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Miscellaneous notes and extracts, about the following places in London

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MS. Top. London d. 2
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Miscellaneous notes and extracts, about the following places in London:

  1. St. Bride's (fol. 8)
  2. St. Botolph's without Aldgate (fols. 64, 86v)
  3. St. Botolph's Aldgate (fols. 56v, 70, 88)
  4. Aldgate generally (fol. 74)
  5. St. Katharine's by the Tower (fol. 93: a long account of the endowments of this hospital, etc.)
  6. Pell St. Meeting-house (fol. 147v)
  7. 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
  8. 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]

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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

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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