Add MS 6768

In duodecimo, pp. 305, consisting of Mr. Essex’s note and sketchbooks, entitled, by Mr. Kerrich, ‘Miscellanies, Vol. I.’ Containing:

1. Observations upon order, variety, symmetry, and surprise, as exemplified in architecture (from Montesquieu ?) pp. 1-9.

2. Drawing, and description, of an ancient door in Little Paxton Church, county Huntingdonshire, and stone of a cross at Paxton. pp. 10, 11.

3. Note from Borlace, respecting the principle of Druidical structures. p. 12.

4. Extract from an agreement for building the steeple of Walberswick Church, 4 Henry VI, with notes (from Gardner’s [Thomas Gardner] History of Dunwich, p. 157). pp. 13-15.

5. A series of sketches, in pen and ink, of various portions of ecclesiastical, and other, buildings, with descriptions and memoranda, including:

i. Dunwich Church. p. 17. ii. Ellsley Church. pp. 18-21. iii. Ely Conventual Church. pp. 22-23, 187. iv. Remains of a fortification at Stansted, in Essex. pp. 24, 25. v. Birchanger Church, pp. 26, 49. vi. Castle at Bishop Stortford. p. 27. vii. Lincoln Cathedral. pp. 28-41. viii. St. Mary’s Church, Lincoln. pp. 43-45. ix. Roman gate at Lincoln. pp. 46, 47. x. Bungay Church, county Suffolk, with remarks on round towers. pp. 52-54. xi. Cathedral, and castle, of Norwich. pp. 55-70. xii. Priory of St. Botolph, and castle, at Colchester. pp. 72-77. xiii. St. Bartholomew’s Church, Smithfield. pp. 78-82. xiv. Note from Borlace, respecting Norman architecture. p. 83. xv. Abingdon Church. pp. 84, 85. xvi. Hinxton. pp. 84, 85. xvii. St. Nicholas, Leicester. p. 85. xviii. Stuntney. Ibid. xix. Drawing of a design for a bell tower for King’s College, Cambridge, in the British Museum. pp. 86, 87. xx. Stapleford Church. p. 88. xxi. Hadstock, county Essex. pp. 89, 90. xxii. St. Peter’s, Cambridge. p. 91. xxiii. The city of Granta, with ground plan. pp. 92, 93. xxiv. Plan of the hill and fort at Ely. pp. 94, 95. xxv. Islop Church, near Thrapston. p. 97. xxvi. St. Sepulchre’s, and St. Peter’s, at Northampton. pp. 98-101. xxvii. St. Peter’s, and Christ Church, at Oxford. pp. 102-106. xxviii. St. Albans. pp. 108-110. xxix. Ancaster, county Lincolnshire. p. 111. xxx. Southwell, county Nottinghamshire. pp. 113-115. xxxi. The castle, and vaults, at Nottingham. pp. 116, 117. xxxii. Peterborough Cathedral. pp. 118-119. xxxiii. Lincoln Cathedral. p. 120. xxxiv. St. Stephen’s Church, near St. Albans. p. 121. xxxv. Old Street Loft at Ely. p. 122-124. xxxvi. Font in Luton Church. p. 125. xxxvii. Gothic chapel at Lord Bates’, Luton House. p. 126. xxxviii. List of churches in Cambridgeshire, with the supposed dates of their erection. p. 127. xxxix. Memoranda concerning the various churches, etc., in Cambridge, from Parker’s View of Cambridge. pp. 128, 129. xl. Remarks on circular churches. p. 130. xli. Westminster Abbey. p. 132. xlii. Granchester Church. pp. 133, 134. xliii. Ditton. p. 135. xliv. Littlebury. pp. 136, 137, 142. xlv. Thaxted. p. 138. xlvi. St. Benedict, Cambridge. p. 139. xlvii. Chesterton. pp. 140, 141. xlviii. Specimens of different sorts of masonry, used in Saxon, Norman, and later buildings. pp. 144-145. xlix. Note concerning free masons (from Wren’s [Stephen Wren] Parentalia). pp. 146, 147. l. Windows in Trumpington Church. p. 149. li. Cathedral of Salisbury. pp. 155-173. lii. Abbey Church of Bury. pp. 174-177. liii. Extract from ‘Grelot’s Voyage de Constantinople,’ concerning the church of St. Sophia. pp. 179-182. liv. Notes upon the different styles of gothic architecture. pp. 183, 184. lv. St. Margaret’s Church, York (from Deake). p. 186. lvi. Maria Maggione, at Rome. p. 187. lvii. Extract from Dr. Stukeley’s account of Stonehenge. p. 189.lviii. Lord Folkestone’s Wardour Castle. p. 190.lix. Roof of the new wing of the Duke of Queensbury’s house, at Ambersbury. p. 191. lx. Griton Church. p. 191. lxi. Winchester Cathedral. pp. 192-194, 235-237. lxii. Chicester Cathedral. pp. 195-197. lxiii. Walls of Southampton. p. 197. lxiv. Portsmouth Church. p. 198. lxv. Old Sarum. pp. 200, 242. lxvi. St. Mary’s Minster, near Margate. p. 201. lxvii. Door of a church not named. p. 203. lxviii. Sleaford Church. p. 205. lxix. Bourn, county Lincolnshire. Ibid. lxx. Cross at Winchester. p. 209. lxxi. Bishop Gardiner’s monument, Winchester Cathedral. p. 210. lxxii. Arms in Widington Church, near Newport, Essex. p. 211. lxxiii. Note of a Roman camp, near Cambridge. p. 212. lxxiv. Drawing of St. Ovin’s cross, at Ely. p. 213. lxxv. Part of a cross (?) pp. 215, 217. lxxvi. Window in the Lady Chapel, at St. Albans. p. 216. lxxvii. Inscription on a stone at Burwell. p. 218. lxxviii. Arches in the old church at Lisbon, and in a Moorish castle in Spain. p. 219. lxxix. Burwell Church. pp. 220, 221. lxxx. Lincoln Cathedral. p. 222. lxxxi. St. Michael’s, Cambridge. p. 224. lxxxii. Stretham Church. p. 225. lxxxiii. Monument of Bishop Lisher, founded behind the chapel of St. John’s College. p. 226. lxxxiv. Explanation of the term Chasesofted, used in King Henry VI’s will. p. 227. lxxxv. Denney Abbey. p. 228. lxxxvi. Over Church. pp. 229, 230. lxxxvii. Sacristary barn, at Ely. p. 233. lxxxviii. Winchester College. p. 236. lxxxix. Church of St. Cross, near Winchester. pp. 238-241. xc. Note of the discovery of some Roman brickwork near Cambridge, in 1773. p. 243. xci. Chatteris Church. p. 245. xcii. St. John’s Hospital, forming part of St. John’s College, Cambridge. p. 247. xciii. Tid St. Giles’s [Tydd St Giles] Church. p. 248. xciv. Wisbeach. pp. 249-252. xcv. Leverington and March churches. p. 251. xcvi. Note on the custom of turning the altar-end of churches to the last. p. 253. xcvii. Hall in the Old Palace at Lincoln. p. 254. xcviii. Explanation of the Spanish terms Garreceta and Centinellas. p. 255. xcix. Gate House at Dandelion, county Kent. p. 257. c. Notes respecting Minster Church, from Lewis’s Antiquities of Thanet. p. 264. ci. Gate at Broadstairs. p. 268. cii. Extracts from the itinerary of William de Worcestre. p. 269. ciii. Arches in Rochester Cathedral. p. 270. civ. Window in Dartford Church. p. 271. cv. St. Peter’s Church, Cambridge. pp. 272, 273, 275. cvi. Font in Minster Church, Isle of Thanet. p. 274. cvii. Column, and entablature, of the temple of Thereus. p. 278. cviii. Tracery, and inscription, on the monument of M. Alexander de Berneval, Master Mason (from the Hist. de L’Abbaye Royale de S. Ouen). p. 282. cix. Note on Wivelingham Church (from Cole’s manuscripts). p. 285. cx. Measurement of the chapel of Sidney College, Cambridge. pp. 286, 287. cxi. Drawings of arms in the old roof of Stretham Church, 1779. p. 289. cxii. Sketch of a church from Pennant’s Voyage to Scotland. p. 292. cxiii. Plan of Warwick, or Warthwick, Church, near Carlisle. Ibid. cxix. Plan of Little Maplestead Church, county Essex. p. 293. cxx. Windows of Mary Bredman’s Church, Canterbury. p. 293.

Various architectural memoranda, etc., are interspersed at pp. 188, 223, 264, 265, 272, 284, 295, 297, 288, 289, 291, 295, 297.

Bills of expenses during journeys to London, Lincoln, etc., pp. 258, 260, 262, 263, 280, 300; prices of repairs done to the gaol and workhouse, at Cambridge, etc., pp. 266, 267, 276, 277, 287; and extracts from the proceedings of the Consistory Court, Cambridge, May 1665, and March 1664. pp. 298, 299.

At the end of the volume is added, in Mr. Kerrich’s handwriting, an alphabetical index of places and matters. pp. 300-305.