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Fragment of Kyng Alisaunder
GB 0096 MS 593 · 1330-1340

A vellum bi-folium containing part of the Middle English poem Kyng Alisaunder, probably dating from 1330-1340. This fragment, much worn through use as a wrapper, contains parts of lines 6676-6850 and 7214-7388 (according to the edition by G.V. Smithers), though the last five or six lines in each column have been cut away. The fragment is foliated 43 and 44 in a 14th century hand.

Unknown
GB 0096 MS 574 · [1250-1300]

Manuscript fragment in French, used as a pastedown and probably dating from the late 13th century, containing part of Maistre Wace's Roman de Brut, namely lines 6680-6710 and 6782-6812 (according to the edition published in Paris by Professor I. Arnold in 1938-1940).

Unknown
GB 0096 MS 836 · 1337-1342

Leaf, foliated 142 in a 14th century hand, from the register of the Court of Criminal Justice of the Commune of Pistoia, written by Andreas, son of the notary Johannes Thome de Aquata, as notary and 'officialis' of the Podestà, Parisanus de Parisanis de Castiniano. The sentences are dated 19 July 1337, and marginal notes by other notaries of subsequent payment of fines are dated 11 Aug 1337 and 6 Jun 1342. Includes a specimen of the notarial sign of Andreas.
The manuscript was folded to make a bifolium to act as fly-leaves for a book measuring about 302 mm x 210 mm. The fly-leaves contain the following inscriptions in the same humanist hand, probably all made on the leaf in 1563:(i) 'Hic Liber est Antonii de Ce(n)tiis et suorum amicorum. Non est amicus noster qui nostra bona tulit'. (ii) 'Hic liber est Antonii d(e) Ce(n)tiis'. (iii) [1563] 'Valeri [sic] Max(i)mo. fu sta(m)pato da Bernado de Benali in Venetia MCCCCLXXXVIII, die VIIII Novembris, che sono anni 75 de [?] fu sta(m)pato questo libro'.

Aquata , Andreas de , fl 1337 , notary and city official
Fragment (unidentified)
GB 0096 MS 934 · [1608]

Unidentified manuscript fragment used in the binding of a 1608 book.

Unknown
GB 0096 MS 286 · Fonds · c1630

'Fragmenta regalia, or, Observations on Queene Elizabeth her tymes and favorites' by Sir Robert Naunton. An autograph letter accompanying it, from T.R. Maynard, 1845, suggests that this is the original MS. It was first published, posthumously, in 1641. Internal evidence points to c. 1630 as the date of composition.

Unknown
GB 0096 SLV/88 · Fonds · c1400

Fragmented manuscript of The Vision of Piers Plowman by William Langland. Some decoration can be seen on the partial first pages and the first letter of each passus is raised in gold with coloured inks. Some characters appear in red or blue throughout the text and words and paraphrases in Latin are in red.

Langland , William , [1330-1400] , poet
GB 0096 MS 932 · Mid 13th century

Two manuscript fragments, written in England in the mid-13th century, containing part of the text of Boethius's De topicis differentiis, comprising:
Fragment I recto = 'ambiguitatemque adducta...iustus non est' (1174 C 8-1175 A 10).
Fragment I verso = 'ut ita demum...in orationibus inve...' (1175 B 4-D 5).
Fragment II recto = 'aliae vero quas animus...inhaereat' (1176 C 8-1177 B 9).
Fragment II verso = '...niantur. Nam saepe...inveniri' (1175 D 5-1176 C 8).
References given relate to J.P. Migne Patrologiae Cursus Completus...series (Latina) Prima (Paris, 1844-1864).
This is as the fragments are bound, but of course II verso follows directly on I verso, so they are consecutive leaves with a continuous chunk of text apart from the cropping to I. The text is heavily abbreviated and the margins substantial, evidently designed for glosses. The text seems to be considerably different from that given in Migne.

Unknown
GB 0096 MS 555 · 14th century

Two leaves, formerly used as pastedowns, containing part of Gratian's Decretum, namely Distinctio IV, 9-21 and 99-118, of part III, on baptism. With a glossary, the sections of which are preceded by latters in alphabetical sequence. There are 16th century additions, including a whole alphabet.

Unknown
GB 0096 MS 933 · [1546]

Two manuscript fragments, formerly pastedowns, containing part of Gratian's Decretum, bound in a volume dating from 1546.

Unknown
GB 0096 MS 610 · [1609] or [1625-1638]

Two paper leaves, formerly pastedowns and much mutilated, relating to Scottish religion. The date of the fragments is uncertain, and Professor Gordon Donaldson of the University of Edinburgh, who examined these two fragments in Jan 1965, inclined to a date in the 1630s for both items - his opinion is contained in a letter now accompanying MS 610.
The first fragment is part of a letter from 'your disciples & se[rvants?] to suffer with you: EL, AD [Andrew Duncan?], IC [Isaac Casaubon?], et cet.', which may have been written to Andrew Melville while he was imprisoned in England, which would date the documents to c 1609. Donaldson states that the text makes reference to what seems to be the Act of Revocation of 1625 and could relate to the opposition of Scottish Presbyterians to Charles I in that year.
The second fragment is part of a draft of a petition from Scotland against the attempt to re-establish episcopacy in Scotland, c 1609. Donaldson's view is that the terminology used associates it with the National Covenant of 1638.

Unknown
FRANCES BALL PHOTOGRAPHS
GB 0074 ACC/3628 · Collection · 1930

Photographs of boiler installations at various London offices and gas works.

Unknown.
GB 0074 A/FMC · Collection · 1874-1961

Records of the Working Women's College, later known as the Frances Martin College for Women. The records listed here cover the history of the college from its foundation in 1874 until 1957, a period of 88 years. Minutes of council and AGMs from 1874 onwards, kept in the hand of Miss Frances Martin until 1920 almost without a break, annual prospectuses and an almost complete series of annual reports exist. These, together with college magazines and scrapbooks give a very full picture of the life and activities of the college since its foundation, and reveal the remarkable enthusiasm and dedicated service of all those who have been connected with it which have carried it forward successfully over the years through good times and bad.

Working Women's College Frances Martin College for Women
GB 0074 ACC/1011 · Collection · 1824-1887

Papers, 1824-1887, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Hampton, including copies of the court roll of Hampton Court, enfranchisements and an admission.

Francis and Calder , solicitors
GB 0074 ACC/1722 · Collection · 1607-1806

Papers, 1607-1806, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to estates in Mile End owned by Magdalene College, Cambridge, including leases, assignments of leases, probate copy of wills and asbstract of title of John Groome to the estates.

Francis and Company , solicitors
GB 0074 ACC/1074 · Collection · 1789-1841

Papers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising a lease and release, 1789, for a dwelling house with orchard and garden at Roxey Green, Ruxbourgh, Harrow; a lease and release, 1809, for the same premises with two pieces of ground and one adjoining house, and a conveyance, 1841 for the same premises.

Francis and Francis , solicitors
Francis Bacon Society
GB 0096 MS1151 · Fonds · 1938

Papers of Francis Bacon Society comprise a letter from Alfred Dodd to Mrs Bayley regarding his Francis Bacon scholarship, 1938.

Francis Bacon Society
GB 0074 CLC/B/026-3 · Collection · 1883-1955

Records of Francis Nicholls White and Company, insolvency accountants, including financial accounts, letters, deeds, list of clients and staff address book.

Access is restricted to records less than 30 years old where specified and 24 hours notice is required for access to all the records.

Francis Nicholls White and Co , insolvency accountants
GB 0366 BF · Collection · c1930s-1980s

Papers of Brenda Francis, 1930s-1980s, comprising a large collection of photographs of domestic science, home economics, needlework, cookery, child care and homecraft teaching in London schools, possibly compiled as a reference collection intended for the use of teachers; minutes, circulated papers and reports of the United Kingdom Federation for Education in Home Management, 1954-1962; some printed material about home economics education.

Photographs: Large collection of photographs of domestic science, home economics, needlework, cookery, child care and homecraft teaching in London schools and other educational institutions such as open-air schools and teachers centres from the 1930s to the 1980s, possibly compiled as a reference collection intended for the use of teachers;

Publications: Printed material about home economics education, including works published by the ILEA, booklets published by the International Federation of Home Economics, relating to the 10th and 12th international congresses, regulations on teaching domestic education in 19th and 20th century, a publication of the Administration of Home Economics Education in Finland, a reference pack for teachers of pupils of ESN(s) [Severely educationally sub-normal] schools, and a work published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.;

Minutes and Papers: Relating to the meetings, activities and correspondence of the United Kingdom Federation for Education in Home Management.

Francis , Brenda , fl 1930-1990 , teacher
GB 1538 S44 · 1994

Letters by Harold Hugh Francis, 1994, relating to biographical inaccuracies concerning William Blair-Bell, gynaecologist, in Lives of the Fellows of the RCOG 1929-1969 (Whitefriars Press Ltd, 1975) and William Blair Bell - founder and father (c1986), both by Sir John Peel; anecdotes concerning Blair-Bell which were recounted to Mr Francis.

Francis , Harold Hugh , fl 1950-2000 , gynaecologist
Francis, Rev David Lloyd
GB 0102 MS 380563 · Created 1933-1989

Papers, 1933-1989, of David Lloyd Francis, comprising his diaries (1943, 1947-8) and correspondence concerning his work with the Melanesian Mission, the effects of the War on the Mission's work and his own work during this period. Later correspondence with the BBC is also included.

Francis , David Lloyd , b 1901 , missionary
Frank Collection
GB 0369 FRA · 1936

Viktor Frank's Ph.D thesis Russische Fern-Ost-Politik im XVIII. und XVIII. Jahrh. [Russian Far East Politics in the 17th and 18th centuries] presentedto Frederick Wilhelm University, Berlin, 1936.

Frank , Viktor Semonovich , 1909-1972 , historian
GB 1556 WL 1579 · Collection · 1941-1947

Papers of the Frank family, 1941-1947, comprising copies of Red Cross telegrams.

Frank family
GB 2856 (NEW)LT000463 · Series · 1923-1933

This series contains correspondence and memoranda concerning proposed extensions of the Underground, maintenance of the railway, failures and delays, the provision of trains and working expenses. Includes a map showing the existing railway and proposed extensions.

Pick , Frank , 1878-1941 , transport administrator
GB 2856 (NEW)LT000465 · Series · 1923-1931

This series contains correspondence and memoranda concerning the construction, alteration and enlargement of garages including details of the installation of equipment and the purchase of garages and land.

Pick , Frank , 1878-1941 , transport administrator
GB 2856 (NEW)LT000473 · Series · 1927-1940

This series contains memoranda and extracts from minutes concerning general maintenance including details of the cleaning of vehicles and buildings, the renovation of premises and defects on railways and buses.

Pick , Frank , 1878-1941 , transport administrator
GB 2856 (NEW)LT000456 · Series · 1925-1940

This series contains correspondence, memoranda and extracts from minutes concerning current supplies for railways, modifications to Lots Road Power Station, the construction and improvement of substations, the installation of apparatus and electrical interference with broadcasting.

Pick , Frank , 1878-1941 , transport administrator
GB 2856 (NEW)LT000459 · Series · 1926-1928

This series contains correspondence, memoranda, reports and minutes concerning the design and construction of power stations and substations including details of costs, equipment, repairs and maintenance, current supplies and complaints regarding the emission of grit and fumes. Also includes details of the Kearny Station, New Jersey and the power station of the Ohio River Edison Company.

Pick , Frank , 1878-1941 , transport administrator
GB 2856 (NEW)LT000480 · Series · 1925-1939

This series contains correspondence, memoranda, reports and notes concerning proposals for controlling traffic in various areas of London such as the construction of subways and roundabouts, the reconstruction of tramways, the introduction of new roads and one-way systems, the construction and widening of bridges and cross river facilities.

Pick , Frank , 1878-1941 , transport administrator
GB 2856 (NEW)LT000479 · Series · 1932-1939

This series contains correspondence, memoranda and reports concerning the proposed prohibition of horse-drawn traffic, the restricted use of heavy vehicles, the possible improvement of the position of rear lights on road vehicles, the prohibition of the use of horns in certain zones and restrictions of the use of certain routes by specific types of vehicles.

Pick , Frank , 1878-1941 , transport administrator
GB 2856 (NEW)LT000461 · Series · 1912-1933

This series contains correspondence, memoranda and extracts from minutes concerning the ventilation of underground railways, carriages and substations including details of different ventilation schemes.

Pick , Frank , 1878-1941 , transport administrator
GB 2856 (NEW)LT000462 · Series · 1933-1940

This series contains correspondence, memoranda, minutes and reports concerning the railway including details of the development of stations, accidents, the rates of pay and conditions of service for staff, safety and maintenance matters, air raid precautions, the electrification of the railway and the letting of land and properties. Also contains accounts including details of revenue receipts and expenditure.

Pick , Frank , 1878-1941 , transport administrator
GB 2856 (NEW)LT000457 · Series · 1906-1933

This series contains correspondence, memoranda, minutes and reports concerning the renewal and improvement of rolling stock on various lines including details of designs of rolling stock cars, the fiftieth anniversary of the District Line, the modernisation of equipment and the replacement of steam locomotives.

Pick , Frank , 1878-1941 , transport administrator
GB 2856 (NEW)LT000474 · Series · 1936-1937

This series contains correspondence, memoranda and extracts from minutes concerning arrangements for the coronation of George VI including details of measures to control passenger traffic and congestion, openings and closures of stations, the rehearsal of the procession, special travel services and facilities and references to the coronation of Edward VIII.

Pick , Frank , 1878-1941 , transport administrator
GB 2856 (NEW)LT000475 · Series · 1933-1939

This series contains correspondence, memoranda and extracts from minutes including details of possible railway extensions, trolleybus and bus facilities, a survey of the passenger transport facilities in the London Passenger Transport area and other companies' interest in the Board's outer area.

Pick , Frank , 1878-1941 , transport administrator
GB 2856 (NEW)LT000471 · Series · 1934-1940

This series contains correspondence, memoranda and extracts from minutes concerning tram and trolleybus overhead gear including details of the installation of apparatus, the design of overhead gear, and costs and tenders for the provision of equipment. Includes photographs and designs of equipment and maps of routes.

Pick , Frank , 1878-1941 , transport administrator
GB 2856 (NEW)LT000472 · Series · 1939-1940

This series contains memoranda and summaries of special expenditure requisitions submitted to the Board including details of total expenditure and new works relating to various departments and transport services.

Pick , Frank , 1878-1941 , transport administrator
GB 2856 (NEW)LT000470 · Series · 1938

This series contains memoranda and extracts from minutes concerning air raid precautions at Hounslow Garage prior to World War Two.

Pick , Frank , 1878-1941 , transport administrator
GB 2856 (NEW)LT000477 · Series · 1923-1934

This series contains reports concerning the acquisition of Thomas Tilling Limited's bus undertakings by the Board including details of the operation of bus garages and services, comparisons of operating costs and the valuation of the companies.

Pick , Frank , 1878-1941 , transport administrator