Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, recording the salaries and fees of all the offices in the gift of the Crown, including the officers of the court of revenue, law courts, the royal household, forts, and forests. The manuscript also records some names of current office holders; the list of "Players of interludes" includes Richard Burbage and John Heminge, and the list of "Keeper of Parrys garden, of beares and mastifs" names Edward Alleyn and Philip Henslowe.
Description:
Binding: limp parchment.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Officials and employees
Subject (Name):
Burbage, Richard,--1567?-1619, Heminge, John,--ca. 1556-1630, Henslowe, Philip,--d. 1616, and James--I,--King of England,--1566-1625
Subject (Topic):
Courts and courtiers--England, Legal manuscripts, and Royal households--Great Britain
Manuscript on paper, in several hands, of Latin quotations grouped by philosophical and moral subjects such as Bellum; Fortuna; Humilitas; Ingratus; Patientia; and Virtus Moralis. Other entries include several religious poems; medical recipes "for the stone"; Biblical quotations; a history of England from William the Conqueror to 1502; and a prayer which asks God to bless "thy servant James by thy grace...King defender of the true ancient CS A. F. In all causes and over all persons...Blesse the noble queene Ana & let not the scepter depart from prince Henry nor thy gratious goodnes from all the Roial progeny."
Description:
Binding: full sheep; blind-stamped decoration on covers., Pen trials inside front and back covers, including several drawings of cats, mice, and a bird., Signature of Robert Cottesford on end-paper., and Table of contents to the Latin quotations appears on pp. 172-5.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--History--1066-1687, Great Britain--Intellectual life--17th century, and Great Britain--Religious life and customs--17th century
Subject (Name):
James--I,--King of England,--1566-1625
Subject (Topic):
English poetry--17th century, Latin poetry--17th century, Medicine, Meditations (Religious), Philosophy, and Prayers
