Archive of Richard Higgs and John Higgs
Papers of Richard Higgs and John Higgs, with notes on the writers by Thomas Percy, 1770.
Dates
- Creation: 1677-1770
Extent
0.10 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Eng. misc. e. 344, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. misc. e. 344-345
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 7907
Abstract
Archive of Richard Higgs and John Higgs
Biographical / Historical
Richard Higgs was a schoolmaster. His nephew, John Higgs, was Vicar of Highley, Shropshire.
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. 45842-45843.
Custodial History
Sotheby's, 29 Apr. 1884 (Percy sale), part of lot 190; owned by W.D. Macray; sold by him to Arthur Sparrow, 1885.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Given by A.A. Hanbury-Sparrow, 1952.
Topical
- Title
- Catalogue of the archive of Richard Higgs and John Higgs
- 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
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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