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Guard-book of papers mainly relating to the Howland and Constable families

 Single Item
MS. Eng. misc. c. 855
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Guard-book of papers, 16th-20th century, including:

  1. (fols. 21-72) legal papers and correspondence of the Howland family of Thame, Oxon., 1780-1818
  2. (fols. 21-72) legal papers and correspondence of the Howland family of Thame, Oxon., 1780-1818
  3. (fols. 118-35) letters to members of the Constable family of Burton Constable, Yorks., 1593-1622
  4. (fols. 136-7) contemporary copy of Pope Paul V's letter to English Catholics, forbidding them to take the oath of allegiance, 1606 (owned by the Dukes of Manchester; HMC 7: 8th report, app., part II (1881), item 134)
  5. (fols. 140-1) memorandum of the contents of two commissions concerning recusancy, 1620 (owned by the Dukes of Manchester HMC ibid., item 154).
  6. (fols. 73-84) Printed rules, c.1890, and Catalogue, 1905, of the Chinnor Reading Room Library and Working Men’s Club. (Deposited by J.D. Aspland, March 1957)

Dates

  • Creation: 16th-20th century

Extent

154 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. misc. c. 855, fols. 1-2]

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Shelfmark:

MS. Eng. misc. c. 855

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 17444, 22960

Abstract

Guard-book of papers

Biographical / Historical

Biographical details unknown.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Acquired, 1917-72.

Title
Guard-book of papers mainly relating to the Howland and Constable families
Status
Published
Date
EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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