Extracts from parish registers, and select monumental inscriptions, of churches in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, compiled by Joseph Lemuel Chester, including indexes of parishes and personal names.
Dates
- Creation: 1880
Extent
1.10 Linear metres (10 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Top. Berks. c. 24, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Top. Berks. c. 24; Top. Bucks. c. 9; Top. Oxon. c. 165-172
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 12869
Abstract
Collections of Joseph Lemuel Chester.
Biographical / Historical
Joseph Lemuel Chester (1821-82) was a genealogist. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
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, nos. 35682-35683, 35724-35731.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The volumes were presented to the Library by Brien Cokayne, son of Geo. Edw. Cokayne, Clarenceux king of arms, whose bookplate is in both volumes, in 1912.
Physical Facet
On paper
Geographic
Topical
Subject
- Title
- Collections of Joseph Lemuel Chester
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
- Date
- EAD version 2020
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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