Catalogue of the important collection of manuscripts, from Stowe. Which will be sold by auction, by messrs. S. Leigh Sotheby & co., 11th June, 1849, and 7 following days1849 |
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... continued series of lots upon the same subjects would be tedious to the company in an auction room , and these have considered therefore that the classification should be divided , so that some portion at least , of all the classes ...
... continued series of lots upon the same subjects would be tedious to the company in an auction room , and these have considered therefore that the classification should be divided , so that some portion at least , of all the classes ...
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... continued against the Ghospellers , or Protestants of those days , who were then the visible professors of that reli- gion which is now called Protestant ; and allso what was " the generall and most received Doctrine of the Church of ...
... continued against the Ghospellers , or Protestants of those days , who were then the visible professors of that reli- gion which is now called Protestant ; and allso what was " the generall and most received Doctrine of the Church of ...
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... Continued from page 18 . folio . Press IV , No. 27 This is a copy , in the handwriting of Mr. Morant , of Pope Nicholas's Valuation of Livings in the county of Essex , in 1293. This valuation is referred to by the ancient Statutes of ...
... Continued from page 18 . folio . Press IV , No. 27 This is a copy , in the handwriting of Mr. Morant , of Pope Nicholas's Valuation of Livings in the county of Essex , in 1293. This valuation is referred to by the ancient Statutes of ...
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... Continued from page 14 . 170 ROLLS OF PARLIAMENT OF THE REIGNS OF PHILIP AND MARY , AND THE FIRST OF ELIZABETH . folio . Press V , No. 40 The dates and Acts of the several Parliaments are given in chronological order from the original ...
... Continued from page 14 . 170 ROLLS OF PARLIAMENT OF THE REIGNS OF PHILIP AND MARY , AND THE FIRST OF ELIZABETH . folio . Press V , No. 40 The dates and Acts of the several Parliaments are given in chronological order from the original ...
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... continued until the Dissolution 66 66 thereof , being the 9th daie of February , in the 39th yeare " of the raigne of our Soveraigne Ladie Queen Elizabeth , and " in the yeare of our Lord 1597 , concerning the Passages in " the House of ...
... continued until the Dissolution 66 66 thereof , being the 9th daie of February , in the 39th yeare " of the raigne of our Soveraigne Ladie Queen Elizabeth , and " in the yeare of our Lord 1597 , concerning the Passages in " the House of ...
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