Notes relating to the 1715 Jacobite Rebellion

  • Reference
    • GB 133 Eng MS 1031
  • Dates of Creation
    • 18th and 19th centuries
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • various sizes. 1 volume (160 folios); Binding: half-leather binding.

Scope and Content

Notes compiled by Samuel Hibbert-Ware on the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715. They were probably compiled in preparation for his book Lancashire memorials of the rebellion (see below). Inscribed: Memoranda and Notes relative to the Rebellion of 1715 by Samuel Hibbert-Ware. On folios 155-160 are pasted original depositions of witnesses relating to the demolition of Dissenting Meeting Houses in and near Manchester during the riots.

Custodial History

Bookplate of Samuel Hibbert-Ware.

Bibliography

See Samuel Hibbert-Ware, Lancashire memorials of the rebellion, MDCCXV, Chetham Society, Old Series, vol. 5 (1845) , in which some of the material in this collection is printed.