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Parliamentary diary: manuscript
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Parliamentary diary: manuscript
Manuscripts
Diary for the House of Commons for the Parliament of 1621, published as "The Belasyse Diary" (after the family in whose possession the manuscript once was).
mssHM 905
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Commonplace book. Parliament: manuscript
Manuscripts
Copies of speeches in Parliament from 1623 to 1628, preceded by a roll of knights created in 1603 to 1624.
mssHM 30663
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Parliament and the new model army miscellaneous documents and letters
Manuscripts
A collection of miscellaneous documents and letters concerning Parliament and the New Model Army. The collection includes: a Parliamentary document addressed to a committee in Bedfordshire regarding the administration of collecting men and money for the Army (HM 82611); a receipt for provisions of coats, etc., for the pressed men in Reading (HM 82612); a letter from Oliver [Leeks?] to Noble Sir (HM 82613); instructions for impressing men for the Army for Sir Thomas Fairfax; and a copy of Charles I's 1626 speech to Parliament, followed by a speech of the Lord Keeper (HM 82615).
mssHM 82611-82615
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Diary of a sparrowhawk
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Manuscript hawking diary, detailing the short life of "Joan," a young sparrowhawk, from October 22, 1894 to her death on February 19, 1895. Each individual flight is noted and killed birds are listed. Also, an 8 page shooting diary for the same period, detailing kills and their location.
mssHM 72180
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Correspondence, Newsletters, Parliamentary Proceedings Reports - 1678, June 1 - Nov. 14
Manuscripts
The correspondence, newsletters and Parliamentary Proceedings reports, 1676, Nov.-1680, Dec. are arranged chronologically. This material includes letters written to Sir Leoline Jenkins and his secretary, Dr. Owen Wynne, as well as newsletters (in English and French) written from various continental countries; the newsletters are primarily concerned with the Scanian War, the Elector of Brandenburg, the Ottoman Turks and the Dutch War. Another significant group of material includes extracts from the Journals of both Houses of Parliament dealing primarily with the Popish Plot, Catholics, Titus Oates and the Exclusion Crisis. This material also includes addresses, confessions, Articles of Impeachment, speeches and requests to attend the King (Boxes 1-5). The collection also includes the original roan-backed Middle Hill boards, with the label MS. 12256, from the collection of Thomas Phillipps (Box 6).
mssJEN 1-202
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Correspondence, Newsletters, Parliamentary Proceedings Reports - 1680, Nov. 2 - Dec. 23
Manuscripts
The correspondence, newsletters and Parliamentary Proceedings reports, 1676, Nov.-1680, Dec. are arranged chronologically. This material includes letters written to Sir Leoline Jenkins and his secretary, Dr. Owen Wynne, as well as newsletters (in English and French) written from various continental countries; the newsletters are primarily concerned with the Scanian War, the Elector of Brandenburg, the Ottoman Turks and the Dutch War. Another significant group of material includes extracts from the Journals of both Houses of Parliament dealing primarily with the Popish Plot, Catholics, Titus Oates and the Exclusion Crisis. This material also includes addresses, confessions, Articles of Impeachment, speeches and requests to attend the King (Boxes 1-5). The collection also includes the original roan-backed Middle Hill boards, with the label MS. 12256, from the collection of Thomas Phillipps (Box 6).
mssJEN 1-202