William George Fretton Papers, 1634-1883

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

• Description: Fretton, William George. Papers. Author. Correspondence on the history of Coventry, England, mostly with T.C. Noble.

  14 items.
  Dates: 1875-80
  Container: Folder 1
• Description: Noble, T.C. Coventry ms. in British Museum.
  Dates: [1877]
  Container: Folder 2
• Description: Fretton, William George. Papers. Pamphlets on history of Coventry and surrounding areas by W.G. Fretton.

  10 items.
  Dates: 1870-1980
  Container: Folder 3
• Description: Fretton, William George. Papers. Prospectuses for Fretton's reprints of the various works of Thomas Sharp.

  4 items.
  Dates: 1825-1871
  Container: Folder 4
• Description: Fretton, William George. Memorials of the Whitefriars, Coventry, by W.G. Fretton. Reprinted from the Transactions of the Archaeological Section of the Birmingham and Midland Institute for 1872.
  Dates: undated
  Container: Folder 5
• Description: A Memorial of the visit of the Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland to Coventry on July 28, 1864. Reprinted (with additions) from the Coventry Standard and the Coventry Herald and Free Press, of July 29, 1864. Coventry, George G. Pegg.
  Dates: 1864
  Container: Folder 6
• Description: Sharp, Thomas. Letter, to Henry Ellis. An account of an ancient gold ring found in Coventry Park in the year 1802.
  Dates: 1816
  Container: Folder 7
• Description: Sharp, Thomas. History and antiquities of the city of Coventry, by Thomas Sharp. Edited by William George Fretton. Birmingham, Hall and English.
  Dates: 1871
  Container: Folder 8
• Description: Scharf, George. Description of the old tapestry in St. Mary's Hall at Coventry. London, J.B. Nichols and Sons.
  Dates: 1856
  Container: Folder 9
• Description: Coventry. St. Mary's Hall. Illustrations and views.

  7 items.
  Dates: 1830
  Container: Folder 10
• Description: St. Michael's Church, Coventry. Church of England magazine, no. 627.
  Dates: February 6, 1847
  Container: Folder 11
• Description: St. Michaels Church. Articles and illustrations on St. Michael's Church.

  5 items.
  Dates: 1556
  Container: Folder 12
• Description: Meliss I J.C. The Coventry sewage works. The Builder.
  Dates: February 26, 1876
  Container: Folder 13
• Description: Coventry, England. Clippings, concerning history, Lady Godiva Pageant, persons and buildings.

  22 items.
  Dates: 1850-1880
  Container: Folder 14
• Description: Manuscript history of Coventry.
  Dates: 1634
  Container: Folder 15
• Description: The Tangent and Coventry Tricycle Company. Advertisement.

  1 item.
  Dates: 1879
  Container: Folder 16
• Description: The Royal visit to Coventry, Illustrated London News, Supplement.
  Dates: November 21, 1874
  Container: Folder 17
• Description: Bayley, Katherine. Will. Also letter, September 15, 1879, concerning the Bayley will.
  Dates: November 20, 1723
  Container: Folder 18
• Description: Wanley letters. Letters written by John Tipper of Coventry to Wanley, 1696-1711; Thomas Wakelin of Coventry to Humphrey Wanley, 1695-1696; George Browne to Humphrey Wanley, 1722.
  Dates: 1695-1722
  Container: Folder 19
• Description: The Fumble petition of the landlords of houses let to tenants. situate in the, city of Coventry, against Mr. Clancy's bill, to the most Hon. the House of Commons, in Parliament assembled. Coventry, J. Turner, Printer.
  Dates: [1805]
  Container: Folder 20
• Description: Knights Excursion Companion. Leamington and Coventry. London, Reed and Pardon.
  Dates: undated
  Container: Folder 21
• Description: Whitefriar's Monastery, Coventry.
  Dates: undated
  Container: Folder 22
• Description: Coventry, views and scenes.

  20 items.
  Dates: undated
  Container: Folder 23
• Description: The Lady Godiva Procession. Coventry Times, v.29, n.1429.
  Dates: August 8, 1983
  Container: Folder 24
• Description: The Lady Godiva Pageant. Clippings.

  25 items.
  Dates: 1874-1881
  Container: Folder 25
• Description: The Lady Godiva Procession at Coventry. Illustrated London News.
  Dates: July 5, l862
  Container: Folder 26
• Description: Reader, W. History of Lady Godiva.
  Dates: May 29, 1826
  Container: Folder 27
• Description: Lady Godiva Pageant. Official Programme of the Lady Godiva Pageant through the streets of Coventry. Coventry, Robertson & Gray, 1883.
  Dates: August 6, 1893
  Container: Folder 28
• Description: The Godiva Pageant. Coventry Independent Journal, no. 519.
  Dates: August 8, 1883
  Container: Folder 29
• Description: Almanac, diary and directory of Coventry, England.
  Dates: [1883]
  Container: Folder 30
• Description: [Facts about Coventry] map. David Lewin.
  Dates: undated
  Container: Folder 31
• Description: Grove, T. The Saint at rest, being the substance of a sermon occasioned by the death of Mrs. Mary Lane, by T. Grove. Coventry, J.W. Piercy.
  Dates: 1774
  Container: Folder 32
• Description: Moncrieff, W.T. All at Coventry: or, love and laugh; a musical farce. New and corrected edition, London, W.T. Moncrieff.
  Dates: 1825
  Container: Folder 33
• Description: Gt. Brit. Parliament. Parliamentary debates. Pages concerning Coventry.
  Dates: 1780-1781
  Container: Folder 34
• Description: Williams, Frederick S. The Vale of the wharfs and Ben Rhydding, by Frederick S. Williams. London, Bemrose & Son.
  Dates: undated
  Container: Folder 35
• Description: Coventry Library. A Catalogue of the books belonging to the Coventry Library with a list of the subscribers. Coventry, Merridew & Son. With addenda, 1815, 1818, 1822.
  Dates: 1812
  Container: Folder 36
• Description: Coventry Library Society Annual statement.
  Dates: 1823
  Container: Folder 37