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Title:

Volume XXXIX of Rev. William Cole’s Collections, being the second volume of his transcript of Browne Willis’s ‘History and Antiquities of Buckinghamshire’

Scope & Content:

Volume XXXIX of Cole’s [Reverend William Cole] Collections, folio, pp. 454, being the second volume of his transcript of Browne Willis’s ‘History and Antiquities of Buckinghamshire,’ containing the hundreds of Cotslow, with some additions by Cole himself. At the end of the volume are appended the following articles:

1. Pedigree of Risley of Chetwood and Barton, county Buckinghamshire. p. 363.

2. Account of Whaddon Hall, extracted from ‘the Green Book,’ of Browne Willis. pp. 365, 366.

3. Particulars of Whaddon Chace, and of the purchase of Whaddon. p. 367.

4. Copy of the purchase deed of Whaddon estate. 10 March 1697. pp. 368-371.

5. Copy of part of the deed of bargain and sale of the same, on the division between James Selby, esquire, and the trustees of Thomas Willis, esquire, deceased. 27 Feb 1699. p. 371.

6. Abstract of the deed of sale of Whaddon Hall, to Browne Willis, esquire. 13 Dec 1711. Ib.

7. Abstract of Mr. Robinson’s confirmation of the purchase deed of Whaddon, etc. 11 July 1728. pp. 371, 374.

8. Notes by Cole relating to Winge Church, Burcote House, and the Fenis family. p. 372.

9. Account of the shooting of a highwayman by Mr. Risley, rector of Tingewich, in 1766. pp. 375, 376.

10. Extracts relating to Buckinghamshire, taken from Mr. Willis’s duplicate manuscript of Newport hundred and not included in Cole’s 38th Volume, viz.

a) Memoranda of knights of the county, ao. 1 and 2 Philip and Mary, and of gentlemen knighted by James I and Charles I. p. 377.

b) Names of clergymen in the deanery of Buckingham, in the time of Browne Willis. p. 378.

c) Oldest incumbents, county Buckinghamshire. Ib.

d) Number of families. p. 379.

e) Best churches, county Buckinghamshire. Ib.

f) Leaded churches, county Buckinghamshire. Ib.

g) Biggest bells, county Buckinghamshire. Ib.

h) Account of the parish of Newenton Blossomville. p. 380.

i) Notes relating to Wavenden. pp. 381, 382.

11. Letter from Sir Isaac Heard, Lancaster Herald, to Mr. Cole, inquiring for particulars of the family of Tempile, of Stow, county Buckinghamshire, with a pedigree annexed. Collection of arms, 7 Sept 1769, and Mr Cole’s reply, 11 Sept 1769. pp. 384, 385.

12. Extracts from the newspapers, and notes concerning the Canse relative to the estate of Mr. Serjeant Selby of Wandor. p. 385, 387, 388, 393.

13. Letter from Mr. J. Pitts to Mr. Cole, with enquiries respecting Mr. Selby’s family. Great Brickhill. 19 Jan 1773. p. 386.

14. Reply from Mr. Cole to Mr. Pitts. Milton, 22 Jan 1773. pp. 386, 387.

15. Letter from Mr. Robert Lowndes to Mr. Cole. On the same subject. London, 4 May 1775. p. 388.

16. From Mr. Cole to Thomas Goostrey, esquire, in reply to the last. Milton, 6 May 1775. Ib.

17. Letter from the Rev. Primatt Knapp, rector of Shenley, to Mr. Cole, respecting the tithes of Tatenhoe or Tatenhall, county Buckinghamshire. Shenley, 7 Nov 1774. pp. 389-391.

18. From the same to the same. On the same subject. Dec 1774. pp. 391, 392.

19. Reply from Mr. Cole to Mr. Knapp. Milton, 11 Jan 1775. pp. 392, 393.

20. Notes from the Commons Journals, relating to Wendover and Wickcome, county Buckinghamshire. p. 398.

21. Letter from the Rev. John Croft, vicar of Winslow to Browne Willis, esquire, with some anecdotes to illustrate the doctrine of occasional conformity (no date). p. 400.

22. Church notes, etc., (by Mr. Croft) for the parish of East Cleydon, county Buckinghamshire. pp. 400-402.

23. Notes, and collections, from Greenburrough alias Granburrow, and Winslow, county Buckinghamshire, by the same, including a letter from Mr. Croft to Browne Willis (?) dated 10 Nov 1710, with observations by Cole. pp. 403-410.

24. ‘Historical Memoirs relating to the Parish of Mursley, and the Manor of Salden, both in the Co. of Bucks. Collected from authentic MSS chiefly by the late Browne Willis, Esq. and from his papers reduced into method, with some few additions, by Wm. Cole, M.A. Vicar of Burnham.’ pp. 411-414.

25. Letter from Mr. Browne Willis to Mr. Cole. Cary Street, 11 May 1732. p. 415.

26. From the same to the same. Whaddon, 8 July 1752. Ib.

27. From the same to the same. Cary Street, 2 Feb 1746. Ib.

28. From Sir Sampson Gideon to the same, returning thanks for his memoirs of the parish of Murseley. 23 Nov 1778. Ib.

29. From Mr. Cole to Sir Sampson Gideon, on the same subject. Milton, 29 Nov 1778. p. 416.

30. Letter from Mr. Willis to the Rev. John Strype, vicar of Low Leyton. Respecting John de la Bere, Bishop of St. David’s. Whaddon Hall, 4 May 1719/1720. p. 417.

31. From the same to the same, with the names of the members of Parliament for Westminster, London and Southwark, in 1640, 1654, 1656 and 1659. 21 Mar 1719/1720. Ib.

32. Note from the same to the same. St. Martin’s Lane, 9 Jan 1719. p. 418.

33. From the same to the same. With the names of the bishops buried in churches in or near London. Whaddon Hall, 2 Feb 1719/1720. pp. 418, 419, 420.

34. From the same to the same. Asking for information respecting Bishop Marmaduke Middleton. Whaddon, 12 Nov 1719. p. 420.

35. From the same to the same. On the same subject. St. Martin’s Lane, 28 Dec 1719. pp. 420-421.

36. From the same to the same. Respecting bishops buried in London. George Inn, Holborne, 31 May 1720. p. 421.

37. From the same to the same. About the inscription on Thomas Winniffe, Bishop of Lincoln. (June 1720). pp. 421-422.

38. From the same to the same. Respecting bishops buried in London. Whaddon Hall, 21 June 1720. p. 422.

39. From the same to the same. Relative to the alienations of the Protestant married bishops in Queen Elizabeth’s time. Whaddon, 14 Feb 1720/1721. p. 423.

40. Memoranda relating to Thomas Rowley, the Bristol poet, temp. Edward IV, taken from Dr. Fry’s papers. pp. 437-444.

41. Rude sketch of Snellshall Priory, county Buckinghamshire, 1722. p. 449.

42. Memoranda relating to the collation of Mr. Heslop to the rectory of Adstock, county Buckinghamshire, on the resignation of Dr. Robert Richardson in 1776, and to Mr. James Burslem’s dispensation to hold the rectory of Marsh-Gibbon, county Buckinghamshire, with the vicarage of Rumford, in Essex, 1778. p. 454.

A general index of contents is added to this volume. pp. 450-453.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 volume (454 pages)

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1700

End Date:

1799

Date Range:

18th century

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Physical Characteristics:

Folio

Custodial History:

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, in January 1803

Arrangement:

A general index of contents is added, pages 450-453

Material Type:

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.

Related Material:

From Browne Willis's original manuscript