A short sketch of the state of Spain and Portugal in 1582
MS. Rawl. C. 862
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
A short sketch of the state of Spain and Portugal in 1582
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. C. 862
Summary
Containing:
A list of the sees, with the value of their revenues;
A list of all the nobility, with their revenues;
The style of the King;
The provinces, and the tribute paid by them;
The ambassadors, and their allowances;
The cities and universities;
The sea-ports, and the number of their ships severally;
The rivers.
At the end (fol. 10b) is a note of "the Great Turk's style, which he most comonly wryteth in his letters of great affaires."
The former vellum cover is now bound up at the beginning of the volume, and is a fragment of some replies to interrogatories in a law-suit in the time of Q. Elizabeth with reference to the debts of Benedict Spynola (an Italian merchant in London) and relating also to Vincent Guicciardini, deceased, and a lease of the parsonage of Tossetor (Towcester).
Date
16th century
Language
English
Physical facet
On paper, in folio minori
Physical extent
10 Leaves
Custodial history
Olim inter codd. Petri Le Neve 480, et exinde emptus, una cum cod. 481, pretio octo denariorum.
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Collection contents
Rawlinson C: History, Theology
A short sketch of the state of Spain and Portugal in 1582
