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Name Digges, Thomas, mathematician, politician and engineer, c 1546-1595

1. Add MS 11815 A-D

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Add MS 11815 A-D
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Copy of a plan of Dover Castle, Town, and Harbour, drawn in 1581, by, or for the use of, Thomas Digges, Esq., of Wootton, in Kent, who was employed as head engineer to restore the Harbour, drawn on a scale of fifteen poles to an inch;-Colored plan of the same, drawn on vellum, about 1581, probably for the use of Queen Elizabeth, on a scale of fourteen poles to an inch;-Colored plan of the same, drawn in 1804, by Sir Tho. Mantell, on a scale of about 240 feet to an inch ;-Colored plan of the ...
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John Rennie: Plan of the town and harbour of Dover: 1805. Sir Thomas Mantell: Colored plan of Dover castle, harbour, town, etc.: 1804. Dover: Plans of the castle, town, and harbour: 1501, l805. Thomas Digges, of Wootton, Kent: Plan of the castle, town, and harbour of Dover, , by or for the us...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1581-1805
Extent:
4 items

2. Add MS 42075

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HAMILTON AND GREVILLE PAPERS. Vol. IX (ff. 89). Letters and papers rel. to Dover and the Cinque Ports (cf. Add. MS. 40717, art. i, where the descent of these papers is explained); 16th cent.-1759. The most noteworthy are:-(1) Letters and papers, mainly copies, rel. to Dover harbour; 1 Apr. 1609-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-1759
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 48023

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Add MS 48023
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Political and religious papers, 1558-1601, with some 15th-century diplomatic copies
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This volume from the Yelverton Manuscripts was largely in the possession of Robert Beale, administrator and diplomat (1541-1601), at the time of his death. It is probable that the volume was bound after his death, as there is one item dated as late as 1601 ('The Viewe of Fraunce or The Method of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1419-1874
Extent:
1 volume

4. Add MS 48027

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Add MS 48027
Title:
Papers and correspondence relating chiefly to Mary, Queen of Scots, 1559-1594
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Papers and correspondence relating to Mary, Queen of Scots: the conspiracies and plots involving her and her trial and execution and its aftermath, 1559-1594, n.d. Mostly contemporary copies. Further official copies of many of the items are in Cotton MS Caligula C IX. This volume was compiled b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, Scots, and Spanish
Date Range:
1559-1626
Extent:
1 volume

5. Add MS 48083

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Add MS 48083
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PAPERS RELATING TO THE NETHERLANDS, particularly to the events of 1587-1588 and Leicester's second expedition; 1586-1589. Partly Latin, Dutch, French and Italian. Copies, unless otherwise described. Endorsements, etc., by Beale passim. 1. ff. 2-5b. Answers of the Privy Council to a memorial fr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1579-1589
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 48084

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Add MS 48084
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PAPERS RELATING TO THE NETHERLANDS, and in particular to the financing of the English forces during Leicester's expeditions; c. 1571-1595. Partly Latin, Dutch, French and Italian. Endorsements and notes by Beale passim. 1. ff. 2-5b. Memorial as to whether the Queen should intervene in the Nethe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1560-1599
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 48099

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Add MS 48099
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[THOMAS DIGGES]: 'A Brieffe discourse against Succession knowen . . . ', a tract addressed to Elizabeth I proposing a means of protecting her by the recruitment (f. 20b) of an army of 40,000 and of ensuring her own choice of successor; c. 1585. Copy, early 17th cent. The author refers (ff. 21 sq...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 48127

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Add MS 48127
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LETTERS AND PAPERS MAINLY RELATING TO THE NETHERLANDS; 1583-1590. English, Dutch, French and Italian. Mostly printed from the present MS. in Cabala, ii: several letters are originals of materials published from copies in SPF. See also MacCaffrey. Endorsements, etc., by Beale passim. The names of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1583-1590
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 48149

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Add MS 48149
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LETTERS AND PAPERS RELATING TO THE NETHERLANDS: transcripts of letters and papers principally relating to Beale's mission to William, Prince of Orange, 1576, and Leicester's administration of the Netherlands 1586-1588; 1572-1596, n.d. Partly Latin, Dutch and French. Copies, 17th cent. The docume...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1572-1640
Extent:
1 item

10. Cotton MS Galba C VIII

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Cotton MS Galba C VIII
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, 1585
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Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, in 1585. f. 1r Cottonian title page. ff. 2r-3v Letter to William Herle, from an unknown correspondent. Concerning the forwarding of some letters, and the purchase of three horses for Queen Elizabeth I. Harlingen, January 4 1585/6. Fr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Flemish, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter 16th century-1st half 17th century
Extent:
1 volume