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Brotherton Collection12
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse2

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letters2
latin poetry, medieval and modern1
fairfax family1
english poetry1
italian poetry1

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Fairfax, Charles Colonel (1597-1673)5
Fairfax, Ferdinando Fairfax Baron (1584-1648)4
Fairfax, Henry2
Rymer, Thomas (1641-1713)1
Favour, John1
Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax Baron (1612-1671)1

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Yorkshire Manuscripts (Brotherton Collection)

1640-1710

Manuscripts relating to the Fairfax Family, largely dating from the mid-late 17th century. Includes: 'Analecta Fairfaxiana' by Charles Fairfax, his detailed history of the Fairfax and related familie...

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Analecta Fairfaxiana, compiled by Charles Fairfax for his son Henry Fairfax.

Fairfax, Charles Colonel (1597-1673)

c.1648-1672

Contains a collection of Fairfax family records, written chiefly in Latin, but with some English poems and sentences included in it, by Charles Fairfax for his son Henry, including many coats-of-arms....

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A collection of documents relating to the Fairfax family, together with other miscellaneous material, compiled by Charles Fairfax and others.

Fairfax, Charles Colonel (1597-1673)

c.1650-1710

Contains notes by Charles Fairfax relating to the Analecta Fairfaxiana, a Latin anagram on himself with his explanatory note referring to the tempest which his ship weathered in September 1652; also, ...

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Analecta Fairfaxiana, A[nn]o 1660, compiled by Charles Fairfax.

Fairfax, Charles Colonel (1597-1673)

c.1663-1667

Contains probably the final version of the Analecta Fairfaxiana by Charles Fairfax, being his detailed history of the Fairfax and related families, including a dedication dated 1663, historical and ge...

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Memorabilium Familiae nostrae Fasciculus ; part of the Analecta Fairfaxiana, compiled by Charles Fairfax and dedicated to Thomas, 3rd Lord Fairfax

Fairfax, Charles Colonel (1597-1673)

c.1657-1673

Contains a collection of Fairfax family epitaphs and other records compiled throughout by Charles Fairfax with his additions and revisions and with a signed dedication to Thomas, third Lord Fairfax. T...

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Letter written by Charles Fairfax to his brother, Ferdinando Fairfax, concerning West Riding affairs.

Fairfax, Charles Colonel (1597-1673)

1646

Charles Fairfax's letter dated 'Menston this 8th of Aprill 1646' to his elder brother, Ferdinando Fairfax, concerning West Riding matters.

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Letter written by Ferdinando Fairfax expressing his willingness to serve in Parliament.

Fairfax, Ferdinando Fairfax Baron (1584-1648)

1640

Ferdinando Fairfax's letter written from York and dated 24 September 1640 expressing his willingness to serve in Parliament.

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Manuscript miscellany relating to the Fairfax family.

Fairfax, Henry

early to mid 17th century

Miscellany of transcripts, mainly in the nature of antiquities and heraldry, nearly all in the hand of Henry Fairfax. Many of them are on the backs of letters sent to him. Pieces in the hands of other...

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Contemporary copy of petition, signed by 5th Lord Fairfax

1680

A contemporary copy of a petition of the gentry of the county of York to James II with signatures of the two sons of Henry, 4th Lord Fairfax. Thomas, who become 5th Lord, and Henry; also of William, w...

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Letter by Ferdinando Fairfax detailing his proceedings against the Earl of Newcastle and his Popish Army in Yorkshire

Fairfax, Ferdinando Fairfax Baron (1584-1648)

29 Dec 1642

Manuscript letter signed by Ferdinando Fairfax. The letter details the activities of the Earl of Newcastle's 'popish' army in Leeds and Bradford; outlines the circumstances of the defeat of Newcastle'...

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Letter to Henry, Lord Fairfax

Rymer, Thomas (1641-1713)

25 May 1679

Letter from Thomas Rymer to Henry, Lord Fairfax, in a folder labelled 'The Collection of Autograph letters and historical documents formed by Alfred Morrison.'

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