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1. Add MS 22047

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Title:
The Anthony Roll
Scope & Content:
Anthony Anthony, ‘The second Rolle declaryng the Nombre of the Kynges Maiestys owne Galliasses’. A visual record of all the ships in Henry’s navy at the end of his life, interspersed with a list of their seamen and armaments. This roll shows the galleasses (heavily armed three-masted galleys).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1546
Extent:

Parchment roll

2. Add MS 22591

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Scope & Content:
MISCELLANEOUS historical pieces, of the first half of the XVIIth cent., viz.: 1. "Parte of the liffe of Kinge James of ffamous memorye, with diuers matters of consequence which hapned in his Raigne." Printed in the Somers Tracts (1809), Vol. II., p. 265. f. 3. 2. "The manner of the Sicknes and...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 35304

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Title:
BARROW BEQUEST. Vol. V. Watercolour drawings and printed materials relating to the voyage of H.M.S. North Star to Baffin Bay and Barrow Straits
Scope & Content:
Five watercolour views in Wolstenholme Sound, Baffin Bay, [Greenland], and several smaller sketches and maps illustrating the voyage of H.M.S. North Star (James Saunders, Master-commanding) to Baffin Bay and Barrow Straits, 1849-50. The North Star was intended as a provision-ship for the Frankli...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1849-1850
Extent:
1 volume (19 folios)

4. Add MS 42714

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Title:
'MEMOIRS OF THE EARLY LIFE OF JOHN ELLIOTT, of Elliott House, Near Ripon-Yorkshire, Esqre and, Lieut: of the Royal Navy: written by himself, at the request of his Wife, for the use, and amusement of his children only', extending from his birth (11 Jan. 1759) to the Battle of the Saintes (12 Apr. 1782). The most important part of the work is an account (ff. 7b- 45 b) of the second voyage of Captain James Cook, in H.M. S. 'Resolution,' in which Elliott served as a Midshipman, 1772-1775. Elliot...
Scope & Content:
Lieutenant John Elliott, RN; of Elliott House, near Ripon: Memoirs of his early life, early 19th cent: 1759-1782: Autogr. Brenzett, Kent: Deeds and papers rel. to: 1448-1777.: fr. includes: f. i Lieutenant John Elliott, RN; of Elliott House, near Ripon: Signet: n.d. f. 1b Captain James Cook, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 45356

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Title:
'THE GRAND FLEET 1914-1916', by Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Rushworth Jellicoe, G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O., 1st Viscount (and 1925) 1st Earl Jellicoe; 1918. Autograph draft.
Scope & Content:
Preceded (ff. i-iii) by notes on the MS. by Admiral Sir Frederic Charles Dreyer, G.B.E., K.C.B., Jellicoe's Flag Captain at Jutland, 29 Apr. 1939. According to the preface (p. vii) to the printed text, the MS. was finished by the early autumn of 1918, but publication was deferred till after the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 48989

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Title:
JELLICOE PAPERS. Vol. I. Report of the Committee on Designs, recommending ships such as H.M.S. 'Dreadnought'; 1905
Scope & Content:
Jellicoe Papers. Vol. I (ff. 88). Report of the Committee on Designs, recommending ships such as H.M.S. 'Dreadnought'; 1905. Printed. Preceded (ff. 1, 2) by related covering letters. Red calf binding, gilt-tooled. Admiral of the Fleet John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe: Correspondence...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 48991

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Title:
JELLICOE PAPERS. Vol III. Chart for submarines Texel Island to Sylt. From the Netherlands and German Government Charts to 1914; 1915.
Scope & Content:
Vol. III (f. 1). Chart, 1915. Maps and Plans: North Sea, from Texel to Sylt, showing minefields: 1915: Partly lithogr. Colour chart ‘issued for fleet purposes by the Hydrographic Dep. of the Admiralty'. With pencil annotations showing HMS Biarritz, HMS Princess Margaret and HMS Angora.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 48993

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Title:
JELLICOE PAPERS. Vol. V. Papers relating to the use of oil fuel in the Navy; 1907-1912
Scope & Content:
JELLICOE PAPERS. Vol. V (ff. 129). 1. ff. 1-76b. Admiralty Committee on the use of Oil Fuel in the Navy: Vol. I, Departmental and other Reports and Minutes of Evidence . . . and Interim Report; 1912. Printed. 2. ff. 77-114. Correspondence and papers relating to the Royal Commission on Fuel a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1907-1912
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 48994

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Title:
JELLICOE PAPERS. Vol. VI. Sir C. Oman, The Outbreak of the War of 1914-18; 1919.
Scope & Content:
JELLICOE PAPERS. Vol. VI (ff. 77). Sir C. Oman, The Outbreak of the War of 1914-18; 1919. Printed. Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman, KBE: The outbreak of the War of 1914-18: 1919: Printed. Admiral of the Fleet John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe: Correspondence and papers: 1893-1935. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 49003

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Add MS 49003
Title:
JELLICOE PAPERS. Vol. XV. Germany. War Vessels,1914. Naval Intelligence Division Report.
Scope & Content:
JELLICOE PAPERS. Vol. XV (ff. 118). Germany. War Vessels,1914. Naval Intelligence Division Report No. 896. Printed proof, with MS. insertions. Lacks the plates (see f. 1). Copy no. 6, with a revised pagination. William II; Emperor of Germany: Germany: War Vessels, 1914: 1914: Printed. Admiral ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1914
Extent:
1 item