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