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Villare Anglicum, or, A view of all the cities, towns, and villages in England : alphabetically composed, so that naming any town or place, you may readily find in what shire, hundred, rape, wapentake, &c., it is in
Spelman, Sir Henry (1564?-1641); Speed, John (1552?-1629)
1678
Principally derived from the tables to the maps prepared by John Speed. Cf. Lowndes, p. 2474. In double columns. Advertisement on p. [461-464].
Denomination: forty nummi
Date(s): 600-601
Issuer/creator: Maurice (582-602)
Place: Antioch
Material: copper alloy
PHOTOCOPY OF RENTAL OF FOUNTAINS ABBEY
(1496-1497)
With transcript in Latin. Original is WYAS: Leeds, Vyner MSS5458.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 173- ?
Manuscript: Lt 13
Contents: Doggerel riddling verses, apparently addressed to a woman, on how she will
end up being used by men despite seeming happiness between them
A word of reproof to the priests or ministers, who boast of their ministery and ordinances, and yet live in pride, disdain, persecution, &c. Shewing what such are, and how little cause they have to exclaim against those who separate from them. As also a word to the papists discovering their foundation to be carnal and sandy, in a letter to some supposed priests or Jesuits in the north
Tomlinson, William
1653
Indexed in: Wing T1855; Smith II, 749.
Extracts from the diary of the late Samuel Emlen, M.D., physician of the Pennsylvania Hospital. With a short memoir of his life
Emlen, Samuel; Meigs, Charles Delucena
1830
Indexed in: Smith I, 575.
Bargain and sale
24 Apr 1752
1. John Atkinson of Sawley, yeoman 2. Thomas Oldfield of Skipton, innholder
Title: [unknown]
Date(s): 15-- ?
Manuscript: Lt 53
Contents: Lines said to be engraved on Elizabeth I's pocket pistol presented to her by
Philip of Spain, displayed on Dover pier, claiming to be able to shoot as far
as France; included in Coles's prose autobiography.
Extracts on baptism : wherein is set forth and recommended the one sabing baptism of Christ
Tuke, Henry (1755-1814)
1821
Compiled by Henry Tuke.
Conway [Conwy], Upper Gate from outside
Bingley, Godfrey (1842-1927)
23/Aug/1889
Photograph taken near Conwy, Conwy
Extracts from the letters and journal of Daniel Wheeler : now engaged in a religious visit to the inhabitants of some of the islands of the Pacific ocean, Van Dieman's land, and New South Wales, accompanied by his son, Charles Wheeler (pt.1-3)
Wheeler, Daniel (1771-1839)
1835-1839
Parts 2-4 have imprint: London: printed by Darton and Harvey, 1836-39.
A brief apology for Quakerism, inscribed to the Edinburgh Reviewers
Howard, Luke (1772-1864)
1808
By Luke Howard.