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Morant, Philip, (1700-1770), Historian of Essex Rector of St Mary's Colchester

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Surname:	Morant
Forenames:	Philip
Gender:	Male
Date:	1700-1770
Biography:	ODNB link for Morant, Philip (1700-1770) Historian of Essex Rector of St Mary's Colchester
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P135484 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P20295 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Philip Morant

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	15th-18th cent: notes and collections	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Stowe MSS 46, 79, 116, 267, 338, 366-67, 822-44, 1053, 1056
2	c1729-70: corresp and papers	Essex Record Office	D/DQs 33-35, 41-42, 44, 46	NRA 5380 Avery
3	draft for the Chelmsford, Witham and Lexden hundred portions of his History of Essex	Essex Record Office		See Accessions to Repositories 1974
4	copies of inscriptions in St Nicholas' Church Colchester	Essex Record Office	D/DR h/F17	NRA 20947 Round
5	13th-18th cent: collection of MSS (some copies) mainly rel to Colchester	Essex Record Office	D/Y 2	See Guide, 1969
6	1718-60: collection of MSS rel to Jersey	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Top Jersey d 1, e 1-2, f 1
7	annotated copies of his "History and Antiquities of Colchester"	Essex Record Office	D/DQ 73	NRA 31598 Colchester misc
8	annotated copies of his own and others' works	Essex Record Office	D/DQ 62 99	NRA 3505 Essex RO misc
9	c1758: transcripts with introduction of extracts from taxation records 1300-01	Society of Antiquaries of London	MS 70	NRA 27819
10	Rotuli Parliamentorium edited by him for the press	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 4631-59
11	corresp rel to his proposed history of Essex	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 34650
12	Toponomia Antiqua (2 vols)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 35175-6
13	1728-70: corresp with antiquaries and others (7 vols)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 37216-22
14	1748-62: letters to Thomas Birch	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 4314 ff192-213

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