Pedigrees and other papers relating to Derbyshire and other counties, many being transcripts or extracts from church registers, the Domesday Book and manuscripts in the British Library and Public Record Office. The papers were written or compiled by Thomas Blore, unless otherwise indicated.
Thomas Blore Papers
This material is held atCambridge University Library
- Reference
- GB 12 MS Add.3874-3921
- Dates of Creation
- 1200-1850 (circa)
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English .
- Physical Description
- 50 volume(s) 50 volumes, 12 box-files paper paper12 file(s) 50 volumes, 12 box-files paper
Scope and Content
Access Information
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Acquisition Information
9 - Presented by the Revd E.W. Blore, grandson of Thomas Blore, 1880.
Other Finding Aids
Detailed listing available in Manuscripts Reading Room.
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Bibliography
The Rutland material in MS.Add.3897 was incorporated by Blore in his History and antiquities of Rutland (1811).