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1. Add MS 4248

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LISTS OF STATE PAPERS, etc., relating to affairs between England and Scotland, tempp. Henry VIII-James I, contained in various MSS. now in the British Library; 18th cent. (1) Lists of part of the contents of Harley MSS. 4644-4653; 18th cent. ff. 2-26. (2) Similar lists, in the hand of Patric...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

2. Add MS 4572

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Vol. XCIV (ff. 182). includes: ff. 46-65 Thomas Madox, d 1727 Historiographer Royal: Catalogues of his historical collections: aft. 1727, 20th cent.: Partly typewritten. ff. 86-132 passim, 152-163 Records, Public: Papers rel. to the preservation and publication of: 1611-1720. f. 105 Thomas Mad...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1611-1732
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1 item

3. Add MS 4696

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LIST of the MSS., charters (626), medals and bullae (200), brass images (10), and framed pictures (12), in the Cotton Library, made by the Rev. Dr. Richard Bentley, Keeper of the Library; 10 May 1718
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Paper roll. 4.52 m. x 0.36 m. A.D. 1718. Presented 31 July 1756 by Samuel Burroughs, who had received it in 1755 from the widow of David Casley, the Deputy-Keeper of the Library. Cotton Library: Schedule of contents: 1718. Richard Bentley, DD; Master of Trinity College, Cambridge: Catalogue of...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 May 1718
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1 item

4. Add MS 4996

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CATALOGUE OF MSS. in the Cotton Library, compiled by William Hanbury, Keeper of the Library; 1 Nov. 1706
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Latin. Bound into the volume at ff. 79-81 is a list on paper of unplaced MSS. Vellum with paper (3 leaves); ff. 81. Large folio. A.D. 1706. William Hanbury, Keeper of the Cotton Library: Catalogue of Cotton MSS. compiled by: 1706. Cotton Library: Catalogue of MSS. in, by W. Hanbury: 1706.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1706
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1 item

5. Add MS 21500

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AUTOGRAPH letters from Thomas Carte, the historian, including a receipt of payment for his "History of the Life of James, Duke of Ormonde," to Corbet Kynaston, M.P. for co. Salop; 10 July, 1728- 4 July, 1738. At f. 123 is a prospectus of the writer's "History of England," with names of subscribers. The book-plate of Sir John Bickerton Williams, Knt., June, 1823, is on f. 1. Paper. Quarto.
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Corbet Kynaston, MP: for Salop. Letters to, from T. Carte: 1728-1738. Thomas Carte: Letters to C. Kynaston: 1728-1738. includes: f. 62 Cotton Library: Account of its condition after the fire, by T. Carte: 1732. f. 123 Thomas Carte: Prospectus of his "History of England,": 1738.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1728-4 Jul 1738
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 22641

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TRANSCRIPTS of 19 charters, of the XIIth-XIVth centt., formerly in the Cotton and D'Ewes collections; with tracings of the seals; made from a volume, belonging to the Earl of Winchilsea, "containing facsimile transcripts of 529 ancient charters, accompanied by drawings of the Seals appended to them," in order to supply deficiencies in the Cotton and Harley collections. Included is also a transcript of a pretended epistle from Pope Constantine (708-715) to Brihtwald, Archbishop of Canterbury ...
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Sir Symonds D'Ewes, 1st Baronet; of Stowlangtoft: Transcripts of charters formerly belonging to: 1858. Cotton Library: Copies of charters formerly belonging to: 1858. Charters: Transcripts of charters formerly in the Cottonian and D'Ewes Collections: 1858. Brihtwald, Archbishop of Canterbury:...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1858
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1 item

7. Add MS 24932

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"A REPORT from the committee appointed to view the Cottonian Library;" London, 1732. Printed; with MS. notes. Some of the notes are unconnected with the printed matter, and relate to the history and topography of Yorkshire. Paper; xviiith cent. Small Folio.
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County of York: Notes on the history and topography of: 18th cent. Cotton Library: Report of the Committee on: 1732.: Printed and MS.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1732
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 25165

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1-22 Ric. II. [1377-1399]; with lists of the Archbishops of Canterbury, and the dioceses, religious houses, and castles of England. Religious Houses: Lists of monasteries in England: temp. Rich. ll.-17th cent. includes: f. 1 See of Canterbury: List of Archbishops, 596-1614,: 17th cent. f. 1-1...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
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1 item

9. Add MS 29547

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Add MS 29547
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POLITICAL and other papers, collected by the Rev. George Harbin; tempp. Hen. VIII.-Geo. II. The contents are:- 1. Extracts from Cotton MS., Vitellius B. xiv., and Nicholas Harpsfield's treatise in MS. cccxi. of New College, Oxford, relating to the divorce of Henry VIII. and Catharine of Aragon, ff. 1, 11. 2. Grant from Edward VI. to Richard Coxe, High Almoner, of goods of felons, deodands, etc., "in augmentum elimosine nostre;" 16 Mar.. a° 1 [1547]. Lat. Copy. f. 18. 3. Report of the c...
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George Harbin, nonjuror; chaplain to Bishop of Ely: Correspondence and collections on ecclesiastical and historical subjects: 17th - 18th centt. includes: ff. 1, 11 Henry VIII of England: Divorce from Qu. Katharine: 1533-1536. ff. 1-11 Cotton Library: Copies of letters, now burnt, from Vitell....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 33216

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Add MS 33216
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ABRIDGEMENT of Records in the Tower, i.e., the Rolls of Parliament, tempp, Edw. II.Ric. III., by Sir Robert Cotton: the original collections for the work, formerly one of the volumes of the Cottonian Library, with some notes and corrections in Sir Robert Cotton's hand. Paper; ff. 372. xvith-xviith cent. Folio.
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England; Parliament: Abridgement of the Rolls of: tempp. Edw. II.-Rich. III. Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet; antiquary: Abridgement of Rolls of Parliament, tempp. Edw. II.-Ric. III. in the Tower;: 16th-17th centt.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 item