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2. Stowe MS 486
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- Stowe MS 486
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- " RETURNS Of His Majesty's Forces," excluding the militia; Nov. 1764. Troops abroad are specified as being in the Channel Islands, Gibraltar and Minorca, in the West Indies, on their passage to St. Vincent, and in America. Paper; ff. 25. Small octavo. Army; England: Returns of H.M. forces: 1762, 176...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- Nov 1764
- Extent:
- 1 item
3. Stowe MS 443
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- Stowe MS 443
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- REGISTER of warrants, lists of officers and mon and of artillery, and instructions relating to the Ordnance department; 1693 [4]- 1714. Paper; ff. 75. In vellum cover, stamped with the arms of Qu. Anne. Folio. England; Ordnance Office: Warrants, lists of officers, etc., relating to: 1694-1714.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- [1694]-1714
- Extent:
- 1 item
4. Stowe MS 445
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- Stowe MS 445
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- " RULES, Orders and Instructions for the future Government of the office of the Ordnance (being another copy of No. 442), confirmed by his present Majesty, Febry 27th, 1761." Paper; ff. 48. In blue morocco binding, tooled. Folio. England; Ordnance Office: Rules, orders, etc., for: 1683, 1686. Bindin...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 27 Feb 1761
- Extent:
- 1 item
5. Stowe MS 439
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- Stowe MS 439
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- Scope & Content:
- PREFACE, Introduction, and Prospectus to a proposed work on Military Science and Tactics, based on the Prussian system. The author speaks of himself as having had " a service of many years in varied situations, of much regimental practice, and of five campaigns in the war of 1756 "; he attended the ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- c 1785
- Extent:
- 1 item
6. Stowe MS 446
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- Stowe MS 446
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- " INSTRUCTIONS [by James II.] for the government of our office of the Ordnance in Ireland," with a list of the principal and inferior officers of the Artillery in Ireland ; 1685 [?]. Paper; ff. 28. In red morocco binding, with tooling. Small octavo. England; Ordnance Office: Instructions for, in Ire...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1685?
- Extent:
- 1 item
7. Stowe MS 438
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- Stowe MS 438
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- "AN AWAKT MEMORYE, or A callinge to acounte of those Preceptts and Dutyes which belonge to the Captayns, Muster-masters, and other Offycers of ye Trayned Bandes. . . . . By Gervase Markham." Printed, with enlargements, under the title of The Souldier's Accidence, [by] G. M., London, 1625, 4o. Paper;...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1625
- Extent:
- 1 item
8. Stowe MS 447-480
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe MS 447-480
- Title:
- MILITARY COLLECTIONS of the three brothers Jacob, John, and Michael Richards, sons of Jacob Richards; 1685-1714. For the military careers of all three brothers, see the Dictionary of National Biography. Thirty-four volumes. Paper. Folio, etc.
- Scope & Content:
- Army; England: Military collections of Jacob, John and Michael Richards: 1685-1714.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, Italian, and Spanish
- Date Range:
- 1685-1714
- Extent:
- 34 items
9. Stowe MS 484
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- Stowe MS 484
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- " RETURNS of His Majesty's Forces "; 2 June, 1762. Included are troops in Germany, in North America, in the East Indies, under orders for Portugal, on an expedition under Lord Albemarle, etc. At f 38, on an inserted card, is a plan, with particulars, of old and new barracks at Colchester. Paper; ff....
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 2 Jun 1762
- Extent:
- 1 item
10. Stowe MS 483
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- Stowe MS 483
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- ACCOUNT of the reviews and military exercises of Hanoverian Hesse, and Hessian troops held before George H. at Hanover, Luxemburg, and Herrenhausen in July and August, 1729, with coloured diagrams; drawn up, apparently at the King's request, by Richard Manning. At the end (f. 22) are coloured drawin...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- Jul 1729-Aug 1729
- Extent:
- 1 item