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Add MS 44932

Record Id:
032-002017527
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002017527
MDARK:
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ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 44932
Title:

'COVENTRY ILLUSTRATIONS': printed papers, chiefly by Thomas Sharp, the Coventry antiquary, bound and interleaved, with numerous additional notes in Sharp's hand, supplemented by engravings, etc.; 1815- 1830. Other Coventry material by Sharp is in Add. MS. 43645. The chief items (all published at Coventry except art. 10) are:-(1) 'Illustrations of the history and antiquities of St Michael's Church, Coventry...by Thomas Sharp' (1818). Inserted (f. 75) is a letter to Sharp from Thomas Rickman rel. to the architecture of St Michael's; Birmingham, 9 Dec. 1829. ff. 6-77;-

(2) 'Illustrations of the History and Antiquities of the Holy Trinity Church, Coventry...by Thomas Sharp' (1818). ff. 78-123;-(3) 'St Nicholas's Church, Coventry', by Thomas Sharp, [?1818]. ff. 125-127;-(4) 'Bablake Church, or Chapel, Coventry', by Thomas Sharp, [?1820]. ff. 130-149;-(5)'An Account of St John's Hospital and Free School, Coventry, by Thomas Sharp'

(1826). ff. 150-200;-(6) 'Grey Friers [sic], Coventry', by Thomas Sharp, [?1818]. ff. 206-217;-(7) 'St Mary's Hall, Coventry', by Thomas Sharp [? published in 1818 with arts. 1 and 3]. ff. 224-237;-(8) 'Description of St Michael's Church, Coventry...by William Reader' (1815). ff. 243- 259;-(9) 'Description of Trinity Church, Coventry...by William Reader' (1815). ff. 261-271 ;-(10) Material rel. to the Coventry Ring (now in the Franks Bequest in the Dept. of British and Medieval Antiquities, accession no. A.F. 897), including Sharp's paper, 'An Account of an Ancient Gold Ring found in Coventry Park in the year 1802', Archaeologia, xviii, 1817, pp. 306-308. ff. 273-274. Paper; ff. 276. Quarto. 1815-1830. Presented by the Hon. John Waylord Leslie.

Scope & Content:

Coventry, Warwickshire: 'Coventry Illustrations' by T. Sharp: 1815-1830.: Printed with MS. and engr. additions.

includes:

  • ff. 1-238, 273, 274 Thomas Sharp, antiquary, of Coventry: Account of the history and antiquities of Coventry churches, etc.: 1818-1830.: Printed with autogr. additions.
  • ff. 1-274b passim Art. Engravings, etc: St Michael's Church, etc., Coventry: 1816-1830, n.d.
  • ff. 3 (engr.), 73, 80b, 21 1 b Maps and Plans: St Michael's Church and the Grey Friars, Coventry: 1830-1831, n.d.
  • f. 75 Thomas Rickman, architect: Letter to T. Sharp: 1829.
  • f. 79b Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Drawing of St Michael's Church, Coventry: bef. 1824.
  • f. 169b Art. Portraits: J. Hales, d. 1572: engr. 19th cent.
  • f. 169b John Hales, d 1571 founder of the Free School, Coventry: Signature: n.d.
  • f. 169b John Hales, d 1571 founder of the Free School, Coventry: Portrait: 19th cent.: Engr.
  • f. 176b Art. Portraits: Dorothea, wife of M. Rutter, d. 1662;: engr. 1820.
  • f. 176b Dorothea Rutter, d 1662 née Hales; wife of M Rutter, of Bourton-on-the-Hill: Portrait: 1820.: Engr.
  • f. 193b Art. Portraits: S. Carte, d. 1740; water-colour: copy of contemporary painting 19th cent.
  • f. 193b Reverend Samuel Carte, d 1740 Master of the Free School, Coventry: Portrait: 18th cent.: Copy, in water-colour, 19th cent.
  • f. 229b Wenceslaus Hollar, d 1677 engraver: Figures, etc., in the windows of St Mary's Hall, Coventry, engr. by, from Sir W. Dugdale, 'Antiquities of Warwickshire': 1730 ed.
  • f. 230 Heraldry: Armorial glass in St Mary's Hall, Coventry, drawn by Sir W. Dugdale, 1653. Facsimile: 19th cent.
  • ff. 242, 260 William Reader, topographer and antiquary, of Coventry: Descriptions of St Michael's and Holy Trinity Churches, Coventry: 1815.: Printed.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1815
End Date:
1830
Date Range:
1815-1830
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

John Wayland Leslie, son of Norman, 19th Earl of Rothes: Presented.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Carte, Samuel, Reverend; Master of the Free School, Coventry, d 1740
Hales, John, founder of the Free School, Coventry, d 1571
Hollar, Wenceslaus, engraver, d 1677
Leslie, John Wayland, son of Norman, 19th Earl of Rothes
Reader, William, topographer and antiquary, of Coventry
Rickman, Thomas, architect
Rutter, Dorothea, née Hales; wife of M Rutter, of Bourton-on-the-Hill, d 1662
Sharp, Thomas, antiquary of Coventry, 1770-1841
Places:
Coventry, Warwickshire