Swan History Vol. I

This material is held atSociety of Antiquaries of London

Reference
- GB 118 TIC/01
Former Reference
- GB 118 SAL/MS/819/1-2
Dates of Creation
- mid 20th century
Name of Creator
- Ticehurst, Norman Frederic (1873-1969), surgeon, ornithologist and historian of swan marks
Language of Material
- English
Physical Description
- ff. 297 Quarto. Half leather binding, tan, with red boards.

Scope and Content

ff 1-110 and f 260 to end, abstracts and extracts from published articles with added comments [for published articles see also TIC/018].

ff 112 - 258, The Order for Swannes, different texts transcribed and compared, using MSS, early printed broadsheets and published sources. Transcribed MS include the Burghley Swan-roll (Marquis of Exeter coll); Marriott Swan-roll (now private collection); Rawlinson Swan-roll (Bodleian Library); Elsing Hall, Norfolk, Swan-roll (all listed in Ticehurst 1957, pp. 76-77).

Illustrations include:

Drawings, pen and ink, from Order for Swans in possession of Mr Bromhead, Lincoln (f. 89, f. 90)

Photographs (2) of John Witherings Orders, printed 1632 (ff. 174, 178)

Tracing of a text section of Elsing MS (f.208)

Other Finding Aids

https://collections.sal.org.uk/tic.01