GB 0100 KCLCA K/PP119 Leathes - LEATHES, Philip Hammersley ([1770]-1838)

10 boxes (0.1 cubic metres)

Collection of books, manuscripts and medals donated to College in 1837; medals and coins transferred for safe storage in Bank of England, 1839.
GB 0100 KCLCA K/PP119 Leathes [1350-1863] Collection (fonds) 10 boxes (0.1 cubic metres) Leathes , Philip Hammersley , [1770]-1838 , antiquarian

Born [1770]; son of David Leathes of Middlesex; entered the Middle Temple, 1787; elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, 1793; worked as a clerk in the cheque office of the Bank of England, 1799-1838; subscriber to King's College London, 1832; established book prize for medical students at King's College London, 1833-1834; donation of papers to King's College on condition that he be permitted to reside in College, 1837; died, 1838.

Collection of books, manuscripts and medals donated to College in 1837; medals and coins transferred for safe storage in Bank of England, 1839.

Collection comprises correspondence with Philip Hammersley Leathes, manuscript papers, diaries, devotionals, dictionaries and pedigree rolls, title deeds and indentures, printed books and pamphlets, catalogues and the manuscripts of the architect, John Carter, [1350-1863]. Notably including correspondence from George Nayler of the College of Arms and Nicholas Carlisle, Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries, relating to publications of the Society, discoveries of antique brass plate, and the exchange of manuscripts between antiquaries, [1790-1838]; loose manuscript papers collected by Leathes, describing ornamentation in early printed devotionals, a fictional narrative entitled 'The amorous Jill: A tale', narrative of the Lisbon earthquake of 1755, notes relating to the observation of comets, including the comet of 1811, copies of charters of the reigns of Edward IV and Henry VII, papers relating to the Portland Vase, British Museum, fragments describing inscription on newly discovered brass plate, 1747-1829; pedigree rolls tracing the lineage of the English Crown, [1450, 1762]; manuscript volumes including collection of biblical extracts, liturgical handbook, autograph book with colour illustrations, antiquarian ephemera such as funeral memorials, armorials and the creation of nobles, volume by Francis Harrison entitled, 'The elements of navigation' with colour charts, tables and illustrations, dictionaries of Celtic and Saxon words, notes on the teaching of mathematics, commonplace book drawing on ancient and modern authors, manuscript diary including progress of architectural tour of Europe; title deeds and indentures for families in Nottingham, Southampton, London and Hungerford, residency certificates in Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire, 1650-1751; printed books and pamphlets on the subjects of antiquarianism, genealogy and architecture, 1778-1853; manuscripts of John Carter, architect, acquired at his death in 1817 by his executor, Leathes, notably including autobiographical notebooks by Carter describing architectural subjects and tours, commonplace book, correspondence with Leathes, loose notes on linguistics and the ships of the Russia Company, obituaries of Carter and sale catalogue from his estate, 1700-1818; manuscript catalogues and display captions relating to the Leathes' papers, King's College London, 1819, 1837.

Broadly chronological within subject areas.

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services.
English, some items also in Latin.

Pedigree rolls very fragile.

Collection level description and detailed catalogue online and in hard copy in the College Archives reading room, King's College London.

King's College London: In-correspondence (KA/IC); King's College London Council Minutes (KA/CM).

Some correspondence of John Carter, draughtsman and architect, held in British Library, Manuscript Collections (Ref: Add MSS 29925-44, 31113, 31153); Lincoln Cathedral Library: accounts by Carter and Richard Gough of archaeological discoveries at Lincoln (Ref: MS 280); Oxford University, Bodleian Library, Special Collections and Western Manuscripts: miscellaneous papers (Ref: MSS Gough Linc 15; Douce 279). Some papers also at the Society of Antiquaries, London.

Sources: Dictionary of national biography; Who's who; National Register of Archives on-line search facility; Sir Henry Macgeagh ed., Register of Admissions to the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, vol. 2 (London, 1949). Entry compiled by Geoff Browell. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. December 2000 Architecture Astronomical systems Autographs Berkshire Books British Museum Buckinghamshire Carlisle , Nicholas , 1771-1847 , antiquarian Carter , John , 1748-1817 , architect Catalogues Commonplace books Communication process Communication skills Deeds Diaries Dictionaries Disasters Documents Earthquakes England English history Europe European history Genealogy Hampshire Handwriting Hungerford Information sources King's College London Leathes , Philip Hammersley , ? 1770-1838 , antiquarian Linguistics Lisbon Literary forms and genres Literature London Manuscripts Mathematics education Meteorites National history Natural disasters Navigation Nayler , George , 1764-1831 , Knight Herald Nonfiction Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Portugal Primary documents Prose Publications Rare books Reference materials Russia Company Secondary documents Southampton UK Western Europe Writing Communications media Information sciences Disasters (by type)

Collection comprises correspondence with Philip Hammersley Leathes, manuscript papers, diaries, devotionals, dictionaries and pedigree rolls, title deeds and indentures, printed books and pamphlets, catalogues and the manuscripts of the architect, John Carter, [1350-1863]. Notably including correspondence from George Nayler of the College of Arms and Nicholas Carlisle, Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries, relating to publications of the Society, discoveries of antique brass plate, and the exchange of manuscripts between antiquaries, [1790-1838]; loose manuscript papers collected by Leathes, describing ornamentation in early printed devotionals, a fictional narrative entitled 'The amorous Jill: A tale', narrative of the Lisbon earthquake of 1755, notes relating to the observation of comets, including the comet of 1811, copies of charters of the reigns of Edward IV and Henry VII, papers relating to the Portland Vase, British Museum, fragments describing inscription on newly discovered brass plate, 1747-1829; pedigree rolls tracing the lineage of the English Crown, [1450, 1762]; manuscript volumes including collection of biblical extracts, liturgical handbook, autograph book with colour illustrations, antiquarian ephemera such as funeral memorials, armorials and the creation of nobles, volume by Francis Harrison entitled, 'The elements of navigation' with colour charts, tables and illustrations, dictionaries of Celtic and Saxon words, notes on the teaching of mathematics, commonplace book drawing on ancient and modern authors, manuscript diary including progress of architectural tour of Europe; title deeds and indentures for families in Nottingham, Southampton, London and Hungerford, residency certificates in Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire, 1650-1751; printed books and pamphlets on the subjects of antiquarianism, genealogy and architecture, 1778-1853; manuscripts of John Carter, architect, acquired at his death in 1817 by his executor, Leathes, notably including autobiographical notebooks by Carter describing architectural subjects and tours, commonplace book, correspondence with Leathes, loose notes on linguistics and the ships of the Russia Company, obituaries of Carter and sale catalogue from his estate, 1700-1818; manuscript catalogues and display captions relating to the Leathes' papers, King's College London, 1819, 1837.

Broadly chronological within subject areas.

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services.

• English

• Latin

English, some items also in Latin.

King's College London: In-correspondence (KA/IC); King's College London Council Minutes (KA/CM).

Collection level description and detailed catalogue online and in hard copy in the College Archives reading room, King's College London.

Some correspondence of John Carter, draughtsman and architect, held in British Library, Manuscript Collections (Ref: Add MSS 29925-44, 31113, 31153); Lincoln Cathedral Library: accounts by Carter and Richard Gough of archaeological discoveries at Lincoln (Ref: MS 280); Oxford University, Bodleian Library, Special Collections and Western Manuscripts: miscellaneous papers (Ref: MSS Gough Linc 15; Douce 279). Some papers also at the Society of Antiquaries, London.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English