Lists of charters etc., relating to the diocese of Rochester, and correspondence
Reference code
MSS/0172
Title
Lists of charters etc., relating to the diocese of Rochester, and correspondence
Date
1715-1775
Level of description
Item
Extent and format
ff. ii + 90 (many blanks).
Folio.
Half leather binding, brown, with marbled boards.
Folio.
Half leather binding, brown, with marbled boards.
Scope and content
Lists of charters, etc., relating to the diocese of Rochester, and correspondence; 1715-75. As follows:-
(1) Summary list of charters by Thomas Allen, many marked with an 'X' by John Thorpe, senior. fols. 1-10;-
(2) Correspondence, 1715-75, mainly of John Thorpe, senior (d. 1750), including three letters as Warden of Rochester Bridge (fols. 18-20) conc. a lease of houses in Leadenhall St., 1749, and one letter (fol. 17) of John Thorpe, junior, 1775. fols. 12-20;-
(3) Summary lists by John Thorpe, junior, of two bundles of charters and miscellanea relating to Rochester, numbered 1-143, and 1-36. fols. 89-73 rev. Note by John Thorpe, junior, fol. ii, conc. transcriptions by his father of (some of the) documents listed into 'the Parchment Books’.
(1) Summary list of charters by Thomas Allen, many marked with an 'X' by John Thorpe, senior. fols. 1-10;-
(2) Correspondence, 1715-75, mainly of John Thorpe, senior (d. 1750), including three letters as Warden of Rochester Bridge (fols. 18-20) conc. a lease of houses in Leadenhall St., 1749, and one letter (fol. 17) of John Thorpe, junior, 1775. fols. 12-20;-
(3) Summary lists by John Thorpe, junior, of two bundles of charters and miscellanea relating to Rochester, numbered 1-143, and 1-36. fols. 89-73 rev. Note by John Thorpe, junior, fol. ii, conc. transcriptions by his father of (some of the) documents listed into 'the Parchment Books’.
Creator
Thorpe, John (1682-1750), antiquary
Thorpe, John (1715-1792), antiquary
Thorpe, John (1715-1792), antiquary
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/172