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Add MS 31853
- Record Id:
- 032-002024041
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002024041
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000054.0x0003a4
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100162924532.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 31853
- Title:
- John Norden's chorographical description of the shires
- Scope & Content:
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ff. 1r–31r: ‘A Chorographicall discription of the seuerall Shires and Islands of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Sussex, Hamshire, Weighte, Garnesey and Jarsey, performed by the traueyle and uiew of John Norden, 1595.’
This manuscript was dedicated to Queen Elizabeth I (f. 2r). Only the last page (f. 19r) of the description of Sussex remains. The description of Middlesex is not as full as that printed by Norden in Speculum Britanniae. The firste Parte. 1593, and the description of Essex differs susbstantially from Sir Henry Ellis's edition for the Camden Society (1840), made using a manuscript in the Marquis of Salisbury's library.
The maps which originally accompanied the volume were cut out by a former owner in the 18th century and kept by him between the leaves of a book, presumably to prevent them being damaged (see a note on the flyleaf.) At least three of them, Middlesex, Essex and Hampshire, together with the title-page and dedication, passed into the possession of Francis Grose, and subsequently to Richard Bull, of North Court, Isle of Wight, and were sold with Bull's collection of drawings and engravings in May 1881. The purchaser restored only two of the maps, Essex and Hampshire, with the title-page and dedication, to the manuscript which was already in his possession.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002024041
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002024041
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100162924532.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1595
- End Date:
- 1595
- Date Range:
- 1595
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 409 x 302 mm.
Foliation: ff. 31 + 5.
Binding: British Museum binding.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England.
Provenance:
Francis Grose, antiquarian (before 11 June 1731–1791), who owned the maps of Essex, Middlesex and Hampshire, the title-page and dedicatory letter.
Richard Bull, MP (1721–1805) of Northcourt, Isle of Wight, who subsequently owned the aforementioned maps. His collection of drawings and engravings was sold in May 1881.
Purchased by the British Museum from Messrs Ellis and White, 9 July 1881.
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum, 1876–1881 (London: British Museum Trustees, 1882), p. 236.
Raymond V. Turley, 'Printed County Maps of the Isle of Wight, 1590–1870: A Check-list and Guide for Students (and Collectors)’, Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club & Archaeological Society, 31 (1976), 53–64: http://www.hantsfieldclub.org.uk/publications/hampshirestudies/digital/1970s/vol31/Turley.pdf
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)