WILLIAM BRIGG MANUSCRIPTS
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Type of record: Archive
Title: WILLIAM BRIGG MANUSCRIPTS
Classmark: YAS/MS442
Date(s): 16th century-19th century
Size and medium: 10 boxes, part box
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/461285
Collection group(s): Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society
Description
Comprising (a) Material for the history of the Brigg family including abstracts of wills. (b) Brigg wills proved in the Prerogative Courts of Canterbury, with index. (c and e) Index of Brigg wills from the Prerogative and Exchequer Courts of York. (d) Indexes of Brigg wills in the Courts of, Richmond, Snaith, Dean and Chapter of York, Commissary Court of London, Consistory Court of London, Dean and Chapter of St Pauls, London and the Archdeaconry of St Albans. (f) The Brigg name extracted from Yorkshire registers. (g) Brigg monumental and tombstone inscriptions. (h) Transcript of the register of Brettenham, Suffolk, 1584. (i) Index of surnames occuring in W Brigg's Brigg and Briggs pedigrees. (j) Miscellaneous papers including Feet of Fines for Hertfordshire. (k) Halifax pedigrees (l) Pedigrees of Atkinson, Barnsley, Barrett, Blencowe, Bridges, Burnett, Burton, Clapham, Collett, Conyers, Crowther, Dade of Farnley, Dee, Dickenson of Northowram, Dudley, Duffield, Dunn, Flather, Foster,
Jackson, Laycock, Moore, Newsom, Nickson, Outhwaite, Robinson of Rokeby, Sandford, Scarr, Scholefield of Batley, Smith, Speight, Tennant, Turner of Batley, Wilkinson of Weeton and Wilson. (m) Pedigrees of Hawes, Maude, Myres, Neale, Pearson, Robinson of Leeds, Shrapnell, Thornhill, Toothill,and Vevers. (n) Extracts from Yorkshire registers. (o) Abstracts of wills from the Prerogative Courts of Canterbury, Vol 8, 9, and 10. None of these volumes have been printed. (p) Index to Vol 8 of above wills
Physical characteristics
Measurement details: YAHS Survey: outsize measurements not taken during survey. REB 17.12.2018
Provenance
This ms was previously divided into MS 442 (a) and (b)
Access and usage
Access
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