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The Abinger Papers

Correspondence and papers of the Godwin and Shelley families, chiefly William Godwin (1756-1836), philosopher and author; with the correspondence and papers of his family, including his wife, the novelist and essayist Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-97); daughter, the author Mary Shelley (1797-1851); her husband, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822); and Mary and Percy Bysshe Shelley's son Sir Percy Florence Shelley (1819-89), and his wife, Jane, Lady Shelley (d. 1899)
Extents: 206 shelfmarks
Dates: 1780-1937
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Agreement between Alexander Pope and Bernard Lintot

Agreement between Alexander Pope and Bernard Lintot, 23 March 1714.
Shelfmark: MS. Don. a. 6
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 23 March 1714-1720
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Anonymous poem, 'The Golden Age Revers'd', with a letter from David Fleeman

Anonymous poem, 'The Golden Age Revers'd', with a letter from David Fleeman.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 5374, fols. 88-90
Extents: 3 Leaves
Dates: n.d. [early 18th century?], 1986
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'Archæologia Cornu = Britannica'

'Archæologia Cornu = Britannica'
Shelfmark: MS. Cornish c. 1
Extents: 370 Leaves
Dates: Written in the first half of the 18th century
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Archive of Geoffrey Tillotson

Archive of Geoffrey Tillotson
Extents: 0.75 Linear metres (9 boxes)
Dates: 1935-1964
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Archive of George Crabbe

Archive of George Crabbe
Extents: 0.10 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Dates: 1799-1914
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Archive of John Everett Butt

Correspondence and notes of John Everett Butt, 1932-64.
Extents: 0.75 Linear metres (5 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1932-64
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Archive of the Butler Family

Correspondence and papers of three generations of the Butler Family; Alfred J. Butler (1850-1936), Harold Butler (1883-1951) and Rohan Butler (1917-1996).
Extents: 15.85 Linear metres (229 boxes)
Dates: 1818-2009, n.d.
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Archive of the Madan Family

Archive of the Madan Family
Extents: 1.14 Linear metres (18 boxes)
Dates: 1717-1837
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Archive of the Noel, Byron and Lovelace Families

Papers of Annabella, Lady Byron (1792-1860), including papers of her parents, Sir Ralph and Judith Milbanke (later Noel), papers of her daughter, Ada Byron (later Lady Lovelace), and her grand-children, Ralph King (2nd Earl of Lovelace) and Anne Blunt.
Extents: 50.6 Linear metres (460 Shelfmarks)
Dates: 1669-1930
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Archive of William Parsons

Archive of William Parsons, c. 1776-1824
Extents: 0.16 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Dates: c. 1776-1824
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Archive of W.L. Bowles

Archive of W.L. Bowles
Extents: 0.10 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Dates: 1779-1840
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Autograph letter and poem of Robert Burns

Autograph letter and poem of Robert Burns, written in about A.D. 1785-1795.
Extents: 0.22 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Dates: c.1785-1795
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Biography of Charles Townsend, poet (1789-1870), by William Twopeny

Biography of Charles Townsend, poet (1789-1870), by William Twopeny
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. d. 916
Extents: 128 pages
Dates: c. 1789-1870
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Collection by William Parry, Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford

Collection by William Parry, Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. f. 13
Extents: 196 Leaves
Dates: 1713-1728
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Collection, copied c.1735, of satires, occasional verse and prose

Collection, copied c.1735, of satires, occasional verse and prose.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. f. 12
Extents: 168 pages
Dates: c.1735
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Collection of English and Latin verse, riddles and epitaphs in the hand of William Parry

Collection of English and Latin verse, riddles and epitaphs in the hand of William Parry
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. e. 183
Extents: 83 Leaves
Dates: Begun 1741
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Collection of fables, epigrams, satires and topical verse entitled 'Lusus seniles or trifles to kill time'

Collection of fables, epigrams, satires and topical verse entitled 'Lusus seniles or trifles to kill time'
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. d. 47
Extents: 180 Leaves
Dates: Mid-18th century
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'A Collection of Hymns and Sacred Poems. Dublin, James Freeman, scrip. M, DCC, LXXXV'

'A Collection of Hymns and Sacred Poems. Dublin, James Freeman, scrip. M, DCC, LXXXV'
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. f. 22
Extents: 228 pages
Dates: Written in A.D. 1785 by J. Freeman in shorthand
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A collection of jokes, riddles and verse entitled 'The Young Men and Maids Merry Companion' by Thomas Chapman

A collection of jokes, riddles and verse entitled 'The Young Men and Maids Merry Companion' by Thomas Chapman.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 7018
Extents: 182 Leaves
Dates: 1766

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18th century 100
Poetry 56
19th century 39
Literature 27
20th century 22
Poets 21
17th century 20
Letters 17
16th century 7
English poetry -- 18th century 7
Poetry -- 18th century 7
English poetry 6
Poetry, English -- 18th century 5
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Diaries -- 18th century 4
Drama 4
English literature 4
Latin poetry 4
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Indexed names
Southey | Robert | 1774-1843 | poet, journalist, and biographer 5
Cowper | William | 1731-1800 | poet 3
Crabbe | George | 1754-1832 | Poet 3
Hayley | William | 1745-1820 | Poet 3
Addison | Joseph | 1672-1719 | poet and statesman 2
Bridges | Robert Seymour | 1844-1930 | Poet Laureate 2
Burns | Robert | 1759-1796 | poet 2
Gladstone | William Ewart | 1809-1898 | statesman 2
Locke | John | 1632-1704 | philospher 2
Madan | Judith | 1702-1781 | Poet 2
Mason | William | 1724-1797 | poet 2
Pope | Alexander | 1688-1744 | Poet 2
Pope | Alexander | 1688-1744 | poet 2
Shelley | Mary Wollstonecraft | 1797-1851 | née Godwin | writer 2
Shelley | Percy Bysshe | 1792-1822 | poet 2
Shelley | Sir | Percy Florence | 1819-1889 | 3rd Baronet 2
Taylor | Sir | Henry | 1800-1886 | Knight Author 2
Warton | Joseph | 1722-1800 | Critic 2
Albert | 1819-1861 | Prince Consort of Queen Victoria 1
Amherst | Elizabeth | c.1716-1779 | poet and amateur naturalist 1
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Atterbury | Francis | 1662-1732 | Bishop of Rochester 1
Aubrey | Herbert | fl. 1729 | of Clehonger, Herefs. 1
Bacon | Phanuel | 1700-1783 | Church of England clergyman and writer 1
Beaumont | fl 1688-1730 | Nonconformist 1
Beddoes | Thomas Lovell | 1803-1849 | poet and physiologist 1
Bishop | Elizabeth | b 1763 | nee Wollstonecraft 1
Bottomley | Gordon | 1874-1948 | Poet and playwright 1
Boutflower | Cecil Henry | Right Reverend | 1863-1942 | bishop 1
Bowles | William Lisle | 1762-1850 | Canon of Salisbury, Poet, and Antiquary 1
Bracton | Henry de | c 1210-1268 | Judge, Chancellor of Exeter Cathedral 1
Bright | William | 1824-1901 | Ecclesiastical Historian 1
Brydges | Samuel Egerton | 1762-1837 | 13th Baron Chandos | Writer and genealogist 1
Burdett | Sir | Francis | 1770-1844 | 5th Baronet | politician 1
Burnett | George | 1774/5-1811 | writer 1
Burton | John | 1710-1771 | Antiquary 1
Butler | Alfred Joshua | 1850-1936 | historian 1
Butler | Rohan D'Olier | 1917-1996 | historian and civil servant 1
Butler | Sir | Harold Beresford | 1883-1951 | civil servant 1
Butt | John Everett | 1906-1965 | Professor of English Literature at Edinburgh 1
Byron | Anne Isabella | 1792-1860 | 11th Baroness Wentworth and Baroness Byron | Social reformer and philanthropist 1
Byron | George Gordon | 1788-1824 | | 6th Baron Byron | poet 1
Caroline of Anspach | 1683-1737 | Wife of George II 1
Chapman | Thomas | fl 1766 | author 1
Charlett | Arthur | 1655-1722 | Master of University College Oxford 1
Chaucer | Geoffrey | c 1340-1400 | Poet 1
Cholmondeley | Mary | 1787-1846 | nee Heber 1
Church of England | Diocese of London | Consistory Court 1
Churchill | Charles | 1732-1764 | poet 1
Collier | Jeremy | 1650-1726 | nonjuror 1
Collingwood | Robin George | 1889-1943 | philosopher and historian 1
Congreve | William | 1670-1729 | Dramatist 1
Coningsby | Thomas | 1657-1729 | first earl of Coningsby | politician 1
Cooper | J.G. | fl 1745-1762 1
Courthope | William John | 1842-1917 | Poet and literary scholar 1
Cowper | Maria Frances Cecilia | 1726-1797 | Poet 1
Cowper | family 1
Crabbe | George | 1785-1857 | Biographer 1
Desaguliers | John Theophilus | 1683-1744 | natural philosopher and engineer 1
Dodsley | Robert | 1703-1764 | Poet, dramatist and bookseller 1
Dovaston | John | 1740-1808 | nurseryman and antiquary 1
Dovaston | William | 1743-1765 1
Drummond | Robert Hay | 1711-1776 | archbishop of York 1
Dryden | John | 1631-1700 | poet, playwright, and critic 1
Edwards | Thomas | 1738-1810 | Welsh poet 1
Edwards | Thomas | ? 1651-1721 | Church of England clergyman and orientalist 1
Ellis | Sir | Henry | 1777-1869 | Librarian 1
Emmett | William | fl 1731-1732 1
England and Wales | Exchequer 1
England and Wales | Royal Navy 1
Eton College 1
Fairfax | Sir | William | d. 1597 | politician 1
Firth | Charles Harding | 1857-1936 | Sir | Knight and historian 1
Fitzwilliams | John | fl 1600-1699 | Nonjuror 1
Fleming | Robert | ? 1660-1716 | Presbyterian Minister 1
French Protestant Church 1
Gilbert | Davies | 1767-1839 | Cornish engineer, author and politician 1
Gleig | George Robert | 1796-1888 | Chaplain to the armed forces and author 1
Godwin | Mary Jane | 1768-1841 | formerly Clairmont | nee de Vial | translator and bookseller 1
Godwin | William | 1756-1836 | philosopher and novelist 1
Godwin | family 1
Gough | Richard | 1735-1809 | antiquary 1
Grenville | Denis | 1637-1703 | Jacobite Archbishop of York | also known as Denis Granville 1
Gronovius | Jacobus | 1645-1716 | classical scholar 1
Gunning | Peter | 1614-1684 | Bishop of Ely 1
Hardy | Thomas | 1840–1928 | novelist and poet 1
Hawes | Samuel | fl 1694-1700 | Nonjuror 1
Hearne | Thomas | 1678-1735 | Antiquary and Nonjuror 1
Heber | Reginald | 1728-1804 | fellow and tutor of Brasenose College, Oxford 1
Heber | Reginald | 1783-1826 | Bishop of Calcutta 1
Heber | Richard | 1773-1833 | MP, Book Collector, and Classical Scholar 1
Hervey | John | 1696-1743 | 2nd Baron Hervey of Ickworth | courtier and writer 1
Hoadly | John | 1711-1776 | poet and dramatist 1
Holman | William | d 1730 | Essex Antiquary Congregational Minister 1
Homer | Philip Bracebridge | 1765-1838 | schoolmaster and poet 1
Hunt | William Holman | 1827-1910 | Painter 1
Ingram | James | 1774-1850 | Anglo Saxon Scholar Antiquary Archaeologist 1
Johnson | Jane | 1798-1884 | nee Cleveland | x Williams | x Hogg 1
Johnson | John | fl. 1793-1804 1
Jordan | William | fl. 18th century | Cornish dramatist 1
Keble | John | 1792-1866 | Vicar of Hursley and Tractarian poet 1
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Language
Latin 15
Greek, Ancient (to 1453) 6
Italian 6
French 5
German 4
Welsh 3
Cornish 2
Dutch; Flemish 2
Spanish; Castilian 2
English, Old (ca.450-1100) 1
Arabic 1
Catalan; Valencian 1
Czech 1
Danish 1
Estonian 1
Irish 1
Greek, Modern (1453-) 1
Hebrew 1
Hungarian 1
Polish 1