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A crucial work of reference for anyone interested in the history of
the period. This volume of the Calendar of State Papers Domestic
for the reign of Queen Anne covers the period from May 1704 to
October 1705. It includes not only the main series of state papers
domestic but also the related series ofstate papers Ireland,
Scotland, military and naval; entry books and Signet Office letter
books and docket books. Together with incoming letters of the
Secretaries of State, there are also some copies of out-letters,
petitions, regular intelligence reports owing to the war with
France, and material relating to crime, law and order, censorship
and the regulation of trade; there is also full listing of official
passes issued to individuals to travel abroad. Overall, the volume
provides a mine of information on a range of subjects mentioned,
from the building of the Eddystone lighthouse and the invention of
street lighting to a dispute between the colonists of Connecticut
and the Mohican Indians. An indispensable tool for the professional
historian.
Comprehensive itemisation and technical description of the medieval
manuscripts in Pepys's Library. No fewer than twenty-three of
Pepys's thirty-eight medieval manuscripts contain Middle English
texts, and date from the 14th and 15th centuries. Devotional tracts
and religious poetry predominate, though there is also a corpus
ofsecular poetry by Lydgate and Chaucer, and some scientific and
medical material; a notable rarity is the Caxton Ovid. His Latin
books include Bacon's Perspectivaand other treatises on optics, and
the mathematical treatisesof Johannes de Nemore. Some books he
chose purely for their illustrations, such as a French and Latin
Apocalypse and a model book of the 15th century. The oldest book in
the collection is a late 12th-century copy of Isidore of Seville's
Etymologiae. The catalogue effectively revises, expands, and
replaces the 1922 catalogue of M.R. James. ROSAMOND McKITTERICK is
Reader in early medieval European history in the University of
Cambridge; RICHARD BEADLEis lecturer in English at the University
of Cambridge.
This is the first general selection from the substantial body of
surviving documents about Elizabeth's navy. It is a companion to
The Navy of Edward VI and Mary I (Vol.157 in the NRS Series), where
the apparatus serving both volumes was printed, and it complements
the other NRS volumes that deal specifically with the Spanish
Armada. This collection concentrates (though not exclusively so) on
the early years of Elizabeth's reign when there was no formal war.
From 1558-1585 the navy was involved in a number of small-scale
campaigns, pursuit of pirates and occasional shows of force. The
documents selected emphasize the financial and administrative
processes that supported these operations, such as mustering,
victualing, demobilisation, and ship maintenance and repair. The
fleet varied in size from about 30 to 45 ships during the period
and a vast amount of maintenance and repair was required. The main
component of the volume is the massively detailed Navy Treasurer's
account for 1562-3 which is followed by and collated with the
corresponding Exchequer Account. The documents illustrate just how
efficiently the dockyards functioned. They were one of the great
early Elizabethan achievements.
Title first published in 2003. Westminster Abbey occupies a unique
position in the religious and royal landscape of the United Kingdom
and Commonwealth. As the scene of coronations and other great
public occasions, it has been the continuing focus of the nation's
religious life for half the Christian era. Yet the building itself
would not have survived the upheavals of the Protestant Reformation
had the institution running it not been itself 'reformed' from
monastery into collegiate church. These nine studies discuss ways
in which Westminster's new corporate structure evolved in the first
century of its existence, and look at some of the personalities who
played a part in that process. New research, much of it in the
Abbey's own rich archive, opens up previously unseen views of this
great church's internal affairs, its relationship with the Crown,
and its place in its own locality.
Title first published in 2003. Westminster Abbey occupies a unique
position in the religious and royal landscape of the United Kingdom
and Commonwealth. As the scene of coronations and other great
public occasions, it has been the continuing focus of the nation's
religious life for half the Christian era. Yet the building itself
would not have survived the upheavals of the Protestant Reformation
had the institution running it not been itself 'reformed' from
monastery into collegiate church. These nine studies discuss ways
in which Westminster's new corporate structure evolved in the first
century of its existence, and look at some of the personalities who
played a part in that process. New research, much of it in the
Abbey's own rich archive, opens up previously unseen views of this
great church's internal affairs, its relationship with the Crown,
and its place in its own locality.
From Elizabeth I's refoundation of the collegiate church to reforms
and improvements attempted and achieved in the early years of James
I's reign. The completion of Dr Knighton's edition of the first
chapter minute book of Westminster Abbey records in detail
Elizabeth I's refoundation of the collegiate church, including
regulatio for preaching, the school and the library; the chapter's
own housing is a continuing issue. Predominantly, however, the acts
document the chapter's estate management: lease particulars shed
light on the population of early modern Westminster and London.
Favours sought by queen and courtiers are recorded, the exercise of
the dean and chapter's ecclesiastical patronage is registered. At
the end of the period the abbey was home to some of the most
eminent churchmen and scholars of the day, Andrewes, Bancroft,
Camden and Hakluyt among them. Reforms and improvements attempted
and achieved in the early years of James I's reign conclude the
volume. Index to both vols.CHARLES KNIGHTON gained his Ph.D. from
Magdalene College, Cambridge.
This is the first general selection from the substantial body of
surviving documents about Elizabeth's navy. It is a companion to
The Navy of Edward VI and Mary I (Vol.157 in the NRS Series), where
the apparatus serving both volumes was printed, and it complements
the other NRS volumes that deal specifically with the Spanish
Armada. This collection concentrates (though not exclusively so) on
the early years of Elizabeth's reign when there was no formal war.
From 1558-1585 the navy was involved in a number of small-scale
campaigns, pursuit of pirates and occasional shows of force. The
documents selected emphasize the financial and administrative
processes that supported these operations, such as mustering,
victualing, demobilisation, and ship maintenance and repair. The
fleet varied in size from about 30 to 45 ships during the period
and a vast amount of maintenance and repair was required. The main
component of the volume is the massively detailed Navy Treasurer's
account for 1562-3 which is followed by and collated with the
corresponding Exchequer Account. The documents illustrate just how
efficiently the dockyards functioned. They were one of the great
early Elizabethan achievements.
'The authors are to be congratulated on a book which merits usage
in the national curriculum.' - International Journal of Nautical
Archaeology The raising of the Tudor warship Mary Rose in 1982 has
made her one of the most famous ships in history, though there is a
good deal more to her story than its terminal disaster. She served
successfully in the Royal Navy for more than thirty years before
sinking, for reasons still uncertain, during a battle off
Portsmouth in 1545. There have been many books published about Mary
Rose but this is the only one written largely by those who sailed
with her. It is based around original documents, including all the
known despatches written aboard Mary Rose by the commanding
admirals. Extracts from accounts and other papers illustrate the
building, equipping and provisioning of the ship. Although this is
primarily a view from the quarter-deck, there are occasional
glimpses of life below. The collection concludes with reports of
the sinking, and of the first attempts to salvage the ship and her
ordnance. The documents are presented in modern spelling and are
set in context through linking narratives. Technical terms are
explained, and the principal characters introduced. The texts are
supplemented by contemporary images, and by photographs of the
preserved ship and recovered objects. A new range of illustrations
has been added to this edition, published forty years on from the
raising of the hull.
The reigns of Edward VI and Mary I remain largely by-passed in
naval history, yet it was a vital time for the administration of
the navy and it saw the apprenticeship of many who would lead the
service in Elizabeth's later years. This volume helps to fill the
gap and includes all the extant Treasurer's and Victualler's
accounts for the two reigns together with entries taken verbatim
from the State Papers which augment the calendar summaries
previously published, and correct a good many errors. In addition
documents are printed here for the first time from a variety of
archives in Britain and abroad.
The first full listing of the pamphlets, tracts and other material
collected by Samuel Pepys under the headings Maritime, Political
and Religious. Samuel Pepys's unique collection of 3000 books has
been, as he directed, preserved intact at his old Cambridge college
since 1724. Its various facets were not widely appreciated until
the publication between 1978 and 1994 of a complete catalogue under
the editorship of Robert Latham. The present volume presents a
detailed conspectus of the Collections, pamphlets bound up as
books. There are five such 'collections' in the Pepys Library,
which are catalogued only as volumes containing a number of items
on the same subject. This is a full listing of the pamphlets,
tracts and other material in each of these bound collections,
information which is otherwise unavailable except in the library's
own archive. The collections are Maritime, Political and Religious
in the present volume. Those entitled Popular, Dramatic, Shorthand,
Almanacs and General will be in the second volume.
This volume completes the edition of the two earliest manuscript
Chapter Act books of Westminster Abbey, which is now the first
cathedral or collegiate church to have all its Chapter Acts fully
in print from the Reformation to the Civil War. It records the
formal decisions of the Abbey's governing authority, many involving
grants of office and leases of the Abbey's large and
widely-scattered estate, principally in the midlands and the
south-east, and especially in Westminster itself. A full
introduction brings out the value of the documents in placing the
Abbey in the tumultuous history of the church under James I and
Charles I.
Continuing work on Pepys's library, and recent discoveries,
necessitate expansion of the content and entries in the original
volumes. This is the first in the Supplementary Series. Pepys's
library has been, as he directed, preserved intact at his old
Cambridge college since 1724. Between 1978 and 1994 a complete
catalogue was published for the first time. The present title,
essential to all users of the first volume in that series, N.A.
Smith's Printed Books, vastly enhances the range of information
available. The short-title arrangement of Printed Books is replaced
by a numerical listing which follows the library's shelf-order;
many entries have been extended, and where possible updated with
reference to new scholarship; the location of MSS and other
material treated elsewhere in the catalogue is also indicated,
providing for the first time a published conspectus of the whole
library. Extensive indexes have been provided for authors and
ancillary contributors, subjects, printers and places of
publication, and references which reflect Pepys himself and his
bibliophilism.Concordances identify the Pepys books covered by STC,
Wing, ESTC and other bibliographies. Dr CHARLES KNIGHTON gained his
Ph D from Magdalene College, Cambridge.
First volume in the new Westminster Abbey Record Series, covering
changes in Abbey ritual during the Reformation. This book is the
first volume in a new venture, the Westminster Abbey Record Series,
which aims to publish documents, calendars, lists and indexes from
the Abbey's large and continuous archive of over a thousand years,
making itscontents available both to scholars and to a wider
interested public. This edition of the earliest Chapter Act Book of
the Dean and Chapter is an essential source for the impact of the
Reformation at Westminster. The years covered in this volume show
the business of setting up a reformed cathedral; the administration
of the Abbey's large estate is also well illustrated, including the
relations with the powerful courtiers and politicians who were
among the Abbey's tenants. Dr CHARLES KNIGHTON gained his Ph.D.
from Magdalene College, Cambridge.
The reigns of Edward VI and Mary I remain largely by-passed in
naval history, yet it was a vital time for the administration of
the navy and it saw the apprenticeship of many who would lead the
service in Elizabeth's later years. This volume helps to fill the
gap and includes all the extant Treasurer's and Victualler's
accounts for the two reigns together with entries taken verbatim
from the State Papers which augment the calendar summaries
previously published, and correct a good many errors. In addition
documents are printed here for the first time from a variety of
archives in Britain and abroad.
Further volume of the State Papers of Queen Anne covers the victory
at Ramillies among other concerns. This volume brings the Domestic
Calendar to the end of the secretaryship of Sir Charles Hedges, and
the appointment of Lord Sutherland in his place. Drawn from several
categories of State Papers, the records contain the usual mixture
of high politics and local concerns, though they are far from
insular: Marlborough's second great victory, at Ramillies, is
reported and celebrated, for example, and communications are
improved with the forces in northern Europe. The volume also
summarises papers relating to the American plantations, and the
evolving debate on the application there of English Law; such
entries complement and enhance what has already been published in
the Calendar ofTreasury Books, and the process of referral and
evaluation can often be followed through to an executive decision.
Recurring items include army commissions and other formal
appointments, payments to envoys, patents for inventions, and
passes to individuals and ships. The records are complemented by an
extensive and analytical index. Dr DAVID CROOK is Assistant Keeper
of Public Records, the National Archives, London.
Modern Manuscriptscovers all post-medieval MSS in the Library,
describing the contents of nearly 250 volumes, ranging from the
great naval collections to the individual letters and notes. It
includes some of the best known items in the Library (the Anthony
Roll of Henry VIII's navy; the Maitland poems, the Diary itself),
as well as a wide variety of MSS hitherto neglected for want of a
complete catalogue. Building on the specialist catalogues of M.R.
James and J.R. Tanner, the present volume encompasses not only
naval and maritime affairs, but also poetry, history, law, liturgy,
genealogy, sorcery and much else, describing in greatest detail
those items which remain unpublished.
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