weeden Butler, Junr., of Chelsea. A note is prefixed of those papers wanting to complete the set. Many of the recent Triposes are printed, and have letters written on the reverse sides addressed to Mr. Butler. 4 Vols. Quarto. Presented by Mr. Thomas Butler. [15,343-15,346.]
Scope & Content:
University of Cambridge: Tripos papers: 1570-1588, 1693 1789.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1570-1789
Extent:
4 items

9. Add MS 15858

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Add MS 15858
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VOL. II.-Letter from Theodore Haak to John Evelyn, 27 Nov. 1671 (with a portrait), f 6;-Fac-simile of a letter from John Hampden to Col. Bulstrode and others, 31 Oct. 1631 (with a portrait), f. 8;-Order signed by Sir William Hamilton for Major Robert Logan to receive certain monies at Newcastle,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1624-1712
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 16166

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Add MS 16166
Title:
PUBLII MARONIS VIRGILII Bucolicorum liber, f. 10;-Ejusdem Georgicorum libri iv., f. 20 b. ;-Ejusdem OEneidos libri xii.; præmissis Basilii argumentis monostichis, et Anonymi decasticis, singulorum librorum, ff. 48, 54. [Several pages have been erased, or rendered illegible by a possessor of the volume in the xvith century, in order to substitute various medical receipts, etc. The portions of Virgil thus obliterated are-Eclogue 1, great part of 2, and latter part of 10, after 1. 63; the conc...
Scope & Content:
Publius Virgilius Maro: Bucolicorum et Georgicorum libri. Publius Virgilius Maro: Æneidos libri xii. includes: f. 2 University of Cambridge: King's College. Excerptum ex statutis. ff. 2 b-5 b. 10. 11. 52 b-53 b. 184. 186. 188. 189. 191 Receipts: Medical etc. f. 51 b Grammar Greek: Quædam de G...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item