Antiquary's Books series

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The Antiquary's Books series was edited by John Charles Cox, and published in London by Methuen & Co.. It comprised some 28 titles. [1] [2] In relation to British parish history, it has been said that

"[...] several of Cox's series (1904–15) of Antiquary's Books retained their value, notably his own contributions on parish registers and churchwarden's accounts and Nathaniel Hone on manorial records. [3]

List of titles

YearTitleAuthor
1904English Monastic Life Francis Aidan Gasquet [4]
1904Remains of the Prehistoric Age in England Bertram Windle
1904The Old Service-Books of the English ChurchChristopher Wordsworth and Henry Littlehales
1904Celtic Art in Pagan and Christian Times John Romilly Allen
1905Shrines of British SaintsJ. Charles Wall [5]
1905Archaeology and False Antiquities Robert Munro [6]
1906The Manor and Manorial RecordsNathaniel J. Hone [7]
1906English Seals James Harvey Bloom [8]
1905The Royal Forests of EnglandJohn Charles Cox [9]
The Bells of England John James Raven
1906The Domesday InquestAdolphus Ballard [10]
Parish Life in Medieval England Francis Aidan Gasquet
The Brasses of England Herbert W. Macklin
English Church FurnitureJohn Charles Cox
1908Folk-Lore as an Historical Science George Laurence Gomme
English Costume George Clinch
1908The Gilds and Companies of London George Unwin
The Medieval Hospitals of England Rotha Mary Clay [11]
1910Old English Instruments of Music Francis William Galpin
1911The Roman Era in BritainJohn Ward
1911Romano-British Buildings and EarthworksJohn Ward
The Parish Registers of EnglandJohn Charles Cox
Castles and Walled Towns of EnglandAlfred Harvey
1912Old English Libraries Ernest Albert Savage
1913Ancient Painted Glass in EnglandPhilip Nelson [1]
1913Churchwardens' Accounts from the Fourteenth Century to the Close of the Seventeenth CenturyJohn Charles Cox
1914The Hermits and Anchorites of EnglandRotha Mary Clay [12] [1]
1915The Schools of Mediaeval England Arthur Francis Leach

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Nelson, Philip (1913). "Ancient Painted Glass in England 1170–1500". Internet Archive . London; New York: Methuen; George H. Doran. pp. Supplement 13. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  2. ↑ Alexandre Dumas (1821). My Memoirs. Methuen & Company. p. 532.
  3. ↑ Dyer, Christopher; Hopper, Andrew James; Lord, Evelyn; Nigel J. Tringham (2011). New Directions in Local History since Hoskins. Univ of Hertfordshire Press. p. 34. ISBN   978-1-907-39612-0 . Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  4. ↑ Francis Aidan Gasquet (1904). English Monastic Life. Methuen.
  5. ↑ J. Charles Wall (1905). Shrines of British Saints. Methuen.
  6. ↑ Gavin Lucas (6 February 2012). Understanding the Archaeological Record. Cambridge University Press. p. 36. ISBN   978-1-107-01026-0.
  7. ↑ Nathaniel J. Hone (1906). The Manor and Manorial Records. Methuen & Company.
  8. ↑ James Harvey Bloom (1906). English Seals. Methuen & Company.
  9. ↑ Cox, John Charles (1905). "The Royal Forests of England". Internet Archive . London: Methuen. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  10. ↑ The Domesday Inquest. London. 1906.
  11. ↑ Clay, Rotha Mary (2015-11-20). The Mediæval Hospitals of England. Methuen & Co. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  12. ↑ Rotha Mary Clay (1914). The Hermits and Anchorites of England. Methuen & Company.

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