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71. 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

72. Stowe MS 219-220

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Stowe MS 219-220
Title:
LETTER-BOOK containing copies of the letters of James Brydges, 8th Baron Chandos, when Ambassador at Constantinople, written to the successive Secretaries of State in England, the Levant Company, the Consuls of the various Mediterranean Ports, and especially Gamaliel Nightingale, Consul at Aleppo, and WilliamRaye, ConsulatSmyrna, etc.; 30 Mar. 1681-16 July, 1688. Most of the letters relate to the transactions and interests of the Levant Company and to the Mediterranean Trade; but curious det...
Scope & Content:
William Raye, Consul at Smyrna: Letters to, from Lord Chandos: 1681-1688.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
30 Mar 1681-16 Jul 1688
Extent:
2 items

73. Stowe MS 243-245

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Stowe MS 243-245
Title:
LETTER-BOOKS of Hon. Alexander Stanhope, Envoy to the States-General, April, 1700-Jan. 1704 [5]; consisting of transcripts of his despatches to James Vernon, William Blathwayt, Sir Charles Hedges, Charles, Earl of Manchester, Daniel, Earl of Nottingham, and Robert Harley, successive Secretaries of State, James Cressett, Minister at Hamburg, Hugh Greg, Minister at Copenhagen, Sir George Rooke, the Duke of Marlborough, and others. Three Volumes. Paper. Folio. Vol. I. (ff. 171). 12/23 Apr. 1700...
Scope & Content:
Hon Alexander Stanhope: Letter-books, when Envoy to the States-General: 1700-1705. Netherlands, United Provinces: Letter-books of Hon. A. Stanhope, Envoy to the Hague: 1700-1705.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1700-[Jan 1705]
Extent:
3 items

74. Stowe MS 267

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Stowe MS 267
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Scope & Content:
LIST of state letters, tracts, speeches and bills in Parliament, ballads, and other papers illustrating the history of England from 1624 to 1735; in the hand of Rev. Philip Morant (ob. 1.778). At f. 20 begins a chronological list of State Trials and literature relating to the same, from 1388 to ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

75. Stowe MS 166-177

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Stowe MS 166-177
Title:
COLLECTION of State Papers and correspondence of Sir Thomas Edmondes, Knt.; 1592-1633. A few earlier and later papers are included in the last volume. Edmondes was English Agent at Paris, 1592-1599; Ambassador at the Archduke Albert's court at Brussels, 1605-1609; Ambassador to France, 1610-1617; Comptroller of the Household, 1616 ; Treasurer of the Household, 1618; and died in 1639. Twelve volumes. Paper. Folio. The collection includes original letters of English ambassadors to France and S...
Scope & Content:
Sir Thomas Edmondes, diplomatist: Correspondence and papers: 1592-1633, with additions 1470-1663.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1592-1633
Extent:
12 items

76. Stowe MS 292

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Stowe MS 292
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Scope & Content:
POLITICAL OBSERVATIONS upon the state and condition of England, 1695. The tract is divided into twelve chapters, viz. (1) " As to the number of the People of England " ;-(2) " The proportion of England in acres and people to France and Holland, to Europe, and to the world in general; with a calc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1695
Extent:
1 item

77. Stowe MS 300

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Stowe MS 300
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Scope & Content:
" OBSERVATIONS vpon [my Lord Hollis's, erased] a Booke intitled 'The Case stated of ye Jurisdiction of the House of Lords in the point of Impossitions.'" Stated to be in the hand of Sir Richard Temple, 7th Bart. (ob. 1786). The book [by Denzil Holles, Lord Holles] was published anonymously in 16...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

78. Stowe MS 74

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Stowe MS 74
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Scope & Content:
GENEALOGICAL HISTORY of the Sovereigns of England, from Egbert, A.D. 801, to Elizabeth. Latin. With arms in trick. Paper; ff. 39. XVIIth cent. At f. 38 the writer has inscribed in the margin "decimo tertio die Novembris anno 1612. hic incipiebam." A note at f. 1 by Sir Isaac Heard, Clarenceux, a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

79. Stowe MS 288

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Stowe MS 288
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Scope & Content:
" THE DUKE OF LENOX his speeche before his Majestie concerning the warre with Scotland ": apparently addressed to Charles l., dissuading him from the war with Scotland in 1629 and counselling concessions to the Scots. According to Dr. S. R. Gardiner (Hist. of England, vol. viii. 1884, p. 367) a ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1629
Extent:
1 item

80. Stowe MS 72

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Stowe MS 72
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Scope & Content:
GENEALOGICAL CHRONICLE, in Latin, of the kings of England to Edward IV., tracing their descent from Adam through the Trojan kings; with the genealogy of Christ in a parallel column. Beg. "Veterum cronicoriim de successione regum anglie ordo hic insequitur." An English copy, slightly imperfect, i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

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