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Name Bray, William, antiquary

1. Add MS 6040

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SOUTHWARK CHARTULARY: fragments from a chartulary of the Augustinian Priory of St Mary Overy, Southwark; 13th-14th cent. Latin. Origin: England. See Davis, Cartularies, no. 908. For another register of this house, see Cotton MS. Faustina A.VIII. The fragments were taken from some childrens' drum heads by Thomas Martin of Palgrave (d.1771): the drums were made in Exeter (f. 5v). See also memoranda by Henry Ellis, 1814 (f. 1). Presented by William Bray, Esq., antiquary, 12 Feb. 1814. Vellum ...
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Chartularies: London; Southwark. St Mary Overy Priory: Cartulary of St Mary Overy Priory: 13th-14th cent: Lat: Fragm. includes: ff. 2-3v Mitcham, Surrey: Grants in, to St Mary Overy Priory, Southwark: 13th cent: Lat. f. 4v Jewels and Plate: Inventories: John de Burnham: Inventory of plate, etc...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
13th century-14th century
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1 item

2. Add MS 6275

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RENTAL OF LANGLEY ABBEY: rental of the Premonstratensian abbey of Langley, co. Norf.; 14th-16th cent. Latin and English. Origin: England. Contents list, 18th cent., f. 1v. The manuscript was used by Francis Blomefield, the Norfolk antiquary, see a note in Blomefield's hand, dated 1724, f. 118. See the description of Add. 5948, a register of Langley, for references to printed notices of the abbey and its records. The rental was begun in the late 14th cent. Topographical sections were set out ...
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Surveys and Rentals: County of Norfolk: Langley Abbey; Norfolk: Rental of Langley abbey: 14th-16th cent: Partly Lat. includes: f. 1v William Bray, antiquary: Memoranda by: 1820: Autogr. ff. 5, 55v-60v Loddon, Norfolk: Rentals of the manor of Loddon Stubbs: 1478-1479, 1568: Lat. ff. 5, 95, 95v ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
14th century-16th century
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1 item

3. Add MS 36658

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DIPLOMAS of Sir Henry Ellis, Principal Librarian of the British Museum, as member of various learned societies in Great Britain and abroad, with accompanying correspondence ; 1807-1857. The names of the writers appear in the Index. Paper and vellum; ff. 68. Folio. Presented by Henry John Ellis, Esq.
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Sir Henry Ellis, KH; Principal Librarian, British Museum: Diplomas as member of various learned societies: 1807-1857. includes: f. 1 William Bray, antiquary: Signature, as treasurer of the Society of Antiquaries: 1807. f. 3 Alexander Mcleay: Signature, as secretary of the Linnean Society: 1809...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1807-1857
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1 item

4. Add MS 41312

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ELLIS PAPERS. Vol. I. General correspondence of Sir Henry Ellis; 1795-1866. The letters are mainly concerned with Museum affairs, excepting one group (ff. 18-24) which refer to his unavailing efforts, in 1811-1812, to be elected Director of the Society of Antiquaries. The names of the writers ar...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese, English, and French
Date Range:
1795-1866
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 42575

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Vol. I, ff. 346, A-G. includes: f. 1 Joseph Adams, MD; biographer of John Hunter: Letter to W. Clift: 1817. f. 3 William Davenport Adams, author: Letter to C. D. Sherborn: 1891. f. 4 William Harrison Ainsworth, alias 'Cheviot Ticheburn'; novelist: Letter to H. Brotherton: 1881. f. 5 Gabriel Al...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 52285

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Vol. I, ff. ii+187 Joseph Cradock, author: Letters to,: 1763-1826, n.d. includes: f. ii Bookplates and Book-stamps: Thomas Sydney Blakeney, Secretary, Friends of the National Libraries: Bookplate of Thomas Sydney Blakeney: 1977. f. 1 Charles Clement Adderley: Letter to J. Cradock: circa 1812....
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1763-1828]
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1 item

7. Add MS 57557

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SIR H. ELLIS AND H. J. ELLIS. Vol. I. Collections relating to the Ellis and related families; 1794-1924. Partly autograph and printed. This collection of genealogies was begun by Sir Henry Ellis, Principal Librarian of the British Museum, 1836-circa 1854, and continued, circa 1906-1924, by his g...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1794-1924
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 78577

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EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CCCCX. `Extracts from the Diary of John Evelyn Esq; … written in his own hand, and now remaining in the Library at Wotton’, by William Bray; 1814-1815. In Bray’s autograph, with a few notes in another hand, probably that of his assistant James Bindley of the Stamp Office; ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1814-1815
Extent:
1 item

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EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CCCCXI. Miscellaneous loose notes by Bray for his edition of the diary, followed by loose copies of the letters from John Evelyn’s letterbooks (Add. MSS 78298-78299) for inclusion in it; 1814-1818. Partly autograph, but most of the copies of letters are in the handwriting o...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1814-1818
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 78579

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EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CCCCXII. Volume containing copies of the letters from 1679 to July 1684 from the second volume of John Evelyn’s letterbooks (Add. MS 78299 above); circa 1818. In the hand of the same amanuenses as copied the loose items in the preceding volume. Formerly Evelyn MS 40. Orig...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1818
Extent:
1 item