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Total number of records: 5

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives4
Books and printed items1

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society2
English Literature1
Brotherton Collection1

Count of Subject

SubjectCount
manuscripts, english -- 17th century -- texts.1
paraguay. jesuits, 1607-17681
thirty years' war, 1618-16481
jews -- england -- london -- history -- sources.1
jesuits. province of paraguay1
christian converts from judaism -- england -- london -- history -- sources.1
great fire, london, england, 1666 -- sources.1
jesuits1

Count of Place

PlaceCount
Rothwell; Yorkshire West Riding1
London (England)1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Jaggard, Isaac (1627)1
Jacob Ben Samuel1
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)1
Smethwicke, John (1641)1
Zaehnsdorf, Joseph William (1853-1930)1
Wells, Gabriel (1861-1946)1
Vail, Theodore Newton (1845-1920)1
Heminge, John (1556-1630)1
Hastings, Theophilius (1650-1701)1
Aspley, William (1640)1

Archive Collection

DEEDS RELATING TO ROTHWELL MANOR

1630-1632

Includes bargain and sale from John Gamble of York, and co, to William Stansfield of Oulton, yeo [7 Oct 1630]

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Archive Collection

DEEDS FROM THE SEBRIGHT COLLECTION

17th century

Relating to Mexborough, Saltmarshe in the parish of Howden, Skelton, Swinton and Wharram-le-Street; also to Newton, Osbournby and Scott Willoughby [all Lincolnshire] mainly 17th century

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Archive Judaica File

[Begging letter, after 6 September 1666, from Jacob ben Rabbi Samuel Augusto to the Earl of Huntingdon, referring to "that unhappy fire in London hath undone me, for my pleace[!], for my hebrew bookis, and for my living" (original)].

[1666?]

English title derived from Roth, "Catalogue", in Alexander Marx: Jubilee Volume, vol. 1 (New York, 1950), no. 249. Summary: Only first leaf recto, and last leaf verso (address and traces of red wax...

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Archive File

Manuscript and printed documents relating to the Jesuit province of Paraguay.

c. 1626-1634

The largest manuscript item (115 pp.) is a copy of the Cartas Anuas or annual reports of the Jesuit province of Paraguay for the years 1626 and 1627, describing the early Jesuit Missions in Paraguay, ...

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Archive Print Item

Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, & tragedies. Published according to the true originall copies

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Bedford, Francis (1799-1883); Zaehnsdorf, Joseph William (1853-1930); Vail, Theodore Newton (1845-1920); Wells, Gabriel (1861-1946); Condell, Henry (1627); Heminge, John (1556-1630); Droeshout, Martin (1601-); Jaggard, Isaac (1627); Blount, Edward (1588-1632); Smethwicke, John (1641); Aspley, William (1640)

1623

The 'first folio', with very slight imperfections. 12 3/8 x 7 1/8 inches. F.1b. 'To the reader'. [By Ben Jonson.] F.2a. Title-page. F.3a-b. 'To the most noble...'. F.4a. 'To the great variety ...'. F....

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