Stowe MS 845

COLLECTIONS relating to Hampshire, viz.:-

1. Three documents relating to Portsmouth, viz.:-(a, b) Charters granted 7 Nov. 3 Charles I. [1627], and 12 Oct. 8 Rich. II. [1384]; transcribed in 1718, the former from a copy "penes Johannem White apud Portesmouth" (see f. 23), and the latter apparently (see f. 28) from the original "in manibus Georgii Huish observata apud Portesmouth." ff. 2, 24;-(c) Commission to inquire into the burning of the town by the French in 1369 (Rymer, Foedera, ed. London, 1708, vol. vi. p. 638, to which reference is here made at f. 30). ff. 2, 24, 29.

2. Notes of monumental inscriptions, and on the descent of the manors, in several parishes in Hampshire, taken at various times from 1702-1706; with indexes of names and places at the end. f. 31. The contents of the volume are in the same hand as Add. 14,296 (also a volume of Hampshire collections), viz. that of William Pavey, whose signature is at f. 1 (and at f. 2 of Add. 14,296), and whose book-plate, with arms, is inside the cover. Perhaps he is the William Pavey whose name appears in 1717 among the founders of the Society of Antiquaries: see Archæologia, vol. i. pp. xxviii., xxxv., and also Add. 6182, f. 15 b (where he is described as "Mr. Will. Pavey, of Clements Inn, Att. at law, Seer. in 1718." Inside the cover is pasted a note in the hand of Thomas Grenville. Paper; ff. 159. Small Quarto.

William Pavey, FSA: Hampshire collections: early 18th cent.

Right Hon. Thomas Grenville: Note by: 19th cent.

Bookplates: Pavey (William): early 18th cent.

includes:

• ff. 2, 24 Portsmouth, Hampshire: Royal charters to: 1384, 1627.: Lat.: Copies, 1718.
• f. 29 Portsmouth, Hampshire: Commission to inquire into the burning of: 1369.: Lat.: Copy, 18th cent.
• f. 31 Southampton, Hampshire: Parochial history of: early 18th cent.