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Name Urry, John

1. Add MS 15856

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COPIES of various diplomatic instruments in the reigns of Charles I. and Charles II., in the writing, for the most part, of John Nicholas, son of Sir Edward Nicholas, Secretary of State, and apparently intended for the use of the latter, as a Book of Precedents. The contents are :- " Inscriptions des lettres aux Princes de l'Empire," f 1 ;-" Inscriptiones literarum usitatæ in Anglia," with the subscriptions used by Charles I., f 2; -"De modo scribendi epistolas apud Italos," f 5;-Credential...
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Forms: Of Commissions. John Nicholas, son of Sir Edward: Wrote the greater part of Add. Ms. Sir Christopher Hatton, Lord Hatton of Kirby: Passes to him: 1647, 1648. Sir William Curtius: Letters to Sir R. Browne: 1643-1647, 1670. History of England: Diplomatic Instruments: temp. Car. 1. Car. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 17th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 38178-38181

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Add MS 38178-38181
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COLLECTIONS for the edition of Chaucer's works begun by John Urry (d. 1715), continued by his assistant Thomas Ainsworth (d. 1719), finally revised and completed by Timothy Thomas, and published in 1721. Four volumes. Paper. Folio. Formerly Appendix 128 in the Ashburnham Library (sale-cat. 1899, lot 76). For a sketch of the preface and other papers on the same subject, in T. Thomas's hand, see Harley MS. 6895. Presented by Sir William Symington M'Cormick. The contents are :
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Timothy Thomas: Collections for Urry's Chaucer: early 18th cent. John Urry: Collections for his edition of Chaucer: early 18th cent. Geoffrey Chaucer: Collections by J. Urry, etc. for the 1721 edition of his Works.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
4 items

3. Add MS 38181

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Vol. IV (ff. i + 115). Miscellaneous notes, etc., including: 1. Letter from William Brome to [George Smalridge,] Bishop of Bristol and Dean of Christ Church, concerning the plan of Urry's edition; 1 Aug. 1719. f. 4; 2. Part of an autograph draft of Timothy Thomas's Preface (cf. Harley MS. 6895, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 38729

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Vol. II (ff. i + 255). This contains nothing, apart from the assignments, of special interest. includes: f. 8 John Andrews: Assignment of his History of the Revolutions of Denmark: 1773. f. 10 Arnoux Deslandes): Assignment of his Art of teaching French and French Spelling-book: 1737. f. 11 Ann...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1707-1820
Extent:
1 item