Common-place book of Dr. Samuel Pegge the elder: Extracts, notes and correspondence, vol IV, written chiefly in about 1750-1790 by Samuel Pegge
File
MS. Add. C. 245
Held at the Weston Library
Extracts, notes and correspondence chiefly relating to English history and archcæology, quite miscellaneous in character and incapable of summary treatment; but each volume has a list of contents prefixed. There are also many original papers, among which are letters from:
- a memoir of Lawrence Nowell (d. 1576) by Dr. Pegge, 1768 (p. 85), with other papers read before the Society of Antiquaries;
- a memoir of bp. Accepted Frewen, by Pegge (p. 267);
- papers by and about' Dr. John Byrom (p. 367);
- a dialogue in Lincolnshire dialect by B. Ray (p. 527);
- copious notes on the Boyle family (p. 560) and MSS. (p. 615).
Dates
- Creation: written chiefly in about 1750-1790 by Samuel Pegge
Extent
728 pages
Language of Materials
- Multiple languages
- English
- Latin
Shelfmark
MS. Add. C. 245
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. V, no. 28088.
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
13 1/2 × 9 in.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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