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Survey and drawing of Lancaster Castle, Lancashire. With an account of fees and rents....
Catalogue reference: MFC 1/207
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This record is about the Survey and drawing of Lancaster Castle, Lancashire. With an account of fees and rents.... dating from [1561] 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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- MFC 1/207
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1561]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Survey and drawing of Lancaster Castle, Lancashire. With an account of fees and rents. The drawing was made to illustrate a survey of northern castles by Sir Ambrose Cave, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, in 1561; the survey may be part of this work. (1) Survey of officers, fees and rents pertaining to the castle. Undated. (2) Perspective view of Lancaster Castle, showing the keep, towers and buildings within the outer walls, and gatehouse. Also shows neighbouring houses, churches, bridge and trees outside the ditch. Remains of black border. No scale shown. Dimensions: (1) 30 cm x 21 cm; (2) 52.5 cm x 118 cm.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- MR 15; DL 31/112
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- Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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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 3251. Archival reference originally printed as MR 15.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3984640/
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Survey and drawing of Lancaster Castle, Lancashire. With an account of fees and rents....
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