Rawlinson P: Miscellaneous, Essex, 10th-18th century
Series
Miscellaneous manuscripts and Holman's Essex manuscripts, compiled in the 18th century.
Dates
- 10th-18th century
Language of Materials
- Latin
- English
- Greek, Modern (1453-)
Full range of shelfmarks:
4o Rawl. 39, 41-4, 118, 140, 245, 263, 323, 550; 8o Rawl. 300, 429, 576, 594, 614, 646, 1064, 1093, 1095-7, 1102-3, 1105-8; MSS. Rawl. B. 240, Rawl. D. 1514-6, Rawl. Essex 1-30, Rawl. Q. b. 1-5, c. 4-12, d. 15-19, e. 1, e. 21-33, f. 2-6
Biographical / Historical
The Rev. William Holman (d 1730) was an assiduous collector and copier of the records of Essex family and local history. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Other Finding Aids
Full descriptions are in 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, nos. 15988-16293.
Repository Details
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