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651. Stowe MS 68

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Stowe MS 68
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CHRONICLE OF THE BRUTE, in English. Begins with the rubric "Here may a man here hou England," etc., and proceeds "In the noble lond of Sirrie"; breaks off imperfectly in the year 1356, ending with the words "hit was told and certified to the king." Several leaves are missing just before the last...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
1 item

652. Stowe MS 69

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Stowe MS 69
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CHRONICLE OF THE BRUTE, in English. Begins with the rubric "Here may a man here," proceeding "In the noble londe of Sirrie." Ends in the middle of the description of the siege of Rouen in 1418-19, with the words " and manfully countred with our Englisch men." At the end (f. 192) are four leaves ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
1 item

653. Stowe MS 70

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Stowe MS 70
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CHRONICLE OF THE BRUTE, in English. Has the two introductory paragraphs, beginning "The first inhabityng of þis lande," and proceeds "Some tyme in þe lande of Surre." Ends with the siege of Rouen in 1418-19, but with words slightly different from the usual ones, "and putte þe toun in gouvernaunc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

654. Stowe MS 71

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Stowe MS 71
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CHRONICLE OF THE BRUTE, In English. This copy is of the same class as those contained in Harl. 1337 and 6251; it does not agree entirely with them, but all three differ considerably from other versions of the Brute. The title in the first rubric is "Here bigynneth the Boke of the Cronyculez of t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

655. Stowe MS 72

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Stowe MS 72
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GENEALOGICAL CHRONICLE, in Latin, of the kings of England to Edward IV., tracing their descent from Adam through the Trojan kings; with the genealogy of Christ in a parallel column. Beg. "Veterum cronicoriim de successione regum anglie ordo hic insequitur." An English copy, slightly imperfect, i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

656. Stowe MS 74

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Stowe MS 74
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GENEALOGICAL HISTORY of the Sovereigns of England, from Egbert, A.D. 801, to Elizabeth. Latin. With arms in trick. Paper; ff. 39. XVIIth cent. At f. 38 the writer has inscribed in the margin "decimo tertio die Novembris anno 1612. hic incipiebam." A note at f. 1 by Sir Isaac Heard, Clarenceux, a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

657. Stowe MS 75

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Stowe MS 75
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1. EPITOME of English history, from 1066 to the accession of Elizabeth. f. 4. 2. Genealogy of the Saxon kings, from Egbert to Edgar the Ætheling; with arms in colours. f. 18. 3. Genealogy of the royal house of England, from William I. to Philip and Mary; with arms in colours. Continued, in a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1592
Extent:
1 item

658. Stowe MS 76

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Stowe MS 76
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"GESTA BRITANNICA, præsortim Anglorum, adjectis aliquot observationibus, maxime in iis quæ, ad ecclesiam a temporibus retroactis ad A.D. mdcxlviii [Jan. 1648/9] spectant."The work, which is apparently autograph, is divided into ten books, the last three (ff. 211b-362) containing the reigns of Ja...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
18 Jun 1660-28 Apr 1664
Extent:
1 item

659. Stowe MS 77

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Stowe MS 77
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"BEHEMOTH, or the Epitome of ye Civill Wars of England," 1640-1660; by Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury. At the end (f. 65), in a different band, is an exposition (incomplete) of the statute "22 and 23 Car. 2di cap. 10o , An Act for the better settling of Intestates estates." Paper; ff. 68. Late XVII...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1640-1660
Extent:
1 item

660. Stowe MS 78

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Stowe MS 78
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"AN ALPHABETICAL MEMORANDUM-BOOK or Index, whereby several remarkable passages in Rapin's History of England (to the Revolution) may be easily turn'd to. Continued to the end of King William's Reign from another History, etc." With dedication by Charles Gibbon, 1 Mar. 1733 [4], to William, Duke ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1 Mar 1734]
Extent:
1 item