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'Collections, manuscript and printed, concerning Robert Stephen Hawker...'

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MS. Eng. misc. d. 16
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'Collections, manuscript and printed, concerning Robert Stephen Hawker, Vicar of Morwenstow, Cornwall, made by Frederick George Lee, Vicar of All Saints', Lambeth, A.D. 1875.'

This is a very complete and noteworthy collection, with an index of original letters, in which are the names of cardinal Newman (one, 12 Mar. 1876), the rev. S. Baring Gould (one, 5 Nov. 1875), and the rev. W. Maskell (seven, 1876), as well as R. S. Hawker himself (twelve, 1865-74).

There are many privately printed pieces, extracts from newspapers, reviews of Lee's Memorials of Hawker (1876), and the like: at fol. 147 is a pedigree of the Hawker family.

Dates

  • Creation: Written in about 1860-1875 largely by F. G. Lee

Extent

529 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. misc. d. 16, fols. 1-2]

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Shelfmark:

MS. Eng. misc. d. 16

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 19029

Abstract

'Collections, manuscript and printed, concerning Robert Stephen Hawker...'

Biographical / Historical

Frederick George Lee (1832-1902) was a theologian and antiquary.

Other Finding Aids

Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. VI, no. 31357

Custodial History

With dr. Lee's armorial bookplate.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

'Bought by the Bodleian 19.11.1892', privately.

Physical Facet

On paper

Dimensions

10 5/8 × 8 1/2 in.

Title
'Collections, manuscript and printed, concerning Robert Stephen Hawker...'
Status
Published
Date
EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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