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Spelman, Henry, Sir, ? 1564-1641 (historian and antiquary)

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Dates

  • Existence: ? 1564 - 1641

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

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Collection of letters and documents, 1564 - 1713

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Dd.03.64
Scope and Contents A miscellaneous collection, mostly of original letters and other documents, including material relating to Mary Queen of Scots.Writers of letters include: Robert Stapleton; Thomas Lydgate; Abraham Wheelocke; De Peiresc; Sir Henry Spelman; the Earls of Bedford and Dover (1635); William L’ysle; Jeremy Stephens; Sir Nicholas Throckmorton; William Watts; John Littleton; Alexander Cunningham; John Jeffery; William Battie; Dean Prideaux; S. Knight; Joshua Barnes; Johannes Arcerius Theodor;...
Dates: 1564 - 1713
Conditions Governing Access: From the Collection: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Correspondence of Abraham Wheelocke, 1622-1641

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Dd.03.12
Scope and Contents 'Letters from Sr Henr. Spelman, Mr Tho. Adams, Sr Symon Dewis, &c. to Mr Wheelocke, relating to several of their donations.' They are all original letters, retaining frequently the seal and the address. Contains: (1) Four letters, 1624-1632, one from Thomas Davies to Archbishop James Ussher and three from Wilhelm Bedwell of which at least two are to Abraham Wheelocke; (2) 36 letters, 1637-1640, from Sir Henry Spelman to Abraham Wheelocke, many concerning the study of Anglo-Saxon; (3)...
Dates: 1622-1641
Conditions Governing Access: From the Collection: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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De sepultura, Mid-seventeenth century

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Dd.03.40
Scope and Contents

A copy of Sir Henry Spelman's treatise 'De sepultura'. Incomplete: lacking six or seven leaves. The manuscript varies a good deal verbally from the printed edition.

Dates: Mid-seventeenth century
Conditions Governing Access: From the Collection: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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De Sepultura, by Sir Henry Spelman, c 1600

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Mm.04.32
Scope and Contents

'De Sepultura. Written by Sr John Spillman, Knight, against sellinge of Graves and Pewes in the Church.' Sir Henry Spelman was the author of this work.

Dates: c 1600
Conditions Governing Access: From the Collection: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Henry Spelman, Archaismus Graphicus , 1606

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Mm.05.25
Scope and Contents

This is a collection of abbreviations made use of in MSS. with the corresponding explanations, arranged in alphabetical order.

Dates: 1606
Conditions Governing Access: From the Collection: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

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