Typed transcript and index, 1987-1990, by Mr. and Mrs. J. Howard-Drake of the parish register for Shipton under Wychwood, Oxon.
Typed transcript and index, 1987-1990, by Mr. and Mrs. J. Howard-Drake of the parish register for Shipton under Wychwood, Oxon., 1538-1899.
Dates
- Creation: 1538-1899
Extent
0.20 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. d. 2065, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. d. 2056-2057
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 21210
Abstract
Typed transcript and index, 1987-1990, by Mr. and Mrs. J. Howard-Drake of the parish register for Shipton under Wychwood, Oxon., 1538-1899.
Biographical / Historical
Jack Thomas Arthur Howard-Drake (b 1919), worked as Assistant Inspector, Ministry of Health Insurance Department, 1937-1939 and 1946-1947. During World War II, he served in the Royal Artillery, 1939-1946, In 1947 he started work for the Colonial Office as Assistant Principal, 1947, then as Principal, 1949. He served as Private Secretary to the Secretary of State, 1956-1962, Assistant Secretary, 1962, Assistant Secretary, Cabinet Office, 1963-1965, Assistant secretary, Home Office, 1965-1972, and Assistant Under-Secretary of State, National Insurance Office, 1972-1974. In 1947 he married Joan Mary Crook, with whom he had one son and two daughters. He was chairman of the Oxfordshire Local History Association, 1984-1991 and the Wychwoods Local History Society, 1984-1992. He published Oxford church courts. depositions in six volumes - 1542-1550, 1570-1574, 1581-1586, 1589-1593, 1592-1596 and 1603-1606 (Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire County Council Leisure and Arts, 1991-1999).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Given by the transcribers, 1987-1990.
- Title
- Typed transcript and index, 1987-1990, by Mr. and Mrs. J. Howard-Drake of the parish register for Shipton under Wychwood, Oxon.
- Status
- Published
- Author
- EAD version 2021 by Hannah Jordan
- Date
- EAD version 2021
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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