Some Account Of The Alien Priories, And Of Such Lands As They Are Known To Have Possessed In England And Wales. In Two Volumes. Volume The First. (Second.)

RA Collection: Book

Record number

03/2868

Imprint

London:: Printed By And For J. Nichols; Sold By H. Payne, Pall-Mall; And N. Conant, Fleet-Street., MDCCLXXIX.

Physical Description

2 vols.; 185 mm. (Octavo).

General Note

Vol. I: i-xii, ix-lxiv, 110 p., [6] pl. (3 fold.). The first plate is a map. - Vol. II: v, [i], 235, [1] p., [3] pl. (2 fold.).

Contents

Vol. I: [T.p.] - Preface - Introduction, Being A General Description Of The Seven Norman Cathedrals - List Of The Alien Priories In The First Volume - [Text, with pl.] - Appendix - Addenda - Index Of Places. - Vol. II: [T.p.] - List Of Alien Priories In The Second Volume - Contents Of Appendix - Add to p. 59 - [Text, with pl.] - Addenda - Appendix - Index Of Places - [Additions and Corrections] - Books On Antiquarian Subjects, Printed For, And Sold By, J. Nichols.

Responsibility Note

The Preface is signed 'J.N.', i.e. John Nichols. The text is based on manuscripts of John Warburton and A.C. Ducarel.

The first plate (map of Normandy) is signed as engraved by T. Bowen; all others are signed as engraved by B.T. Pouncy.

Each carries the publisher's imprint of J. Nichols and the date March 1 1779 (the first plate of the second volume carries additionally the date 1778 after Pouncy's signature).

References

ESTC, T74614

Summary Note

The work is essentially a contribution to the history of land-ownership in Britain; but the nine plates show some churches in Normandy.

The plates are captioned and show: (Volume I) map of Normandy and views of Rouen cathedral, Bec abbey, St Stephen's abbey in Caen, Holy Trinity abbey in Caen, Mont St. Michel; (Volume II) views of the cathedrals of Coutances, Evreux and Bayeux.

Reproductions

A microfilm version was published in 1990 (Woodbridge CT: Research Publications).

Provenance

Acquired between 1779 and 1802. Recorded in RAA Library, Catalogue, 1802.

Binding Note

19th-century red morocco spines, red cloth-covered boards; spines lettered 'Alien Priories I. (II.) R.A.'

Name as Subject

Subject

Priories - Churches - Cathedrals - Church lands - Great Britain - France - Normandy - History - Maps
Views - 18th century
Pictorial works - 18th century

Contributors

John Warburton
Andrew Coltee Ducarel
John Nichols, printer, publisher
Nathaniel Conant, bookseller
Henry Payne, bookseller
Benjamin Thomas Pouncy, engraver
Thomas Bowen, engraver