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1. Add MS 4712

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Add MS 4712
Title:
MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS relating chiefly to ceremonies at the English Court; 16th and 17th centt
Scope & Content:
The references 'Lib. Y. fol. 193' (f. 1) 'M. 16' and 'H. 12' (f. 24), and other similar ones are to documents at the College of Arms. Viz:- (1) A list of twelve British standards and banners, heraldic and national; early 17th cent. f. 1. (2) Two pedigrees in the autograph of Sir Robert Cotto...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
16th and 17th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 14049

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Add MS 14049
Title:
TERRIERS of tenements and lands in Wyvelingham [Willingham], co. Cambridge, 1575;-" An Abstract and all the proofs of the Conspiracy of Stevenson and others against Sir Robert Cotton," with the view of extorting money, 1630, drawn up " for Mr. Attorney Generall and my Counsell," in Sir R. Cotton's handwriting;-Pedigrees of the families of Allington, Holford, Chickley, Millicent, Cotton, Hudleston, Pigott, Haggar, Hind, Pepys, and Hatton. xvith and xviith cent. Folio. [14,049]
Scope & Content:
Willingham, Cambridgeshire: Terriers of tenements and lands: 1575. Pepys family: Pedigree. Pigot family: Pedigree. Millicent family: Pedigree. Hudleston family: Pedigree. Hatton family: Pedigree. Haggar family: Pedigree. Holford family: Pedigree. Hind family: Pedigree. Sir Robert Cotton...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 24120

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Add MS 24120
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Scope & Content:
Vol. I. Thomas Wotton: Letters, notices, and pedigrees sent to, for his Baronetage: 1725 - 1746. Baronetage: Letters, pedigrees, etc., relating to Wotton's Baronetage: 1725-1746. includes: f. 4 Sir Robert Barnardiston, Baronet; of Ketton Hall: Pedigree: 18th cent. ff. 4, 6 Sir Robert Adams, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1725-1746
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 33498

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Add MS 33498
Title:
MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS, many of which belonged to the Rev. William Cole; 16th-19th centt. Among them are:- 1. " The Challenge of the Knights Errant, proclaymed at Whithall ye 1 : of June [l606 ?]." See Nichols, Progresses of James I, vol. ii. p. 49. f. 2. 2. Order from Francis Bacon, Solicitor-General, to the keeper of Dela-more forest, co. Chester, to deliver his book of fees; Gray's Inn, 3 Sept. 1613. f. 3. 3. " Epitre à Monsieur Wilkes, Membre du Parlement . . . . . . Londres, 1769." ...
Scope & Content:
William Cole, of King's College, Cambridge, Rector of Bletchley, county Buckinghamshire, etc: Papers, etc.: 17th-18th centt. includes: f. 1 Wilberfoss Priory; E. R., Yorkshire: Lease of lands lately held by, in Seamer: 1563. f. 1 Sir Henry Gate: Lease in Seamer, co. York: 1563. f. 1 Seamer, Pi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Portuguese
Date Range:
16th century-19th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 38141

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Add MS 38141
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Scope & Content:
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS of Sir William Dugdale, Vol. II; 1618-1685. ff. ii + 218. 1. Funerals : (a) List of funeral certificates, 1664-1685. In the hand of Sir George Nayler, Garter King of Arms (d. 1831). f. 1; (b) Ordinance by the Commissioners for the office of Earl Marshal, concerning funeral...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1618-1685
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 53781

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Add MS 53781
Title:
COTTON PEDIGREE: genealogical roll with arms in pen of the family of Bruce Cotton of Conington, co. Hunt., the ancestors and descendants of Sir Robert Cotton, the antiquary; 1754-1755. Compiled by Nicholas Brett of Spring-Grove, Wye, co. Kent, chaplain to Sir Robert Cotton, 5th Bart., son of the Rev. Thomas Brett, LL.D., and completed 15-18 March 1754. Copied and blazoned by John Hinde. Collated, examined and signed by Brett, 23 April 1755. Incorporated are explanatory memoranda and a list o...
Scope & Content:
Heraldry: Genealogies: Nicholas Brett, chaplain to Sir R Cotton: John Hinde: Cotton family; of Conington, Huntingdonshire: Pedigree with arms of the Cotton family by Nicholas Brett, copied and blazoned by John Hinde: 1754-1755: Pen and water colour.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1754-1755
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 74760

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Add MS 74760
Title:
Cotton and Bowdler Families. Bound volume of genealogical and heraldic notes relating to the Cotton and Bowdler families, with some loose papers; 1754-1840, n.d. Contains extracts from pedigrees, descriptions of arms, and notes. Partly printed. Purchased from H. M. Fletcher of Much Hadham, Jun 2000. Paper.
Scope & Content:
Cotton family; of Conington, Huntingdonshire: Bowdler family; of Shropshire: Genealogical and heraldic papers rel. to the Cotton family and the Bowdler family: 1754-1840, n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1754-1840
Extent:
1 item

8. Egerton MS 2893

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Egerton MS 2893
Title:
PEDIGREE of the family of Cotton, to which Sir Robert Cotton, founder of the Cotton library, belonged ; compiled in 1635 for Edward Coton of Ipswich, and continued to 1722. Interspersed are transcripts of a few charters, etc.; and 107 escutcheons (one blank, as also many of the impalements) with arms in tincture, beginning with two separate coats of the Cotton family: (1) Barry of six, arg and az., in chief 3 round buckles purpure ff. 1b, 2b; (2) Arg., betw. 3 pellets a bend sa. f. 3b, etc. ...
Scope & Content:
Heraldry: Pedigree of the Cotton family, with arms in the colour: 1635, continued to 1722. Bindings ENGLISH: Arms of Sir R. Cotton stamped on covers: 1838. Cotton family; of Connington, Huntingdonshire: Pedigree, with arms in tincture,: 1635 continued to 1722. Edward Cotton, alias Coton; of I...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1635-1722
Extent:
1 item

9. Mss Eur F295

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Mss Eur F295
Title:
Papers of Sir Evan Cotton, Calcutta barrister; President, Bengal Legislative Council 1922-25; writer
Scope & Content:
Cotton Collection (3): papers of Sir (Harry) Evan Auguste Cotton (1868-1939), Calcutta barrister, President, Bengal Legislative Council 1922-25, including material relating to his book `Calcutta Old and New', paintings in Viceregal Residences, the Victoria Memorial Hall, and the India Defence Lea...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1877-1942
Extent:
36 items

10. Mss Eur Photo Eur 029

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Mss Eur Photo Eur 029
Title:
Cotton Family papers.
Scope & Content:
Family tree, from the 16th to the 20th centuries, of the Cotton family, several members of whom served in the civil or military services in India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
5 folios