Three volumes containing copies of his correspondence and antiquarian discourses. The correspondents include Sir John Clerk, John Horsley, Maurice Johnson and William Stukeley.
Dates
- Creation: 1715-1744
Extent
0.30 Linear metres (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Top. gen. d. 74, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Top. gen. d. 74-76
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 12964
Abstract
'Collections relating to the Antiquitys of Britain' by Roger Gale
Biographical / Historical
Roger Gale (1672-1744) was an antiquary. See the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography for further details.
Custodial History
Each volume contains the bookplate of Henry Gale (grandson of Roger), presumably sold when Scruton Hall was demolished in 1953, and the bookplate of K.K. Wood.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought by the Library from Waterfields in 1984.
Bibliography
- See Mary Clapinson 'Roger Gale, an eighteenth-century antiquary', Bodleian Library Record XII (1986), pp. 106-118.
Topical
Subject
- Allan | George | 1736-1880 | antiquary and topographer (Person)
- Gale | Roger | 1672-1744 | antiquary (Person)
- Horsley | John | 1685-1732 | archaeologist (Person)
- Johnson | Maurice | 1688-1775 | Lincolnshire antiquary (Person)
- Stukeley | William | 1687-1765 | Anglican clergyman, physician, and antiquary (Person)
- Title
- 'Collections relating to the Antiquitys of Britain' by Roger Gale
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Original catalogue by Susan Thomas; EAD version 2023 by C. McIlwaine
- Date
- EAD version 2023
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
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