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Fenn, Sir John, (1739-1794), Knight Antiquary

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Surname: Fenn
Pretitle: Sir
Forenames: John
Gender: Male
Date: 1739-1794
Biography: ODNB link for Fenn, Sir John (1739-1794) Knight Antiquary
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P163681 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P9824 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
15th-18th cent: Norfolk antiquarian collection and papers
Norfolk Record Office
COL/8/88-98
NRA 32977
2
1790-92: corresp and papers as sheriff of Norfolk and JP
Norfolk Record Office
COL/8/99-113
NRA 32977
3
notes and memoranda rel to editing Paston letters
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 27452-55
4
18th cent: meteorological notes and papers
Norfolk Record Office
MC 60
5
notebooks, papers and MSS, incl the collections of Thomas Martin, Francis Blomefield and other antiquaries
Norfolk Record Office
Frere Collection passim
NRA 42296 Frere
6
MS life of Thomas Martin
Norfolk Record Office
BL (p59b)
NRA 27666 Bradfer-Lawrence
7
1779: memoir of Thomas Martin
Society of Antiquaries of London
MS 33
See PJ Willetts, Manuscripts in the Society of Antiquaries of London (2000)
8
1765: heraldic papers copied from Joseph Bokenham's collections
Norfolk Record Office
RYE MS
NRA 23099 Rye
9
deeds and papers from his collections
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add Ch 16531-79
10
letters to JC Brooke, Somerset Herald
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Eng lett c 221-27, e 98-99; misc a 13, c 455; Top gen e 99-128; Yorks c 75
NRA 14027 Brooke
11
1756-1789: notes and papers
Norfolk Record Office
MC 3546
See Annual Return 2021