Letters and papers of Thomas Percy, Bishop of Dromore
Single Item
MS. Eng. misc. b. 38
Held at the Weston Library
Letters and papers of Thomas Percy, Bishop of Dromore, including:
- (fols. 1-61) domestic and medical recipes, c.1760-70
- (fols. 62-74, 167-8) papers and bills concerning servants
- (fols. 75-101) letters and accounts of Richard Annesley, 2nd Earl Annesley, as agent to the Bishop, 1783-6
- (fols. 130-50) papers and letters 'concerning the horns of the fossil deer' found near Dromore, 1783, including (fols. 146-7) a pen-and-ink drawing
- (fols. 151-66) sheets A-B and two plates from G. Stubbs, The anatomy of the horse (1766).
Dates
- Creation: c. 1760-1789
Extent
182 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. misc. b. 38, fols. 1-2]
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Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. misc. b. 38
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 17219
Abstract
Letters and papers of Thomas Percy, Bishop of Dromore
Biographical / Historical
Thomas Percy (1729-1811) was an English writer and Church of Ireland bishop of Dromore.
Other Finding Aids
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Given anonymously through John Johnson, 1935.
- Title
- Letters and papers of Thomas Percy, Bishop of Dromore
- 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