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Presentation frame of three medals awarded for English law and military service in the Civil War, 1651 - 1899

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/KEN2/19/1/5

Scope and Contents

Includes: Chancellor's medal for English law awarded in 1882 to Downing Fellow David Lewis Harris (presented by Miss A. M. Harris, 1952); medal by Thomas Symon bearing the effigy of Sir Thomas Fairfax, awarded by Parliament and the City of London for faithful service in the civil war ('This example of this medal descended to Courtney Stanhope Kenny from the Yorkshire family of Rhodes, one of the members of which, Sir Thomas Rhodes, was present at Marston Moor, presented by Kenny's daughters); Chancellor's medal for English law awarded in 1874 to C. S. Kenny (presented by his daughters).

Dates

  • Creation: 1651 - 1899

Conditions Governing Access

From the Management Group:

Some records series are subject to confidentiality restrictions with the following closure periods: 30 years from date of creation for general administration files, legal records and financial files; 50 years from date of creation for governmental records, including papers of the College Governing Body and College Council, and constituent committees; 100 years from date of creation for personal and personnel records, including tutorial files, staff and fellows files and appointment records, personal finance and pension records. In addition sensitive correspondence and papers concerning College affairs such as disputes and disciplinary matters are closed for 100 years. Restrictions apply on some personal and private papers.

Extent

1 photographic print(s) (1 frame)

3 object(s) (3 medals)

1 item(s) (1 note)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

It is likely, given the date of the donation of the Harris medal, that this was framed afterwards by the College and only two of these medals were part of the original Kenny donation/bequest.

Related Materials

DCPP/KEN2/19/4/5 for note on provenance of civil war medal, 1899; DCAR/1/11/3/13 for donation of Harris medal, 1952.

Date information

DateText: Estimated dates of medals - probably framed by the College after donation..

Finding aid date

2019-04-17 08:35:50+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Downing College Repository

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