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Date(s)
- [17 cent.]. (Creation)
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Archival history
The volume belonged to Peter Le Neve, rouge croix pursuivant, in 1695, and was subsequently purchased by George Nayler, York herald, at the sale of the books of George Townshend, 1st marquis Townshend.
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Scope and content
A composite volume containing precedents in the form of copies of grants, letters patent, warrants, etc., Elizabeth-Charles II, relating to bishoprics, deaneries, officers of the royal household, etc. (e.g. congé d'elire, letter recommendatory to elect a bishop, oath of allegiance for a bishop's homage, instalment of first fruits of a bishopric, commendams, presentations, grants to royal musicians, grants of annuities and pensions, grants of offices, baronet's patent, dispensations, directions from the signet, indentures, etc., etc.); a brief account, in French, of the Portuguese revolution of 1 December, 1640; a report, in reply to a questionnaire, on the length, depth, security, etc., of His Majesty's mole at Tangier, written on board H.M.S. the Mountagne, 13 October, 1683; pedigrees of the royal house of Portugal; forms of addresses used by the King to his subjects; styles of noblemen and otehrs; lists of cathedral churches and of their prebends; dedications of cathedral churches, etc.
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Language of material
- English
- French
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, French.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The description is also available in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Part XIX, 245-6.
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Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Formerly known as Phillipps 8768.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 10778E.
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Virtua system control number
Access points
Subject access points
- Dioceses -- Great Britain.
- Deans, Cathedral and collegiate -- Great Britain -- Salaries, etc.
- Royal households -- Great Britain -- Officials and employees.
- Bishops -- Great Britain -- Salaries, etc.
- Musicians -- Great Britain -- Salaries, etc.
- Pensions -- Great Britain
- Annuities -- Great Britain.
- Church -- Employees -- Law and legislation
- Church -- Law and legislation
- Gentry -- Great Britain -- Salaries, etc.
- Royal households -- Portugal -- History
- Forms of address -- Great Britain
- Gentry -- Great Britain
- Cathedrals -- Great Britain
- Cathedrals -- Great Britain -- Employees
- Portugal -- History -- Revolution, 1640.
- Tangier (Morocco) -- History -- 17th century.
- Portugal -- Colonies -- Tangier (Morocco)
- Portugal -- Genealogy
Place access points
Name access points
- Mountagne (Ship) (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
October 2008.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following source was used in the compiilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961);