Part 10: Manuscripts

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Resources

Idea 68: London's burning!

• Image: Document to show Pudding Lane Hearth Tax – August 1666 (EXT 11/160)
• Transcript: Document to show Pudding Lane Hearth Tax – August 1666 (EXT 11/160)

Idea 69: A close shave

• Image: Extract 1 from the Ordinances of Eltham (SP 2/B f232)
• Transcript: Extract 1 from the Ordinances of Eltham (SP 2/B f232)
• Simplified Transcript: Extract 1 from the Ordinances of Eltham (SP 2/B f232)
• Image: Extract 2 from the Ordinances of Eltham (SP 2/B f232)
• Transcript: Extract 2 from the Ordinances of Eltham (SP 2/B f232)
• Simplified Transcript: Extract 2 from the Ordinances of Eltham (SP 2/B f232)

Idea 70: The highwayman

• Image: Cover of Dick Turpin Game Box (COPY 1/210 (ii) (159))
• Image: Indictment of Dick Turpin (ASSI 44/54)
• Transcript: Indictment of Dick Turpin (ASSI 44/54)
• Simplified Transcript: Indictment of Dick Turpin (ASSI 44/54)

Idea 71: The price of religion

• Image: Close up – Title page image, Valor Ecclesiasticus (E 344/22)
• Image: Original – Title page image, Valor Ecclesiasticus (E 344/22)

Idea 72: What's the use of an inventory?

• Image: Extract from Inventory, 1651 (LR 2/124/5)

Idea 73: Where there's a will, there's a way!

• Image: Codicil to the will of Sarah Siddons (1755-1831), the popular tragic actress, 8 August 1831 (PROB 1/83/76)
• Transcript: Codicil to the will of Sarah Siddons (1755-1831), the popular tragic actress, 8 August 1831 (PROB 1/83/76)

Idea 74: Birth of a king

• Image: Tudor State Paper (SP 11/5 f.28)
• Simplified Transcript: Tudor State Paper (SP 11/5 f.28)

Idea 75: Will he or won't he?

• Image: Will of Henry VIII (E 23/4/1)
• Transcript: Will of Henry VIII (E 23/4/1)

Idea 76: Norman England revealed!

• Image: Extract of page from Vol. 1 of Great Domesday, showing survey entry of Preston Hundred in Sussex (E 31/2/1, f.26b)
• Transcript: Extract of page from Vol. 1 of Great Domesday, showing survey entry of Preston Hundred in Sussex (E 31/2/1, f.26b)
• Simplified Transcript: Extract of page from Vol. 1 of Great Domesday, showing survey entry of Preston Hundred in Sussex (E 31/2/1, f.26b)

Idea 77: What can an inventory reveal about a king?

• Image: Tudor Inventory (E 36/228)
• Image: Tudor Inventory with Highlighted Words (E 36/228)
• Transcript: Tudor Inventory (E 36/228)

Idea 78: What can you find in the kitchen?

• Image: Extract from inventory, James Butcher, 1738 (DEL 8/79 f.19)
• Transcript: Extract from inventory, James Butcher, 1738 (DEL 8/79 f.19)

Idea 79: The masque of monarchy

• Image: Page 1 – Tudor Masque, A Laud and Praise (E 36/228)
• Image: Page 2 – Tudor Masque, A Laud and Praise (E 36/228)
• Image: Page 3 – Tudor Masque, A Laud and Praise (E 36/228)
• Transcript: Tudor Masque, A Laud and Praise (E 36/228)