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Add MS 6324
- Record Id:
- 040-003442530
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003442529
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100075949233.0x000415
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 6324
- Title:
- Volume I of V [with 6325, 6326, 6327, 6328], of larger collection of sixty-six volumes [6277 to 6342] acquired from Lady Banks, this volume, in Manuscript and print, relates to the History of the Order of the Bath.
- Scope & Content:
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One of five folio volumes [with 6325, 6326, 6327, 6328], consisting of Collection in Manuscript and print, made by and chiefly in the writing of Mrs Sarah Sophia Banks, relating to the History of the Order of the Bath.
Volume I.
1. Extracts from various printed books, viz, from Froissart, Segar, Camden, Chambers, Whitelock, Encyclopœdia Britannica, BaBauley, Guillim Selden, Life of Lord Herbert of Cherbury, Sandford, Carter, Stephens, Köhler, etc. folio 1-37b.Inserted at Folios 4-6b are some extracts, from MS Add. 6297 and at folio 28 some Remarks, in the handwriting of Sir Joseph Banks, on the origin of the Bath.
2. References to Printed Works which treat of the Order of the Bath. Folios 39-40, 44b.
3. Remarks on the institution of the Order by Henry IV (taken from Camden). Folios 41-42.
4. Original Letter from Mr (afterwards Sir Frederick) Barnard, to Miss Banks, respecting the Installation in 1744 and 1753 and the works in the King’s library which relate to the Order of the Bath. Dated (15 March, 1804). Folio 43.
5. Extracts from MS collections made by William Pembroke Esquire relative to the Etymology of Esquire the ceremonies used at the Creation of Knights of the Bath, with the duty etc of their Esquires, to prove that the exemptions and advantages belonging to the Esquires of the Sovereign’s body, was not an original privilege granted on the revival of their Order, but was incident thereto before the same was extinct. Folios 45-46, 48.
6. Copy of an Order of the King in Council, that the Servants of the Household should not be liable to serve on Juries or bear public Office. Date 13 January, 1761. Folio 46b.
7. Copy of the original appointment of William Kingsley Esquire to be Gentleman of the Privy Chamber, by Edward, Earl of Manchester, Lord Chamberlain. Dated 5 February, 1662. Folio 47.
8. Printed Paragraphs cut from Newspapers, Magazines, etc, with written memoranda, relating to Installations of Knights of the Bath, in 1732, 1744, 1749, 1761, 1772, 1779, 1788, 1803 and 1812 and other incidental circumstances concering the Knights of the Order, their funerals, etc from 1728 to 1816. Folios 50-97b, 112, 141-142.
9. “A List of the Knights of the most Honorable Order of the Bath, that have been installed since the revival of the Order by his late Majesty King George the first, on the 18th May, in the eleventh year of his reign with the dates of their installations, and the names of their respective Esquires”. This list includes the Installations from 17 June, 1725, t 19 May, 1803, inclusive. Folios 98-107b.
10. Imperfect List of Knights of the Bath, from 1725 to 1803 and Lists of Esquires, 19 May, 1803, 19 June, 1725, 8 July, 1732, and 16 June, 1772. Folios 111-114.
11. Alphabetical Indexes to the Knights and Esquires mentioned in Art. 9. Folios 115-121b.
12. Copy of an original Certificate from Ferederick, Duke of York, Acting Grand Master of the Order, to Francis Stephens, Esquire of his having acted as Esquire-Governor to Sir John Jervis, K.B at his installation 19 May, 1788. Dated 19 March, 1791. Folios 123, 124.
13. Copy of a similar certificate to John Croft, Esquire of his having acted as Esquire to Sir Joseph Banks K.B 19 May, 1803. Dated 12 June, 1804. Folio 125.
14. List of Knights of the Bath, from 1725 to 1809 in order of Seniority, with the dates of their investiture and installation, and an alphabetical Index of their names. Folios 128-139.
15. The form of Prayer, Anthems etc, used at the Installation of the Knights of the Bath, 19 May, 1803. Folios 144-146.
16. Sanctus: being part if the Mass of Pope Marcellus composed by J.P.A. Prœnestini (from Burney’s ‘History of Music). Folios 149-150b.
17. Sanctus composed by Thomas Tallis, the first Sanctus set to English words, (from Boyce’s Collection), 1760). Folio 151.
18. Twelve Sanctuses, selected from “Psalms, Hymns and Sanctus’s for the use of Wheatfield church”. Folios 152-154b.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003442529
040-003442530 - Is part of:
- Add MS 6324-6328 : V Volumes [from 6324 to 6328], of larger collection of sixty-six volumes [6277 to 6342] acquired from Lady Banks, this volume,…
Add MS 6324 : Volume I of V [with 6325, 6326, 6327, 6328], of larger collection of sixty-six volumes [6277 to 6342] acquired from Lady Banks,… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003442529[0001]/040-003442530
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 6324-6328
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 18th century-19th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Folio format. Print and Manuscript. Includes the handwriting of Mrs Sarah Sophia Banks .
- Custodial History:
- As with sixty-six volumes nos. 6277 to 6342 inclusive, presented to the Museum by Lady Banks, in the Autumn of the year 1819.
- Publications:
- References to books of: Froissart, Segar, Camden, Chambers, Whitelock, Encyclopœdia Britannica, BaBauley, Guillim Selden, Life of Lord Herbert of Cherbury, Sandford, Carter, Stephens, Köhler, etc. Reference to: Burney’s ‘History of Music; ‘London Gazettes
- 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.
- Related Material:
- Related to the sixty-six volumes nos. 6277 to 6342 acquired from Lady Banks. MS Add. 6297