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1. Add MS 39828-39838

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TRESHAM PAPERS : correspondence and papers of Sir Thomas Tresham (1543 ?-1605), recusant and builder. The papers were discovered in 1828 at Rushton Hall, co. Northt., formerly the seat of the Treshams, under circumstances detailed in the following note (39828, f. 8) : " This, along with a large quantity of Popish books, letters and papers, were (sic) some years ago discovered at Rushton Hall in pulling down a very thick partition wall in the passage leading from the Great Hall. In taking dow...
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Sir Thomas Tresham, d 1605 the third; Catholic recusant: Correspondence and papers.: bef. 1605. Tresham family: Correspondence, papers and deeds: temp. Hen. III-1622.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
[1440-1605]
Extent:
11 items

2. Add MS 39832-39835

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TRESHAM PAPERS. Vols.V-VIII. Accompts and journals of George Levens, Sir Thomas Tresham's steward; 1593-1602. They are largely concerned with the building and gardening operations carried out under Levens's supervision. The payments of each week are given, preceded by a description of the work done in the time. Extracts from these descriptions are printed in H.M.C.R., pp. xxxvi-lvii.
Scope & Content:
George Levens, Steward of Sir T Tresham: Accompts and journals: 1593-1601. Architecture: Papers rel. to the buildings of Sir T. Tresham: 1578-1601.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1593-1602
Extent:
4 items

3. Add MS 39838

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TRESHAM PAPERS. Vol. XI. (ff. 90). Exercises and collections of George Levens, viz. .- 1. Latin themes on set subjects, prose and verse. f. 1. 2. Collections from Holinshed and Stow in illustration of the reigns of Alfred, Edgar, Edward III and Henry VII. f. 43. George Levens, Steward of Sir ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1593-1602]
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 39837

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TRESHAM PAPERS. Vol. X. (ff. 205). Extracts from Livy, decades i, iii, iv. Latin. The subject of each excerpt is noted in the margin, probably for use in themes. In George Levens's hand. Livy: Extracts from, by G. Levens: 16th cent. George Levens, Steward of Sir T Tresham: Extracts from Livy, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1593-1602]
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 39830

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Title:
Tresham family correspondence and papers, volume 3
Scope & Content:
Volume 3 of papers relating to the Tresham family of Northamptonshire. Correspondence and papers of Thomas Tresham, gentleman and recusant (1543-1605). Historical and theological material. ff. 2r-3v Oath of allegiance of the Lords to King Henry VI; 24 July 1455. ff. 4r-7v Notes on the divorce ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1455-1605
Extent:
1 volume

6. Add MS 39831

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TRESHAM PAPERS. Vol. IV (ff. 74). Papers relating to Sir Thomas Tresham's buildings, etc., at Rothwell, Rushton, Lyveden, all in co. Northt., and Ely. For an account of his activities as a builder see J. A. Gotch, The Buildings of Sir Thomas Tresham, 1883. 1. " A Note of a Bargayne for certaine...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1578-1597
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 39829

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Title:
Tresham family correspondence and papers, volume 2
Scope & Content:
Volume 2 of papers relating to the Tresham family of Northamptonshire. Correspondence and papers of Thomas Tresham, gentleman and recusant (1543-1605). ff. 1r-2v Correspondence. Letter from G. Shurrock to Thomas Tresham. 1598. ff. 3r-4v Correspondence. Letters from John Andrew to Thomas Tresha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1598-1605
Extent:
1 volume

8. Add MS 39836

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TRESHAM PAPERS. Vol. IX. (ff. 363). Papers relating to the Tresham estates in co. Northt., etc., miscellaneous accompts, etc. 1. Miscellaneous memoranda relating to the estates, etc., in Sir Thomas Tresham's hand. f. 1. 2. Papers relating to Grendon (f. 11), Haselbeech (f. 28), Great Houghto...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1546-1605
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 39828

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Title:
Tresham family correspondence and papers, volume 1
Scope & Content:
Volume 1 of papers relating to the Tresham family of Northamptonshire. Correspondence and papers of Thomas Tresham, gentleman and recusant (1543-1605). ff. 1r-7v Calendar of the Tresham Papers at Rushton Hall. 19th century. ff. 8r-8v Account of the discovery of the Tresham papers in 1828 at Ru...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1440-1597
Extent:

1 volume

10. Add MS 39833

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Vol. VI (ff. 10). Weekly accompts ; 30 Dec. 1598-12 July 1600. Payments are chiefly for digging and carrying stone and earth and to masons for working stone. Accompts: G. Levens, Steward to Sir T. Tresham: 1593-1602.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Dec 1598-12 Jul 1600
Extent:
1 item