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Heraldic and genealogical notebooks of John James Watts

Catalogue reference: WAT

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Title: Heraldic and genealogical notebooks of John James Watts
Date: mid-19th century
Description: Heraldic and genealogical notebooks from the collections of John James Watts, Knight of Malta (1859), of Hawkesdale Hall, Cumberland. John James Watts and Sir George Bowyer were active in re-establishing the Catholic Order of Malta in England, now the British Association of the Knights of Malta. Many of the notebooks contain notes and pedigrees relating to the Watts family. Coats of arms in trick and colour throughout. The present description retains the sub-numbers allocated by SA when the collection was incorporated. No. 31 includes contents lists for the present nos. 2, 1, 3, 24, 13, 14. See also MSS/0431.
Arrangement: This fonds combines the previous manuscript numbers 758 (described by Willetts as "a stray from the collections of John James Watts") and 761 (the major part of the Watts Collection at the Society of Antiquaries).
Held by: Society of Antiquaries of London
Former department reference: SAL/MS/761/1-36; SAL/MS/761
Creator(s): Watts, John James (fl 1844-1869), Cumberland landowner and genealogist
Unpublished finding aids: Society of Antiquaries online catalogue: https://collections.sal.org.uk/wat
Record URL: https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/ccc86c2e-69c7-4e24-8f82-c9a39f43024d/