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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    26. Richard III. to the Mayor of Windsor; Westminster, 6 Dec. [1483 or 4]. (See also Add. 12,520, f. 2.) f. 132. 27. Qu. Elizabeth to Burghley, whom she addresses as “ Sir Spiritt” ; 8 May, 1583. Printed in Strype’s Annals, iii. p. 166. f. 132 b. 28. Henry, Earl of Richmond, “ before he was King, to his Freinds here in England from beyond ye Seas, &c.” ; [1485?]. (See also Add. 12,520, f. 3.) f. 133. Paper; ff. 133. xviith-xvinth centt. Sm. Quarto. 144. Miscellaneous historical papers, viz.:— 1. Notes on the early history of France, ff. 1, 2. 2. Examination taken before John Cristmas and George Seyer, “ hailliez,” and Robert Leche and others, aldermen [of Colchester], of witnesses concerning scurrilous statements made by Nicholas Fox, tailor, about the first acquaintanceship between Queen Katharine, widow of Henry V. and grandmother to Henry VII., and Owyn Tedder [Owen Tudor], her second husband; [March, 1495]. fif. 3, 4, 100-102. 3. Proclamation of Richard Francke, Sheriff of Essex, for the appre- hension of William and Patrick Ruthen [Ruthven], brothers of the Earl of Gowrie, for complicity with his plot to murder King James I.; 1603. With part of rough draft of the same. ff. 5, 6. 4. Speech of Lord Lucas in the House of Lords, before Charles II., on the expenditure of the nation, and advising a reduction of the supplies voted by the Commons; Feb. 167f. This speech was printed and published, and was ordered to be burnt by the common hangman, ff. 7-10. 5. Return of ships of the royal navy ordered to be built in 1677 and 1690, with details as to number of workmen, materials, etc., and computation of cost of building and fitting ships of each different class, ff. 11b, 12. 6. Papers relating to the period of the Popish Plot, especially to the episode of Fitzharris [1681], including an abstract (of which the first part is lost) of the course of events connected with the plot, with the proceedings connected with Fitzharris at greater length ; letter to Dr. [Francis Hawkins, Chaplain of the Tower, who received Fitzharris’ confession] from a friend, criticising his conduct in the matter; four copies (one complete, and one a draft with several corrections) of Dr. Hawkins’ public vindication of his conduct; considerations on the security of the Protestant religion and preservation of His Majesty’s person, with miscellaneous incomplete notes on these and kindred subjects, ff. 13-38. 7. Draft of a Bill of Indulgence to Dissenters; [1679-1685]. ff. 39-42.
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