MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION -- OXFORDSHIRE. A memoranda book, possibly of deputy Rodolph Warcuppe, c.1580, containing transcripts (or possibly drafts) of approximately ten texts on the BREEDING AND KEEPING OF HORSES in Oxfordshire, including a commission of Elizabeth I, [1580] appointing commissioners to enquire into the breeding and keeping of horses for the defence of the realm, and affording them powers to appoint deputies; a letter to the deputies in the county of Oxon with itemised instructions on the same subject; 'A newe rate for the keping of horses in the County of Oxon' with names of those owning 'dimilaunces' and 'Light horses'; 'A new Improvement for the keping of horses in the County of Oxon' and 'a certificate of the parks, pastures and commons', with numerous entries listing the names of those owning horses, including Thomas Knollys and Elizabeth I's favourite Sir Henry Lee, and the places where horses are kept, arranged by Hundreds ('Woodstocke parke contayninge in circuit vii myles dothe appertayne to the Quenes ma[jes]tie Sr Henrye Lee Knight is lieutenant thereof, who kepethe a stallion, and xiiii mares of xv and xvi handfulls highe'), together 32½ pages, folio (some spotting, browning or wear to edges, inner edges laid down onto paper hinges); with two other contemporary manuscripts relating to the provisioning of the Queen's household from Oxfordshire, and a printed pamphlet, The Unfortunate Family, or, The Oxfordshire Wonder, London: J. Bradford, 1710. 8 pages, octavo (title frayed at margins, browned at edges). Modern wrappers. NOT IN ESTC. Provenance: the memoranda book ex-lot 241 in a catalogue of P.M. Barnard, bookseller. (4)