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121. Lansdowne MS 778/150

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Lansdowne MS 778/150
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150. More on Humphrey Dyson, many of whose books he had found in the Bodleian library, when he drew up the catalogue.-That he little thought Mr. Mead's library, after excepting the law books, would have brought eleven hundred guineas.-Some anxious enquiries after the authenticity of the boustrop...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Dec 1733
Extent:
1 item

122. Lansdowne MS 778/42

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Lansdowne MS 778/42
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42. That he had read a bold speech in MS. against the Queen's supremacy, by John Feckingham, last Abbot of Westminster.-Desires Mr. West to ascertain whether any thing similar had ever been printed. Aug. 17, 1727. fo. 50.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Aug 1727
Extent:
1 item

123. Lansdowne MS 778/90

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Lansdowne MS 778/90
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90. Sends Mr. West a present of a large paper copy of the Evesham book. Aug. 5, 1729. fo. 136.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Aug 1729
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1 item

124. Lansdowne MS 778/4

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Lansdowne MS 778/4
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4. On Friar Bacon and his works.-An inscription on a rock at Blacklow Hill near Warwick, indicating the place where Piers de Gaveston was beheaded, unnoticed by historians or antiquaries. March 15, 1724. fo. 7.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Mar 1724
Extent:
1 item

125. Lansdowne MS 778/9

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Lansdowne MS 778/9
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9. More remarks on Hegg's legend of S. Cuthbert, and other works relating to Durham.-That he would have printed JArthur Agarde's remarks on Domesday if he had possessed them-That he would have printed the index of books belonging to the monasteries preserved in the cotton library, if he could ha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 May 1725
Extent:
1 item

126. Lansdowne MS 778/11

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Lansdowne MS 778/11
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11. The homily of Saint Winifred in the MS. copies of the Liber Festivalis, but, not in the printed. -The Bishop of Ely when writing on S. Winifred, not acquainted with this homily.-He was assisted by Hearne in that work; but failed in his purpose to prevent superstitious persons from making fru...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1725
Extent:
1 item

127. Lansdowne MS 778/23

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Lansdowne MS 778/23
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23. Enquires after the first edition of Fox's Martyrs.-Mentions a work by George Coryat an Oxford poet, noticed by Dr. Caius. Febr. 6, 1726. fo. 27.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1726
Extent:
1 item

128. Lansdowne MS 778/29

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Lansdowne MS 778/29
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29. That he loves to look over catalogues when he knows that they contain all and nothing more thanwhat the collectors made; and for this reason he was pleased with the book-catalogue of Mr. John Laughton of Cambridge, of whom and of his collection he gives some account.-He fears the New edition...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1726
Extent:
1 item

129. Lansdowne MS 778/30

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Lansdowne MS 778/30
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30. On the edition of Surrey's poems printed 1717, in which he doubts whether Mr. Serjeant had any concern.-Some remarks on the history of the English Franciscans; and on Sir Isaac Newton, whose knowledge of chronology was, like Dr. Wallis's, but mean. -Some account of Mr. Francis Thompson, Fell...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Mar 1727
Extent:
1 item

130. Lansdowne MS 778/36

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Lansdowne MS 778/36
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36. That he had finished Adam de Domerham, and was printing Elmham's Life of Hen. V.-Wants an account of the Cotton MS. Vitell. D. xii (since burnt) in order to print an old song on the battle of Agincourt, &c. July 10, 1727. fo. 41.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1727
Extent:
1 item

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