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Blomefield (Francis & Parkin, Charles). An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk, 5 volumes, 1st edition, Fersfield & Lynn: W Whittingham & R Baldwin, 1739-75, 5 folding engraved maps and plans, 23 engraved plates (2 folding, appears to lack 9 plates called for in Upcott), 1 folding chronological table and numerous folding pedigrees, with an additional portrait plate and two other folding plates (not called for in Upcott), numerous wood-engraved coats-of-arms and few engraved illustrations to text, front endpapers with armorial bookplate of Joseph Neeld and red or burgundy morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle, of Beeleigh Abbey, contemporary diced calf, gilt decorated spines with black morocco title labels, centre of boards bearing the gilt embossed armorial of Sir Simon R. B. Taylor Bt., few joints with minor cracking to joints, folio (35.2 x 21.2 cm) (Quantity: 5) Provenance: Sir Simon Richard Brissett Taylor, 2nd Baronet, of Lysson Hall, Jamaica (1783-1815), Joseph Neeld (1789–1856) and W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey. Upcott p.943-950. Sir Simon Taylor, 2nd Baronet, of Lysson Hall, Jamaica (1783-1815), was the second and youngest, only surviving son of Sir John Taylor, 1st Baronet, and Elizabeth Godden, daughter and heir of Philip Houghton of Jamaica. He succeeded his father in 1786 but didn't marry. The baronetcy became extinct at his death, and the property devolved on his sister Anna Susanna, wife of George Watson Esq. They assumed the name and arms of Taylor by Royal Licence in 1815. His library was sold at auction by R.H. Evans on 3 June 1833. Joseph Neeld (1789–1856) was a Member of Parliament for the rotten borough of Gatton, Surrey from March to July 1830 and for Chippenham, Wiltshire, from September 1830 to March 1856. In 1828, he inherited £800,000 from his great-uncle, the silversmith Philip Rundell. He purchased Grittleton House in 1828 and also purchased Kelston Park, near Bath. Kelston Park was later transferred to relatives in 1844. He married Lady Caroline Ashley Cooper, daughter of the 6th Earl of Shaftesbury in 1831, but the marriage didn't flourish and led to a series of legal disputes, whereupon Lady Caroline was granted a legal separation. From 1832, Neeld commenced remodelling Grittleton House in a Gothic revival style and formed a large collection of antiques and paintings within the property.