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John Paul Rylands

John Paul Rylands

British antiquarian (1846–1923)

John Paul Rylands, FSA (1846 – 22 March 1923, Birkenhead), was an English barrister, genealogist and topographer.

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John Paul Rylands was the son of Thomas G. Rylands.[1] He was admitted to the Bar from the Middle Temple. He married Mary Isabel (c. 1862–1946),[2] who bore him two sons in the 1880s.[3] He died on 22 March 1923 at Birkenhead.[4]

Works

  • (ed.) The visitation of Cheshire in the year 1580, by Robert Glover, 1882
  • (ed.) Cheshire and Lancashire funeral certificates, A.D. 1600 to 1678, 1882
  • (ed.) The visitation of the county of Dorset, taken in the year 1623, by Henry Saint-George, 1885
  • (ed. with George Grazebrook) The Visitation of Shropshire Taken in the Year 1623 by Robert Tresswell, 1889
  • Notes on book-plates (ex libris) : with special reference to Lancashire and Cheshire examples, and a proposed nomenclature for the shapes of shields, 1889
  • (ed.) Lancashire and Cheshire wills and inventories, 1563 to 1807, now preserved at Chester, 1897
  • (ed.) Pedigrees made at the visitation of Cheshire, 1613 : taken by Richard St.-George esq., Norroy king of arms and Henry St.-George, gent., Bluemantle pursuivant of arms; and some other contemporary pedigrees, 1909

References

  1. [1]
    D4298 Rylands collection, Cheshire Record Office
  2. [2]
    The Times, 16 January 1946, p. 1
  3. [3]
    The Times, 24 April 1883; The Times, 15 June 1885
  4. [4]
    The Times, 26 March 1923, p. 1
  • "Archival material relating to John Paul Rylands". UK National Archives. Edit this at Wikidata
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