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Title:

Mr Cole’s General Collections, Volume 4. ‘Parochial Antiquities of Cambridgeshire [etc.], Volume 4'

Scope & Content:

Vol. IV of Cole’s Collections. Intitled ‘Parochial Antiquities of Cambridgeshire, or an account of the Churches &c. Vol. 4’ Illustrated with drawings of arms, &c. containing:

1. Church notes and collections respecting Bottisham alias Bottlesham (formerly Bodekesham), comprising abstracts of a number of anceint deeds, given by Lord Montford to Mr Cole, and an account of the eminent men born in the parish. ff. 1-16, 34b, pp. I, ii.

2. Collections for a history of Anglesey Priory, with lists of the priors, and abstracts of ancient deeds in Bennet College, concerning the same. ff. 9b-13, 34b.

3. Church notes and collections for Coton. ff. 16b-21.

4. Church notes and collections for Girton. ff. 21b-26.

5. Church notes and collections for St. Edward’s Church, Cambridge, with abstracts of early deeds. ff. 26b-48.

6. Church notes and collections for Fen-Drayton. ff. 48b-49, 38b.

7. Church notes and collections for Hockington, with abstracts of early deeds. ff. 49b-53.

8. Church notes and collections for Rumpton. ff. 53b-57. An additional drawing of the tomb of Sir --- Lisle, by Mr Kerrich, is inserted, fol. *54.

9. Church notes and collections for Wilberton. ff. 57b-62.

10. Church notes and collections for Maddingley, with abstracts of numerous ancient deeds. ff. 62b-68, pp. iii, iv.

11. Church notes and collections for Trinity Church, Cambridge, with abstracts of early deeds. ff. 68b-86.

12. Church notes and collections for Wentworth. ff. 86b, 87.

13. Church notes and collections for Imprinton. ff. 87b-90. See fol. 73b.

14. Church notes and collections for Castle Camps, with abstracts of many early deeds. ff. 90b-94. p. vi.

15. Church notes and collections for Doddington. ff. 94b-97.

16. Church notes and collections for Upwell (see vol. iii, p. 65), including notices of the Priories of Mirmaude or Marnounde, and Thirling. ff. 97b-103.

17. Church notes and collections for Newton in the Isle. ff. 103b-108.

18. Church notes and collections for Leverington. ff. 108b-117.

19. Church notes and collections for Thorney Abbey. ff. 117b-129, 136b.

20. Church notes and collections for Granchester, with extracts from the Parish Register, and abstracts of numerous early deeds in Bennet College. ff. 129b-136, 137, 137b, 138b-139b.

On the intermediate leaves of this volume are entered the following articles:

i. Memorandum respecting the use of surnames, p. iv.

ii. Note relative to the Long Course at Newmarket. fol. 14b.

iii. Notices respecting the Chapel of St. James at Howes, in Girton parish. ff. 23b, 25b.

iv. St John Zachary’s Church, in Miln Street, Cambridge. fol. 29b.

v. Copies of two Latin documents, relative to Robert Pollard, an unbeneficed clerk of Fen Drayton, anno 1306. fol. 38b.

vi. Note concerning a house in Free School Lane, Cambridge, formerly the Refectory of the Austin Friars. fol. 43b.

vii. Account of a portrait of a gentleman, dated 1565, supposed to be of Richard Brooke, Recorder of London, in the possession of Mr Cole. fol. 50b.

viii. Notice regarding the Manor of Lyles in Westwick. fol. 51b.ix. Notice of Mr Barker, Fellow of Queen’s College, Cambridge, ibidem (fol. 51b)

x. Account of Mr Pepys of Impington. fol. 73b.

xi. Epitaph on Mrs Margaret Trevor in Frindsbury Church, near Rochester. fol. 78b.

xii. Notes respecting the family of Percy, and certificate of Sir William Dugdale, respecting the same, 9 Nov. 1681 (Printed in Collectanea Topographica, vol. II, p.63). ff. 79b, 80b.

xiii. Use of Jesuits Bark, before the time of Sir Robert Talbor alias Tabor, and account of the latter. ff. 81b, 82b.

xiv. Alms House in Walls Lane, Cambridge. fol. 83b.

xv. Notice of Rev. John Sharp, D.D., Rector of St Mary Abchurch & St Laurence Pountney, London. fol. 85b.

xvi. Memoranda of Great Barns. fol. 86b.

xvii. Account of John Peter Allis, D.D., Dean of Ely. fol. 91b.

xviii. Memorandum concerning George Snell of Waverton, Co. Cheshire, D.D.. fol. 94

xix. Copies of two original deeds, relative to the monastery of St. Mary of Dereham, and the parish of Welle (Upwell). ff. 98b,102b.

xx. Notes and remarks on the indecency of burial in churches, and custom of burial in churches and church yards. ff. 99b, 100b, 101b, 102b.

xxi. Dimensions of Peterborough Abbey Church, compared with Thorney. fol. 119b.

xxii. Letter from Maurice Johnson of Spalding to Browne-Willis, relative to Thorney Abbey, and a cartulary of that monastery in his possession. Dat. Spalding, 9 Dec. 1749. ff. 120b, 121b, 124b.

xxiii. Memorandum respecting the Society of Antiquaries of Spalding, and relations of Mr Cole buried at Moulton. fol. 124b.

xxiv. MSS notes relative to Thorney, made by Mr Cole, in his copy of Willis’s History of Mitred Abbies, mostly taken from two copies of that work belonging to the author. ff. 124b, 125b.

xxv. Carta Regis Johannis, de Concessione Patronatus Thorneiæ Abbatiæ Eustachio, Episcopo Eliensi, et successoribus suis, a[nn]o r[egis] 16 (Ex libr. MS Intrat. Chartar in Ædib. Eliens. Apud Holbourn). Printed in Monasticon, ii, 605, new ed. fol. 126b.

xxvi. Altera Carta Ejusdem, de Patronatu Abbatie de Thorney (ex eodem MS). Printed ib. [Monasticon]. fol. 127b.

xxvii. Copy of a receipt from the Prior & Convent of Bernewell to the Rector of Grantesett (Granchester), for a moiety of tithe granted to the King. Dat. 6 Ric. 2 (?). (Cf. vol. viii, fol. 85). fol. 134b.

xxviii. Pedigree of the Byng family, fol. 140.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

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Additional Manuscripts

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 volume (viii pages, 140 folios)

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1735

End Date:

1782

Date Range:

[1735-1782]

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Physical Characteristics:

Folio

Custodial History:

Add MS 5798-5887 are part of the bequest of the Rev. William Cole, A.M. of King’s College, Cambridge, left by him in 1783, and opened for the use of the public, according to the direction of his will, in January 1803. The remainder will be found included

Arrangement:

At fol. 138 is an ‘Index of the Churches in the Volume’, and on the last page a brief general Index of Contents

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Archives and Manuscripts

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Not Public Record(s)

Notes:

This catalogue description has been transcribed from the original [18th-19th-century] handwritten Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts and may contain inaccuracies. The handwritten catalogue is available in the Manuscripts Reading Room.