Astle, Thomas, 1735-1803
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Epithet: archivist and collector of books and manuscripts
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001187.0x0001ee
Antiquary and paleographer who wrote "The Origin and Progress of Writing" in 1784; was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1766; was made chief clerk of the Record Office in the Tower in 1775; and was made keeper of the records in 1783.
From the description of Astle correspondence, 1757-1803. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81960482
From the description of Astle correspondence, 1757-1803. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702146413
Antiquary and paleographer.
From the description of Letters, 1795-1797. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 36128177
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- Language and languages
Occupations:
- Antiquarians
- Paleographers
Places:
- Mollington, counties Oxfordshire and Warwickshire (as recorded)
- Ireland, Europe (as recorded)
- Clofesho al. Clovesho, Mildenhall county Suffolk (as recorded)
- Shottesham, Norfolk (as recorded)
- Heronden, Kent (as recorded)
- Harthill, Derbyshire (as recorded)
- London, England (as recorded)
- Drumclog, Lanarkshire (as recorded)
- Norfolk, England (as recorded)
- Hovingham, Yorkshire (as recorded)
- Oxford, Oxfordshire (as recorded)
- Folkestone, Kent (as recorded)
- Sonning, Berkshire (as recorded)
- Essex, England (as recorded)
- Tettincglea, Kent (as recorded)
- London, England (as recorded)
- Wiggenhall St. Mary Magdalen, Norfolk (as recorded)
- Edlingham, Northumberland (as recorded)
- Bromley Great, Essex (as recorded)
- Pompeii (Extinct city) (as recorded)
- Kent, England (as recorded)
- Canterbury, Kent (as recorded)
- Colchester, Essex (as recorded)
- Elwick, Northumberland (as recorded)
- London, England (as recorded)
- Ealdingtun, Kent (as recorded)
- Hæsel-ersc, counties Kent and Sussex (as recorded)
- Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire (as recorded)
- London, England (as recorded)
- Graveney, Kent (as recorded)
- London, England (as recorded)
- Leicestershire, England (as recorded)
- Colchester, Essex (as recorded)
- Devizes, Wiltshire (as recorded)
- Glastonbury, Somerset (as recorded)
- Salisbury, Wiltshire (as recorded)
- River Severn, England (as recorded)
- Swarling, Petham (as recorded)
- New Romney, Kent (as recorded)
- Scotland, Kingdom of, United Kingdom (as recorded)
- Dublin, Ireland (as recorded)
- Stowood Forest, Oxfordshire (as recorded)
- Flanders, Belgium (as recorded)
- Walton, Suffolk (as recorded)
- West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire (as recorded)
- Selby, Yorkshire (as recorded)
- Canterbury, Kent (as recorded)
- Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire (as recorded)
- Challock, Kent (as recorded)
- Alrewas, Staffordshire (as recorded)
- Ruckinge, Kent (as recorded)
- Isle of Thanet, Kent (as recorded)
- Banbury, Oxfordshire (as recorded)
- Hilton, Durham (as recorded)
- Skipwith, East Riding of Yorkshire (as recorded)
- Malmesbury, Wiltshire (as recorded)
- Uddan-hom, Kent (as recorded)
- Nottinghamshire, England (as recorded)
- River Wantsum, Kent (as recorded)
- Meredenn, Kent (as recorded)
- Witchford Hundred, Cambridgeshire (as recorded)
- Malplaquet, Belgium (as recorded)
- Waylands-Stoke, Buckinghamshire (as recorded)
- Derbyshire, England (as recorded)
- Lyng, Norfolk (as recorded)
- Sherrington, Buckinghamshire (as recorded)
- Alveley, Essex (as recorded)
- Langdon, Kent (as recorded)
- River Tyne, United Kingdom (as recorded)
- Waldridge, Buckinghamshire? (as recorded)
- Shervey al. Schervey, Dumbarton (as recorded)
- Helfreding-denn, Kent (as recorded)
- Scotland, Kingdom of, United Kingdom (as recorded)
- Wæfincg-mersc or Wæringmersc, New Romney (as recorded)
- Frumesing-leah, Kent (as recorded)
- Rainham, Kent (as recorded)
- Lohderes-lea, Middlesex (as recorded)
- Calton, Staffordshire (as recorded)
- Windsor, Berkshire (as recorded)
- London, England (as recorded)
- Cambrai, France (as recorded)
- River Cray, Kent (as recorded)
- New Mexico, U.S.A. (as recorded)
- Winchester, Hampshire (as recorded)
- County Durham, England (as recorded)
- Great Kimble, Buckinghamshire (as recorded)
- Dagenham, Essex (as recorded)
- Chalton, Hampshire (as recorded)
- Brancepeth, Durham (as recorded)
- Holtby, Yorkshire (as recorded)
- London, England (as recorded)
- Banbury, Oxfordshire (as recorded)
- Woodstock, Oxfordshire (as recorded)
- Staffordshire, England (as recorded)
- Burstead, Essex (as recorded)
- Henstill, Devon (as recorded)
- Warwickshire, England (as recorded)
- Canterbury, Kent (as recorded)
- Prussia, Germany (as recorded)
- Aldborough, West Riding of Yorkshire (as recorded)
- Heworth, Durham (as recorded)
- Edinburgh, Scotland (as recorded)
- Watling Street, Middlesex (as recorded)
- Hampstead, Middlesex (as recorded)
- Leominster, Herefordshire (as recorded)
- West Indies, America (as recorded)
- London, England (as recorded)
- Buckinghamshire, England (as recorded)
- Raveningham, Norfolk (as recorded)
- Appingland, Kent (as recorded)
- Isle of Thanet, Kent (as recorded)
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (as recorded)
- Ickham, Kent (as recorded)
- Wotton (?), Surrey (as recorded)
- Stratford, Essex (as recorded)
- Greenwich, Kent (as recorded)
- Bishopsbourne, Kent (as recorded)
- Wickham-Breaux, Kent (as recorded)
- Harbledown, Kent (as recorded)
- Hamburg, Germany (as recorded)
- London, England (as recorded)
- Ilketshall, Suffolk (as recorded)
- Chelsea, Middlesex (as recorded)
- Princes-Risborough, Buckinghamshire (as recorded)
- Feversham, Kent (as recorded)
- Combe, Kent (as recorded)
- Netherlands, Europe (as recorded)
- Ipswich, Suffolk (as recorded)
- Halesowen, Shropshire (as recorded)
- Great Kimble, Buckinghamshire (as recorded)
- South Elmham, Suffolk (as recorded)
- Culloden, Invernesshire (as recorded)
- Barham, Kent (as recorded)
- Guernsey, Channel Islands (as recorded)
- Coldingham, Berwickshire (as recorded)
- River Stour, Kent (as recorded)
- Sandwich, Kent (as recorded)
- Ireland, Europe (as recorded)
- Edrom, Berwickshire (as recorded)
- London, England (as recorded)
- Rochester, Kent (as recorded)
- Tuddenham, Suffolk (as recorded)
- Winchester, Hampshire (as recorded)
- Scotland, Kingdom of, United Kingdom (as recorded)
- Liege, Belgium (as recorded)
- Windsor, Berkshire (as recorded)
- Aix La Chapelle, Germany (as recorded)
- Congleton, Cheshire (as recorded)
- Ellenborough, Cumberland (as recorded)
- Kingston, Kent (as recorded)
- Wieghelmestun, Kent (as recorded)
- New England, America (as recorded)
- Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire (as recorded)
- Rome, Italy (as recorded)
- Exeter, Devon (as recorded)
- West Indies, America (as recorded)
- Feversham, Kent (as recorded)
- London, England (as recorded)
- Bramfield, Suffolk (as recorded)
- Waldershare, Kent (as recorded)
- Melcombe Regis, Dorset (as recorded)
- Minehead, Somerset (as recorded)
- Reculver, Kent (as recorded)
- Bapchild, Kent (as recorded)
- Farleigh, Kent (as recorded)
- Folkestone, Kent (as recorded)
- Alton, Southampton (as recorded)
- Billingham, Durham (as recorded)
- Ely, Cambridgeshire (as recorded)
- Scotland, Kingdom of, United Kingdom (as recorded)
- Shrewsbury, Shropshire (as recorded)
- Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey (as recorded)
- Bristol, Gloucestershire (as recorded)
- Roxeth, Middlesex (as recorded)
- Lichfield, Staffordshire (as recorded)
- Carlisle, Cumberland (as recorded)
- Tong, Shropshire (as recorded)
- Yarnton, Oxfordshire (as recorded)
- Ipswich, Suffolk (as recorded)
- Ireland, Europe (as recorded)
- Horsley, Surrey (as recorded)
- Eastrington, Yorkshire (as recorded)
- London, England (as recorded)
- Caterham, Surrey (as recorded)
- Eastry, Kent (as recorded)
- Hollingborne, Kent (as recorded)
- Preston Candover, Hampshire (as recorded)
- Narford, Norfolk (as recorded)
- Battle, Sussex (as recorded)
- Sulh, Middlesex (as recorded)
- Gelderland, the Netherlands (as recorded)
- North Carolina, America (as recorded)
- Greenford, Middlesex (as recorded)
- Pickering, North Riding of Yorkshire (as recorded)
- Hereford, Herefordshire (as recorded)
- Stanford, Kent (as recorded)
- London, England (as recorded)
- Norhamshire, Northumberland (as recorded)
- Chelsea, Middlesex (as recorded)
- Mereworth, Kent (as recorded)
- London, England (as recorded)
- Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire (as recorded)
- Isle of Man, England (as recorded)
- Stanburnan, Stanmore (as recorded)
- Yoxall, Staffordshire (as recorded)
- Pipernæsse, Kent (as recorded)
- Buckinghamshire, England (as recorded)
- Walmer, Kent (as recorded)
- Normanton, Nottinghamshire (as recorded)
- Crediton, Devon (as recorded)
- Wansford, Northamptonshire (as recorded)
- London, England (as recorded)
- Weldon, Northamptonshire (as recorded)
- Hendon, Middlesex (as recorded)
- Reculver, Kent (as recorded)
- Scotland, Kingdom of, United Kingdom (as recorded)
- Rotherfield, Hampshire (as recorded)
- Kingston, Kent (as recorded)
- Spennymoor, Durham (as recorded)
- Wales, United Kingdom (as recorded)
- Romney Marsh, Kent (as recorded)
- East Anglia, England (as recorded)
- Lidingden, Kent (as recorded)
- Chesterfield, Derbyshire (as recorded)
- Creedy-Bridge, Devon (as recorded)
- Lynn Regis, Norfolk (as recorded)
- Adderbury, Oxfordshire (as recorded)
- Sandhyrst, Kent (as recorded)
- Wembley, Middlesex (as recorded)
- Clapham, Surrey (as recorded)
- Dean, Forest of, Gloucestershire (as recorded)
- Howe, Norfolk (as recorded)
- Eythorne, Kent (as recorded)
- Paris, France (as recorded)
- Cornwall, England (as recorded)
- Yorkshire, England (as recorded)
- Sandford, Devon (as recorded)
- Saragossa, Spain (as recorded)
- Bernay, Normandy (as recorded)
- Derby, Derbyshire (as recorded)
- Barford St. Martin, Wiltshire (as recorded)
- Harkstead, Suffolk (as recorded)
- Croyland, Lincolnshire (as recorded)
- Eythorne, Kent (as recorded)
- Mordon, Surrey (as recorded)
- Simonside, Durham (as recorded)
- River Stour, Kent (as recorded)
- Ashford, Kent (as recorded)
- Suffolk, England (as recorded)
- River Stour, Kent (as recorded)
- Holt, Norfolk (as recorded)
- Colchester, Essex (as recorded)
- Lancashire, England (as recorded)
- Herefredingland, Middlesex (as recorded)
- Bexley, Kent (as recorded)
- Greatham, Durham (as recorded)
- Isle of Thanet, Kent (as recorded)
- County Durham, England (as recorded)
- Yedding, Middlesex (as recorded)
- Carlisle, Cumberland (as recorded)
- Wolviston, Durham (as recorded)
- Sanderstead, Surrey (as recorded)
- Great Baddow, Essex (as recorded)
- London, England (as recorded)
- Bruges, Belgium (as recorded)
- Dunblane, Perthshire (as recorded)
- Canterbury, Province of, Kent (as recorded)
- Lichfield, Staffordshire (as recorded)
- Cradley, Herefordshire (as recorded)
- Romney Marsh, Kent (as recorded)
- Wichbold, Worcestershire (as recorded)
- Harting, Sussex (as recorded)
- Checkley, Staffordshire (as recorded)
- Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire (as recorded)
- Clofesho al. Clovesho, Mildenhall county Suffolk (as recorded)
- Elmdon, Warwickshire (as recorded)
- Heanheala, Essex (?) (as recorded)
- Wales, United Kingdom (as recorded)
- Andred-wood, Kent (as recorded)
- Lingfield, Surrey (as recorded)
- London, England (as recorded)
- Bunwell, Norfolk (as recorded)
- Bolton, Edlingham (as recorded)
- Graveney, Kent (as recorded)
- Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire (as recorded)
- King's Sedgemoor, Somerset (as recorded)
- Cotterstock, Northamptonshire (as recorded)
- Ickham, Kent (as recorded)
- Romney Marsh, Kent (as recorded)
- Hunbealding-hola, Kent (as recorded)
- Kingston-on-Hull, Yorkshire (as recorded)
- Swale River, Kent (as recorded)
- Dover, Kent (as recorded)
- Winchester, Hampshire (as recorded)
- River Trent, England (as recorded)
- Northallerton, North Riding of Yorkshire (as recorded)
- Ickham, Kent (as recorded)
- Italy, Europe (as recorded)
- Burnesstedes-denn, Kent (as recorded)
- Essex, England (as recorded)
- Essex, England (as recorded)
- Pompeii (Extinct city) (as recorded)
- Whepstead, Suffolk (as recorded)
- Hassop, Derbyshire (as recorded)
- Glastonbury, Somerset (as recorded)
- Rainham, Essex (as recorded)
- Virginia, U.S.A. (as recorded)
- Tutbury, Staffordshire (as recorded)
- Ballidon, Derbyshire (as recorded)
- Theodoricesnad, Kent (as recorded)
- Needwood Chase, Staffordshire (as recorded)
- Isle of Man, England (as recorded)
- Melfi, Italy (as recorded)
- Boroughbridge, Yorkshire (as recorded)
- Isle of Man, England (as recorded)
- Flixton, Suffolk (as recorded)
- Utrecht, the Netherlands (as recorded)
- Hereford, Herefordshire (as recorded)
- Needwood Chase, Staffordshire (as recorded)
- Northallerton, North Riding of Yorkshire (as recorded)
- Canterbury, Kent (as recorded)
- Canterbury, Kent (as recorded)
- Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire (as recorded)
- Muggleswick, Durham (as recorded)
- Clofesho al. Clovesho, Mildenhall county Suffolk (as recorded)
- Great Chart, Kent (as recorded)
- Yorkshire, England (as recorded)
- Wiltshire, England (as recorded)
- Ætingden, Kent (as recorded)
- Yalding, Kent (as recorded)
- London, England (as recorded)
- Beaneccer, Kent (as recorded)
- Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey (as recorded)
- Rockingham, Northamptonshire (as recorded)
- Somerset, England (as recorded)
- Shotover Forest, Oxfordshire (as recorded)
- Westerham, Kent (as recorded)
- London, England (as recorded)
- London, England (as recorded)
- Needwood Chase, Staffordshire (as recorded)
- Scotland, Kingdom of, United Kingdom (as recorded)
- Mons, Belgium (as recorded)
- Wimbledon, Surrey (as recorded)
- Dean, Forest of, Gloucestershire (as recorded)
- Wissett, Suffolk (as recorded)
- Otterpoole, Kent (as recorded)
- Deptford, Kent (as recorded)
- London, England (as recorded)
- Netherlands, Europe (as recorded)
- Smeeth, Kent (as recorded)
- Painswick, Gloucestershire (as recorded)
- Maidenhead, Berkshire (as recorded)
- Thurton, Norfolk (as recorded)
- River Brent, Middlesex (as recorded)
- Durham, England (as recorded)
- Channel Islands, United Kingdom (as recorded)
- Cley, Norfolk (as recorded)
- Norberne, Norway (as recorded)
- Staffordshire, England (as recorded)
- Shipmeadow, Suffolk (as recorded)
- Tamworth, Staffordshire (as recorded)
- Lexden, Essex (as recorded)
- Hoarcross, Staffordshire (as recorded)
- Reculver, Kent (as recorded)
- Paris, France (as recorded)
- Cambrai, France (as recorded)
- Scotland, Kingdom of, United Kingdom (as recorded)
- Newborough, Staffordshire (as recorded)
- Staffordshire, England (as recorded)
- Yoxall, Staffordshire (as recorded)
- Charing, Kent (as recorded)
- Upwell, counties Cambridgeshire and Norfolk (as recorded)
- Wickham-Skeith, Suffolk (as recorded)
- Cheshire, England (as recorded)
- Wratting, Suffolk (as recorded)
- Neasdon, Middlesex (as recorded)
- Bayonne, France (as recorded)
- United States of America (as recorded)
- Tamworth, Staffordshire (as recorded)
- Mearces-fleote, Kent (as recorded)
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (as recorded)
- Pustingwere, Kent (as recorded)
- Hordle, Hampshire (as recorded)
- Scotland, Kingdom of, United Kingdom (as recorded)
- Pompeii (Extinct city) (as recorded)
- Brittany, France (as recorded)
- Ash, Kent (as recorded)
- Waltham Forest, Essex (as recorded)
- Kingsclere, Hampshire (as recorded)
- Colchester, Essex (as recorded)
- Ely, Cambridgeshire (as recorded)
- Barham, Kent (as recorded)
- York, Yorkshire (as recorded)
- Thong, Kent (as recorded)
- Nettlestead, Kent (as recorded)
- Elmstead, Kent (as recorded)
- Berwick, Lympne (as recorded)
- London, England (as recorded)
- Northbourne, Kent (as recorded)
- Buttsbury, Essex (as recorded)
- Liverpool, England (as recorded)
- Selsdon, Surrey (as recorded)
- Melbourne, Cambridgeshire (as recorded)
- Wells, Somerset (as recorded)
- Portland, Dorset (as recorded)
- Tutbury, Staffordshire (as recorded)
- Lanchester, Durham (as recorded)
- Pustingwere, Kent (as recorded)
- Suidberhtincg-lond, Kent (as recorded)
- Ireland, Europe (as recorded)
- Salisbury, Wiltshire (as recorded)
- Hamburg, Germany (as recorded)
- Norfolk, England (as recorded)
- London, England (as recorded)
- Derbyshire, England (as recorded)
- Lydd, Kent (as recorded)
- Lyminge, Kent (as recorded)
- Horton, Kent (as recorded)
- Cliff-at-Hoo, Kent (as recorded)
- Armingford Hundred, Cambridgeshire (as recorded)
- Northwold, Norfolk (as recorded)
- Edgware, Middlesex (as recorded)
- Luston, Herefordshire (as recorded)
- Mettingham, Suffolk (as recorded)
- Rochester, Kent (as recorded)
- Cadiz, Spain (as recorded)
- Staffordshire, England (as recorded)
- Neuchâtel, Principality of, Switzerland (as recorded)
- Basing House, Southton (as recorded)
- Northumberland, England (as recorded)
- Suffolk, England (as recorded)
- Reading, Berkshire (as recorded)
- Dun-ualing-dænn, Kent (as recorded)
- Dover, Kent (as recorded)
- Langdon, Kent (as recorded)
- Thetford, counties Norfolk and Suffolk (as recorded)
- Ruxford, Devon (as recorded)
- Little Chart, Kent (as recorded)
- Kingston, Kent (as recorded)
- Ackhanger, Cheriton, Kent (as recorded)
- Cannock, Staffordshire (as recorded)
- Watling Street, Middlesex (as recorded)
- Aylestone, Leicestershire (as recorded)
- Dover, Kent (as recorded)
- Plumstead, Kent (as recorded)
- Weymouth, Dorset (as recorded)
- Icknield-way, England (as recorded)
- Ecclestone, Lancashire (as recorded)
- Ensham, Oxfordshire (as recorded)
- Mells, Suffolk (as recorded)
- Lyminge, Kent (as recorded)
- Knowle, Kent (as recorded)
- Ghent, Flanders (as recorded)
- Colchester, Essex (as recorded)
- Isle of Wight, England (as recorded)
- Honybryge, Wiltshire (as recorded)
- Gatton, Surrey (as recorded)
- Scotland, Kingdom of, United Kingdom (as recorded)
- Ramsbury, Wiltshire (as recorded)
- London, England (as recorded)
- Windsor, Berkshire (as recorded)
- Godmersham, Kent (as recorded)
- Cooling, Kent (as recorded)
- Preston, Durham (as recorded)
- Scotland, Kingdom of, United Kingdom (as recorded)
- Rochester, Kent (as recorded)
- Betstile, Colney Hatch (as recorded)
- Sherburn, Durham (as recorded)
- Great Chart, Kent (as recorded)
- Kent, England (as recorded)
- Windsor, Berkshire (as recorded)
- Tunis, Tunisia (as recorded)
- Jersey, Channel Islands (as recorded)
- Netherlands, Europe (as recorded)
- Longdon, Staffordshire (as recorded)
- Sherrifmuir, Perthshire (as recorded)
- Brickendon (?), Hertfordshire (as recorded)
- Coventry, Warwickshire (as recorded)
- Chaldon, Surrey (as recorded)
- Flanders, Belgium (as recorded)
- Newborough, Staffordshire (as recorded)
- Howden, Yorkshire (as recorded)
- Leicestershire, England (as recorded)
- Ormskirk, Lancashire (as recorded)
- Peaces-dele, Derbyshire (as recorded)
- Colchester, Essex (as recorded)
- Dunning, Perthshire (as recorded)
- Essex, England (as recorded)
- Yorkshire, England (as recorded)
- Belle Île, Morbihan (as recorded)