A Gimson gave 40 towards the purchase of this manuscript
Search FNL grants since 1931
Item date: 1403
Date acquired: 1957
Grant Value: 40
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
Item date: 1677
Date acquired: 1956
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: Oxfordshire County Library
Town/City: Oxford
County: Oxfordshire
Inscribed by RA Bathurst, Vice Chancellor of the University 1676. Presented by Group-Captain Arthur B Burdett
Item date: 1822
Date acquired: 1955
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: Aberdeen University Library
Town/City: Aberdeen
County: Aberdeenshire
Book bound in Aberdeen. Presented by A Ehrman
Item date: 1413
Date acquired: 1955
Grant Value: 5
Institution: Borough of Winchelsea
Town/City: Winchelsea
County: East Sussex
A Charter granting Masses to be said for Vincent and Isabella Fynch, written on vellum with a seal in good condition
Item date: 1820-1859
Date acquired: 1955
Grant Value: 50
Institution: Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery
Town/City: Shrewsbury
County: Shropshire
8 folio volumes bound in vellum containing pedigrees of Shropshire families with coloured armorial bearings
Item date: 1314
Date acquired: 1955
Grant Value: 30
Institution: Hereford Cathedral Library
Town/City: Hertford
County: Hertfordshire
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. Illustrated as plate V of AR
Date acquired: 1955
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: Winchester Cathedral
Town/City: Winchester
County: Hampshire
Presented by CER Clarabut
Item date: 1780-1805
Date acquired: 1955
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: The National Archives
Town/City: London
Contain letters from William Fermor about import and export of coffee and the sufferings of Catholics under the land tax plus a letter from Pitt to Earl Camden in 1805 concerning emergency meansures to withstand an invasion. Presented by John Ehrman
Item date: 1848
Date acquired: 1955
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: National Library of Scotland
Town/City: Edinburgh
Presented by John W Oliver with 20 books and 6 pamphlets of literary interest, mainly 18th and 19th century
Item date: 17th century
Date acquired: 1955
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: Natural History Museum
Town/City: London
Contains 280 water colour drawings of plants with manuscript notes and a number of drawings including a sea monster found a Malta in 1649. Presented by Sir Eric Miller. Illustrated as plate IV of AR