This defence of regicide was printed on or before 13th February 1649, some two weeks after the death of King Charles I. In The Tenure, Milton is developing his theory of civil liberty.
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The Alanbrooke archive is primarily manuscript and large - 87 boxes. Alanbrooke's judgement was critical to the Allies' success in winning the Second World War and so these papers are of international repute and regularly consulted.
Elaine Feinstein's archive embraces the whole range of her literary output: poetry, fiction, prose, criticism, biography, translation and drama. It comprises manuscripts, annotated typescripts, marked proofs and correspondence with a large circle of writers including Martin Amis, A. S.
This collection of 31 letters includes letters from Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928) and his artist wife, Margaret Macdonald Macintosh, to Jessie Newbery, the artist wife of the Director of the Glasgow School of Art.
Jean Hartley and her husband founded the Marvell press, which in 1955 first published poetry by Philip Larkin.
In 1789, Douglas made an advantageous marriage to Catherine North, the eldest daughter of the former Prime Minister. The letters contain much information about life at Court and Princess Caroline of Brunswick, to whom Lady Sheffield and Lady Glenbervie were ladies-in-waiting.
This collection of 35 letters by Bentham had been assumed to be lost. Leicester Stanhope was one of his closest friends and most trusted collaborators during the last decade of Bentham's life.
In 1927, the new diocese of Guildford was carved out of the huge diocese of Winchester. The competition for the design of the new cathedral was won by Sir Edward Maufe. Work began in 1936 and was finally completed in the mid 1960s.
These manuscripts complement the family archives of the Willughbys, Barons Middleton of Wollaton Hall, and particularly to Francis Willughby (1635-72) and John Ray (1627-1705).
Poole Pottery was established in the 1870s, and the collection includes the business records of the company and a representative series of working patterns from the 1920s to the 1990s.