Main entry--corporate name
Great Britain Record Commission.
Title
Valor ecclesiasticus temp. Henr. VIII. : Auctoritate regia institutus..
Imprint
[London] : Printed by command of His Majesty King George III. In pursuance of an address of the House of Commons of Great Britain., 1810. [-1833.].
Physical description
6 v. : ill., facsim., folded col. maps ; 43 cm
Note
Vol. 1: [16], 453, [4], 456-519, [1] p., [3] leaves of plates (2 folded) -- Vol. 2: [8], 584 p., [3] folded leaves of plates -- Vol. 3: [8], 587, [1] p., [3] folded leaves of plates -- Vol. 4: [8], 460, 459*-460*, [461]-538 p., [4] folded leaves of plates -- Vol. 5: [8], 400 p., [3] folded leaves of plates -- Vol. 6: viii, [8], lx, 344 p., [1] folded leaf of plates
Note
Published under the direction of the Commissioners on the Public Records.
Note
Includes half-titles.
Note
Ed. by John Caley, with introduction and indexes by Joseph Hunter.
Note
Printers' statement on colophon vols. 1-5: "London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty. 1810-1825."
Note
Printers' statement on colophon in vol. 6: "London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty. 1833."
Note
Vol. 1 printed in 1810, vol. 2 in 1814, vol. 3 in 1817, vol. 4 in 1821, vol. 5 in 1825, vol. 6 in 1834.
Note
Vols. I-V include, in each volume, "Returns" from certain dioceses, an appendix containing maps and a "List of Peculiars" of each diocese and "Index capitum," "Index generalis locorum" and "Index nominum": vol. I. Canterbury, Rochester, Bath and Wells, Bristol, Chichester, London. Also, "Instruction for taking this survey," and an engr. facsim. "Exemplar valoris ecclesiastici temp. regis Hen. VIII." vol. II. Winchester, Salisbury, Oxford, Exeter, Gloucester. vol. III. Hereford, Coventry & Lichfield, Worcester, Norwich, Ely. vol. IV. Lincoln, Peterborough, Landaff, St. David's, Bangor, St. Asaph. vol. V. York, Chester, Carlisle, Durham.
Note
Includes indexes.
Note
Vol. 6 contains a general introduction and general map, intended to be bound into vol. 1. This general map is signed "S. Arrowsmith delint. A.D. MDCCCXXXIV." County maps in Vol. I signed "A. Arrowsmith delint. A.D. MDCCCX."
Note
Engraved plate in Vol. I signed "Js. Basire sculp."
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”
Binding
19th-century brown half-sheepskin; boards covered with marbled paper; paper boards; sewn on five supports. Volume 6 has no covering over the boards.
Copy-specific note
Vol. 1, title page verso: "See of Salisbury. To be perpetually preserved in the library of the bishop of this diocese, for the time being." Vols. 2-5, title page versos: "This book is to be perpetually preserved in and the for the use of the Cathedral Library of Salisbury.". Vol. 6, title page verso: "Record Commission, 12th March 1831. This book is to be perpetually preserved in the Cathedral Library of Salisbury. March 1834. C. P. Cooper, Sec.Com. Pub. Rec.".
Copy-specific note
Vols. 1, 4, 5 wanting half title pages. Vol. 4 wanting pages 459 and 460, which have been replaced with pages 459* and 460* respectively.
Copy-specific note
The general index and general map remain in vol. 6; they have not been bound into vol. 1.
Subject
Annates.
Subject
Great Britain (Place) Church history.
Subject
Great Britain (Place) History Henry VIII, 1509-1547 Sources.
Added entry--name
Caley, John, 1763-1834 editor.
Added entry--name
Hunter, Joseph, 1783-1861 author.
Added entry--name
Eyre, George printer.
Added entry--name
Strahan, Andrew, -1831 printer.
Added entry--name
Spottiswoode, Andrew printer.
Added entry--name
Arrowsmith, Samuel, -1839 artist.
Added entry--name
Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750-1823 artist.
Added entry--name
Basire, James, 1769-1822 engraver.
Added entry--place
England London.
B15185
UKSbSC
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