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Dear Mr Bard The maps that you are referring to are in BL Royal MS 18.D.III. This consists of a set of proofs of Saxton's county maps annotated (often in Burghley's hand) with the names of prominent local families by the towns etc. where they lived. The volume also contains more detailed manuscript plans of places which were of particular interest to him. These include the manuscript map of Lancashire referred to by Alexander Schulenberg which appears to highlight the homes of potential traitors, primarily Catholic but also Puritan. By modern standards the maps are small scale and do not in any way resemble Fire Insurance plans. The individual maps are discussed in detail in RA Skelton and J. Summerson, A Description of Maps and Architectural Drawings in the collection made by William Cecil, first baron Burghley, now at Hatfield House (1971). I discuss Lord Burghley's maps and his cartographic initiatives in the chapter on English mapping 1570-1640 in volume 3 of the Chicago History of Cartography which also contains plentiful references to further reading. Regards Peter Barber Peter Barber MA, FSA, FRHistS Head of Cartographic and Topographic Materials Map Library British Library 96 Euston Road London NW1 2DB tel.(020) 7412 7701 fax (020) 7412 7780 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: 18 May 2011 15:47 To: [email protected] Subject: [MapHist] Lord Burghley's Maps This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + _______________________________________________ MapHist: E-mail discussion group on the history of cartography hosted by the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Utrecht. The University of Utrecht does not take any responsibility for the views of the author. List Information: http://www.maphist.nl Maphist mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist
