A book prepared for entries relating to the tenth or North Lincolnshire regiment of Foot; but containing only a few coats of arms and regimental insignia, neatly painted, 18th century
File
MS. Rawl. B. 96
Held at the Weston Library
Nearly all the leaves are blank.
On the first page is the title, "Regimental book of record;" beneath, a representation of Mars bearing a sword with the motto, "Ad utrumque paratus" and Britannia with a shield containing the white horse of Brunswick (marked "C. F. C. fecit"); at the foot, "Sterling in North Britain, 1726."
On fol. 2. (marked "Officers" on a vellum label projecting from the book) are the royal arms, followed on fols. 3, 12, 13. by twenty-four other coats, chiefly in colours, with a few in trick. There are besides many vacant shields.
On fol. 29 (labelled, "Court Mart.") are the arms of col. Henry Grove, colonel of the regiment from 1715 to 1736, of Francis Columbine, lieut. col. from about 1725, and of S. Duroure, major, surmounted by flags. At fol. 99 is a label marked "Death." On fol. 101 (labelled "Quart.") are three shields with the arms of Great Britain, France and Ireland, and Brunswick and Lunenburgh.
On the first page is the title, "Regimental book of record;" beneath, a representation of Mars bearing a sword with the motto, "Ad utrumque paratus" and Britannia with a shield containing the white horse of Brunswick (marked "C. F. C. fecit"); at the foot, "Sterling in North Britain, 1726."
On fol. 2. (marked "Officers" on a vellum label projecting from the book) are the royal arms, followed on fols. 3, 12, 13. by twenty-four other coats, chiefly in colours, with a few in trick. There are besides many vacant shields.
On fol. 29 (labelled, "Court Mart.") are the arms of col. Henry Grove, colonel of the regiment from 1715 to 1736, of Francis Columbine, lieut. col. from about 1725, and of S. Duroure, major, surmounted by flags. At fol. 99 is a label marked "Death." On fol. 101 (labelled "Quart.") are three shields with the arms of Great Britain, France and Ireland, and Brunswick and Lunenburgh.
Dates
- 18th century
Extent
129 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. B. 96
Other Finding Aids
William D. Macray, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae partis quintae fasciculus primus viri munificentissimi Ricardi Rawlinson, J.C.D., codicum classes duas priores, ad rem historicam praecipue et topographicam spectantes, complectens (Oxford, 1862), no. B. 96.
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. III, no. 11467.
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. III, no. 11467.
Custodial History
In tegmine interiori sunt insignia gentilitia Francisci Columbine, "Lieut. gen. of all his majesty's forces and col. of a regiment."
Physical Facet
On paper, in folio
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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