Volume 1

Catalogue of the Stowe manuscripts in the British Museum.

  • British Museum. Department of Manuscripts (Stowe MSS)
Date:
1895-1896
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Catalogue of the Stowe manuscripts in the British Museum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    38. Speech of Sir Walter Ealegh on the scaffold [29 Oct. 1618], followed by the verses “ Even such is time,” etc., said to have been written by him the night before his death, f. 74. At the end are transcripts of the following :— A. Henry de Lasci, Earl of Lincoln, to Edward I.; “Gaveie sur Creche” [Galloway], 2 Oct. [1301]. f. 76. B. [Thomas de Hatfield,] Bishop of Durham, [William de Bohun,] Earl of Northampton, and other nobles attending the king in France, to the Lords of Parliament; Calais, 8 Sept. [1346]. f. 77. C. Appointment of Thomas Wriothesley and Ealph Sadler as Principal Secretaries of State ; [1539]. f. 78. D. Opinion of the Judges and the Privy Council concerning Lord Dacre’s lands, and other information from “ the Councill resident at London to the Lords of the Kings Majesty’s Council at the Court [at Dunstable] 8 July, 1541.” f. 80. E. Thomas [Cranmer, Archbishop of] Canterbury, to Henry VIII.; Lambeth, 11 Apr. 1533, Dunstable, 12 May, 1533. if. 81, 82. Paper; ff. 86. On both covers of the leathern binding (now laid down inside) are stamped in two panels the royal arms and the devices of John Eeynes, bookbinder to King Henry VIII. Folio. 142. Miscellaneous historical letters, etc.; 1375-1810. In two series, English or relating to England and (artt. 87-106) foreign. 1. Andrea Contarini, Doge of Venice, to Edward III. of England, desiring a safe conduct for merchant-ships about to be sent to Flanders; “ in nostro ducali Palatio,” 5 Feb. ludiction xiii. [1375]. Lat. Vellum. Printed in Eymer’s Foedera, vol. iii. pt. iii. p. 23. f. 1. 2. Frater Conrad de Wallenrode, Master General of the order of Teutonic Knights [1391-1393], to Eichard II., complaining of the treatment of some Prussian merchants in England contrary to the terms of the treaty made by the English ambassadors. Master Nicolas Stocket, Thomas Graa, and Walter Sibile ; Castle of Stuhm [in Prussia], 27 Mar. 1393. Lat. Paper. Printed in Eymer, vol. iii. pt. iv. p. 85. f. 2. 3. The Burgomasters, Echevins, and Consuls of Bruges to the Privy Council of England, complaining of injuries done to the citizens of Bruges by Englishmen, specifying particularly the cases of Paul Kengiard and John Willes ; 11 Aug. [1402]. Lat. Paper. Printed in Eymer, vol. iv. pt. i. p. 34. f. 3. 4. Frater Conrad de Jungingen, Master General of the order of Teu- tonic Knights [1393—1408], to Henry IV., on the sending of am-
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