Add MS 5833

Volume XXXII of Mr. Cole’s [Reverend William Cole] manuscripts, folio, ff. 236, containing various miscellaneous collections, copies of correspondence, etc.

1. Church notes, and collections, relating to Burnham in Buckinghamshire, 1760, including extracts from the parish registers, and a list of the rectors and vicars, contained in a letter from Browne Willis, esquire, to the Rev. Mr. Fate. (See vol. XLV). ff. 1-37.

2. Account of Burnham Abbey, with a list of the abbesses, compiled from Tanner, the manuscript notes of Browne Willis, and other sources. ff. 38-41.

3. Account of the family of Chetwode, copied from papers of Mr. Willis, viz.

a) Letter from Mr. Knightley Chetwode to Mr. Willis concerning his claim to the barony of Woodhull. St. James’s, 10 May 1748. f. 42, 42b.

b) Petition of Knightley Chetwode, lineal heir to John Lord Wahul and Thomas Lord Wahul, to the King. f. 43.

c) Report of a Committee of Lords on the claim of Sir Richard Chetwode, knight, to the barony of Wodehull, temp. James I. f. 43b.

d) Order of reference to the Attorney General. Whitehall, 31 May 1739. Ib.

e) Copy of the case, and Mr. Serjeant Wynne’s opinion. f. 44.

f) Pedigree of Chetwode of Okeley, county Staffordshire, drawn up by Browne Willis. ff. 44b-45b.

g) Pedigree of Chetwode, compiled temp. Charles I. ff. 46-47b.

h) Memoranda by Cole, relating to this family. f. 47b.

4. Epitaph on the Rev. Francis Aylmer, B.D., president of C.C.C.C. at Croxton, in Norfolk. f. 48.

5. Chancellors or vicars general to bishops, a short account of their origin and office. f. 48b.

6. List of chancellors or vicars general of Canterbury diocese. ff. 49, 50.

7. List of chancellors of the diocese of St. Asaph. ff. 50b-51, 52.

8. Chancellors of the diocese of Bangor. ff. 53, 54.

9. Chancellors of the diocese of Bristol. ff. 55, 56.

10. Chancellors of the diocese of Chichester. ff. 56b-59.

11. Chancellors of the diocese of St. David’s. ff. 59, 60.

12. Chancellors of the diocese of Ely. (See vol. VII, f. 188). ff. 60b-62.

13. Chancellors of the diocese of Exeter. f. 63.

14. Chancellors of the diocese of Gloucester. f. 64.

15. Chancellors of the diocese of Hereford. ff. 64b-66, 67-70.

16. Chancellors of the diocese of Landaff. ff. 69b-71.

17. Chancellors or vicars general of the diocese of Lichfield. ff. 72, 73, 74-77.

18. Chancellors of the diocese of Lincoln, including a list in the handwriting of Browne Willis, from Dr. Inett’s, and other, collections. ff. 77b-82, *80, *81.

19. Chancellors of the diocese of London. ff. 82b-84.

20. Chancellors of the diocese of Norwich. ff. 85-90.

21. Chancellors of the diocese of Oxford. ff. 90-91.

22. Chancellors of the diocese of Peterborough. ff. 91-94.

23. Chancellors of the diocese of Rochester, from Dr. Denne’s list. ff. 94b-97.

24. Chancellors of the diocese of Salisbury. ff. 96b-97, 98.

25. Chancellors of the diocese of Wells. ff. 99, 100.

26. Chancellors of the diocese of Winchester, from Mr. Gale, etc. ff. 100b, 101.

27. Chancellors of the diocese of Worcester. ff. 101b-103.

28. Chancellors or vicars general of the diocese of York. ff. 103b-108.

29. Chancellors of the diocese of Carlisle, from Dr. Todd’s collections. ff. 109, 110.

30. Chancellors of the diocese of Chester. ff. 110b-112.

31. Chancellors of the diocese of Durham. ff. 112-115.

32. Memoranda of extraordinary fat persons. ff. 114b, 115.

33. Epitaph of the Rev. John Walker, D.D., Archdeacon of Hereford, drawn up by his wife, with notes by Cole. ff. 115b, 116.

34. List of degrees, at the King’s coming to Cambridge, 6 Oct 1717. ff. 116b, 117.

35. List of the persons who voted for and against the pewing of Great St. Mary’s Church, in Cambridge, about 1740. ff. 117b, 118.

36. A list of the persons burnt in a barn at Burwell in Cambridgeshire, at a puppet show, 8 Sept 1727. ff. 118b, 119.

37. Account of the skeleton of Robert Braybroke, Bishop of London (formerly at St. Paul’s), by Henry (Hare) Lord Coleraine, 1675. ff. 120-121b.

38. Notice relative to Falcasius de Breant or Breaut, from Hornby’s letters on Dugdale, and manuscript notes of Dr. Chapman on Hornby’s work, with Dr. Blackstone’s answers. ff. 121b-122b.

39. List of the mayors, and bailiffs, of the town of Cambridge, from A.D. 1263 to 1500. ff. 123-140. See the continuation of this list in vol. XII.

40. Copy of part of a letter from the Rev. John Cole, Archdeacon of St. Albans, to Browne Willis, relating to the fee of his archdeaconry. St. Albans, 13 Sept 1744. f. 141.

41. Copy of a paper in the Ashmolean library relating to Mr. Robert Shrimpton, Mayor of St. Albans, and to the abbey. (Printed in Gents. Magazine, f. 18), with a note by Cole. f. 141b.

42. Letter from Roger Gale, esquire, to Browne Willis, with church notes from Salisbury Cathedral. Beamister, 12 Apr 1728. f. 142.

43. From the same to the same. Seruton, 21 July 1739. f. 142b.

44. From the same to the same, accompanied by a long account of the parish of Northallerton in Yorkshire. Seruton, 29 Apr 1740 (printed in Bib. Top. Brit. vol. III), with a note by Cole. ff. 143-147.

45. From the same to the same, respecting his son’s marriage. Seruton, 25 June 1740, with a note by Cole relative to Mr. Bolton. ff. 147, 147b.

46. From the same to the same. Seruton, 1 May 1744, with notes by Cole, respecting Gale’s monument, etc. ff. 147b-148b.

47. Letter from Martin Folkes, esquire, to Browne Willis, on the subject of English coins. (July 1732). f. 149, 149b.

48. From the same to the same. Same subject. Bury St. Edmunds, 17 Sept 1732, with a note by Cole respecting Mr. Bryan alias Count Bryan, the poet. ff. 150-151.

49. From the same to the same. Same subject. Queen’s Square, 19 Oct 1732. ff. 151b-152.

50. From the same to the same. Same subject. 4 Nov 1732. f. 153.

51. From the same to the same. Same subject. 4 Nov 1732. f. 153.

52. From the same to the same. Same subject. 14 Nov 1732. f. 153b.

53. From the same to the same. Same subject. London, 8 Sept 1736, with a note by Cole relative to Mr. Folkes, and his family. ff. 154-155b.

54. From the same to the same. Same subject, with a list of the mint marks of Queen Elizabeth. 15 Apr 1742. ff. 155b-157.

55. Letter from Mr. George Vertue to Browne Willis, on the same subject of English coins. Brownlow Street, 2 Sept 1732. f. 157, 157b.

56. From the same to the same. Same subject. London, 13 Aug 1747, with a note by Cole, relative to Mr. Vertue and to Charles Compton. ff. 157b-158b.

57. Letter from Dr. John Bettesworth and Browne Willis, on the Acts of Parliament relating to English coinage. 15 Nov 1735. f. 159, 159b.

58. Letter from Dr. Richard Pocoke (afterwards Bishop of Ossory), to the same. On English coins, ancient architecture, etc. Dublin, 3 Sept 1751, with notes by Cole. f. 160.

59. Letter from Mr. George Holmes, Keeper of the Records in the Tower, to the same, concerning the English mint. Tower, 24 Apr 1733. f. 160b.

60. Trial of the Pix, 7 Aug 1713, with a statement of the monies coined between 21 Aug 1710 and 7 Aug 1713. Ib.

61. Letter from Mr. Francis Wise, Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford, to Browne Willis, with an account of the Scotch coins in the collection at Oxford (no date). ff. 160b 161.

62. Memoranda from the journals of the House of Commons, concerning farthing tokens, 1643-4. f. 161.

63. Letter from Mr. T. Sympson, of Lincoln, to Browne Willis. On English Coins. Lincoln, 8 June 1733. f. 161b.

64. From the same to the same. On the remains of Roman work at Leicester, tradesmen’s tokens, etc. Lincoln, 31 Dec 1750, with a note by Cole, relating to the writer, round churches at Northampton, Leicester and Cambridge, etc. ff. 161b-162b.

65. Letter from Mr. Thomas Martin of Palgrave, to Browne Willis, with a list of tradesmen’s tokens of Norfolk and Suffolk. Palgrave, 22 Apr 1751, with a biographical note by Cole. ff. 163, 163b.

66. Account, and drawings, of tradesmen’s tokens in the possession of Mr. Cole, in 1762 and 1766. ff. 163b-165, 191b, 192b. +++ Among these tokens are inserted drawings of a piece of copper money, and an ancient brass seal ring, dug up in the New Forest, in Hampshire. f. 165.

67. Letter from Mr. H. Egerton (afterwards Sir Holland Egerton, baronet) to Browne Willis, esquire, upon his family arms. Heaton, near Manchester, 28 Jan 1723-4. ff. 165b-167.

68. Copies of epitaphs on Perkin and Leigh, in Macclesfield Church, county Chester, and on Ellen Morton, in Standground churchyard, near Peterborough. f. 167.

69. Letter from Dr. William Cowper of Chester to Browne Willis, concerning the family of Cartwright, etc. Iverleigh near Chester. 3 July 1749. f. 167b.

70. From the same to the same. Respecting his ‘Summary of the life of St. Werburgh.’ Chester, 12 Aug 1749, with a copy of the advertisement in the Chester paper, relative to that work. f. 168, 168b.

71. From the same to the same. Relative to the Cowper family. Chester, 20 Nov 1751. ff. 168b, 169.

72. From the same to the same. On his own pedigree and arms. Chester, 23 Nov 1751, with a note by Cole concerning Mr. Prescot, and Miss Blandy. ff. 169b, 170.

73. Epigram on Earls Temple and Chatham, from the London Chronicle, 31 March 1770. f. 170.

74. Letter from Dr. Edward Vernon, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, to Mr. Browne Willis, relating to the families of Avenll and Vernon. London, March 1739, with a biographical note by Cole. ff. 170b-172.

75. Letter from the Rev. John Denne, D.D., Archdeacon of Rochester, to the same. Concerning collections for Willis’s works. Vauxhall, 13 June 1751. f. 172b.

76. Part of a letter from an unknown correspondent to the same, concerning the state of Chichester Cathedral. Chichester, 29 March 1759. f. 173.

77. Letter from a correspondent, whose name is lost, to the same. Respecting the manuscript copy of Thorn’s Chronicle in Benet College Library. Canterbury, 10 Sept 1756. f. 173b.

78. Portion of a letter, signed ‘John Bailey,’ relating to King James I’s visit to Winchester, his will, and anecdotes of Sir Walter Raleigh (not dated). f. 174, 174b.

79. Memoranda relating to the rainy season of 1763, with a table of rain and fair weather, from 1754 to 1763. From the Whitehall Evening Post. ff. 174b, 140b.

80. Letter from Thomas Symonds, esquire, of Sugwas to Browne Willis, esquire. 7 Nov 1722. f. 175.

81. Part of a letter from the same to the same. 18 Aug 1755. f. 175b.

82. From the same to the same. 12 June 1756, with notes by Cole relative to Dr. John Egerton, Bishop of Bangor, and Dr. Frewin. ff. 175b, 176.

83. Letter from Mr. Francis Peck to Browne Willis. London, 6 May 1723. f. 176b.

84. From the same to the same, concerning his book ‘Academia Tertia Anglicana’ etc. 24 Oct 1726, with a note by Mr. Cole on the writer. ff. 176b, 177.

85. Letter from Thomas Hearne to the same. Relative to Mr. Forster’s intended work in the Antiquities of Stanford. 1 Dec 1703 (1723?) f. 177.

86. From the same to the same, with a copy of the order of the University of Oxford for the suppression of Hearne’s edition of ‘Hen. Dodwelli de Parma Equestri Woodwardiana Dissertatio.’ (Apr 1712). f. 177b.

87. From the same to the same. On Mr. Willis sending his son to Westminster School. Edmund Hall, 21 Nov 1725. f. 178.

88. From Browne Willis to Thomas Hearne. On the latter’s censures of his work on mitred abbies and pointing out an error of Hearne, in regard to the term subdiaconus (not dated). f. 178b.

89. Transcript of manuscript notes by Cole inserted in his copy of Father A. Parkinson’s Collectanca Anglo-Minoritica, with a copy of Hearne’s commendatory letter of the same work. ff. 179-180b.

90. Names of some abbesses of Denny (see vol. VIII, f. 41, and vol. XL, f. 193). f. 180b.

91. Letter from J. Archer to Browne Willis, concerning the catalogue of Eton fellows. Eton, 5 Aug 1737. f. 181.

92. Letter from Dr. Richard Rawlinson to the same, relating to his Eton collections, Society of Antiquaries, etc. 12 March 1757. Prefixed is a note concerning the writer by Cole, and at the end a note concerning Mr. Blacow, and Woodward, the parish clerk of Eton. f. 181b, 182.

93. Letter from Sir Thomas Cave, baronet, to the same, asking for the loan of Carte’s manuscript History of Leicester. Stanford Hall, 12 Oct 1757. f. 183.

94. From the same to the same. Concerning his Leicester collections. Stanford Hall, 14 Jan 1758, with a note by Cole, respecting the Rev. Peter Whalley, schoolmaster at Courtenhall. f. 183, 183b.

95. Letter from Dr. William Thomas to the same, respecting Archbishop Sandys. London, 21 Nov 1728. f. 184.

96. Reply from Mr. Willis to Mr. Thomas. On the same subject. Whaddon Hall, 28 Nov 1728. Ib.

97. Letter from Dr. William Thomas to Mr. Willis, concerning his new edition of Dugdale’s Warwickshire, etc. Worcester, 31 March 1729. f. 184b.

98. Transcript of manuscript notes by Browne Willis, in his survey of York Cathedral, and Thomas’s survey of Worcester Cathedral, relating to the Archbishop Sandys. f. 185.

99. Letter from Mr. William Mytoon of Shropshire to Mr. Browne Willis, relative to collections for Worcestershire, Dr. Foulks’s manuscripts, etc. Shropshire, 1 Jan 1740. f. 185b.

100. From the same to the same. Concerning the Domus S. Thome de Sporna, etc. Shropshire, 13 Apr 1741. f. 186.

101. Letter from the Rev. John Smith to the same, respecting the glebe of his living of Little Stambridge, in Essex. Little Stambridge, 20 July 1738. Ib.

102. Transcript of some manuscript additions to Newcourt’s Repertorium Parochiale Londinense, from a copy formerly in the library of Henry Lord Coleraine. ff. 186b, 187.

103. Epigram, probably by Dr. Stephen Apthorp, on the new pavement in London, 1764. f. 187.

104. Transcript of Mr. Cole’s manuscript notes and additions, written in the margins of his copy of Newcourt’s Repertorium. ff. 188b-191, 192, 193-218.

105. Pedigree of Cartwright of Aynhoe, in Northamptonshire, from Browne Willis’s papers. ff. 218b, 219b, 220b.

106. Letter from Edward Rowe Mores to Browne Willis, esquire, relating to the above pedigree of Cartwright. 13 Jan 1748/1749. f. 219b.

107. Account of a copy of Lord Percival’s book, entitled ‘The History of the House of Ivery,’ octavo, bequeathed by Mr. Willis to William Cartwright, esquire. f. 219.

108. Copy of a paper found among the refuse papers of Mr. Willis, ‘In praise of Gratitude.’ ff. 219, 220.

109. Memoranda relating to Dr. Wells, rector of Blecheley, and his squabbles with Mr. Browne Willis, including the copy of a letter from Dr. Wells to the inhabitants of the innship of Fenny Stratford, concerning the erection of a chapel there. Cotesbach, 4 Jan 1717. ff. 220, 221-224.

110. Letter from Dr. Zachary Grey to Browne Willis. 19 July 1727. f. 224b.

111. Letter from Dr. Daniel Waterland to the same, concerning a picture of Edward Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, presented to Magdalen College, Cambridge. 14 Sept 1727, with a note by Cole, in illustration. f. 225.

112. Some account of Dr. Chapman, Master of Magdalen College, Cambridge. ff. 225b, 226.

113. Letter from Dr. John Conybeare, Bishop of Bristol, to Browne Willis, sending the money collected for the benefit of Fenny Stratford Chapel. Exeter Collefe, 31 Oct 1730. f. 226b.

114. From the same to the same. Declining to undertake the correction of some proof sheets. 13 June 1752, with a biographical note by Cole. Ib.

115. Letter from the Rev. Joseph Disney, rector of Cranbrook, in Kent, to the same. Cranbrook, 2 Jan. f. 227.

116. Letter from Dr. Arthur Charlett, Master of University College, to the same. Concerning a transcript of the old registers of his parish of Hambledon; notice of Mr. Garrett, rector of Everley, etc. Hambledon, near Henley on Thames. 10 Sept 1713. ff. 227-228.

117. Copy of a satirical advertisement relating to Dr. Clarke, Dean of Salisbury: with a long note by Cole, containing an account of Dr. Clarke and family; Dr. Conyers Middleton and family; Dr. Whaley, Master of Peter House; Bishop Gooch of Ely; etc. ff. 228-234b. Interspersed on some of the intermediate pages of this volume occur:

i. Memoranda of persons of the name of Antrobus. f. 9b.

ii. Memoranda relating to Thomas Gray, esquire, the poet of Pembroke Hall. ff. 11b, 12b, 24b.

iii. Letter from the Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole, respecting Mr. Gray’s death. Paris, 12 Aug 1771. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 68, quarto, 1818). f. 13b.

iv. Reply from Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Milton, 21 Aug 1771. f. 14b.

v. Letter from the same to the same, in the further particulars concerning Mr. Gray’s death and will. Milton, 24 Aug 1771. ff. 14b, 20b, 21b.

vi. From the Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Strawberry Hill, 10 Sept 1771. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 69). f. 21b.

vii. From Mr. Cole to the Rev. Mr. Browne, Master of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, relative to a picture of Gray, offered by Walpole for his acceptance. Milton, 14 Sept 1771. f. 22b.

viii. Note from the same to the same. Same Date. Ib.

ix. Reply from Mr. Browne to Mr. Cole. Pembroke Hall, 15 Sept 1771. Ib.

x. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole, chiefly relating to the murder of Mrs. Nightingale of Kneesworth, county Cambridgeshire, by her son. Milton, 16 Sept 1771. ff. 22b, 23b, 24b.

xi. Anecdote relating to Robert Quarme, esquire, yeoman usher to the House of Lords. f. 25b.

xii. Drawing of a French coin found at Burnham, county Buckinghamshire. f. 26b.

xiii. Letter from Mr. Browne Willis to the Rev. Mr. Tate, vicar of Burnham. Whadoton Hall, 30 June 1730. ff. 28b, 29b.

xiv. Copy of a printed letter from the Rev. J. Howlett to Mr. Cole, concerning an intended work on the population of England and Wales, with queries relative to the population of the parish of Burnham. Maidstone, 7 Dec 1781. f. 35b.

xv. Letter from the Rev. William Sugden, curate of Burnham, to Mr. Cole, in reference to the above queries. Burnham, 3 Feb 1782. f. 52b.

xvi. From Mr. Cole to the Rev. J. Howlett junior; reply to his printed queries. Milton, 7 Feb 1782. Ib.

xvii. Reply from Mr. Howlett to Mr. Cole. Maidstone, 18 feb 1782. ff. 52b, 53b.

xviii. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Howlett, on the same subject. Milton, 25 Feb 1782. f. 53b.

xix. From Mr. Howlett to Mr. Cole, with a copy of his ‘Examination of Dr. Price’s Essay on the Population of England and Wales.’ Maidstone, 25 Nov 1782. f. 54b.

xx. Reply from Mr. Cole to Mr. Howlett. Respecting the number of militia men furnished by the parish of Burnham, with some account of the parish registers and population of Milton. Milton, 28 Mar 1782. Ib.

xxi. Memoranda relating to Sir John de Molins of Stoke Pogeis, county Buckinghamshire, benefactor to Burnham Abbey. ff. 37b, 97b, 98b, 99b.

xxii. Extract from the Sieur de Moleou’s work, concerning the Decamus Christianitatis. f. 72b.

xxvi. Walteri de Skirlaw, Episcopi Dunelm Concessio Aquaductus in Solo Ecclesie de Ryton Johanni Burgh, Rectori dictæ Ecclesiæ. 2 Apr 1404. (Ex Registr. Eccles. Cath. Dunelin). f. 111b.

xxvii. Memoranda respecting skeletons and impurified bodies. f. 113b.

xxviii. Account of a Spanish skeleton, extracted from the memoirs of the Count de Bussy-Rabutin. f. 119b.

xxix. Drawing of the arms of the town of Cambridge, of Joseph Richardson of Hinxton, esquire, of John Stevenson of Newton, esquire, and of Mr. Cole. f. 123b.

xxx. Notices relating to some mayors of Cambridge. f. 190b.

xxxi. Extracts from the register of Sabridgeworth, in Hertfordshire, with memoranda concerning the church. f. 205b.

xxxii. Vicars of Horn Church, and notes from the register, from the papers of Browne Willis. ff. 212b, 213b.

xxxiii. Extract from the Placita Foresta in the county of Essex, relating to the wood belonging to the manor of Purle, belonging to John de Grey. 20 Edward I, with notice of a grant of free warren to the same, from King Henry III. f. 214b.

xxxiv. An account of Wimbish Church brief, extracted from the Cambridge Chronicle, 22 Dec 1764. f. 217b. At the end of this volume is added an alphabetical index of contents. ff. 235-236b.