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- [1678]-[mid 18 cent.] (Creation)
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i, 66 ff. (old pagination 1-112, with errors, continued to end) ; 200 x 160 mm.
Repaired and re-bound at NLW (old vellum front cover preserved at end of volume, pp. 129-130).
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Extracts out of the Register Books of the Bishops of Hereford, made by Chancellor Wynne and Hugh Hughes, [mid 18 cent.], including an index of the contents of a supplemental register containing some occurrences in the time of Dr Humphrey Humphreys (pp. 1-8); accounts extracted out of Bishop Humphreys' Register, relating to some schools in the diocese of Hereford, namely Leominster, Ledbury, Chirbury, Presteign, Lushton (pp. 14-46); an account of the Register Books then extant (pp. 47-49); etc.
Items formerly loose within the volume have been either tipped in on blank leaves or bound in at the end of the volume (pp. 63, 114, 116-117, 122-128), including an account, December 1678, of an examination by the Bishop of Hereford and others on behalf of the House of Lords, of a house called Combe in Lanruthall, Herefordshire, which was believed to be a Jesuit College (pp. 125-128).
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Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.
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Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
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English.
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Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Preferred citation: Bodewryd MS 27B.
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- Church of England. Diocese of Hereford (Subject)