Surveys of the stores in the yard at Sheerness, 1694
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Survey of the stores in the yard at Sheerness, remaining in the custody of Mr Roger Daniel, store-keeper, 31 July 1694. Inscribed: 'Received in 4th January 1694/5 [1695]' (f.1).
This manuscript was recorded missing since before 1825. The contents according to the printed Harley catalogue (1808) were as follows: 'Index to the Public Accounts, &c.'
Humfrey Wanley, Facsimile copies of charters and inscriptions
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f. 1v: Alphabet by Wanley, imitating two biblical fragments (which originally followed the page, according to his note, but are no longer present). f. 2r–v: Charters copied by Wanley in facsimile of the originals. ff. 3r–8v: Inventory of goods (including some books), 1464, of the Collegiate Ch...
An Account of the Quakers’ Sufferings, upon Statutes made against the Papists, 1676-1679
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An account of Quakers’ sufferings 1676-1679, addressed to the King, and marked as having belonged to King James. Provenance inscription at head of f. 1: ‘This did belong to King James. I had it from Coll. Grahame’. f.1: ‘To the King. The Case of the People called Quakers who are still sufferers...
Machiavelli, Discourses on Livy (Bk. III), in an anonymous English translation
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This manuscript contains an anonymous English translation of the third book of Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio (Discourses on the First Ten of Titus Livy) by the Italian writer and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli (b. 1469, d. 1527). The work is a commentary on the first ten boo...
Collection of copies of Greek inscriptions made in Asia Minor by William Sherard (1659-1728), Consul for the Turkey Company at Smyrna
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Collection of copies of Greek inscriptions made in Asia Minor by William Sherard (1659-1728), Consul for the Turkey Company at Smyrna. Partly published in Edmund Chishull, Antiquitates Asiaticae, 1728. An index is now Add MS 5109.
Grant of King Edgar of England (r. 959–975) to St Mary’s Abbey, Worcester
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King Edgar grants to St Mary's Abbey, Worcester, privileges for land at Cropthorne, Overbury, Pendock, Worcestershire; Teddington, Gloucestershire; Mitton in Bredon, Sedgeberrow, Worcestershire; Northwick in Blockley, Evenlode, Daylesford, Dorn in Batsford, Icomb, Gloucestershire; Shipston-on-St...