Genealogical and historical collections of Thomas Talbot (d. 1595 × 1599), extracted from the patent rolls, close rolls and similar records, and including lists of the constables of the Tower of London (52r–54r) and chamberlains of England (60r–v)
Papers of members of the Society of Antiquaries, among them Arthur Agard (d. 1615), William Camden (d. 1623), Joseph Holland (d. 1605), Thomas Talbot (d. 1595 × 1599) and Francis Tate (d. 1616), including William Hakewill, The Antiquitie of the Lawes of this Iland (3r–4r); Of the Antiquitye and Etymologye of Termes and Tymes for administracione of Iustcye in Englande (9r–10v); Of the Antiquityes of the Howses of Lawe (43r–48r); A proiect touching a petition to be exhibited unto her maiesty fo...
Scope & Content:
Language(s): English, Latin and French; Old English (29r)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Old, French, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Papers (originals and copies) relating to Calais, Boulogne, Newhaven and Guisnes, temp. Henry VIII (1509–1547) to Mary I (1553–1558), including a list of the captains of Calais (16r–21v) and instructions for the fortification of Calais, 1532–33 (32r–38r)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 16th century-1st half of the 17th century