PHILLIPPS, THOMAS, SIR. Pedigrees of John Mellersh, Edward Heydon and the Comyn family, ca. 1870
Sir Thomas Phillipps: Pedigrees of John Mellersh,
Edward Heydon and the Comyn family, ca. 1870
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, compiler.
Pedigrees of John Mellersh, Edward Heydon and the Comyn family [autograph manuscript], [ca. 1870?]
2 items (2 folded sheets) ; 23 cm. or smaller
Biographical/Historical Note
English antiquary and collector. Upon inheriting his father's estate at Middle Hill in Worcestershire he embarked on a career of collecting books and manuscripts. His collection eventually contained over 60,000 manuscripts and an almost equal number of books. Sir Thomas was also a keen genealogist and collected and annotated genealogies of nobility and landed families of interest to him.
The pedigree of John Mellersh of Hastings, Hampshire is brought down to about 1862, and the pedigree of Edward Heydon of Shipton, Gloucestershire to 1870. The pedigree of the Comyn family is taken from Harley MS Folio 1468 in the British Museum.
Title devised by cataloger.
Laid in modern folding cloth box; spine lettered in gilt: Phillipps Private Papers/ Autograph Pedigrees.
Purchase; Sotheby's auction no. 3243, Lot no. 0065, London; 2003/12/02.
Formerly owned by Martin Schoyer of Spikkestad, Norway, who purchased it from the dealer H. P. Kraus of New York City. Previously owned by W. H. Robinson, Ltd. of London. It would have been among the numerous Phillipps manuscripts sold by Sotheby's starting in 1886.
Heydon, Edward, fl. 1608.
Mellersh, John, fl. 1750.
Comyn family.
Heydon family.
Mellersh family.
Schoyer, Martin, former owner.
British Museum. Dept. of Manuscripts. Harley 1468.
Genealogies England. Gloucestershire.
Genealogies. England. Hampshire.
Pedigrees. England.
Genealogies. England. Gloucestershire.
Pedigrees. England. Hampshire.
Genealogists. England. 19th century.