Account of the mitred abbies, by Browne Willis, 18th century
File
MS. Rawl. B. 264
Held at the Weston Library
With additions and corrections in Browne Willis' own hand, and in that of T. Hearne.
The following note is written by Hearne on a fly-leaf at the beginning: "Mr. Willis's account of the mitred abbeys, with some of my corrections and additions. But alas! when I came to print this thing in Leland's Collectanea I found it so very defective that I was oblig'd to examin every thing anew, and to prepare it, as it should be, for the press. It was well recd. in the world, which being well known to Mr. Willis, in the year 1719 he put out a Grub Street edition of it, with very paultry additions, and the recommendation of one Wm. Wotton, a mad, debauched, irreligious clergyman (who absconds in Wales under another name tho' he hath a good parsonage in Buckinghamshire, where he was guilty of strange irregularities ****), for which Mr. Willis is much blamed, and is looked upon at least as a very weak man."
The following note is written by Hearne on a fly-leaf at the beginning: "Mr. Willis's account of the mitred abbeys, with some of my corrections and additions. But alas! when I came to print this thing in Leland's Collectanea I found it so very defective that I was oblig'd to examin every thing anew, and to prepare it, as it should be, for the press. It was well recd. in the world, which being well known to Mr. Willis, in the year 1719 he put out a Grub Street edition of it, with very paultry additions, and the recommendation of one Wm. Wotton, a mad, debauched, irreligious clergyman (who absconds in Wales under another name tho' he hath a good parsonage in Buckinghamshire, where he was guilty of strange irregularities ****), for which Mr. Willis is much blamed, and is looked upon at least as a very weak man."
Dates
- 18th century
Extent
186 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. B. 264
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. 264.
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. 15426.
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. 15426.
Custodial History
Owned by Thomas Hearne.
Bibliography
- Printed by Thomas Hearne in vol. vi. of Leland's Collectanea .
- Compare also Hearne's note on the subject in his Reliquiæ , vol. i. p. 428.
Physical Facet
On paper, in quarto; in the handwriting of his amanuensis
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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