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841. Lansdowne MS 565

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Lansdowne MS 565
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Scope & Content:
8vo. A tryal had in the Court of King's Bench before Lord Chief Justice Hardwick, in an action upon the case for damages in not performing a marriage contract, brought by Jacob otherwise Philip Mendes Da Costa against Catharine Da Costa Villa Real, widow. See Num. 558, art. 5.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

842. Lansdowne MS 719

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Lansdowne MS 719
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4to. A list of the Lord Mayors of London from the Year 1214 to 1605, with an account of the arms of some of the City Companies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1214-1605
Extent:
1 item

843. Lansdowne MS 1112

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Lansdowne MS 1112
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4to. Reports of Cases in the King's Bench from 3 to 20 Jac. I.; with an alphabetical index of names. At the end of the volume is a collection of cases concerning errors in the Exchequer Chamber, printed in Moore's Reports.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1605-1623]
Extent:
1 item

844. Lansdowne MS 807

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Lansdowne MS 807
Title:
A volume, formerly belonging to John Warburton, Esq. Somerset Herald, containing 5 plays
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and English, Middle
Date Range:
1558-1642
Extent:

4 items

845. Lansdowne MS 127

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Lansdowne MS 127
Title:
Copy of Edmund Dudley's accounts
Scope & Content:
A 17th-century copy of Edmund Dudley's account book; the original is lost. Dudley began writing it on 23 January 1505, recording fines and duties he received for the use of Henry VII, from 9 September 1504 (when he entered Henry's service) to 28 May 1508. It includes an index, and each page is i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

846. Lansdowne MS 608

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Lansdowne MS 608
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Scope & Content:
folio. A collection of precedents of forms, judgments, &c. belonging to the Court of Wards and Liveries, made by Thomas Cole of the same court, verified by the records; purporting to be the third part of the work, with a table, at the end, to a fourth.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

847. Lansdowne MS 462

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Lansdowne MS 462
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A gradual or antiphonary for the use of Sarum, with the music, being a volume of the same size, and written on vellum in the fourteenth century. Some of its margins are handsomely painted in gold and colours, and others have grotesque subjects at top. The initials are richly executed; several with appropriate figures, but, as to design, coarse and inelegant. On some spare leaves at the beginning and end there are hymns, with "Kyrie eleison," &c. and the music, in a different and later ha...
Scope & Content:
ff. 1b, 151b, 152. Tenor, or contra-tenor, part of the following fragments of Masses, which were probably harmonized for 4 voices: — 1-7. ‘Sanctus’ and ‘Benedictus.’ Seven settings, f. 1b. 8-16. ‘Kyrie.’ Nine settings, including single ones for Feriæ ii-vi, two for Sunday, and two for days not s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
14th century-16th century
Extent:
1 volume

848. Lansdowne MS 355

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Lansdowne MS 355
Title:
Miscellaneous letters of Greek patriarchs, metropolitans, etc., together with letters to John Covel, D.D. and his copies and drafts
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous letters of Greek patriarchs, metropolitans, etc., together with letters to John Covel, D.D. and his copies and drafts.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Modern and Latin
Date Range:
1652-1701
Extent:

1 volume

849. Lansdowne MS 851

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Lansdowne MS 851
Title:
Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, made shortly after his death, traditionally assigned to the year 1400. Contents: ff. 2r-12r: The General Prologue. ff. 12r-38v: The Knight's Tale. ff. 38v-39v: The Miller's Prologue. ff. 39v-47v: The Miller's Tale. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1410
Extent:

1 volume

850. Lansdowne MS 740

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 740
Title:
Miscellany of historical extracts and poetry
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–173r: A miscellany which includes extracts relating to Roman history, and poems made during the reign of King James VI and I, including several pieces by John Donne, Sir Thomas Overbury, and others. ff. 1r–6r: Extracts relating to Roman history, from Greek historians and poets. Imperfec...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:

1 volume

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