Nominal Roll, 1785

Component identifier:

Item 27

Content Summary:

Nominal Roll of a military unit, a Company of Grenadiers, Compagnie de Nugent, and other troops. Soldiers named with their rank, ages, height, place of birth, date of enrolment and promotion. Loose folio page entitled 'Tableau des corps simples' setting out details of four divisions. Original vellum with ties. 12 pages.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The collection was purchased by the National Library of Australia from the estate of the 11th Baron Clifford in November 1963. It reached Canberra in April 1964. The Chertsey Cartulary (item 65), possibly the most important medieval manuscript held in Australia due to the fact that it is one of only three extant from the 14th century and the only one held outside the UK, was received in 1975, following the granting of an export licence by the British Government.

Names:

Clifford, Hugh, Colonel Hon.

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