Contents include disconnected sheets of Habington's autograph drafts, transcripts by the 'Redmarley scribe' (Amphlett, I (1895), 23-4); and later additions including much conc. the Lyttelton family added by the Rev. Charles Lyttelton under Frankley, etc. With some correspondence (Habington with his cousin Thomas Hall, 1641, Vol. II, fols. 290-1v (Amphlett, I (1895), 17-18); Richard Lechmere to Habington, II, fols. 358-9v; J. Tristram to Lyttelton, 1736, I, fols. 115-18v; Lyttelton with the Rev. Francis Wise, 1756, III, fols. 53-6; Dr William Thomas to Lyttelton, 1736, IV, fol. 152; Penyston Hastings to ?Dr William Thomas, 1732, II, fol. 4). Habington's autograph address to the gentry of Worcestershire and table of his two volumes (printed by Amphlett, I (1895), 27-32, 34-5), I, fols. 8-11v. Descriptive Latin title 'Wigornensis Comitatus Iconismus..', I, fol. iv, and note of sources to be searched 'In relation to yr designe on Worcestreshire.', I, fol. v. Habington's autograph material in HAB/01, and copies thought from their style to be approved by him, are published by Amphlett, II (1899), 1-323.
Habington's Survey of Worcestershire
This material is held atSociety of Antiquaries of London
- Reference
- GB 118 HAB/01
- Former Reference
- GB 118 SAL/MS/143
- Dates of Creation
- 17th-18th century
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 4 volumes (ff. vi + 430 ii + 426 iii + 365 ii + 350.) Folio. Reversed calf binding. Note, 19 Oct. 1752, by the Rev. Charles Lyttelton, I, fol. iii, and his bookplate in each volume.
Scope and Content
Arrangement
Arranged by parishes (A-C; D-H; I-P; R-Y).
Other Finding Aids
https://collections.sal.org.uk/hab.01