Collectanea Gervasii Holles

  • Reference
    • GB 133 Eng MS 242
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1879
  • Language of Material
    • English and Latin
  • Physical Description
    • 225 x 184 mm. 1 volume (204 folios);

Scope and Content

Extracts from British Museum [now British Library] Lansdowne MS 207a: the collections of Gervase Holles (1607-1675), antiquary and historian of Lincolnshire, comprising papers relating to the principal families in Lincolnshire, and containing copies of pedigrees, ancient deeds, wills, pleadings, claims, escheats, etc., transcribed from the originals by Holles and other persons employed by him, in the years 1638 and 1639. There is an index of persons and places at the end of the present volume. See http://molcat.bl.uk/msscat/INDEX.asp.

Location of Originals

Extracts from British Library, Lansdowne MS 207a .