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Thomas Blore Papers

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3874-3921

Scope and Contents

Pedigrees and other papers relating to Derbyshire and other counties, many being transcripts or extracts from church registers, the Domesday Book and manuscripts in the British Library and Public Record Office. The papers were written or compiled by Thomas Blore, unless otherwise indicated.

Dates

  • Creation: 1200-1850 (circa)

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Extent

50 volume(s) (50 volumes, 12 box-files paper) : paper

12 file(s) (50 volumes, 12 box-files paper)

Language of Materials

English

Other Finding Aids

Detailed listing available in Manuscripts Reading Room.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

9 - Presented by the Revd E.W. Blore, grandson of Thomas Blore, 1880.

Bibliography

The Rutland material in MS.Add.3897 was incorporated by Blore in his History and antiquities of Rutland (1811).
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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