Manuscript book
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
1750 - 1759
Materials
Paper ; leather.
Measurements
19 x 12 cm
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 941731
Summary
Manuscript book with British historical legal chronology. Entries at intervals through the volume for the monarchs of England and Wales, and Great Britain, from 'William ye Conqueror' to 'George ye Second'. (Henry III out of sequence at rear; loose blotter sheet inserted at Richard I.) Several of these sections have entries, including dates of significant Acts and other legal notes of the respective reign. Undated; presumably before 1760. (The dating and hand suggest it could have been a notebook used by young George Harry Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford (1737-1819). Formerly Family Flat (DUN/F/736), box 4/4
Bibliographic description
1v. ; 18cm (8vo). Provenance: no ownership marks. Binding: eighteenth-century sheep over paper; on five raised bands.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).