Copies of Gloucestershire Inquisitiones post Mortem , written in more than one hand in the early part of the 17th century
A mutilated volume of copies of Gloucestershire Inquisitiones post Mortem, in two series:
- (fols. 8-138v). from Sept. 18, 1584, to July 31, 1606;
- (fols. 139-171). from July 11, 1558, to Dec. 5, 1572.
Many leaves are wanting, as a contemporary foliation shows, and fols. 12-14, 93, 169, etc., are mutilated. A partial index is at fol. 4.
Dates
- Creation: written in more than one hand in the early part of the 17th century
Extent
187 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Latin
Shelfmark
MS. Top. Glouc. b. 1
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. 27825.
Custodial History
Binder's mark as no. 175 in Weale's Bookbindings at S. Kensington (1894), p. 138, probably Elizabethan work.
Physical Facet
On paper; binding, brown leather, injured, bearing vertical and horizontal fillets with rose, pomegranate, royal escutcheon, gateway, portcullis, fleur-de-lys
Dimensions
17 3/8 × 12 1/8 in.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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