Guard-book of letters and papers

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MS. Eng. hist. c. 305

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Guard-book of letters and papers, including:

(fols. 1-16) accounts relating to holdings of George Bubb Dodington in South Sea stock, 1723-4
(fols. 18-19) copy of letter of George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1622, explaining his directions to preachers
(fols. 20-21) Two Leaves of Great Wardrobe Accounts relating to Samuel and Charles Mearne, 1682
(fol. 22) schedule of the best types of ivory, iron and marks to be sent from Gothenburg to London, 18th cent.
(fols. 23-7) arguments concerning the payment of coat and conduct money, c.1637

Dates

Creation: 17th-18th century

Extent

28 Leaves

Language of Materials

English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. hist. c. 305, fols. 1-2].

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Shelfmark:

MS. Eng. hist. c. 305

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 7204, 7319, 7246, 7281

Additional Description

Abstract

Guard-book of letters and papers, 17th-18th century.

Biographical / Historical

George Bubb Dodington (1690/1-1762) was an English politician and diarist. George Abbot (1562-1633) was Archbishop of Canterbury 1611-1633. Samuel Mearne (1624-1683) was an English Restoration bookbinder and publisher whose work is considered a high point of pre-industrial bookbinding. He and his sons, Charles and Samuel Jr., were one of the group referred to by historians as the Queens' Binder.