Notebook of the Rev. Daniel Lysons
Reference code
LYS/03
Title
Notebook of the Rev. Daniel Lysons
Date
18th-20th century
Level of description
item
Extent and format
1 volume
Small quarto.
Half leather binding, light brown, with marbled boards.
Small quarto.
Half leather binding, light brown, with marbled boards.
Scope and content
Handwritten prayers for Sunday morning and Sunday evening including two loose sheets of four pages each. Miscellaneous loose sheets including notes on Foxe’s Martyrs.
Reverse of book comprises hand written Index and notes on the Lysons family. This includes a short history of Daniel Lysons referencing his brother Samuel, in particular in the writing and publication of The Environs of London (referencing help given by Horace Walpole), Magna Britannia, History of the Origin and Progress of The Three Choirs of Hereford, Gloucester and Worcester and Fifteen Sermons Taken from the Discourses of Jeremy Taylor. Also included are extracts from the baptisms, marriages and burial registers for Gloucester, entries in the Wills Register at Llandaff, a memorandum of ecclesiastical positions held by the Lysons family, a copy of the origin and pedigree of the Peach family produced by Revd John Boutflower and John Papworth’s notes on the Lysons coat of arms. Miscellaneous notes on where further documents and information regarding the family may be found. List of Rectors of Rodmarton since 1325.
Reverse of book comprises hand written Index and notes on the Lysons family. This includes a short history of Daniel Lysons referencing his brother Samuel, in particular in the writing and publication of The Environs of London (referencing help given by Horace Walpole), Magna Britannia, History of the Origin and Progress of The Three Choirs of Hereford, Gloucester and Worcester and Fifteen Sermons Taken from the Discourses of Jeremy Taylor. Also included are extracts from the baptisms, marriages and burial registers for Gloucester, entries in the Wills Register at Llandaff, a memorandum of ecclesiastical positions held by the Lysons family, a copy of the origin and pedigree of the Peach family produced by Revd John Boutflower and John Papworth’s notes on the Lysons coat of arms. Miscellaneous notes on where further documents and information regarding the family may be found. List of Rectors of Rodmarton since 1325.
Creator
Lysons, Daniel (1762-1834), Vicar of Rodmarton, topographer
Lysons family of Hempsted
Lysons family of Hempsted
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/782/3