E. Williams watermark collection, including papers of the Hale family of King's Walden and other papers, ca. 1570-1699 [manuscript], compiled ca. 1920-1930.
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Title
E. Williams watermark collection, including papers of the Hale family of King's Walden and other papers, ca. 1570-1699 [manuscript], compiled ca. 1920-1930.
Description
1,058 items.
Organization and arrangement
Arranged by acquisition and watermark type, according to E. Williams' arrangement.
Associated name
Williams, E. (Of Hove), compiler.
Hale family.
Hale family.
Scope and content
A collection of paper from sixteenth and seventeenth-century manuscripts and printed books, broadsides, and pamphlets, gathered and arranged according to watermark type by E. Williams of Hove, Sussex, in the early twentieth century. Watermark types include pots, columns, foolscaps, fleurs de lys, cardinal's hats, unicorns, grapes, hands, shields, croziers and horns, etc. Many of the manuscripts relate to the legal, financial, and manorial affairs of the Hale family of King's Walden, Hertfordshire and concern the family's legal, financial, personal, and manorial affairs in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Berkshire, Norfolk, and Surrey. Additional manuscripts without a clear relationship to the Hale family fall into similar categories of legal, financial, and manorial documents from a similar period, as well as personal letters. Also includes mostly blank leaves removed from commonplace books (some with fragmentary indexes) and printed items, chiefly English civil war era broadsides and pamphlets.
Language Note
In English and Latin.
Location of related archival material
Related collections of Hale family papers include those at the British Library (Add MS 33,572-33,586), Harvard Law School (MSS Deeds Hale), Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies (Miscellaneous records of the Hale family of Kings Walden Bury (DE/X471) and Correspondence and Miscellaneous papers of the Hale family of Stagenhoe, St Paul's Walden, Preston (DE/X987)), and Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Record Service (F 206).
Finding aid
E. Williams' inventories (handwritten and typescript) of watermarks available upon request. Please consult Curator for assistance.
For a fuller description, see online finding aid.
For a fuller description, see online finding aid.
Finding aid identifier
W55553
Source of acquisition
Acquired in 6 parts: 4 parts acquired by Henry Clay Folger from E. Williams in February, May, and September 1924 and in June 1927. A single item (L.f.948) and a sixth part acquired from Winifred Myers in 1976 and 1980.
Exhibited
L.f. 45, 218, 398 Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2015. Age of Lawyers. Opening: flat.
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library L.f.1-1058
Blog post about Folger Shakespeare Library L.f.1-1058: "Watermarks & hidden collections", The Collation (10 November 2011)
Guide to the E. Williams watermark collection, including the papers of the Hale family of King's Walden and other papers
Blog post about Folger Shakespeare Library L.f.1-1058: "Watermarks & hidden collections", The Collation (10 November 2011)
Guide to the E. Williams watermark collection, including the papers of the Hale family of King's Walden and other papers
Genre/form
Manuscripts, Latin.
Watermarks (Paper)
Family papers.
Legal instruments.
Financial records.
Manorial records.
Correspondence.
Leases.
Contracts.
Wills.
Legal documents.
Judicial records.
Accounts.
Receipts (financial records)
Inventories.
Surveys (documents)
Manuscripts (documents)
Deeds.
Watermarks (Paper)
Family papers.
Legal instruments.
Financial records.
Manorial records.
Correspondence.
Leases.
Contracts.
Wills.
Legal documents.
Judicial records.
Accounts.
Receipts (financial records)
Inventories.
Surveys (documents)
Manuscripts (documents)
Deeds.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Item Details
Call number
L.f.1-1058
Folger accession
cs1234.1, cs1262.2, cs1297, cs1686, MS Add 714, MS Add 759