Miscellaneous notes and extracts, about the following places in London
Miscellaneous notes and extracts, about the following places in London:
- St. Bride's (fol. 8)
- St. Botolph's without Aldgate (fols. 64, 86v)
- St. Botolph's Aldgate (fols. 56v, 70, 88)
- Aldgate generally (fol. 74)
- St. Katharine's by the Tower (fol. 93: a long account of the endowments of this hospital, etc.)
- Pell St. Meeting-house (fol. 147v)
- There is also at fol. 50 an abstract of deeds relating to the gift to ten London parishes of a Suffolk estate by sir John Fenner in 1633
- At fol. 148v various miscellanies, including a pedigree of the Knivet family, 16th-18th centt. (fol. 151v), notes about the tobacco trade (fol. 156) and about dissenting clergy (fol. 166v)
This volume is in the same handwriting as MS. Top. Berks d. 12, but more than half is blank paper.
Dates
- Creation: Written chiefly in about 1819
Extent
185 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Top. London d. 2, fols. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
MS. Top. London d. 2
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 19469
Abstract
Miscellaneous notes and extracts, about the following places in London
Biographical / Historical
Biographical details unknown.
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. 32751
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought at an autograph sale at Sotheby's on Nov. 10, 1899, as part of lot 325.
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
11 1/8 × 8 7/8 in.
- Title
- Miscellaneous notes and extracts, about the following places in London
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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