| Description | Antiquarian and genealogical notes and original records accumulated by William Cowper (1706-67) mayor of Chester, subsequently passed to the Crewe family. Includes deeds, correspondence, verses, pedigrees and heraldic manuscripts chiefly relating to Cheshire families and parishes, and to the city of Chester; includes some papers, 1549-1642, of his uncle, Thomas Cowper, mayor of Chester 1641-2, chiefly concerning rebellion in Ireland |