1. Add MS 63742
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 63742
- Title:
- HENRY STANLEY, 4TH EARL OF DERBY: collection of letters and papers on affairs of state, etc.; circa 1583-1589. Copies in the hand of a secretary in Derby's household. A description of the manuscript, including a number of items now missing from leaves that originally stood before the present f. 1 and between ff. 106v and 107, was given by William Oldys in The British Librarian, no. 5, May 1737, pp. 270-286. Owned, before 1729, by Peter Le Neve (f. i verso); in 1737, by Nathaniel Booth of Gra...
- Scope & Content:
- County of Lancaster: Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby: Papers and accounts of Earl of Derby partly rel. to Lancaster: circa 1583-1589: Copies. includes: ff. 3-5 Navy; England: 'The Booke of the whole Navie': 1585.ff. 6-17v Joanna II of Naples: Mary of Scotland: Comparison of Joan II of Nap...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1578-1589
- Extent:
- 1 item