1. LETTERS to Rev. Thomas Langley on matters connected with his History of the Hundred of Desborough (see above); 1788-1799, with a few undated. The names of the writers are given in the Index. Among them are George Canning (f. 53); Richard Gough (f. 38-42); George Temple Nugent-Grenville, lst M...
Vol. I. ff. 255. John Penn, Sheriff of county Buckinghamshire: Census of the county, returned to: 1798. Acton Chaplin: Census of co. Bucks compiled by, as Under-Sheriff: 1798. County of Buckingham: Census of: 1798.
"A REGISTER of the names and occupations of all persons residing within the county of Buckingham (not engaged in any military capacity) between the ages of 15 and 60 years; and also of the number of draught horses, waggons, carts of burthen, wind and water corn-mills, within the same. Returned to John Penn, Esq., High Sheriff, pursuant to a precept issued by him for the better ascertaining the Posse Comitatus. Carefully examined and arranged by Acton Chaplin, Undersheriff, 1798." In two volu...
Vol. II. ff. 296. John Penn, Sheriff of county Buckinghamshire: Census of the county, returned to: 1798. Acton Chaplin: Census of co. Bucks compiled by, as Under-Sheriff: 1798. County of Buckingham: Census of: 1798.
CAMBRIDGE COLLECTIONS, by Francis Blomefield; containing materials for short historical notices of the several colleges and of their most noteworthy members, in the form of extracts from various sources and newspaper cuttings, together with an account of the churches in Cambridge and of the monu...
"STATUTA Aulæ Divæ Catharinæ": copy of the statutes of St. Catherine's Hall (now College), Cambridge, drawn up by Robert Woodlark, the founder [in 1475], and augmented by the Royal Visitors [in 1549. See Cooper's Annals of Cambridge, vol. ii. p. 31]. Printed in Documents relating to the Universi...
COPIES Of statutes of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, in Latin, with other papers:-(1) Bishop Bateman's statutes for Gonville Hall; 7 Sept. 1353. f. 2;-(2) "Expositiones seu Interpretationes of passages in the above, by John Caius the second Founder. f. 12 b;-(3) The statutes of John Caiu...
Copy of the statutes of Trinity College, Cambridge; drawn up, as appears from the preamble (f. 3) dated 4 Cal. Apr. 2 Eliz. [29 Mar. 1560], by Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury, Sir William Cecil and others, who lately visited the University at the Royal command. Latin. This preamble is q...
COLLECTIONS for the history of Chester, containing:- 1. "The antiquitie[s] of the most antient and famous cittie of Chester., collected by learned and experienced authors of great antiquity, being here born," etc.; chiefly derived from the collections of Robert Rogers, Archdeacon of Chester (s...
PAPERS relating to a suit between the city of Chester and Sir Ranulph Crewe, Chief Justice of the King's Bench 1625-6, concerning the tolls at the East-gate; 1627-1631. For more documents respecting the same suit, see Harley MS. 2091, ff. 243-300. At the beginning is a table of contents, in the ...