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Stowe MS 481
- Record Id:
- 040-001953293
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001952775
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000534.0x00000f
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe MS 481
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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COLLECTIONS relating to military affairs, etc.; circ. 1689-1712.
1. Papers of Generals M. and J. Richards (cf. Nos. 447-480), viz. (a) Arguments in favour of taking the oaths to William and Mary; circ. 1689. f. 1 ;-(b) Diary of the campaign in the Netherlands in 1692, with a short account of the battle of Steenkirk. f3;-(c) "Abstract of all their Majesties' Land Forces, 1693." f. 24;-(d) Directions for marches of forces in the Netherlands; 20-24 July and 17 Aug., 1693, and 9 June, 1694. French. f. 26;-(e) Detailed Establishment of the Army; 1702. f. 38;-(f) Journal of the campaign in Poland; 1702. French. f. 51 ;-(g) Heads of the League concluded between the Empire, England, the States General, and Portugal, in May, 1703. f. 65;-(h) Rough notes and memoranda relating to the campaigns in the Netherlands in 1705 and 1706, including the notes for General M. Richards' journal in 1705 (cf. No. 469, above). f. 67.
2. Copies of general orders and instructions for drill, etc., of the English garrison at Ghent in 1712. f. 90. With the signature of [Richard Temple, Viscount] Cobham, who served under Marlborough in Flanders, on the original vellum cover (f. 89). Paper; ff. 156. Folio.
Mag. Peter de Syreburn: Witness, in Sherburn, co.York: [1216-25].
Michael Richards, General: Military papers: circ. 1689-1712.
John Richards, General: Military papers: circ. 1689-1712.
includes:
- f. 3 Steinkirk, Belgium: Account of the battle: 1692.
- ff. 3, 26 William III and Mary II of England: Journal of his campaign in the Netherlands: 1692-3.
- ff. 3, 26, 67 Netherlands General: Notes of campaigns in: 1692, 1693, 1705, 1706.
- f. 24 Army; England: Abstract of the land forces: 1693.
- f. 38 Army; England: Establishment of the army: 1702.
- f. 51 Augustus II of Poland: Journal of campaign in Poland: 1702.: Fr.
- f. 65 Anne of England: League with the Empire, States General and Portugal: 1703.
- f. 89 Army; England: Instructions for drill: 1712.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Stowe Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001952775
036-001953247
040-001953293 - Is part of:
- Stowe Ms 1-1085 : Stowe Manuscripts
Stowe MS 438-488 : CLASS IX.ARMY.
Stowe MS 481 : COLLECTIONS relating to military affairs, etc.; circ. 1689-1712. 1. Papers of Generals M. and J. Richards (cf. Nos. 447-480), viz.… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001952775[0009]/036-001953247[0011]/040-001953293
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Stowe Ms 1-1085
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1684
- End Date:
- 1712
- Date Range:
- c 1689-1712
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Custodial History:
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ff. 89-156 Richard Temple, Viscount Cobham; British Ambassador at Vienna: Owned.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Anne, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1665-1714
Army of England
Augustus II, of Poland
Mary II, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1662-1694
Richards, John, General
Richards, Michael, General
Syreburn, Mag. Peter
Temple, Richard, Viscount Cobham, British Ambassador at Vienna - Places:
- Steinkirk, Belgium