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Name Digby, Kenelm, Knight, natural philosopher, diplomat and courtier, 1603-1665

1. Add Ch 70743

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Penrith, Cumberland: Lease of profits of court in the honour of: 1664. Henry Jermyn, Earl of St. Albans; Master of the Household to Qu. Henrietta Maria: Leases by, in Westminster and Penrith: 1661, 1664. Sir Thomas Gower, 2nd Baronet; of Stittenham, county Yorkshire: Lease to, of profits of co...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
1664
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1 item

2. Add Ch 70760

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Henry Jermyn, Earl of St. Albans; Master of the Household to Qu. Henrietta Maria: Leases by, in Westminster and Penrith: 1661, 1664. John Harvey, of Ickworth: Royal leases to, in Weybridge and St James-in-the-Fields: 1660, 1661. Charles I of England: Leases by Qu. Henrietta Maria: 1660-1664.: ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
1661
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1 item

3. Add MS 4106

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Vol. I (ff. 276). Viz:- (1) Appointment by Edward IV of John Russell, Bishop of Rochester, and Anthony Wydville, Earl Rivers, to be Governors of Edward, Prince of Wales; 28 Sept. 1473. Copy. ff. 1-5b. (2) Sir Richard Morison to the Council; Spires, 7 Oct. 1552. Transcribed from Cotton MS. Ga...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1473-1657
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1 item

4. Add MS 4225

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Vol. V. (ff. 111). Miscellaneous, but chiefly prominent historical figures. In narrative form, in Birch's autograph. includes: f. 1 Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham d 1483: Biographical notice: 18th cent. f. 5 Henry VII of England: Biographical notice of Qu. Elizabeth: 18th cent. f. 9 He...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
c 1730-c 1766
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1 item

5. Add MS 4470

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ST. ÉVREMOND COLLECTIONS Copies, in the autograph of Pierre Des Maizeaux, of letters and portions of longer works, etc., by Charles Marguetel de Saint-Denis, Seigneur de Saint Évremond, 1701-1703, being evidently taken chiefly from the author's own MSS. shortly before his death in 1703, when De...
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Western Manuscripts
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English and French
Date Range:
1701-1703
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1 item

6. Add MS 8322

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COLLECTION OF MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS relating largely to military and political events during the last fourteen years of the Thirty Years War in Italy and France; 1634-1648. Italian and Latin. Partly printed. Contemporary index of contents headed 'Indice del presente tomo 75' (ff. 1-1v). Old signatures in pencil 'Tom. LXXXVII' in upper right corner of f. i: identifiable with Mattei MS. 531 (vol. 87 of 'Materie diverse') in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 24. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Ea...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-23v Tommaso Francesco Savoy Carignano, Prince of; 2nd son of Duke Charles Emmanuel I: 'Silvano d'Alpina', Pseudonym: Siege of Orbetello: Letter on siege of Orbetello to Prince Tommaso of Savoy: 1646: Ital: Copy. ff. 24-45 Satires I...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1634-1648
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1 item

7. Add MS 10575 A

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DISCOURSE concerning what Faith and Religion is the true one; addressed to Frances, Viscountess Purbeck, [daughter of Lord Chief Justice Coke,] by Sir Kenelme Digby. Dat. Paris, 13 Jan. 1636. Duodecimo. [10,575. A.]
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Sir Keiielm Digby: Discourse concerning the true Faith.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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13 Jan 1636
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1 item

8. Add MS 15857

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VOL. I.-George Abbott (brother of the Archbp. of Canterbury), to Sir Richard Browne, 1 Apr. 1629 (written on a back of a Latin letter from Francis Wright to himself), f 5 ;-Sir Richard Anderson, Bart., to John Evelyn, 21 May, 1684, f. 8;-Sir Allen Apsley, Knt., to the same, 26 Apr. 1669, f 10;-J...
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Western Manuscripts
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English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1624-1712
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1 item

9. Add MS 19398

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Royal and noble autographs, 1399-1646
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Original letters, bills of privy seal, orders of Privy Council, and other documents, bearing the autograph signatures of royal and noble people, principally of England. Between 1399 and 1646. ff. 1r-2r: Papers concerning the sale of the volume to Dawson Turner (1775–1858), banker, botanist and...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century-17th century
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1 volume

10. Add MS 21427

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MISCELLANEOUS orders, accounts, petitions, and correspondence of Captain Adam Baynes, M. P. for Leeds, Commissioner for the Northern Army, etc.; 1645-1689. Partly printed. Among them are documents relating to the arrears of pay for the army; orders and Acts of Parliament about the sale of the royal estates; petitiond and acts relative to the trade of Leeds; election matters at Leeds; documents about the drainage of the Lindsey level; and at f. 35 a plan entitled "A description of the Strong ...
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Captain Adam Baynes, MP, Parliamentary Commissioner: Papers and correspondence: 1641-1689. Charles I of England: Papers of Capt. Baynes, Parliamentary Commissioner for the Northern Army: 1641-1689. includes: f. 1 William Lisle: Letter to Col. White: 1645. f. 1 William White, Colonel: Order to...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1645-1735
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1 item