Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica is an eight-volume

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of previously unpublished material related to

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collated by Sir

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(1801–1873), Rev. Bulkeley Bandinel (1781–1861) and

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(1806–1873), that was published quarterly from 1834. The editors' own summary of the contents of all eight volumes appeared at the end of the final volume, pag
457

Volume 1
(1834): **Details of the sales of bishops' lands **Church notes from Staveley and Crich in Derbyshire **Extracts from Parish Registers **Extensive family trees showing marriages between nobility and royalty
Volume 2
(1835): **Details of

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**Registers **Pedigrees **Deeds **Wills **List of monastic chartularies
Volume 3
**Registers **Pedigrees **Deeds **An evaluation of the estates of the bishoprics of England and Wales **Descriptions of banners, standards, and badges from Edward III ro Henry VIII
Volume 4
**Roll of arms **Pedigrees **Funeral certificates **Burials **Parish register extracts **Deeds **Charters **Wills *Volume 5: **Parish register extracts **Wills **Baptisms **Burials **Deeds **Epitaphs **Pedigrees **Names of pilgrims from England to the Vatican in Rome *Volume 6: **Pedigrees **Charters **An abstract of a chartulary of Hexham Abbey **Additions to Dugdales's baronage
Volume 7
**Pedigrees **Registers **Memorials **Church Notes **

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s **Transcripts and Extracts of Wills
Volume 8
(1843): **Pedigrees **Church Notes **Residents in Warwick **Wills **Burials **Contents Pages for all Eight Volumes

Sources

*http://genealogyreviews.co.uk/fhmdec06_collect.htm British genealogy