The historical antiquities of Hertfordshire: with the original of counties, hundreds or wapentakes, boroughs, corporations, towns, parishes, villages, and hamlets; the foundation and origin of monasteries, churches, advowsons, tythes, rectories, impropriations and vicarages, in general; describing those of this county in particular as also the several honors, mannors, castles, seats, and parks of the nobility and gentry; and the succession of the Lords of each mannor therein. Also the characters of the abbots of St. Albans. Faithfully collected from public records, leiger books, ancient manuscripts, charters, evidences, and other select authorities. Together with an exact transcript of Domesday-book, so far as concerns this shire, and the translation thereof in English. To which are added the epitaphs and memorable inscriptions, in all the parishes. And likewise the blazon of the coats of arms of the several noblemen, and gentlemen, proprietors in the same. Illustrated with a large map of the county; a prospect of Hertford; the ichnography of St. Albans and Hitchin; and many sculptures of the principal edifices and monuments. By Sir Henry Chauncy, kt. Serjeant at Law.
Sir Henry Chauncy (1632-1719)
Category
Books
Date
1700
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3049075
Summary
Bibliographic description
[10], 601, [23] p., [46] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., coats of arms, geneal. tables, maps, plans, port. ; fol. Leaf with directions to the binder is mis-bound after leaf B2 at begining of text. Pagination: [10], 601, [25] p., [46] leaves of plates. Water-staining and cockling throughout. Ephemera: two leaves from booksellers' catalogues loosely inserted at front, one for W. H. Robinson (4-6 Nelson Street, Newcastle-On-Tyne) and the other for F. R. Brown (Histon, Cambridge), both listing a copy of this book for sale. Provenance: eighteenth-century Jacobean armorial bookplate (Franks 32206), lettered: William Windham Esquire [i.e. either William Windham II (1717-1761) or William Windham III (1750-1810)]. Manuscript former shelfmark in pencil on verso of front free endpaper: "P8" (crossed out). With some manuscript marginal annotations in seventeenth-century hand, e.g. pp. 9, 10. Manuscript former shelfmark in black ink on recto of rear free endpaper: "M8" (crossed out). Binding: contemporary early eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf; gilt roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spine; gilt title on brown goatskin label on spine. Red stained textblock edges. Comb and swirl pattern marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Sir Henry Chauncy (1632-1719), author John Savage (fl.late 17th century), engraver (printmaker)