Add MS 5836

Volume XXXV of Mr. Cole’s [Reverend William Cole] Collections, folio pp. IV, ff. 234, entitled ‘Extraneous Parochial Antiquities, or an account of various churches, with the Funeral Monuments and Inscriptions in and about them, with other particulars, in divers counties of England,’ taken in 1746-1755.

1. Church notes, and memoranda, relating to Tewksbury Abbey Church, in Gloucestershire. ff. 1-2

2. Similar notes, etc., relating to the cathedral of Gloucester. ff. 3-16.

3. Similar notes relating to Hadstock, in Essex. ff. 16b-196.

4. Similar notes relating to Harlow, in Essex. ff. 20-23.

5. Inscriptions on Dr. Edward Wetenhall, and Dr. Harry Barker, in Westminster Abbey. ff. 23b, 24.

6. Inscription on Dr. Daniel Waterland, in the chapel of St. George, Windsor, with biographical memoranda; also the inscription on King Charles II’s statue at Windsor. ff. 24b, 25.

7. Inscriptions in the abbey church of Bath. ff. 26, 27.

8. Inscription on the Rev. Francis Peck, at Godeby, in Leicestershire. f. 27.

9. Church notes, and memoranda, relating to Lofts in Essex. ff. 27b-30.

10. Notes of the shrine of St. Alban, and Duke Humphrey’s tomb at St. Albans’ abbey. f. 30.

11. Church notes relating to Manuden in Essex. ff. 31, 32.

12. Notes, and collections, relating to Fenny Stratford Chapel, in Buckinghamshire. ff. 32b-39.

13. Inscription on the Rev. Robert Jenkin, at Runcton Church near Lynn, Norfolk, and memoranda concerning the Rev. Mr. Hawkins, rector of Runcton. ff. 39b, 40.

14. Inscription on Knightley Chetwoode, esquire, in Tempsford Church, county Bedfordshire. f. 40.

15. Inscription on, and sketch of, the monument of the Rev. Richard Woodcock, in Chesham Woodburne Church, county Buckinghamshire, with biographical notice. ff. 40b, 41.

16. Sketch of the monument of Archbishop Williams in Llandegay Church, county Carnarvonshire, with memoranda relative to this prelate. ff. 41b, 42.

17. Inscription on Obadiah Walker, Master of University College, Oxford, in St. Pancras churchyard, London. f. 42.

18. Notes relating to Woburne Church, county Bedfordshire. ff. 42b, 43.

19. Inscription on, and sketch of, the monument of Thomas Hearne, in St. Peter’s churchyard, Oxford. Ib.

20. Epitaph on William Smith, B.D., Master of Eton school, and vicar of Sturminster Marshall, at Winborne Minster, in Dorsetshire. f. 44.

21. Inscriptions on gravestones formerly in Eton College Chapel, copied from Anthony Wood’s manuscript collections at Oxford. Ib.

22. Inscription on John’s, Duke of Marlborough’s, monument in Blenheim House Chapel, with notices of the burial places of his son and grandson. f. 45.

23. Coats of arms in painted glass at Whaddon Hall, county Buckinghamshire, taken from Salden House, belonging to the Fortescues. Ib.

24. Church notes, and memoranda, relating to Barkway, in Hertfordshire. ff. 45b-52.

25. Similar notes, and collections, for Barley, in Hertfordshire. ff. 52b-55.

26. Similar notes for Saffron Walden, in Essex. ff. 55b-57.

27. Similar notes for Great Gransden, in Huntingdonshire. ff. 57b-58.

28. Similar notes for Munxton, in Hampshire. ff. 58b-61.

29. Epitaph on John Sturges, A.M., rector of Wonston, in Winchester Cathedral. f. 62.

30. Epitaph on Ralph Stubbles, M.D., in Egham churchyard, near Staines. Ib.

31. Inscription on, and sketch of, an ancient Roman altar found near Stanhope, in the bishopric of Durham, with memoranda from the Commons Journals, relating to Stanhope Parsonage. f. 63.

32. Note of the monument of Bernard Gilpin at Houghton le Spring, county Durham. Ib.

33. Church notes, and memoranda, relating to Bowtell, in Cumberland. ff. 63b, 64.

34. Epitaph on Ralph Jackson, M.D., in St. Anne’s Church, Manchester. f. 65.

35. Church notes from Christ’s Church in Manchester. ff. 64b-66b.

36. Notes relating to Bakewell Church, in Derbyshire. f. 67.

37. Notes relating to the new church at Derby, with an epitaph for the Rev. Michael Hutchinson, D.D. f. 68.

38. Notes relating to the collegiate church of Rippon in Yorkshire, with a copy of a tablet, containing the names of all the dignitaries from 1604 to 1746. ff. 68b-70.

39. Church notes, and memoranda, relating to Hornsey, in Middlesex, with extracts from the parish registers. ff. 70b-84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94-95.

40. Similar notes relating to the chapel of Highgate, in Hornsey Parish. ff. 95b-99.

41. Church notes relating to Cheshunt, in Hertfordshire. ff. 99-101.

42. Part of a letter from the Rev. Mr. Pyle of C.C.C.C. to his father, dated 15 July 1750, relative to a body dug up near Totness, in an uncorrupted state, with memoranda by Cole of similar instances of uncorrupted bodies, mummies, etc. ff. 101b, 102.

43. Copy of a letter from a clergyman of the diocese of Lichfield and Coventry to Bishop Watson of St. David’s, relative to the character of Dr. Lloyd, Bishop of Worcester. 21 Nov 1702, with notes and extracts concerning the same prelate. ff. 102b-104.

44. Inscriptions on Anne Kentish and Margaret Benett, Baldock Church, county Hertfordshire, with a few church notes, taken from the same, in 1757. ff. 104b, 105.

45. Church notes relating to Hitchin, county Hertfordshire. f. 106.

46. Copy of memoranda upon the covers of the parish registers of Blecheley, county Buckinghamshire (including the grant of the Office of Captain of the West Tilbery Blockhouse in Essex, to Anthony Lews, temp. James I). ff. 107, 108.

47. Epitaph on the Rev. George Watson, A.M., in Ampthill Church, county Bedfordshire. f. 108.

48. Epitaph on Mrs. Catherine Neville, at Potton, county Bedfordshire. Ib.

49. Church notes relating to Shitlington, county Bedfordshire. ff. 109, 110.

50. Part of a letter from Dean (afterwards Archbishop) Sancroft, containing an inscription proposed to be placed on a piece of plate, given annually by Dean Sudbury at Emanuel College. f. 111.

51. Account of the combination room at Peter House, Cambridge, with a description of the pictures in it. ff. 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118.

52. Memoranda relating to the church of St. Mary, Trumpington Gate. f. 118.

53. Account of the parish of Milton alias Middleton Keynes, in Buckinghamshire, drawn up by Browne Willis, comprising a list of the rectors, church notes, etc., with additions by Cole, and a copy of the letter sent with the account by Mr. Willis to Dr. Wotton, rector of Milton. 5 Dec 1723. ff. 118b-123.

54. Church notes, and memoranda, relating to Wolverton, county Buckinghamshire, 1754. ff. 124-126.

55. Memorandum relative to the conduct of Dr. R.R. of Emanuel College, Cambridge. f. 126.

56. Notes concerning the parish and church of St. Neots in Huntingdonshire. ff. 126b, 127.

57. Similar notes relating to Beauchampton, county Buckinghamshire. ff. 128-129.

58. Church notes, and memoranda, relating to Cosgrove, in Northamptonshire, with extracts from the parish register. ff. 130-137, 138, 139.

59. Copies, and abstracts, of some original deeds, given to Mr. Cole by Lord Montfort of Horseth Hall, relating to Sherington, county Buckinghamshire; the manor of Ledeneye, Cleye, Reidun, the manor of Maysters, county Suffolk; Ledrede, Myldynge or Mildenhall, Brent Ely, and Gesilham, county Suffolk; Hernington, county Northamptonshire; Maplested Parva, Pebermersh and Wickham, St. Paul, county Essex; Great and Little Waldingfeld, county Suffolk; the Honor of Clare, county Essex; Hadley ad Castruin, Rocheford, Tilneye, Therston and Long Stratton; and Chevesfend. ff. 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147.

60. Memoirs of the lordship and parish of Haversham in the county of Buckinghamshire (including a list of the rectors) compiled by Browne Willis, esquire, 1739, with additions by Cole. ff. 147b-157.

61. Notes respecting the church of Little Wolstone, county Buckinghamshire. ff. 157b, 158.

62. Extracts from the parish registers of Great Lynford, county Buckinghamshire, with memoranda concerning the church and rectors. (See vol. XXVIII, f. 90, and vol. XXXVIII, f. 235). ff. 158b-160.

63. Notes concerning the church of Towcester, county Northamptonshire, with a copy of the epitaph there on Mr. William Sponne, Archdeacon of Norfolk. f. 161.

64. Epitaph on Justinian Bracegirdle, in Great Billing Church, county Northamptonshire. f. 162.

65. Ridiculous epitaph, said to be in a churchyard in Dorsetshire, made by Wrightson Mundy, esquire, with an answer to it. Ib.

66. Church notes relating to Torporley, in Cheshire, with extracts from the parish registers, and account of the rectors; also remarks on the Done, Crew, and Anderne families, etc. ff. 162b. , 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174-180.

67. Copy of memoranda, and collections, relating to Torporley, made by Mr. Allen, Sir John Crew, and Dr. Williamson, also relating to other places in Cheshire, and Cheshire families, viz. Vernon, Egerton, Done, etc. ff. 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190.

68. Copy of Dr. Williamson’s topographical collections for several parishes in Cheshire, viz. Torporley (including Ulkinton and Crew, with a pedigree of Crew); Cronton; Clotton; Duddon; Haslington; High-Leigh (with a pedigree of Leigh); Longendale alias Mottnam; Leighton by Coppenhall; Lawton; Leftwiche; Kingsley; Kinderton; Keckwick; Kelshall; Irreby; Ince; Idenshaw; Radnor; Minshull-Vernon; Tilston by Shetton; Twamlowe; West-Kirby; Werwyn Abbey of Vale Royal; Waverton; Wood Church; Wibbunbury; Wistanton; Wymbalds-Trafford; Worleston; and Stanlow. ff. 191-192, 193, 194-195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201-205.

69. Epitaph on Samuel Cole, at Coleshill Church, county Warwickshire, with notes on the church. f. 216.

70. Notes relating to the cathedral of Chester, and city. ff. 217-219, 220, 221-225.

71. Notes relating to the cathedral of Lichfield, including the epitaph on Dr. Richard Smalbroke, Bishop of St. David’s. ff. 225b, 226.

72. Notes on St. Philip’s Church, Birmingham, with a copy of the epitaph on William Higgs, A.M., rector. f. 227.

73. Expences at the admission of the prebendary of Caddington Major, in the cathedral of St. Paul, in London, 1756. f. 233.

74. Note relative to the arms of Sir Robert Reed, knight, Chief Justice of the King’s Bench, and of the death of himself and wife. Ib. On the intermediate pages of this volume are entered the following articles:

i. Note of the changes in man between childhood and old age. p. 1.

ii. Memorandum respecting the Crozier of Seabrook, abbat of Gloucester. f. 8b.

iii. Note concerning Martin (Benson), Bishop of Gloucester. f. 9b.

iv. Biographical notice of Dr. George Henry Rook, Master of Christ’s College. ff. 16b, 17b, 18b.

v. Memoranda of fonts which bear this Greek inscription, Νίѱοѵ ανομγμα μγ μοѵαν οѱίѵ. f. 19b.

vi. Note respecting a story of Dr. Waterland’s refusal of a medicine on his deathbed from an apothecary of different religious sentiments from himself. f. 24b.

vii. ‘Quin’s soliloquy, on seeing the body of Duke Humphrey at St. Albans’ (by David Garrick?) From the Cambridge Chronicle, 14 Sept 1765. f. 29b.

viii. Singular directions of Henry Eccles, esquire, with respect to his interment, 1781. f. 61b.

ix. Memoranda relating to the family of Caundish. f. 80b.

x. Statement of the dispute between Mr. Cole, when rector of Blecheley, county Buckinghamshire, and Mr. Leycester, curate of the chapel of Fenny Stratford, relative to the choice of a churchwarden for Fenny Stratford, from 1722 to 1765, chiefly referring to the same subject. ff. 84b, 85b, 86b, 87b, 88b, 89b, 90b, 91b, 92b, 93b, 94b, 95b, 96b, 98b, 105b, 106b, 107b, 108b, 109b, 110b, 111b, 112b, 113b, 114b, 115b, 116b, 117b, 163b, 164b, 165b.

xi. Memorandum of the death of Mr. Cole’s nephew, Peter Newcome, and of Cole’s dream previous to it. f. 99b.

xii. Letter from Mr. Cole to Dr. Farmer, Master of Emanuel College, requesting the loan of Dr. Richardson’s manuscript collections for an Athenæ Cantabrigienses. Milton, 20 May 1777. f. 123b.

xiii. Reply from Dr. Farmer, 20 May 1777, with a memorandum by Cole of the volumes sent to him. Ib.

xiv. Letter from Mr. Cole to the Rev. Dr. Richardson, apologising for borrowing his father’s manuscripts without his consent. Milton, 20 July 1777. f. 124b.

xv. From the same to Dr. Farmer, on the same subject, same date, with a note by Cole respecting some more manuscript volumes lent to him by the Master of Emanuel. ff. 124b, 125b.

xvi. Notice respecting Hurlothrumbo Rigby, esquire. f. 134b.

xvii. Memoranda relating to the town and church of Buckingham, 1757. ff. 137b, 138b.

xviii. Notice of Wroxton in Oxfordshire, and a copy of the inscription erected on occasion of the Prince of Wales’s visit, in 1739. f. 139b.

xix. Memoranda respecting the church and manor of North-Stoneham, in Hampshire, by Browne Willis. f. 140b.

xx. Letter from Browne Willis, esquire, to the Rev. Thomas Troughear, minister of Newport, Isle of Wight, asking for information respecting the Fleming family. 29 Oct 1751. f. 140b.

xxi. Reply from Mr. Troughear to Mr. Willis, with extracts from the registers of Newport and Carisbrooke. Northwood, 6 Dec 1751. ff. 140b, 141b.

xxii. Epitaphs in the church of North Stoneham, chiefly on the Fleming family. ff. 142b, 143b, 144b.

xxiii. Extracts from the Stoneham registers, relative to the family of Fleming, and list of benefactors to the church and poor. ff. 145b, 146b. xxiv. Note relative to Alexander Small, esquire, of Haversham. f. 151b.

xxv. Letter from John, Bishop of Lincoln, to Mr. Cole, concerning the certificate of his institution at Milton, and his presentation to Burnham, county Buckinghamshire. St. Paul’s, 28 Feb 1778. f. 165b.

xxvi. From Mr. Cole to the Bishop of Lincoln, on the same subject. Milton, 2 March 1778. ff. 165b, 172b.

xxvii. Letter from the Rev. John Allen of Torporley to Mr. Cole, on the death of the Rev. Nathaniel Heyrick, etc. Torporley, 26 May 1767. f. 166b. (See the original in Add MS 6400, f. 25).

xxviii. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Allen, in reply. Blecheley, 3 June 1767, including two epitaphs composed for Mr. Heyrick by Mr. Robinson and Mr. Cole. ff. 166b, 167b, 168b.

xxix. Account of Mr. Heyrick, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. ff. 168b, 169b.

xxx. Letter from Mr. Allen to Mr. Cole, with a copy of his proposed epitaph on Mr. Heyrick. Torporley, 22 July 1767. f. 170b.

xxxi. Copy of a letter from Henry Winstanley, the artist, to James, Earl of Suffolk, respecting his engravings of Audley End House, in Essex. f. 171b.

xxxii. Sketch of a carved oak panel, supposed to refer to William Whitter or Wittan, Dr. of decrees. f. 175b.

xxxiii. Epitaph on the Rev. John Allen of Torporley. f. 179b.

xxxiv. Transcript of manuscript notes made by Browne Willis and Mr. Cole in the former’s survey of Gloucester Cathedral. ff. 180b, 181b, 182b, 183b, 184b, 187b, 188b, 189b.

xxxv. Pedigree of Done of Utkinton, in Cheshire. f. 185b.

xxxvi. Pedigree of Done of Crowton. f. 186b.

xxxvii. Dedications, and bells, in the diocese of Gloucester. ff. 189b, 190b, 192b, 193b.

xxxviii. Carta Regis Adgari, de Stoke, ao. 970. Ex libro MS Intrat. Chartar. in adib. Episc. Eliens. Ap. Holbourn. f. 195b.

xxxix. Notes respecting the alms house, church, etc., at Saffron Walden in Essex. ff. 186b, 197b, 200b.

xl. Letter from Dr. Edward Norton to Mr. John Strype, respecting the school at Saffron Walden. Walden, 4 May, 1697. ff. 197b, 199b.

xli. From the same to the same. With an account of the corporation books, and writings. Walden, 11 Feb 1696/1697. f. 199b.

xlii. Arms in the windows of the Master of Emanuel’s College, 1777. f. 198b.

xliii. Letter from Mr. Samuel Peck, Senior Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, to Mr. Cole, concerning his claims in the parish of Study Camps, county Cambridgeshire. 2 Nov, 1781, with notes by Cole, respecting Mr. Peck, Mr. Dayrell, etc. ff. 219b 220b.

xliv. Account of the foundation of the Barnaby Lectures in Cambridge, extracted from Mr. Robert Hare’s collections, vol. III. ff. 232b, 233b.

An alphabetical index of places, and persons, is added to this volume, ff. 228-232, and on the last folio, 234, a brief general index of places and matters.