[Cheshire genealogical manuscript. 1620].
John Woodnoth (d.1634)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
1620
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3051962
Summary
Holograph, signed. Pedigrees, genealogical tables, coats of arms, and other notes on various noble Cheshire families. Signed and dated on p. [4]: "Johannes Wodenothe. de Shavington=wodenothe, in Palatinam Cestrie. 1620.". Text in Latin, with some English.
Bibliographic description
[40],11-33,[1]p.,34-81,[1],82-88,[54] leaves, bound . coats of arms, geneal. tables . 43cm.. Provenance: manuscript inscription on inside front board: "Ja Howard 1721". manuscript inscriptions on p. [1]: "G Booth ex dono ...[two letters]bri Manwaring gen nob: xti. 1682", and "Katharine Howards book daughter of George Booth Esqr Boughton April ye 18th 1721". At foot of fol. 42v: "George Booth the owner of this book was grandson to the above written Sr George, by his younger son Sr John Booth and Doraty his wife, daughter of Sr Antony St John younger son of the Earle of Bullingbrok now the book of Kan Howard daughter of the sd George Booth Esqr, liveing at Boughton near Chester, April ye 18th 1721". Binding: Seventeenth-century calf binding; blind thin thick thin fillet border; blind centrepiece stamp; remains of pair of cloth ties on boards.
Makers and roles
John Woodnoth (d.1634)