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          A perfect collection of all the grants of her maiesties offices
     togeither withe the fees and duties unto them belonginge (1558-1575).
     England; late sixteenth century. Paper; xx + 91 + iii; 330 x 200 mm.; 1
     column.

          Bound too tightly to be collated

          Cursive script. The heading of each entry is in alarge, ornate
     script. Bound in quarter calf, ninteenth century.

          On ff. iii-iv is pasted a sale catalogue of John Waller, Harley
     House, no. 125, 1880, in which this is included. The sale receipt is
     also included, dated 19 January 1880, to Captain J. C. Brook.

          Comments: These entries, each beginning with the date and "Regina
     concessit," are all recorded in one hand, beginning the the first year
     of Queen Elizabeth's reign, December 1558 and continuing to July 1575.
     Ff. vii-xx contain an alphabetical list of all the grantees in a mock
     Elizabethan hand.



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