Crewe Manuscripts

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f. 87r Frontispiece, probably from an edition of A Serious and Compassionate Inquiry into the Causes of the Present Neglect and Contempt of the Protestant Religion and Church of England, by John Goodman (17th or 18th c.) Part 17th or 18th c.
f. 89 Engraved section-title for the ‘Division of Holland’, from A Selection of Views in the County of Lincoln (London, 1801–5) Part 1801–5
f. 91 Engraved section-title for ‘Lindsey’, from A Selection of Views in the County of Lincoln (London, 1801–5) Part 1801–5
f. 94r Engraved section-title for ‘Madoc in Wales’, from an edition of Madoc, by Robert Southey (early 19th c.) Part early 19th c.
f. 102r Engraved title-page of The Psalter, or, Psalmes of David, of that translation which is used in common prayer (Christopher Barker, c. 1579) Part c. 1579
f. 105r Etched title-page of A Treatise of English Particles, by William Walker, 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th ed. (London: Robert Pawlet, 1673 x 1683) Part 1673 x 1683
loose after f. 106 Engraved title-page of Historiarum ab excessu Caroli V Caesaris … libri II, by Pier van Winsem (Leeuwarden, 1629) Part 1629
loose after f. 111 Frontispiece of All the Talents!, by Polypus (London, 1807) Part 1807
loose after f. 115 Title-page of La quatriesme partie de Polexandre, by Marin Le Roy de Gomberville, derniere edition (Paris, 1641) Part 1641
f. 117r Engraved title-page of Poetae minores Graeci, ed. Ralph Winterton (Cambridge, 1635) Part 1635
f. 129r Frontispiece of The Christians Defence against the Fears of Death, by Charles Drelincourt, translated by Marius d’Assigny (1720?) Part 1720?
f. 130r Engraved royal coat of arms Part 17th c.?
f. 133r Engraved illustration from an unidentified book Part 18th c.?
f. 136r Frontispiece of The Universal Letter-Writer, by Thomas Cooke (London, 1770?) Part 1770?
f. 149r Title-page of The Paschal or Lent-Fast, by Peter Gunning (London, 1662), including an engraved device Part 1662
f. 18r Rough abstract of the indictment Part 1775
f. 19r Draft of a speech to the court indicating the speaker’s reluctance to give evidence against Margaret Rudd Part 1775
f. 20r Draft of a declaration or speech indicating the reluctance of Messrs Drummond to prosecute Margaret Rudd Part 1775
f. 1 Title: ‘Collection de differentes Traductions de Pasquinades, critiques, et Brochures, et d’autres Discours et Projets politiques, et commerciales, qui sont sortis à Londres. Le Tout interressant et Instructif pour connoître les affaires d’apresent; et compilé à Londres 1743.’ Part 1743
f. 14 Print captioned ‘The C–rd–n–ls Master-Piece, or Europe in a Flurry’ Part Oct. 1741
ff. 18-21 Printed pamphlet, entitled The Prince of Wales his Dream, presaging the Death of Queen Carolina his Mother: in Latin, French, and English verses, London Part 1738
f. 35 Description of the next five items (ff. 36-41), in French Part 1743
f. 39 Printed list of ships abroad in the service of the United East India Company, with a list of ships arrived back in the ports of the Channel since the last year’s list Part Apr. 1739
f. 40 Printed list of ships abroad in the service of the United East India Company, with a list of ships arrived back in the ports of the Channel since the last year’s list Part 29 Apr. 1740
ff. 72-3 Title of the next item, in French, and a blank leaf Part 1743
ff. 74-98, 100-9 French translation of The Present State of the British and French Sugar Colonies and our own Northern Colonies Considered, by William Perrin (1740) Part c. 1740
f. 133 Description of the next item, in French Part 1743
ff. 134-5 Printed list of the members of the House of Commons who voted for and against the convention with Spain (on 8 Mar. 1739), showing their annual salaries Part 1739
ff. 214-34 French translation of part of A Letter from a Member of the last Parliament to a new Member of the present, concerning the Conduct of the War with Spain (1742) Part c. 1742
ff. 247-81 Printed pamphlet entitled A Further Report from the Committee of Secresy appointed to enquire into the Conduct of Robert, Earl of Orford Part 1742