Rawlinson K: Hearne & Smith - English History, 11th-18th century
Hearne's manuscripts, including:
- 'Remarks and Collections', by Thomas Hearne, including a diary of events at Oxford and literary notes and extracts of all kinds, 1705-35
- Notebooks of Thomas Hearne, 1700-35
- 'Variae Lectt. & Annott. in Livium...', 6 vols., by Hearne, printed in his edition of Livy, Oxford 1708 (6 vols.)
- Gronovius's printed edition of Livy (Amstel. 1679) interleaved and with numerous notes by Hearne, bound in six volumes
- A copy of the 1692 (Leyden) edition of Cicero's Works, edited by Gronovius, interleaved and bound in nine volumes, with collations and notes by Thomas Hearne
- Letters to Thomas Hearne, 1703-35
- Letters, chiefly in English, almost all to Dr Thomas Smith, 1661-1709
The manuscripts are mainly English, Latin, Greek and French, but include some other languages. The shelfmarks of this section are: .
Dates
- Creation: 11th-18th century
Language of Materials
- English
- Latin
- Greek, Modern (1453-)
- French
Full range of shelfmarks:
4o Rawl. 145, 201-2, 204, 335, 582; 8o Rawl. 57, 135, 196, 280, 401, 426, 451, 470, 510, 570, 578, 582, 584-5, 588, 595, 621, 629, 645, 662, 681, 1047, 1052, 1079; MSS. Hearne's diaries 1-192; Rawl. A. 366, A. 371, A. 374, A. 407, A. 415, A. 419, A. 427-8, A. 439, A. 442, A. 446; Rawl. B. 149, B. 159, B. 168, B. 176, B. 180-5, B. 190, B. 197-8, B. 201, B. 203-6, B. 213, B. 221, B. 225, B. 237, B. 246-7, B. 254, B. 258-9, B. 263-4, B. 272, B. 276, B. 330, B. 399, B. 399*, B. 414, B. 433, B. 445, B. 457B, B. 458, B. 471; Rawl. C. 22, C. 67, C. 146, C. 163, C. 186, C. 228, C. 234, C. 259, C. 276-7, C. 292, C. 314, C. 331, C. 339, C. 434, C. 462, C. 466, C. 472, C. 506, C. 538, C. 557, C. 649, C. 655, C. 668A, C. 738, C. 758, C. 772, C. 781, C. 849-51, C. 863-4, C. 876, C. 919, C. 930; Rawl. D. 5, D. 9, D. 113, D. 123, D. 141, D. 180, D. 192-4, D. 221, D. 224, D. 243, D. 253, D. 260-1, D. 263, D. 267, D. 274, D. 280, D. 289, D. 315-19, D. 321-6, D. 328, D. 332, D. 348, D. 350, D. 358, D. 366, D. 370, D. 374-5, D. 377-8, D. 384, D. 396-401, D. 445, D. 654, D. 683, D. 697, D. 731-2, D. 797-8, D. 800, D. 837, D. 891, D. 893, D. 939, D. 943, D. 946, D. 970-1, D. 979, D. 1002, D. 1017, D. 1020-1, D. 1029, D. 1059, D. 1071-2, D. 1110, D. 1144, D. 1164-6, D. 1168-77, D. 1188, D. 1222-3, D. 1267-8, D. 1290, D. 1373, D. 1377; Rawl. G. 8-9, G. 27, G. 31, G. 67, G. 84-5, G. 96, G. 99, G. 109, G. 139, G. 165, G. 172, G. 178-82; Rawl. I. 8; Rawl. letters. 1-27, 39, 65, 86, 110; Rawl. liturg. e. 43; Rawl. N. 1-2; Rawl. poet. 38, 64, 88, 145, 148, 199; Rawl. Q. c. 1-3, d. 1-14, e. 2-12, e. 14-20, f. 1, g. 1; Rawl. statutes 19, 36, 45; Smith 1-86, 88-125, 127-34, 136, 138-140, 142-3
Biographical / Historical
Thomas Hearne (1678-1735), an indefatigable Oxford antiquary and publisher, the son of the parish Clerk of White Waltham in Berkshire, was adopted by Francis Cherry and sent by him in 1695 to St. Edmund Hall at Oxford (BA 1699, MA 1703). In 1701 he became Janitor or Assistant in the Bodleian, and in 1712 under-keeper. In Janurary 1716, after disputes with the Librarian, he resigned his office, refusing as a Nonjuror to take the Oath then exacted from all who bore public office. His publications of English historical works extended from 1703 until the year of his death (10 June 1735). His diary (1705-35) and correspondence with literary men are of considerable importance. Further 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. 15124-15754.
Custodial History
Dr Thomas Smith, of Magdalen, well known for his works on the Eastern Church, left his manuscripts at his death (11 May 1710) to Hearne, on condition that sixteen should go the the Bodleian at Hearne's death.
Hearne left all his manuscripts (including the remaining Smith volumes) to William Bedford, and from Bedford's widow Rawlinson purchased them, probably in 1748, for £105.
Creator
- From the Collection: Rawlinson | Richard | 1690-1755 | Antiquary and Nonjuror (Person)
- From the Collection: Pepys | Samuel | 1633-1703 | MP, Diarist, Public Servant, Antiquary (Person)
- From the Collection: Thurloe | John | 1616-1668 | Secretary to the Council of State (Person)
- From the Collection: Wilkinson | Thomas | fl 1600-1699 | Anglican clergyman (Person)
- From the Collection: Bracton | Henry de | c 1210-1268 | Judge, Chancellor of Exeter Cathedral (Person)
- From the Collection: Gunning | Peter | 1614-1684 | Bishop of Ely (Person)
- From the Collection: Lewis | John | c 1700-1799 | Minister of Margate (Person)
- From the Collection: Robinson | John | 1650-1723 | Bishop of London (Person)
- From the Collection: Fitzwilliams | John | fl 1600-1699 | Nonjuror (Person)
- From the Collection: Grenville | Denis | 1637-1703 | Jacobite Archbishop of York | also known as Denis Granville (Person)
- From the Collection: Locke | John | 1632-1704 | philospher (Person)
- From the Collection: Mandeville | Sir | John | d 1372 | travel writer (Person)
- From the Collection: Nedam | James | fl 1532-1543 | Royal Surveyor of Works (Person)
- From the Collection: Roach | Richard | 1662-1730 | Anglican clergyman (Person)
- From the Collection: Beaumont | fl 1688-1730 | Nonconformist (Person)
- From the Collection: Fleming | Robert | ? 1660-1716 | Presbyterian Minister (Person)
- From the Collection: Hawes | Samuel | fl 1694-1700 | Nonjuror (Person)
- From the Collection: Price | Daniel | fl 1685-1706 | Dean of St Asaph (Person)
- From the Collection: Stanton | William | fl 1697-1704 (Person)
- From the Collection: Swadlin | Thomas | 1600-1670 | Royalist divine (Person)
- From the Collection: Turner | Francis | ? 1638-1700 | Bishop of Ely (Person)
- From the Collection: Turner | Thomas | 1645-1714 | President of Corpus Christi College Oxford (Person)
- From the Collection: Samber | Robert | fl 1710-1729 | Poet (Person)
- From the Collection: Williams | John | fl 1709-1726 | Poet (Person)
- From the Collection: Hearne | Thomas | 1678-1735 | Antiquary and Nonjuror (Person)
- From the Collection: Wharton | Philip | 1613-1696 | 4th Baron Wharton (Person)
- From the Collection: Zamboni | Giovanni Giacomo | fl 1723-1751 | resident in England for Duke of Modena (Person)
- From the Collection: Sancroft | William | 1617-1693 | Archbishop of Canterbury (Person)
- From the Collection: Neve | John Le | 1679-1741 | Antiquary (Person)
- From the Collection: L'Estrange | Hamon | 1605-1660 | theologian and historian (Person)
- From the Collection: Gronovius | Jacobus | 1645-1716 | classical scholar (Person)
- From the Collection: Smith | Thomas | 1638-1710 | Nonjuror Historian and Librarian (Person)
- From the Collection: Holman | William | d 1730 | Essex Antiquary Congregational Minister (Person)
Repository Details
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