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VISITATION OF BUCKS in 1634, with some Church notes (from monumental inscriptions, etc.). Small folio, MS. 134 leaves, with a great number of Arms in trick, and 6 pp. of alphabetical Index; hf. red morocco gilt (bound about 1770) 1634-42 Some scraps of information down to 1642 were added by the scribe. 4 10 0 Cambridgeshire: 589 CHARTERS, STATUTES, PRIVILEGES, etc. of the University of CAMBRIDGE, with various Orders, Decrees, Examinations, etc. agreed upon by the Principals of the Colleges (1575-1669). 12mo., neat MS. on paper, 200 leaves; old calf Cambridge, 1662-70 Among other orders are some against excessive drinking and taking tobacco; against keeping greyhounds, shooting; forbidding all idle games within five miles of the University, particularly public shows, enterludes, plays and bull-baiting; competition betweene the University and the town; copies of various letters patent from King James and King Charles; letters from various bishops, principals of colleges, etc. 590 ELIZABETHA REGINA.. 1570. . . LEGES, sive STATUTA UNIVERSITATIS CANTABRIGIE. Sm. 4to., contemporary manuscript; in the original limp vellum cover about 1580 This volume has been in the collections of Peter Le Neve Norroy, Heber, and Sir Thomas Phillipps. Channel Islands: 2 2 0 0 1 591 ANSTED (David Thomas) and R. Gordon LATHAM. The Channel Islands. 8vo., with map and numerous illustrations by Paul J. Naftel; cloth 1862 592 INGLIS (Henry D.). The Channel Islands, of Jersey, Guernsey, . Alderney, Serk, Herm, and Jethou. Second edition. Post 8vo., with frontispiece and map; half bound 1835 Cornwall: 593 BORLASE (WILLIAM). Observations on the ANTIQUITIES Historical, and Monumental, of the COUNTY OF CORNWALL... with a Summary of the Religious, Civil, and Military State of Cornwall before the Norman Conquest. Folio, with map, and plates, calf Oxford, 1754 594 Observations on the Ancient and Present State of the Islands of Scilly. 4to., with 5 plates; calf, fine copy Oxford, 1756 595 COLLECTIONS FOR THE TOPOGRAPHICAL and ANTIQUARIAN HISTORY of Helston in the county of Cornwall. Folio, MS. a volume of miscellaneous information and copies of old documents, interspersed with letters and with Drawings and prints of old buildings and old people and monuments; about 250 pp.; bd. Helston, 1833-54 596 DOCUMENTS to illustrate the History, Language, and Administration of Cornwall, including collections by William Scawen, Richard Carew, and others, 194 leaves (followed by 125 leaves of papers relating to Devonshire), in 1 vol. sm. folio 1590-1708 21 Of the Cornish part of the volume, the final collection was made about 1695-1700, and some insertions added during a few years later. The compiler wrote a title, as follows-Collectanea de Cornubia; Relatio casuum (Crofte v. Noy, Daddow v. Kellow, Menkirk v. Croft), 1610, 13 leaves-The Causes of ye Decay of the Cornish Tongue, followed by Observations on the Tongue, and the Lord's Prayer and the Creed given in parallel texts Cornish, Welsh, and Breton, 6 leaves, written about 1680-The Duchy of Cornwall, Revenue of the Prince, 11 leaves written about 1590-Statute 31 Henr. VIII concerning Cornwall, 9 leaves, copied about 1600-A monstrous Birth, 1 leaf, 1634Eliz. 21, Discharge of the inhabitants of Cornwall from a certain English impost, 1 leaf, copied about 1590-Antient Families of Cornwall now extinct, 2 leaves, about 1680-A Catalogue of antient Families now extinct, from Mr. Scawen's collection, 2 leaves, about 1680-Liber constitutionis Stannariorum Cornub. facte apud Lostwithiel anno Jac. I 22, 11 leaves (about 1630)-Resolucon of the Judges concerning the Stannaries, 2 leaves-A clause from Henry VII's Charter, 2 leaves (about 1650)— Edward I's Inquisition, 2 leaves, copied 1648-Declaration of James I as to Prince Charles' title to the Duchy, 28 leaves, printed 1613-Stannaries and Revenue, 7 leaves, about 1680-London Gazette No. 4074 and 3952, 2 leaves, printed, 1703-04-Revenues, 10 various leaves-Extracts of Names from Statutes, 18 leaves-Regulations for the Tin mines, 16 leaves-Richard Carew's Relation of the Duchie Suit [at law], 37 leaves, about 1600-The remainder of the volume is Collections for the family and local history of Devonshire (including the gathering made by Mr. Westcot), 125 leaves, 1600-1680. 597 LUKIS (William Collings). Prehistoric Stone Monuments of the British 0 3 0 1850 0 Cumberland: 599 HOUSMAN (John). Descriptive Tour and Guide to the Lakes, Caves, Mountains, and other natural curiosities in Cumberland, Westmoreland, Lancashire, and a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. 8vo., with frontispiece and map; half calf Carlisle, 1800 600 HUTCHINSON (William). HISTORY of CUMBERLAND, and some Places adjacent. 2 vols., 4to., with plates; a large and sound copy in Carlisle, 1794 calf Derbyshire: 001 DEANS (Joseph). Melbourne Church. 8vo., with 5 plates; morocco gilt 050 1843 602 TRACTS AND PAPERS relating to the Earls of Derby, viz.: Song of Lady Bessy, edited by J. O. Halliwell, 1847-Relation of the Troubles in Lancashire between the Lord Strange now Earle of Derby and the People, 1642-Account of the Sedition in the Isle of Man, MANUSCRIPT -Heywood (T.) The Earls of Derby and the Verse Writers, Manchester, 1825-Biographical Sketch of the Countess of Derby, 1797-Portraits of Edward III, Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V, Edward IV, Edward V and Richard III, by Compton Holland (from Basiologia)-Memoir of T. Stanley first Earl of Derby-Recoverys by T. Earl of Derby, 5 Henry VIII, of Manors and Lands, MANUSCRIPT-Audley (John) Opinion on Lord Derby's Isle of Man Petition, Autograph MS. dated 13 March 1738-The Lowly Lady, etc., with 21 portraits and other papers, a very interesting and curious collection, 4to., half morocco gilt 603 VISITATION OF DERBYSHIRE, by Robert Glover in 1569, continued down to 1611. Folio, MS. 54 leaves, with 83 pen-tricked escutcheons, and an alphabetical Index, hf. morocco gilt, from the collection of Marmaduke Tunstal About 1616-20 14 0 0 Devonshire: 604 BRAY (Mrs.). Traditions, Legends, Superstitions, and DEVONSHIRE On the Borders of the Tamar and the Tavy. 8vo., cloth Sketches of A series of letters to Robert Southey illustrative of the manners, customs, history, antiquities, scenery, and natural history of the county. €35 VISITATIONS. William Harvey Clarenceux, Visitation of 1562, 262 escutcheons in trick, with corresponding genealogical text, 105 leaves (about 1570), a leaf of alphabetical table added-Feoda que tenentur de Rege in com. Devon. 19 leaves compiled by R. Brooke Rouge Croix (about 1590)-in 1 vol. sm. folio, neat MS., half morocco gilt, from Marmaduke Tunstal's collection 1570-90 606 a different MS. containing the same Visitation brought down to a slightly later date, 207 escutcheons with names, on 28 leaves (about 1580-90)-Continuation, 81 escutcheons in trick with names (partly for Cornwall), about 1610-Genealogical Tables chiefly of Devonshire (and Cornish) families; with some from Somerset, embodying the Genealogical substance of the preceding Visitation, with Additions, and Arms, 137 leaves (about 1580-90)--Further Additions, 30 leaves, with Arms (about 1620-30)—in 1 vol., sm. folio, neat MS. old calf, from the collections of Thomas Martin and Marmaduke Tunstal 1580-1620 Durham: 607 INDEX to the FIRST VOLUME of the PARISH REGISTERS of GAINFORD. 3 parts, 8vo., bds. 1889-90 BAPTISMS, 1560-1784; MARRIAGES, 1569-1761; BURIALS, 1569-1784. 500 0 15 0 8 8 0 7 10 O 090 |