Collections relating to Kent
MS. Gough Kent 14
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Description
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Title
Collections relating to Kent
Shelfmark
MS. Gough Kent 14
Summary
Collections relating to Kent, the chief of which are:
Fols. 2, 113v. Monumental inscriptions at Canterbury; also at Reculver (fol. 109), Herne (fol. 110), Lydd (fol. 137), etc.
Fol. 36. Copy of Domesday for Kent.
Fol. 59. Extracts from Gascoigne's Dictionarium Theologicum, 1722.
Fol. 82. Orders about the pier and harbour of Margate, 1615 and 1629.
Fol. 94. Papers relating to Boxley, St. John the Baptist vicarage in Thanet (fol. 100), Faversham (fol. 132), and the Cinque Ports (fol. 134).
Fol. 102. List of parishes and clergy in the diocese of Canterbury, exempt from the archdeacon's jurisdiction, 1715.
Fol. 107. Extracts from a MS. containing 'the divine cloud of unknowing' and other devotional treatises, owned by Edw. Jacob in 1770.
Fol. 122. A short Life of Henry Wharton, partly from printed sources, but with additions by J. L (ewis).
Fol. 148. 'A catalogue of MS. books ... to be consulted in order to a history of the county of Kent ...'.
Date
Written in the 18th century partly by J. Lewis
Language
English
Latin
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
164 Leaves
Custodial history
Fols. 36-141 appear to have been collected and partly written by the rev. John Lewis of Margate, who has written a list of their contents on fol. 34v.
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Collection contents
Kent
Kent MSS.
Collections relating to Kent
