Historical antiquities, in two books the first treating in general of Great-Brettain and Ireland : the second containing particular remarks concerning Cheshire / faithfully collected out of authentick histories, old deeds, records, and evidences, by Sir Peter Leycester, Baronet ; whereunto is annexed a transcript of Doomsday-book, so far as it concerneth Cheshire, taken out of the original record.
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- Historical antiquities, in two books the first treating in general of Great-Brettain and Ireland : the second containing particular remarks concerning Cheshire / faithfully collected out of authentick histories, old deeds, records, and evidences, by Sir Peter Leycester, Baronet ; whereunto is annexed a transcript of Doomsday-book, so far as it concerneth Cheshire, taken out of the original record.
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- Leycester, Peter, Sir, 1614-1678.
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- London :: Printed by W.L. for Robert Clavell ...,
- M.DC.LXXIII [1673]
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- Cheshire (England) -- Genealogy.
- Great Britain -- History.
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"Historical antiquities, in two books the first treating in general of Great-Brettain and Ireland : the second containing particular remarks concerning Cheshire / faithfully collected out of authentick histories, old deeds, records, and evidences, by Sir Peter Leycester, Baronet ; whereunto is annexed a transcript of Doomsday-book, so far as it concerneth Cheshire, taken out of the original record." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A70453.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 3, 2024.
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THE CONTENTS OF THIS BOOK.
THe first Part treateth of the Governors and Earls of Mercia, from the time of King Alfred, to the time of the Norman Conquest.
The second Part comprehendeth the History of the Earls of Chester from the Norman Conquest, till that Earldom was Invested in the Crown of England under King Henry the Third; with a short Catalogue of all such Princes of England, as have been created Princes of Wales and Earls of Chester, ever since to this day.
The third Part treateth of the ancient Barons to the Earls of Chester, with several Catalogues of all the Bi∣shops, Deans, Chamberlains, Judges, Sheriffs, and Escheatours of Cheshire, and also of the Recorders of the City of Chester.
The fourth and last Part comprehendeth the Anti∣quities of Bucklow Hundred in Cheshire.