Add MS 71474

Also called ''Book of Draughts''. Partly autograph, with drawings and paintings by William Sedgwick, heraldic draughtsman. Containing records of ecclesiatical monuments which Dugdale saw in some thirty-seven cities, towns and villages during two separate expeditions to London, the Midlands and Yorkshire and which were considered threatened by the impending Civil War. The volume consists of drawings, mostly pen and ink with coloured wash, depicting stained glass, shields of arms, monumental brasses and tombs together with notes on and facsimiles of their inscriptions in Dugdale''s hand. The present order of leaves disregards the dates of recording as noted on some pages.

Among the places which received the most attention from Dugdale are the cathedrals of Lichfield (ff. 1-16), Lincoln (ff. 92-113) and Peterborough (ff. 118-131v), as well as St Paul''s in London (ff. 164-186v). The set of windows at St George''s Church, Stamford, showing the founder Knights of the Garter with the life and martyrdom of St George, are also depicted (ff. 152-162). The drawings of funerary monuments include the tombs of the Earls of Warwick in the Beauchamp Chapel in St Mary''s Church, Warwick (ff. 33-34), those of the Earls of Rutland in Bottesford Parish Church (ff. 74v-79), and the Burghley tomb in St Martin''s Church, Stamford (f. 68). These are the earliest known depictions of many of the monuments portrayed, many of which were destroyed soon after Dugdale recorded them. For an account of the tours and method of working, see Dugdale''s autobiography published in The life, diary and correspondence of Sir William Dugdale, ed. William Hamper (1827). Not all the places mentioned in the Life are represented in the present MS, but 17th- ? and 18th-century copies of some of the missing Yorkshire drawings have been identified in the College of Arms ? and in the Lansdowne MSS in the British Library eg. Beverley Minster in Lansdowne MS 896, ff. 35v-39. Add MS 71474 was formerly owned by Sir Christopher Hatton, who may have encouraged Dugdale in, or been the driving force behind the enterprise.

Contents include:

• ff. 1-16 Lichfield, Staffordshire: Coloured drawings by W. Sedgwick of monuments and stained glass in the cathedral: 1640-1641.
• f. 19 Warmingham, Cheshire: Coloured drawing by W. Sedgwick of figure and shield from the south window of the church: 1640.
• ff. 21-22 Nantwich, Cheshire: Coloured drawings by W. Sedgwick of heraldic glass and monument in the church: 1640.
• ff. 22v-25v City of Cheater: Coloured drawings by W. Sedgwick of monuments and heraldic glass in various churches: 1640.
• f. 27 Rostherne, Cheshire: Coloured drawings by W. Sedgwick of monument and heraldic glass in the church: 1640.
• ff. 27v-29 Eccleston, Cheshire: Coloured drawings by W. Sedgwick of stained glass in the church: 1640.
• f. 33 Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick: Coloured drawing by W. Sedgwick of his monument in the Beauchamp Chapel, Warwick: 1640.
• ff. 33-49 Town of Warwick: Coloured drawings by W. Sedgwick of monuments and stained glass in the Collegiate Church of St Mary (Beauchamp Chapel): 1640.
• ff. 52-57v Tamworth, Staffordshire: Coloured drawings by W. Sedgwick of monuments and stained glass in the Collegiate Church: 1640.
• ff. 59-61v Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire: Coloured drawings by W. Sedgwick of monuments and stained glass in the church: 1640.
• ff. 63v-64v Sandon, Staffordshire: Coloured drawings by W. Sedgwick of the Vernon monument and heraldic glass in the church: 1640.
• ff. 67v-69 Stamford, Lincolnshire: Coloured drawings by W. Sedgwick of the Burghley and Cecil tombs in the Church of St Martin: 1641.
• f. 68 William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley: Coloured drawing of his tomb: 1641.
• f. 71 Barnack, Northamptonshire: Coloured drawings by W. Sedgwick of monuments and heraldic glass in the parish church: 1641.
• ff. 72-73 Ashwell, Rutland: Coloured drawings by W. Sedgwick of monuments and stained glass in the parish church: 1641.
• ff. 73-79v Bottesford, Leicestershire: Coloured drawings by W. Sedgwick of tombs of Earls of Rutland, stained glass, etc., in the parish church: 1640-1641.
• ff. 74v-79 Manners family; Earls of Rutland: Coloured drawings of their tombs: 1640-1641.
• ff. 82-86v Southwell, Nottinghamshire: Coloured drawings by W. Sedgwick of monuments and stained glass in the Collegiate Church: 1640-1641.
• ff. 87-89 Newark, Nottinghamshire: Coloured drawings by W. Sedgwick of monument and stained glass in the parish church: 1641.
• ff. 92-113 Lincoln, Lincolnshire: Coloured drawings by W. Sedgwick of monuments and stained glass in the cathedral: 1641.
• ff. 118-131v City of Peterborough: Coloured drawings by W. Sedgwick of tombs and stained glass in the cathedral, etc.,: 1640-1641.
• ff. 133-134v Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire: Coloured drawings by W. Sedgwick of heraldic glass in the Collegiate Church, etc.,: 1640-1641.
• ff. 136-136v Harringworth, Northamptonshire: Coloured drawings by W. Sedgwick of heraldic glass in the church: 1640-1641.
• f. 137 Blatherwycke, Northamptonshire: Coloured drawings by W. Sedgwick of heraldic glass in the church: 1640-1641.
• ff. 140-141 Rothwell, Northamptonshire: Coloured drawings by W. Sedgwick of monuments and heraldic glass in the church: 1640-1641.
• ff. 141v-142 Desborough, Northamptonshire: Coloured drawings by W. Sedgwick of monuments and heraldic glass in the church: 1640-1641.
• f. 142v Great Oakley, Northamptonshire: Coloured drawing by W. Sedgwick of tomb of Arthur Brooke in the church: 1640-1641.
• f. 143 Cottingham, Northamptonshire: Coloured drawings by W. Sedgwick of heraldic glass in the church: 1640-1641.
• ff. 143-143v Rockingham, Northamptonshire: Coloured drawings by W. Sedgwick of monument and heraldic glass in the church: 1640-1641.
• f. 144 Tansor, Northamptonshire: Coloured drawings by W. Sedgwick of monuments and heraldic glass in the church: 1640-1641.
• f. 144v Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire: Coloured drawings by W. Sedgwick of heraldic glass in the church: 1640-1641.
• f. 144v Newton, Northamptonshire: Coloured drawings by W. Sedgwick of heraldic glass in the church: 1640-1641.
• ff. 145-145v Corby, Northamptonshire: Coloured drawings by W. Sedgwick of heraldic glass, etc., in the church: 1640-1641.
• ff. 146-146v Town of Northampton: Coloured drawings by W. Sedgwick of stained glass in All Saints'' Church: 1640-1641.
• ff. 147v-148v Rushton, Northamptonshire: Coloured drawings by W. Sedgwick of monuments and heraldic glass in St Peter''s Church: 1640-1641.
• ff. 149-149v Carlton, county Leicestershire?: Coloured drawings by W. Sedgwick of monuments and heraldic glass in the church: 1640-1641.
• ff. 151v-162 Orders Military. Garter: Stamford, Lincolnshire: Coloured drawings by W. Sedgwick of pictorial stained glass showing Life of St George and Founder Garter Knights in St George''s Church at Stamford: 1640-1641.
• ff. 164-186v London; St Paul''s Cathedral: Coloured drawings by W. Sedgwick of monuments in St Paul''s Cathedral: 1641.
• ff. 187-189v Selby, West Riding of Yorkshire: Coloured drawings by W. Sedgwick of monuments and heraldic glass in the Conventual Church: 1641.