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1. Elegie panegiricall & votive upon the Ladye Mary Cholmondley, August 15 1625
- Creator:
- Lytler (Littler), Thomas
- Call Number:
- Osborn b203
- Image Count:
- 47
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper, in a single Italic hand, of a 38-page elegiacal poem praising Lady Mary Cholmondley's Holford ancestors and herself. The poem is heavily annotated in the same hand. Prefaced by a dedication to Lady Cholmondeley's son Thomas, a dedication in Latin to Sir Richard Grosvenor, 1st bart., and ten verses in Latin and English addressed to various members of the Cholmondeley family, including an anagram and a chronogram. The main poem is followed by several short Latin poems, including one concerning the Holford motto
- Description:
- Available on microfilm, In English and Latin., On flyleaf: list of accounts, as well as pen trials and the signature "R. Cholmondeley.", Signature in back of John Grosvenor., Marbled endpapers., and Binding: full morocco; gilt decoration.
- Subject (Name):
- Cholmondeley, Mary Holford, Lady, 1563-1625., Cholmondeley, Hugh, Sir, 1513-1596., Grosvenor, Richard, Sir, 1585-1645., and Lytler (Littler), Thomas.
- Subject (Topic):
- Anagrams, Elegiac poetry, Latin poetry, English literature, English poetry, and Genealogy
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Elegie panegiricall & votive upon the Ladye Mary Cholmondley, August 15 1625
2. Genealogy of old Connecticut families, [ca 1880].
- Creator:
- Andrews, Gad, 1803-
- Call Number:
- LWL Mss Vol. 31
- Image Count:
- 308
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of genealogies of families of Curtiss, Barnes, Newell, Potter, Woodruff, and Hart in Connecticut, particularly from the towns of Southington and Farmington. The volume includes copies of wills; land deeds; detailed accounts of where they resided; and personal anecdotes, including family members' involvement in religious activities; the American Revolution; and the Civil War. The manuscript notes the marriage of Hawkins Hart of Wallingford to Mary Widow of Street, "grand daugthter of Rev John Eliot the Apostle to the Indians, Author of a translation of the Bible into the Indian language ..."
- Description:
- In English., Tipped in: dealer's description of manuscript., Seventeen leaves at the beginning left blank., Laid in at p. 178: newspaper clipping of "the only complete record now existing of citizens of Southington who enlisted in the late War of the Rebellion.", Laid in at p. 341: small square of embroidered cloth., Paper blind-embossed stamp: Congress J. Smith., and Binding: machine-grain black morocco.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and Missouri
- Subject (Name):
- Andrews, Gad, b. 1803., Barnes family., Curtis family., Hart family., Newell family., Potter family., Woodruff family., and Yale College (1718-1887)
- Subject (Topic):
- Alumni and alumnae, Genealogy, History, and Religious life and customs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Genealogy of old Connecticut families, [ca 1880].
3. Heraldic manuscript of the English kings and peers
- Published / Created:
- [circa 1620]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 13
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 250
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on paper, in a single hand, of a genealogy of the rulers of England from Brutus and Julius Caesar to James I, containing short biographies of each individual and illustrated with their emblazoned coats of arms
- Description:
- In English., Spine title: Arms of the Nobility of England. MS. 1042-1619., Script: English secretary hand., Decoration: more than 600 emblazoned coats of arms, in full color., and Binding: nineteenth-century full polished calf, by Clarke & Bedford.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain., Great Britain, Connecticut, and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Heraldry, Kings and rulers, Biography, Genealogy, Manuscripts, Renaissance, and Nobility
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Heraldic manuscript of the English kings and peers
4. Historia scholastica, with other works
- Creator:
- Petrus, Comestor, active 12th century
- Published / Created:
- circa 1225-1249.
- Call Number:
- Osborn fa75
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 322
- Abstract:
- Manuscript volume, on paper, containing the complete text of Peter Comestor's Historia scholastica, with marginal glosses and later annotations. This work is preceded in the volume by the Compendium historiae in genealogia Christi of Peter of Poitiers, with complex genealogical diagrams in color. It is followed by the Prophesies of Pseudo-Methodius and the Allegoriae of Hugh of St. Victor
- Description:
- In Latin., Two original flyleaves. Manuscript preceded by three paper leaves to which bibliographical and historical notes about the texts contained in the volume have been affixed., Script: small gothic book script., Decoration: chapter headings in red; red and blue penwork initials., and Binding: twentieth-century full red morocco.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Jesus Christ and Petrus, Comestor, active 12th century.
- Subject (Topic):
- Genealogy, History Bibles, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Historia scholastica, with other works
5. [Genealogical notes]
- Creator:
- Butts, Thomas, 1759-1846
- Published / Created:
- Undated
- Call Number:
- 2004 551
- Collection Title:
- The book of common prayer and administration of the sacraments : and other rites and ceremonies of
- Image Count:
- 3
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Description:
- Extensive genealogical notes by, Thomas Butts. and One blank page between [p. 2-3] of handwritten genealogy.
- Subject (Topic):
- Annotations (Provenance) --17th century, Annotations (Provenance) --18th century, Annotations (Provenance) --19th century, Bible. O.T. Psalms. English. Authorized. --Early works to 1800, Church of England --Liturgy --Early works to 1800, Church of England --Prayer-books and devotions --Early works to 1800, Genealogies, and Genealogy
- Collection Created:
- Cambridge : Printed by John Hayes, printer to the University, M.DC.LXXIX. [1679]
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Genealogical notes]
