A transcript, with additions, by Sir Edward Walker, herald and secretary at war, of 'Morganiae Archaiographia' or 'A Booke of the Antiquityes of Glamorganshire ... 1578' by Rice Merrick (Rhys Amheurug) of Cottrell, parish of St. Nicholas, co. Glamorgan. The work was privately printed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Middle Hill, in 1825, and reproduced, with notes by James Andrew Corbett, in 1887. The transcriber's additions, completed on 3 April, 1675, consist largely of 'A Briefe History of the Originall Descent of ye most Noble Famly of ye Grandvilles, or de Grana Villa, vulgarly called Grenviles, or Greenfeilds, descended from ye Dukes of Normandy, faithfully collected out of seuerall ancient writings in the Tower, & elsewhere. Anno D'ni. 1639', illustrated with one hundred and one coats-of-arms painted in colour.
Morganiae archaiographia,
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- Reference
- GB 210 NLW MS 11700E.
- Alternative Id.(alternative) vtls004911774
- Dates of Creation
- [1639x1675] /
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English.
- Physical Description
- 109 pp. Bound in light brown calf, with gilt tooling, by H. Stamper; lettered on the spine 'R. Merricke. Antiquities of Glamorganshire. In autograph of Sir E. Walker', and the arms of Henry Pelham Pelham-Clinton, 4th duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne, are embossed in gilt on the upper cover.
- Location
- ARCH/MSS (GB0210)
Scope and Content
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Note
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 11700E.
Other Finding Aids
The description is also available in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).
Archivist's Note
September 2009.
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971);
Custodial History
Formerly in the Duke of Newcastle's library at Clumber Park, near Ollerton, co. Nottingham (see also NLW MSS 11610D-11611C).
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