Gardiner may have been the original of Shakespeares Justice Shallow; presented by JC Whitebrook. Add Charter 70729
75 pencil ink and watercolour sketches, mainly of Shropshire houses and scenes, by David Parkes (1763-1833).
Presented by JC Magrath
Jane Wenham was the last woman to be condemned to death for witchcraft in England - she was later pardoned by Queen Anne. Presented by FONL
3 vols & supplement 2nd vol with inscription by author
Presented together with General Report of the Record Commissioners 1837 and 2 mss vols of surveys of the coasts round England by Mackensie and Spence 1812, by the Elder Brethren of Trinity House
A Grant by Geoffrey atte Pyrye to John son of William Long of Winchelsea of rents in the parish of St Thomas. 3 fine and perfect seals one of which is the borough seal.
Grant not listed in Dugdales Monasticon, written in Norman French it is a fine example of the period and has a good impression of the seal of Henry of Lancaster, Lord of Monmouth.
Interleaved with MS notes, paper cuttings, early photographs, engravings pen and pencil drawings, 5 large coats of arms and 24 watercolours, some of them by William Wheatley
Alan Crookham, Research Centre Manager at the National Gallery, writes: Richard Ford (1796-1858) was an English writer, collector and amateur artist.
A copy of the first edition of Coleridge's verse translation of his friend Hyman Hurwitz's Kinat Yeshurun', one of only five copies known in the UK.
With an important additional leaf of MS. Purchased with the aid of a contribution of 30 by John Ehrman