Janus: John Lewis Gay: Genealogical Memoirs

Manuscripts contains:
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MS Add.6589	Coats of Arms of Cambridgeshire Families
MS Add.6590	Seven Songs collected by C. E. Sayle, M.A.
MS Add.6591	Plautus: Pseudolus
MS Add.6592	Sandars Lecture on Ulrich Zell
MS Add.6593	Gilbert White: Sermon
MS Add.6595	John Lewis Gay: Genealogical Memoirs
MS Add.6596	Gray: Religious Diary
MS Add.6597	Gustavus Adolphus Schutt Schneider: Selections from the Theological Correspondence of Fenton John Anthony Hort
MS Add.6598	Richard Shilleto: Classical Notebook
MS Add.66	Simon Patrick: Collection of sermons
MS Add.6603	Collections concerning the reckoning of coinage in the hand of J.F. Gronovius
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John Lewis Gay: Genealogical Memoirs

Title	John Lewis Gay: Genealogical Memoirs
Reference	GBR/0012/MS Add.6595
Creator	Gay, John Lewis
Covering Dates	1842–1862 (Circa)
Extent and Medium	1 volume
Repository	Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives

Content and context

John Lewis Gay, engraver, of Old Kent Road, London S.E.

A collection of coats of arms (mostly coloured), genealogical and antiquarian notes, monumental inscriptions, etc., probably made by John Lewis Gay, 65 folios. On fos 27v et seq. is a copy of the will of Mrs Elizabeth Chandler, 5 December 1843, appointing Gay as her executor, with copies of her burial certificate, bill for funeral expenses, etc., 1846. On fo. 34a is an account of the Gay family of Evington, Kent, 'faithfully extracted' by J.L. Gay. There are notes in the text by Ralph Griffin, F.S.A.

Presented by Ralph Griffin, 1927.

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Please cite as Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, John Lewis Gay: Genealogical Memoirs, MS Add.6595

Index Terms

Heraldry

Genealogy

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