Consists of Bailiffs books and farming records, including a record of timber cut on the estate and notes of the exact amounts of work done by each man in the fields and the payment he received
Search FNL grants since 1931
Notification by Gilbert de Pinkey to the Bishop of Lincoln that he has confirmed the grants made by his grandfather and father.
Shiryngton was chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. The charter sets out in detail the duties of the chaplain and his daily collect is recited in full
Chaderton was first Master of Emmanuel College, appointed 1584. The volume contains numerous papers concerning puritan criticisms of the anglican liturgy
An 18th century drill book with 97 plates
The letters make frequent reference to the work of DG Rossetti and discuss the work of many writers such as Swinburne. Also acquired at this time were 10 letter sof Michael Frederick Halliday, a close friend of Millais, to William Holman Hunt. 25 of the grant was given by Simon Nowell-Smith
A collection of Civil War pamphlets, broadsides and letters which were all sent to David Pennant in his capacity as High Sheriff of Flintshire in 1642 and preserved by him.
Lot 318 is an oration of Elizabeth I made in St Marys Church to the University in 1564; Lot335 is a briefe extract of such charges as Sir William Pelham sustayned in Irland service 1579- 1580 and Lo t 342 is the Orders and instructions of Robert Earl of Lindsay Admiral of His Majestys fleet, 1635
An important letter describing the preparations for the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester railway, the worlds first major railway line
Includes Yarmouth Frere MSS being the Yarmouth section of the collection of Peter Le Neve, Francis Blomefield and other Norfolk antiquaries