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Copies of calendar entries for deeds from Westminster Abbey
Catalogue reference: WEA
What’s it about?
This record is about the Copies of calendar entries for deeds from Westminster Abbey dating from c.1924-25.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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WEA
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Title (The name of the record)
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Copies of calendar entries for deeds from Westminster Abbey
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Date (When the record was created)
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c.1924-25
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Description (What the record is about)
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Typescript copies of calendar entries for deeds in the muniments of Westminster Abbey by Dr Edward John Long Scott (d. 1918), Keeper of Muniments, selected and revised by Canon Herbert Francis Westlake, FSA (d. 1925), Custodian of Westminster Abbey; c. 1924-5. Intended for publication as the first volume of Documents at Westminster Abbey. The MS introduction by Canon Westlake indicates the scope of the proposed publication. The surviving sections relate to Middlx., Berks., Lincs., Warws., and Yorks., and miscellaneous. Indexes (incomplete) of names and places. See A.J., 6 (1926), 194 (obituary of Canon Westlake); Who Was Who 1916-1928.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Society of Antiquaries of London
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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SAL/MS/1001
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Westlake, Herbert Francis (1879-1925), Anglican clergyman
- Scott, Edward John Long (1840-1918), Keeper of Manuscripts, British Museum and antiquary
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Owned by Philip Murray Allan, FSA, and presented by him in 1968 (see correspondence).
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- Society of Antiquaries online catalogue: https://collections.sal.org.uk/wea
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/2bfac657-0b6b-4876-9849-51a3c5f03d37/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at Society of Antiquaries of London
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Copies of calendar entries for deeds from Westminster Abbey