WRIOTHESLEY HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. Collections relating to heraldry, etc. Supplementary to Add. MSS. 5530, 45131-45133, 46354. The contents are as follows:- (1) 'Le xviiie livre de Bethelemy des proprietes lequel parle de la proprite des bestes', being a French translation by Jean Corbichon of ...
Manuscripts collected by Thomas Birch (b. 1705, d. 1766), D.D., and bequeathed by him to the British Museum, of which he was a Trustee from 1753 until his death
Scope & Content:
They comprise not only original documents (including some of Birch's own private papers) but also a number of transcripts, many of which were made by Birch himself, from originals preserved in public and private collections. Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Collections of, bequeathed to the Britis...
FERRERS COLLECTIONS. Historical, heraldic, and genealogical notes, and personal legal memoranda of Henry Ferrers, of Baddesley-Clinton, co. Warw., antiquary (d. 1633). Autograph. The contents are as follows:- (1) Diary and personal memoranda. ff. 1-4, 5b-7b, 8b, 9-14, 15b, 16, 30,40b,43b,48b....
WALSINGHAM AND OTHER PAPERS. Transcripts of State Papers, relating to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, viz:- (1) Transcripts of correspondence of Sir Francis Walsingham with Queen Elizabeth I, Lord Burghley, Lord Leicester and others, during Walsingham's two embassies in France to negotiate an ...
TRANSCRIPTS OF STATE PAPERS made for Birch, from originals in the British Museum, etc., as follows:- (1) Letters, etc., from William Herlle, Resident at Antwerp, and others relating to the Low Countries; 1582. Transcribed from Cotton MS. Galba C.vii, ff, 173, 205-212, 2 14, 217, 220, 232. ff. 3...
TRANSCRIPTS AND ABSTRACTS OF STATE PAPERS made by Birch, in 1753 (cf. f. 24), probably from the originals then in the State Paper Office, as follows:- (1) Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, to the Queen and others, when in command of the forces in the Low Countries; 8 May 1586-22 Nov. 1587. Abs...