Writings on the Church in Durham, 1660 - 1661
Scope and Contents
(1) ‘A description or breife declaration of all the antient monuments, rytes and customes belonging or being within the monasticall church of Durham before the suppression’, ‘transcribed Jan. 31, 1660, per J. B.’, and dedicated to Sir Gilbert Jerrard; this was published by J. D[avies] of Kidwelly, London, 1672, who claimed to have collected it ‘out of ancient manuscripts, about the time of the suppression’; (2) ‘The history of some particuler windowes in the cathedrall church of Durham’; (3) ‘Origo episcopatus Dunelmensis, anno domini 1603’; the date of the present copy, which is in the same hand as before, was 1661; the list of bishops is carried down to Cuthbert Tunstall, the sixtieth in the series (bishop 1530-1559).
Dates
- Creation: 1660 - 1661
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 volume(s)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
From the Library of John Moore (1646–1714), Bishop of Ely (‘Royal Library’), no. 1053.
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