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191. Add MS 41656

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TOWNSHEND PAPERS (4th ser.). Vol. III. Miscellaneous papers, viz.:- (1) Papers relating to local administration in co. Norfolk, mainly the business of Parliamentary representation and the Lord Lieutenancy; 1602- 171, n.d. ff. 1-100. (2) Accompts and inventories of the Townshend family, at Ra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1602-1755
Extent:
1 item

192. Add MS 42116

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SCATTERGOOD COLLECTIONS. Vol. IV. Alphabet of Arms of English families, arranged alphabetically by counties, the arms being given in blazon and the crests in trick. In a few cases the date of the grant of the arms is noted, the latest (f. 178) being 1694. Arranged alphabetically by counties (index on f. 1), except that Northampton coats appear on ff. 311b-318b as well as on ff. 177b-184, and Middlesex is out of order at ff. 302-308b. Paper; ff. ii + 319. Folio. XVIII cent. Probably written i...
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Heraldry: Alphabet of arms of English families: 18th cent. includes: ff. 2-12 County of Berkshire: Alphabet of arms of Berkshire families: 18th cent.ff. 10-25b Bedfordshire: Alphabet of arms of Bedfordshire families: 18th cent.ff. 28-37 County of Buckingham: Alphabet of arms of families ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

193. Add MS 42153

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THE KNYVETT LETTERS: eighty-eight letters from Thomas Knyvett, of Ashwellthorpe, co. Norf. (1596-1658), de jure 5th Lord Berners, addressed to his wife Katherine, daughter of Thomas Burgh, 5th Baron Burgh of Gainsborough; 18 Ma[rch] 162.0/[1]-11 July 1644 and n. d. Knyvett was taken prisoner during the Royalist rising at Lowestoft in March 1643, and most of the later letters refer, in addition to contemporary events, to his efforts to obtain the release of his estates from sequestration. Edi...
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County of Norfolk: Letters from T. Knyvett, of Ashwellthorpe, to his wife: 1620-1644. Katherine Knyvett, wife of T Knyvett, de jure 5th Lord Berners: Letters to, from her husband: 1620-1644. England General Chronicles and History: Letters of T. Knyvett, with references to political events of t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1620-1644
Extent:
1 item

194. Add MS 44986

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Collection of swan marks
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Collection of swan marks from Norfolk, Huntingdonshire, Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire in the late 16th century. Also containing a poem on a swan-herd. With the 1612 signatures of Thomas Harwood, Vice-Deputy and Master of Swans, and Thomas Glapthorne, a swan owner of Whittlesey. With alphabetic...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1585-1612
Extent:
1 volume

195. Add MS 48064

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Papers of Robert Beale relating to Elizabethan religious affairs
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Papers of Robert Beale (1541-1601) relating to Elizabethan religious matters. This volume is largely a matter of copies, often with headings, notes and corrections by Robert Beale. There are some items which are pre-Reformation precedents, and others which relate to religious authority and to ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1559-1601
Extent:

1 volume

196. Add MS 48591

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LETTER-BOOK, containing copies (ff. 14-172) irregularly arranged, with occasional inaccuracies, of correspondence, etc., of Sir Bassingbourne Gawdy (b. 1560, d. 1606), of West Harling, co. Norfolk, M.P. (son of the elder Bassingbourne Gawdy), and his fellow Commissioners of Musters for co. Norfolk; Aug. 1588 (f. 44)-6 Mar. 1603/4. Partly Latin. Apart from corresponding amongst themselves, the Commissioners dealt mostly with the Privy Council, but the letter-book also includes copies of royal...
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Sir Bassingbourne Gawdy, d 1606 MP: Correspondence, etc., mostly as Commissioner for Musters for co. Norf.: 1588-1604.: Copies. includes: f. i Liturgies LATIN: Antiphoner, of Sarum use, leaf of: late 14th cent.ff. 1-9 George, Duke of Clarence; brother of Edward IV: Regulations for his hous...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1588-1604
Extent:
1 item

197. Add MS 50006

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TOWNSHEND PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 123, in two parts:- A, ff. 1-7, 10-123; B, ff. 8-9). Personal papers, mostly of or relating to Lord Townshend; 1697-1898. Included are letters, etc., relating to the Battle of Quebec and its aftermath, 1759 (ff. 8b-43b) and to Lord Townshend's creation as Marquess, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1697-1898
Extent:
1 item

198. Add MS 57418

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HERRIES PAPERS. Vol. LIII (ff. 189). 1818-1826. includes: ff. 3-6v Hanover. Army of: George III of England Hanover, Electors of. George William Frederick: Letters and papers of J. C. Herries concerning the financial and military affairs of Hanover: 1816-1818: Copies.f. 19 Frederick William...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1818-1826
Extent:
1 item

199. Add MS 61823

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Title:
The Book of Margery Kempe
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This is the unique manuscript witness of the spiritual autobiography of the mystic Margery Kempe [née Brunham] (b. c. 1373, d. in or after 1438) of Bishop's Lynn (now King's Lynn), Norfolk, who dictated it to two scribes or amanuenses in the 1430s. This copy of the text is datable to c. 1445-c. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1445-c 1450
Extent:

1 volume

200. Add MS 63650 A-T

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Title:
MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS Paper; ff. 73. British Library arrangement. 1579-1759
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includes: ff. 1-2v John Churchill, agent of H Capell: Henry Capell, of Hadham Hall; MP: Account of disbursements by John Churchill on behalf of Henry Capell: 1579.f. 3 Reverend William Mason, poet and musician: William Whitehead, Poet Laureate: Letter to Rev. William Mason from William Whit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1579-1759
Extent:
20 items