"The history of the antient and moderne estate of the principality of Wales and the earledome of Chester. Collected out of the records of the Tower of London and divers antient authors and records", bulk: 17th century
File
MS. Rawl. B. 209
Held at the Weston Library
An abridgment, by William King, (with the omission of Cornwall) of sir John Doddridge's work published under the same title, in quarto. Lond. 1630.
At the end are added:
At the end are added:
- (fol. 21) A supplication presented to Hen. VI. in 1450 by the inhabitants of the county palatine of Chester; with the King's reply. Ormerod's Cheshire, (from King's Vale Royal,) vol. i. p. 99.
- (fols. 23b, 30b) Confirmation of the liberties of the county palatine by Q. Eliz. 1568. (Two copies.) Ormerod's Cheshire, (from King's Vale Royal,) vol. i. p. 100.
- (fols. 29b, 34) Notes of statutes relating to the county.
- (fols. 34b, 35b) Notes on the Welsh counties; their extent, etc. At the end: "Finis coronat opus. William King, Sept. 21. 1676."
Dates
- Majority of material found within 17th century
Extent
37 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. B. 209
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. 209.
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. 11562.
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. 11562.
Custodial History
Number 647 in the library of Joh. Murray.
Physical Facet
On paper, in folio
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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