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17th century 1637
18th century 669
19th century 436
16th century 360
20th century 223
Humanities 187
Letters 141
Religion 138
Literature 131
Music 114
Parishes -- England -- Oxfordshire 107
Oxfordshire (England) 98
x - 15th century 89
Antiquarians 76
Theology 73
Sermons 70
Music -- Manuscripts -- 17th century 67
x - 14th century 57
Poetry 54
History 53
Church records and registers 45
x - 13th century 45
Genealogy 42
Politics and Government 41
Royal family 39
Correspondence 37
Accounts 35
Legal documents 35
Heraldry 32
x - 12th century 32
Berkshire (England) 30
Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 28
Oxford (England) 26
Buckingham (England) 25
Local history 25
Nobility -- Great Britain 25
Suites 24
Chamber music 23
Great Britain -- Topography 22
Law 22
Manuscripts 22
Maps -- Great Britain 22
Diaries 21
Manors -- England 21
Parishes -- England 21
Commonplace books 20
Music -- Manuscripts -- 18th century 19
Universities and colleges 19
Deeds -- England 18
Poems 18
x - 11th century 17
Yorkshire (England) 16
Courts, manorial 15
English literature 15
Great Britain -- History 15
Motets 15
Norfolk (England) 15
Church 14
Essex (England) 14
House of Commons -- Parliament -- Great Britain 14
Ireland 14
Philosophy 14
Account books 13
Anthems 13
Essays 13
Kent (England) 13
Lincolnshire (England) 13
London (England) 13
x - 10th century 13
Bodleian Library 12
Cambridgeshire (England) 12
Church of England -- Clergy 12
England 12
Literature -- Translations 12
Manors -- England -- Oxfordshire 12
Medicine 12
Poets 12
France 11
Great Britain -- Politics and Government -- 17th century 11
Libraries 11
Northamptonshire (England) 11
Prayers 11
Wiltshire (England) 11
Courts 10
Dorset (England) 10
English poetry 10
Mathematics 10
Politicians 10
Surrey (England) 10
Books 9
Charters 9
Cheshire (England) 9
Church records and registers -- Oxfordshire 9
Classical literature 9
English poetry -- 17th century 9
Gloucestershire (England) 9
Political satire 9
Religious literature, English 9
Speeches, addresses, etc. 9
Sussex (England) 9
Indexed names
Goadby | Frank Reginald Lindsay | 1899-1985 | Brigadier Historian of Standlake 76
Church of England 38
University of Oxford 18
Jenkins | John | 1592-1678 | composer 17
Lowe | Edward | 1610-1682 | composer, music copyist, organist and writer on music 16
Hyde | Edward | 1609-1674 | 1st Earl of Clarendon | Lord Chancellor 12
Simpson | Christopher | c 1602/1606-1669 | composer 12
Blow | John | 1648-1708 | composer 10
Charles II | 1630-1685 | King of England, Scotland and Ireland 10
Lawes | William | 1602-1645 | musician and composer 10
Dugdale | Sir | William | 1605-1686 | Knight | antiquary and herald 9
Purcell | Henry | c 1659-1695 | composer 9
Charles I | 1600-1649 | King of England, Scotland and Ireland 8
Gibbons | Orlando | 1583-1625 | composer 8
Butler | James | 1610-1688 | 1st Duke of Ormonde | soldier and statesman 7
England and Wales | Parliament 7
Oxford University | New College 7
Tanner | Thomas | 1674-1735 | Bishop of St Asaph and antiquary 7
Wallis | John | 1616-1703 | Mathematician 7
Watts | C G | Parish Registrar 7
Wood | Anthony | 1632-1695 | Antiquary 7
Aubrey | John | 1626-1697 | antiquary, topographer 6
Baltzar | Thomas | 1631-1663 | violinist and composer 6
Bassani | Giovanni Battist | c 1650-1716 | composer 6
Bodley | Sir | Thomas | 1545-1613 | Knight | diplomat, scholar, and founder of the Bodleian Library 6
Elizabeth I | 1533-1603 | Queen of England and Ireland 6
Fairfax | Thomas | 1612-1671 | 3rd Baron Fairfax | politician, general, and Parliamentary commander-in-chief during the English Civil War 6
Harris | C. G | Oxfordshire Family History Society 6
Hearne | Thomas | 1678-1735 | Antiquary and Nonjuror 6
Society of Genealogists 6
Barlow | Thomas | 1607-1691 | Bishop of Lincoln 5
Bodleian Library 5
Byrd | William | c 1540-1623 | musical composer 5
Carissimi | Giacomo | 1605-1674 | composer 5
Gibbons | Christopher | bap 1615-1676 | composer and organist 5
James II | 1633-1701 | King of Great Britain and Ireland 5
James VI and I | 1566-1625 | King of Scotland, England and Ireland 5
James | Thomas | ? 1573-1629 | Bodley's Librarian and Sub Dean of Wells 5
Locke | John | 1632-1704 | philospher 5
Neve | Peter Le | 1661-1729 | herald and antiquary 5
Sancroft | William | 1617-1693 | Archbishop of Canterbury 5
Selden | John | 1584-1654 | Jurist, MP, and Antiquary 5
University of Cambridge 5
Anstis | John | 1669-1744 | herald, antiquary, and MP 4
Burnet | Gilbert | 1643-1715 | Bishop of Salisbury and Historian 4
Carte | Thomas | 1686-1754 | historian 4
Cecil | William | 1520-1598 | 1st Baron Burghley | Statesman 4
Charlett | Arthur | 1655-1722 | Master of University College Oxford 4
Clark | Andrew | 1854-1922 | Clergyman and Antiquary 4
Clayton | Sir | Robert | 1629-1707 | Knight | Banker and politician 4
Cotton | Sir | Robert | 1571-1631 | 1st baronet | Antiquary and politician 4
Dodwell | Henry | 1641-1711 | Scholar and Theologian 4
Donne | John | 1573-1631 | Dean of St. Paul's and poet 4
East India Company 4
Fell | John | 1625-1686 | Bishop of Oxford 4
Gough | Richard | 1735-1809 | antiquary 4
Henry | Philip | 1631-1696 | Nonconformist Minister and Diarist 4
Laud | William | 1573-1645 | Archbishop of Canterbury 4
Oxford University | Lincoln College 4
Savile | Sir | Henry | 1549-1622 | knight | mathematician 4
Sheldon | Gilbert | 1598-1677 | Archbishop of Canterbury 4
Sherard | James | 1666-1738 | apothecary, botanist and amateur musician 4
Southwell | Sir | Robert | 1635-1702 | Knight | Diplomat 4
Tallis | Thomas | c 1505-1585 | composer 4
Wagstaffe | Thomas | 1645-1712 | bishop of the nonjuring Church of England 4
Ward | John | c 1589-1638 | composer 4
Withy | Francis | c 1645-1727 | cathedral singer, string player, music copyist, teacher and composer 4
Abbot | George | 1562-1633 | Archbishop of Canterbury 3
Aldrich | Henry | 1648-1710 | composer 3
Alfonso Ferrabosco | c 1575-1628 | composer and viol player 3
Ashmole | Elias | 1617-1692 | Antiquary and Astrologer 3
Ashton | Matthew | fl. 1681-1685 | Merchant in Leeds 3
Baker | David | 1575-1641 | Benedictine monk and mystical writer 3
Ballard | George | 1705-1755 | Antiquary 3
Blathwayt | William | bap.1650-d. 1717 | Government official 3
Camden | William | 1551-1623 | antiquary herald schoolmaster 3
Carew | Thomas | 1594-1640 | Poet 3
Child | William | 1606/1607-1697 | composer 3
Clarke | Jeremiah | c 1743-1809 | composer 3
Coffyn | John | fl. 1668-1699 | surveyor 3
Coke | Sir | Edward | 1552-1634 | Knight | lawyer, legal writer, and politician 3
Coprario | John | c 1570/1580-1626 | composer 3
Corelli | Arcangelo | 1653-1713 | composer and violinist 3
Digby | George | 1612-1677 | Politician 3
Dodsworth | Roger | 1585-1654 | Antiquary 3
Donne | John | 1573-1631 | Dean of St Paul's, poet 3
England and Wales | Exchequer 3
England and Wales | Ordnance Office 3
Eustace| E | fl. 1980 3
Ferrabosco | Alfonso | 1543-1588 | composer 3
Ferrabosco | Alfonso | c 1575-1628 | composer and viol player 3
Finger | Gottfried | c 1660-1730 | viol player and composer 3
Handel | George Frederick | 1685-1759 | musical composer 3
Harcourt | Edward William | 1825-1891 | politician 3
Harcourt | Edward | 1757-1847 | formerly Venables-Vernon | Archbishop of York 3
Harcourt | Family | Nuneham Courtenay 3
Harcourt | Family | Stanton Harcourt 3
Harcourt | George Granville | 1785-1861 | formerly Venables-Vernon | MP, Barrister 3
Harcourt | George Simon | 1736-1809 | 2nd Earl Harcourt 3
Harcourt | Simon | 1714-1777 | 1st Earl Harcourt | politician 3

4 'Italian Soneta's for 3: two Trebles and a Base with a Through Base. 4 Bookes'

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. c. 79
4 anonymous sonatas for three string instruments and basso continuo, probably all by Italian composers, [1670-1682].
Extents: 1 box
Dates: [1670-1682]

10 sonatas for two violins, bass, and continuo, by Lelio Colista and C.A. Lonati

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. d. 256 (Former reference: Music School B. 4. 16)
10 sonatas for two violins, bass and continuo, 4 by Lelio Colista and 6 by Carlo Ambrogio Lonati, copied for or by James Sherard, late 17th cent.
Extents: 1 box
Dates: late 17th cent.

12 fantasias for two bass viols and organ by Giovanni [John] Coperario

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. c. 92
John Coperario: String parts of 12 fantasias for two bass viols and organ, middle to late 17th cent.
Extents: 1 box
Dates: middle to late 17th cent.

12 'Sonate à 2 Violini', op. 2, by Giovanni Battista Vitali

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. d. 257 (Former shelfmark: Music School B. 4. 17)
12 'Sonate à 2 Violini', op. 2, by Giovanni Battista Vitali, 2nd half of 17th cent.
Extents: 31 Leaves
Dates: 17th cent., 2nd half

17th-century copies of manuscripts owned by Edward Umfreville

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. hist. d. 421
17th-century copies of manuscripts owned by Edward Umfreville
Extents: 21 Leaves
Dates: Early 17th-century [originals 1504-1506, 1614, n.d.]

17th century sermons repeated by Henry Turner, rector of Lathbury, Buckinghamshire, at Lathbury and elsewhere

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. th. f. 51
17th century sermons repeated by Henry Turner, rector of Lathbury, Buckinghamshire, at Lathbury and elsewhere, 1704-1750.
Extents: 124 Leaves
Dates: 1704-1750

37 short pieces for bass viol (companion volume to MS. Mus. Sch. f. 573)

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. f. 574 (Former reference: Music School A. 3. 28)
Companion volume to f. 573, mainly copied by the third hand, and containing two of the same pieces by P. Hacquart, [date].
Extents: 1 box
Dates: Date not recorded at time of cataloguing

381 coats of arms in trick, from the Visitation of Cornwall of 1620, followed by a few pedigrees

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Top. Cornwall c. 1
381 coats of arms in trick, from the Visitation of Cornwall of 1620, followed by a few pedigrees, written perhaps in the second quarter of the 17th century.
Extents: 69 Leaves
Dates: written perhaps in the second quarter of the 17th century

'1700... A List of his Majestyes Royal Navy'

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Bodl. 981
'1700... A List of his Majestyes Royal Navy', giving names, kind, dimensions, tonnage, guns, and date, etc. of construction.
Extents: 30 Leaves
Dates: written in A.D. 1700

About 1650 signatures, cut from letters and documents

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Autogr. c. 11
About 1650 signatures, cut from letters and documents
Extents: 27 Leaves
Dates: Written in the 16th-19th century

'An Abridgement of the Life and Death of Julius Cæsar. London. Written by Io. Raymond Anno: MDCXLIX'

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Fairfax 39
'An Abridgement of the Life and Death of Julius Cæsar. London. Written by Io. Raymond Anno: MDCXLIX'
Extents: 96 pages
Dates: Written in 1649 by J. Raymond

'An Abstract of the Names of the People called Quakers lately convicted as Popish Recusants...'

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 1 (R)
'An Abstract of the Names of the People called Quakers lately convicted as Popish Recusants...'
Extents: 1 roll
Dates: Written about A.D. 1660-1670

An Accompt of all the Deeds, Evidences, & other Instruments in Writing, that ... relate to the Lands and Tenements in ... Ensham...'

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon d. 3
An Accompt of all the Deeds, Evidences, & other Instruments in Writing, that ... relate to the Lands and Tenements in ... Ensham...,' written chiefly in A.D. 1691.
Extents: 77 Leaves
Dates: written chiefly in A.D. 1691

Account and day books of John Redwood and John Wolston, merchants, of Exeter, Devon

 Collection
Account and day books of John Redwood and John Wolston, merchants, of Exeter, Devon
Extents: 0.30 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Dates: 1676-1725

Account book of Hashabia Horsnell, curate of Pirbright and Frimley

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Top. Surrey f. 2
Account book of Hashabia Horsnell, curate of Pirbright and Frimley, 1686-1701, with notes by a lawyer, 1733.
Extents: 37 Leaves
Dates: 1686-1701, 1733

Account book of Job Allibone, treasurer of the Chapter of Roman Catholic Clergy

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. c. 732
Account book of Job Allibone, treasurer of the Chapter of Roman Catholic Clergy
Extents: 57 Leaves
Dates: 1684-1693

Account book of Mary Gofton

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3651
Account book of Mary Gofton, 1645-1649.
Extents: 119 Leaves
Dates: 1645-1649

Account book of Richard Belsire, gent., of Yate

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Top. Glouc. f. 3
Account book of Richard Belsire, gent., of Yate, 1678-1684.
Extents: 185 Leaves
Dates: 1678-1684

Account book of William Webster, merchant of Stockton-on-Tees, 1681-91, with a few later additions

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. c. 205
Account book of William Webster, merchant of Stockton-on-Tees, 1681-91, with a few later additions
Extents: 157 Leaves
Dates: 1681-1691

An account by sir Thomas Bodley of his negotiations in the Netherlands

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Bodl. 11
An account by sir Thomas Bodley of his negotiations in the Netherlands
Extents: 24 Leaves
Dates: Written about 1600