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Arms and Crests of Cheshire families, with variations of bearings, written in and soon after A.D. 1781, by J. Watson

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MS. Top. Cheshire e. 5
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'Arms and Crests of Cheshire families, with variations of bearings. Collected by John Watson, M.A., F.S.A., and Rector of Stockport in Cheshire, 1781', alphabetically blazoned: followed (at p. 190) by some 'Authentic Papers relating to some of the foregoing Arms', chiefly consisting of pedigrees, documents, and notes relating to the Leghs of Adlington, originally Venables.

Dates

  • Creation: written in and soon after A.D. 1781, by J. Watson

Extent

250 pages

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MS. Top. Cheshire e. 5

Other Finding Aids

Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. V, no. 25575.

Custodial History

Watson coll. vol. no. 14.

Physical Facet

On paper

Dimensions

7 7/8 × 6 3/8 in.

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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