Collection of letters, papers and verse, mainly in Johnston's hand, 1627-1705
File
MS. Eng. poet. c. 25
Held at the Weston Library
Collection of letters, papers and verse, mainly in Johnston's hand, including:
- (fols. 9-10) list by Robert Plot of curiosities found on his travels through Staffordshire;
- (fols. 14-15, 52-54) report on speeches in the House of Commons, 22 March 1679, 16 Nov. 1680;
- (fol. 80) draft of Johnston's proposals for publishing the antiquities of Yorkshire;
- (fols. 84-151) indexes to the writings of Latin poets.
HMC 5: 6th report (1877) app., 457, vol. 21.
Verse in Crum.
Dates
- Creation: 1627-1705
Extent
155 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. poet. c. 25
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, no. 55345.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, W. H. Robinson, cat. 74 (1944), 21, 271.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk