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Name Heydon, Christopher, English soldier, MP and astrologer, 1561-1623

1. Add MS 23006

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ORIGINAL warrants, orders, and other official documents relating to the county of Norfolk, chiefly concerning the raising of troops and other military matters; 1581-1663. Signatures occur of the following officers of state, and Sheriffs, Justices, Commissioners of Musters, etc., of Norfolk: [Sir...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1581-1663
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 29250

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Geoffrey Chaucer, 'Treatise on the Astrolabe', with incunables printed by Peter Liechenstein and Johann Trechsel
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This manuscript contains a copy of the 'Treatise on the Astrolabe', written by the poet Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340s, d. 1400). The treatise has been bound together with some late 15th-century incunables: Ephemerides sive Almanack perpetuus by the Castilian astronomer and historian Abraham Za...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

3. Add MS 33597

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Title:
Paston Letters and Papers
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Contents: A collection of 29 letters and one land transaction document of the Paston family of Norfolk from the mid-15th century to the end of the 16th century. 15th-century letters (numbers in brackets refer to Davis, Paston Letters (Early English Text Society, 2004)): f. 1r-v: Letter from E...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1422-1597
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A collection of 27 letters on paper, bound together, 41 folios

4. Add MS 34079

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ORIGINAL LETTERS and documents, official and private; 1513- 1839. Arranged in two series, English and Foreign, as follows:- I. English Series:- 1. Warrant of Henry VIII. to [George Talbot, 4th] Earl of Shrewsbury, " Steuard of our houshold and Lieutenant of our Vangarde," directing him to punish certain Welshmen of the retinues of [Charles Somerset] Lord Herbert [cr. Earl of Worcester, 1514] and Sir [Griffith ap] Rice for ill-treating the country-people and robbing churches at St. Omer a...
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Sir William Paston, ob. 1610: Letter to, from the Commissioners of Musters for Norfolk: 1570. includes: f. 1 George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury: Royal warrant to, as Steward of the Household and Lieutenant of the Vanguard: [1513]. f. 2 George Poulet, High Commissioner of Ireland: Warrant si...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1513-1839
Extent:
1 item