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Collections for the history of the City of Lincoln by Thomas Sympson

Reference code
WIL/17
Title
Collections for the history of the City of Lincoln by Thomas Sympson
Date
early 19th century
Level of description
Item
Extent and format
pp. 447.
Folio.
Half leather binding, brown, with marbled boards.
Scope and content
Collections for the history of the City of Lincoln by Thomas Sympson (d. 1750), a proctor of the Bishop's court and clerk of fabric to Lincoln Cathedral (note on the back pastedown), selected and copied, from Sympson's Adversaria, Bodl. Lib., MS Gough Lincs. 1. Contents of the Gough MS by Dr B. Bandinel, pp. 1-3, annotated with references to this transcript. Further contents lists, pp. 5, 6, and end.
Creator
Sympson, Thomas (1702-1750), antiquary
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/786/17
Archival history
Sotheby's, 30 May 1888, lot 345.