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Collection comprises correspondence with Philip Hammersley Leathes, manuscript papers, diaries, devotionals, dictionaries and pedigree rolls, title deeds and indentures, printed books and pamphlets, catalogues and the manuscripts of the architect, John Carter, [1350-1863]. Notably including correspondence from George Nayler of the College of Arms and Nicholas Carlisle, Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries, relating to publications of the Society, discoveries of antique brass plate, and the exchange of manuscripts between antiquaries, [1790-1838]; loose manuscript papers collected by Leathes, describing ornamentation in early printed devotionals, a fictional narrative entitled 'The amorous Jill: A tale', narrative of the Lisbon earthquake of 1755, notes relating to the observation of comets, including the comet of 1811, copies of charters of the reigns of Edward IV and Henry VII, papers relating to the Portland Vase, British Museum, fragments describing inscription on newly discovered brass plate, 1747-1829; pedigree rolls tracing the lineage of the English Crown, [1450, 1762]; manuscript volumes including collection of biblical extracts, liturgical handbook, autograph book with colour illustrations, antiquarian ephemera such as funeral memorials, armorials and the creation of nobles, volume by Francis Harrison entitled, 'The elements of navigation' with colour charts, tables and illustrations, dictionaries of Celtic and Saxon words, notes on the teaching of mathematics, commonplace book drawing on ancient and modern authors, manuscript diary including progress of architectural tour of Europe; title deeds and indentures for families in Nottingham, Southampton, London and Hungerford, residency certificates in Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire, 1650-1751; printed books and pamphlets on the subjects of antiquarianism, genealogy and architecture, 1778-1853; manuscripts of John Carter, architect, acquired at his death in 1817 by his executor, Leathes, notably including autobiographical notebooks by Carter describing architectural subjects and tours, commonplace book, correspondence with Leathes, loose notes on linguistics and the ships of the Russia Company, obituaries of Carter and sale catalogue from his estate, 1700-1818; manuscript catalogues and display captions relating to the Leathes' papers, King's College London, 1819, 1837.

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

Records of King's College Hospital, 1562-1999, comprising the governing and management bodies' and sub-committees' minutes and papers, 1839-1976; files of senior administrative staff including the Hospital Secretary, House Governor and District Administrator, 1853-1990; title deeds and other legal documents, 1562-[1970]; registers, indexes and inventories, 1879-1980; Medical School papers, 1833-1997, including the Medical Society/Listerian Society, the Clubs and Societies Union, and the Medical School Library; private papers of several professors, 1834-1988, including Albert Carless, Arthur Edmunds, Sir (Harold Arthur) Thomas Fairbank, and Herbert Willoughby Lyle; case notes, 1820-1959; ephemera, 1742-1998, including programmes for ceremonies and events, Hospital serials and publications, appeals and publicity, photographs and press cuttings; minutes and annual reports of the Friends of King's College Hospital, 1955-1988; Hospital accounts, 1961-1981; records of the Thrombosis Research Unit, [1972-1996]; records of the Nightingale Institute, 1813-1999.

NOTE: Some bundles do not include all the contents listed in the schedule (KH/T1/1), and bundles 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 27 are missing

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

Manuscripts collected by William Marsden, including letters and other material, 1627-1668, relating to Portuguese Catholic missionaries in India, some from Ajmir and Agra, and Tibet; texts, grammars and vocabularies, [17th-18th centuries], including Welsh; Icelandic; Kannada; Tamil fragments, some on palmyra leaves; Javanese text; Tagalog fragments; manuscript letter from C T de Murr to William Marsden, 24 Feb 1797, regarding the Bibliotheca glottica universalis, with accompanying typescript transcription; Ionian (Greek) newspaper concerning King George III, 1805.

Several items were transferred to the Foyle Special Collections Library at King’s College London in 2018: martyrology of Portuguese missionaries in India and other parts of Asia, [17th century]; manuscript entitled 'Principio do dereito q. tem el Rey de Portugal da Ilha de Goa...1595', bound with 'Livro tresladado dos contos de Goa de todos os ordenados q. Sua Magestade da na India...', both 1658, also with cipher used presumably by the Jesuits, 'Cifra da Compa. q. devem ter todos os superiores...'; 'Bocabulario Tagalo', [c1580]; 'Vocabulario de la lengua Iloca'.

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Bound volume containing papers relating to the activities of the Portuguese East India Company, 1628-1633, collected and annotated by Ataíde, and including letters from company representatives at Goa, papers relating to the fitting out and repair of company ships at Lisbon and Goa; memoranda of company export purchases, particularly pepper and indigo, price lists and balance sheets, 1629-1633, and report of judicial court of enquiry held at Goa in 1630 in connection with the fitting out of the carracks SANTO IGNÁCIO DE LOYOLA and BOM JESUS DO MONTE CALVÁRIO.

Prints and illustrations of Guy's Hospital Medical School, [1647-1970], comprising prints and engraved views of Guy's Hospital Medical and Dental Schools, including prints of Guy's Hospital, c1725, c1734; prints of hospital exterior views by Hanslip Fletcher, 1947-1949; prints of buildings close to the site of Guy's Hospital, [1647-1787]; prints of St Bartholomew's Hospital, [1813], and buildings of medical colleges and buildings in London and Dublin, [1814-1830]; engravings, prints and press cuttings of portraits of staff of Guy's Hospital and Medical School and associated people, [1819-1918]; press cuttings of pictures of Guy's Hospital events, [1899-1916], including prize distributions, sports teams; sketches and caricatures of individuals, 1896-1958; maps and plans of Guy's Hospital and Borough area, [1746]-1962.

Prints of buildings close to the site of Guy's Hospital, including The Old George Inn, Borough, 19 copies; Newcourt's Survey, circa 1647, showing Bermondsey St, Tooley St, Long Lane, Five Foot Lane and Kent St; 1787 plan of Borough showing Guy's Hospital.

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

Papers, 1668-1685, from George Ernest Morrison's collection relating to the activities of Jesuit missionaries, principally in the Far East, including a legal document on Roman Catholic martyrs in Flanders, Japan, England and elsewhere, signed by the notary Hermanus Bex and others and with the great seal of the City of Liege, 1668, and correspondence and other documents concerning missions including transcripts of petitions protesting against the activities of the Vicars Apostolic, and in favour of the Jesuits, of Christians in Cochin China (Annam) and Indochina, 1681-1682.