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'A Generalle Description of Ulster'. The map shows mountains and woods in perspective,...
Catalogue reference: MPF 1/35
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This record is about the 'A Generalle Description of Ulster'. The map shows mountains and woods in perspective,... dating from 1603 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MPF 1/35
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1603
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Description (What the record is about)
- 'A Generalle Description of Ulster'. The map shows mountains and woods in perspective, forts, houses and churches in plan or elevation. Names of clans or chieftains are given. At top left are the Royal Arms within the Garter, surmounted by a crown. At top right, the title is in a fretwork cartouche, surmounted by the arms of Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy, Lord Deputy in Ireland, within the Garter. Further cartouches in middle base and left lower corner. Scale bar surmounted by dividers, enclosing compass rose; 1 inch to 7 miles. By Richard Bartlett. Originally enclosed in letter from Thomas Ridgeway to Lord Salisbury, 15 March 1610. within the Garter, surmounted by a crown. At top right, the title is in a fretwork cartouche, surmounted by the arms of Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy, Lord Deputy in Ireland, within the Garter. Further cartouches in middle base and left lower corner. Scale bar surmounted by dividers, enclosing compass rose; 1 inch to 7 miles. By Richard Bartlett. Originally enclosed in letter from Thomas Ridgeway to Lord Salisbury, 15 March 1610. 1 item extracted from SP 64/2 (item 1). To view papers accompanying this map, visit https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/irish-maps-c1558-c1610
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For the original of Ridgeway's letter see item (54) in SP 63/228
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 42.4 cm x 56.9 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: I. British Isles, c.1410-1860, (London, 1967), entry 3722. Described in G A Hayes-McCoy, Ulster and other Irish Maps c.1600, (Dublin Stationery Office, 1964); mentioned in G A Hayes-McCoy, 'Contemporary maps as an aid to Irish history, 1593-1603', Imago Mundi, vol XIX (1965), p 36.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3981979/
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