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John Wood law book: manuscript

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    Commonplace book. English law: manuscript

    Manuscripts

    Extracts from Year Books, abridgements of cases and decisions, law reports, precedents and formularies, notes on the Assize of Forests and other legal matters. Owned by and [partly in the hand of?] Sir John Port.

    mssHM 46980

  • Book of John Mandeville : [manuscript]

    Book of John Mandeville : [manuscript]

    Manuscripts

    ff. 1-37: [Book of John Mandeville] For as muche as ye long over ye see ... god wiy out ende Amen. Explicit. ff. 37v: [Lilium regnans] Historia hermeti ab origine mundi ... Signum mirabile signum crucis. ff. 37v-38: [Prophecy on reign of William the Conqueror's descendants] Anglorum regimine bastard bello ... et sic prophescia terminator.

    mssHM 83694

  • Journal of John André, 1777, June 11 - 1778, Nov. 15

    Journal of John André, 1777, June 11 - 1778, Nov. 15

    Manuscripts

    Journal that André kept while aide-de-camp to Charles Grey, from June 11, 1777 to November 15, 1778. There are no entries for the period from Dec. 30, 1777 to June 1778. The journal covers the Philadelphia campaign and its aftemarth, including the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, White Marsh, and Monmouth; British raids in New Bedford (1778, Sept. 5-6) and Martha's Vineyard (1778, Sept. 10-15) and Baylor's massacre at Old Tappan, N.J. (1778, Sept. 27) Also included are returns of troops under the command of Sir William Howe and Henry Clinton.

    mssHM 626

  • Book of hours, use of Sarum : [manuscript]

    Book of hours, use of Sarum : [manuscript]

    Manuscripts

    ff. 1-177v. Latin; English. ff. 1-6v, calendar; ff. 7-13v, prayer to the Trinity and the 15 Oes of St. Bridget; ff. 14-16, prayers including some added later with rubric in English; ff. 17-34v, suffrages of John the Baptist, Thomas of Canterbury, George, Christopher, Anne, Mary Magdalene, Catherine of Alexandria, Barbara, Margaret, with prayers added on ff. 18v-19; ff. 35-84v [f. 35, blank]: Incipiunt hore beate marie virginis secundum usum Anglie ecclesie, with the hours of the Cross worked in; suffrages after lauds of the Holy Spirit, the Trinity, the Cross, Michael, John the Baptist, Peter and Paul, Andrew, Lawrence, Stephen, Thomas of Canterbury, Nicholas, Mary Magdalene, Catherine of Alexandria, Margaret, All Saints, and other prayers, including some on ff. 76-77 added later; ff. 85-102v, prayers; ff. 103-120 [f. 103, blank]: Penitential psalms, gradual psalms (cues only for the first 12), and litany, including Edward, Quentin and Lambert among the martyrs; Albinus, ""Zwithine"" and Birinus among the confessors; Petronilla, Sotheris, Edith and Afra among the virgins; f. 120v, ruled, but blank; ff. 121-142v [f. 121, blank]: Office of the Dead, Sarum use; ff. 143-156 [f. 143, blank]: Commendation of souls (Pss. 118, divided into sections, and 138 with prayers; f. 156v, ruled, but blank; ff. 157-162v [f. 157, blank]: Psalms of the Passion (Pss. 21-30, 6 with cues only for Pss. 22-24, 26, 29); ff. 163-176: Psalter of St. Jerome; added on ff. 176-177v, prayers, charm, computistic material, an obit and ownership notes, some in English.

    mssHM 1086

  • Book of Hours, use of Sarum, in Latin, English, and Czech (the"Felbrigg Hours") : [manuscript]

    Book of Hours, use of Sarum, in Latin, English, and Czech (the"Felbrigg Hours") : [manuscript]

    Manuscripts

    ff. 1-64v. Latin; English; Czech. On ff. 2-7v, calendar; ff. 8-19v, Hours of the Virgin, presumably Sarum use, with the Hours of the Cross intermixed and suffrages following lauds; ff. 20-24v, Penitential psalms; ff. 24v-25v, Gradual psalms mainly by cue only; ff. 25v-29v, Litany; ff. 30-49v, Office of the Dead, Sarum use; ff. 50-57v, Commendations of Souls; ff. 58-64v, prayers and devotions in various hands including on f. 62: a Czech translation of the Elevation prayer with an indulgence of Pope Boniface VI for 2000 years, granted at the request of King Philip of France (which begins in Latin"Domine ihesu christe qui hanc sacratissimam carnem); on f. 62v, a suffrage of Anne; on f. f. 63, the beginning of a prayer in English:"[O] glorious ihesu. O meekest ihesu. O swettest ihesu. I pray the that I may haue true confession; on f. 65r-v (a loose leaf), the end of a prayer in English, detailing the failings of the parts of the body in turn and asking for forgiveness:"// him that ordeynith for me ever lasting peyne. Lord wyth every membre of my body . . .".

    mssHM 58285

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    Memorandum books of John Brown

    Manuscripts

    The first notebook contains John Brown's autograph of the "Articles of Enlistment and by-laws of Kansas Regulars, made and established by the commander, A.D. 1856," list of the names and dates of enlistment, "List of Volunteers either engaged or guarding Horses during the fight of Black Jack or Palmyra, June 2, 1856, " and 'List of names of the wounded in the Battle of Black Jack (or Palmyra) and also of the Eight who held out to receive the surrender of Capt. Pate and Twenty-Two men on that occasion, June 2, 1856." The text fills 10 leaves of an 85 leave notebook. On f. 83, there is a pencil note dated "May 9, 1859" concerning "Cutter badly injured before the fight of Osawatomie." The second notebook contains sundry records of expenses, accounts, etc. for 1843-1846 when John Brown, in partnership with Simon Perkins, was engaged in sheep ranching and wool business in Akron, Ohio. Included are records of household expenses, expenditures associated with sheep and wool business, etc. Also included are scattered records of payments associated with the John Brown's litigation.

    mssHM 845