'Collections for the County of Suffolk' made by the Rev. James Ford (d. 1850), who was perpetual curate of St. Lawrence, Ipswich, from 1808 to 1830. They are very largely copies of monumental inscriptions.
Much of these volumes is blank, but the copies of monumental inscriptions, often accompanied with drawings of arms and sketches, are valuable.
Dates
- Creation: c.1812-1830
Extent
0.50 Linear metres (10 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Top. Suffolk d. 4, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Top. Suffolk d. 4-13
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 20044
Abstract
James Ford's Collections for the County of Suffolk.
Biographical / Historical
James Ford (1779–1850) was an antiquary and benefactor.
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. 29670-29679.
Custodial History
Each volume bears the collector's armorial bookplate.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
In the second part of the Hartley sale, May 3, 1886, these collections were lot 66, and bought for the Library for £19.
Subject
- Ford | 1779–1850 | antiquary (Person)
- Title
- James Ford's Collections for the County of Suffolk
- Status
- Published
- Author
- 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
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