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1. Add Ch 70729

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Add Ch 70729
Title:
FINE whereby John Chester and Elizabeth, his wife, convey to William Gardyner, three messuages, a courtyard and a wharf in the parish of St Olave, Southwark; Latin. William Gardyner is identified by L. Hotson, Shakespeare versus Shallow, 1931, as the original of Shakespeare's Justice Shallow; cf. also Brit. Mus. Quart., vii, 1932-1933, p. 68. Presented by 7. C. Whitebrook, Esq., through the Friends of the National Libraries.
Scope & Content:
London; Southwark. St Olave's: Deed rel. to: 1584.: Lat. William Gardyner, -JP, (?) the original of Shakespeare's Justice Shallow: Conveyance to, in the parish of St Olave, Southwark: 1584.: Lat. John Chester: Fine by, and E. his wife, rel. to land in St Olave's parish, Southwark: 1584.: Lat.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1584
Extent:
1 item

2. Add Ch 75457

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Add Ch 75457
Title:
SALE of a rent charge by Heinrich Ruhe, of Gemünd, to the priest's brotherhood of Gemünd; 1372. German. Presented anonymously, with Add. MS. 49459, through J. L. Douthwaite, Esq., and the Friends of the National Libraries.
Scope & Content:
Gemünd, Germany: Sale of rent charge to priests' brotherhood,: 1372: Germ. Heinrich der Ruhe, of Gemünd: Sale by, of rent charge: 1372.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1372
Extent:
1 item

3. Add Ch 75479-75491

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Add Ch 75479-75491
Title:
MILITARY COMMISSIONS, etc., to George Townshend, 4th Viscount Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, 1787; 1745-1773; and (75489) to his son, George, 2nd Marquess Townshend, 1807; 1764
Scope & Content:
Presented, with Add. MSS. 50006-50012, by Messrs Crossman, Block and Co., through the British Records Association and the Friends of the National Libraries.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1745-1773
Extent:
13 items

4. Add Ch 75731

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Add Ch 75731
Title:
APPOINTMENT BY WILLIAM IV of Walter William Lewis and Henry William Macaulay to be Commissary Judge and Commissioner of Arbitration respectively, pursuant to the Slave Trade Convention and Treaty with Portugal; 25 Feb. 1835. Signed by William IV and the Duke of Wellington. Presented anonymously in 1957, with Add. MS. 49459, and Add. Chs. 75457 and 75732, through J. L. Douthwaite, Esq., and the Friends of the National Libraries. Incorporated in 1970.
Scope & Content:
Walter William Lewis: Letters of appointment to, as Commissary Judge, rel. to the Slave Trade Convention and Treaty with Portugal: 1835. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington: Signed by: 1835. Henry William Macaulay: Letters of appointment to, as Commissioner of Arbitration, rel. to the Slave Tra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1835
Extent:
1 item

5. Add Ch 75732

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Add Ch 75732
Title:
ROYAL WARRANT FROM GEORGE III providing for the maintenance of Chelsea Hospital out of the pay of the armed forces; 30 Dec. 1763. Signed by George III. Presented anonymously in 1957, with Add. MS. 49459, and Add. Chs. 75457 and 75731, through J. L. Douthwaite, Esq., and the Friends of the National Libraries. Incorporated in 1970.
Scope & Content:
George III of England: Army; England: Chelsea, Middlesex: Warrant for maintenance of Chelsea Hospital , from George III: 1763: Signed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Dec 1763
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 42515-42518

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Add MS 42515-42518
Title:
GOLDSMITH-PERCY PAPERS
Scope & Content:
Purchased with the aid of the Friends of the National Libraries (cf. Annual Report, 1931-1932, Pp. 9-12 and pls. ii, iii; cf. also Brit. Mus. Quart., vi, 1931-1932, PP. 47-50, PIS. xxiii, xxiv). Other papers from the same archive are in the Bodleian Library, cf. Bodl. Quart. Rec., vii, 1932-1934, pp...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
[1753-1810]
Extent:
4 items

7. Add MS 42711

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Add MS 42711
Title:
MISCELLANE0US LETTERS AND PAPERS, VIZ.:- A. Fragments taken from bindings in the Department of Printed Books:- (1) Parts of two consecutive leaves from a MS. of the Decretum of Gratian, written in Italy. XIV cent. Vellum. ff. 1-2;-(2) Two fragmentary paper leaves from an accompt (?), written in Italy. XV cent. ff. 3-4. Transferred from the Department of Printed Books. B. (1) Four letters from Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (Dean of Westminster 1864) to Theodore Walrond, C.B.; 1862-1863. ff. 5-14b;-(2) F...
Scope & Content:
Brenzett, Kent: Deeds and papers rel. to: 1448-1777.: fr. includes: ff. 1, 2 Law CANON: Fragments of the Decretum of Gratian: 14th cent.: Lat.ff. 1-2 Franciscus Gratianus, canonist: Fragments of his Decretum: 14th cent.: Lat.ff. 3-4 Accompts: Banking accompts: 1449-1479, n.d.: Ital.: Imperf.ff. 5-14...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1200-1918
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 42847

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Add MS 42847
Title:
'SWINBURNE', by Sir Edmund William Gosse: the autograph draft of his Life of Algernon Charles Swinburne, which was begun in 1915 and published 3 Apr. 1917 (see Evan Charteris, The Life and Letters of Edmund Gosse, 1931, PP. 383-411 Passim). The present MS. apparently represents an early state of the work, many additions having been introduced by the time of the third proofs (22-29 Mar. 1916), a set of which, corrected by the author and T. J. Wise, is in the Department of Printed Books, press-mar...
Scope & Content:
Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet: Life of, by Sir E. W. Gosse: circ. 1915. Philip Gosse, MD; author; son of E W Gosse: Bookplate: 20th cent. Sir Edmund William Gosse, writer: Life of Swinburne: circ. 1915.: Autogr. Brenzett, Kent: Deeds and papers rel. to: 1448-1777.: fr. includes: f. i Bookplates a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1915
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 42849

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Add MS 42849
Title:
PAPERS, MAINLY OF PHILIP HENRY (1631-1696), nonconformist divine, his family and descendants; 1661-1805. For other papers of the Henry family see Add. MSS. 45534-45538, the references quoted in art. 3 below, and Bodleian Library Record, iii, 1950-1951, p. 224. The principal contents are:- (1) Correspondence of Philip Henry, his wife Katherine (d. 1707), their children and descendants; 1685-1735, n.d. Included are letters of Matthew Henry, the divine (1662-1714), son of Philip Henry, addressed to...
Scope & Content:
Nonconformists Presbyterians: Papers of Philip Henry, his family and descendants: 1661-1752. Brenzett, Kent: Deeds and papers rel. to: 1448-1777.: fr. includes: ff. i-vi Edward Hugh Norris Wilde, solicitor, of London: Notes on Add. MS. 42849, etc.: 20th cent.ff. 1-73 passim Katherine Henry, wife of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1661-1805
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 43380

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Add MS 43380
Title:
MISSAL, OF YORK USE; early 15th cent. The contents and text agree substantially with those printed, from other sources, by W. G. Henderson, Missals ad Usum Insignis Ecclesiae Eboracensis, 2 vols., Surtees Soc., vols. lix, lx, 1874 for 1872, to whom the existence of the present MS. was unknown. A few of the items printed by Henderson are, however, wanting here, and there are numerous minor textual variations, particularly in the rubrics. Where readings differ, the MS. tends to follow the other MS...
Scope & Content:
Bindings: Red morocco, blind-tooled, by Rivière and Son: 20th cent. Art. Illuminations and Drawings: York Missal: miniature, borders and initials: early 15th cent. Rivière and Son; bookbinders: Bound: 20th cent. Liturgies LATIN: Missal of York use: early 15th cent. Music: York Missal: early 15th cen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Early 15th century
Extent:
1 item