‘Catalogue of all the provosts, fellowes and schollers of the Kings Colledge of the Blessed Virgin Marie and St Nicholas in the University of Cambridge’, from 1443 to 1627.
Scope and Contents
The following notes appear at the front of the volume. ‘Thomas Hatchir the Author hereof viz. to y[e] year 1563’. “See some account of this Catalogue in Advertizements to Registrum Regale of Eton scholars Quarto and Walp[ole’s] Paint[er]”. “This catalogue is often cited in Fuller’s Worthies”.
Dates
- Creation: 16th century-1627.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
97 Linear metres ; Small quarto.
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
193 pages.
Other Finding Aids
The description is partly based on the “Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Advocates’ Library. III. History” (F.R.186).
Custodial History
‘This was Samuel Fox (son of John Fox) his book’.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
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manuscripts@nls.uk