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Title:

Volume LIV of Rev. William Cole's collections, containing items mostly relating to Cambridgeshire

Scope & Content:

Volume 54 of Mr. Cole’s Collections, containing:

1. An imperfect Heraldic manuscript, written in the 17th Century. Consisting of:

i. A large portion of an alphabetical ordinary of Arms from Ab to Ew, Ga to Ge, Op to Ov, Pe to Pl, Sa to Zo. (pages 1-126)

ii. Coronets of the different orders of nobility, rudely tricked. (page 127)

iii. The Duke of Buckingham’s Crest, Supporters, and Coats. (page 127)

iv. Some trifling memoranda relative to the Earl of Cambridge and others. (page 128)

v. Pedigree of Millicent, ao. 1631. (page 128)

vi. ‘Dr. Mawe’s [Bishop Leonard Mawe] Coates, which he made me quarter in one escochion’. (page 130)

vii. Memorandum of the arms and crest granted to John Maningham of Swasey, by Robert Cook Clarenceux, ao. 1675. (page 130)

viii. Arms and crest of Dr. James Usher, Archbishop of Armagh. (page 130)

ix. Part of another ordinary of Arms, from Al to Fr. (pages 131-196)

x. Arms of Knights, arranged Alphabetically, from Bi to Zu (the first leaf wanting), with the names of the counties to which they belong. (pages 197-227)

xi. Arms of the Knights and Gentry, created Baronets from 29 June 1611 to 11 June 16145, numbered from 41 to 449 (the first leaf is wanting). (pages 229-243)

xii. ‘Escochions not in Guillim his old booke, therefore taken out of the new, being sett forth since King Charles the Second, AD 1660.’ (pages 244-246) [They do not correspond to the printed Edition of Guillim, folio 1724]

xiii. Various Arms and achievements of, viz.

James, Duke of Monmouth
Dr. Gilbert Sheldon, Archbishop of Canterbury
Floyd Russell (Wife of Gerard Russell of Fordham, 1674)
Clopton of Downham, Isle of Ely, 1675
Howorth of Northamptonshire, 1676
Dury of Canterbury
Dr. Warner, Bishop of Rochester
Aucher of Canterbury
Sir Roger Twysden, Baronet
Marsham of Rochester
Shuodham of Norfolk
James Robson, Alderman of Cambridge, 1676
Edward Lawe, Alderman of Cambridge, 1676
Horby
Chaire, Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge, 1676
Cranwell and Nicholson
Sir Robert Drury of Hausted, Suffolk
Yates of Middlesex and Emmanuel College, 1676
Doctor Bainbrigg, Master of Christ College Cambridge, 1647
Mr. Linford of Katherine Hall
‘A coat left in my shop, October 1697, not known as yet by whose name’
Lamplugh of Northamptonshire

And Sir Thomas Benett of Babram, Cambridgeshire. (pages 247-249)

xiv. List of English and Foreign Universities. (page 279)

Some of the leaves of this manuscript having been transposed by the binder, Mr. Cole has prefixed an index of contents, with reference to the pages as they stand at present (page *1). He supposes it to have belonged to Mr. Layer of Shepereth, and in 1721 it was in the hand of Thomas Wiseman, Herald, Printer of Cambridge.

2. Various Culinary and Medical receipts inserted in the manuscript by Mr. Cole, both manuscript and printed. (pages 3,4,5,6,9, 16, *18, 19, 22, *22, 31, 34, 43, *196, *232, *233, 382).

3. Account of the custom of Ram hunting at Eton College. (page 27).

4. Extract of a letter written by Mr. Cole to Dr. Farmer, respecting the latter’s Arms, 2 August 1780. (page 132).

5. Copy of a letter from Mr. Cole to Dr. Thomas Thurlow, Bishop of Lincoln, stating his situation in regard to the Vicarage of Burnham, in Buckinghamshire. Dated Milton, 14 May 1780. With a long note relative to the conduct of Dr. Cooke, Provost of King’s College. (pages 101-103).

6. Copy of the Bishop of Lincoln’s reply to Mr. Cole. Dated Temple House, 20 May 1780. (page 103).

7. Copy of a letter from Mr. Cole to John Legate, declining to apply to Sir Sampson Gideon in his behalf. Dated Milton, 24 May 1780. (pages 104-105).

8. Copy of a letter from Mr. Cole to Thomas Keruch esquire, apologising for some remarks concerning Mr. Richard Hey. Dated Milton, 21 June 1780. With an explanatory note. (pages 108-109).

9. Epigrammatic verses on Mr. Day. (Extracted from the Cambridge Chronicle, 5 August 1780). (page 111).

10. Cuttings out from the Cambridge Newspaper relative to the subscription in the county to prevent Horse stealing, 1769. (page *186).

11. Printed extract from the Public Advertiser, 7 May 1781, containing memoirs of Nell Gwynn, the Mistress of Charles II. (pages 228).

12. Pedigree of Wilkin of Soham, Hadenham etc. Drawn up on a trial between Dr. Walton and others, Plaintiffs, and James Merrist of Soham, gentleman, and others, Defendants. March 1780. (pages 250-253).

13. Copies of papers relating to the contested election for the County of Cambridgeshire in 1780, viz.

a. Address to the Freeholders of the County, in behalf of Lord Robert Manners, copied from a printed Hand bill. (page 254)
b. Reply to the above, drawn up by Mr. Cole, and sent to Sir Sampson Gideon’s agent to be printed, but refused to be printed. Dated 19 May 1780. (pages 255-256)
c. The original draft of the last paper. (page *256)
d. Note relative to Mr. Haggerston. (page 256).

14. Narrative concerning the Patriotic or Republican Petitioners at Cambridge in 1780. Faction at an Election for the Town of Cambridge, 1780, and Fanatical and Republican affairs there, 1781-1782. With copies of the Petition, 9 March 1780. The requisition to the Sheriff to call a public meeting, 26 February 1780. And two notes from Dr. W. S. Ewin, to Mr. Cole. 21 July 1781. (pages 279-296).

15. Cuttings from the Cambridge Chronicle, viz.

a. Letter relative to a public mourning for the death of Lord Robert Manners, 25 May 1780. (page *297)
b. Address to the Freeholders of the County of Cambridge by Sir Henry Peyton, etc. on the Occasion of the vacancy caused by Lord R. Manners death. 1 June1782. (page *298)
c. ‘A modern Remonstrance, translated into plain English’. December 1781. (page *299)
d. Notice of a County meeting by the Sheriff. 18 May 1782. (page *300)
e. Proceedings at the County meeting, 15 June 1782. (pages *301 and 302)
f. Address of Sir Henry Peyton to the Freeholders, 29 May 1782. (page *302)

16. Copies of the Correspondence between Mr. Cole and others, respecting the augmentation of Boveney Chapel in the Parish of Burnham, and dilapidations of Burnham, Buckinghamshire, viz.

a. Letter from Robert Chester, Secretary to the Governors of Queen Anne’s Bounty to Mr. Cole. Dated 8 April 1780. (page 300)
b. Reply from Mr. Cole to Mr. Chester. Dated Milton, 13 April 1780. (page 300)
c. Letter from Mr. Chester to Mr. Cole. Dated 24 April 1780. (page 301)
d. Letter from Mr. Cole to Reverend Dr. Apthorp, Vice Provost of Eton. Dated Milton, 27 April 1780. (page 302)
e. Letter from Dr. W. H. Roberts, Bursar of Eton, to Mr. Cole. Dated Eton College, 9 May 1780. (page 304)
f. Letter from Mr. Cole to Mr. Chester. Dated Milton, 13 May 1780. (page 306)
g. Letter from Mr. Chester to Mr. Cole in reply. Dated 20 May 1780. (page 306)
h. Letter from Mr. Cole to Reverend Dr. Roberts. Dated Milton, 22 May 1780. (page 307)
i. Letter from Mr. Cole to Reverend Dr. Roberts. Dated Milton, 25 May 1780. (page 308)
j. [Not Listed]
k. Letter from Dr. Roberts to Mr. Cole in reply. Dated Eton College, 31 May (1780). (page 309)
l. Letter from Dr. Stephen Apthorp to Mr. Cole. Dated Worplesdon, 23 May 1780. (page 310)
m. Letter from Mr. Edward Betham to Mr. Cole about the house at Burnham, his pedigree, etc. Dated Ganford, 2 April 1778. (page 311)
n. Letter from Mr. Cole to Mr. Chester. Dated Milton, 3 June 1780. (page 312)
o. Letter from Mr. Cole to Reverend Mr. Betham. Dated Milton, 3 June 1780. (page 312)
p. Letter from Mr. Cole to Dr. Apthorp. Dated Milton, 17 June 1780. (page 313)
q. Letter from Mr. James Essex, Architect, to Mr. Cole, respecting a survey of Burnham. Dated Cambridge, 25 June 1780. (page 315)
r. Letter from Dr. Apthorp to Mr. Cole. Dated Warpleden, 22 June 1780. (page 315)
s. Letter from Mr. Cole to Dr. Apthorp. Dated Milton, 1 July 1780. (page 316)
t. Letter from Mr. Edward Betham to Mr. Cole. Dated Great Aunford near Southall, Middlesex, 11 June 1780. (page 316(
u. Letter from Dr. Apthorp to Mr. Cole. Dated Eton College, 1 August 1780. (page 318)
v. Letter from Mr. Cole to Dr. Apthorp. Dated Milton, 5 August 1780. (pages 319.360)
w. Letter from Dr. Apthorp to Mr. Cole. Dated Eton College 7 September 1780. (page 360)
x. Letter from Mr. Cole to Dr. Apthorp. Dated Milton, 10 September 1780. (page 361)
y. Letter from Dr. Apthorp to Mr. Cole. Dated Eton College, 17 September 1780. (page 362)
z. Letter from S. Knight to Mr. Cole. Dated Temple, 12 June 1782. With a note from Mr. knight, including two receipts for the interest due on account of Boveney Chapel. (page 363)
aa. Letter from Mr. Cole to Mr. Mathias. Dated Milton, 15 June 1782. (page 364)
bb. Letter from Mr. Cole to the Archbishop of Canterbury. Dated 15 June 1782. (page 365)
cc. Letter from Mr. Cole to Dr. Apthorp. Dated 15 June 1782. (page 366)
dd. Letter from Mr. Cole to Dr. Apthorp. Dated 5 August 1782. (page 257)
ee. Letter from Mr. Cole to the Bursar of Eton College. Dated 5 August 1782. (page 367)
ff. Letter from Mr. Cole to Mr. Thomas Towse. Dated 5 August 1782. (page 368)
gg. Letter from Mr. Sleech, Junior Bursar of Eton, to Mr. Cole. Dated Eton College, 28 August 1782. With an estimate of the repairs necessary at Burnham Parsonage, by John Trigg. 4 April 1782. (pages 369-370)

17. Copy of ‘Observations on the origin and antiquity of Round Churches, and of the Round Church in Cambridge in particular’. By Mr. James Essex, 1780. (See Vol. IX, folio 234, and Archæologia, Vol. VI, page 163). (pages 320-329).

18. Letter from Mr. Cole to Mr. Essex, with notes on and corrections of the above observations. Dated Milton, 3 May 1780. (pages 329-332).

19. Letters to and from Mr. Cole, Mr. Essex, and Mr. Gough, relating to the illness and death of the Reverend Michael Tyson of Lamborn [Lambourne] in Essex, viz.

a. Letter from Mr. Essex to Mr. Cole. Dated Cambridge, 5 May 1780. (page 333)
b. Letter from Mr. Cole to Mr. Essex. Dated Milton, 5 May 1780. (page 333)
c. Letter from Mr. Essex to Mr. Cole. Dated Cambridge, 6 May 1780. (page 334)
d. Letter from Mr. Gough to Mr. Cole. Dated Enfield, 5 May 1780. (See Vol. XXIV, page 172). (page 334). (Printed in Nichol’s ‘Literary Anecdotes’, vi. 624)
e. Letter from Mr. Cole to Mr. Gough. Dated Milton, 14 May 1780. (pages 335-336). (Printed in Nichol’s ‘Literary Anecdotes’, i. 683).

20. Institution of, and Rules and Orders of, the County Club held at Cambridge, from 1693 to 1701, with a list of the members in 1701. Copied from the original minute book. Mr. Cole has prefixed the emblazoned Arms of Sir Thomas Hatton of Long Stanton, Baronet. (pages 338-344).

21. Rules, names of members etc. of the County Club for Cambridge, instituted in 1782 with an account of its formation. (pages 34-347).

At the end of this volume is a rough draft of a General Index of Contents. (pages 379-381).

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

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Extent:

1 volume (382 pages)

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Languages:

English

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Latin

Start Date:

1778

End Date:

1782

Date Range:

1778-1782

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This volume is part of the bequest of the Rev. William Cole, A.M. of King’s College, Cambridge, left by him in 1783.

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Related Material:

Certain items include cuttings from the 'Cambridge Chronicle', and others are printed in Nichol’s ‘Literary Anecdotes’.Also see 'Archæologia', Vol. VI