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Manuscript volume of biblical extracts including verses of the Epistle of St Paul, the apostles Peter and John and the apocrypha, mid to late 14th century. Bound with name 'Richard Triplett, 1724' inscribed on cover. Manuscript insert by Leathes including extract from the Vulgate, presented to him by The British and Foreign Bible Society, via the Reverend John Owen, 1813, [1350-1400]. 1 volume

Pedigree tracing descent of English kings from the reign of Henry II down to the reign of Henry V. Incomplete section of longer roll in both ascending and descending directions. Colour illuminations. Latin and English. 1 roll. FRAGILE

Bundle of 13 title deeds relating to property in the Lincolns' Inn area. (not listed in the schedule KH/T1/1).

Indenture between William Pollicott of the parish of St Clement Danes, Middlesex, and Sara Boughey of the same parish. 1 item

Letter granting power of attorney to William Barlow, scrivener, to administer the affairs of Thomas Bell of Nottingham, barber. 1 item

Volumes of bound printed pamphlets entitled Tracts relative to Roman Catholics, mainly comprising letters and reflections by a wide range of authors including Sir John Jervis White Jervis, Robert Stewart, second Marquis of Londonderry and Viscount Castlereigh, George Kenyon, Baron Kenyon, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville, on a predicted rapprochement between the Church of England and Rome, on the ancient Church in Britain, scriptural translation, Roman Catholic missionaries in England, on penal sanctions against Roman Catholics in Ireland and upon Catholic emancipation in general. Also with extensive manuscript annotations. 2 vols

Indenture between Edmund Stephens, mercer, Thomas Robinson and Edith Sare, all of Hungerford, Berkshire, relating to property in that town. 1 item

Manuscript volume containing devotional exercises and describing liturgical forms, possibly preparatory notes for divine service, compiled by Richard Woodroffe of London. Including commentary on the Eucharist, thanksgiving, and the value of prayer, 1691. With insert containing extracts from Monthly review, April 1813, and European magazine, April 1813, mainly concerning the episcopate, and on George Wither, poet, from Monthly magazine, October, 1817. 1691, 1817. 1 volume with loose inserts

Indenture between John Morgan of Southampton and Robert King. 1 item

Promissory note from John Drink to Edward Joy, Great Horwood, Buckinghamshire. 1 item

Will belonging to Edith Sare of Hungerford, Berkshire. With probate attached. 1 item

Autograph book collected by Casper Johann Northbeeg van Revel, containing watercolour illustrations of family coats of arms, various street scenes featuring, among others, musicians, ladies and gentlemen promenading and ribald social commentary. With verses in French, German and Latin. 1 volume

Indenture between Richard Sare of Hungerford, son of Edith, and Thomas Stephens. 1 item

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Receipt for £25 received by Thomas Guy, from the His Majesty's Exchequer, 10 Apr 1716. Receipt has been mounted on cardboard.

Residency certificates issued by poor law overseers in Slapton, Nothamptonshire. 3 items

Guy's Hospital Crest' Colour printed copies of Guy's Hospital arms, crest, supporters and motto, designed by John Anstis Garter, ND.

Guy's Hospital entry of Physician and Surgeon's pupils and dressers, 1778-1813': manuscript volume containing list of fees for physicians and surgeons pupils depending on length of stay; list of dressers and pupils entered under Jos[eph]Warner, James Franck, William Lucas, Benjamin Stead, Babington, William Cooper, Astley Cooper, Thompson Forster, Richard Stocker, in the stewardship of Mr Thomas Callaway, May 1778-Sep 1804. Includes name, whether dresser or pupil, length of stay, date of payment of hospital certificates; date certificate granted, and name and place of surgeon under whom they served time (prior to attending Guy's); list of gentlemen entered as apprentice to the surgeons, of Mr Guy's Hospital, 1762, 1784-Jun 1813. Includes date when entered, name, age, length of apprenticeship, time expired, date when certificate granted, when certificate paid, and name and place of surgeon to whom apprenticed, or where educated. Also contains memoranda relating to the practice of the apothecary, who was forbidden to take any apprentice or pupil, 1725; and loose page, (damaged) 'Terms of [attending] St Thomas's Hospital' contains list of fees for dressers and pupils, terms of admission, and availability of tickets of admission to operations.(Volume is extremely fragile)

Papers of Charles Oxley, comprising casebook, 1725-1726, recording details of surgical cases at St Thomas's Hospital; notes on lithology and operations for cataracts.