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    Archive Collections
  • 1
    Autographs of the King's Judges and other leading Commonwealth men
    17th Century [19th Century binding]
    Ref:GB 133 Eng MS 16
    Location:University of Manchester Library
    Name of creator:
    Name of Author: Unknown.
    Extent:Extent of unit of description: various sizes. 1 volume;
    Language:English
  • 2
    W.D. Pink's Research Papers on Members of Parliament
    Late 19th to Early 20th Centuries
    Ref:GB 133 Eng MSS 296-333
    Location:University of Manchester Library
    Name of creator:
    Name of Author: William (John Duncombe Pink).
    Extent:16 subfonds; 53 items
    Language:English
  • 3
    Clayton and Morris Papers
    1653-1731
    Ref:GB 133 Eng MSS 899, 906, 943, 959, 986
    Location:University of Manchester Library
    Name of creator:
    Clayton Robert (1629-1707) Scrivener Lord Mayor of London,Morris John (1625-1682) MP.
    Extent:5 subfonds (355 items)
    Language:English
  • 4
    Gurney Miscellanea I
    1631-1638
    Ref:GB 133 Eng MS 875
    Location:University of Manchester Library
    Name of creator:
    Name of Author: Various but mainly the anonymous EA.
    Extent:193 x 143 mm. 1 volume (292 folios); Binding: contemporary full calf binding
    Language:English
  • 5
    Libelle of English Policy
    16th Century
    Ref:GB 133 Eng MS 955
    Location:University of Manchester Library
    Name of creator:
    Unknown.
    Extent:217 x 158 mm. 1 volume (27 folios); Binding: limp parchment covers
    Language:Middle English and English
  • 6
    Brut Chronicle (1346 Continuation)
    Mid 14th century
    Ref:GB 133 Eng MS 103
    Location:University of Manchester Library
    Name of creator:
    Name of Author: Unknown.
    Extent:1 volume. iv + 130 + ii folios, foliated (1-2), 3-130 (modern foliation). Folios iii and iv are vellum flyleaves (see below). Dimensions: 275 x 183 mm. Collation: 1 8, 2 8 lacking 2-7 after f. 9, 3-7 8, 8 8 lacking 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 and 8 (ff. 51-2), 9-17 8, 18 8 lacking 7 and 8. Quires are signed in the usual late medieval way: a, b, d-s. 'The fifth leaf in each quire is marked on the recto, bottom right, with a cross made without raising the pen' (Ker). The second leaf of the text is missing, but according to Ker its first words were no doubt 'al this', since f. 9v ends 'herden' (Brie, p. 3 line 9). Medium: vellum, 'of good quality, thick and soft' (Ker). Binding: blind-stamped chestnut morocco, 19th century
    Language:Middle English and Latin
  • 7
    The Royalists' Letany; Second Part
    Mid 17th Century
    Ref:GB 133 Eng MS 878
    Location:University of Manchester Library
    Name of creator:
    Name of Author: Unknown.
    Extent:296 x 200 mm. 1 folio;
    Language:English
  • 8
    History of Computing Collection: Armament Research Establishment Collection
    1948-1970
    Ref:GB 133 NAHC/ARE
    Location:University of Manchester Library
    Name of creator:
    Armament Research Establishment Fort Halstead.
    Extent:1 box (16 items)
    Language:English
  • 9
    George Dunn Brut Chronicles
    15th century
    Ref:GB 133 Eng Mss 206-207
    Location:University of Manchester Library
    Name of creator:
    Name of Collector: George Dunn.
    Extent:2 subfonds; 2 items
    Language:Middle English
  • 10
    Papers of Mary Bateson
    mid-1890s-1929
    Ref:GB 133 MBP
    Location:University of Manchester Library
    Name of creator:
    Bateson Mary 1865-1906 historian.
    Extent:9 series; 26 items. Condition: Generally good. Many of the papers are slightly dirty, some are torn
    Language:English and Latin
  • 11
    Index to General Conway's Pamphlet Collection
    18th Century
    Ref:GB 133 Eng MS 48
    Location:University of Manchester Library
    Name of creator:
    Name of Author: Unknown but possibly Henry Seymour Conway.
    Extent:Extent of unit of description: 204 x 158 mm. 2 volumes (78 folios, 111 folios);
    Language:English
  • 12
    Exchequer Warrants (17th Century)
    1669-1670
    Ref:GB 133 Eng MS 61
    Location:University of Manchester Library
    Name of creator:
    Name of Author: Unknown.
    Extent:186 x 148 mm. 1 volume (154 folios); Binding: 17th-century full calf over boards
    Language:English
  • 13
    Mordaunt Letter-Book
    n.d. [c 1669]
    Ref:GB 133 Eng MS 55
    Location:University of Manchester Library
    Name of creator:
    John Mordaunt first Viscount Mordaunt of Avalon (1626-1675).
    Extent:365 x 245 mm. 245 folios, plus two separated sections of 2 folios each;
    Language:English
  • 14
    Brut Chronicle (1413 Continuation)
    End 15th century
    Ref:GB 133 Eng MS 105
    Location:University of Manchester Library
    Name of creator:
    Name of Author: Unknown.
    Extent:1 volume. iii + 134 + iii folios, foliated (i), 1-136, (137-8). Folios 1 and 2 are vellum binding leaves; 1 was pasted down. Dimensions: 278 x 206 mm. Collation of ff. 3-136: 1 16 lacking 2, 2 14 plus 1 leaf after 14 (f. 32), 3 16 lacking 15 and 16, perhaps blank, after f. 46, 4-5 16, 6 14 plus 1 leaf after 7 (f. 86), 7-8 16, 9 14 plus 1 leaf after 7 (f. 133), lacking 11-14 after f. 136. Quires are signed (a), (b), c-h, j. Medium: paper and for the outside, fourth, and middle sheets of each quire, vellum, except that vellum was saved in three quires by using singletons, ff. 32, 86 and 133, instead of bifolia; paper flyleaves. Binding: diced calf, rebacked, with remnants of a lion or panther rampant gilt-stamped on the first panel of the spine, 18th century
    Language:Middle English and Latin
  • 15
    Spring-Rice Collection
    1788-1911
    Ref:GB 133 Eng MSS 1187-1190, 1284-1286
    Location:University of Manchester Library
    Name of creator:
    Spring-Rice Thomas 1st Baron Monteagle (1790-1866) statesman,Spring-Rice Cecil Arthur Sir (1858-1918) Knight Diplomat.
    Extent:7 subfonds
    Language:English
  • 16
    Marlborough Brut Chronicle (1377 Continuation)
    Mid 15th century
    Ref:GB 133 Eng MS 102
    Location:University of Manchester Library
    Name of creator:
    Name of Author: Unknown.
    Extent:1 volume. ii + 101 + ii folios, foliated 1-101 (modern foliation). Dimensions: 320 x 235 mm. Collation of ff. 1-43, 45-57, 60-101: 1 8 lacking 1 before f. 39 and 7 and 8 after f. 43, 7 8, 8 8 lacking 6 after f. 57, 9-13 8. ff. 44 and 58-59 are added leaves. Condition: f. 60v is damaged; a section of the leaf has been torn out, extending from the middle of the foredge to within 62mm of the gutter on the lower edge, with loss to twelve lines of text. Medium: vellum. Binding: full calf, the arms of Sir James Ley gilt-stamped on both board, early 17th century
    Language:Middle English and Latin
  • 17
    Transcripts of Correspondence between George III and William Pitt
    Mid 19th Century [Transcripts cover 1783-1787]
    Ref:GB 133 Eng MS 912
    Location:University of Manchester Library
    Name of creator:
    Name of Transcriber: Unknown.
    Extent:1 volume (41 items tipped in). Binding: bound by Bramhall and Menzies in half brick-red morocco, buckram-covered boards; buckram-covered slipcase
    Language:English
  • 18
    History of Computing Collection: International Computers Ltd (ICL) Collection
    1914-1979
    Ref:GB 133 NAHC/ICL
    Location:University of Manchester Library
    Extent:10 boxes
    Language:English
  • 19
    History of Computing Collection: The National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) Collection
    1948-1969
    Ref:GB 133 NAHC/NRD
    Location:University of Manchester Library
    Name of creator:
    Name of Creator: National Research Development Corporation.
    Extent:49 series (222 files)
    Language:English
  • 20
    Tract Against Tithes
    18th century
    Ref:GB 133 Eng MS 1156
    Location:University of Manchester Library
    Name of creator:
    Name of Author: Unknown.
    Extent:243 x 183 mm. 1 volume (32 folios); Binding: bound in red buckram by Bramhall and Menzies
    Language:English