Duchy of Lancaster

1. Copy of 'The Antiquity and History of the Duchy of Lancaster written by William Fleetwood, Sergeant at Law and Recorder of London in the Year MDXCV. Also of the Revenues and Fees of the Duchy and of the Dukes of Lancaster. Also of its Lords and Earls by John Hopkinson, gentleman, MS ex orig. in Biblioth Ri. Thornton, Armiger' c. 1735

Letter from Arthur Gould of London to dr Farrer about the manuscript, 17 Oct 1911. Frontispiece has biographical note in 18th cent. hand on William Fleetwood.

[Phillipps no. 4455]

2. Index to places occurring in fee farm rolls of the Duchy of Lancaster, deeds of ancient possessions of the Crown, survey book of Hertfordshire and rolls and books of leases, temp. Eliz. I and Jas. I. 'John Caley, purchased of Mrs Brooker'.

[Phillipps no. 6813]

3. Copy by Craven Ord, F.R.S. and F.S.A., of the Household Book of Lord Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, begun by Lord Henry de Leicestre, from the morrow of the feast of St Michael, 12 Edw. II, to the same Saint's Day, 13 Edw. II [30 Sep 1318-29 Sep 1319]. Ord intended to print the whole book, but only completed the first sixteen pages.

[Phillipps no. 3853]