GB 0096 MS 27 - Tracts on coinage

1 volume containing 46 leaves

This manuscript was part of the library of Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), and was bought at Sotheby's by Herbert Somerton Foxwell on 19 Jun 1893.
GB 0096 MS 27 [1613-1633] Collection (fonds) 1 volume containing 46 leaves Unknown
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This manuscript was part of the library of Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), and was bought at Sotheby's by Herbert Somerton Foxwell on 19 Jun 1893.

Part of the Goldsmith's Library of Economic Literature, initially collected by Herbert Somerton Foxwell and presented by the Goldsmith's Company to the University of London in 1903.

Manuscript volume containing tracts on coinage by Leon Lee, [1628-1633], namely proposals on the coinage addressed to Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland and Treasurer of England, a paper outlining methods of preventing abuse of the coinage, and an explanation of the exchange. The volume also contains a [presumably unrelated] account of the reception of Princess Elizabeth of England, at Frankenthal, for her marriage to the Elector Palatine Frederick V, later King of Bohemia, Jun 1613.

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English
Manuscript folio. Written in two different hands.

Collection level description.

C E Challis 'On the Authorship and dating of the memorandum "For the understanding of the exchange"', British Institute of Historical Research, LVI, No 133, May 1983.

Compiled by Sarah Smith as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. ISAD(G) 2nd edition, and NCA rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names (1997). Jun 2000 Antiquities Arts Bohemia Coinage Czech Republic Diplomacy Eastern Europe Elizabeth , 1596-1662 , Queen Consort of Frederick I of Bohemia , daughter of King James I Finance Financial resources Foreign relations Frederick V , 1596-1632 , Elector Palatine of the Rhine x Frederick I , King of Bohemia International relations Lee , Leon , fl 1628-1633 , writer on coinage Marriage Metals Money Precious metals Weston , Richard , 1577-1635 , 1st Earl of Portland , statesman x Portland , 1st Earl of Works of art Inorganic chemicals Chemicals Movable cultural property Cultural property Cultural heritage

Part of the Goldsmith's Library of Economic Literature, initially collected by Herbert Somerton Foxwell and presented by the Goldsmith's Company to the University of London in 1903.

Manuscript volume containing tracts on coinage by Leon Lee, [1628-1633], namely proposals on the coinage addressed to Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland and Treasurer of England, a paper outlining methods of preventing abuse of the coinage, and an explanation of the exchange. The volume also contains a [presumably unrelated] account of the reception of Princess Elizabeth of England, at Frankenthal, for her marriage to the Elector Palatine Frederick V, later King of Bohemia, Jun 1613.

Single item.

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

• English

• Latin

English

Collection level description.

ISAD(G) 2nd edition, and NCA rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names (1997).

• English