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Records relating to Buckinghamshire, Written in the first half of the 18th century

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MS. Willis 1
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Records relating to Buckinghamshire, among which are:

1. (p. 1a). Extracts chiefly from the Lincoln Registers of Institutions to Buckinghamshire livings, 1216-1547 and in some cases to 1584: made for Browne Willis.

2. (p. 553). A list of churches in the county, which paid Peter's Pence in A.D. 1460, copied in 1737.

3. (p. 575). Parochial notes supplied to, or collected by, Browne Willis, chiefly in or soon after 1712, from:

  1. Dinton, Hampden (p. 628)
  2. Hartwell (p. 633)
  3. Woburn (p. 647)
  4. Wotton Underwood (p. 657)
  5. Hadenham (p. 667)
  6. Ivinghoe (p. 671)
  7. Pitston (p. 691)
  8. Hawridge (p. 695)
  9. Princes Risborough (p. 696)
  10. Adstock (p. 699)
  11. Middle Claydon (p. 707)
  12. Burnham (p. 711)
  13. Taplow (p. 719)
  14. Wexham (p. 723)
  15. Hambledon (p. 727), etc.

These are generally answers to the Queries printed by Browne Willis in 1712, of which there are specimens at pp. 651, 663.

Dates

  • Creation: Written in the first half of the 18th century

Extent

766 pages

Language of Materials

  • Latin
  • English

Shelfmark

MS. Willis 1

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. III, no. 16294

Custodial History

Mark by which the Collection was referred to until about A.D. 1870: fol. 1

Physical Facet

On paper

Dimensions

13 1/2 × 8 3/4 in.

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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