"Bowes, Sir Jerome (d.1616, M.P., Ambassador to Russia 1583-1584).Certified copy of his Agreement, signed "H[ierom]e Bowes", in English, as executor of his brother Raphe (d. May-June 1598), late "one of the gentlemen Pencioners attendant on her Majesties person", with Jerome Markham of Keldholme, N Yorkshire, referring back to the sale on 29th April 1586 by Markham and his brother John of the manor of Astwood, the rectory of Feckenham, and properties in Ipsley, (all near Astwood Bank on the Worcestershire- Warwickshire border), with other properties in Holderness (Aldbrough and Cowlden, now Cowden) and Bourne, Lincolnshire, inherited from the Markhams' grandfather Geoffrey and father John. It would seem that some questions had arisen about the completeness of the title to sell without encumbrance (except for the rectory), for on 13th December 1597 Markham had entered into a 'statute marchant' or bond for £5000 with Raphe Bowes, on which his executor now relies. The bond is to be voided if Markham undertakes such legal process as the executor or his successors or their "counsell learned in the lawe" shall reasonably require "be yt by fine feoffemente recoveries ... with double or single voucher... release or confirmation deed ... enrolled or by any other waie or meanes", large decorative initial T, all in a clear secretary hand, vellum, 1 side 14" x 22", 6th July 1598nnThe note of agreement with the original is signed by examiners George Caulveley, Lovelace Hatly, and John Lybbe. The original was witnessed by Richard Tresham, Oswald Speed, Richard Wightman and Clement Bargiter. The indentures of 1586 were careful to include all the manorial records and "court rolls".nnSir Jerome Bowes accompanied Sir Philip Sidney to Heidelberg and Prague in 1577 and in 1592 was licensed to make drinking glasses in England and Ireland for 12 years. In 1601 he examined prisoners for complicity in Essex' rebellion. See DNB for some good anecdotes about Sir Jerome's bearing before the Tsar.nnIn 1584 Raphe Bowes interceded with the Muscovy Merchants for credit for Sir Jerome (Cal. S.P. Foreign 1583-1584, no. 677). He was also master of the Queen's bears, bulls and 'bandogs' (mastiffs, Cal. S.P. Domestic 1598-1601, p.79), [ref: 17998]",From the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.,Full pdf available, https://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/mu/islandora/object/mu%3A439191/datastream/PDF/view

"John, Ironmonger of London, Grant to Thomas Shypton, currier, his fellow citizen of London, in Latin, for £100 paid last Michaelmas "at the font of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, between two and four in the afternoon", for land at Eversholt, Bedfordshire, comprising 13 acres lately held by Roger Barnewell, a total of 9 acres in several parcels lately held by Ambrose Gregory, previously by John Arnold alias Cowper, and a dwelling with garden and small piece of land at Church End, and two enclosures at Potters End, formerly of the late John Ponter, vellum, attractive penned initial, all in a clear hand, grantor's seal bearing a helmeted head, 19" x 13", 13th May 1561 seal rather worn. The present indenture is "according to the tenor of a certain tri-partite indenture of 30th May last past" between John Style, Edmund Ponter, citizen and girdlemaker of London, and Thomas Shypton. Subscribed with autograph note of examination by John Gybon, Master in Chancery, [ref: 17634]"

Handwritten manuscript in Latin on parchment, dated Westminster 31. October 1558. 55,3 x 22 cm (total) (48 x 16 cm (manuscript). 15 lines in a professional chancery hand, signed "lennard" as witness at end. Perfectly preserved. A few 18th century notes on verso, including an erratic attribution of the document to William and Mary (1689-94).nnRoyal wax seal appended on vellum tab. Height: 9,7 cm. Parts of edge missing, losing sections of the royal titulature in the circumscription on averse and averse. Main fields well preserved. Averse: Philip and Mary enthroned with regalia. Reverse: Royal arms; name of seal in bottom exergue: "Sigillum pro brevibus coram iusticiariis" (i.e. Seal of the Court of Common Pleas).nn*lnteresting English document from the very end of catholic Mary Tudor's (Bloody Mary) reign. The queen died on November 17th, leaving the throne to her protestant sister Elizabeth. Mary, however, was active in her last days; the last heretics were burned at Canterbury on November 10th. In 1554 she had married Prince Philip (II) of Spain, thus making him King of England. If the odd couple had produced a child, European history might have turned out quite differently.nn** The document establishes the rightful claim to the property - "a house (mesuagium), a barn, 20 acres of land, 20 acres of meadow, 30 acres of pasture, 30 acres of forest and 30 acres of heath and scrub with their appurtenances" - of the plaintiffs Thomas Peers Benos (?) and Edward Tyndalh (Tyndale), suing through their attorney John Redston against one Robert Mason, whose claim rests on a conflict begun with the said Thomas and Edward by Hugo Hunt ("unjustly and without proper sentence" barely 30 years before (i.e. around 1530).",The fold across the bottom of the document covers some text. The text under the fold was not captured to avoid damaging the document.,Full pdf available, https://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/mu/islandora/object/mu%3A439207/datastream/PDF/view

Alcala de Henares, Spain. Isabel I, Queen of Spain. Document on paper, in Spanish, signed "Yo la Reyna." Alcalá de Henares, 12 July 1503. Folio (29.3 cm). On the first two and a half pages the queen orders Sancho de Paredes, her chamberlain, to turn a large number of things over to Juan de Tabira, her under-chamberlain. The items to be given are listed: woolens and linens, including hangings and bedding linens, all itemized and minutely described. The top half of the last page is a receipt signed by Tabira. The document has the usual slash of cancellation (visible above) indicating that it has been entered into the account books.

Elizabeth Dei Gracia Angli Francia et Hibernia Regina Fidei Defensor Elizabeth I (1533-1603), Queen of England. Land grant written in Latin on vellum, with the Great Seal of Elizabeth. Hampton: 1560. Vellum leaf (12 1/8 x 21 3/8"; 308 X 543 mm.) and brown wax seal (3 1/2 inches d; 89 mm. d). Twenty lines in Latin, written with brown ink in a bastard secretary hand. Leaf, seal, and a small engraved portrait of Elizabeth by W.T. Fry matted in red velvet in a large wooden frame (39 1/2 x 32 1/4 inches; 1003 x 819 mm.) with a decorative floral design carved along the edges.

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/13120/13120-8.txt Emma Helen Blair, The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume VI, 1583-1588; 2004 [EBook #13120]. The archbishop of Mexico at this time was Pedro de Moya y Contreras, who had come to Mexico in 1571 as chief inquisitor of the Holy Office. On October 20,1573, he assumed the duties of archbishop; and in 1583 was appointed visitador (i.e., inspector) of the courts, in which office he was engaged during three years. In 1584 he was appointed viceroy of Nueva Espana, surrendering this post, a year later, to Villamanrique. All these offices were held by him at one time. In June, 1586, he returned to Spain, where he died at the close of the year 1591. In January of that year he had been appointed president of the Council of the Indias.nn"Mexico. Inquisition. Manuscript document, signed by Dr. Moya y Contreras. Mexico, 24 August 1574. Folio extra (60.8 cm; 23.75"). Less than three years after the formal establishment of the Holy Office of the Inquisition in Mexico (November, 1571), the first Inquisitor, Dr. Moya y Contreras, issued this multipart decree. The bulk of it relates to the reality of the post-Trentine world: All masses are to be said in Latin, only the Counsel of Trent-approved catechisms, liturgies, etc., are to be used. Following are sections concerning books that are in need of expurgation.nn16th-century Inquisition manuscripts are very, very rare in the marketplace. Those actually signed by the first Mexican Inquisitor are downright unheard of. And this document preserves the original paper and wax seal of the Holy Office.nnWritten in a clear, easy to read cursive, on two folio sheets pasted together, as was the style because of the lack of extra large paper. Minor damage to foremargin, with small loss of portions of six words but not of the sense of the sentences. Repairs to margins and to some worm holes. Some darkening along glue line where sheets were brought together; some discoloration from bleeding of ink. Overall, in very impressive and nice condition.",Full pdf available, https://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/mu/islandora/object/mu%3A439194/datastream/PDF/view

Part of a very large 3-column manuscript of the Talmud, in Hebrew, Tractate Menachot, 33-34, Ashkenazi, presumably Germany, approximately thirteenth century, red stains.

Homiliary containing sermons on the Circumcision based on Luke 2, 1-12, and on the Epiphany based on Matthew 2, 16 and 2,13. A complete bifolium from a small format manuscript (leaves not consecutive). Each page written in a single column of 14 lines in brown ink. Simple Carolingian minuscule of the Southern German type. 19.4 x 14.5 cm. The fragment is stored in a binder from The Schoyen Collection, MS 625.

Vellum leaf, with text written in brown ink and headings in red or marked or reinforced with red. Large carolingian hand. 28.7 x 20.2 cm (Includes description by Prof. Marvin Colker, Dept. of Classics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville. The fragment is stored on a binder from The Schoyen Collection, MS 634.

Vellum bifolium and single leaf, written in early gothica textualis with brown ink. The text is a fragment from Collectanea in Epistolas Sancti Pauli by Petrus Lombardus. It begins with comment shortly before Thessalonians 4:14, and proceeds to the Epistle to the Romans, and then the First Corinthians, ending with comment on 1st Corinthians 15:52-15:56. (Catalogued by Prof. Marvin Colker, University of Virginia, December 1979) The fragment is stored in a binder from The Schoyen Collection, MS 639. 32.9 x 23.3 cm

Parchment folio from a lectionary or homiliary, written in black and red ink. The fragment might come from the scriptorium of the Weingarten monastery, from the 1st third of the 12th century. The script is similar to that used by Udalricus Custos (described as such in a letter by Dr. Regina Hausmann in 1989). The fragment is stored on a binder from The Schoyen Collection, MS 602. Folio: 32 x 23.9 cm

Manuscript in Latin on vellum. Single column (20 x 14 cm), 17 lines in transitional Carolingian minuscule showing the influence of local alemannic minuscule. 24 x 19 cm. The commentary is unsophisticated and is so far unidentified. The fragment is stored in a binder from The Schoyen Collection, MS 618.

A complete parchment leaf, double columns of 29 lines, brown ink, written in Carolingian minuscule. The text includes, in Latin, two homilies on the Circumcision by Origen and Bede. 294 x 236 mm (242 x 190 mm). The fragment is stored in a binder from The Schoyen Collection, MS 621.

Parchment folio with text in brown and red ink, with decorated initial in red, blue green and brown. 29.7 x 20 cm. The fragment is stored in a binder from The Schoyen Collection, MS 598.

Two folios from Augustine's Tractatus in Evangelarium Johannis. Folio 1 contains Tractatus 19-18 (Corpus Christianorum edition line 22), "Qui bene" to 20:2 (line 15) "omnis," and folio 2 contains 21:3 (line 24) "nostrum" to 21:4 (line 35) "faceret" (Identified by Charles E. Murgia, University of California, Berkeley, 1980). Stored in binding from the Schoyen Collection, MS 62. Folio 1: 33.3 x 23 cm. Folio 2: 33.3 x 17.7 cm

One nearly complete vellum leaf. 196 x 167 mm. 25 out of probably 30 long lines. Caroline minuscules. The leaf had served in a binding. (Description by Prof. Marvin Colker, Dept. of Classics. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. 1983) Provenance: Sotheby's, Dec. 11, 1979, lot 12. The fragment is stored in a binder from The Schoyen Collection, MS 626.

Discussion of Biblical Passages in Latin. 4 leaves (2 bifolia) with continuous text from a paper manuscript. Double columns of 39/42 lines, written in a cursive gothic bookhand in brown ink, rubricated, large (13 line) initial "C" ("Cum transisstet sabbatum..." Mark 16.1). On the first leaf in red with decorative red and brown penwork filling the letter and extending the length of the inner margin. In excellent condition, stitched into a wrapper made from a ruled but blank medieval vellum leaf. 214 x 148 mm (178 x 120 mm) The fragment also includes a dated colophon on f.3v: "Expliciunt collecta super ewangelia dominicalia partis estiualis per dominum Mauricium predicatorem superioris ecclesie in montibus thnt anno domini m'o cccc'o xxx vi in die sancti Willibordi confessoris." The fragment was described by Erik von Scherling in Rotulus II 3/4 (1932), no. 1461.

Fragments of two bifolia (lower section). 27.5 x 13 cm. The fragment is stored in a binder from The Schoyen Collection, MS 1765.

Complete parchment folio from a Bible in Latin, including the beginning of the Book of Job. The recto of the folio shows a historiated capital "U" (7 lines tall) with figure of Job holding a speech banderole (JOB ON THE DUNG-HEAP). Illuminated in gold, red, blue, green, brown, white and beige. On the verso, two initials in red and blue, decorated with penwork. Text in two columns of 38 lines, textualis script (?). 35.5 x 25 cm. Text: 24.2 x 16.5. The fragment is stored in a binder from The Schoyen Collection, MS 1375. Complete catalogue note available: Christie's sale 18152, "The History of Western Script: Important Antiquities and Manuscripts from the Schøyen Collection," lot 452. https://www.lotsearch.net/lot/job-on-the-dung-heap-in-a-historiated-initial-on-a-leaf-from-a-bible-in-46569284

Matted and under glass in an elegant 20th-century gilt frame, ready for hanging. We have not opened this to discover whether Psalm 1 continues (or Job concludes) on the other side of the leaf, but the suspicion must be, given the beauty and quality of the side showing, that this is a leaf that would benefit from double-glazing showcasing both sides.nn"From a large, magnificent Benedictine Psalter, this is the start of Psalm 1, ""Beatus vir..."" (""Blessed is the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the chair of pestilence But his will is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he shall meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree which is planted near the running waters, which shall bring forth its fruit, in due season. And his leaf shall not fall off: and all [whatsoever he shall do shall prosper]...."").nnThe text appears here in sepia ink in a large Renaissance rotunda hand, set forth to the point of our bracket above, illuminated and featuring a large miniature of King David filling the center of a large initial B. Along the bottom margin in three medallions are Saints Mark, Benedict (center bottom), and Laurence; the right margin has two additional medallion portraits of unidentified female figures. The margins are garnished with gilt and bright-colored flowers, among which hides the small image of a deer; ""As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God""?",Measurements: 58 cm x 42.75,Full pdf available, https://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/mu/islandora/object/mu%3A439227/datastream/PDF/view