VALENTINE HIRST COLLECTION. Vols. I-III . Pedigrees of various families, mainly 17th-19th centt.; some are collected from Chancery suits (see Add. MS. 41780, f. 138). The more considerable pedigrees have been indexed.
VALENTINE HIRST COLLECTION. Vol. VI (ff. iii + 56). Note-book containing extracts from 'The Times' of advertisements arising out of wills; 18 June-29 Nov. 1858.
VALENTINE HIRST COLLECTION. Vols. VII-XXIII. Notebooks and loose papers containing monumental inscriptions (mainly 18th and 19th centt.) in London and the Home Counties, copied circ. 1857- 1867. Add. MSS. 41796-41798 are from tombs in Bunhill Fields, London. A few note-books are indexed. The names of the parishes outside the County of London will be found in the Index to this Catalogue.
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Epitaphs: Burial inscriptions in London and the Home Counties, copied by V. Hirst: 19th cent. Antiquities: Copies of burial inscriptions in London and the Home Counties: circ. 1857-1867.