Blakeway's Shropshire manuscripts, including pedigrees of Shropshire families and papers relating to the history of Shropshire.
Dates
- Creation: 18th-19th cent.
Extent
2.86 Linear metres (26 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
- Latin
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS Blakeway 1, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Blakeway 1-26
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 12795
Abstract
Blakeway manuscripts, relating to Shropshire
Biographical / Historical
John Brickdale Blakeway was born at Shrewsbury on 24 June 1765 and educated in his native town and at Westminster and Oriel College, Oxford (BA 1786, MA 1795). He was a student at Lincoln's Inn, but in 1793 was ordained, and from 1794 until his death on 10 March 1826 was minister of the peculiar of St. Mary's Shrewsbury. His chief interest was in the topography and antiquities of his native town and county. He died just before the publication of the last part of the History of Shrewsbury, by H. Owen and J.B. Blakeway. In 1831 a book by him on the Sheriffs of Shropshire was posthumously issued.
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. IV, nos. 22086-22111.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was presented to the Library by Blakeway's widow in 1840.
Geographic
Topical
Subject
- Title
- Blakeway Manuscripts
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2020 by Kelly Burchmore
- Date
- EAD version 2020
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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