BULWERFAMILY PAPERS AN INVENTORY OF THE COLLECTION IN

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA LIBRARY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS DIVISION

Box-folder

Series

1-1 oversiz e

Sketches of Stoneheng e 3 large views of Stoneheng e pub . by G . Nicol, Pall Mal l 2 small views of Stonehenge . From original drawings by George Keate Esq .

1-2

List of Tradesmen's Tokens of the 17th cent . and Provincial tokens of the 18th cent . relating to the county of Norfolk . No signature excep t "John Woddenfrom; 1857 (in another signature located on the flyleaf) .

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Dat e

The second volume is of the county of Suffolk . 1-3

Sketchbook with pencil drawings and water colours by James Redford Bulwer .

1-4

Box of legal documents given to U .B .C . by Henry Alan Bulwer in 1931 .

Nov . 1872 Aug . 187 3

7 .R. 2 . 138 4 7 .R . 2 . 138 4 14 .E .B 136 7 14 .E .3 136 7 June 1630 July 1632 May 1646

- a land conveyance - a chartis a chartis - a chartis - an obligation or agreement - a conveyance - an indenture A to D are complete and whole . E,F,and G ar e mutilated . 1-5

Photograph s Dora, Mrs . Humphrey Lloyd (Bulwer) Picture of a man Picture of a child - H .A . Bulwe r Picture of H .A .B . (Henry A . Bulwer? ) Walter R . Bulwer, father of H .A .B . "Mine? " Bulwer, Henry A . " Mine? "

1-6

Bulwer, Thomas of Thirnin g Document

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133 0

1- 7

Bulwere, Thomas of Thirnin g

1

133 1

1-8

Bulwer,, William Document

June 1876 1879 n .d . n .d . n .d . n .d . n .d . n .d .

April 16, 151 5

2. Box-folder

Series

No .

Date s

1-9

Bulwer family sea l of Edmund Newman Worstead

1

163 2

Seals of Mayor and Burgessse s of Thetford .

2

184 9

1 1

175 1 179 6

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1-11

Seals of Robert Knopwood Threxton, and Dashwood Cleg, both sheriffs o f Norfolk .

1-12

Wax seal with hare in the centre o f the star of David .

1

n .d .

1-13

Wax seal of a crowned man sitting

1

n .d .

1-14

Wax seal with the words "Vill a Lowistoft Soffoche" surroundin g a figure of a man holding a crown .

1

n .d .

1-15,

Wax seal (the annunciation?)

1

n .d .

1-16

Wax seal "S . Narcucio de Monalido

1

n .d .

1-17

Two wax seals of

2

n .d .

1-18

Wax seal of a man's profile .

1

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1-19

Wax seal of a crest .

1

n .d .

1-20

A Brass buckle "found in th e new vicarage, Garven, Swaffram , Norfolk . 1848"

1

n .d .

1-21

Metal seal "Lateran Basil Porticus"

1

173 3

1-22

Notes on the geneology of the Bulwers and "Notes on the book s in My Library" . 17th and 18th century

1

18th century

the same crest .



Book of copies and origina l watercolours, drawings an d photographs . Some items ar e signed and identified . Som e items are not attached in th e scrapbook . 2- 2

2- 3

Records of the Norfolk and Norwic h Archaeological Society kept by Rev . J . Bulwer . Contains photographs , clippings, engravings,(copy of Suffol k Institute of Archaelogy), statistics , Natural History memberships an d rules . There are many notes on Wingfiel d Church .

c .185 0

104pp .

Notebook entitled "Bacon's Mss . " on spine . p . 1 - "Engravings of seals " p . 3 - loose water colour o f three classical columns . pp . 29-33 - drawings of a buria l chambe r pp .41-53 - notes of an edition ° of poems ."Goldsmith and Parnall , London, 1804" and a dedication by W . Bulwer to the Shakespeare Printin g Office on their new edition of Shakespear e dated Feb . 1, 1795 , A discussion of various ornaments , especially woodcuts . Ephemera . Aleaf from Wynkynde Worde" s Holinshed's Chronicles

1

An engraving of John Bulwer . Clippings - a list of parishes A list of oil paintings . 2-6

c .1860

Copper engravings of Bulwer famil y heraldry Illustrations of family crests Water colour of a family cres t with a wax seal on oil cloth, Christmas cards

151 5 1820

4

c .1800 .

4 3

n .d . n .d .

1 2

n .d . n .d



4. Box-folder

Series

2-7a

Lettering from misc . sources. Contains examples from 14th centur y to theninteenth century .

2-7b

Barclay's designs for marking silver plate . (Various letter

Items

designs) .

c .1860

2-8

Drawings, engravings, watercolours , and lists of various coats of arms . 27 Also contains misc . drawings and notes .

3-1

Heraldry and geneology ; misc . notes an d coats of arms .

3- 2

Crest of Henry Alan Buiwer . (one is with a wax seal ) Misc . crests . Letters pert . to the crests .

3- 3

Booklet entitled "Illuminate d Coats of Arms" by Robert Fitzhame n Erie of Glocester .

3-4

Date s

1800

Italian misc . illumination cut ou t pasted onto vellum . Subject ; the resurrection .

and

List of books in the library o f Henry A . Buiwer, 5529 Balaclava , Vancouver . Lists of books owned by H .A . Buiwer . Includes lists from "sewing room" , East Anglia books and a list of books 1 1 "received from H .A . Bulwer by A . Atherton" . 3-7

Clippings . Includes ; Small book - The Devil's Walk ; A Poe m Clippings on various family histories , newspaper photos, engravings . Book - British Birds Named After Person s Bul wer's Petrel

22

n .d .



I tems

Dat e

Bulwer, Wolter Redfoord -letter to son

2

Oct . 12, 186 4

Bulwer family photo s -only two identified are Markby Bulwer and Henry Alan Bulwer age 21-3 0

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n. d.

Series

3-1 0

Bulwer family lfthograp h

1804

3-1 1

Bulwer family photo . album of . 56 p of . photos, including most of the `' famil y members from the 1850's . .to the .1890 ' s

1823-1890' s

4- 1

Photos of Wales and Ireland in addition to England . Includes one sketc h

83

1823-1890' s

4- 2

Letters and memorabili a Includes note on writing des k lists of silver services in Frenc h

22

19th cent .

4-3

Memorabilia Includes menu, playbill, clipping s

29

18th-19th cent .

4-4

Water colours - landscapes of Burrowford I I plus folder with sketches

4-5

Copies of letters to Rev . James Bulwe r 5 letters, 2 copies of each

4-6

Miscellaneous correspondenc e

4- 7

Aug . 186 3

10

1828-184 1

Memorabilia, letters, clipping s Includes letters to the Time s

10

1889-189 8

4- 8

Bulwer, James R . Speeches, 1880-189 2

7

1880-189 3

4- 9

Handbills for plays in which J . R . Bulwe r was a m¢,mber of the cast ; clipping s

25

1881-8 7

4-1 0

Bulwer, Walter Redfoord

40

188 1

26

1489-169 8

The Guest Book 4-11

Documents : wills various members of the Bulwer ' family



6 Box-folder

Serie s

Items

Date

5-1

Bulwer family . Copies of documents : wills, Norwich Corporation record s

27

1429— 171 0

5-2

Bulwer family . Copies of document s (wills) of various Bulwers in variou s parts of England

25

1509-179 8

5- 3

Bulwer family . Copies of document s (Hari . M . S . )

29

1313-178 0

5- 4

Bulwer family . Copies of document s (wills )

21

1435-1698

5- 5

Bulwerfamily . Documents . Notes on genealogy, letterspoem s

23

1768-189 0

5-6

Bulwer family . "A Copy of Mr . Suthcote's Wills" - one foli o

1

1722 & 175 7

5-7

Bulwer family . Mss envelope A : photo copies of deeds, indenture plus lis t of photographs loaned to U .B .C .

28

1263-16th cent .

5-8

Bulwer family . Photocopies of documents

24

1448-146 3

5- 9

Bulwer family . Photocopies of documents

17

1467-153 5

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Bulwer

family.

Photocopies of documents

22

1509-154 5

5-1 1

Bulwer family .

Photocopies of documents

25

1582-160 8

5-1 2

Bulwer family .

Photocopies of documents

27

1609-1670

5-1 3

Bulwer family .

Photocopies of documents

19

1740-175 0

6

Only sketches

Henry Moore and prayer boo k



7 Note : Oversize #'s 2, 3, 4, 9, 11, and 17 have been placed in map cabinet #5 . 1.

Book : title on cover James Redford Bulwer . Inner Temple Hall, 1881, book plat e of Henry A . Bulwer . p . 6 lists members of Inner Temple Hall including J . Bulwer , Q .C ., M .P . no . 13 . P . 7 table A indicates signature J . R . Bu1 .ier with notation " H .A .B . ' s uncle "

2.

Legal document by Queen Victoria, dated Feb . 13, 1865, appointing James Redfor d Bulwer " one of our council", signed C . Romilln . Royal seal upper left han d corner .

3.

Copy of Magna Carta pub . M . Walter Dunne, London and Washington, n . d .

4.

Bulwer, James, Rev ., 1794-1879 . Linen map of his estate at Aylsham nea r Norwich (see no . 8 below . Review states "Aylsham (in Norwich) was famou s for its linens )

5.

Clipping of copy of painting " Canadians in Flanders " by J . C . Dollman

6.

Clipping of photograph of sheep : "on the Range " , copyright 190 7

7 . ' 4 pages (7-10) from paper St . James Budget of April 28, 1882 with article on Norwic h marked . 8.

One full sheet (pp . 3,4,13,14) from the London Times, Monday, May 30, 1887 with revie w "Mr . Mason's 'Norfolk", p . 3

9.

Bulwer family . Document . Will of Bryan Mansergh, Esq ., one item, 20 November 1794 .

10.

Bulwer family . Ephemera . Norfolk election squibs, posters, local political verse . Only one dated - Aug 5, 1837 . 18 items .

11.

Bulwer, William Wigget, Esq . Lithograph of estate "Heydon " in Norfolk . March 1 , 1780 . 1 item .

12.

Buiwer, Henry A . Catalogue " Norfolk Collection" . Rough copy . One item, n . d .

13.

Buiwer family . Photographs . (13) Nine from Dept . of the Interior . U .S . Geologica l Survey of the Territories - various natural areas in the U .S . like the Grand Canyon . One " Badlands on Black's Fork, W .Y .T . " ; two photographs from Florence, Italy ; on e photograph of the Palmer House, Chicago . No date on any photograph .

14.

Bulwer family . Catalogue of "Manor House " estate, Aylsham, Norfolk County . No .4 i s a linen map of this estate . For sale by auction Saturday, August 3rd, 1901 . Include s a copy of the first issue of the Aylsham Monthly Journal (newspaper) dated May 2 , 1863 . Catalogue includes photographs of Manor House and a map of lots and who purchased them . 22 pages . Two items .

15.

Notes from which oversized no . 12 was typed . 148 pages . no date

16.

Further notes relating to no . 12 above . 387 folio p ., no dat e

17.

Bulwer family . Sketches of Stonehenge . Five items . Feb . 1, 1799 . Three large views of Stonehenge published by G . Nicol, Pall Mall, Feb . 1, 179 9 Two smaller views of Stonehenge from original drawings by Geo . Keate, esq ., no date .



BULWER FAMILY EPHEMERA : CONTENTS OF 2- 7 Alphabet of Middle Ages by Henry Shaw, London, William Pickering, 1843 . •

Monograms, G . Barclay, n .

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Monograms, G .

Barclay,

n . p ., n . d .

4 . Medieval letter copied from B . M ., Harleian Library, 2936 W . Pickering, London, n. d . 5. .

Initial medieval letter from B . M . .Harleian Library 2800 . W . Pickering, London, Jun e 2, 1830 . Medieval lettering copied from a missal in the possession of Lord Braybrooke . W . Pickering . Medieval lettering copied from B . M . Lansdowne Collection 4 . 6 Medieval lettering copied from A . Pontificale of John II, Archbishop of Treves, n . p . , n. d . Medieval lettering from the monument of Ho. .nry III in Westminster Abbey, lettering dated about 1272 . n . p ., n . d .

10.

Medieval lettering "From the Stalls in St . George's Chapel, Windsor " . Lettering fro m " the end of the 15th Century " . n . p ., n . d .

11.

Saxon letters & ornaments copied from B . M ., Cottonian Library . Tiberius, C . G . , London, W . Pickering, n . d .

12.

Medieval lettering copied from "a missal in the possession of Lord Bra rook, London , W. Pickering, n . d .

13.

Lettering copied from B . M . Royal Library . 16F2 . London, V . Pickering, June 1, 1830 .

14.

Lettering "from an early printed work in the possession of Mr . Pickering, date 1465 . London, W . Pickering, June 1, 1830 .

15.

Lettering from : the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, and the B . M . Harleian Library 2952 . London, W . Pickering, 1830 .

16.

Lettering, 16th C4,ntury . From an engraving on wood, n . p ., n . d .

17.

Lettering, 16th Century . From an engraving on wood, n . p ., n . d .

18.

Lettering, 14th to 17th Century . n . p ., n . d .

19.

Lettering, " XIth Century German " . n . p ., n . d .

20.

Lettering . XIVth to XVIIth Century English and French . n . p ., n . d .



21 . Lettering .

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31.

Lettering . Title page, Polygraphia Curiosa : the Book of Initial Letters and Ancien t Alphabets for Ornamental Purposes . Date 9th to 17th Century . (By) David Bogua, Londo r October, 1843 .

32.

Lettering from the B . M ., Harleian Library 2278 . London, W . Pickering, June 1, 1830 .

33.

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, " XVIth Century Italian " . n . p ., n . d .

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10 DETAILS OF BOX 3- 1 1.

Copies of 14 heraldic crests of "Norfolk families "

2.

2 folio leaves (1 full sheet) with 16 basic crest designs per page (16 roughl y drawn )

3.

A list of the various crests for the names Pagrand, Palgran d

4.

3 leaves of genealogies for Norfolk, Suffolk "extracted out of McCornwall' s Book" . Last leaf dated 22 July 1698 and finis J . B .

5.

5 leaves pinned at top and numbered 240-248 on various genealogie s

6.

"Arms of the Nobility and Gentry in Norfolk and Suffolk" , 6 leaves . Alphabetically , Ato Z

7.

Bulwer genealogy? (partial )

. 9.

Genealogy of John Cork family of Herford and Norfolk . Genealogy of names from Balam to Bekham

10. Copy of list of names of families whose pedigrees were done, 160 3 11. 5 pieces of leaves of various sizes all concerning genealogy, n . d . 12. 14 folio sized leaves with genealogies from Bedingfeild e 13 . 16 pages of a 12 fold account book (lined) filled . Began as a personal librar y catalogue "at Heydon", deposition listed . "In Chancery" and "Another i n Chancery" - from p . 1 - of various Bulwers including, with dates given : under 1605 Thos . Bulwer, Roger B ., 72 years old ; John Bulwer age 25 son of Rich ard Bulwer etc . 14. "Suffolk Old Arms" on cover . 9 folio leaves sewn vertically and horizontally . Also a loose folded sheet of hand painted coats of arms of Charles Lord, Viscoun t Townsend, 1715 ; Robert Walpole, esq . ; Sir John Hobart ; Sir Jacob Ashley ; and Thomas D'Grey . 15 pages of different coats of arms, 16 per page . Page 1 top " Robert Rovos Book" . Page 4 has date 1889 lower outer margin (also 1601 , 1615) . At least three digferent hands .