Miscellaneous historical papers

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MS. Eng. misc. c. 92

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Miscellaneous historical papers, including:

(pp. 1-7) report of the evidence before the Committee of Privileges concerning John Twisleton's claim to the barony of Saye and Sele, 1734
(pp. 39-42) James Ussher and others, 'Innovations in doctrine' and 'in discipline', with 'Considerations upon the book of Common Prayer', contemporary copy, 1640, published as A copie of the proceedings of some worthy and learned divines (London, 1641)

Dates

Creation: 16th-18th century

Extent

42 pages

Language of Materials

English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. misc. c. 92, fols. 1-2]

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Shelfmark:

MS. Eng. misc. c. 92

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 17261

Additional Description

Abstract

Miscellaneous historical papers

Biographical / Historical

Biographical details unknown.

Arrangement

Pages 23-6 of this manuscript, containing the autograph autobiography of John Selden, were taken out by Falconer Madan in 1899 and separately bound with the introduction to David Wilkins, Joannis Seldeni ... opera omnia (London, 1726): now [pr. bk.] S. Seld. c. 21.

Other Finding Aids

M. Clapinson and T. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991). Vol. 1, no. 43464

Custodial History

Said to have belonged to David Wilkins (possibly only pp. 23-6); from the Fairfax MSS.; possibly lot 99 in the Leeds Castle (Fairfax) sale, Christie's, 10 Jan. 1831; Phillipps MS. 23075; Sotheby's, 6 June 1898, lot 494