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Transcript of inscriptions in Kent churches

Reference code
GRR/01
Title
Transcript of inscriptions in Kent churches
Date
first half 20th century (before 1941)
Level of description
Item
Extent and format
ff. iii + 260.
Octavo.
Half leather binding, maroon, with marbled boards. Lettered on spine 'Monumental Records Vol. II. 1857'. Signature of Ralph Griffin, fol. i, and explanation by him, fol. ii, of the pseudonym (T. Mot FSM) used by Zechariah Cozens in the Gent. Mag.
Scope and content
A selective transcript by Griffin of inscriptions in Kent churches from Zechariah Cozens's Ecclesiastical & Topographical History of Kent (MS collection, two volumes, formerly owned by Frederick William Cock, MD, FSA (d. 1943); see the note by Griffin, fol. iii); 20th century. Zechariah Cozens (d. 1828) was master of the free school at Margate. The Cozens text is copied on the rectos; occasional annotations by Griffin on the versos. For Cozens see also MSS/0736/005, 006.
Creator
Griffin, Ralph Hare (1854-1941), antiquary
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/746/1