'Buckinghamshire Collectanea'
MS. Willis 21
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
'Buckinghamshire Collectanea'
Shelfmark
MS. Willis 21
Summary
'Buckinghamshire Collectanea':
Fol. 1. Fifty pedigrees of Buckinghamshire families, from the Visitation record of A.D. 1634, with additions
Fol. 65. A transcript of the Testa de Neville (before A.D. 1250), so far as it relates to the county, made from the original
Fol. 120. A transcript of the Buckinghamshire part of the Liber Cedularum or register of wardships, 1509-87, with some additions
This was one of the earliest of Browne Willis's volumes of collections, and copied for or by him largely from Peter Le Neve's papers.
Date
Written in about A.D. 1710
Language
Latin
English
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
137 Leaves
Custodial history
Mark by which the Collection was referred to until about A.D. 1870: fol. 21
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Collection contents
'Buckinghamshire Collectanea'
