Copies of an Oxfordshire visitation and a Northamptonshire visitation and Lincolnshire arms
Comprises:
- (fol. 2). A copy of the Oxfordshire Visitation of 1574, with the arms in trick, and additions, (about 1600): owned in 1648 by Onslow Gardyner (fol. 8).
- (fol. 40). A copy of the Northamptonshire Visitation of 1564, with the arms in trick, and a few additions to 1635. The index at fol. 40v is in the hand of John Martin Leake, Chester herald, 1752-1791.
- (fol. 95). 'The Arms of the Lincolnshire Gentlemen', with the arms in trick and blazoned (about 1700).
Dates
- Creation: made up of three MSS. written in the 17th century
Extent
121 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Top. gen. c. 17, fols. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
MSS. Top. gen. c. 17
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 20034
Abstract
Copies of an Oxfordshire visitation and a Northamptonshire visitation and Lincolnshire arms, made up of three MSS. written in the 17th century.
Biographical / Historical
John Martin Leake (1739-1836) was Chester herald and a Treasury official.
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. V, no. 29658.
Custodial History
'Purchased of J. M. L[eake], Esq., 1849. Chas. Geo. Young Gr.': the armorial bookplate of the latter is in the volume.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought in the second part of the L. L. Hartley sale, May 3, 1886, (lot 50) for £5 5s.
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
12 3/4 × 8 1/4 in.
- Title
- Copies of an Oxfordshire visitation and a Northamptonshire visitation and Lincolnshire arms
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2020 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
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