William Drummond, Mathematical commonplace. Latin, French and English, 1683

William Drummond (fl. 1683): Commonplace, chiefly containing copies of mathematical treatises, dated 1683 on flyleaves. The contents are:

Thomas Balguy, A system of morality. English, 1753.

De diversis regulis iuris antiqui. Latin, 1650.

William Selwin, Commonplace Book. English, Latin and French, 1727-35

Thomas Ashe, Collections for an edition of Richard Crashaw's poetry. English, c. 1880

Thomas Ashe, of St John's College (1836-89): 'A Complete account of all the old Editions of Richard Crashaw's poems'. Ashe, himself a poet and co-founder of The Eagle, has cut up and pasted into his notebook a copy of Crashaw's works from the English Poets series, adding his own notes, corrections, introduction and index.

The subscriptions of the officers, masters, and fellows of the University of Cambridge. English and Latin, 1823.

Robert Masters, Miscellaneous papers. English, later eighteenth century

Robert Masters, Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (1713-98): miscellaneous papers, including comments upon a damning review in the Gentleman's Magazine (vol. 54, pp. 194-7) of his Life of Mr Thomas Baker (1784), and on biographies of John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester (at fo.

Zachary Grey, Collections for a Life of Thomas Baker. English, c.

John Henley, Two historical and lexicographical manuscripts. English, 1752 and undated

John Henley, of St John's College (1692-1756): two manuscripts attributed to 'Orator Henley', now bound together.

1. 'What was the beginning of Masques in England - and of the Meening and origin of Carnevols', 12 Jan. 1752. Rough notes, heavily corrected.
2. A dictionary of synonyms, Perish - Systematical, no date but around 1750.

Ahmet Benandala, On the Christian religion. Latin, seventeenth century

'Epistola Mauri Mahumetani continens Religionis Christianae Censuram' (p. vii). Beg.: 'Epistola Ahmet Benandala Mahumetani ad Auriacum Principem Comitem Mauritium, et ad Emanuelem Portugalliae Principem' (p. 1); ends: 'Qui felicitatem, vitam et omne bonum tibi cupit, Ahmet Benandala hoc nomen erat scriptum Literis Arabicis' (p. 78). This letter survives in several other copies, including Chetham's Library, Manchester, MS A.2.41.