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17th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2016 Collections and/or Records:

Bound collection of Poor Robin and Dade almanacks annotated by Frances Wolfreston

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Don. e. 246
Bound collection of Poor Robin and Dade almanacks annotated by Frances Wolfreston.
Extents: 1 volume
Dates: 1666-1679, 1690, 1693, 1702-1705

Bowyer Manuscripts

 Collection
Manuscripts of Sir George Bowyer relating to the statutes of Italian cities.
Extents: 6 boxes (0.66 Linear metres)
Dates: 14th-19th cent.

Brewster Manuscripts

 Collection
Miscellaneous manuscripts collected by William Brewster, 11th-17th century.
Extents: 0.66 Linear metres (6 boxes)
Dates: 11th-17th century

Bridges's Northamptonshire Collections

 Collection
John Bridges's Northamptonshire Collections
Extents: 5.61 Linear metres (51 shelfmarks)
Dates: 1570-1723

'A brief Abstract of the contents of Dr. [Richard] Kuerden's MSS. Collections in Coll: Arm:, made by Mr. John Palmer, 1842'

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. e. 44
'A brief Abstract of the contents of Dr. [Richard] Kuerden's MSS. Collections in Coll: Arm:, made by Mr. John Palmer, 1842'
Extents: 54 pages
Dates: Written in A.D. 1642 by J. Palmer

'A briefe discoorse of the perfet composition of Imprese ...'

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. e. 54
'A briefe discoorse of the perfet composition of Imprese ...'
Extents: 112 pages
Dates: Written about A.D. 1600

Brocas Family Deeds

 Collection
Brocas family deeds, principally concerning property in Berkshire and Hampshire but also relating to property in Buckinghamshire, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey, Suffolk, Wiltshire and Yorkshire. Members of the family mentioned in the deeds include Bernard Brocas (d. 1400), Johanna Brocas (d 1429), Prudence Brocas (1617-61, her will), William Brocas (d. 1456), and Sir James Whalley S. Gardiner (1788-1851).
Extents: 0.98 Linear metres (14 boxes)
Dates: [c. 1362-1807]

Burdett-Coutts Papers

 Collection
Burdett-Coutts Papers, 1644-1938.
Extents: 2.97 Linear metres (33 Boxes)
Dates: 1644-1938

Burnet Manuscripts

 Collection
Manuscripts of Gilbert Burnet, 17th-18th century.
Extents: 1.10 Linear metres (10 boxes)
Dates: 17th-18th century

Burton Manuscripts

 Collection
Collections of John Burton relating to Yorkshire, 17th-18th century.
Extents: 2.76 Linear metres (35 boxes)
Dates: 17th-18th century

The Buxton Family Deeds

 Collection
The Buxton Family Deeds.
Extents: 0.15 Linear metres (3 boxes)
Dates: 1675-1939

A Calendar for computing the religious feasts of the Orthodox Greek Church in Russia

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Shelfmark: MS. Bodl. 982
A Calendar for computing the religious feasts of the Orthodox Greek Church in Russia
Extents: 16 Leaves
Dates: Written perhaps early in the 17th century

A Calendar of Saints

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Bodl. 7
A Calendar of Saints
Extents: 34 Leaves
Dates: Written in the 17th century

Calligraphic part-books of duos for bass viols by Christopher Simpson and John Jenkins

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. c. 77
Calligraphic part-books of duos for bass viols by Christopher Simpson and John Jenkins, late 17th cent.
Extents: 1 Box
Dates: late 17th cent.

Canonici Manuscripts

 Collection
Manuscripts of Matteo Luigi Canonici, Jesuit.
Extents: 146.08 Linear metres (1328 boxes)
Dates: 8th-18th century

Cantatas, etc. by composers associated with St Thomas's church, Leipzig and others, and sacred and secular music by S. Capricorn

 Collection
Cantatas, etc. by composers associated with St Thomas's church, Leipzig and others, and sacred and secular music by S. Capricorn {Bockshorn], 2nd half of the 17th cent.
Extents: 0.55 Linear metres (5 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 2nd half of the 17th cent.

'Canzoni alla Francese del Frescobaldi'

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. d. 258 (Former reference: Music School B. 4. 18)
11 works for 2 violins, violetta and bass, 1677-1678.
Extents: 56 Leaves
Dates: 1677-1678

Carbon typescript copy, , of 'Memoranda of the Burney Family. ', complied by H. E. Burney (see fol. 98)

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2721
Carbon typescript copy, , of 'Memoranda of the Burney Family. ', complied by H. E. Burney (see fol. 98)
Extents: 100 Leaves
Dates: 20th cent. 1603-1845 .1845

Carte Papers

 Collection
Papers accumulated by the historian Thomas Carte (1686-1754), comprising mainly original papers of James Butler (1610-88), 1st Duke of Ormond, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, with papers of Sir William Fitzwilliam (1526-99), Lord Deputy of Ireland; Sir John Davies (1569-1626) Attorney General of Ireland; Edward Montagu (1625-72) 1st Earl of Sandwich; Charles Middleton (c.1650-1719), 2nd Earl of Middleton; David Nairne (fl.1720), Secretary to the Pretender; Philip Wharton (1613-96), 4th Baron...
Extents: 30.69 Linear metres (279 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 16th-18th century

Cary Family Deeds

 Collection
Cary Family Deeds
Extents: 0.60 Linear metres (4 boxes)
Dates: 1179-1818