'Some account taken from Memorandums of the late Earl Thomas of Pembroke concerning the granite pillar which he erected in the centre of the Great Court at Wilton. Communicated by Charles Frederick, Esq'. Fols. 6v-7r (fol. 7v blank).
Reference code
SAL/10/09/04
Title
'Some account taken from Memorandums of the late Earl Thomas of Pembroke concerning the granite pillar which he erected in the centre of the Great Court at Wilton. Communicated by Charles Frederick, Esq'. Fols. 6v-7r (fol. 7v blank).
Date
26 June 1735
Level of description
Item
Scope and content
Read 26 June 1735: Minute Book II, pp. 89-90 (SAL/02/002/082). Also transcribed in ‘Register of Antiquitys’, pp.11-12 (SAL/10/10/004).
The obelisk was acquired in Rome by John Evelyn for the Earl of Arundel. See the etching in C. Creed, Antiquities at Wilton (1730).
The obelisk was acquired in Rome by John Evelyn for the Earl of Arundel. See the etching in C. Creed, Antiquities at Wilton (1730).
Creator
Frederick, Charles (1709-1785), Member of Parliament, scholar and antiquary
Herbert, Thomas (c.1656-1733), 8th earl of Pembroke
Herbert, Thomas (c.1656-1733), 8th earl of Pembroke