Collection of primarily 17th-century manuscripts, in multiple hands, of accounts and receipts for material goods used by employees of the Exchequer; the manuscripts primarily list quantities and prices of such items as paper, ink, leather, money bags, quills, and wax, and the name of the employee. Other accounts include a list of goods, and their prices, provided and delivered for the use of Charles Lord St. John and the rest of the farmers of the king's Customs; lists of the numbers of prayer forms for the monthly fast and for thanksgiving for the king's preservation that were delivered to the Archbishop of Canterbury and to the other bishops, followed by prices of forms in Welsh and the cost of stitching the prayer books; and an account of carpenters' work done in several offices at the Exchequer.
Description:
5 l. of binder's blanks at front not digitized., Binding: half green morocco; gilt decoration. In gilt on spine: Exchequer Documents, M. S. 1617-1717., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., and Phillipps MS 16884.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Officials and employees. and Great Britain--Religious life and customs--17th century.
Subject (Name):
Great Britain.--Exchequer.
Subject (Topic):
Carpentry--England., Finance, Public--England--Accounting., Implements, utensils, etc.--England., and Stationery.
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of notes concerning the French nobility. The manuscript begins with genealogical histories of various French noble houses, including those of Lorraine; Savoy; Languedoc; Luxembourg; and Orleans. Other entries in the manuscript include an account of the French royal family; a list of the French nobility; and copies of letters of 1602 from Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, duc de Bouillon to King Henri IV and from the King to the authorities of the Dauphine about Bouillon. The collection also contains a number of entries in English, including a travel diary recording a journey from Blois to La Rochelle and an essay in English about the Swiss alliance with France. Dos-a-dos appears a list of Biblical kings.
Description:
Binding: full limp parchment; gilt decoration., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., and Text begins from both ends. Pagination provided by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
France--Court and courtiers., France--Description and travel., France--Foreign relations--Switzerland., France--Kings and rulers., and Switzerland--Foreign relations--France.
Subject (Name):
Bouillon, Henri de la Tour-d'Auvergne,--Duc de,--1555-1623. and Henry--IV,--King of France,--1553-1610.
Subject (Topic):
Genealogy--France., Nobility--France., and Travelers' writings, English.
Title and date supplied by curator. and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Kings and rulers, Death and burial, Death, Queens, Kings, Deathbeds, Grief, and Crying
Arnaldus, de Villanova, d. 1311 Carpenter, Richard, d. 1670? Ripley, George, d. 1490?
Published / Created:
circa 1570
Call Number:
Mellon MS 41
Image Count:
15
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper roll of George Ripley (?), Alchemy, in English verse, with additional verses attributed to Richard Carpenter. With Arnold of Villanova, Visio mystica, anonymously translated into English.
Alternative Title:
Ripley scroll
Description:
One roll with multiple illustrated sheets. and Paper rotulus consisting originally of thirteen folio sheets and half-sheets of differing lengths glued together, averaging 540 mm. in width (lateral margins and broad bordering line in black ink partly trimmed away), slightly defective with small losses at beginning and end; now cut into thirteen sections measuring about 435 x 540 each, except for the last which measures 625 x 540.
From the Collection: Browne, John, approximately 1608-1691
Published / Created:
1599-1641
Call Number:
OSBORN FB161
Container / Volume:
Box 1
Image Count:
2
Description:
1 p. Anonymous MS. On the introduction and ranking of Charles Longueville, 12th baron of Grey (1612-1643) in the House of Lords. Note following on the ranking of Francis Lennard, 14th baron Dacre (1619-1662). p.53.
Imperfect: title page wanting (title, as above, supplied from the Folger library card; the by-line, omitted on the Folger card, supplied from the British museum catalogue); leaf t4 and quire Mm wanting; several leaves mutilated., In three parts, parts 2-3 with special title pages., and Signatures: A-T8a-s8t4Aa-Rr8.
Publisher:
by Jhon Daye, dwellinge at Aldersgate, and William Seres, dwelling in Peter colledge These bokes are too be sold at the new shop by the Litle Conduite in Chepeside,
Subject (Topic):
Bible.--N.T.--Revelation--Commentaries and Bible.--N.T.--Revelation--Paraphrases, English
Obedience of a Christen man : and how Christen rulers ought to governe
Description:
Colophon: At Marlborow in the läde of Hesse The seconde daye of October Anno M.CCCCC.xxviij by me Hans luft., Imperfect: cropped with some loss of text., and Signatures: A-X⁸.