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61. Stowe MS 132-137

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Stowe MS 132-137
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TRANSCRIPTS Of despatches, instructions to ambassadors, negotiations, treaties, etc., chiefly relating to the general history of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. Six volumes. Vol. II. has on f. 2 an engraved portrait, " W. Delff sculpsit," of Sir Dudley Carleton, Ambassador at Venice and the Hague, etc. (ob. 1632), and on f. 1 the book-plate of Richard, lst Duke of Buckingham and Chandos. All the volumes bear the book-plate, dated 1701, of Algernon Capell, Earl of Essex. Paper; xviith ...
Scope & Content:
Treaties: Negotiations, treaties, etc., relating to European history: 14th-17th centt. Records, Public: Transcripts of State papers on the general history of Europe: 16th. -17th centt. Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex: Book-plates. Bookplates: Capell (Algernon), Earl of Essex: 1701.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
14th century-17th century
Extent:
6 items

62. Stowe MS 234

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Stowe MS 234
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Vol. I. (ff. 240). "Princes," sc. correspondence of sovereigns and ministers of state, and " Strafford," sc. correspondence of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, with the Electress and others at the Court of Hanover.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 item

63. Stowe MS 286

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Stowe MS 286
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" THE SOVERAIGNTY Of the Seas of England. Proved by record, history and the municipall lawes of the Kingdome. . . . By SI John Burgh [Borough], Knight, Keeper of the Recordes in the Tower of London" [Garter King of Arms, 1633]. Printed in 1651 under the title of The Soveraignty of the British Se...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

64. Stowe MS 98

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Stowe MS 98
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"ABDICATION du Roi Victor Amadée de Sardaigne": a contemporary account of the abdication of Victor Amadeus in 1730, and of his attempt to recover the throne in 1731; [by the Marquis de Trivié, previously envoy of King Victor at the English court]. At the end is a copy of the Act of Abdication. F...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

65. Stowe MS 100

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Stowe MS 100
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TABLES Of the strength and expense of the Sardinian army, circ. 1751. Three tables, in French. Small Quarto. Charles Emmanuel III; King of Sardinia: Statistics of the Sardinian army: circ. 1751.: Fr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
c 1751
Extent:
1 item

66. Stowe MS 114

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Stowe MS 114
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" THE PREVARICATION of Holy Church Libertyes ": the first five chapters of the work, as above (No. 113), ending with the death of Queen Mary. No general title is given, and the text varies in places from No. 113. The first chapter is headed " The lawfullnesse of King Henry the 8th his marriage w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 item

67. Stowe MS 256-261

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Stowe MS 256-261
Title:
CORRESPONDENCE and papers, political and private, of Major Richard Phelps, Secretary to the Embassy at Turin, and Under- Secretary of State for the Northern Department; 17 Febr. 1744/5- 16 Febr. 1768. Prefixed are originals and copies of state despatches supplied for his use on entering office, 22 June, 1725-26 Sept. 1757. Phelps's official letters are rough drafts made for the Secretary of State, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, who has in many instances added to, or even rewritten, the ...
Scope & Content:
Richard Phelps, Under-Secretary for Northern Department: Political correspondence and papers: 1725-1768.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
22 Jun 1725-16 Feb 1768
Extent:
6 items

68. Stowe MS 128

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Stowe MS 128
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STATUTES of Norwich Cathedral, granted by Queen Elizabeth In a hand of the period, with marginal corrections. Followed (f. 17) by a transcript of the same by Francis Blomefield, from whom the volume appears to have descended (see f. 1) to Thomas Martin, of Palgrave. Paper; ff. 27. Folio. Norwic...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[between 1558-1603]
Extent:
1 item

69. Stowe MS 130

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Stowe MS 130
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" EPITOME Pontificum Romanorum a S. Petro usque ad Paulum IIII."; by Onofrio Panvinio. Printed (Venetiis, 1557). With engraved portraits of the Popesinserted in the margins; and with additions in MS. at the end, carrying on the work to Clement VIII. (elected 1592). Followed (f. 267 b) by a "Nota...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 item

70. Stowe MS 213-217

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Stowe MS 213-217
Title:
ESSEX PAPERS. Vols. XIV.-XVIII. (ff. 376, 365, 224, 324, 257). Letter-books or register of "Letters written by his Excellency Arthur, Earle of Essex, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland "; 5 Aug. 1672 -15 Aug. 1677. Chiefly autograph. Included are many copies or drafts of papers relating to the revenue, the pay of the army, and other matters. Five volumes. A transcript of vol. xvi., for 1675, is in Add. 28,031.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Aug 1672-15 Aug 1677
Extent:
5 items