Manuscript historical notes (in part extracts from printed Government returns) and many printed pamphlets and flysheets relating to places in Oxfordshire, more particularly to Eynsham, collected by the rev. Thomas Symonds, vicar of that place, and arranged without method: at fols. 92, 101 are short lives of bishops of Oxford: Latin verses on 'Lusitana liberata' and 'mare naufragum' occur at fols. 79, 80.
Dates
- Written chiefly by the rev. T. Symonds about 1830
Extent
171 Leaves
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Top. Oxon c. 200, fols. 1-2]
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Shelfmark:
MS. Top. Oxon c. 200
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 19778
Overview
Manuscript historical notes
Biographical / Historical
Thomas Symonds (1773-1845) was an antiquary and vicar of Eynsham.
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. 36707
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Given by J. Skelton to the rev. Thos. Symonds, vicar of Eynsham, from whose kinsman, mr. Frederick C. Wellstood, they were purchased for the Library, Feb. 18, 1914.
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
13 3/4 × 8 1/2 in.
- Title
- Manuscript historical notes
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
- Language of description
- English
Repository Details
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