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Reference (shelfmark) Stowe MS 39

1. Stowe MS 39

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Stowe MS 39
Title:
The Abbey of the Holy Ghost; The Desert of Religion
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 4r-9v: The Abbey of the Holy Ghost, written in Middle English prose, beginning, 'My dere syster, I se þat many wuld be in religyon, bot þai may noght...' ff. 10r-31v: The Desert of Religion, written in Middle English verse, beginning, 'David þat prophet was ay. In þe sauter boke ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Stowe MS 390

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Stowe MS 390
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Scope & Content:
LIST Of " statutes expired, repealed, and altered, before anno 1632." On the title-page is inscribed '" Willielmo (corrected into "Humfrido ") Prouze, Armigero, ab amico (with " Waltero Yong" added) 1637." Paper; ff. 19. xviith cent. 32mo. Law OF ENGLAND: List of statutes expired, repealed and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Stowe MS 391

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Stowe MS 391
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Scope & Content:
" PLACITA in curia Regis, tempore Regis Ricardi Primi," from the original rolls in the Chapter House, Westminster, now in the Public Record Office. They relate (with the exception of ff. 61-74, which bear the date of Rich. I., and refer to various counties) exclusively to co. Wilts, and will be ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Stowe MS 392

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Stowe MS 392
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Scope & Content:
" ADJUDICATA tempore regis Johannis " : abridged transcripts of pleas, 1-15 John [1199-1214]. After the 11th year several pleas are given as " incerti temporis regis Johannis," and at the end are "fragmenta regis Johannis." Paper; ff. 32. Late xviith cent. Belonged to Thomas Astle. Folio. Law O...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Stowe MS 393

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Stowe MS 393
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Scope & Content:
ABSTRACTS of pleas, tempp. John-Henry V.; with references to the sources from which they are taken. Some parts of the work are arranged alphabetically, according to subjects. At f. 58 is a vocabulary of obsolete terms; and at f. 99, in a plea at York, East. term, 16 Rich. II. [1393], is a copy o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Stowe MS 394

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Stowe MS 394
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Scope & Content:
PLEAS in Parliament and before Justices itinerant, 18 Edw. I. [1290]-35 Edw. I. [1307]; together with (ff. 302-358 b) pleas in the parliament of 14 Edw. II. [1320]. Latin. Printed, with omissions, by William Ryley, Placita Parliamentaria, 1661. A transcript from the original rolls, then " in the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Stowe MS 395

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 395
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Scope & Content:
INDEX to Year-Books, 2-20 Hen. VI., 1-24 Hen. VII., arranged alphabetically. Paper ; ff. 58. xviith cent. With the name R. Nicholls on the fly-leaf (f 3 b). Small quarto. R- Nicholls: Name on fly-leaf: 17th cent. Law OF ENGLAND: Index to Year-Books: tempp. Hen. VI., Hen. VII.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Stowe MS 396

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Stowe MS 396
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REPORTS of State Trials, 1521-1666, viz.:- (1) Edward Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, 1521: from Grafton's Chronicle. f. 3;-(2) William Dacre, Lord Dacre of the North, 1535. French. f. 5 b;-(3) Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, 1546. f. 8;-(4) Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, 1571 [misdated 1657], wi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1521-1666
Extent:
1 item

9. Stowe MS 397

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 397
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Scope & Content:
STAR-CHAMBER CASES. The first part (ff. 1-66) contains brief records of cases in the Court of Star-Chamber in 1565, 1607, 1608, 1610-1615,1617,1621-1623. The second part (ff.67-188) contains a detailed account of the action brought by the Crown against the City of London for failure to fulfil it...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1565-1635
Extent:
1 item

10. Stowe MS 398

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 398
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Scope & Content:
REPORTS of cases tried in the Queen's Bench, Michaelmas term, 40, 41 Eliz. [1598]; in a contemporary hand. Paper; ff. 18. Folio. Law OF ENGLAND: Cases tried in Queen's Bench: 1598.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1598]
Extent:
1 item