Shelfmark
MS 373
Author
Title
A catalogue of all the provosts and fellows of the Kings College of the blessed virgin Mary at Eton since the foundation thereof anno 1441 by Antony Allen esq;. manuscript.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London, England? 1750s?.
Physical description
1 item (144 pages) : paper ; 30 x 25 cm.
Note
Title-page title.
Note
Place and date of production inferred from the author's biography (see Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Note
The leaves of the volume bearing text have been paginated in a contemporary hand.
Note
Written in black ink in italic hand. Ruled in pale red ink. Title-page written in black and red ink.
Note
The scribe may be Thomas Sibthorpe, Allen's junior clerk at Middle Temple, who was bequeathed £120 in Allen's will to transcribe two copies of the catalogue, one for his patron Arthur Onslow and one for King's. It is not clear if this is one of these copies, or an earlier copy.
Note
First volume of a five volume set, including a catalogue of the scholars at King's College Cambridge (Eton MS 374). Entries for some fellows in this volume give cross-references to their entries in the catalogue for King's.
Note
Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College on inside front board.
Binding
Contemporary dark brown calf; gold tooled double fillet border; blind tooled floral roll on board edges; six raised bands; red sprinkled edges.
Subject
Added entry--place
England London
Identifier
B49297