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121. Stowe MS 65

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Stowe MS 65
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THE POLYCHRONICON of Ranulph Higden, translated into English by John Trevisa; in seven books. With three prefaces, the first beg. "Aftir solempne and wi[y]se writeris of artis and sciencis." The text does not agree completely with that of any of the MSS. collated for the edition in the Rolls Ser...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 15th century
Extent:
1 item

122. Stowe MS 284

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Stowe MS 284
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A DISCOURSE of Foreign War, with an account of all the Taxations upon this Kingdom, etc., by Sir Robert Cotton, Bart. Printed in 1690. Paper; ff. 47. Early xviith cent. Belonged, in 1774, to Thomas Astle. Small Quarto. Political Tracts: "Discourse of Foreign War," by Sir R. Cotton: early 17th c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 item

123. Stowe MS 306

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Stowe MS 306
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MISCELLANEOUS TRACTS and papers, viz. :- 1. Copy of the Charter granted by Queen Elizabeth to the city of Winchester; 1571. f 1. 2. Extracts from the Journals of the House of Commons referring to questions of' privilege of Members of that House with reference to the jurisdiction of the House ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century-19th century
Extent:
1 item

124. Stowe MS 66

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Stowe MS 66
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1. FORM of resignation of the crown by Richard II. [29 Sept. 1399], followed by the "protestacio regis Ricardi ante resignacionem," the challenge of the crown by Henry, Duke of Lancaster., and his speech after election as Henry IV. The first two articles in Latin, the others in English. See Rot....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

125. Stowe MS 280

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Stowe MS 280
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1."A DISCOURSE, of passages betweene the Earles of Essex, Northampton and Somerset, the Countesse of Somerset, Sir Thomas Overbury and others, with theyre risinge and fall, with diverse other matters acted duringe the late raigne of King James, as alsoe of the Duke of Buckinghams first cominge i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

126. Stowe MS 218

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Stowe MS 218
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ROUGH LIST Of Manuscripts belonging to George Capel, 5th Earl of Essex, as offered to the British Museum in Dec. 1808, and ultimately purchased by the Marquis of Buckingham. In the hand of Edward Jeffery, bookseller; and certified by F[rancis] D[ouce], Keeper of MSS. in the British Museum. The M...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1808
Extent:
1 item

127. Stowe MS 275

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Stowe MS 275
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" AN APOLOGIE of [Robert Devereux] the earle of Essex against those which falsly and malitiously take him to be the onely hinderance of the peace and quietnes of his countrye ": a defence of the policy of war with Spain, addressed to Anthony Bacon in 1598. To this is annexed, in the same hand, a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 item

128. Stowe MS 91

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Stowe MS 91
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"RELATION circonstanciée d'un voyage fait en Ecosse par la compagnie des cadets gentilshoimmes de la marine de France," who sailed from Dunkirk 11 June, 1746, in the brigantine "Bien Trouvé," commanded by Captain Anguier, in quest of the Pretender, Charles Edward. Written by P. J. C. Dupont, one...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
before 1750
Extent:
1 item

129. Stowe MS 106

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Stowe MS 106
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" DE SAECULIS xiv. et xv., de Romanis pontificibus, de Regibus Angliæ ab Ed. 2 ad Hen. 8 " : the last two books of Harpsfield's Historia Anglicana Ecclesiastica (cf. description of Stowe 105). This is a fair copy of the books containing the history of the 14th and l5th centuries. With the signat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 item

130. Stowe MS 266

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Stowe MS 266
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REPORT Of the Commissioners and Trustees for managing forfeited estates in Scotland annexed to the Crown; Edinburgh, 6 May, 1765. Signed by John Campbell [Lord of Session ?], [Sir] David Dalrymple [afterw. Lord of Session?], G. Beauclerk, G. Drummond, M. Car- donnel, Robert Oliphant [Post...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 May 1765
Extent:
1 item