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William Camden: Historical armorial of England
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8137
Scope and Contents
A collection, probably autograph, of five hundred and ten coats of arms in colour. The entries are arranged chronologically, starting with William I and ending with James I. Genealogical notes and other particulars have been added in most instances. The majority of the book was compiled around 1598, but there are two coats of arms of James I that probably date from the year of his succession (1603). There is catalogue entry describing the collection on the inside cover.
Dates:
1600 (Circa)
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William Coe: Diary
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6843
Scope and Contents
Diary, 25 December 1693 - 25 May 1729, 111 folios. At fo. 102 is an account of Jonas Hubbart, 1688. Fos 88-99 are blank.
Dates:
1688-1729
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William Cole: History of the parish of Fen Ditton
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6980
Scope and Contents
A history of the parish of Fen Ditton, a description of the parish registers and a description of the church.
Dates:
1780
Conditions Governing Access:
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William Cole: letter to John Nichols
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.739.3
Scope and Contents
List of contents and notes on Cole in hand of Samuel Sandars.
Dates:
29 Sept. 1774-29 Sep. 1774
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William Cole: Lives of Seven Bishops of Ely
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4153
Scope and Contents
A collection of the biographies of seven bishops of Ely, 1438-1515, including: (fo. 1) Lewis de Luxemburgh; (fo. 13) William Gray (sic); (fo. 23) John Morton; (fo. 43) John Alcock; (fo. 55) Richard Redman; (fo. 71) James Stanley; (fo. 79) Nicholas West (sic). The lives are numbered XXIV to XXXI, with the omission of XXV. The versos are blank, except for occasional notes and additional matter. Copious references to authorities appear in the margin. Inside the front cover are the bookplates of...
Dates:
1768
Conditions Governing Access:
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William Cole: Papers on Cambridgeshire Landholdings
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6224-6225
Scope and Contents
Copies of documents relating to landholdings in Cambridgeshire, 13th century - 17th century, arranged by hundred.
Dates:
1746-1747 (Circa)
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William Cookson: correspondence and papers relating to items published in ‘Agenda’, and other literary papers
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10196
Scope and Contents
MS Add. 10196/1 comprises correspondence, typescripts and galley proofs corrected by Cookson and poets, relating to poems, letters and reviews published in ‘Agenda’ during the period 1984-87. These include the poetry of Anne Beresford, Edward Lowbury, Michael Hamburger, Peter Redgrove, C. H. Sisson and Charles Tomlinson. MS Add.10196/2 contains a miscellaneous collection of signed autograph letters and literary papers, covering the period 1957-2009, including a typescript and corrected...
Dates:
1957-2009
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William Coombe: Literary commonplace book
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8274
Scope and Contents
'The literary waste-book', containing copies of letters, poems, sonnets, thoughts, anecdotes, epitaphs and other items.
Dates:
1804 (Circa)
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William Court Gully: Correspondence and Papers
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8912
Scope and Contents
Personal and political papers, letters from family and others.
Dates:
1877-1908 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
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William Court Gully: Travel Journal
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9214
Scope and Contents
Travel journal describing a journey through Belgium, Germany and Switzerland, 1866. Places visited include Brussels, Cologne, Heidelberg, Basle, Lucerne, Glacier der Rhone, Visp, Thun, and Berne. There is also a loose sheet of notes of travel, 1864-66.
Dates:
1864-1866
Conditions Governing Access:
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William Cowper: Notes on Dreams
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6755
Scope and Contents
Notes on dreams experienced and voices heard, 15 Nov. 1797 - 23 Apr. 1799, in the hand of John Johnson of East Dereham, 108 folios. Fos 52-106 and the verso throughout are blank.
Dates:
1797-1799
Conditions Governing Access:
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William Crackanthorpe: Correspondence and Papers
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8908
Dates:
1792-1820 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
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William Curling: Kent farm accounts
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8105
Scope and Contents
Accounts of a farm in Kent detailing debtors and creditors, 225 pages. At each end of the volume are notes on geometry entitled respectively 'Progression' and 'Dialing', accompanied by a few illustrations. At the start of the volume are several examples of Curling's signature and a sketch of Eddystone Lighthouse.
Dates:
1727-1753
Conditions Governing Access:
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William Darwin: Library catalogue
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8081
Scope and Contents
A catalogue of the library of William Darwin covering two hundred and eleven pages of the volume, the rest of which is unused. The entries are arranged alphabetically, and most include a letter indicating where the work was located. There is a location key at the end of the volume.
Dates:
1850-1914 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
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William Fentham: Letters to him
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6621
Scope and Contents
A series of letters written to William Fentham, 22 folios, from the following: (fo. 1) [ ], 17 May 1739; (fo. 2) Elizabeth Burton, 21 Apr. 1740; (fo. 3) Anthony Tissington, 23 May 1740; (fo. 6) John Wilkinson, 23 May 1740; (fo. 7) E. Woods, 5 Apr. [ ]; (fo. 8) C. Chaworth, 'Wednesday Morning'; (fo. 9) the same, 'Friday night'; (fo. 10) the same, 'Wednesday Morning'; (fo.11) the same, 'Sunday morning 10 o clock'; (fo. 13) the same, undated; (fo. 14) the same, 'Wednesday night eleven o clock';...
Dates:
1739-1740
Conditions Governing Access:
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William Fiott: Notions
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4380-4399
Scope and Contents
A series of commonplace books entitled 'Notions', containing numbered paragraphs on current affairs, the majority appearing to be extracts from speeches in Parliament. The collection includes volumes 1, 3-10, 13-18, 20-23 and 25. Each volume has a list of contents. In MSS.Add.4381-4383 many of the paragraphs are dated and the speaker's name is occasionally pencilled in. Lying in MS.Add.4397 is a visiting card of Wm. Ed. Fiott. This identifies the writer as the brother of John Lee (formerly...
Dates:
1832-1838
Conditions Governing Access:
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'William Fitzwilliam Owen: hydrographer of the African coast': PhD thesis
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 47
Scope and Contents
A Ph.D. thesis for the University of Syracuse, 1972 (348 pages), with related correspondence between R.T. Brown, D.H. Simpson, R.C.S. Librarian, and Dr Peter K. Mitchell of the Centre of West African Studies, University of Birmingham, 1978-1979 (1 envelope).
Dates:
1972 - 1979
Conditions Governing Access:
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William Fleetwood Sheppard: mathematical papers
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10267
Scope and Contents
Mathematical tables and notes on equations.
Dates:
c. 1900-1930
Conditions Governing Access:
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William Frederic Eagles: Mathematical and commercial notebook
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8796
Scope and Contents
Commercial notebook, containing notes and exercises on the rule of three direct, the rule of three inverse, compound proportion, simple interest, commission, insurance, purchasing stocks, discount, compound interest, equation of payments, barter and brokage.
Dates:
1822
Conditions Governing Access:
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William French: Letters to him
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8805
Scope and Contents
Thirty-five letters, mostly to French, including letters of support for his committee to elect Lord Lyndhurst as High Steward (1840), thanks for copies of his translation of the Psalms and replies to invitations to Installations of Chancellors.
Dates:
1820-1847
Conditions Governing Access:
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William Frend: Correspondence and Transcripts.
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7886
Scope and Contents
Files of correspondence and transcripts. Also includes notes made by Frida Knight relating to a biography of William Frend.
Dates:
1780-1841 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
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William George Searle: Historical papers
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.5983-5986, 6599-6602 and 6951-6954
Scope and Contents
Various notes on Cambridgeshire villages, manuscripts, Crowland Abbey and lives of various saints.
Dates:
1875-1900
Conditions Governing Access:
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William Gerhardie: Correspondence and literary papers
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8292
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of around eight thousand items of correspondence and more than forty boxes of drafts, notes and other working material, personal and financial documents, press cuttings, many of them annotated, and photographs. The majority of Gerhardie's surviving literary papers date from his most productive period, from the mid-1920s to the late 1930s. His earlier and later work is less well represented. His letters include significant correspondence with fellow writers, in...
Dates:
1900-1970 (circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
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William Gerhardie: Letters to Margaret Penn, 1941-1977
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8841
Scope and Contents
39 personal letters from Gerhardie to Margaret Penn, 1941-1977, including a few typed copies; newscuttings (2); photographs of Gerhardie at Bixlet Haven (3); letters to Margaret Penn from 'Selma', 7 May 1963, and from Harold [Sergings], 13 December 1966; and a letter from Margaret Penn to Gerhardie, 13 July 1977.
Dates:
1941-1977
Conditions Governing Access:
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William Gerhardie papers of Michael Holroyd
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9598
Scope and Contents
Manuscripts, correspondence and other items created or accumulated by Holroyd in the course of his relationship with and work on Gerhardie.
Dates:
1900-2000
Conditions Governing Access:
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