1. Add MS 37719
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 37719
- Title:
- COMMONPLACE-BOOK of Sir John Gibson (1606-1665), of Welburn, near Kirkby Moorside, co. York, a Royalist prisoner in Durham Castle, circ. 1653-1660. The compilation is dedicated, in a letter (f. 5 b) dated March, 1656, to his son John Gibson. Holograph. He has inserted in the volume about a dozen portraits and other engravings, chiefly taken from books. Joseph Hunter in Add. MS. 24463, f. 59 b sqq., gives particulars of the family from a note-book which belonged to the son. Sir John, who had ...
- Scope & Content:
- Commonplace Books: Sir J. Gibson: 1653-1660. Sir John Gibson, of Welburn, county Yorkshire: Commonplace-book when in prison: 1653-1660. city of Durham: Commonplace book of Sir J. Gibson, prisoner in the Castle: 1653-1660. includes: f. i William Ward Jackson: Bookplate: 19th cent.ff. 1, 283...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- c 1653-1660
- Extent:
- 1 item