Tracts about Durham, probably copied during the Commonwealth
Single Item
MS. Don. e. 21
Held at the Weston Library
Tracts about Durham, probably copied during the Commonwealth, comprising:
- Fols. 1-62. a description of 'the ancient monuments rites and customes ... [of] the monasticall church of Durham before the suppression', 1593, printed Surtees Society, 107 (1903)
- Fols. 62v-78. 'Origo episcopatus Dunelmensis', 1603, printed in G. Allan, The origins and succession of the bishops of Durham ([Darlington], 1779)
- Fols. 79-80. tract on the bishops of Durham, after 1659; (fol. 80v) names of the deans of Durham to c. 1645.
Dates
- Creation: 16th-17th century
Extent
83 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Don. e. 21, fols. 1-2]
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Shelfmark:
MS. Don. e. 21
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 16985
Abstract
Tracts about Durham, probably copied during the Commonwealth
Biographical / Historical
Biographical details unknown.
Other Finding Aids
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Maggs, cat. 384 (1919), item 2973, given by J. H. Burn through the Friends of the Bodleian, 1937.
Physical Facet
Bound in a late 17th-century deed
- Title
- Tracts about Durham, probably copied during the Commonwealth
- 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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