FA/3/1/1/22
Reference code
FA/3/1/1/22
Level of description
File
Title
Mr Harding's Notes on the Fabric from F R Fisher's Note-Books
Original Title
"Notes from the Accounts of Clerk of the Fabric chiefly transcribed by Mr J Harding in 1891 from the note-books written by Mr F R Fisher circa 1870-7"
Date
Jul 1891
Quantity & Format
1 notebook
Description
On the first page the file is titled "Selections from Extracts made by the late Mr F R Fisher from the annual accounts of the Clerks to the Fabric of Salisbury Cathedral between 1473 and 1698 and from other papers copied by him into three books numbered 3,4 and 5 in the possession of the Chapter - Treasurer - [?] Red Canon Gordon: arranged with some explanatory notes by John Harding July 1891". Contains notes on The Close, Trees, Canonry Houses, Repairs to Cathedral, Repairs to Spire, Churchyard (Lytton, Ladywell, Watercourses, Ditches), Churchyard Walks, Whirligiggs, The Cross, Belfry, Clock, Bells, Shops, Almshouses, Glasshouses, Chapels and Altars, Plate, Inventory (1685), Ornaments, Furniture, City Fraternities, Lights, Obits, The Organ, The Font, The Bishop, The Song-school (a choristers tailors' will), Civil War, The Rood Loft. The Choir and Details, Alms Chapel, Library, Vestry, Muniment Room, Treasury House, Porches, Cloisters and Chapter House, Consistory Court, Paradise, Round Table, Pulpit, Books, Staff, Tower on fire in 1672, Eagles kept (1670-72), Tombs, Floods, Royal Visits, Waywardens Court.
Language
English
Physical Characteristics
Material: paper