Stowe MS 753-754

Vols. II., III. (ff. 301, 280). LETTERS On various topics; 10 May 1730-13 Dec. 1756, and 21 Feb. 1757-21 Oct. 1768. (At the end of Vol. III. a letter to Thomas Astle, 4 July, 1797, is inserted.)

Among the writers are:-

George Ballard, author of the History of Learned Ladies; Thomas Tanner, Bishop of St. Asaph; W. Thomas, author of History of Worcester; Elizabeth Elstob, author of a Saxon Grammar, etc.; Dr. Thomas Birch; Dr. William Stukeley; Daniel Dumaresq, of St. Petersburg; Jeremiah Milles, Dean of Exeter; Richard Pococke, Bishop of Ossory, aft. of Meath; George Lyttelton [Baron Lyttelton, 1756]; John Hutchins, author of History of Dorsetshire; Browne Willis; Edward Clarke, chaplain to the embassy at Madrid; Dr. Andrew Coltee Ducarel, librarian at Lambeth; James Bentham, author of History of Ely; Edward Lye, author of Anglo-Saxon and Gothic Dictionary; Thomas Dawes, of Aleppo; Dr. Benjamin Kennicott; Philip Morant, author of History of Essex; Samuel Pegge; Sir Jos. Ayloffe; Sir David Dalrymple, author of Annals of Scotland; William Cowper, M.D., of Chester; Hon. Daines Barrington; and Thomas Pennant, of Downing.

Among the subjects treated are

The Dudley arms, etc.; 1735-1747. Vol. II. ff. 3, 4, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 75. Hales Owen, Stourbridge, etc co.Worcester; 1735-1741. Vol. II. ff. 3, 5, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 29. R. Smyth's lists of Sheriffs, 1743-1745. Vol. II. ff. 33,45, 51. Letters of Card. Wolsey, Raleigh and Q. Elizabeth, 28 July, 1743. Vol. II. f. 35. Criticism of Clarendon's account of the battle of Stratton; 13 Aug. 1743. Vol. II. f 38. Druid Antiquities, etc.; 1745-1754. Vol. II. ff. 53, 55, 57, 59, 63, 119, 194, 268. G. Ballard's Learned Ladies, sc. Mary Astell, Dorothy, Lady Pakington, Lady Jane Grey, etc; 1746-1753. Vol. II. ff. 61, 65, 67, 73, 99,102, 107, 157, 220, 231. Order of the Earl of Northumberland's Household, 3 Hen. VIII.; 14 Mar. 174⁷/8. Vol. II. f. 79 b. MS. with instructions for illuminating in gold and silver; 10 Feb. 174⁸/₉. Vol. II. f. 99 b. Parliamentary History by Francis Drake and Cæsar Ward. Vol. II. ff. 113, 133 b, 137, 139, 141,148 b, 153, 163, 187, 191, 230, 259, 264, 273, 275, 282, 301. Discovery of a Mithras tablet at York; 1749. Vol. II ff. 119 b, 125. MS. of Richard of Westminister, at Copenhagen; 26 Oct. 1749, 20 Dec. 1760. Vol. II. f. 120, Vol. III. f. 74 b. Rawlin's MSS. left to George Ballard, correspondence with Dr. Charlett, etc., the birth of the Pretender, the death of Qu. Mary, the reception of William III. at Oxford, etc.; 1744-1754. Vol II. ff. 49, 156, 179, 181, 202-206, 235, 243, 253. Wimborne Minster, and other churches in Dorset; 9 July, 1751. Vol. II. f. 166. Giant figure at Cerne, co. Dorset, legend of St. Augustine, etc., 1751-1764. Vol. II. ff. 170,172,185, 189 b, 292, 294. Vol. III. f. 118. Domesday Book; 1752-1766. Vol. II. ff. 177, 183, 189 b, 233, 248. Vol. III. ff. 108, 110, 188. MS. of St. Jerome's Psalter, etc.; 1753-1754. Vol. II. ff. 235, 245, 249, 251. King Arthur's tomb at Glastonbury; 26 July, 1756. Vol. II. f. 296. Ely Cathedral and church architecture; 1758-9. Vol. III. ff. 14, 20, 41. MSS. of Leofric; 9 May, 1758. Vol. III. f. 16. Dea Hamma Sabia, the derivation of the name and race of Scoti, etc.; 1758. Vol III .ff. 22, 30, 32, 34. Copy of Magna Carta, etc., at Hales Owen; 13 Sept. 1758. Vol. III. f. 29. Letters from Thos. Dawes, chaplain to the English factory at Aleppo, with notices of an earthquake, plague, etc., in Syria, of the visit of Cha. (Karsten ?) Niebuhr to Sinai, of inscribed rocks, and of [Feodor] Emin in Armenia, Georgia, etc.; 1760-1766. Vol. III. ff. 42, 84, 124,193. Lisbon after the earthquake; 24 Jan. 1760, 2 Apr. 1761. Vol. III. ff. 48,87. Celts, Teutons, Sclavs, etc.; 13 Aug. 1760. Vol. III. f. 56. Collation of Hebrew MSS. in the Escurial, etc.; 1760-1764. Vol. III. ff. 72b, 77, 82, 91, 124. Notes on the battle of Brunanburg and the burial of Danish princes at Axminster: 18 Feb. 1761, 2 July, 1763. Vol. III. ff. 81, 106 b. Regulations for readers at the British Museum; 20 Apr. 1761. Vol. III. f. 89. Visit of the King and Queen to Eton, installation of Knights of the Garter, etc.; 27 Sept. 1762. Vol. III. f. 104. Commission for the Record Office (Dr. Ducarel, Sir Jos. Ayloffe, and Thos. Astle), etc.; 1763-1764. Vol. III. ff. 108, 110, 128, 141. Annals of Dunstable by S. Pegge: 1 Oct. 1764. Vol. III. f. 147. Scotch records carried off by Edw. I. preserved in the old Charter House, Westminster, letters of Chas. II. to Duke of Hamilton, etc.; 1766. Vol. III. ff. 183, 184, 186 b. Notes on the great plague of 1348; 14 Jan. 1767. Vol. III. f. 203 b. Demolition of the East Gate of Chester; 20 June, 1767. Vol. III. f. 215. MS. of Amys and Amylion, a metrical romance; 1767. Vol. III. ff. 217, 219. Richard Plantagenet, natural son of Rich. III.; 20 Aug. 1767. Vol. III. f. 221. Vineyards in England; 4 June, 1768. Vol. III. f 232.