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71. Lansdowne MS 778/104

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Lansdowne MS 778/104
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104. Mentions the death of his friend Mr. Thomas Hinton, rector of Lasham in Hampshire, a lover of antiquities and collector of books and manuscripts.- Doubts the genuineness of Mr. Le Neve's epitaph from its oddity.-Announces the death of his old master for the Latin tongue, Mr. Patrick Gordon ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Apr 1730
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1 item

72. Lansdowne MS 778/107

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Lansdowne MS 778/107
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107. Desires Mr. West to send him word when Rastell's Chronicle was printed. July 5, 1730. fo. 167.
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
5 Jul 1730
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1 item

73. Lansdowne MS 778/113

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Lansdowne MS 778/113
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113. Thanks Mr. West for correcting an error in his preface to Trokelowe, and for his intention of sending the catalogue of books, &c. belonging to Mr. Le Neve, who, he says, was a friendly communicative man.-That when Mr. Willis gave his coins to Christ Church he sent for Mr. Pointer to tel...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Dec 1730
Extent:
1 item

74. Lansdowne MS 778/115

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Lansdowne MS 778/115
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115. Some account of Mr. Gray, a barrister at Colchester and a collector of coins and papers relating to monastic affairs.-He wishes that gentleman would write a history of Colchester.-That he learned from Mr. Gray that Mr. Holman of Halstede in Essex, and lately deceased, had large extracts fro...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jan 1730
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1 item

75. Lansdowne MS 778/119

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Lansdowne MS 778/119
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119. Laments the imperfect state of a very rare copy on vellum of the office church-book of Wirtzburg, given him by Mr. New.-That Dr. Tanner had many times assured him he had no more of Wood's Life than what Hearne had printed. May 4, 1731. fo. 189.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1731
Extent:
1 item

76. Lansdowne MS 778/122

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Lansdowne MS 778/122
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122. On the scarcity of Nevyle's Apologia, and on the several editions of his Kettus, but more especially that which contains the offensive passage. July 20, fo. 195.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
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Unspecified
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1 item

77. Lansdowne MS 778/126

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Lansdowne MS 778/126
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126. He regrets the death of "poor Kit Bateman." -Gives Mr. West joy of acquiring John Blackmah's Collectarium.-That our histories are very barren concerning Hen. VI. of whom the Carthusians had a good opinion, notwithstanding the weakness of his title. Aug. 1, 1731. fo. 201.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1731
Extent:
1 item

78. Lansdowne MS 778/128

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Lansdowne MS 778/128
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128. That he is much affected with the dismal account he had heard concerning the Cotton library.- That the book containing forty of L. Pembroke's statues had not answered his expectation.-That L. Pembroke has a MS. called Rota Temporum, being a piece of Scotish history, but he supposes it may c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Nov 1731
Extent:
1 item

79. Lansdowne MS 778/133

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Lansdowne MS 778/133
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133. That Mr. Graves's design might only relate to the religious houses with which his estates were connected, and that therefore his collections would remain among his family papers.-That Mr. Granger'g collection is likely to brinu a large sum of money. April 24, 1732. fo. 217.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Apr 1732
Extent:
1 item

80. Lansdowne MS 778/169

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Lansdowne MS 778/169
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169. That he had heared of some trouble being likely to ensue on Mr. Archdeacon Benson's accepting the bishoprick of Gloucester.-That his compositor had just finished the text of his Benedictus Abbas.-Further account of Meniati Bishop of Cephalonia's work, written in the vulgar Greek, and enquir...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jan 1734
Extent:
1 item

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