Add MS 6732

A volume of similar collections [Add MS 6731], on monuments, seals, armour, costume, and antiquities, in quarto, ff. 256, viz.

1. Heads of a dissertation on monuments, and a map of memoranda on the same subject (chiefly referring to the drawings in the previous volumes [Add MS 6728; Add MS 6729; Add MS 6730]). ff. 1-53.

In the above are included: i. Copy of a letter from Mr. Kerrich to Mr. Horseman, on the subject of cross-legged knights on monuments. Cambridge, 5 July 1817. ii. Letter from William Bywater to Mr. Kerrich, on the monuments of the Blenley family, at Chester-le-Street, county Durham. Chester-le-Street. 28 Aug 1776. f. 15.

2. Collections for a dissertation on armour and arms, military affairs, camps, soldiers, etc. ff. 54-63, 79-100b.

3. On the subject of old religious pictures, and plan for making out the Saints by their attributes (including an article by the Rev. William Cole of Milton on St. Nicholas, from Gents. Magazine, for Apr 1777). ff. 64, 74.

4. Sketches of the varieties of nimbus and glory used by the old masters. ff. 75-78.

5. Notes on the seals of English kings, queens, and noble ladies, and on those of the Duke of Brittany. ff. 101-108.

6. ‘The origin of Chivalry in Germany, extracted from a treatise by Heer Engelhardt Lenoisen,’ written in 1590. ff. 109-114.

7. References to the tournaments mentioned in Holinshead. f. 115.

8. Remarks on the custom of wearing beards. ff. 116-121.

9. Navalia, consisting of notes and extracts from various works concerning shipping, with sketches of vessels after the plates in Chambers’s Encyclopaedia. ff. 122-146.

10. On the windows of King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, with pencil sketches. ff. 147-160.

11. On the ancient caps of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and pencil drawing of St. Nicholas’s token (from Blomfield). f. 161b.

12. Legend of St. Christopher. ff. 162-164b.

13. Miracle of St. Kenelme. f. 165.

14. Copy of indulgence on the martyrdom of St. Erasmus, engraved by S. Lysous. f. 166.

15. Drawing, and description, of a vaulted roof, by Miss Emelia Ellvington (pencil). ff. 167-168.

16. Extracts from Heylyn’s History of Monastic Orders. ff. 169-171.

17. Prices of goods from the year 1000 to 1760 (printed). f. 172.

18. Abstract, in the handwriting of Peter Le Neve, Norroy King of Arms, of a charter of the prior and convent of the Carmelites in Norwich, acknowledging the corporation of Norwich to be the heirs of their founder, Philip de Cowgate. 24 Apr 1533, with a drawing of the seal. f. 173.

19. Sketches, of an amulet, some scrolls, and of Arabic figures in a manuscript in the Pepysian Library, Cambridge, and various memoranda of references to plates in books, etc. ff. 174-175, 177.

20. Notes of ecclesiastical and papal insignia, crowns, etc. f. 176.

21. Memoranda of shrines and reliquaries. f. 178.

22. Extract from Eachard’s History of England, ao. 940, containing an account of Guy of Warwick’s combat with Colebrand. f. 179.

23. Notes on Tumuli, from Douglas’s Nænia Britannica. 1787. f. 180.

24. Some account of the chapel of the hospital of St. Mary Magdalen in Sturbridge-Fair Fields, from Rev. Cole’s manuscripts in the British Museum, etc. Also notes on Cambridge Castle. ff. 181-182b.

25. Genealogical table of the descent of the family of De Ferrars (printed). f. 183.

26. Remarks on Gough’s catalogue of the coins of Canute (from the Gents. Magazine, Apr 1778). f. 184.

27. Stiles of the Kings of England, from William I to James I. ff. 185, 186.

28. Account of the discovery, 20 Feb 1772, of the body of Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter, third son of John of Gaunt, in the old abbey church at Bury St. Edmunds (3 copies, 1 in manuscript, 2 printed). ff. 187-191.

29. Notices of antiquities in Cambridgeshire, and Huntingdonshire. f. 192.

30. Notices of Castle Rising, county Norfolk. ff. 193-195.

31. Notes on churches in Lincolnshire, ao. 1799. ff. 196, 197.

32. Rubbings of parts of inscriptions. f. 198.

33. Dates of the foundation, and dedication, of several churches. f. 199.

34. Notes on Lincoln Cathedral, by B. Willis. f. 200.

35. Templi D. Pauli Londini dimensiones, etc. f. 201.

36. Observations by Francis Douce, esquire, on some churches in the neighbourhood of Southwold, county Suffolk, Aug 1808, viz. Cove Hith; Thorington; South Cove; Wrentham; Blithborough; and Wenhaston or Onehaston, with sketches of details. ff. 202-205.

37. Notes on Barton Church, county Lincolnshire (?). Aug 1803. f. 206.

38. Details of Wilberton Church, in the Isle of Ely. f. 207.

39. Notes of antiquities at Lynn, in Norfolk. f. 208.

40. Notes on Denny Abbey, and the abbey of Waterbeach, county Cambridgeshire (from Masters’s History of Waterbeach, ao. 1790). ff. 209-210.

41. Dates of monuments, and parts of the building, in Ely, Gloucester, and Lincoln Cathedrals. ff. 211, 212.

42. Extracts from Milner’s History of Winchester, relative to Winchester Cathedral. ff. 213-220.

43. List of the statues of Saints in Henry VII’s Chapel, and the chapels round it, at Westminster. 1788. ff. 221-223.

44. Queries concerning the ancient form of the British Crown (from the Gents. Magazine). ff. 224, 225.

45. Abstract of the contents of Zoegas’ work ‘De origine et Usu obeliscorum,’ (not in Kerrich’s handwriting). ff. 226-228.

46. ‘Observations on the use of the mysterious figure which appears to have been called ‘Vesica Piscis’, in the architecture of the Middle Ages, and in that commonly called Gothic,’ (by the Rev. Thomas Kerrich, M.A.) (Printed in Archæologia, vol. XIX, pp. 353-368). ff. 229-256. (See a more correct transcript in Add MS 6741, 8).