Lyttelton Bequest. Transcripts relating to Worcestershire and Halesowen
Reference code
MSS/0149
Title
Lyttelton Bequest. Transcripts relating to Worcestershire and Halesowen
Date
1769
Level of description
Item
Extent and format
ff. iii + 155.
Folio.
Reversed calf binding, blind-tooled. Bookplate of the Rev. Charles Lyttelton, fol. i, and note by him on the contents, fol. iii.
Folio.
Reversed calf binding, blind-tooled. Bookplate of the Rev. Charles Lyttelton, fol. i, and note by him on the contents, fol. iii.
Scope and content
Transcripts, mostly by Dr William Thomas, from Worcester episcopal registers and other sources named, of deeds relating to religious houses in Worcestershire, and to Halesowen, Shropshire, apparently made for the Rev. Charles Lyttelton, PSA; mid 18th century. Arranged according to location. Letter (fols. 15-16) from Dr William Thomas to Lyttelton, 24 Dec. 1735, conc. transcriptions. Copy of a charter and seal of William de Stutteville, fol. 31. Draft dedication by Treadway Nash, fol. 155r, v, substantially as printed in his Collections for the History of Worcestershire, II (1782).
Creator
Thomas, William (1670-1738), Rector of St Nicholas, Worcester, and antiquary
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/149