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DCC - Crewe (Cowper) Collection - 1509-1908

1 - Original works by William Cowper, or items which are numbered ' C C ' in Cowper's hand

2 - Works evidently collected by William Cowper, or which formed part of the Condover (Cholmondeley) Collection listed by the Historical Manuscripts Commission

1 - The visitation of Cheshire taken by William Flower alias Norroy Kinge of Armes and with hym Robert Glover Somerset Herald his Marshall. A.D. 1580. - 1580

2 - Visitation of Cheshire Temp. Elizabeth by the Somerset Herald - 1558 1603

3 - Inquisitions post mortem (abstracts) for Cheshire. 1 Henry VIII to 12 James I. Indices of Names and Places - c 1620

4 - Brevary - c 1671

5 - Villare cestriense, by Dr. Edward Williamson - 1701

6 - Dr. Williamsons Collections of Cheshire Evidences, transcribed by William Cowper, schoolmaster of Clutton. Index - c 1720

7 - Notitiae quedam antiquit. Comitat. et Civ. Cestrie...ex Domini Holms Mss. etc: per Ed. Williamson M.D. collectae et J(ohn) S(Tones) in ordine redactae. - 18th century

8 - Statuta ecclesiae cathedralis cestriensis (4. June, 1544) - 18th century

9 - Cheshire pedigrees after Glover - 18th century

10 - An Account of the Siege of the City of Chester in the year 1645, by or after William Cowper, transcribed by William Hobron, Chester, 1764, with plan of Fortifications. Folio, 38 ff - 1764

1 - Letter from Dr. Gower to Rev. Harwood concerning materials for the history of Cheshire. Chelmsford - 19 May 1771

2 - Letter from Mrs. Anne Cawley to Dr. Gower, offering a copy of a document of 1252. Boswell Court - 10-Apr

3 - Letter from Dr. Gower to Rev. Harwood, relating to his proposed History. Chelmsford - 20 Mar 1772

4 - Letter from the same to the same, requesting copies of tables of Benefactors in every church or chapel in the County. Chelmsford - 14 May 1774

5 - Letter from George Heron to (Dr. Gower) regarding the living of Lymm of Warburton. Daresbury - 18 May 1776

6 - Opinion of John Hughes regarding Rev. Harwood's eligibility for a minor canonry - 31 May 1777

7 - List of Roman coins found in and near Chester, now in the possession of T.C - 1777

8 - Drawing of mouldings

9 - Letter from Thomas Falconer to Dr. Gower, concerning an I.P.M. lent to him by Mr. George Lowe, describing Dr. Gastrell's Notitia and mentioning various collections of papers of interest. Chester - 21 Jan 1771

10 - Opinion, as no. DCC/26/6 - 26 May 1777

11 - Letter from Dr. Gower to Rev. Harwood, with condolences. Chelmsford, 13. Aug., 1775. Endorsed: 1774

12 - Abstract of orders and ordinances relating to Jones' Almshouses in St. Michaels Parish, Chester - n.d

13 - Letter from William Wales to Rev. Harwood, acknowledging Harwood's account of his parish. Christ's Hospital - 16 Apr 1781

14 - Letter (unsigned) containing particulars of the parish of Shenstone - 29 Sept 1781

15 - Statistics of christenings, burials and marriages in the above parish - 1680 - 1780

16 - Index of names

17 - Arms

18 - Genealogy of the 7 Earls of Chester

19 - Extracts relative to the History of Cheshire from my several correspondents' letters.

20 - List of Mayors and Sheriffs - 1655 - 1773

21 - Antiquities of Cheshire (6 pages only). Printed

11 - An Account of the Siege of the City of Chester in the year 1645, by or after William Cowper. A duplicate of the above in another hand and with later corrections and marginal notes - 18th century

12 - Book of Precedents (Writs) compiled by Stephen Mundy of the Inner Temple - 18th century

13 - Book of Precedents (Entries) compiled by James Mundy of the Inner Temple - 1724

14 - An Account of the Abbey of Vale Royal in the County of Chester, containing extracts from Tanner's Notitia Monastica and attested extracts from the Ministers' Accounts, 32 Henry Viii, signed by John Caley, Keeper of the Records in the Augmentation Office - 1807

15 - Folder entitled 'Mainwaring Family. Poems (Manuscript). Various Papers.' - 1764-1810

3 - Works not included in the Historical Manuscripts Commission Report on the Condover (Cholmondeley) Collection, and probably collected by the Crewe family

4 - Printed Works

5 - Condover (Cowper) Collection - 1569-1642