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1. Add MS 64065-64071

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ELLIS COLLECTION: printed works on Domesday Book annotated by Sir Henry Ellis (b.1777, d.1869), successively Keeper of Printed Books, Keeper of Manuscripts and Principal Librarian of the British Museum; 1797-1860. Partly Latin and French. For other collections by Ellis concerning Domesday Book, see Add. 38514, 38515. All except Add. 64069 purchased from Miss C. E. King, 26 March 1909. Transferred from Departmental Reference Library, 1986. Paper. Seven volumes. Original half bindings of cal...
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Henry John Ellis, Senior Assistant, département of Manuscripts, British Museum: Annotations by Henry John Ellis: late 19th cent. William I of England: Domesday Book: Records, Public: Sir Henry Ellis, KH; Principal Librarian, British Museum: Collections rel. to Domesday Book by Sir Henry Ellis: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1797-1860
Extent:
7 items

2. Add MS 64065-64068

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ELLIS COLLECTION. Vols. I-IV. Sir Henry Ellis, A General Introduction to Domesday Book (1833), interleaved and rebound in four volumes. Ellis's own copy, in which he inserted a large number of additions and corrections from the time of publication until shortly before his death. He hoped to incorporate this material into a new edition of the work, but this was never published. There are also a few annotations by Ellis's grandson, Henry John Ellis, Senior Assistant in the Department of Manusc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1833
Extent:
4 items

3. Add MS 64069

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ELLIS COLLECTION. Vol. V. Robert Kelham, Domesday Book Illustrated (1788). A copy purchased by Ellis in 1797 (f. 1) and extensively annotated by him. ff. iv+206. Leaves 208 x 125mm. Modern cloth binding 215 x 130mm. Robert Kelham, antiquary and lawyer: His Domesday Book Illustrated, annotated...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1788
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 64070-64071

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ELLIS COLLECTION. Vols. VI, VII. Another copy of Kelham's work, interleaved and rebound in two volumes. In this copy, Ellis made corrections and additions to Kelham's 'Selecta ex Domesday', which he proposed reprinting in a revised form at the end of the projected new edition of the General Introduction (see Add. 64068, f. 255v). Leaves 208 x 125mm. Rebound in two volumes 215 x 130mm.
Scope & Content:
Robert Kelham, antiquary and lawyer: His Domesday Book Illustrated, annotated by Sir H. Ellis: 1797-1860: Partly Fr. and Lat.: Partly printed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1788]
Extent:
2 items

5. Add MS 64066

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ELLIS COLLECTION. Vol. II (ff. i+186). Index of tenants in capite at the time of the compilation of the Domesday survey.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1833
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 64067

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ELLIS COLLECTION. Vol. III (ff. v+279). Index of persons, etc., holding land during the reign of Edward the Confessor and at other times prior to the compilation of the Domesday survey.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1833
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 64071

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ELLIS COLLECTION. Vol. VII (ff. vii+258). 1. ff. 1-229. 'Selecta ex Domesday'. 2. ff. 231-258. Alphabetical index of tenants in capite.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1788]
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 64070

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ELLIS COLLECTION. Vol. VI (ff. iv+153). 1. ff. 12-32v. Account of Domesday Book. 2. ff. 34-153v. Index in county order of tenants in capite named in Domesday Book.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1788]
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 64068

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ELLIS COLLECTION. Vol. IV (ff. iv+284). 1. ff. 1-149v. Index of under-tenants at the time of the compilation of the Domesday survey. 2. ff. 151-254v. Abstract of population as recorded in Domesday Book. 3. ff. 256-284. General index to the preceding volumes. includes: f. 123 Joseph Hunte...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1833
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 64065

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ELLIS COLLECTION. Vol. I (ff. 418). General Introduction to Domesday Book. includes: ff. 2-3 de Sainte Marie, French antiquary: Amédée Louis Léchaudé d'Anisy, French antiquary: Advertisement for book by Amédée Louis Léchaudé d'Anisy and — de Sainte Marie: 1842: Fr.: Printed. ff. 5-5v John Wilk...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1833
Extent:
1 item