Huggett Manuscripts

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Manuscripts of Rev. Roger Huggett, c.1670-1768. They each bear a red leather label with Huggett's name, and a manuscript armorial bookplate.

Dates

Creation: c.1670-1768

Extent

0.33 Linear metres (3 boxes)

Language of Materials

English
Latin

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Bodl. 892, fols. 1-2].

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MSS. Bodl. 892-894

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 18498

Additional Description

Abstract

Manuscripts of Rev. Roger Huggett, c.1670-1768.

Biographical / Historical

Rev. Roger Huggett (c.1711-1769) was the librarian of Eton College, an antiquary and vicar of Hartley Westpall, Hampshire.

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. 27882-27884.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The three manuscripts were bequeathed to the Library by the rev. Roger Huggett, M.A., vicar of Hartley Westpall, Hampshire, and received on Jan. 4, 1770.