"Historical collections relating to England, made in the years 1700, 1701," by Thomas Hearne; being the commencement of a general description of England according to its counties, 1700, 1701
File
MS. Rawl. B. 246
Held at the Weston Library
The contents of the volume are as follows:
- (p. 1) Chap. i. A general description of Britain.
- (p. 13) Chap. ii. Berkshire.
- (p. 23) Chap. iii. Bedfordshire.
- (p. 29) Chap. iv. Buckinghamshire.
- (pp. 48–467) Chaps. v.–xxii. Annals of the University of Cambridge to the founding of King's College in 1443, with copious notices of the writers belonging to the several colleges described in the course of the annals.
At the end is an appendix of notes to Berkshire, chiefly occupied with an account of the college founded at Shottesbrooke, and a biogragraphical notice of H. Dodwell.
Dates
- 1700, 1701
Extent
247 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. B. 246
Other Finding Aids
William D. Macray, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae partis quintae fasciculus primus viri munificentissimi Ricardi Rawlinson, J.C.D., codicum classes duas priores, ad rem historicam praecipue et topographicam spectantes, complectens (Oxford, 1862), no. B. 246.
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. 15321.
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. 15321.
Physical Facet
On paper, in folio
Repository Details
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