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Stowe MS 782-784
- Record Id:
- 037-001953621
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001952775
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000023.0x0000a2
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe MS 782-784
- Title:
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"EXTRACTS of wills from the Registers in the Prerogative Court at Doctors Commons from 1385 to 1660," compiled, with extreme neatness, by Edward Rowe Mores, F.S.A. In three volumes: Vol. i. 1385-1533; Vol. ii. 1533-1591; Vol. iii. 1592- 1660. The introduction (vol. i., f. 2) contains an account of the Prerogative Court, and of the registers there; and at the end of vol. iii. are complete indexes of names and places. Most of the wills extracted are those of inhabitants of Berkshire. Paper; ff. 178, 143, 141. XVIIIth cent. Belonged to T. Astle, who purchased several of Mores' MSS. after his death in 1778 (see Nichols, Lit. Anecd., v. p. 403). He has inserted the title-page quoted above, and a few notes at the beginning of vols. i. and ii. Octavo.
- Scope & Content:
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Wills: Extracts of wills at Doctors Commons, 1383-1660: 18th cent.
Edward Rowe Mores, FSA: Extracts of wills compiled by: 18th cent.
Province of Canterbury: Extracts from Wills in the Prerogative Court: 1385-1660.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Stowe Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001952775
036-001953596
037-001953621 - Is part of:
- Stowe Ms 1-1085 : Stowe Manuscripts
Stowe MS 761-786 : CLASS XVIII.BIOGRAPHY, AND PERSONAL.
Stowe MS 782-784 : "EXTRACTS of wills from the Registers in the Prerogative Court at Doctors Commons from 1385 to 1660," compiled, with… - Contains:
- Stowe MS 782 : Vol. i. 1385-1533.
Stowe MS 783 : Vol. ii. 1533-1591.
Stowe MS 784 : Vol. iii. 1592- 1660.
Click here to View / search full list of parts of Stowe MS 782-784 - Hierarchy:
- 032-001952775[0018]/036-001953596[0021]/037-001953621
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Stowe Ms 1-1085
- Record Type (Level):
- SubSeries
- Extent:
- 3 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Custodial History:
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Thomas Astle, ob. 1803: Owned.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Astle, Thomas, archivist and collector of books and manuscripts, 1735-1803
Mores, Edward Rowe, FSA; of Stowe MS 1051 - Places:
- Canterbury, Province of, Kent