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1141. Stowe MS 447

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Stowe MS 447
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Scope & Content:
RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. 1. (ff. 12). " A Journal [of Jacob Richards] from London to Vienna, and so to Buda " ; 1 Nov. 1685 (O.S.)-21 June, 1686 (N.S.). Preceded by instructions from the Ordnance Office " to improve himselfe in Forreigne Parts beyond Seas, to be employ'd at his return as one o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1685-1686
Extent:
1 item

1142. Stowe MS 447-480

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Stowe MS 447-480
Title:
MILITARY COLLECTIONS of the three brothers Jacob, John, and Michael Richards, sons of Jacob Richards; 1685-1714. For the military careers of all three brothers, see the Dictionary of National Biography. Thirty-four volumes. Paper. Folio, etc.
Scope & Content:
Army; England: Military collections of Jacob, John and Michael Richards: 1685-1714.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Spanish
Date Range:
1685-1714
Extent:
34 items

1143. Stowe MS 448

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Stowe MS 448
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RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. II. (ff. 19). A Diary by the same of the siege of Buda, from 15 June, 1686, down to its capture on 2 Sept. ; continued to the return of J. Richards to Vienna on 17 Sept. Among the generals, etc., mentioned during the siege are.-The Duke of Lorraine; Field Marshal Count...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jun 1686-2 Sep 1686
Extent:
1 item

1144. Stowe MS 449

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Stowe MS 449
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Scope & Content:
RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. III. (ff. 11). "A Journal [by the same] from Vienna to Venitia," in company with Lord George Savile, and " Mr. Steward, my Lord Monjoixe's [Mountjoy's] son"; 24 Sept.-10 Oct. 1686, N.S. Among the places he passed through are:-Neustadt, Neuenkirchen (with chapel reputed...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Sep 1686-10 Oct 1686
Extent:
1 item

1145. Stowe MS 450

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Stowe MS 450
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Scope & Content:
RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. IV. (ff. 20). " A Journal [by the same] from Venitia into Lombardy "; 1 Nov.-5 Dec. 1686. Among the places visited are:-Padua, Vicenza, Verona, Mantua, Parma, Reggio , Rubbiera, Modena, Bologna, and Ferrara; of many of which he gives very full accounts, largely extract...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1686-5 Dec 1686
Extent:
1 item

1146. Stowe MS 451

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Stowe MS 451
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Scope & Content:
RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. V. (ff. 31). "A Journal [by the same] from Venitia to Zante, with a Diary of the Venitians' proceedings and conquests in the Morea"; 31 Mar.-10 Sept. 1687. He reached Zante 12 Mar., and gives sketches of various islands, etc., sighted on the voyage. After joining the V...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1687-10 Sep 1687
Extent:
1 item

1147. Stowe MS 452

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Stowe MS 452
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Scope & Content:
RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. VI. (ff. 29). " Traité de 1'Artillerie, Par le Sieur Guillaume Dilichij, traduit de l'Alleman en François ": in the hand of Jacob Richards. The original, by Wilhelm Dilich, was published at Frankfort, 1689. The vellum covers are stamped with the arms of William III. J...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
after 1689
Extent:
1 item

1148. Stowe MS 453

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Stowe MS 453
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Scope & Content:
RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. VII. (ff. 147). " Receuil (sic) de plusieurs Deuis des places que l'on a fortifiées en France " : details of the fortifications of Dunkirk, St. Omen, Ypres, Sedan, and other places about the Flemish frontier, with accounts of the sieges of Luxembourg, Pignerol, Charlem...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1677-1693
Extent:
1 item

1149. Stowe MS 454

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Stowe MS 454
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Scope & Content:
Vol. VIII. ff. 80.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

1150. Stowe MS 454-456

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 454-456
Title:
RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vols. VIII.-X. (ff. 80, 27, 94). Treatise on Artillery, in French, in the hand of Jacob Richards. Three volumes, the last two containing illustrations. Inserted at the end of the third (f. 89) is a map of Newbury, co. Berks; followed (f. 90) by a French treatise entitled " Épreuves du Tir des Bombes avec le Canon par M. Lombard, Professeur royal aux Écoles du Corps-Royal de 1'Artillerie à Auxonne, 1787."
Scope & Content:
Ordnance: Treatise on Artillery, with plates: 17th cent.: Fr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
3 items

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