Author: Newcourt, Richard:
Title: Repertorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense: An Ecclesiastical Parochial History of the Diocese of London: Containing an Account of the Bishops of that Sea, from the first Foundation thereof: also, of the deans, archdeacons, dignitaries and prebendaries, from the Conquest: and lastly, of the several parish-churches, as well exempt as not exempt, within the limits of that Diocese, and of their patrons and incumbents: and also the endowments of several vicarages: and likewise of the several religious houses that were within the same; continu'd to the year of our Lord MDCC. In an Alphabetical Order.
Description: London: printed by Benj. Motte, and are to be sold by Chr. Bateman, Benj. Tooke, Ric. Parker, 1708; 1710. 2 vols., folio, pp.[iv], vii, [I], 761, 764-5, 768-9, 772-3, 776-928, [ii] (i.e. usual mispagination) + 4 plates; [viii], 692, [lii] + 2 plates. Vol. I with portrait frontispiece and errata leaf, vol. II with half-title and list of subscribers, as called for. Sporadic toning, vol. II heavily toned from p.609 onwards and with a small worm trail near gutter for approx. first hundred pages. MS to ffep vol. I (a description in heraldic terminology of the arms of Richard Newport depicted on the frontispiece). Contemporary Cambridge panelled calf, raised bands and reddish title labels to spines, edges sprinkled red. A bit worn with some scrapes, but very good. Each volume with armorial bookplates of John Hoadly, LLD to front paste-down and Henry Carrington Bowles to rear paste-down (the latter being the Bowles arms with those of H.C.B.'s wife Ann Garnault inset). Historian and notary Richard Newport (d.1716) complied this history of the Diocese of London from sources including the London Registers (begun in 1306), registers kept by individual bishops and a return of 1636 from which he took information about the income of the parishes. His father (also Richard Newcourt, d. 1679) was a cartographer and draughtsman who, in addition to contributing drawings to Dugdale's Monasticon, was also responsible for the most important map made of London before the Great Fire, his Exact Delineation of the Cities of London and Westminster and the Suburbs Thereof (1658). John Hoadly (1711-1776) was a poet and dramatist, and a friend and correspondent of David Garrick. The appearance of 'LLD' on his bookplate dates it from sometime after 1747. Henry Carrington Bowles (1763-1830) was a successful publisher and seller of maps, prints and geographical games. His bookplate dates from sometime after his marriage in 1799. The ephemera found between the pages of vol. I appears to relate to his ownership of the book. Loosely inserted: two letterpress-printed sheets reproducing letters sent in January 1824 and February 1827 to The Gentleman's Magazine, concerning London churches destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666 (both from 'H.C.B.'); small hand-drawn and coloured arms of Sir John Philpot, Lord Mayor of London 1378, on a scrap of paper; a piece of tracing paper with a coat of arms and an inscription referring to Sarah Bolles; 4 scraps of paper with MS notes, one seemingly part of a letter addressed to H.C. Bowles Esq. and dated 1827; a long MS list of churches on a folded piece of paper watermarked 1821. ESTC T5439; Upcott 690; Lowndes 1665; Graesse IV 662.

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