Official contemporary copy of Court of Exchequer proceedings brought by the Attorney General against Francis Smith, 2nd Viscount Carrington, and Humphrey Weld for the recovery of property formerly belonging to Furness Abbey, Lancs.
Single Item
MS. Top. Lancs. d. 4
Official contemporary copy of Court of Exchequer proceedings brought by the Attorney General against Francis Smith, 2nd Viscount Carrington, and Humphrey Weld for the recovery of property formerly belonging to Furness Abbey, Lancs., decreed by the Court to have been conveyed to the defendants by Sir Thomas Preston, Jesuit, for superstitious uses, 1682.
Dates
- 1682
Extent
177 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Top. Lancs. d. 4, fols. 1-2]
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Shelfmark:
MS. Top. Lancs. d. 4
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 18032
Abstract
Official contemporary copy of Court of Exchequer proceedings brought by the Attorney General against Francis Smith, 2nd Viscount Carrington, and Humphrey Weld for the recovery of property formerly belonging to Furness Abbey, Lancs., decreed by the Court to have been conveyed to the defendants by Sir Thomas Preston, Jesuit, for superstitious uses, 1682.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical details unknown.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, no. 54413.
Custodial History
Numbered 68529 on part of the wrapper, in a 20th-century hand.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought from Theodore Hofmann, 1972.
Physical Facet
Vellum wrappers
- Title
- Official contemporary copy of Court of Exchequer proceedings brought by the Attorney General against Francis Smith, 2nd Viscount Carrington, and Humphrey Weld for the recovery of property formerly belonging to Furness Abbey, Lancs.
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2019 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
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Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk