'A Narrative of some Transactions in the Chapter of Salisbury...'
'A Narrative of some Transactions in the Chapter of Salisbury between ... 1771 & 1789, with letters & papers ... and an expostulatory Address to the ... Bishop of Salisbury, by Wm Bowles Esqr of Heale in Wiltshire', about elections of canons residentiary.
A letter to the bishop printed by Bowles in 1790 announces the speedy publication of this Narrative, but it does not seem to have been actually issued.
Dates
- Creation: Written in A.D. 1790 by W. Bowles
Extent
122 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Top. Wilts e. 2, fols. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
MS. Top. Wilts e. 2
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 20569
Abstract
'A Narrative of some Transactions in the Chapter of Salisbury...'
Biographical / Historical
William Bowles (1762-1850) was Canon of Salisbury, poet and an antiquary.
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. 30817
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired by The Bodleian Library in 1890.
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
8 1/4 × 6 1/2 in.
- Title
- 'A Narrative of some Transactions in the Chapter of Salisbury...'
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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