Grants awarded in 1994

Written when Barnes was 16 years old, an attempt at epic written on the back of two almanacs for the years 1813 and 14.

Collection also contains the working material for Meynells biography of Thompson. One of the 8 autograph note books contains the drafts of his most famous poem The Hound of Heaven

This book is the result of Dugdales ambitious programme to record as much as possible of medieval church architecture and decoration as he could before the iconoclasts of the Puritan movement could

80 printed volumes of Davies poetry together with a bound volume of autograph fair copies of 15 poems some of them apparently unpublished, submitted to James Guthrie for publication by the Pear Tre

Only known copy of this edtion (STC 15809.5) In a contemporary blind-stamped calf binding with a panel on the front cover showing St George slaying the dragon and on the rear cover St Michael thrus

Thwaite, first an editor for the BBC, later literary editor of The Listener and The New Statesman became Larkins close friend and acted as editor and sounding board through much of Larkins life.

Three minute books of the Wheal Friendship mine in Mary Tavy, Devon which mostly produced copper, but also a little silver, lead , tin and zinc.

These ledgers provide unique information on the development of the harp by Sbastien Erard, one of the most gifted inventors in musical history, who also devised the double escapement for the pianof

Manorial rentals for the manor of Hollingrove in Brightling dated c.1440 and c.1550 and a bundle of court rolls of Lord Dacres manors of Herstmonceux, Gotham, Oldcourt, Buckholt and Berwick 1660 -

The material relates mainly to parishes near Chicksands and Shefford in central Bedforshire.

A series of 12 letters to Scotts London publishers, Longman and Rees, dealing in fascinating detail with matters relating to the publishing, illustrating and selling of The Lay of the Last Minstrel

As well as the manorial deeds and rental books in this collection there are three court rolls for the special court known as the Hethewarmoot for 1422 - 1481.

The Duc de Rohan was, after Coligny, the most admired, even heroic, of the Hugenot leaders in the struggle against the Catholic power in the French religious wars.

An archive of exceptional importance.

Many of the documents illustrate both the preparations and the course of the Civil War.

The archive contains letters from Lady Gregory, WB Yeats, Lennox Robinson and GB Shaw. There are also unknown stage sets by Ulster artists Harry Morrow and William Conor.

Records the annual rents received by William Fauconer from his Midlington estate, most of the properties being in the Soberton and Droxford areas.

Sketches in pen and brown ink, with occasional wash; several drawings are clearly trial poses and compositions, but roughly twice as many are for subjects pictures, often no more than the rough out

Doggerel verses penned while Stevenson was reading for the Bar in the Advocates Library, Edinburgh; the blue paper bifolium upon which the verse translations are written bears the blindstamp of the

Includes cartoons of stained glass windows and other designs from various stages of the production process.

Groups of polemics on aspects of Franciscan order and social attitudes and behaviour. Bound in a contemporary blind-stamped binding by Wynkyn de Wordes binder. STC 17971.3

267 volumes of history, travel and devotional literature. Left to the church under the terms of Brewsters will, he stipulated that the books be chained.