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Papers of the Rev. Henry Eardley Field on monumental brasses

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Title: Papers of the Rev. Henry Eardley Field on monumental brasses
Date: 19th century - c 1950
Description: Notes and descriptions of monumental brasses by the Rev. Henry Eardley Field (1858-1955); prefaces dated 1931-50, but compiled earlier. Sixteen volumes arranged by county:- I. Beds.;- II. Cambs.;- III. Derbs.;- IV. Durham;- V, parts 1-3. Essex;- VI. Hants.;- VII. Herts.;- VIII. Kent;- IX. Supplementary notes on Lancs. and Cheshire; Lincs.;- X. London and Middlx.;- XI. Norf. and Suff.;- XII. Notts.;- XIII. Oxon.;- XIV. Salop. Contents include some reproductions of brasses and printed extracts. Dated prefaces for each county giving sources and comments. Indexes of brasses under parishes for each county; indexes of arms in Vols.I and XIV. The compiler published, with John P.Briscoe, Monumental Brasses of Nottinghamshire (1904). Obituary in The Times (21 Oct.1955).
Held by: Society of Antiquaries of London
Former department reference: MS 875; SAL/MS/875
Creator(s): Field, Henry Eardley (1858-1955), clergyman and antiquary
Immediate source of acquisition: The collection was presented by the compiler to the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society and transferred to SA in 1982 and 1990.
Unpublished finding aids: Society of Antiquaries online catalogue: https://collections.sal.org.uk/fie
Record URL: https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/45549e5c-9649-4429-a71d-c23aaf2e2c28/