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4461. Egerton MS 3800

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3800
Title:
MARY TUDOR'S MARRIAGE: contemporary transcript of documents rel. to the marriage of Mary Tudor to Louis XII of France; 1514. Phillipps MS. 10824; Sotheby's sale cat. 15 June 1908, lot 365; Max and Maurice Rosenheim Library (bookplate); purchased of Robin Waterfield Ltd, August 1978. Vellum; ff. iv+22. 324 x 238 (230 x 168)mm. 25 lines. Penwork initials and coloured armorial bearings of Mary as Queen of France. Blind-stamped leather binding.
Scope & Content:
Bindings FRENCH: Blind-stamped brown leather: 18th cent?. Louis XII of France: Henry VIII of England: Art. Illuminations and Drawings FRENCH: Documents, with penwork initials and coloured armorial bearings, rel. to the marriage of Louis XII and Mary Tudor: 1514: Lat. and Fr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1514
Extent:
1 item

4462. Egerton MS 3801

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3801
Title:
NAVIGATION: notebook containing exercises and diagrams on navigation, geometry and arithmetic, sailing directions, astronomical tables and various miscellaneous entries including 'A present Metson for the Agewe' attributed to 'Sr Water Raylishe 1616'. Written in various hands, circa 1600 to 1616, and apparently connected with the English East India Company. Formerly in the collection of Boies Penrose. Transferred from the Map Library, August 1979. Paper; ff. iii+71. 212 x 167mm. First and ...
Scope & Content:
Navigation: Exercise books on navigation, etc.,: circa 1600-1616.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1600-1616
Extent:
1 item

4463. Egerton MS 3802

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3802
Title:
'NEWGATE JOURNAL': reports on 'The State of His Majesty's Gaol of Newgate'; 29 Apr. 1816- 27 Feb. 1819. Written by the Keepers John A. Newman (1804-3 Feb. 1817; acting Keeper until 12 May 1817) and William R. H. Brown (1817-1822; warden of the Fleet Prison 1822-1842); the reports give the number of inmates, their sex and category, and the number receiving medical treatment together with occasional reports on their general health; they also contain accounts of the state of the prison and 'Par...
Scope & Content:
Prisons: John A. Newman, Keeper of Newgate Gaol: William R. H. Brown, Keeper of Newgate Gaol: 'Newgate Journal' written by John A. Newman and William R. H. Brown: 1816-1819.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Apr 1816-27 Feb 1819
Extent:
1 item

4464. Egerton MS 3803

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3803
Title:
THOMAS BABINGTON, 1ST BARON MACAULAY: watercolour sketch, head and shoulders, of Macaulay working in the Manuscript Room of the British Museum; 20 Dec. [bef. 1859]. With a pencilled note identifying the sitter, who is looking to the left and wearing spectacles, and the location. The artist is unknown, but there are more studies on the verso. Purchased from Covent Garden Gallery, 4 Aug. 1981. Paper; f. 1. Modern mount and frame. 210 x 160mm.
Scope & Content:
British Museum: Art. Portraits: Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay: Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Watercolour sketch of Lord Macaulay at British Museum: bef. 1859.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Dec [before 1859]
Extent:
1 item

4465. Egerton MS 3804

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3804
Title:
OURTEVILLE, LUXEMBOURG: commemorative battle plan; 1692. 'Plan de l'Order et des Mouvemens de la Bataille d'Ourteville sur l'Ourte Remportée par le Comte d'Arcourt le 25 Aoust 1692 sur le Comte d'Hostel qui y fut fait prisonnier', signed 'N. J. le Bez invenit & Fecit'; circa 1692. Scale: circa 1:2000. Pictorial except for troop dispositions. With explanatory table and vignette (bottom right), showing Jean Frederic, Comte d'Autel (1645-1716) being received by Henri, Comte (later Duc) d'Ha...
Scope & Content:
Maps and Plans: Louis XIV of France: N. J. Le Bez: Ourteville, Luxembourg: Plan of battle of Ourteville by N. J. Le Bez: circa 1692: Fr: Map scale 1:2000.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1692
Extent:
1 item

4466. Egerton MS 3805

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3805
Title:
EDWARD SOUTHWELL: travel journal of Edward Southwell, M.P. (1705-1755), son of Edward Southwell, Secretary of State for Ireland, describing his journey from Paris to Naples by way of Turin, Florence and Rome; Oct. 1725-Feb. 1726. Supplementing Add. 34753, Southwell's journal of travels in France in 1723. Purchased from B. Weinreb, May 1984. Paper; ff. vi+154. Contemporary vellum binding. 245 x 185mm.
Scope & Content:
Voyages and Travels: France General: Edward Southwell, the younger; MP: Italy General: Diaries and Memoranda: Journal of travels in France and Italy by Edward Southwell: 1725, 1726.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1725-Feb 1726
Extent:
1 item

4467. Egerton MS 3806

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3806
Title:
SIR SIMONDS D'EWES: copies and abstracts of records kept in the Tower of London; bef. 1650. Latin. Partly autograph. The Chartae Antiquae lettered A to Z are copied in full as far as class X and abstracted for Y and Z. The present volume is far more heavily annotated by D'Ewes than is the similar copy in Harl. 84. The remainder of the volume (ff. 114-253) consists of abstracts from the Patent Rolls of Richard II, for which see also Harl. 91. Purchased from Arthur Page Books, June 1984. Pap...
Scope & Content:
Richard II of England: Tower of London: Sir Simonds D'Ewes, antiquary; d.1650: Records kept at Tower of London and Patent Rolls of Richard II , copied by Sir Simonds D'Ewes: bef. 1650: Lat.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
before 1650
Extent:
1 item

4468. Egerton MS 3807

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3807
Title:
EDWARD LEAR: letter to Mrs Mary Ann Blake, 24 July 1874, with a full-length caricatured sketch of himself in ink on the second leaf: 'this accurate portrait of what I have become at 62 aet.'. Purchased from Michael Chalmers-Hunt, Esq., 18 Sept. 1984. Paper; ff. 2. 188 x 118mm.
Scope & Content:
Art. Portraits: Mary Ann Blake: Edward Lear, artist and author: Letter with self-portrait to Mary Ann Blake from Edward Lear: 1874.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jul 1874
Extent:
1 item

4469. Egerton MS 3808

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3808
Title:
WILLIAM COBBETT: letters from Cobbett and his sons, William, John Morgan and James Paul Cobbett, mostly addressed to John Akerman and his son, John Yonge Akerman; 1827-1835. John Yonge Akerman, numismatist and antiquary, was Cobbett's private secretary during part of this time. Only three brief notes, 1829-1832 (ff. 15, 26-28), appear to have been written by Cobbett snr Including an account, 19 June 1935 (ff. 33-34), of Cobbett's death, funeral and executorship arrangements, and (f. 23) a dr...
Scope & Content:
includes: ff. 1-14v, 17, 19-23v, 29-32 William Cobbett, jnr: John Akerman, alias Ackermann; of St Mary Newington: Letters to John Akerman from W. Cobbett jnr: 1827-1832.ff. 15, 26 John Yonge Akerman, numismatist: William Cobbett, essayist and politician: Letters to J. Y. Akerman(?) from William...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1827-1835
Extent:
1 item

4470. Egerton MS 3809

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3809
Title:
PRINCE GEORGE OF DENMARK: letters, accounts and papers relating to the household and estate of Prince George of Denmark, consort of Queen Anne, put together following his death intestate on 28 Oct. 1708; 1686-1712, n.d. Partly copies. Including estimates of his personal estate, and inventories, accounts, etc., relating to plate, coins and medals, jewels, weapons, horses and carriages. Some of the documents were printed in HMC, Townshend MSS, pp. 201-205, and the collection now includes (ff. ...
Scope & Content:
Jewels and Plate: Accounts: Inventories: Accounts and inventories rel. to estate of Pr. George of Denmark: 1686-1712, n.d. Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington: England; Royal Household: Anne of England; Prince George of Denmark: Letters, accounts and papers rel. to household and estate of Pr. G...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1686-1712
Extent:
1 item

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