New Search Name Hoby, Edward, politician and diplomat, 1560-1617

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1. Add MS 4897

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BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. XLI (ff. 271). Medical treatises, receipts, etc., mostly by writers of the 14th century, transcribed by several hands, probably in the Netherlands, mainly in 1494-1496. Latin and Low German. The principal items are:- (1) A short treatise in four parts on the plague by Johannes...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Latin, and Low German
Date Range:
1460-1499
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 4898

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BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. XLII (ff. 140). Collection of medical receipts; 15th cent. Begins (f. 25) 'Nota quod dicimus illam-medicinam esse calidam' and continues on ff. 25b-130b (contemporary foliation 1-104b), being followed by an alphabetical index (ff. 131-136b) giving references to the original fo...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
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1 item

3. Add MS 4899

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Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermones
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This manuscript contains a selection of the Sermones (Sermons) by Bernard of Clairvaux (b. 1090, d. 1153), abbot of Clairvaux and one of the leading theologians of the 12th century. The manuscript was produced in England in the 12th century and belonged to the Carthusian abbey of Witham in the 15th ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 12th century
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A parchment codex

4. Add MS 8151

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'THE MIRROR OF LIFE': an English verse translation by the 14th cent. writer William of Nassyngton from a Latin work by John of Waldby, with other verses; mid-late 15th cent. Origin: England. The contents are listed in Carleton Brown, A register of Middle English Religious and Didactic verse, pt. 1 (1916), p. 387. Lists of MSS. of the texts and bibliography can be found at the appropriate entry in Carleton Brown and R. H. Robbins, The Index of Middle English Verse (1943) and Supplement (1965). Ow...
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includes: ff. 3-200v Poetry ENGLISH: John, of Waldby: William, of Nassyngton: 'The Mirror of Life', by John of Waldby, translated by William of Nassyngton: mid-late 15th cent. ff. 3-58 passim Watermarks: Unicorn's head: mid 15th cent. ff. 59-150 passim, 154, 159 Watermarks: Mont: mid 15th cent. ff. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 15th century-Late 15th century
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1 item

5. Add MS 12097

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AUTOGRAPHS OF STATESMEN AND NOBBLEMEN, viz. Letter from Thomas Crumwell, Master of the Rolls, (afterwards Earl of Essex,) to the Earl of Cumberland, [Henry Clifford, first earl,] relative to the suppression of riotous assemblages, dat. 18 June, [1536? ]-Letter from Robert [Devereux], Earl of Essex, ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1536?-1697
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 15903

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LETTERS and Papers, mostly Original, relating chiefly to the County of Norfolk, and, generally, to public events, between 1557 and 1732; viz.- Copy of the Signet to William, Lord Paget,of Beaudesert (Keeper of the Privy Seal), for a privy seal for the discharge of Sir Philip Hobye from sums forwarded to him in the year 1552, dat. St. James', 13 Sept., 4-5 Phil. and Mary, f 1 ;-" An inventarie of such plate as was delyvered to Sir Thomas Hobbie, Knight, Ambassador for the Quenes Majestie, Residen...
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John Tooly, Mayor of Norwich: Letters to him: 1644. County of Norfolk: Letters and Papers relating to: 1557-1732. includes: f. 1 Sir Philip Hoby: Discharge from sums forwarded to him: 1552. f. 3 Sir Thomas Hoby: Inventory of plate as Ambassador to France: 1566. f.5 Sir Edward Hoby: Petition for the ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1557-1732
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 33740

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Papers relating to the Spanish Armada, 1588
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f. 1r: modern contents page. f. 2r: Letter from the Privy Council to the Lord Admiral Howard, informing him that 'a good number of the best and choysest shotte of the trayned bandes' of Kent 'should be forthwith sent to the sea side . . . . to double man the shippes', 21 July 1588, Richmond. Signed ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1588-1 Aug 1588
Extent:
1 volume

8. Add MS 33924

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STREATFEILD COLLECTIONS. Vol. XLV1I. Original documents, most of which relate to the affairs of, or are written by residents in, the county of Kent; 1493-1810. Amongst them are the following :- 1. Acquittance by William Warham [Archbishop of Canterbury, 1504] for £10, expenses on his embassy to Phil...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1493]-1810
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 36294

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DRAFTS OF LETTERS, Epitaphs, etc., by William Camden, the historian (headmaster of Westminster School 1593-1597, Clarenceux King of Arms 1597-1623); 5 Apr. 1582-2 Oct. 1621. Holograph; chiefly in Latin. Not strictly chronological in order. The names of Caiiiden's correspondents, chiefly foreign scholars, are given in the index. Many of their letters are in Cotton MS. Jul. C. v. Interspersed are some fragmentary materials for the Annales. At f. 29 b is the dedication of the Scriptores , and at f....
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William Camden, antiquary; Clarenceux King of Arms: Drafts of letters, etc.: 1582-1621.: Lat. and Engl.: Hologr. includes: ff. 1-13 b passim Thomas Savile: Letters to, from W. Camden: 1582-1589 (?).: Lat. ff. 4 b, 9 b, 12, 17, 50 Abraham Ortels: Letters to, from W. Camden: 1582 - 1596.: Lat. ff. 5, ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
5 Apr 1582-2 Oct 1621
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 38823

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Title:
Sir Edward Hoby, Commonplace book
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Commonplace book of Sir Edward Hoby, politician and diplomat (1560-1617), containing entries on various subjects including America, Parliament, the Isle of Sheppey, the siege of Calais (1346-1347), and Mary, Queen of Scots. ff. i-ii) Remains of two parchment fragments of a 13th-century manuscript co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Turkish
Date Range:
c 1582-c 1596
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1 volume