'A Perambulation of Surrey anno Domini 1673 (left unfinished). By Mr. John Aubrey, R.S.S.', Written in 1673-1692, chiefly by J. Aubrey
File
MS. Aubrey 4
Held at the Weston Library
'A Perambulation of Surrey anno Domini 1673 (left unfinished). By Mr. John Aubrey, R.S.S.' revised up to 1692. This work is in the same style as MS. Aubrey 3, with the same want of arrangement, but with arms, views, etc.:
- Aubrey was appointed by John Ogilby 'his Majesty's Cosmographer', to be his deputy for the survey of Surrey on May 2, 1673 (fol. 221)
- At fol. 28 is a letter to Aubrey from John Evelyn, Feb. 8, 1675/6
- Fol. 1 is the old cover of MS. Ash. Mus. d. 1, and contains a nearly complete draught of an indenture in 1684, between William Paggen, merchant, and John Hardmian, merchant, of James River, Virginia, by which the latter agrees to be the exclusive agent of the former in Virginia
Dates
- Creation: Written in 1673-1692, chiefly by J. Aubrey
Extent
268 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Aubrey 4
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. 25279
Bibliography
- This MS., compared with another (then in private hands) was printed in 1718-9 by Dr. Rich. Rawlinson.
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
13 1/4 × 8 7/8 in.
Repository Details
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