- MSS. Firth b. 1/1-2: Lettered 'Sir John Williamson's State Letters to Sir Leoline Jenkins', but really the correspondence of Sir Joseph Williamson
- MS. Firth c. 1: 'Divers Poems' by Sir Richard Fanshawe
- MS. Firth 4: 'A Booke of Lieutenancie wherein is entred all lers directed to the L: Lieuteant of the County of Essex...'
- MS. Firth c. 5: Letters to and from the Commissioners of the Parliament of England for the Affairs of Ireland
Dates
- Creation: 17th-19th century
Extent
0.55 Linear metres (5 boxes)
Language of Materials
- Latin
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Firth b. 1/1, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Firth b. 1/1-2, c. 1, 4, 5
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 19874
Abstract
Letters, correspondence, and poems collected by Professor C. H. Firth
Biographical / Historical
Sir Joseph Williamson (1633-1701) was a statesman and diplomat
Sir Leoline Jenkins (1625-1685) was an academic and diplomat.
Sir Richard Fanshawe (1608-1666) was a diplomat and author.
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. VI, nos. 35375-35379.
Custodial History
- MSS. Firth b. 1/1-2: Formerly owned by Francis Gwyn of Ford Abbey, under secretary of state 1681-3 and 1688-9. No. 245/3 in the Ford Abbey sale, 1846, when purchased by sir Thomas Phillipps. The volumes were nos. 12136-8 in the Phillipps library and lot 1246 in the Phillipps sale, April 1903
- MS. Firth c. 1: Owned in 1788 by Joseph Warton
- MS. Firth 4: Numbered A. 8 in the library of Mr. John Gurdon Rebow of Wyvenhoe Park, Essex (d. 1870), whose bookplate it contains. Bought by prof. C. H. Firth from Bertram Dobell
- MS. Firth c. 5: Art. 410 in the Monck Mason Sale cat., 1858. Bought at that sale by sir Thos. Phillipps, and numbered 17059 in the Phillipps library. Sold at the Phillipps sale, June 1893 (lot 335)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
- MSS. Firth b. 1/1-2, c. 4, 5: Bought by Professor C. H. Firth from Bertram Dobell, and presented by him in 1911, but not handlisted until January 23, 1912
- MS. Firth c. 1: Bought from Bertram Dobell by Professor C. H. Firth, and presented by him June 23, 1911
- Title
- Letters, correspondence, and poems collected by Professor C. H. Firth
- Status
- Published
- Author
- EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
- Date
- EAD version 2020
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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