Some collections for the cathedrals and dioceses, Written in about 1710-1730
File
MS. Willis 41
Held at the Weston Library
Some collections for the cathedrals and dioceses of:
- Canterbury (fol. 6a)
- Rochester (fol. 24)
- London (fol. 53)
- Winchester (fol. 84)
- Chichester (fol. 101)
- Norwich (fol. 140)
- Salisbury (fol. 164)
- Wells (fol. 181)
- Exeter (fol. 200)
- Llandaff (fol. 272)
- St. Asaph (fol. 277)
- Bangor (fol. 333)
Made primarily for the purposes of Browne Willis's Parochiale Anglicanum (Lond. 1733), with a draft of the preface to that work, etc. There are:
- Many letters, etc., as four from bp. Tanner, 1721-30 (fol. 140)
- Notes of the Eliot family of Port Eliot (fol. 267)
- Drawings of Clynnog Fawr church by Joseph Lord, 1718-19 (fol. 325)
- Drawings of Holyhead church (fol. 355)
Dates
- Creation: Written in about 1710-1730
Extent
371 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
- Latin
Shelfmark
MS. Willis 41
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. 16334
Custodial History
Mark by which the Collection was referred to until about A.D. 1870: fol. 41
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
13 1/2 × 8 7/8 in.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk