Correspondence of Thomas Burgess, Bishop of Salisbury, mainly with scholars and ecclesiastics
Correspondence of Thomas Burgess, mainly with scholars and ecclesiastics.
Dates
- Creation: 1778-1837
Extent
0.88 Linear metres (8 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Eng. lett. c. 133, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. lett. c. 133-140
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 7587
Abstract
Correspondence of Thomas Burgess, Bishop of Salisbury, mainly with scholars and ecclesiastics
Biographical / Historical
Thomas Burgess (1756-1837) was successively bishop of St. David's and Salisbury. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
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. I, nos. 40934-41.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The correspondence was bought from W.I. Williams in 1949.
Bibliography
- Many of the letters are printed in J.S. Harford, Life of Thomas Burgess (London, 1840).
Topical
Subject
- Burgess | Thomas | 1756-1837 | Bishop of Salisbury (Person)
- Church of England | Bishops (Organisation)
- Title
- Correspondence of Thomas Burgess, Bishop of Salisbury, mainly with scholars and ecclesiastics
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
- Date
- EAD version 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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