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Excerpt from The Lauderdale Papers, Vol. 1: 1639 1667It is obvious that, even with the space so generously accorded to me by the Society, I can present but a meagre selection from a mass of documents of which' there are but very few that do not possess something of real importance. The principles which have guided me have been, in the first place, to afford the material most necessary for the student of Scottish history during the Restoration ...

Excerpt from The Camden Miscellany, Vol. 8For the four letters now published the Society is indebted to Mr. G. F. Warner, who met with them in arranging a collection of the correspondence of the Earl of Carlisle which has recently been. Purchased by the British Museum. The first of them is valuable as embodying iventworth's Opinion on Gustavus Adolphus at a critical point in his career, whilst the last gives us his Opinion of the Irish officia...

Excerpt from Promptorium Parvulorum Sive Clericorum, Lexicon Anglo-Latinum Princeps, Auctore Fratre Galfrido Gammatico Dicto In producing this first portion of the Promptorium, the Editor, having for various reasons been induced to withhold for the present his more detailed Preface, feels it requisite to offer a few preliminary observations. The present edition is formed upon the text of the Harleian MS. 221, which has been selected as the mo...

Excerpt from Diary of John Mannigham, of the Middle Temple, and of Bradbourne, Kent, Barrister-at-Law, 1602-1603 The original of Manningham's Diary, which is here printed, is No. 5353 in the Harleian collection of MSS. in the British Museum. It is a diminutive 12mo. volume, measuring not quite six inches by four, and containing 133 leaves. The handwriting, of which an admirable representation is given in the fac-simile prefixed, is small, and...

Excerpt from A Relation or Rather a True Account of the Island of England Emperor's ¿eet under Andrea Doria, was sent to oppose Barbarossa, then Capitan Pacha of the Turks. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the ...

Excerpt from Correspondence of the Family of Hatton, Vol. 1 It is to this Viscount Hatton that the bulk of the Hatton papers belonged, and the greater number of the letters here printed were addressed to him.' He was born in 1632, and in 1667 married his first wife, Cecilia, daughter of John Tufton, second Earl of Thanet. By her he had three daughters, two of whom died in infancy the third, Anne, married Daniel Finch, second Earl -of Nottingh...

Excerpt from The Ecclesiologist, Vol. 8 Lancet windows, - faultless, it is true, -well-pointed, well-proportioned, well-splayed, deeply set, boldly architraved, -but a world too numerous, regular, and unvarying, - except where beautifully and richly relieved, as at Appledram, and All Saints', Chichester, and Bosham, with the "dark brilliance" of polished shafts of Purbeck or Petworth, spires somewhat of the shortest and dingiest, aisles but s...

Excerpt from The Camden Miscellany, Vol. 13 One of the heads of the Dissenting interest. See Kennett, Com. Hist. Iii. 286. 2 See Hist. O. T. Ii. 249. The country seemed at the moment divided between Petitioners who presented petitions to the King for the meeting of Parliament. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an ...

Excerpt from The Camden Miscellany, Vol. 5 About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in t...

Excerpt from The Camden County Historical Society Charter, by-Laws and Membership RosterNow this is to certify, that the said Trustees have taken upon themselves as the name of said society the following, to wit.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technol...

Excerpt from Churches of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of ElyOf the Hinton family we find the following slight notice in the Life of Bishop Lisle, printed in the first Vol. Of Leland's Collectanea, pt. Ii. P. 607. Hugo de Hinton nobilis armiger filius J cannie de Hinton, pugnavit tempore Ed. III. Una cum patre Gul. De Hinton, milite, in transmarinis partibus. Et in regno Hispaniae contra inimicos crucis Christi. Qua in pugna Gul. De Hinton miles...

Excerpt from A Selection From the Wills of Eminent Persons: Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1495 1695From what has been stated it is Obvious that English Historical Literature, and our national reputation in respect of our treatment of literary inquirers, are most deeply indebted to sir john R0 milly and sir cresswell cresswell. To them it is owing that we are now enabled to say that, down to a comparatively recent period Of inq...

Excerpt from Illustrations of Monumental BrassesThe knowledge of costume must be allowed to be indispensable to such a power. Te smile at the notion that Julius Caesar has been applauded on the English stage, as he was represented by Booth. Yet the anaclu'onism was hardly more glaring than many which might be pointed out in paintings of scenes in the middle ages, by artists of the highest celebrity. Armour and dresses of every agc of chivalry ...

Excerpt from The Camden Miscellany, Vol. 9: Containing Visitations of Churches in the Patronage of St. Paul's Cathedral, "The Spousells" Of the Princess Mary 1508, A Collection of Original Letters From the Bishops to the Privy Council, 1564Mr. Maxwell. Lyte assigns the earlier part of the volume to the middle of the twelfth century.See pages 60 b - 69 a. The press mark of the M S. Is W. D. 4. 5 Thomas Lisieux, Dean of St. Paul's, 1441-1456.Abo...