Copy of a letter written to a lawyer-friend by bp. Thomas Barlow
Copy of a letter written to a lawyer-friend by bp. Thomas Barlow, Oct. 30, 1656, on the sources of English History: beg. 'My honest freind, I haue that confidence of your candor.' All but fols. 7-22 are blank, and those leaves were pp. 431-462 in a larger volume of bound papers.
Dates
- Creation: Written in the second half of the 17th century
Extent
29 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. hist. c. 49, fols. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. hist. c. 49
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 19408
Abstract
Copy of a letter written to a lawyer-friend by bp. Thomas Barlow
Biographical / Historical
Thomas Barlow (1607-1691) was Bishop of Lincoln.
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. 32546
Custodial History
Bought of Thomas Rodd in about 1842 by sir Thomas Phillipps: in his library no. 11044.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
At the Phillipps sale, June 6, 1898, lot 93, when it was bought by the Bodleian.
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
13 3/8 × 8 3/4 in.
Topical
Subject
- Title
- Copy of a letter written to a lawyer-friend by bp. Thomas Barlow
- 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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