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Add MS 29431
- Record Id:
- 032-002020941
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002020941
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000034.0x0000ee
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100155062153.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 29431
- Title:
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State letters, 1472–1538
- Scope & Content:
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A volume containing five documents. These include two holograph letters, a bill of jewels to be delivered to King Henry VIII, and two copies of letters.
ff. 1r–2v: Holograph letter with seal from [Richard Croke, D.D., Greek reader at the King's, afterwards Christ Church College, Oxford] to [Thomas] Cromwell, [1531 or 1532].
ff. 3r–v: Holograph letter from [John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford], to [Cromwell], Lord Privy Seal, 4 April [1538], Wyvenhoe.
ff. 4r–v: ‘To my Right honorabyll good lorde my lord preve seylle that hit myght pleys hym to shoo this persylls folloing to the kinges hyghenes’: a bill of jewels delivered by [Thomas Barnaby], for the means of verification of payments in jewels made by him in discharge of duties on French merchandise [26 August 1538].
ff. 5r–6r: Undated, unsigned letter in Latin from Niccolucci Vinaccesi, merchant, to the King [Henry VIII] on his wrongful imprisonment for debt.
ff. 7r–10v: ‘Copia littere impignorationis Ducatus Geldrie’, from Arnold, Duke of Guelders, to Charles, Duke of Burgundy, September 1472, Roermond. In Latin.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002020941", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 29431: State letters, 1472–1538" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002020941
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002020941
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100155062153.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1500
- End Date:
- 1549
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 16th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 312 x 235 mm.
Foliation: ff. 10 + 18 (endleaves).
Binding: British Museum binding.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England; Netherlands.
Provenance:
Purchased by the British Museum from Mr Grange, 22 May 1873.
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum, 1854–1875, Volume II (London: British Museum, 1877), p. 635.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)