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Epitaphes out of the Metropoliticall chu[r]ch and all the other parochial Churches ... of Yorke, most faithefully collected by me Roger Dodsworthe

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MS. Dodsworth. 161
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'Epitaphes out of the Metropoliticall chu[r]ch and all the other parochial Churches ... of Yorke, most faithefully collected by me Roger Dodsworthe, the xiith [?] of February anno Domini 1618': the entries are in several different hands, but chiefly by Dodsworth.

Dates

  • Creation: written in 1618 by R. Dodsworth

Extent

45 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • Latin
  • English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Dodsworth. 161, fols. 1-2]

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Shelfmark:

MS. Dodsworth. 161

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 18437

Abstract

Epitaphes out of the Metropoliticall chu[r]ch and all the other parochial Churches ... of Yorke, most faithefully collected by me Roger Dodsworthe, the xiith [?] of February anno Domini 1618.

Biographical / Historical

Roger Dodsworth (bap. 1585-1654) was an antiquary.

Francis Drake (bap. 1696-1771) was an antiquary and surgeon.

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. V, no. 27693.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Notes by Francis Drake, who presented the book in October 1736 to the Bodleian, state that these papers were placed in his hands when he first began collecting materials for his Eboracum, and that they are valuable, though incomplete.

Physical Facet

On paper

Dimensions

8 1/2 × 6 1/2 in.

Title
Epitaphes out of the Metropoliticall chu[r]ch and all the other parochial Churches ... of Yorke, most faithefully collected by me Roger Dodsworthe
Status
Published
Date
EAD version 2020 by Pauline Soum-Paris
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

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