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Chesterfield, Philip Stanhope, Earl of, 1633-1713. [Commonplace book].

Title: [Commonplace book]. [169-?]

Commonplace book of Philip Stanhope, the 2nd Earl of Chesterfield, dating from the late 17th century to early 18th century. Excerpted items include passages from philosophical works by Machiavelli, Descartes, Aristotle, and Hobbes, historical works by George Buchanan, Sir Richard Baker and religious works including the Irenicum of Edward Stillingfleet, among other things.

ArchivalResource: [344] p. in various pagings, bound ; 26 cm.

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T. E. Commonplace book : Oxford, [ca. 1648-ca. 1660].

Title: Commonplace book : Oxford, [ca. 1648-ca. 1660].

Poems and theses compiled during the Civil War. Almost all the poems are by members of St. Johns College, and relate in a large measure to college and university events. They all have a very decided Royalist flavor, and are written in Greek, Latin and English. Twenty-four are signed T. E., who apparently made the collection and owned the volume. There are eight poems on the birth of Sir Robert Shirley's son, probably Seymour who was born at Oxford, January 23, 1648. Also included are five speeches given for various degrees by students including T. E. himself. The manuscript consists of 151 pages, some blanks, written in two sections, the first up to page 76, and the second beginning at the end and going forward.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (134 p.) ; 14 cm.

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Book collectors miscellaneous papers, 1649-1937.

Title: Book collectors miscellaneous papers, 1649-1937.

Letters dealing with book or manuscript acquisitions by American, English, and French book-collectors.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.5 linear ft.)

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Herbert, Thomas, Sir, 1606-1682. [Memoirs of the last two years of the reign of King Charles I]

Title: [Memoirs of the last two years of the reign of King Charles I] [1678?]

Manuscript transcription of Sir Thomas Herbert's account of the last years of King Charles, his execution and burial. The transcriber of this volume is unknown, but writes that the text has been "faithfully transcribed" from Herbert's own autograph manuscript. Herbert's account was first published in 1702, and has some slight variations from the text presented here.

ArchivalResource: [14], 87, [27] p., bound ; 19 cm.

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Vol. II (ff. 509). 1866, 1867.Henry Huth, bibliophile: Letters to W. C. Hazlitt: 1867-1878.John Payne Collier: Letters to W. C. Hazlitt: 1863-1874, n.d.Alexander Ireland, writer: Letters to W. C. Hazlitt: 1866-1887.includes:ff. 1, 18, 28, 228, 461 Wi..., 1866-1867

Title: Vol. II (ff. 509). 1866, 1867.Henry Huth, bibliophile: Letters to W. C. Hazlitt: 1867-1878.John Payne Collier: Letters to W. C. Hazlitt: 1863-1874, n.d.Alexander Ireland, writer: Letters to W. C. Hazlitt: 1866-1887.includes:ff. 1, 18, 28, 228, 461 Wi... 1866-1867

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Shirley, Evelyn Philip, 1812-1882,. Tractatus de questionibus tangentibus stilum suprascriptum valde inusitatum [manuscript], 1599.

Title: Tractatus de questionibus tangentibus stilum suprascriptum valde inusitatum [manuscript], 1599.

A discussion, in the form of dialogue, of the origin and the significance of the Earl of Essex's style, with exhaustive considerations of British antiquities and customs of nobility.

ArchivalResource: 48 leaves.

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Scharf, George, Sir, 1820-1895. George Scharf letter, 1878 July 6.

Title: George Scharf letter, 1878 July 6.

Letter from Sir George Scharf to E.P. Shirley concerning proofs of his publication A descriptive and historical catalogue of the collection of pictures at Knowsley Hall, London. Scharf apologizes for the rough condition of the proofs he is sending, explaining that the Duke of Bedford's refusal to give him a copy of his description of his pictures in Eaton Square accounts for their somewhat disorganized state. A photocopy of the title page of Scharf's 1875 edition of A descriptive and historical catalogue of the collection of pictures at Knowsley Hall accompanies the letter.

ArchivalResource: 1 letter.1 title page.

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Stanhope, Michael, fl. 1596-1602. Papers relating to the Earl of Essex, Sir Gelly Meyrick and the Essex Rebellion [manuscript], 1596-1602.

Title: Papers relating to the Earl of Essex, Sir Gelly Meyrick and the Essex Rebellion [manuscript], 1596-1602.

Contains 72 items including a copy of Essex's letter to the Privy Council at his departure from Plymouth (June 1596) [printed in Lives and letters of the Devereux Earls of Essex, by W.B. Devereux, 1853, I, 349]; copies of a counterfeit letter from Anthony Bacon to Essex and of Essex's reply, warrants and other documents arising out of Essex and Sir Gelly Meyrick's imprisonment in the Tower; inventories and receipts of household goods at Wanstead House, Essex House, and elsewhere; and an account of the executions of Sir Gelly and Henry Cuffe, March 8, 1600/1.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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Shirley, Evelyn Philip, 1812-1882,. Merchant's book : of calendars, customs and rates of exchange : manuscript, 1445.

Title: Merchant's book : of calendars, customs and rates of exchange : manuscript, 1445.

Concerns the tariffs of Venice, Florence, Milan, Bologna, Naples, Palermo, Barcelona and Valencia.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (88 leaves) ; 23 cm.

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Vol. X. (ff. 578). 1846-1847.includes:ff. 1, 234 Reverend David Williams, Head Master of Winchester College, and Warden of New College, Oxford: Letters to Rev. P. Bliss: 1824, 1845-1852. ff. 3, 42, 377 Albert Way, FSA: Letters to Rev. P.-Bliss: 1844..., 1846-1847

Title: Vol. X. (ff. 578). 1846-1847.includes:ff. 1, 234 Reverend David Williams, Head Master of Winchester College, and Warden of New College, Oxford: Letters to Rev. P. Bliss: 1824, 1845-1852. ff. 3, 42, 377 Albert Way, FSA: Letters to Rev. P.-Bliss: 1844... 1846-1847

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Kinwelmersh, Francis, d. 1580?. Collection of historical papers, ca. 1555-1577 [manuscript], compiled 1577.

Title: Collection of historical papers, ca. 1555-1577 [manuscript], compiled 1577.

Many of the documents are connected with Oxford University. They include letters from Jerónymo Osório to R. Ascham, October 27, 1561, from Laurence Humphrey and [Thomas Sampson] to the bishops, and to the Queen concerning the Vestiarian controversy, [1565], from [the Commissioners for Queen's College, Oxford?] to Edmund Grindal [1561], from Roger Marbeck to the Queen, the Earl of Leicester, Thomas Thornton, [Thomas Young, Matthew Parker], the bishop of Salisbury, John Dolbeare, Henry Blageus, William Clerk, Reginald Pole, Dom. E. Rosse, and [Thomas?] (Barnard), canon of Christ Church, Oxford, [1561?-1564]; a speech delivered by Tobie Matthew before the Earl of Leicester, 1570; a letter from Matthew to the Earl 1577, and his prayer; speeches by Marbeck, Nicholas Balgay, John Rainolds, Peter Wentworth (in Parliament, [February 8, 1576]), and a speech castigating Richard II; sermons by Rainolds, 1576; petitions of Christ Church, Oxford, to the Queen, the Earl of Leicester and Lord Burghley, July 10, 1575, signed by Robert Dorset and Thomas Thornton; two discourses of Sir Thomas Smith touching the succession and the Queen's marriage, ca. 1560; reasons for the Queen to proceed with severity in the case of the Queen of Scots; ["articles" of religion "delivered unto Master Edward Dering ... " 1573?], beginning in the middle of his answer to the 7th Article; [Edward Waterhouse's] account of the death of the Earl of Essex, 1576, with the song he sang before he died, beginning, O heavenly God O father dear, [attributed to F. Kinwelmarsh]; a poem by the Queen, beginning, The doubt of future foes; the address of the French besieged in La Rochelle to the Queen, [1573] -- incomplete; and a petition of the Poles to the French king, September 18, 1574.

ArchivalResource: [2], 92 leaves.

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Vol. VII. (ff. 671). Apr. 1839-1840includes:f. 1 John Lafont, Rector of Hinxworth: Letters to Rev. P. Bliss: 1834-1839. ff. 3, 153, 197, 217, 253, 623 Thomas Rodd, Bookseller: Letters to Rev. P. Bliss: 1835-1849. f. 5 William Turbitt, Curate of Hal..., 1839-1840

Title: Vol. VII. (ff. 671). Apr. 1839-1840includes:f. 1 John Lafont, Rector of Hinxworth: Letters to Rev. P. Bliss: 1834-1839. ff. 3, 153, 197, 217, 253, 623 Thomas Rodd, Bookseller: Letters to Rev. P. Bliss: 1835-1849. f. 5 William Turbitt, Curate of Hal... 1839-1840

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Vol. VII (ff. ii+259). N-Skinner.includes:ff. 1-6 George W. Napier, hymnologist: Letters to D. Sedgwick from George W. Napier: 1863-1876.ff. 7-12 John Mason Neale, hymnologist and translator: Letters to D. Sedgwick from John Mason Neale: 1862-186...

Title: Vol. VII (ff. ii+259). N-Skinner.includes:ff. 1-6 George W. Napier, hymnologist: Letters to D. Sedgwick from George W. Napier: 1863-1876.ff. 7-12 John Mason Neale, hymnologist and translator: Letters to D. Sedgwick from John Mason Neale: 1862-186... Unspecified

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