Author: Historical Manuscripts Commission
Title: Report On Manuscripts In Various Collections Volume III [3] : The Manuscripts Of T B Clarke Thornhill Esq ; Sir T Barrett Lennard ; Pelham R Papillon Esq And W Cleverly Alexander [ Historical Manuscripts Commission Series 55 Volume III ]
Description: HMSO - His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1904, 1st edition. Half calf, VG. lxxviii+281pp, 3 b/w plates, Ex Archaeological Society Library in a half red calf over cloth binding, leather a little rubbed, two bookplates, an attractive copy. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ Complete in itself the volume contains MSS from various sources but mainly the papers from Barrett Lennard relating to the Loftus dispute during Wentworth's appointment as Lord Deputy in Ireland, Sir Thomas Tresham's papers, letters of Sir Hary & Sir Walter Vane, and a description of the ceremonies surrounding the creation of the Price of Wales. Mostly 16-18th century interest.

Keywords: history, paleography, Historical Manuscripts Commission, british history,