Manuscripts originally kept by Bristol Museum & Art Gallery and by Bristol Reference Library... Manuscripts originally kept by Bristol Museum & Art Gallery and by Bristol Reference Library
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5139
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The Seyer, Jefferies and Ellacombe Collections, with some additions
The records have been catalogued in the following order:
5139/1-113 Small case of deeds (once Mr Seyers');
5139/114-188 Large case (formerly Mr Seyers');
5139/189, 189a, 189b Deeds added to the Museum collection in 1895, 1898 and 1900;
5139/190-243 Deeds - Jefferies Collection - Large case;
5139/244-278 Large case (Ellacombe Collection);
5139/279-280 New deed case - deeds presented by Alderman Fox;
5139/281-333 New deed case - Jefferies Collection;
5139/334-446 New case - Ellacombe Collection;
5139/447-469 Additional Seyer deeds;
5139/470 Deed discovered in the Library;
5139/471 Deed presented by E J Gibbons;
5139/472-484 Deeds presented in 1902, 1903 and 1904;
5139/485-500 Deeds exhibited in the Museum
Please note that only numbers 5139/1-193 match the numbering of Latimer's original catalogue of the collection. Please see the entry for 5139/501 for full details.
Note: For 5139/238 (and perhaps other deeds) see 'Earldom of Gloucester Charters' edited by Robert B Patterson, Oxford 1973, though the transcript leaves out the first sentence which shows it to be an 'Inspeximus'; see also http://deeds.library.utoronto.ca/charters/00810179
Transferred from City Museum & Art Gallery in 1949
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Original manuscript catalogue volume on shelves in workroom behind searchroom (given reference 5139/501 in 2019)
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