Fragment of a theological commonplace book, containing apparently materials for sermons, etc., e.g. " Materia super Matheum," " contra gulam, " etc. Lat. Vellum leaf (mutilated). 13th cent. f. 30. Presented by the Rev. R. Barrett.
Letter from Sir Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley, to R. B. Brett, now 2nd viscount Esher, dat. Wady Halfa, Nubia, 24 Oct. 1884, discussing the general situation in South Africa, his plans for relieving Khartoum, etc. Holograph. f. 5. Presented by Lord Esher.
Copies of music, viz. :- 1. " Whoope doe me no harme good man," a virginal piece by Orlando Gibbons, copied from Christ Church, Oxford, MS. I. 5, 41 [by Miss Webster, of Boston, U.S.A.]. 20th cent. f. 19 b. Presented by W. Barclay Squire, Esq. 2. " Agnus Dei," by [Antonio] Caldara, 19th cent....
Letter from Henry VI to the Burgomasters etc. of the town of "Skydam " [Schiedam, Holland] proposing a treaty of friendship. Dat. Westminster, 14 Dec. ao 14 [1435]. Fr. f. 35. Phillipps MS. 34923 ; sale-cat., 27 June 1919, lot 710.
1. Letter from [Guybon] Goddard, a Parliamentarian, to " my deare and honoured brother[-in-law] John Greene Esq. at Serjeant Green's house in ye old Jury, London " (see Foster, London Marriage Licenses, 1887, col. 555), referring to the siege of Newcastle by the Scots, the taking of the Covenant...