Guard-book of papers mainly relating to the Howland and Constable families
Single Item
MS. Eng. misc. c. 855
Held at the Weston Library
Guard-book of papers, 16th-20th century, including:
- (fols. 21-72) legal papers and correspondence of the Howland family of Thame, Oxon., 1780-1818
- (fols. 21-72) legal papers and correspondence of the Howland family of Thame, Oxon., 1780-1818
- (fols. 118-35) letters to members of the Constable family of Burton Constable, Yorks., 1593-1622
- (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)
- (fols. 140-1) memorandum of the contents of two commissions concerning recusancy, 1620 (owned by the Dukes of Manchester HMC ibid., item 154).
- (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.
Other Finding Aids
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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Weston Library
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specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk