Charles Gross research notes and transcriptions made at the P.R.O

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  Cartulary of Battle Abbey : [manuscript]

  Manuscripts

  ff. 1-43v. Latin. Privileges of Battle Abbey followed by precedents concerning the abbey's privileges, including records of writs, allowances of fines and announcements, and judgments in Exchequer, King's Bench and by various itinerant justices from the reigns of Richard I to Edward III, inclusive. The number of the roll from which each has been copied is recorded; the latest judgment is dated 25 July 1322 (f. 42). Folios 1-8, the liberties of Battle in the time of Henry of Rye (steward 1307-ca. 1327; see E. Searle, Lordship and Community: Battle Abbey and its Banlieu, Toronto 1974, 244-46) are printed from this manuscript in W. Dugdale, Monasticon anglicanum (London 1846) 3:248-51; ff. 11-20 are printed in English from a later version in Sussex Archaeological Collections 26 (1875) 155-63. BA 33 includes pleadings of the Eyre of Kent; also in Placita de Quo Warranto (London 1818) 333-35, 364-65, and in Eyre of Kent. Selden Society 24 (1909); 27 (1912); 29 (1913). Battle's pleading in the Eyre of Kent also in London, Lincoln's Inn, Hale B87.

  mssBA 33

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  Arguments of the 12 judges in the Exchequer Chamber about ship money : manuscript

  Manuscripts

  A manuscript copy of the court proceedings in the 1637 case "R v Hampden, 3 Howell State Trials, 825," in which Buckinghamshire gentleman landowner John Hampden refused to pay ship money levied by Charles I. The case was finally heard by all 12 judges in the Court of Exchequer Chamber; Hampden lost the case, seven judges to five. This copy is in a modern binding with marbled covers; on spine: "Parliamentary Papers. M.S.," spine is damaged and fragile; with modern pencil autograph notes on verso of first page.

  mssHM 204

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  Bible : [manuscript]

  Manuscripts

  ff. 1-350; ff. 350v-358v blank. [Bible]. Latin. ff. 1-275, Old Testament; ff. 275v-276v, columns and arches as if for canon tables but without text; ff. 277-350, New Testament. Bible in the standard order; note, however: 3 Kings ending at 4 Kings 1, 18; Ps. 151 present; Ecclesiasticus followed by the prayer of Solomon; Daniel ending at 14, 41. There are 56 prologues: none in the Old Testament after the introduction to the Minor Prophets, and one for each of the Catholic Epistles.

  mssHM 1069

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  Transcripts of arguments for claims no. 7, 17, 33, 34, 35, 43

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  These are typewritten transcripts, with paper covers; the transcripts were made for Sir Charles Fitzpatrick by Smith & Hulse, Shorthand Reporters, Washington, D.C. HM 82865 (1-2) are transcripts for claims No. 7, 33, 34, 35, 43 (March 11-12); HM 82865 (3-5) are transcripts for the "R.T.Roy" claim No. 17 (March 12-14). HM 82865 (3) also contains 2 pages of autograph notes by Fitzpatrick and 7 typewritten pages of notes on other legal cases.

  mssHM 82865 (1-5)

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  Lamb, Charbles. The letters of Charles Lamb : newly arranged, with additions / edited, with introduction and notes, by Alfred Ainger (Boston: R.H. Hinkley Company)

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  Spine title: The Works of Charles Lamb Edmonton Edition X : Letters Volume II Dummy with blue hand-painted covers, Japan vellum paper; containing printed title page, front matter, and pages [1]-275 (Chapter II-continued); with uncut pages. With stamp "Printer's Copy: Not in Edition."

  mssMerrymount

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  The ancient form of entering a judgment for a debt...: notes concerning forms of entering judgements

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  A.MS.S, the manuscript is signed with the initials "MT," the notes are followed by additional notes, in Latin, in another hand (1 p.).

  mssHM 82645