Antiquarian collections of Christopher Towneley including (c. 6) transcripts of documents relating to the Houghton and Talbot families, temp. Henry V-Edward VI, with a schedule of deeds relating to property in Hapton, Cliviger and Towneley in Lancashire, temp. Edward I-Elizabeth I; and (c. 12) transcripts of documents, mainly temp. Elizabeth I, relating to the manor of Wakefield, the Earls of Derby, and the manor of Ightenhill in Lancashire, with extracts from a cartulary of Whalley abbey.
Dates
- Creation: 17th century
Extent
0.22 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
- Latin
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Top. Lancs. c. 6, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Top. Lancs. c. 6, Top. Yorks. c. 12
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 13392
Abstract
Antiquarian Collections of Christopher Towneley (1604-1674).
Biographical / Historical
Christopher Towneley (1604-1674) was a member of a Catholic gentry family from Towneley in Lancashire. He is known as an antiquary but also had an interest in scientific research, particularly astronomy. See the Dictionary of National Biography for further details.
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, nos. 54409-54410.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought by the Library from Gwendoline Bertie, Countess of Abingdon in 1933.
Subject
- Towneley | Christopher | 1604-1674 | Antiquary (Person)
- Haughton | family (Family)
- Stanley | family | Earls of Derby (Family)
- Talbot | family (Family)
- Whalley Abbey (Organisation)
- Title
- Antiquarian Collections of Christopher Towneley
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Susan Thomas; EAD version 2019 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Date
- EAD version 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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