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17th century

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Holograph Manuscript of Alexander Huish's 'Lectures upon the Lord's Prayer'

Holograph Manuscript of Alexander Huish's 'Lectures upon the Lord's Prayer'.
Extents: 0.15 Linear metres (3 boxes)
Dates: 1622-1625
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'Horae Subsecivae, or Missellanies in Prose & Verse,' in four books

'Horae Subsecivae, or Missellanies in Prose & Verse,' in four books, written about A. D. 1700 or somewhat later.
Shelfmark: MS. Add. A. 301
Extents: 130 Leaves
Dates: written about A. D. 1700 or somewhat later
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Horarium sive precum privatarum ad horas libellus, on parchment

Horarium sive precum privatarum ad horas libellus, on parchment, compiled from Roman and Anglican sources by Samuel Woodford at Hartley Mauditt, Hants., 1684-1692.
Shelfmark: MS. Lat. liturg. d. 17
Extents: 190 Leaves
Dates: 1684-1692
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Household accounts of the Hall family of London

Household accounts of the Hall family of London
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. d. 248
Extents: 137 Leaves
Dates: 1686-1719
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The Howard Gray Swann collection of Warton Family Papers

Papers of the Warton family, 1688-1864, including Thomas Warton (1688-1745), Joseph Warton (1722-1800), Thomas Warton (1728-1790).
Extents: 1.43 Linear metres (13 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1688-1864
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Huggett Manuscripts

Manuscripts of Rev. Roger Huggett, c.1670-1768.
Extents: 0.33 Linear metres (3 boxes)
Dates: c.1670-1768
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Hussey Bequest

Sketches and notebooks of Richard Charles Hussey, 17th-19th century (predominantly 19th century).
Extents: 2.36 Linear metres (30 boxes)
Dates: 17th-19th century (predominantly 19th century)
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Hymn recorded by Sir William Dugdale

A previously unknown text of a hymn sung in Sir William Dugdale's parish church in Shustoke, near Coleshill in Warwickshire and here recorded by him.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 7963, fol. 71
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates: [ca.1648]
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The 'Iles' part-books: music for viols and lyra viols

Three part-books containing nearly 450 pieces for one, two, and three viols, including music for one, two and three lyra viols written in tablature, mid-17th cent.
Shelfmark: MSS. Mus. Sch. d. 245-247 (Former reference: Music School B. 4. 1-3)
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 17th cent., before 1639
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Illuminated 'album amicorum' of Georg Fridich Speidl

Illuminated 'album amicorum' of Georg Fridich Speidl, 1631-1680.
Shelfmark: MS. Autogr. g. 3
Extents: 110 Leaves
Dates: 1631-1680
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Illuminated letters patent of Charles I, with Great Seal attached, granting Sir William Widdrington of Widdrington, Northumbria, the title of Baron Widdrington of Blankney in Lincolnshire, witnessed at Oxford

Illuminated letters patent of Charles I, with Great Seal attached, granting Sir William Widdrington of Widdrington, Northumbria, the title of Baron Widdrington of Blankney in Lincolnshire, witnessed at Oxford
Shelfmark: Dep. a. 2
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates: 1643
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An illustrated account of the travels of a German student of Altdorf near Nuremberg

An illustrated account of the travels of a German student of Altdorf near Nuremberg
Shelfmark: MS. Add. B. 67
Extents: 310 Leaves
Dates: written in about 1633-1640 by G. C. Stirn
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'In quodam libro intitulato Nomina Villarum in Scaccario ex parte Rememoratoris Thesaurarii remanente (inter alia) continetur vt sequitur ...'

'In quodam libro intitulato Nomina Villarum in Scaccario ex parte Rememoratoris Thesaurarii remanente (inter alia) continetur vt sequitur ...'
Shelfmark: MS. Top. Wilts b. 1
Extents: 38 Leaves
Dates: written in A.D. 1640
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'In Vniuersam Aristotelis Philosophiam breuis et exacta Institutio a D[omino] Piers Hiberno Doctore Theologo...'

'In Vniuersam Aristotelis Philosophiam breuis et exacta Institutio a D[omino] Piers Hiberno Doctore Theologo...'
Shelfmark: MS. Lat. class. d. 15
Extents: 712 pages
Dates: Written about A.D. 1665 at Bordeaux by Johannes Lagarde
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Incidental music arranged for two violins and bass

Part-books for incidental music arranged for two violins and bass, c 1700.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. c. 73
Extents: 1 box
Dates: c 1700
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Incidental music by Finger, Lenton, Purcell, Tollet and Eccles

Three part-books containing incidental music by Finger, Lenton, Purcell, Tollet and Eccles, arranged for two violins and bass; flute music by Raphael Courteville and William Williams; and 'Nicola's Trumpet tune', c 1700.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. c. 72 (Former shelfmark: Music School A. 5. 9-11)
Extents: 1 box
Dates: c 1700
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An incomplete book of arms, emblazoned on vellum, the names added by Thomas Tanner

An incomplete book of arms, emblazoned on vellum, the names added by Thomas Tanner
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. c. 108
Extents: 7 Leaves
Dates: c. 17th century
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Incomplete part-book of church music, belonging to a set probably used in the province of York

Incomplete part-book of church music, belonging to a set probably used in the province of York, late 17th-early 18th cent.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. Liturg. c. 4
Extents: 180 pages
Dates: late 17th-early 18th cent.
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Index by Mrs. V.M. Howse of Hatford parish registers

Index by Mrs. V.M. Howse of Hatford parish registers.
Shelfmark: MS. Top. Berks. d. 40
Extents: 63 Leaves
Dates: 1538-1884, typescript dated 1980
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Index compiled by the Society of Genealogists to Mr R. Cambray's transcript of Blewbury parish registers and the Bishop's transcripts

Index compiled by the Society of Genealogists to Mr R. Cambray's transcript of Blewbury parish registers and the Bishop's transcripts.
Shelfmark: MS. Top. Berks. d. 49
Extents: 46 Leaves
Dates: 1674-1884, typescript dated 1982