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1. Stowe MS 142

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Stowe MS 142
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MISCELLANEOUS historical letters, etc.; 1375-1810. In two series, English or relating to England and (artt. 87-106) foreign. 1. Andrea Contarini, Doge of Venice, to Edward III. of England, desiring a safe conduct for merchant-ships about to be sent to Flanders; " in nostro ducali Palatio," 5 F...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1375-1810
Extent:
1 item

2. Stowe MS 143

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Stowe MS 143
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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of papers, tracts, copies of letters, etc., 15th-18th centt., written in many different hands, as follows:- 1. List of State Papers and Letters relating to England and her dealings with the Netherlands, France, etc., tempp. Hen. VII.- Hon. VIII., contained in Cotton MS...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
15th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Stowe MS 147

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Stowe MS 147
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TRANSCRIPTS of English State papers and letters; 1522-1571. They consist chiefly (1) of the correspondence of Cardinal Wolsey with Secretary Pace and the English Ambassadors at the Papal and Imperial Courts during the years 1522-1525, relating to the Cardinal's designs on the Popedom on the deat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1522-1571
Extent:
1 item

4. Stowe MS 150

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Stowe MS 150
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Miscellaneous letters, 1525-1623
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This is a miscellaneous collection of 16th- and early 17th-century correspondence. It incudes one holograph letter of Sir Philip Sidney from Flushing [Vlissingen] in 1586 (ff. 50r-v), and a copy of a letter from the Irish chieftain Florence MacCarthy Reagh [Finian Mac Cárthaigh Riabhach] to Sir ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1525-1623
Extent:
1 volume

5. Stowe MS 151

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Stowe MS 151
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TRANSCRIPTS of historical letters, political tracts, and other papers, viz 1. Qu. Anne Boleyn to Henry Vlll.; " From my dolefull Pryson in the Tower," 6 May, [1536]. " Founde amonge Cromwell's Papers." Printed in Cabala, London, 1691, p. 1. f. 1. 2. Sir Thomas Egerton, Lord Keeper, "his letter...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Stowe MS 155

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Stowe MS 155
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COLLECTION of State papers, letters, and miscellaneous documents, many of which relate to the Civil War and the affairs of the Commonwealth; 1564-1760. The letters at the end relate to literature and kindred subjects, and several of them are addressed to Dr. John Hill, Apothecary, etc., who acqu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, and Latin
Date Range:
1564-1760
Extent:
1 item

7. Stowe MS 159

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Stowe MS 159
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A COLLECTION Of miscellaneous political and other tracts, etc., in different hands; 1572-1635. 1. Star Chamber cases, viz. :-(a) Judgments against Thomas Howard, Earl of Suffolk, late Lord Treasurer, Catherine, his wife, and Sir John Bingley, for taking bribes, etc.; 12 Nov. 1619. f. 3;- (b)...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1572-1635
Extent:
1 item

8. Stowe MS 162

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Stowe MS 162
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Catalogue of state papers (‘Walsingham’s Table Book’)
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Catalogue of manuscripts and state papers in the possession of Sir Francis Walsingham, principal secretary of state (c. 1532-1590). In the hand of Sir Thomas Lake, administrator and politician (bap. 1561, d. 1630), private secretary to Walsingham. Dated 1588 (f. 3v). The papers relate chiefly t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1588
Extent:
1 volume

9. Stowe MS 560

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Stowe MS 560
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EXTRACTS from public records and other sources relating to the Crown jewels, plate, etc., tempp Hen. VIII.-Anne. Included also (ff. 7-24) is "The manner of the coronation of the Kinge and Queene of England," temp. Chas. 1. ; and (:W. 2 7-37) " The inventarye of the Jewells, plate and other goods...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item