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Account-book of Henry Hoskyns of Beaminster

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MS. Top. Dorset c. 2
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Account-book of Henry Hoskyns of Beaminster, 1568-75, principally of sales of live-stock. At fol. 54v is an abridgement of the tract 'De duodecim abusionibus seculi'.

A fragment of a bailiff's account of the fifteenth century is used as a wrapper (fol. 80). At fol. 7 is a grant by Wymond Carew of Antoney in Cornwall, to his brother, Thomas Carew, of lands in Devon and Dorset, Sept. 25, 1530.

Dates

  • Creation: Written A.D. 1568-1575

Extent

80 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Top. Dorset c. 2, fols. 1-2]

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Shelfmark:

MS. Top. Dorset c. 2

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 19695

Abstract

Account-book of Henry Hoskyns of Beaminster

Biographical / Historical

Henry Hoskyns of Beaminster (fl. 1568-1575) was a farmer.

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. 35398

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented by dr. W. A. Spooner, warden of New college, January 2, 1911.

Physical Facet

On paper

Dimensions

12 1/4 × 9 in.

Title
Account-book of Henry Hoskyns of Beaminster
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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