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Copies of documents concerning the university and city of Oxford, Written chiefly before 1660 by Anthony à Wood and others

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MS. Wood F. 27
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Copies of documents concerning the university and city of Oxford, many of them from MSS. in the university archives, particularized in Huddesford's catalogue, of which the more important sections are:

  1. Fol. 21. artt. 9-17 (except art. 10) from sir Thomas Bodley's papers concerning the foundation of his library, for which cf. MS. Tanner 338, fols. 37-42, and G. W. Wheeler, Letters of Sir Thomas Bodley to the University of Oxford, p. 19, letter 13
  2. Fol. 49. art. 18 an original remonstrance to the curators of Bodley's library from foreign students residing in Oxford, May 1641: see Macray, Annals of the Bodleian, p. 94
  3. Fol. 105. artt. 36, 37, papers by John Lamphire, 1689, principal of Hart hall, concerning the status of a proctor, and the case between the University and Christ Church, for which see Wood's Life and Times, ed. Clark, ii. 274, 283
  4. Fol. 113. artt. 38-49 papers in the hand of Gerard Langbaine, relating chiefly to university privileges
  5. Fols. 15, 177. artt. 7, 51-3 are by Brian Twyne, whose Fasti Oxonienses occur at fols. 179, 182, and 216, and include his collections against the speech of sir Symonds D'Ewes, of which a printed copy is on fol. 233

Dates

  • Creation: Written chiefly before 1660 by Anthony à Wood and others

Extent

260 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • Multiple languages
  • Latin
  • English

Shelfmark

MS. Wood F. 27

Other Finding Aids

Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, no. 8489

Physical Facet

On paper

Dimensions

13 1/5 × 8 1/2 in.

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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