Manuscripts

"A Prayer in a Scottish Psalme booke printed 1596". "A thanksgiving unto God after deliverance from the tyranny of the ffrenchmen wth prayers made for the continuance of the peace betwixt the Realmes of England and Scotland."

"A true Collection as well of all the Kinge's Maties, offices and fees of his Maties, honorable howshold, Togethr wth all fees apertaineinge to Captaines and souldiors haveinge charge of Castells, Bullwarkes, and fortresses wth in ye Realme of England, And Likewiese ye offices and fees of his hignes honorable howses, Parkes, forrestes, and chases wth in ye said Realme."

Manuscripts

Official, semi-official, and personal papers of six generations of the Egerton family, particularly those accumulated by Sir Thomas Egerton, 1540?-1617, Baron Ellesmere and Viscount of Brackley, Solicitor-General (1581-1592), Attorney-General (1592-1594), Lord Keeper (1596-1603), and Lord Chancellor (1603-1617); Sir John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater, 1579-1649, President of the Council of Wales (1631-1649); John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, 1622-1686, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (1660-1686); John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater, 1646-1701, President of the Board of Trade (1696-1699), First Lord of Admiralty (1699-1701), Speaker of the House of Lords (1697 and 1700); John Scrope Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater, 1681-1745, a Whig courtier under Anne and George I, and Francis, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, 1736-1803. Approximately 13,000 pieces.

EL 3042a (35/C/33)

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