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032-003442125

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Add MS 5823

Title:

Volume XXII of Rev. William Cole's Collections, containing various collections for Cambridgeshire

Scope & Content:

Volume XXII of Mr. Cole’s [Reverend William Cole] Collections, folio, pp. XII, ff. 274, containing various collections for Cambridgeshire, in part originally made by Mr. Layer [John Layer] of Shepreth (see Add MS 5954, 2), viz.

1. Collections for Cambridge town. p. XII, ff. 1-12b, 36, 96.
2. Collections for Cambridge University. ff. 12b-16, 55, 56b, 96, 102, 102b.
3. List of incumbents of Babraham, extracts from the parish register, and other memoranda. ff. 17b-20.
4. Collections for Trumpington. ff. 19b, 20b-24b, 26, 26b, 28.
5. Collections for Wendy. ff. 27b-28b.
6. Collections for Fulmere [Foulmire]. ff. 28b-29, 30b-31b, 33.
7. Collections for Horseth [Horseheath], including abstracts of ancient deeds in the archives of Lord Montfort [Henry Bromley], and drawings of seals. ff. 29b, 30, 77b-78b, 126b-127b, 221b-229, 243-258b.
8. Collections for Foxton. ff. 32b-35b, 37, 37b.
9. Collections for Thriplow. ff. 37b-39b.
10. Account of the church and manor of Lanwads. ff. 40-41b, 43, 43b.
11. Collections for Harston, alias Hardleston, Harleston. ff. 42-42b, 44-46b.
12. Collections for Haukston (including Newton). ff. 46b-47, 48b-50-51b.
13. Abstracts of ancient deeds in the archives of Lord Montfort, relating to West Wickham, with drawings of seals. ff. 47b, 48, 52b-53, 82b-83, 92b-93b.
14. Collections for Shelford Parva. ff. 53b-54b.
15. Collections for Shelford Magna. ff. 56-57, 59-61.
16. Extracts from ancient charters in the archives of Lord Montfort, relating to Stretley, with drawings of seals. ff. 57b, 58, 62b, 97-98, 126b, 127.
17. Collections for Stapleford. ff. 67b, 63-65.
18. Collections for Granchester. ff. 66, 69, 124b, 125.
19. Abstracts of ancient deeds in the archives of Lord Montfort, relating to Wratting. ff. 67b-71b.
20. Collections for Cottenham. ff. 72b-73.
21. Collections for Coton. ff. 73b-74b.
22. Collections for Barnwell. ff. 75b-76b, 79.
23. Collections for Arrington. ff. 79b-81b, 84, 84b.
24. Collections for Harleton. ff. 85b-86b, 89.
25. Extracts of ancient deeds in the archives of Lord Montfort, relating to Botesham [Bottisham]. ff. 87b, 88.
26. Collections for Haslingfield. ff. 89b-91b, 94, 94b, 104b-105b.
27. Collections for Shepereth. ff. 107-113b.
28. Collections for Barrington. ff. 113b-116.
29. Collections for Barton. ff. 117-120.
30. Collections for Comberton. ff. 120b-123b.
31. Collections for Malton. ff. 125b-126, 128-128b.
32. Collections for Orwell. ff. 129b-134b.
33. Collections for Wimpole. ff. 134b, *135, **135, 136-137, 139-140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146.
34. Collections for Hatley St. George, also Cockayne, or Hungry Hatley. ff. 146-149.
35. Description of fifteen large maps of the parish of Gamlingay, executed in 1601, by Thomas Langdon of Merton College, Oxford. ff. 149b-150b, 151b, 152b, 153b, 154b, 155b, 156b.
36. Collections for Gamlingay. ff. 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157-158.
37. Collections for Gransden alias Grantesden Parva. ff. 158b-160.
38. Collections for Stow Long. ff. 160b-164.
39. Collections for Kingston. ff. 164b-168, 169.
40. Collections for Long Stanton, All Saints. f. 168b.
41. Collections for Eversden Magna and Parva. ff. 169b-174.
42. Collections for Toft. ff. 174b-180.
43. Collections for Hardwicke. ff. 180b-183.
44. Collections for Caldecote. ff. 183, 184, 185-187.
45. Collections for Borine [Bourn], alias Brune. ff. 188-198.
46. Collections for Caxton. ff. 199-203.
47. Collections for Croxton. ff. 203b-206.
48. Collections for Eltisley. ff. 206b-209.
49. Collections for Graveley. ff. 209b-211.
50. Various memoranda relating to the county of Cambridgeshire, extracted from the journals of the House of Commons. ff. 25, 25b, 27 211b-213b, 215b, 230b, 237b, 238.
51. Extracts from the parish registers of Great and Little Abington, with other collections relating to the same. ff. 214-215, 216-221.
52. Epigrams on Mr. Pitt [William Pitt, Earl of Chatham], 1766, with some printed letters from Mr. Pitt to Mr. Sayre, cut out of the Cambridge Chronicle for 1778. ff. 235b-237.
53. Abstracts of ancient deeds relating to Newmarket in the archives of Lord Montfort. ff. 240-242.
54. Extracts relating to Cambridgeshire from Cole’s escheats of the Court of Wards, in the Harleian Manuscripts. ff. 259-261b.
55. Collections for Madingley, including a list of the vicars. ff. 261b-267b.
56. Memoranda from the Harleian catalogue of manuscripts, chiefly relating to Cambridgeshire. ff. 268-272b, continued at f. 17. Interspersed on some of the intermediate and additional pages occur:i. Memoranda relating to Cambridgeshire. p. VI. ii. List of hundreds and towns in the county of Cambridgeshire. pp. VII, VIII, IX. iii. List of the 39 parishes in Cambridgeshire described by Mr. Layer. p. X. iv. List of the towns undescribed by Mr. Layer, and in Mr. Cole’s Collections. p. XI. v. Cambridge Castle. ff. 4b, 6. vI. Pro Marchione Juliacensi in Comitem Cantabrigiæ creato. Pat. 14 Edward III. (Transcribed from Rymer’s [Thomas Rymer] Fædera, vol. v). ff. 9b, 11. vii. Copy of letter from Lord Halifax [Charles Montagu] to the Princess Sophia, Electress Dowager of Hanover, touching the title of Marquis and Duke of Cambridge, for the Electoral Prince. 15 Oct 1706. f. II. viii. Notes concerning Tobia Pallivicine, and his family. f. 18b. ix. Note touching a tenure in Stanhoe, county Norfolk, by grand serjeantry. f. 58b. x. Memoranda relating to the Burgundian Camps at Gogmagogg Hills, from Stukeley’s [William Stukeley] History of Caransius. f. 62. xi. List of the sequestrators appointed in April 1643 to sequester the estates of the Royalists in Cambridgeshire. f. 95b. xii. Copies of letters and papers relating to the vacancy in Parliament for Cambridge, in 1775, with notes by Mr. Cole. ff. 98b, 99. See f. 183b. a.) Letter from Dr. Gooch [Reverend John Gooch] to Mr. Cole, asking him to support Mr. Keene [Benjamin Keene]. 6 Dec 1775. b.) Election papers circulated by Thomas Plumer Byde and Samuel Meeke. 8 Oct 1774. c.) Note from Mr. Meeke [Samuel Meeke] to Mr. Cole, soliciting his vote. 2 Dec 1775. d.) Reply from Mr. Cole. 13 Dec 1775. xiii. Memoranda relating to the Chideley family. f. 135b. xiv. Memoranda relating to the family of Yorke, particularly to Lord Chancellor Hardwicke [Philip Yorke], and Dr. James Yorke, Dean of Lincoln. ff. 137-138b, 140b, 141b. xv. Notes touching the election of Sir Sampson Gideon for Cambridgeshire, in 1770. ff. 140b, 142b, 143b, 144b. xvi. Biographical memoranda relating to Sir Sampson Gideon. f. 145b. xvii. Notes respecting Mr. Keene’s election for Cambridge, in 1776. ff. 183b, 184b. xviii. Carta Regis Etheldredi de 19 cap atis terre in Cadenho, Stratleya, et Lintona. 1008 (Ex libr. Manuscript Intrat. Cart. in Adib. Episc. Eliens. ap. Holborn). f. 229b.

At the end of this volume, ff. 273, 274, is added a brief general index of contents.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

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032-003442125

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 volume (274 folios)

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English
Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1766

End Date:

1778

Date Range:

1766-1778

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Physical Characteristics:

Folio

Custodial History:

Originally made, in part, by John Layer of Shepreth. Add MSS 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,

Arrangement:

At the end, folios 273-274, is added a brief general index of contents

Publications:

Rymer, Thomas, Foedera, (London, 1739-1745)

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

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.

Related Material:

Add MS 5846; Add MS 5954