Machyn's diary : a transcript from the MS. in the Cottonian Liby., Vitellius F. v., [ca. 1838].

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Machyn's diary : a transcript from the MS. in the Cottonian Liby., Vitellius F. v., [ca. 1838].

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Diary is a transcription, written in several hands in or around 1838, of Henry Machyn's original diary in the British Library. The diary, covering the years 1550 to 1563, documents public events in Tudor England during a particularly turbulent period of the Reformation, including the ascendancy to the British throne of the ill-fated Lady Jane Grey, shortly followed by Queen Mary, and then later, Elizabeth I. Machyn also writes about many of the funerals in which he participated. Bound in at front are a manuscript title page and preface, both in the hand of scholar, printer, and antiquary, John Gough Nichols (1806-1873). In the preface Nichols states: "This transcript of Machyn's Diary is not that from which I edited the Book, but one which had been previously made, I believe for Sir Harris Nicolas. It is only of use as it may possibly suggest an occasional amended reading of a very obscure and unintelligible manuscript." Nichols is referring to his edition of Machyn's diary, published by The Camden Society in 1848, and to the use of the diary as source material by author Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas (1799-1848).

Diary 1 v. ; (iv, 346 leaves) ; 27 cm.

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