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91. Lansdowne MS 778/142

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Lansdowne MS 778/142
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142. Enquires about two ancient inscriptions at S. Alban's, the one on an old urn, the other on the hilt or handle of a sword.-That he had heard Mr. Graves's books had been sold for a trifle.-Understands that Mr. West is busy in digesting Mr. Le Neve's MS. collections for Norfolk, which he hears...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jun 1733
Extent:
1 item

92. Lansdowne MS 778/148

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Lansdowne MS 778/148
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148. More on the Abbey of Eynsham.-Mr. Drake's York.-That county historians have made too little use of MSS.-Mr. Thoresby's account of his MSS. more valuable than the first part of his book.-That Pausanias had obtained great reputation by inserting accounts of ancient monuments, &c. in his w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Oct 1733
Extent:
1 item

93. Lansdowne MS 778/163

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Lansdowne MS 778/163
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163. That Mr. Carte is to publish L. Clarendon's History of his own Life, which he feared had been destroyed.-That Mr. Graves had made considerable progress in the history of several abbies, which was to have been in the manner of Kennett's Parochial Antiquities. -That this work should be contin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Aug 1732
Extent:
1 item

94. Lansdowne MS 778/165

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Lansdowne MS 778/165
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165. That both his friends, Doctors Mead and Frewin, have prescribed for him in his illness.-Some enquiries about Mr. Ray's list of local words, and its editions. April 2, 1735. fo. 269.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1735
Extent:
1 item

95. Lansdowne MS 778/168

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Lansdowne MS 778/168
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168. Mentions a book intitled The information of the beginning and causes of all our troubles, full of cuts, among which is one of Cheapside Cross, copied in Burton or Crouch's Civil Wars, and odd republican remarks.-Some account of Dr. Gilbert Kymer, physician to Humphrey Duke of Gloucester, an...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Aug 1728
Extent:
1 item

96. Lansdowne MS 778/33

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Lansdowne MS 778/33
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33. Requests of Mr. West to consult a Cotton MS. for him, &c. June 2, 1727. fo. 37.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jun 1727
Extent:
1 item

97. Lansdowne MS 778/70

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Lansdowne MS 778/70
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70. That the news of Dr. Samuel Jebb, an eminent physician, being married to a young lady of Ormondstreet, wants a little explication.-That he had heard an acquaintance of the late Dr. Friend remark that the medal of him was not a lideness.-That Mr. Smith's book, stiled The Annals of University ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1728
Extent:
1 item

98. Lansdowne MS 778/153

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Lansdowne MS 778/153
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153. Mentions a new sale of Mr. Granger's coins, and wishes to see the catalogue of them.-His remarks on tradesmen's tokens.-Wonders why people should look on such trash as curiosities.-That it might be more useful to collect the foreign pieces founct in the ruins of monasteries. Dec. 14, 1732. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Dec 1732
Extent:
1 item

99. Lansdowne MS 778/166

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Lansdowne MS 778/166
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166. An answer to Mr. West's enquiries about Elias Meniati, Bishop of Cephalonia's work on the schism between the Eastern and Western churches. Feb. 10, 1734. fo. 271.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Feb 1734
Extent:
1 item

100. Lansdowne MS 778/1

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Lansdowne MS 778/1
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1. Concerning some work by Donald Lupton, and his mention of Bale's epitome of Leland.-Account of a Roman inscription found at Chichester. May 19, 1724. fo. 2.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 May 1724
Extent:
1 item

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