Deeds and other papers concerning the property of the Loveday family, including property in Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Bedfordshire, Warwickshire, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, London, Rutland, Derbyshire, Surrey, and Northamptonshire. The collection includes a pedigree of the Loveday family (MS. Top. Oxon. c. 597/12, fol. 7v).
Dates
- Creation: 1482-1914
Extent
46.97 Linear metres (427 shelfmarks)
Language of Materials
- English
- Latin
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Ch. Beds. 45, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Ch. Beds. 45-46; Ch. Berks. 1234-1239; Ch. Derbys. 62-64; Ch. Glos. 194-197; Ch. London and Middx. 524; Ch. Northants. 52; Ch. Rutland 3; Ch. Surrey 95; Ch. Warws. 69-73; Ch. Worcs. 211; Ch. Oxon. 4594-4978; Top. Oxon. b. 259; Top. Oxon. c. 596-597; D.D. Loveday c.1-13
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 13941, 13943
Abstract
Deeds and other papers concerning the property of the Loveday family, 1482-1914.
Biographical / Historical
Loveday family of Williamscote, Oxfordshire.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, no. 54572-54574.
A full description is available in the Library.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The majority of the papers were purchased by the Library in 1970. MSS D.D. Loveday c. 1-13 were deposited in 1967, 1971 and 1972 by Mrs. S. Markham and Mrs. C. James, daughters of Dr. Thomas Loveday and by by Messrs. Stockton, Sons and Fortescue, solicitors.
Ownership of MSS. D.D. Loveday c. 1-13 was transferred to the Bodleian in 2020.
Subject
- Loveday | family | Williamscote (Family)
- Title
- Loveday Family Papers
- 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
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