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11. Lansdowne MS 127

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 127
Title:
Copy of Edmund Dudley's accounts
Scope & Content:
A 17th-century copy of Edmund Dudley's account book; the original is lost. Dudley began writing it on 23 January 1505, recording fines and duties he received for the use of Henry VII, from 9 September 1504 (when he entered Henry's service) to 28 May 1508. It includes an index, and each page is i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

12. Lansdowne MS 355

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 355
Title:
Miscellaneous letters of Greek patriarchs, metropolitans, etc., together with letters to John Covel, D.D. and his copies and drafts
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous letters of Greek patriarchs, metropolitans, etc., together with letters to John Covel, D.D. and his copies and drafts.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Modern and Latin
Date Range:
1652-1701
Extent:

1 volume

13. Lansdowne MS 851

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 851
Title:
Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, made shortly after his death, traditionally assigned to the year 1400. Contents: ff. 2r-12r: The General Prologue. ff. 12r-38v: The Knight's Tale. ff. 38v-39v: The Miller's Prologue. ff. 39v-47v: The Miller's Tale. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1410
Extent:

1 volume

14. Lansdowne MS 740

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 740
Title:
Miscellany of historical extracts and poetry
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–173r: A miscellany which includes extracts relating to Roman history, and poems made during the reign of King James VI and I, including several pieces by John Donne, Sir Thomas Overbury, and others. ff. 1r–6r: Extracts relating to Roman history, from Greek historians and poets. Imperfec...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:

1 volume

15. Lansdowne MS 762

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 762
Title:
Tudor commonplace book
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–99v: Tudor commonplace book, which was probably compiled during the reign of King Henry VIII, perhaps in the 1520s or 1530s. Its author would appear to be a Londoner, interested in civic affairs, religion and prophecies. f. 1r: Pen trials. f. 2r: Copy on parchment of the testament of Jo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1509-1564
Extent:

1 volume

16. Lansdowne MS 699

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 699
Title:
Collection of poems by John Lydgate and Geoffrey Chaucer
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 2r-v: John Lydgate, 'Life of St Giles', written in Middle English verse, imperfect comprising only the final six stanzas; the text beginning, '…Bi a spiryt oonly of prophecie...' (DIMEV 4129). ff. 3r-18r: John Lydgate, Fabula duorum mercatorum, written in Middle English verse, be...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

17. Lansdowne MS 813

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 813
Title:
Lord Henry Howard (later Earl of Northampton), 'A dutiful defence of the lawful regiment of women'
Scope & Content:
Lord Henry Howard (later Earl of Northampton), 'A dutifull defence of the lawfull Regiment of Weomen devided into three books. The first conteyneth reasons and examples grownded on the lawe of nature. The second reasons and examples grownded on the Civile lawes. The third reasons and examples gr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
1590-1603
Extent:
1 volume

18. Lansdowne MS 202

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 202
Title:
The answer and certificate of Sir Thomas Rowe, knight, Lord Mayor of London, to the Privy Council, of the number of strangers living within the City of London and its liberties
Scope & Content:
A survey of immigrants within the City of London and its liberties, made at the instruction of the Privy Council, compiled from the returns of the local officials. Part of the Burghley Papers. The manuscript is dated 1568 (f.1r). However more precise dating places it after 9 Nov 1568, when Sir ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Nov 1568-24 Mar 1569
Extent:
1 volume

19. Lansdowne MS 383, ff 1r-1v

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 383, ff 1r-1v
Title:
Former pastedown
Scope & Content:
This folio is a former pastedown from the binding, containing a fragment of a metrical translation of the work of Henry of Saltrey, St Patrick's Purgatory, in French, from the 13th century.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:
1 folio.

20. Lansdowne MS 355, f 23r

Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 355, f 23r
Title:
Scope & Content:
Fragment of text.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Modern
Date Range:
1652-1701
Extent:

1 folio