Grants awarded in 1977

Deeds from Wendron Parish and other properties in Cornwall. Also includes a letter from the Cornish antiquary William Borlase to R Gough (1768)

Deeds relating to the manor of Pollyng, Odiham, the property of the Esturmy family.

The second book to be printed at Oxford. One part of the Broxbourne Gift of John Ehrman that comprised 14 incunablua and four 16th-century books, including an Antoninus of 1472 from the first press at Bologna and a magnificent copy of the Lactantius printed at Rome by Sweynhym and Pannartz, 1468

Letter about the church at Hastings estate at Daylesford, which he was in the process of rebuilding

One of the rarest of the books in the Broxbourne Gift of John Ehrman, which consisted of nine incunabula, one early 16th-century German book and 14 16th-century English books.

Printed at Venice by Bernardinus Benalius; first edition, no other copy known in a British library. FONL grant given in memory of Christopher A Webb

Comprises accounts for the repair and building work carried out by the Earl of Warwick who was Naval commander for Parliament throughout the Civil War. The house was famous for having the first Orange House in England. This volume complements the Carew family records of Beddington bought with the aid of FONL in 1971 and 1974

The late 13th century charter is a grant of land in Little Oxendon (a deserted medieval village). The Easter Books are of Brington 1585 -86 and are early examples of detailed accounts of one aspect of a rectors income

Grant of lands by John Duke of Norfolk, Walter Lyhert Bishop of Norwich and others to the Great Hospital Norwich

Written during a journey from Midnapore in Bengal to Simla while Trower was on sick leave. Illustrated with pen and ink and water colour sketches

Shows William Montacute, first Earl of Salisbury in full armour with crested helm and with his arms displayed on his surcoat and on accompanying shields and lance-pennons

Includes memorandum book of Edmund Morton Pleydell, a memorandum book of tithes for Milbourne 1807 - 13, correspondence with George IV and some two hundred letters between members of the family at home and abroad from 1760s to 1860s.

270 items, mostly from the first half of the 17th century, relating to the activities of Thomas Smyth landowner and Royalist MP for Bridgwater in the period leading up to the Civil War. Smyth used the backs of these letters sometimes to scribble the gist of speeches in the House by Sir Edward Cooke and Sir Thomas Wentworth, amongst others

Printed by Wynkyn de Worde, a perfect copy with a hand coloured full page woodcut on the verso of the title page of the royal arms. Only three copies known. Presented by John Ehrman. Illustrated as frontispiece to AR

50 photographic views of Lucknow and environs with accompanying descriptions. Presented by the Hon. Mrs Desmond Cooke