Transcript of the First Register Book of the parish church of Saint Martin, Birmingham, 1554-1653. . Transcribed by J. Hill and W.R. Bickley. ...
St. Martin's Church, Birmingham
Category
Books
Date
1889
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire
NT 3036898
Summary
Bibliographic description
xv,[1],266p. . 8vo.. Number 49 of 50 copies; p. 130a, omitted and printed later, loosely inserted following p. 130. Provenance: Bookplate: Thomas Ferrers-Walker. Baddesley Clinton(armorial); loosely inserted slip inscribed in pencil: A very valuable book. Only 50 copies printed. E.A.Fry; two ALS's from Joseph Hill, one dated March 21 1897 to W. Fowler Carter, one undated and possibly to the same person, pasted on to verso of flyleaf; MS on half-title: E.A.Fry 19 Dec. 1903 [and] To W. Fowler Carter the originator of the proposal for copying the [printed title] Jos. Hill; MS on verso of half-title: Number Forty nine of Fifty Copies Sam. Timmins President 1889; Bookstamp on title page: Josh. Hill. Binding: Nineteenth-century black cloth, lettered in red; City of Birmingham Arms in gilt on upper board.
Makers and roles
St. Martin's Church, Birmingham William Bickleigh Bickley Joseph Hill (1850-1918)