Author of The Summarie of Englyshe Chronicles (1565), The Chronicles of England (1580), A Survay of London (1598).
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Stow’s hand appears in many manuscripts. Kingsford lists many volumes once belonging to Stow, or in his autograph, in his edition of A Survay of London, vol. i, p. lxxxvi–xciii, and added to the list in his Additional Notes (1927).
The aspect of Stow’s hand is particularly distinctive. Its notable features include the use of a very fine nib, the forwards slant, and the occasional deviation of the line from the horizontal. The ‘z’ like appearance of the letter ‘r’ is exceptional. The overall appearance is initially daunting, but the characters are well formed and the reading is never in doubt.
Images © David X Carpenter, British Library
British Library, MS Harley 544, fols. 33r, 36r
British Library, MS Add. 57945, fol. 4r
British Library, MS Cotton Cleopatra C iii, fols. 282v, 286r
The Charters of William II and Henry I 