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Total number of records: 12328

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items7644
Indexes3336
Archives1348

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection12328
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse3405
English Literature2269
Incunabula1333
Medieval Manuscripts642
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections34
Letters Database2
Herbert Read Collection1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
saints177
popish plot, 1678129
english poetry118
christ110
virgin mary101
sermons, english99
fabulous animals66
birds65
english drama60
animals59

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain886
France55
Rome51
London (England)49
Yorkshire (England)39
Europe38
Hull (England)38
Italy25
Spain24
Ireland19

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Anonymous1188
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)983
Wodehouse, Sir Philip631
Great Britain. Parliament292
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)266
Great Britain225
Fairfax, Thomas, 3rd Lord Fairfax193
Dryden, John (1631-1700)179
Baron Brotherton170
Colonel Edward Allen Brotherton170

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From 10003
From 110013
From 12006
From 130027
From 14002083
From 1500779
From 16009409
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Archive Collection

Medieval Manuscripts (Brotherton Collection)

1100-1499

Leeds University Library holds medieval manuscripts dating from the 12th to the 15th century.

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Archive Print Sub-collection

Foreign C16 (Brotherton Collection)

1500-1599

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Brotherton Collection for C16 Facs

1500-1599

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Archive Series

Marrick priory

1170-1538

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Archive Series

Uvedale

1540-1570

After the dissolution of the monasteries, Marrick Priory was leased and then purchased by Sir John Uvedale, also known as Sir John Woodhall, former secretary to Anne Boleyn, and then secretary of the...

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Brackenbury-Hutton Purchase

1589-1599

Documents relating to the purchase of Marrick Priory by Sir Timothy Hutton of Marske in 1592.

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Lincolnshire

1200-1694

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Marrick Estate

1541-1592

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Marrick estate

1596-1696

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Italian Official Documents

1558-1697

Printed Italian documents referencing Gypsies and Travellers [Roma] in Italy. Some with manuscript annotations.

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Uvedale family

1540-1570

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