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040-002109690

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002109547

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ark:/81055/vdc_100000000394.0x0001b7

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Vol. V. (ff. 111). Miscellaneous, but chiefly prominent historical figures. In narrative form, in Birch's autograph.

includes:

f. 1 Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham d 1483: Biographical notice: 18th cent.
f. 5 Henry VII of England: Biographical notice of Qu. Elizabeth: 18th cent.
f. 9 Henry VIII of England: Biographical notice: 18th cent.
f. 13 Henry VIII of England: Biographical notice of Qu. Jane Seymour: 18th cent.
f. 15 Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey; 1st son of Thomas, 3rd Duke of Norfolk: Biographical notice: 18th cent.
f. 19 Sir Thomas Smith, Secretary of State: Biographical notice: 18th cent.
f. 22 Sir Philip Sidney, soldier, statesman and poet: Biographical notice: 18th cent.
f. 25 Robert Cecil, Viscount Cranborne; 1st Earl of Salisbury: Biographical notice: 18th cent.
f. 29 Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset d 1645: Biographical notice: 18th cent.
f. 33 William Shakespeare: Biographical notice: 18th cent.
f. 36 Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel and Surrey d 1646: Biographical notice: 18th cent.
f. 40 Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford: Biographical notice: 18th cent.
f. 43 Francis Cottington, 1st Baron Cottington: Biographical notice: 18th cent.
f. 47 Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick: Biographical notice: 18th cent.
f. 51 Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester: Biographical notice: 18th cent.
f. 54 Sir Kenelm Digby, author and diplomatist: Biographical notice: 18th cent.
f. 57 Sir William Morice, Secretary of State; theologian: Biographical notice: 18th cent.
f. 60 Thomas Sydenham, d 1689 physician: Biographical notice: 18th cent.
f. 62 John Dryden, poet and dramatist: Biographical notice: 18th cent.
f. 65 Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton: Biographical notices: 18th cent.
f. 69 George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington: Biographical notice: 18th cent.
f. 73 George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney: Biographical notice: 18th cent.
f. 76 Joseph Addison, dramatist and essayist: Biographical notices: 18th cent.: Fr. and Engl.
f. 79 Richard Steele, d 1729 Knight 1715; essayist: Biographical notice: 18th cent.
f. 83 Sir Samuel Garth, d 1719 physician and poet: Biographical notice: 18th cent.
f. 86 Samuel Clarke, d 1729 DD; metaphysician: Biographical notice: 18th cent.
f. 89 Jane of England: Biographical notices: 18th cent.
f. 93 Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland: Biographical notice: 18th cent.
f. 96 John Selden, d 1654 jurist: Biographical notice: 18th cent.
f. 100 Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury: Biographical notice: 18th cent.
ff.104-106 Thomas Carte, historian: Notes on his works: 18th cent.
ff. 107b-111 Reverend Nathaniel Spinckes, d 1727 nonjuror: Biographical notice: 18th cent.
f. 238 Thomas Hobbes, philosopher: Conversation with J. Pell on the problem of doubling a cube: 1662.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

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Additional Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002109547
036-002109685
040-002109690

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Add MS 4101-4478 : Manuscripts collected by Thomas Birch (b. 1705, d. 1766), D.D., and bequeathed by him to the British Museum, of which he was…
Add MS 4221-4225 : BIRCH'S BIOGRAPHICAL COLLECTIONSCollection of biographical notices and memoranda of literary, scientific and other…

Add MS 4225 : Vol. V. (ff. 111). Miscellaneous, but chiefly prominent historical figures. In narrative form, in Birch's autograph.includes:f. 1…

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032-002109547[0065]/036-002109685[0005]/040-002109690

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Digitised Content:

Languages:

English
French

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1725

End Date:

1771

Date Range:

c 1730-c 1766

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Names:

Addison, Joseph, dramatist and essayist
Burnet, Gilbert, Bishop of Salisbury, 1643-1715
Byng, George, 1st Viscount Torrington
Carr, Robert, 1st Earl of Somerset, 1587-1645,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000366040753
Carte, Thomas, historian
Cary, Lucius, 2nd Viscount Falkland, author and politician, c 1610-1643
Cecil, Robert, Viscount Cranborne, 1st Earl of Salisbury, 1563-1612
Clarke, Samuel, DD; metaphysician, d 1729
Cottington, Francis, 1st Baron Cottington
Digby, Kenelm, Knight, natural philosopher, diplomat and courtier, 1603-1665
Dryden, John, poet and dramatist, 1631-1700
Garth, Samuel, physician and poet, d 1719
Hamilton, George, 1st Earl of Orkney
Henry VII, King of England and Lord of Ireland, 1457-1509
Henry VIII, King of England and Ireland, 1491-1547,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000122586127
Hobbes, Thomas, philosopher, 1588-1679,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121347861
Howard, Thomas, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, 1473-1554,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/000000003133643X
Howard, Thomas, Earl of Arundel and Surrey, d 1646
Jane, of England
Katherine, Princess of Aragon, consort of Henry VIII, 1485-1536,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000066386533
Montagu, Edward, 2nd Earl of Manchester
Morice, William, Sec of State, theologian
Rich, Robert, 2nd Earl of Warwick
Russell, Francis, 4th Earl of Bedford
Selden, John, lawyer and historical and linguistic scholar, 1584-1654,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000109004698
Shakespeare, William, of Add MS 4225
Sidney, Philip, soldier, statesman and poet, 1554-1586
Smith, Thomas, Sec of State
Spinckes, Nathaniel, Reverend; nonjuror, d 1727
Stafford, Henry, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, d 1483
Steele, Richard, Knight 1715; essayist, d 1729
Sydenham, Thomas, physician, d 1689
Wharton, Thomas, 1st Marquess of Wharton