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WESTMORLAND - Middle and West Ward. A late 17th century neatly written two page rent list naming 69 tenants in twenty six parishes, with valuations of the lands and goods. A single folded folio sheet in very good clean condition.
Westmorland. c1665.
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The names include my own ancestor, Thomas Fothergill of Shappe, who was later appointed schoolmaster and clerk. Also, Richard Castlehowe (died 1684) of the same parish who is first recorded in a similar rent list dated 1655, and again in 1660, but by 1669 had changed the spelling of the family name to Castley. Other names include Edmund Lancaster, Richard Crakansthorpe, Richard Ellan, Lancelot Shearman, Sir William Howard, and Jane Bewsher of Martindale.
HOLY ISLAND. A 17th century original document headed: "Articles between Sir Thomas Haggerston of Haggerston, and John Bowdon of Holy Island", detailing the sale of land & property on Holy Island, with fine wax seal and signature of John Bowden at bottom. The document continues over to a second page, and is signed again, witnessed by Daniell Selby & John Beaty. In good condition with slight tears to several folds without loss, and the outer docket title panel rather dusty.
20th May 1671.
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Sir Thomas Haggerston was descended from the de Hagardestons, believed to have been part of the invading force of William the Conqueror, who invaded as far north as Berwick-upon-Tweed. They married into many wealthy families acquiring substantial lands, and in 1642 Thomas was created 1st Baronet of Haggerston. Haggerston Castle is supposedly according to local legend subject to a witches curse, which has resulted in the castle being damaged by fire on three occasions; and only the tower now remains. John Bowdon, a master mariner, is recorded as acquiring land, "a burgage in Crossgate" on Holy Island in 1658, which he now sells on to Haggerston in 1671. (Ref: National Archives). The family already owned land on the island, and are recorded purchasing a farm in 1568. Their lands were sequestered in 1645, Thomas, the Lieutentant-Governor at Berwick, now being ‘a prisoner to the Parliament.' There is also a Haggerston Aisle in Holy Island Church, where a number of family members are buried.
SNOWE, Radulphus. ‘The Letter of Administration', signed Radulphus Snowe, relating to the Diocese of Canterbury, with reference to Marice and Johannis Gilbert. Single folio sheet folded in half, with original wax seal between the page, two blind stamped ‘V shillings' on the right hand blank margin, and stamped in the upper right hand corner ‘93'. Docket title on the revere. In fine clean state.
1693.
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Ralph Snowe was Treasurer to four Archbishops of Canterbury, and died aged 95 in 1707. He was a great benefactor to the church and parish and it is recorded that "This Church of Lambeth is newly repaired and beautified, and new pewed, with much Decency. To the Charge of which, Ralph Snow, Esq; Treasurer to the Archbishop of Canterbury, was a very liberal Benefactor." In his will he left the interest of 100l to buy bibles for poor children.
Lambeth Palace record the following documents:
Receiver General: Appointment by Archbishop Sheldon of Ralph Snow, gent., of the archbishop's household, 26 August 1670, with confirmation by the dean and chapter of Canterbury TK 5 6 September 1670
Gamekeeper of the archbishop's manors of Lambeth, Croydon and Waddon: Appointment by Archbishop Sancroft of Ralph Snow, during the archbishop's pleasure, 16 December 1680. Amended by Archbishop Sancroft. TK 35 [n.d.]
Receiver General: Appointment by letters patent of William and Mary of Ralph Snow, receiver and collector of the temporalities during the vacancy following the suspension of Archbishop Sancroft TK 6 1 August 1690
MANCHESTER SCHOOL. A Coppy of the Foundation of the Colledge of Manchester by King Charles, anno 1635. (with...) A Coppy of the Foundation of Manchester Schoole dated Aprill ye 1st 1524. 67 numbered manuscript pages, written within ruled borders and the page number centred at the head within a semi-circular frame. The manuscript ends with a list of ‘Feoffees, the First Day of January, 1725", and this volume was most probably prepared for one of the new trustees. The names listed are Erle of Warrington, Earl of Marrimore, Sir John Bland, Sir Ralph Ashton, Peter Leigh, John Warren, Richard Ardern, Henry Hulton, Holland Egerton, Alexander Radcliffe, Samuel Chetham, and William Ashton.' Bound in full contemporary calf, blind ruled borders, and inner border of small floral devices. Unlettered spine with simple raised bands.
8vo. Manchester? c1725.
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With an armorial bookplate incorporating a ‘fox' and the motto ‘Prodesse Quam Conspici', and another armorial shield cut out and mounted onto a final blank leaf.
This volume contains a transcription of the Foundation Deed of 1524, which saw the School re-established under lay management and clerical supervision, the high master and usher nominated by the President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The second transcription is of 1635 when the School received Royal Assent. But by the early 18th century the School was in decline; the result not only of inattentive management and financial planning, but also a growing reluctance by the increasingly prosperous merchant class to send their sons to a school where they risked mixing with poorer students. Four of the feoffees, Sir Ralph Assheton, Sir Holland Egerton, William Assheton, and Samuel Chetham, decided to take strong measures to put the affairs of the Grammar School in better order. The first minutes of meetings of feoffees to be recorded is in the earliest extant minute book dated June 15, 1724. This volume, dated January 1725, may have been prepared for one of new trustees. By June 1725 the feoffees found themselves in possession of sufficient funds to pay the salaries of masters who could thereafter confine their attention to the original purposes of the School.
"Throughout this whole treatise (which is much larger than first I intended) I have made the rules very plain and easie, with sufficient examples to illustrate each rule that so it may be easily attained unto, even by the meanest capacity, and may be learned with great facility, if they first bestow but a quarter of an hour every day... whereby the curious may preserve his conceits that else would soon vanish, or become too publick..."
HAMILTON ESTATE. An Account by Patrick Heron relating to the Rents of Lady Mary Hamilton's Estate in the Shire of Wighton; distinct from the Parks of Baldoon. It itemises ‘charges' and ‘discharges' on the estate:- including £58.5.10d to the goldsmith for ‘plate furnished to Mr Hamilton'; ‘210 roods of stone' for rebuilding work, as well as rental income with the tenants names recorded. 4 pages, signed by both parties, and witnessed. Docket title on a rear panel. Some old fold marks and tear to the central fold without loss. Outer sections dusty.
385mm x 245mm. 24th November 1731.
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In 1646 Lord William Douglas was raised to the peerage of Scotland by the title of Baron Daer and Shortcleuch and Earl of Selkirk, but afterwards was created Duke of Hamilton. His fifth son, Lord Basil Hamilton, married Mary Dunbar (1677-1760), granddaughter and heiress of Sir David Dunbar of Baldoon the elder. Lady Mary Hamilton succeeded to all her grandfather's property, both in the shire and in the Stewartry of Kirkkudbright. When the grandson of Lidderdale, the persecutor, died on a Spanish voyage, she also purchased St. Mary's Isle, upon which land Patrick Heron of Kirroughtrie had sasine, or rights of feudal property (i.e. immovable property, including everything that naturally goes with the land, such as buildings, trees, and underground minerals.) This document may relate to this purchase, and subsequent arrangements. During the Levellers Revolt Heron advised landowners not to fight them after noting their military skills. Heron was also a ‘captain' in 1715 and so had helped train local anti-Jacobite militia of whom ex-members probably supplied Levellers with their military tactics.
HAY MAKERS. A detailed early 18th century account of Mowers & Hay Makers at Blackhall 1734. Folio sheet folded, and written on two sides, with docket title on a further verso. Each labourer is named , the number of days worked, and daily rate. It is receipted by Rich. Mathew. Some light folds, but in very good clean state.
330mm x 212mm. 1734.
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The account is made out to Sir Christopher Musgrave, of Edenhall Estate in Cumbria.
HARLEY, Edmund., 2nd Earl of Oxford. A letter from Ralph Gowland, regarding the appointment of a Rector for Bothal and Shipworth, addressed to The Earl of Oxford & Mortimer at Dover Street, London. It is dated 28th June 1736, defers to his Lordship's better judgement in this matter, and ends ‘I shall wait on the Bishop of Durham on his coming into the country with any commands from your Lordshipp.' The letter is in very good state, with original wax seal, possibly with a manuscript "P" (Privilege) Free Post? with London Bishop mark and Durham post marks to reverse.
318mm x 200mm. 1736.
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Nottingham University possess three letters from Harley to Ralph Gowland, dated 1735 and 1736, but none addressed to him by his Northumberland agent, a solicitor from Durham. In the letter dated April 1736 he "thanks him for 'two pots of char', one of which he has given to the Duke of Portland."
PARSONAGE HOUSE, Mitcham, Surrey.
An extensive 23 page draft agreement made in August 1752, between James Cranmer of Bartletts Buildings, London, and James Hunter, a fishmonger, of Monument Yard, London.
It forms a seven year lease for the Parsonage House of Mitcham in Surrey with a dove-house, barns, stables, a brew-house, coach-house, summer-house, tool-house and close of land including 2 fish ponds, orchards, and gardens. There are provisions for workmen to come and estimate the repairs needed, as the property appears to be in some state of decay - a marginal note is made for ‘the tool house to be taken down, the materials to be used on the premises, & also the coach-house and cart-house, the materials to be used as before...' The final three pages form an inventory of the fixtures, sash windows, fireplaces, marble chimney piece, &c. Written, with numerous corrections, deletions and notes, on 24 folio leaves, the final outer page with a docket title dated 1752 / 7 / 9/. Old folds, and outer pages a little dusty.
folio. 1752-1759.
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Robert Cranmer originally obtained the manor of Mitcham in 1656 from Sir Francis Carew, claiming his own descent from Sir Thomas Cranmer. The Parsonage House was most probably leased out on the death in 1752 of his grandson James, whose own son (also James) is most likely to be the person named in this document. Towards the end of the 18th century the family built a new residence, Cranhams, in the village.
EDWARD GIBBON, the father of the historian Edward Gibbon, author of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-1788).
An interesting two-page letter from John Harris to his landlord & employer, Edward Gibbon, dated December 3rd 1767, concerning information about horses and sheep, as well as taxes and tithes due from the tenants. He also sends his respects to the son (the famous author). It is addressed to Beriton, near Petersfield, Hampshire. There are original folds, remnants of the wax seal, and an original ink calculation on the rear panel, possibly by Gibbon. A pencil note in one blank corner indicated it was catalogued in 1946, and there is also a typed transcript of the original letter.
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Gibbon had returned to England in 1765, and at the time of this letter was a frequent resident at the family home at Beriton. His correspondence records that he was in contact with John Harris prior to his father's death in 1770; Harris appears to have served as estate manager. Gibbon's Autobiography records that it was during the latter part of 1767 that he started writing the specimen or plan of his great historical work.
"In my last I express'd an inclination of parting with Lenborough rather than with Benton, but in these complicated affairs many opposite reasons combat each other that I now incline
to execute, if possible, the original plan. We always knew the Bucks to be a most desirable Estate, but I am now convinced that it is a very improvable one. My Lands are let at twenty three per acre, those of Lord Yemey in the same parish and intermixed with mine let for nine & twenty. And this account I had too from John Harris, who seems frightened out of his Wits, for fear I should raise the rents ; which it is always in my power to do, as the Tenants are only at will, and without any leases. But I shall soon know things more exactly, as a very trusty and able man is sent down to value the Estate."(Feb 4th 1771). He eventually sold the estate in 1789.
"My father's residence in Hampshire, where I have passed many light, and some heavy hours, was at Beriton, near Petersfield, one mile from the Portsmouth road, and at the easy distance of fifty-eight miles from London. An old mansion, in a state of decay, had been converted into the fashion and convenience of a modern house: and if strangers had nothing to see, the inhabitants had little to desire. The spot was not happily chosen, at the end of the village and the bottom of the hill: but the aspect of the adjacent grounds was various and cheerful; the downs commanded a noble prospect, and the long hanging woods in sight of the house could not perhaps have been improved by art or expence." [Autobiography].
PLANT HUNTING IN JAMAICA. A most interesting pair of autograph memorandums prepared for the Prime Minister, Lord Rockingham, and sent from Whitehall to his address in Wimbledon. They concern his Lordship's requests for the gathering of specimens from Jamaica for his botanical collection.
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In the early 1760's Lord Rockingham's enthusiasm for rhododendrons supplied to him by George Loddiges, led to their rapid adoption in collections throughout the country. Evidence supplied by the Linnaean Society also indicated that his wife, The Marchioness was particularly interested in the importation and growing of exotic plants, having them identified and named, and in many cases illustrated. Icones Pictae Plantarum Rariorum (1790), was dedicated to her, and interestingly in a letter to J.E. Smith she notes that ‘my largest Portlandia is beginning again; four flowers in a cluster upon almost every branch.' The Marquis's instructions were obviously carried out, and the plant brought back from Jamaica.
Mr Bayly may be a relation of Zachary Bayly, a wealthy sugar plantation owner in Jamaica.
Mr Bayly presents his compliments to the Marquis of Rockingham and assures him he will do his best to execute the commission, but he much doubts whether Botany is enough understood in Jamaica to get it executed to his wishes; there is no doubt but some of the plants are known & may be procured, & Mr Bayly is sure his friends will take the utmost pains to get them, but there are no nurserys or persons who makes a profession of raising them in that Island. My Bayly has looked into Sir Hans Sloane's accounts of Jamaican Plants, & cannot find the least mention of the Portlandia Grandi flora, nevertheless there may be such a plant, altho' under another name. He has therefore sent the books to Lord Rockingham's house that his Lordship may, if he chooses, see what plants that Island produces, & what it does will certainly be in Mr Bayly's power to procure - The Admiralty dispatches do not go to the Jamaican Fleet till tomorrow, or probably the next day, in which time Mr Bayly will have the pleasure of calling in... to know if His Lordship has any other commands. He begs leave to assure Lord Rockingham that he shall not think this matter of the least trouble as it really will not be, nor offence that he has now any idea of. Whitehall 12 May 1777.
Mr Bayly present his compliments to Lord Rockingham, he is this moment going to send away his list of plants to the Lowestoft Man O'War, but as the wind is changed he fears he will not be able to sail for some days - He has the pleasure to inform His Lordship that he learnt today an account of more Botanical People in Jamaica than he imagined existed there, so that he flatters himself with the hopes of more success than he first imagined. He has looked into Dr Brown's History of Jamaica, the Portlandia is mentioned there, so that he doubts not but it is well known by that name in Jamaica. He has desired in his request that his friends will send any other curious plants & seeds that they have in that Island, and which he hopes will enlarge the collection greatly. Mr Bayly is very sorry to inform Lord Rockingham that their little boy is taken so dangerously ill that it has so affected Mrs Bayly as to oblige her to postpone the christening, & put off her company which she had invited for Friday evening, but if His Lordship is not engaged on Thursday to dinner & will do them the honour to meet Lord & Lady Abingdon they shall be very much obliged for his good company. Whitehall Tuesday Evening. - Mr Bayly has sent Dr Brown's Hist. least His Lordship wishes have been disappointed in getting it, but begs he'll be so good to bring it to town with him as ‘tis only borrowed. His Lordship may keep Slone as long as he pleases as that belongs to Mr Bayly.
INVENTORY of Goods & Chattels the Property of Philip Rooffner [Ruffner] decd. appraised by us the Subscriber this twenty eight day of July 1784.
4 pages, the final side forming a docket title, and with original fold marks and some browning, and slight slits to the central fold, but without loss and not affecting the wording.
tall narrow folio. 390mm x 160mm. Northampton, USA. 1784.
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His estate comprised of 40 acres of land with improvements "in Moor Township"; another parcel in the same township with improvements; a white horse; 2 cows; a heifer; two lambs; tools; equipment; clothes; dishes; pots and pans; a bedstead and straw sack; cash, etc.
This document is the Register's Office copy, signed by John Arnald, registrar and filed for probate on 7th October 1784. Philip Ruffner (also written as Rooffner lived in Moore Township, Northampton County, and his will was written on June 4th 1784, witnessed by Peter Oveshiner, administrated on 10th July, and filed for probate 7th October (ref: Northampton Co., PA, Wills Abstracts 1752-1802).
He is recorded in The Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, by J.W. Jordan (1911), and with his brother Christian purchased land adjoining their father's land: Christian's acreage abutting that of his father's on the west, and Philip's 135 acres abutting it on the south. They both, along with their two brothers and possibly their father, served in the Northampton County Militia during the American War for Independence. Compared with his father, mother, and brothers, Philip died at an early age; June or July 1784. Since his last recorded army service was in 1783, it is quite possible that his death was caused by wounds or conditions encountered in battle.
In his will, Philip stipulated that his wife was to have a life interest in the farm providing she chose to live on it, but if she chose to move, the property was to be sold and the proceeds divided equally among his six children: Simon (1765), Anna Mary (1767), Mary Barbara (1770), Henry (1772), Anthony (1774), Philip (1775), and Anna Margaret (?) when they reached 21 years of age, or married. Simon, the oldest, was to receive five shillings more than the other children. His 'wife's son, Joseph' was to receive a half share with the other children under the same conditions. Philip also stipulated that his children were to be bonded out to learn a trade of their own choosing.
COLONEL ROBERT DOUGLAS. A document prepared and signed by Dr Alexander Wemyss of Kirkaldy, acknowledging receipt of £25 from Colonel Douglas of Strathmere, being one year's interest on a bond of £500. Some old folds and slight tears to the right hand edge, without loss.
folio. 1784.
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There may have been a family connection as a Lt. Col. David Douglas Wemyss is recorded in the area in the late 18th century.
PUBLIC HOUSE. (Lostock Gralam, Chester). An attested copy of the release of premises in Lostock Gralam in the County of Chester, between Mr Thomas Barlow, and Mr Adam Stock, dated 30th September 1793. The 6 page manuscript document relates to the Black Greyhound Inn, "together with the Maltkin and outbuildings" and related lands. Large folio sheets, folded, with slight tears along a few folds without loss. Tied with pink ribbon, and with a docket title on a rear panel.
410mm x 330mm. 1793.
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Lostock Gralam was formerly a township in the chapelry of Witton in the ancient parish of Great Budworth. There are recorded photographs of the pub at the time of the Diamond Jubilee in 1897, although it seems no longer to be in existence.
MUSIC. A late 18th or very early 19th century volume of manuscript musical exercises written by a Miss Eliza Sankey, with her name repeated several times on the inner front board. 22 leaves, opening with ‘the proportion of notes, their names, and their rests', ‘of time', on dots and clefs, followed by a series of practice pieces for her instruction. There are numerous pen doodles on the inner boards, and pencil notes of dates, perhaps when her lessons took place? Contemporary mottled calf, board edges worn, lacks the spine and covers loose. Several pages detached.
oblong 4to. c1795.
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CAREY, Elizabeth, (nee Dobree). A memorial diary kept by Elizabeth Carey (1770-1845), wife of Captain Philip Melvill, Lieutenant Governor of Pendennis Castle. In it she has recorded details relating to the deaths of her two sons (Peter and John), and a family friend between 1803 and 1808. 151 pages of neatly written manuscript, followed by 29 blank pages. There are also three related copy letters "dictated at dear Mamma's dictation", two sheets of contemporary notes, and a later portrait print of Elizabeth. Contemporary sheep notebook, with brass catches, blind floral border, spine and corners worn, but in very good clean original state.
158mm x 103mm.
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The diary is titled on the front end paper - Memorial of our precious Boy! Whom it pleased the Lord to remove from us, on the 12th of April 1803, at half past four in the morning, after a trying illness of four months: aged twelve years and four months. It follows with a lengthy, harrowing and very moving 104 page account of her son's illness, including general domestic details, his medication - ranging from ‘spoonfuls of emulsion' to ‘applications of mercury' Peter was clearly her favourite - "I must frankly confess that from observing his amiable disposition in every respect, I could not prevent myself from feeling a partiality for him. Tho' I trust, no one ever perceived it; but if I had anything to give amongst the dear children, I could not help giving him the best share..."
There then follows ‘lines sent us by his dear Grand-papa', a Memorial on Miss Biddulph, and then in 1808 tragedy strikes again, with the death of her eldest son John at the age of 19. The final 18 pages record her grief at his loss, and she recalls how he had taken a commission with the Royal Artillery in 1805, being promoted to First Lieutenant in 1806, before leaving for service in Madeira under General Beresford. He died when his boat capsized in an accident off the island.
Miss Elizabeth Carey, daughter of Peter Dobree of Guernsey, married Captain Philip Melville in 1797, and they had nine children. Two of their surviving sons reached high office in the East India Company, and another, Peter, became a Major General and Naval Secretary to the Government of Bombay.
The following is the substance of a statement in French written by Pierre d'Obree (Peter Dobree, the father of Elizabeth Carey Dobree) in his family Bible :-
"The family left their property, Obree, in Normandy (where they were Counts and Peers of France from the reign of Louis XI), in consequence of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, about 1572, and took refuge in Guernsey, where they were free to follow the tenets of the Protestant faith under British rule. Captain Philip Melvill was subsequently made Lieutenant-Governor of Pendennis Castle, Cornwall, where he died at the age of 51. He was a
deeply religious man, a Christian gentleman and a brave soldier, who suffered much for his king and country. He had a large family, of whom his third, fourth, fifth and sixth sons
alone left descendants. His eldest son, John Fall Melvill, Lieutenant Royal Artillery, was drowned in a boating accident at Madeira, July, 1808. He was the first to run up the British flag there. Captain Philip Melvill left his widow with but slender means, and five of her children unprovided for. She was a woman of strong character, piety, and keen intelligence."
GARDENER. An Account of Thomas St John's time that he have worked to Mr K. Laurie of Redcastle. He received £1-17-6d for 30 days work, and the account was prepared by Andrew Dixon, and Thomas signed with his mark.
1805
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Captain Laurie owned part of the Woodhall Estate, at Redcastle, Balmaghie Parish, in Scotland.
"Having had about 15 or 20 years ago some little acquaintance of Captain Lowrie when he was in the 43rd Regt. quartered in Glasgow, I took the freedom of going directly to his house the evening I reached Duchrae. This continued to be my head-quarters, having slept there 7 out of 10 nights I continued in that country, during which time I was generally employed upon my estate through the day. I was here received very hospitably. They keep a good table, the best I had occasion to see in that country, but are rather retired. He is very silent, of no ceremonie, and otherwise very plain, seemingly steady, resolute, attentive to his interests, quite easy in his circumstances, laying by money yearly, but rather soured and discouraged from making additions to his house, which was rather small and inconvenient, and improvements upon his estate, from the having no children or even a male nigh relation. This induces him to take grassums when renting his farms. He has a sett of good offices, forming a square about 200 yards south of his house, built lately by himself. His garden betwixt the house and offices contains about one acre of ground inclosed with a good hedge, and covered with many good old trees." (Ref: The Diary of an 18th century Laird, William Cuninghame, quoted in Crockett, S.R. Raiderland, all about Grey Galloway, 1903.)
CARLTON HUSTHWAITE (Yorkshire). A manuscript notice addressed to the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of Carlton Husthwaite regarding the removal of William Dodsworth, his wife and family from Bradford to the town. Dated 1st April 1826, and signed by Richard Tolson, Attorney for the Respondents. Old fold marks and a clean tear to the left hand margin not affecting the text.
200mm x 160mm. [Bradford]. 1826.
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MARRIAGE. A letter written by an Anne Horne of Spetisbury, Dorset, in 1830, requesting sight of her marriage deed, "the perusal of which will give much ease to my mind." It is written to G. Fooks (?) of Sherborne, presumably her solicitor. Fold marks and slight loss not affecting the writing from the removal of the wax seal.
230mm x 180mm. 1830.
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NUMERATION. A mid 19th century school-book containing 24 pages of neatly written exercises in numeration and subtraction, with some calligraphic flourishes. The book has also been written in from the back with several pages of poetry. There are blank pages separating the two sections. Original calf backed marbled boards, with some slight wear to the head of the spine and corners. Clean internally.
4to. c1830.
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COMMONPLACE BOOK. An early 19th century collection of manuscript verses, mainly copied from printed sources, some transcribed by Eliza, 1831-1848. Together with other hands, and some later 19th century contributions. 32 pages, with evidence of the removal of some other leaves, and several pages loose in the binding. Contemporary half roan, marbled boards.
4to. 250mm x 200mm. 1831-1848.
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A note written on headed notepaper suggests that the compiler may have lived at The Sheep House, nr. Gloucester. The verse is mainly spiritual or pious in nature, and includes some in hebrew script. There are also Lines Written to Accompany Music, a very competent floral watercolour, and another trompe l'oeil of a book, also signed Eliza. The majority of the verses are initialled, and note when they were transcribed.
MANUSCRIPT VERSE. A mid 19th century collection of manuscript verses, 22 pages, with two watercolour drawings. Additional blank pages at the rear, and bound in contemporary roan backed limp marbled boards. In very good condition.
small oblong 12mo. c1840.
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The verses are written by a group of friends, and opens with a watercolour drawing and verses addressed ‘To Elizabeth', which, as with a number of others, are initialled M.A.N. The next verse is titled On Miss N's Canary Bird, and is followed by ‘Lines written upon the foregoing', addressed to Mary, and signed Charles Russell Degan. Mary's Answer then follows, and the work concludes with a motto ‘for a drawing of the weed, forget me knot'.
LONDON - MALTA. A interesting 252 page manuscript kept by J H Rogers, a passenger aboard the Schooner Brisk (Captain Screech), on voyages in 1847 from London to Malta & on to Corfu, returning to Liverpool; and in 1851-1852 from London to Halifax Nova Scotia, St Johns Newfoundland, then back via Naples, Leghorn, Corsica, Elba, Sicily, Sardinia, and again returning to Liverpool.
Written in a legible hand, in a contemporary dark green roan notebook with stationers' ticket of H. Newman, 14 High Street, Gravesend. Head and tail of the spine a little worn, otherwise in excellent condition.
8vo. 1847-1852.
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Possibly John Henry Rogers, who is recorded as touring in Portugal in 1853-4, and corresponding with John Mason Neale. He was from Naples, owned lands in Malta, where his wife Isabella died in 1854, aged 66.
HORNCASTLE, Lincolnshire. An extensive, 334 page, mid 19th century handwritten memoir and travel account, written by Harry Allison of Horncastle. It is full of lively first hand descriptions as to be expected by a novice traveller. It is divided into three sections, a tour in England and Scotland in 1848, to Wales in 1849, and one to Belgium, and Germany in 1850. Each page is set within ruled borders, and there are corrections to the text. Bound in full contemporary plum calf, blind tooled borders, gilt banded spine which is worn at the foot. A Mr Allison of Horncastle is recorded as living in an old windmill.
190mm x 120mm. 1848-1850.
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Hitherto my life has been spent briefly in the quaint little town of Horncastle which possesses few charms were it not for its connections; but the facts of it being the town which contained the very house in which I drew my first breath, being surrounded with roads in which I had oftentimes walked and ran, and played in the innocence of my childhood; being the place where my nearest and dearest friends resided; these I say, were it not for these, it would not be favoured with one thought of approbation...
Travel may be the answer, thus...
From the little experience I have had, I fancy travelling would gratify me more than anything, and have a great desire to see Edinburgh, Glasgow, and a few of the principal towns in England; therefore on Wednesday June the 7th, 1848, I left home.
The second section opens with the exclamation that...
Another year has passed away! How quickly has it travelled! So swiftly has it glided along that were it not for the wheel of time having completed its annual circle and again brought about the season of summer, I could scarcely believe it possible that it should have so soon crept into the past... Having travelled in Wales and Scotland it is my desire to step over the borders of Great Britain and have a glance at a few of the continental cities, but am entirely undecided as to what direction I should take. However, Hull being a place from which many packets sail, it is my intention in the first place to go there.
Returning from Germany he writes...
I feel the greatest delight in finding myself again in my native land, my soul breaks forth in an effusion of rapturous enthusiasm for the love of my country, England
WRITING BOOK. A mid 19th century manuscript exercise book for practising handwriting, kept by William Chell, April 1856. 34 pages. Original buff covers with a woodcut of Maidstone on the upper cover, with a decorative border composed of typographic ornaments. A number of the pages have a name cut out from the lower margin, otherwise.
196mm x 163mm. c1856.
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WRITING BOOK. A school exercise book kept by Robert Bryce, Esq. for copperplate penmanship. 28 pages of moral sayings, and trial letters, repeated 12 times on each page. The final page reading ‘Penmanship by Robert Byrne Bryce.' Original drab wrappers, with his name on the upper cover, and several ink splashes. A person of this name is recorded as marrying Susan Helen Ayliff, and dying in 1905.
270mm x 220mm. 1857.
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LIVINGSTONE, David. A fine portrait drawing in pencil, pen and ink, heightened with gouache. It has been drawn onto cream coloured thick paper and is unframed. It depicts Livingstone in an oval on the left accompanied by six scenes from his life - as a young man studying whilst working in a factory, elephants, being mauled by a lion, preaching in an African village, in a native boat on one of the Great Lakes, and being carried by porters on his last journey. At the centre there is a pile of books with the Bible, Journals, & Travels, and finely drawn palm fronds and jungle vegetation surround and unite the scenes. The drawing is initialled by the artist, Nicholas Chevallier, and in the bottom margin he has written "to J.C. Hall... with kind regards from N. Chevallier, 1873." He has also provided a key to the scenes. Livingstone died in 1873 and this was most probably drawn for a memorial publication.
c230mm x 190mm. 1873.
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Nicholas Chevalier, artist, was born on 9 May 1828 in St Petersburg, Russia, son of Louis Chevalier and his Russian wife. His father left Vaud, Switzerland, to become overseer of the estates of Prince Wittgenstein, aide-de-camp to Nicholas I, and in 1845 returned to Switzerland with his artistically inclined son. For the next six years Nicholas studied painting in Lausanne and architecture in Munich, where he helped with plans for the palace of Ludwig I at Berchtesgaden. He moved to London in 1851 and achieved some success in lithography and water-colour work. In 1852 he exhibited two paintings at the Royal Academy, illustrated several books including A. H. Layard, Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh (London, 1853), designed the setting for the Koh-i-noor diamond and planned a fountain at Osborne for Queen Victoria. He travelled to Australia in 1854 to join his father and brother, and his work is in a number of major Australian collections. In 1869 he joined the H.M.S. Galatea as an artist with the Duke of Edinburgh, on the voyage to the East and back to London with stops in Tahiti, Hawaii, Japan, China, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and India. The pictures painted during the voyage were exhibited at South Kensington. In January 1874 Chevalier was commissioned by Queen Victoria to travel to St Petersburg and paint a picture of the marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh. He made London his headquarters and was a constant exhibitor at the Academy from 1871 to 1887. John Charles Hall was the author of The Races of Man; and their Geographical Distribution.1851.
STONEMASON. A hand written account on handsome headed sheet, from George Fountain, Stone, Marble, & Granite Mason, by Appointment to Chapel Royal of St George, Windsor. It is made out to H. Secker Esq., Callow Hill, for repairs to the marble chimneypiece at the Hall, and for fixing Portland Steps. The total came to £60:10:6 and is dated December 28th 1883.
330mm x 205mm. 1883.
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A note on the verso, dated 1884, records the case of Fountain v Secker in the High Court of Justice, Queens Bench Division. Presumably there was a problem with settlement of the account! Callow Hill is in Worcestershire.
MENTAL CAPACITIES OF WOMEN. A three page manuscript essay of c2,000 words entitled ‘Are the Mental Capacities of the Sex Equal.' It is dated November 16th 1890, and signed Charles Lewis. Some tears to the folds, and the final page in three sections, detached, but complete. With a brass clip in the top left hand corner.
folio. 1890.
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A lengthy examination, possibly for a debate, in which he argues that equality is now in place at the end of the 19th century, with numerous schools and colleges established for the sole education of the fairer sex. "Establish the same facilities for the development of the powers that be in the fairer sex as there are for the sterner sex and as recent examinations have revealed the male student who shall successfully compete with the female student will have to pay less attention to the frivolities of life & greater attention to the packing away of the knowledge he from time to time may have imparted unto him or the next generation will find the fair sex will have gained the ascendancy in intellectual attainments & the question will be called Is Man's Mental Capacity Equal to Woman's."
"Womans' greatest ambition is not now simple book writing for the purpose of meeting the imagination, pleasing the ear & tickling the fancies of those who are satisfied with the light chaffy & frivolous, but they realise the stern realities of life & are to be found where the battle is the hottest. In the Law Courts, before the Bar of Justice their eloquence & ability have filled the oldest criminal pleaders with astonishment..."
The wording of the title for this essay occurs in a number of late 19th century indexes of motions for debate on womens' suffrage and education. The length and style of the piece would suggest this is a motion for the proposal.
CARICATURES. A wonderfully bizarre collection of 38 pen and ink caricatures, some grotesque, some hand coloured, all drawn on envelope covers, by F.G.
140mm x 78mm. 1900-1901.
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One series of ten is entitled ‘Types of the British Army', this is fairly conventional in style, but another seven depicting ‘Chertsey Brass Band' start to move into more bizarre caricature. There are even more disturbing drunks, street beggars, Indian Child (an old man) during famine, a convict, the street whistler, boot lace seller, a clown with a dead rat, a man in a young girl's dress holding what appears to be a catheter, animals with grotesque human heads, and several based on observations on specimens in the British Museum. Many of the figures have carbuncles, and signs of a self inflicted hole drilled into the skull. The work of a rathern disturbed mind. The link with the British Museum might suggest that F.G. is F.G. Stephens (1828-1907), one of the two ‘non-artistic' members of the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood, and also the compiler of the Catalogue of the Political and Personal Satires in the BM Collection.
GUY FAWKES. An interesting original photograph depicting a Guy Fawkes mannikin. A pencil note on the reverse of the mount reads, "November 1905 (Tercentenary of Gunpowder Plot), dated from entry on p.5 ‘The Orley Magazine' (August, 1920). Some foxing but in good condition. The collector who owned this apparently also had another version with the mannikin dressed as a suffragette.
1905.
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WAR DECLARED. A diary kept by a lady from January 1938 - December 1939, written in a Collins' Tablet Diary for 1939. The entries are short and mainly factual, concerning chickens, the Women's Institute, bee hives, visitors, and of course the weather. War approaches, there are evacuation meetings, arrival of refugees: Friday 1 September - "L.D. (Lovely day) - War declared at least not declared but begun with Poland & Germany" - Sunday 3rd " L.D. England declared war against Germany, ultimatum up at 11.15am." On the 25th she starts "to clean out big tank", unfortunately not a reference to her private militia ! Some pages loose, and covers a little dusty.
235mm x 145mm.
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MARRIAGE AGREEMENT. A detailed 17th century marriage agreement between John Davyson of Blackston in the County of Durham, and Mary Musgrave, only daughter of Sir Richard Musgrave of Edenhall, Cumberland. 8th May 1682. Three pages, noting a dowry of two thousand pounds, various gifts of land (Blaikesson, Thorpe Thewles and others). It is initialed at the end by Sir Richard Musgrave and John Davyson. Old fold marks, one with slight wear not affecting the writing. Docket title on the reverse.
300mm x 190mm. 1682.
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Mary was born in 1661, and died 1728; her husband predeceased her in 1690.
SHOEMAKER. Three early 18th century accounts from W. Barton, for shoes made and mended for Sir Christopher Musgrave and members of his family. Morocco leather shoes for Miss Bab; boots soled for the postilian; pair for Miss Charlotte. Folded and in very good clean condition.
Various sizes, largest 290mm x 155mm. December 1726.
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Christopher Musgrave, 5th Baronet of Edenhall, Cumbria, (1688-1736).
STAGE WAGGONS. Newmarket, Mildenhall & Swaffham Stage Waggons, by Thomas Archer. An 18th century handbill with details of the service, and a hand-written receipt dated 1796 on the reverse, made out to a E. Millingsby, Esq, for £2-4-0 for a ‘coach to London'. Some feint fold-lines, minor corner crease, and some show-through of the writing on the reverse, but in good, clean original condition.
100mm x 170mm. c1796.
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ESTC N40671 records a single copy (National Archives) receipted 1798.
An important manifesto of European popular romanticism.
PELLICO, Silvio. My Imprisonment or Memoirs of & by Silvio Pellico of Saluzzo. Published at Paris, 1833. (Together with...) A Treatise on the Duty of Man, 1834. A very early English manuscript translation of these two works, which were first published in Italian in 1832, and 1834. 406 numbered pages with preliminary manuscript title and half-title, a mounted portrait of Pellico, and a small topographical engraving of the prison at Spielberg. Bound in full contemporary dark plum straight grain morocco, with blind stamped and gilt ruled borders, and similarly decorated spine, black gilt label, all-edges-gilt.
4to. 1833-1834.
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Silvio Pellico (1789-1854), Italian dramatic poet, and member of the Milan circle of Romantic writers. He was one of Byron's first acquaintances in Italy, an important influence, and his prison writings formed an important manifesto of European popular romanticism.
In 1822, he was imprisoned by the Austrians as a Carbonarist, and one of the leaders of the new Romantic movement fighting for Italian nationalism. The original sentence of death pronounced on him was finally commuted to fifteen years, and in the following April he was placed in the notorious Spielberg prison, at Brünn (today's Brno). After his release in 1830 he commenced the publication of his prison compositions, and in 1832 published the work which gave him his European fame, Le Mie Prigioni, an account of his sufferings in prison, which created widespread sympathy for the Risorgimento movement. It "is regarded as his masterpiece... he relates in simple and unaffected prose, his experiences and emotions during his imprisonment. He relates in great detail, often in a rueful tone, about his everyday experiences in prison. His short story on the spider which he trained to eat from his hand is one of the best known passages of modern Italian prose. It has also been said that the book did more harm to Austria than any defeat on the battlefield." Murray, C.J. Encyclopaedia of the Romantic Period, 2004.
The English translator is Charles Pridden, who presents the volume to his esteemed friend Joanna Margaret Simpson 25th March 1834, and afterwards on 24th April 1853 to his beloved daughter Elizabeth Ward Pridden. The translation is an original taken directly from the French edition, and on comparison very different to Thomas Roscoe's published English edition entitled My Prisons (1833), or his 1834 translation of the "Treatise on the Duty of Man."
He was possibly a relation of the bookseller and publisher John Pridden? Joanna Margaret Simpson (1800-c1849) is recorded as living in Stepney in London, and was the daughter of Elizabeth Ward of Hackney.
PARIS 1835. A commonplace book kept initially by an English visitor to Paris, with 140 pages of hand-written English entries in a clear hand, with some additional entries in French, and other material loosely inserted. Contemporary limp dark red morocco with simple gilt ruled border, and gilt banded spine.
4to. Paris & also Melton, England. 1835-1837.
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Many of the verses are original compositions, and have corrections - a love poem, "To Therese, 1835, August 2nd." - a long poem addressed to Charles ,"To C.M.S, Esq. Paris 1835." - "To Mary, Melton." - "To Mrs M, a sentimental lady, who asked me to write her some sentimental verses." - "To Fredrica." -- a long series of cantos entitled "The Corsair and the Nun.", addressed to Lord Rokeby. The author may be the ‘C.N.' from whom one poem is addressed. There are also other poetical extracts (Shelley, Byron &c), philosophical & historical observations.
VALENTINE. A fine early 19th century hand coloured lithographic valentine depicting a suitor and his beloved in a cloud of smoke above a flaming altar surrounded by cupids, garlands, bows and arrows. "By those orbs that shine above thee, Gentle maid I swear I love thee, Let me ne'er of falsehood doubt thee, Life would want a charm without thee. Long in secret for you I've sigh'd, To possess thee for my bride, Pardon this my first transgression And accept this sincere confession". A folded sheet, the other sections blank, and in very good condition.
230mm x 180mm. c1840.
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ROSE WITHOUT A THORN. A mid 19th century watercolour drawing of a rose of Sharon, the thornless rose, initialled M.D. and set within an embossed floral border, with four lines of verse at the foot of the page. The sharon rose often occurs in Victorian albums, as it is a symbolic representation of Christ which comes from a description in the Song of Solomon.
285mm x 220mm. c1840.
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THE MUSICAL PUZZLE. A mid 19th century pen and ink motto entitled ‘The Musical Puzzle. May the - of your life run - to - and always - .' The gaps being supplied by letters drawn on musical staves for the reader to puzzle. Set within a fine embossed border, and in very good condition.
245mm x 180mm. c1850.
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EUROPEAN TRAVELS. The account of a series of 19th century annual walking and sightseeing holidays by an English traveller from Datchet in Berkshire, mainly to Switzerland and the Engadin Valley, and also extending into Italy, in 1879-1888. There are accounts of churches, galleries, works of art, and museums, as well as rural and mountain scenery.
1879. Pontresina - Bergen, at the foot of the Albula Pass - Zurich - Lucerne - journeying on the Mt. Rigi train.
1880. Paris - Chaumont - Pontresina - Laudeck - Innsbruck - the Pinakotheck Museum.
1881. Pontresina - with Miss Daniels - across lake Como to Cadenabbia in Lombardy.
1882. Bale - Lake Maggiore - Lucio - Florence - the Uffizi.
1883. Paris - Turin - Bellagio - Maggiore - Como - Milan - Verona - Venice.
From this point on the handwriting changes, and either the writer suffered an illness which affected his hand, or he dictated his accounts. The journal continues with annual trips, and in 1887 the hand again changes, and is more reminiscent of the earlier writing. All 180 pages of the journal, a decorative cloth Tagebuch, have been completed. The covers are rather rubbed but sound, although a few pages are loose.
4to. 1879-1888.
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DRAUGHTS. The Travellers Set of Ivory Draughts. A 19th century portable set, designed for use on journeys, the engraved label depicting a young couple playing a game in a railway carriage. The board is held in place within a sliding tray by a series of metal pegs, and similar pegs locate each of the pieces. All 24 of the red and white ivory ‘men' are present. The sliding cover of the box has some wear to the edges and is a little dusty.
137mm x 137mm (board size). c1880.
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ISLE OF WIGHT. The manuscript ledger detailing the property, income, expenditure, stocks and shares belonging to Lady Roza Luiza Grey, of The Bays, Swanmore, Isle of Wight. It covers the last two years of her life, 1883-1885, and continues to detail management of her estate until 1917. 87 pages, neatly written. Original vellum rather discoloured and dusty and with old repair to the head of the spine.
folio. 1883-1917.
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Roza Luiza Sturt may have been the sister of the famous explorer of Australia Captain Napier G. Sturt (1795-1869), and she married Sir John Grey in 1830. The accounts include regular payments to "Capt Napier G. Sturt's cash account".
BEER & WINE. An early 19th century manuscript recipe book. 20 leaves, with additional earlier manuscript material loosely inserted. It has been written in two sections, back to back, in a contemporary marbled paper small quarto notebook. The front section includes recipes for animal cures and prescriptions for human ailments; the back section is devoted to brewing and wine making. The spine has been repaired, and some slight creasing and marginal browning, but in good condition. Hand lettered "Receipt Book" on the upper cover.
200mm x 165mm. 1817-c1835.
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The compiler appears to live in Suffolk, as there are references to the Suffolk Chronicle, and also "Mr Willitts of Ipswich method of using Isinglass to refine beer as Matthew May his Clerk informed me."
BROUGHTON ESTATE IMPROVEMENT. A record of 19th century improvements carried out on the Broughton Estate, County of Wigton, Scotland. 22 folded double page manuscript accounts, with records of the work carried out, prices &c., dated between 1845 and 1874.
190mm x 80mm (each document folded). 1845-1874.
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The estate was inherited by Horatio Granville Murray Stewart (1834-1904). The family also owned extensive property in Ireland, in Killybegs, Kilcar, Killaghatee, and other areas of South Donegal [ref: Donegal County Archives].
CHARITY FOR THE BLIND. A charming pen & ink sketch on the reverse of a visiting card, depicting a man describing the beauties of a sunset to a blind child. The card is engraved with the name of Miss Cumming, 10 Guildford Street, and also has written "Thos. Wilby, Clerk to the Charity to the Blind, Wm. Hetherington, Sir Cuthbert Heron, South Shields, Durham.
55mm x 82mm. c1820.
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In 1818 No.10 Guildford Street (London) was occupied by James Cumming, probably the India Office official of that name who retired in 1823. In respect of his services his sister Miss Cumming was granted a state pension of £200.
"TO A RUSH LIGHT". A most attractive mid 19th century finely illustrated manuscript poem - "Done by a poor pilgrim, 1857.", possibly Austin Dobson. Title and 7ff., the coloured calligraphic text set within elaborate watercolour and pn and ink pictorial borders. Original wavy grain green cloth, with gilt floral borders, and gilt titled on the upper cover. The contents are clean and fresh. Lacks the front-end-paper.
4to. 1857.
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A fine example of private 19th century illustration, by an anonymous author, the attribution is found within one of the drawings, at the base of a Celtic cross set in a romantic landscape. There is no other indication of authorship, although a pencil note suggests that the manuscript came from the library of Christopher Dobson, son of Austin Dobson (1840-1921), the Victorian author and illustrator. The work is elaborate with a blue and green title leaf, and the calligraphic text either surrounded by highly skilled floral frames, or set in a panel above watercolour drawings of flowers, with a lower panel containing a pen and ink pastoral view. A rushlight is a type of candle formed using the dried pith of the rush plant as its wick.
MINERS STRIKE. A spirited pen and ink drawing entitled ‘The Wail of the Workless', by J.H. Lunn, 197 High Street, Hampton Hill, possibly for publication in a newspaper during the period of the General Strike in 1926. Some slight marking to the margins outside of the image, and corners bumped.
268mm x 375mm. c1926.
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CALLIGRAPHY. Specimens of Writing by Charles Norman, Christmas 1832. Calligraphic title-page, 4 pages of writing, and with a variant title dated 1833 loosely inserted. Original marbled wrappers, spine worn.
folio. 1832-1833.
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HOUSE SALE - 1608. Original manuscript indenture for the sale of a house in Upwell, Norfolk (between Downham and Wisbech). Sold in 1608 by Thomas Browne to Robert Ashton. In excellent condition, clearly legible and with the original seal.
Norfolk. 1608.
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POOR LAW 1688 - North Devon. A manuscript warrant to present poor law children to the Justices for Apprenticing and also unemployed "young single persons". Addressed by Robert Bulled, "To the Constable of Rose Ash haste for His Majesty's Service", instructing him to present "all such poor children as are fit to be bound out apprentices... and also ... all young and single persons living out of service having no visible means save their Labour to live by".... "at the Falcon in South Moulton on Wednesday the 20th day of this instant June by Ten of the Clock in the forenoon." Written in a legible hand on one side of a folio sheet, folded for sending and with the name on the verso. Full typed transcript.
Devon. 1688.
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BARBER'S RECEIPTS. A mid 19th century manuscript collection of receipts possibly kept by the owner of a barber's shop. Written on 11 pages, with a final page left blank, on blue tinted paper, simply side stitched. The receipts are for ‘the Parisian Shaving Cream', ‘Eau-de- Portugal', ‘the Grecian Bouquet', ‘Eau-de Cologne'. There are also a number of other, unrelated receipts.
small 8vo. c1860.
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Eau-de-Portugal is a hair tonic, still used today to invigorate the scalp.
THE FUTURE GOVERNOR OF JAMAICA WRITES HOME, 1875. Edward Rushworth was appointed Governor of Jamaica in March 1877, and these four letters, comprising approximately 7,000 words, date just prior to his appointment, when he was the island's Financial Secretary. They are personal, written to his wife and provide detailed and lengthy observations on his life in Jamaica, the preparations for her joining him, the acquisition, repair and fitting out of a house ‘Shortwood', colonial civil service gossip, and the quirks of life in the colony. There is also mention of the disaster of the loss of the ship "Shannon"on a voyage between Colon and Jamaica.
Shortly after his appointment, on 29th July 1877 his stepson, aged 21, on holiday from England, died at the house, followed the next day by his daughter (age 19) by his previous marriage, and ten days later by Rushworth himself. All three tragic deaths were attributed to a collapsed drain, and foul air poisoning the house. Included with the letters is an issue of the Colonial Standard and Jamaica Despatch for August 13, 1877, in which there is a very long account of his death and funeral. It describes Rushworth as "a young man in the hey-day of existence, the purple dreams of youth's glowing east not yet clouded or disturbed by the storms and struggles of life's lengthening day..." A full typed transcript of the letters is included, together with a very detailed contemporary 8 page listing of the sale of their effects in Jamaica in 1877. A most interesting first hand 'private' account of life in Jamaica, as seen through thr privileged eyes of the future governor.
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YORK. Common and Meadow. An Ecological Survey of Common and Meadow Land: Middlethorpe and Fulford, York. R.A. Newton. A well presented and highly detailed study, covering over 100 typescript pages, with photographs, charts, and even 16 samples of seeds. In his preface the author acknowledges the assistance given to him "from retired farm squires, and anglers, to greenkeepers and gipsies.... their talk has ranged over a wide field, yielding much ecological data for the text, for a field is indeed fallow where one can find nothing. Perhaps it is both fitting, and characteristic of their unassuming nature, that I do not know their names." Gilt lettered album.
4to. 285mm x 230mm. York. 1957.
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YORKSHIRE. A charming album of 126 photographs on 20 leaves mostly of outings and picnics in Yorkshire, Lancashire and the Lake District. The keen but anonymous photographer pictures cycle and motorcycle groups as well as more formal landscape views. It evokes a post war Britain just beginning to enjoy itself and again looking forward to a better future. In a contemporary brown pebble cloth album, the photographs corner mounted, many with pencil annotations beneath.
oblong 4to. 215mm x 290mm. 1946-1960.
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