Pedigrees of families, chiefly of Shropshire, with coloured coats of arms and alphabetical index
Pedigrees of families, chiefly of Shropshire, with coloured coats of arms and alphabetical index, in the hand of Francis Sandford, whose own pedigree is at fol. 48. Most of the pedigrees have a note of their source and the dates of copying them (1650-54). From fol. 52v on there are additions, especially connected with the family of Leighton, and at fol. 74 'a true Role of the Bayliefes of the towne of Sallope ...' 1372-1608.
Dates
- Creation: Chiefly written in 1653-1654 by F. Sandford
Extent
85 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. misc. b. 6, fols. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. misc. b. 6
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 19431
Abstract
Pedigrees of families, chiefly of Shropshire, with coloured coats of arms and alphabetical index
Biographical / Historical
Francis Sandford (1630-1694) was a herald.
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. VI, no. 32676
Custodial History
Apparently owned by 'Elizabeth Marston' late in the 17th cent., and by 'Tho: Eyton, Wellington, Shropshire' late in the 18th cent. In the sale of the library of William lord Berwick on May 8, 1843, this volume was lot 2367 (not 2263).
It bears the hand-printed inscription 'Sir T. Phillipps, Middlehill, 1843': and was MS. no. 11248 in the Phillipps library.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
On June 9, 1899, it was purchased by the Bodleian as lot 1031 in the Phillipps sale.
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
15 1/2 × 12 1/8 in.
Subject
- Title
- Pedigrees of families, chiefly of Shropshire, with coloured coats of arms and alphabetical index
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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