Commonplace book, containing mainly extracts from printed books, many on religious subjects, Late 17th-18th century

File

Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. d. 311

Held at the Weston Library

Commonplace book, containing mainly extracts from printed books, many on religious subjects, late 17th-18th cent. The headings, index and earliest entries are in the hand of Philip Henry; a few entries are by Matthew Henry, and later additions are in at least three 18th-cent. hands, including that of Hannah Lightbody, great great grand-daughter of Philip Henry.

Dates

Creation: Late 17th-18th century

Extent

350 pages

Language of Materials

English

Shelfmark

MS. Eng. misc. d. 311

Additional Description

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. I, no. 43749

Custodial History

Owned by the descendants of Katherine, daughter of Philip Henry, and her husband John Tylston; probably given by Agnes Greg, daughter of Hannah Lightbody, to M. H. Lee, 1881.