Collections relating to Devonshire compiled by John Pike Jones.
Dates
- Creation: 1810-1852
Extent
0.40 Linear metres (8 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Top. Devon d. 1, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Top. Devon d. 1-2, e. 1-6
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 13059
Abstract
Collections relating to Devonshire compiled by John Pike Jones, 1810-1852.
Biographical / Historical
John Pike Jones (1790-1857) of Chudleigh, Devon, was an antiquary. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
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, nos. 29462-29469.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The manuscripts were bought from S. Drayton & Sons in 1884.
Subject
- Title
- J.P. Jones Manuscripts
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2020 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Date
- EAD version 2020
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
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