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Part of a common-place book kept by some one at Saham Tony in Norfolk, probably the master of the free-school there, temp. Jas. I

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MS. Rawl. D. 1092, fols. 1a, 1b, 3b, 4-17, 20b, 23, 23b

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  1. (fols. 1a, 1b, 3b) i. Orders about the school-master, 1618, and extract from the will of Edw. Goffe, the founder [d. 1612].
  2. (fols. 4, 5) ii. Copies of a letter from Benjamin Parlet to Thomas Goffe, one of the feoffees, promising that if appointed master, and retaining the mastership for seven years, he will settle on the school a house and land to the value of £100, and of a letter to Goffe with reference to this from Christopher Sutton, D.D., rector of Castor, another of the feoffees.
  3. (fols. 5b, 6-16) iii. Extracts from sermons and some theological works, etc. English and Latin.
  4. (fol. 6b) iv. Archbishop Abbot's speech to James I against toleration of Romanism.
  5. (fol. 7) v. Letter from Thomas Whythe to R. D. of A., appointed with him a commissioner to enquire into the "nonconformalities" of [Robert] Pecke, [the Puritan minister of Hingham], and other matters.
  6. (fol. 17) vi. Part of the marriage articles proposed for the Spanish match. Latin.
  7. (fol. 20b) vii. Dedication of some book "ecclesiarum Redingensium pastoribus", sc. Dr. John Denison, Hugh Dick and Theophilus Taylor. Latin.
  8. (fol. 23) viii. Prophecy found in the abbey of St. Benedict at Hulme.
  9. (fol. 23b) ix. Medical directions for the months of Oct., Nov. and Dec.

Dates

  • Creation: temp. Jas. I

Extent

1 item

Language of Materials

  • English
  • Latin

Shelfmark

MS. Rawl. D. 1092, fols. 1a, 1b, 3b, 4-17, 20b, 23, 23b

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