Papers of John Topham FSA
Reference code
TOP
Title
Papers of John Topham FSA
Date
17th century - c. 1800
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and format
Paper; ff. iii + 131.
Portfolio, half leather binding, dark green.
Portfolio, half leather binding, dark green.
Scope and content
Papers written or owned by John Topham (1746-1803), FSA, Deputy Keeper of State Papers, 1781, Librarian of Lambeth Palace. Contents list of 40 items (from Proc., 2nd ser., 2 (1861-4), 294-5), fol. ii. Contents include:- Lists of state papers and books (nos. 1, 2, 4); commission to Thomas Astle, senior, John Topham, and Thomas Astle, junior, to methodize, regulate and digest the state papers (no. 3), 16 July 1789; return by John Topham to the Committee of the House of Commons on Public Records in pursuance of the order of 27 Feb. 1800 conc. Lambeth Palace Library (no. 5); list of funeral certificates, 1619-47 (no. 26); papers conc. peerage claims, jurisdictions, miscellaneous notes and extracts. Pedigree of Hilton (Barons Hilton), fols. 102-3. Transcripts conc. sovereignty (not in the contents list), fols. 121-31.
Creator
Topham, John (1746-1803), antiquary
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/259