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Add MS 6171
- Record Id:
- 032-003442375
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003442375
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100075949233.0x00037a
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 6171
- Title:
- Miscellaneous collections, chiefly topographical, relating to Surrey
- Scope & Content:
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A thin volume of miscellaneous collections, ff. 55. Chiefly topographical, relating to the county of Surrey, viz.
1. Extrait de l’Armorial Général de France (conserve dans la Bibliothèque du Roi) relative aux armories d’Urbain le Goux de la Berchère, Marquis de Dinnteville etc. et d’Antoinette le Févre d’Eaubonne, son Epouse. 23 Jun 1730. f. 1.
2. Slight pencil sketch of a Crown, and coat of arms. f. 2.
3. Coat armour of Sir John Egerton, of Farthingoe, county Northamptonshire, baronet, and descent from Philip Goch de Malpas. f. 3.
4. Notes relating to the county of Surrey, families, residents, etc., with a short index of names prefixed. ff. 5-176.
5. Of shvie-reeves or sheriffs. f. 18b.
6. List of sheriffs in the county of Surrey, from the I Henry II to 22 Car. I. (Out of Fuller’s Worthies). ff. 19-21.
7. The names of the gentry of Surrey, returned by the commissioners, 12 Henry VI 1433. (From the same work). f. 22.
8. Value of the several rectories and vicarages in the county of Surrey, remaining in charge in the Queen’s books. ff. 24-25b.
9. Account of the descendants of William, Earl of Warren, and Gundreda, sister to the Conqueror. ff. 26-27b.
10. Account of the family of Howard. ff. 28-30.
11. Account of William de Warren, Earl of Surrey, and his issue. ff. 31-32b.
12. Notes relative to the town, and church, of Chertsey, with copies of monumental inscriptions, drawings of arms, etc., taken early in the last century. ff. 33-41.
13. Notes from Fuller, respecting the families of some of the sheriffs of Surrey. f. 42.
14. Prologus de Fundatione domus Certesiæ – Limitationes quatuor Maneriorum – Bulla Papæ Alexandri (IV). (All copied from Dugdale’s Monasticon, I, 426, new edition). ff. 43-48.
15. Arms, in trick, of William Hall, Mayor of Newcastle. f. 48b.
16. Pedigree, and quarterings, of Moore of Sayes House, in the parish of Chertsey, ao. 1712. f. 49.
17. Copy of grant of arms by Sir Andrew Areskine, knight, Lyon King at Arms, to Robert Douglas, esquire, son of Sir Robert Douglas of Tilliewhillie. Edinburgh, 1 Nov 1688. f. 50.
18. Wives, and children, of Robert Douglas. f. 51b.
19. Original letter from Samuel Highmore to -, containing particulars relative to the town and parish of Dorking, and pedigree and arms of Highmore. Dorking, 18 Dec 1712. ff. 52-53b.
20. Copy of grant of arms to Richard Gresham, by Christopher Barker, esquire, Garter King of Arms. 30 Nov 1537. (Printed in Miscelanys Historical and Philological, etc., p. 175, London, 1703, octavo, V; Ward’s Life of Sir Thomas Gresham, p. 3).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003442375", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 6171: Miscellaneous collections, chiefly topographical, relating to Surrey" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003442375
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003442375
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume (55 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
French
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 17th century-18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- A thin folio
- Custodial History:
- Presented to the British Museum in 1820 by William Bray, of Shene
- Publications:
- Dugdale, Sir William, Monasticon Anglicanum, volume I (new edition), page 426; Fuller, Thomas, The History of the Worthies of England, (1662); Miscelanys Historical and Philological, octavo, volume V, (London, 1703), p. 175; Ward, Dr. John, 'Life of Sir
- 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.