Grete thankynges, lawde, & honoure we merytoryously ben bounde to yelde and offre vnto wryters of hystoryes, whiche gretely haue prouffyted oure mortal lyf, that shewe vnto the reders and herers by the ensamples of thynges passyd, what thynge is to be desyred
[after 2 July, 1482]
4
[The cronycles of Englond]
[1482]
5
[Chronicles of England with the Fruit of times]
[1485 or 1486]
6
Higden, Ranulf, -1364
Policronicon
ended the thyrtenth daye of Apryll the tenth yere of the regne of kyng Harry the seuenth. And of the incarnacyon of our lord: MCCCC lxxxxv [13 April 1495]
7
Here begynneth a shorte & a breue table on these Cronycles ..
and newely in the ye[a]r of Our Lord God 1497 ..
8
Great Britain
Abbreuiamentum statuto[rum]
9 Oct. 1499
9
Intrationu[m] excellentissimus liber
anno n[ost]re redemptionis, MCCCCCx, die vero vltima mensis Februarii [1510 February 28]
10
Tabula libri assisaru[m] & pl[ac]itorum corone
[1514?]
11
Here endeth this presente Cronycle of Englande with the fruyte of tymes, compyled in a boke, & also impry[n]ted by one sumtyme scole mayster of Seynt Albons ..
in the yere of oure lorde god MCCCCC and xx [1520]
12
Fitzherbert, John, d. 1531
Here begynneth a ryght frutefull mater and hath to name the boke of surueyeng and improume[n]tes
1523
13
Lily, George, active 1528–1559
Britanniae insulae quae nunc Angliae et Scotiae regna continet cum Hibernia adjacente nova descriptio
MDXLVI [1546]
14
Lily, George, active 1528–1559
Britannia insula quae duo regna continet Angliam et Scotiam cum Hibernia adiacente
MDLVI [1556]
15
Lily, George, active 1528–1559
Britanniae insulae quae nunc Angliae et Scotiae regna continet cum Hibernia adiacente
MDLVIII [1558]
16
Lily, George, active 1528–1559
Britania insula quae duo regna continet Angliam et Scotiam cum Hibernia adiacente
anno MDLXII [1562]
17
Gascoigne, George, -1577
The noble arte of venerie or hunting
[1575]
18
Neville, Alexander, 1544–1614
Alexandri Nevylli Angli De furoribus Norfolciensium Ketto duce, liber vnus
1575
19
Holinshed, Raphael, d. 1580?
The first volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande
1577
20
Styward, Thomas
The pathwaie to martiall discipline
[1582]
21
Vera descriptio expeditionis nauticae Francisci Draci Angli, cognitis aurati
circa 1587
22
Bijlaer, Gerard van, active 1540?-1617
The destruction of the Spanish Armada
1588
23
Boazio, Baptista
S. Augustini pars est terrae Florida
[1588?]
24
Boazio, Baptista
The famouse West Indian voyadge made by the Englishe fleete of 23 shippes and barkes
[1589?]
25
Boazio, Baptista
The famouse West Indian voyadge made by the Englishe fleete of 23 shippes and barkes
[1589?]
26
Ubaldini, Petruccio, 1524?-1600?
A discourse concerninge the Spanishe fleete inuadinge Englande in the yeare 1588
1590
27
Cokayne, Thomas, Sir, approximately 1519–1592
A short treatise of hunting
1897
28
Hakluyt, Richard, 1552?-1616
Translation of a report by Álvaro de Bazan, marquês de Santa Cruz, on the defense of Spain and the West Indies from Sir Francis Drake
circa 1597
29
Manwood, John, -1610
A treatise and discourse of the lawes of the forrest
1598
30
The Fort Devereux placed uppon the Ferne Islande
circa 1600
31
Description of Jarsey
1600
32
The Castell Perrott placed uppon the rocke cauled the stacke
circa 1600
33
Harrison, Stephen (Joiner and architect)
The arch's of triumph erected in honor of the high and mighty prince, Iames, the first of that name, King, of England, and the sixt of Scotland
1604
34
Keere, Pieter van den, 1571–approximately 1646
[Atlas of the British Isles]
[Amsterdam?] :
35
Speed, John, 1552?-1629
[Proof engravings for The theatre of the empire of Great Britaine]
[circa 1610?]
36
Camden, William, 1551–1623
Britannia, sive, Florentissimorum regnorum Angliæ, Scotiæ, Hiberniæ, et insularum adiacentium ex intima antiquitate chorographica descripto
1607
37
Glover, Robert, 1544–1588
Nobilitas politica vel civilis
1608
38
Vaughan, Rowland, 1558–1627
Most approued, and long experienced vvater-vvorkes
39
Fouilloux, Jacques du, 1521?-1580
The noble art of venerie or hunting
An. Dom. 1611
40
Speed, John, 1552?-1629
The theatre of the empire of Great Britaine
[1612]
41
Speed, John, 1552?-1629
Theatrum Imperij Magnae Britanniae
anno cum privilegio 1616
42
Baziliōlogia
1618
43
Peacham, Henry, 1576?-1643?
The compleat gentleman
[1622]
44
Neade, William
The double-armed man, by the new inuention
1625
45
Speed, John, 1552?-1629
The theatre of the empire of Great Britaine
1627
46
Webb, John, 1611–1672
John Webb account book
1630s
47
Faithorne, William, 1616–1691
Effigies regum Anglorum
[1630?]
48
Print made by Willem Janszoon Blaeu, 1571–1638
Magnae Britanniae et Hiberniae Tabula
1634
49
La Serre, M. de (Jean-Puget), ca. 1600–1665
Histoire de l'entree de la reyne mere dv roy tres-chrestien, dans la Grande-Bretaigne
1639
50
Yorke, James, fl. 1640
The union of honovr
1640
51
The trve effigies of our most illustrious soveraigne lord, King Charles, Queene Mary, with the rest of the royall progenie
1641
52
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607–1677
Kyngeston vpon Hvll
circa 1642
53
Simons, Matthew, d. 1654
A direction for the English traviller
1643
54
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607–1677
The kingdome of England & principality of Wales
1644
55
Britannia prout divisa fuit temporibus Anglo-Saxonum praesertim durante illorum heptarchia
[1645]
56
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571–1638
Blaeu's Atlas of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland
[1970]
57
Speed, John, 1552?-1629
[The theatre of the empire of Great Britaine]
[1646?]
58
Bullock, William, b. 1617?
Virginia impartially examined, and left to publick view
1649
59
Michel Van Overbeek, active 1650–1680
Water-mill, Kingston, Surrey
undated
60
Speed, John, 1552?-1629
The theatre of the empire of Great Britaine
[1650]
61
Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568–1639
Reliquiae Wottonianae, or, A collection of lives, letters, poems, with characters of sundry personages
1651
62
Gardyner, George
A description of the New World. Or, America islands and continent
1651
63
Jansson, Jan, 1588–1664
Illustriorum principumque urbium septentrionalium Europae tabulae
[1657]
64
De Gomme, Bernard, 1620–1685
Plans for fortification and harbor works at Dunkirk
1661-1662?
65
Hermannides, Rutgerus, d. 1680
Rutgeri Hermannidæ Britannia magna, sive Angliæ, Scottiæ, Hiberniæ & adjacentium insularum
[1661]
66
Gerbier, Balthazar, Sir, 1592?-1667
Counsel and advise to all builders
1663
67
S. P. (Stephen Primatt)
The city & covntry purchaser & builder
[1667]
68
Fisher, Payne, 1616–1693
Catalogue of the tombs in the churches of the city of London, A.D. 1666
Printed 1668, Privately reprinted 1885
69
Moxon, Joseph, 1627–1691
Practical perspective, or, Perspective made easie
1670. (fol.)
70
Blome, Richard, 1635–1705
A geographical description of the four parts of the world taken from the notes & workes of the famous Monsieur Sanson, geographer to the French king, and other eminent travellers and authors
1670
71
Storff, Paul Auguste de
Plans of the fortifications at Newport and Cowes, Isle of Wight
[1671?]
72
Barlow, Francis, 1622–1704
Seuerall wayes of hunting, hawking and fishing according to the English manner
[1671]
73
Storff, Paul Auguste de
Plan of the fortification at Sandown, Isle of Wight
[1671?]
74
Storff, Paul Auguste de
Plan of fortification, possibly at Newtown, Isle of Wight
December, 1671
75
Storff, Paul Auguste de
Plan of Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight
[1671?]
76
You lovely virgins that intend to marry
[between 1671 and 1707]
77
The English military discipline
1672
78
Bill for assorted coats, hose, and other clothing
1673
79
Blome, Richard, 1635–1705
Britania, or, A geographical description of the kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with the isles and territories thereto belonging
MDCLXXII [1673]
80
Blome, Richard, 1635–1705
Britannia, or, A geographical description of the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, with the isles and territories thereto belonging
MDCLXXII [1673]
81
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
Britannia, volume the first, or, An illustration of the kingdom of England and dominion of Wales
MDCLXXV [1675]
82
Dugdale, William, 1605–1686
The baronage of England, or, An historical account of the lives and most memorable actions of our English nobility ...
1675-1676
83
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
Britannia, volume the first, or, An illustration of the kingdom of England and dominion of Wales
MDCLXXV [1675]
84
Trollope, Robert, -1686
Osbourne's Fort
1676
85
Cook, Moses
The manner of raising, ordering, and improving forrest-trees
1676
86
[Geographical cards
16--]
87
Speed, John, 1552?-1629
The theatre of the empire of Great-Britain
MDCLXXVI [1676]
88
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
Mr. Ogilby's Tables of his measur'd roads
1676
89
Simons, Matthew, d. 1654
A direction for the English traviller
[1677?]
90
De Gomme, Bernard, 1620–1685
The bounds of the fortificatie of Gosport
approximately 1678
91
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703
A new mapp of England Scotland and Ireland
[1678]
92
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
Mr. Ogilby's Pocket book of roads
1679
93
[The Popish Plot]
[1679?]
94
Affidavit certifying the burial in wool of Mary Harvey of Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire
1680 April 1
95
Archer, James, approximately 1632–approximately 1680
Plan of the town of Hull and its immediate surroundings
ca. 1680
96
Phillips, Thomas, -1693
Nautical chart of Grand Havre, Guernsey
ca. 1680
97
Archer, James, approximately 1632–approximately 1680
Plan of Scarbrogh Castle & towne
circa 1680
98
Cotton, Charles, 1630–1687
The compleat gamester: or, Instructions how to play at billiards, trucks, bowls, and chess